Date:         Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:19:42 -0400
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From:         frank <oy@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Won't Start
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That's what I originally thought and I replaced it with a new one.  Do
you know of any way to test the voltage coming from the coil?

Frank

-----Original Message-----
From: vw4x4@fyi.net [mailto:vw4x4@fyi.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 10:44 AM
To: frank
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Won't Start


Bad coil...... I've seen this a dozen times....even after seeing spark.
                                           ERic

frank wrote:

>I've got a no start problem, but with good fuel pressure and my fuel
>injectors are working.  I even had the injectors professionally cleaned

>and flow tested last week.
>
>Greg Potts posted "The injectors are triggered by the pulse in voltage
>at the coil caused when the spark plugs are fired."  So, as long as my
>fuel injectors are working, I assume that my distributor is working ok,

>right?  When I pull a plug, I get a spark about every other time the
>ignition is turned over.  It looks pretty weak, but I do get a spark.
>
>Regarding this no-start problem, so far I've replaced (or part was
>recently replaced): Distributor
>Cap & Rotor
>Plug Wires
>Air Flow Meter
>ECU
>Battery (Just replaced this week, so it's fully charged)
>Fuel Pump
>Coil
>Coolant Temp Sensor
>X-Relay
>
>The engine is turning over fine, but does not fire at all.  This
>problem began with hard starting, but the van would run fine once
>started......that is until it would randomly just die on the highway.
>Then the hard starting would continue for 5 - 15 minutes and it would
>fire up and go again.
>
>Then one day, the van ran really poorly, bucking and sputtering all the

>way home, while cutting out a few times.  Once home, it has never
>started again, for about three months now, while I've taken the
>painfully expensive route of replacing likely culprits.  It almost
>seems like a timing issue.  Can the timing belt/chain go out gradually?

>I always thought they just snapped.  Is there any way to test timing on

>an engine that won't start?
>
>Any other ideas?  I'm stuck.
>
>Frank
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