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Date:   Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:31:12 -0500
Reply-To:   Kurt Camealy <camealy@CTSR.COM>
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From:   Kurt Camealy <camealy@CTSR.COM>
Subject:   Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
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Yesterday it died and would not start back up. I got it towed to my house and tried it again this morning still nothing. So I figured great, now I can test. Started running through the bentley tests and found 10 volts coming to the Hall and plugged it back in. When I tried to start it to test the hall sender output it ran for about 10 minutes then died again. I went to start the testing again and when I got back to testing the Hall output it started running again. It also mentions the Ignition Control Module, I have looked and looked and can't seem to find this. The wires from the Hall Sender disappear into a wire set that looks like it goes to the 022D computer?

Thanks,

Kurt

On 3/16/06 3:57 PM, "Kurt Camealy" <camealy@CTSR.COM> wrote:

> Well, now I am revisiting the problem below due to it getting worse. > Now I will be driving (especially if it just rained or it is very humid) > and all the sudden the tach zeroes and the engine is dead. Even with > the car still in gear and rolling it will not start back up. I pull to > the side of the road and after 20 minutes of periodic trying to start it > will fire right back up. This is happening multiple times per week now. > I checked all the wiring and grounds and can't find the problem. I even > have remote start installed and that doesn't work so it isn't the > ignition switch. The Distributor is original with 209,000 miles on it > so I might suspect that, but I would hate to shell out 200 dollars to > find out it is my ignition control module or computer. I also have > never been in a situation to run the Bentley tests during the 20 minutes > of the engine being dead. > > Thanks for any additional insight, > > Kurt > 87 Wolfsburg GL > Columbus, OH > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of John Rodgers > Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 12:11 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem... > > That sounds like a problem with the Hall Sender. It could be as simple > as a wire in the system losing contact momentarily, to the Hall Unit > actually becoming faulty. Cheapest route to start is to check out all > the wiring first, including the quality of grounding points. You may > have some corrosion building somewhere or a wire working loose. > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > > Kurt Camealy wrote: > >> I have been having a weird problem the past couple weeks. I will be >> going down the freeway and all the sudden lose all power and my tach >> goes to zero. It kicks right back in after a second or two? It has >> only happened a few times, but I would like to track it down before it >> dies on the freeway and the tach doesn't come back up. >> >> >> >> Thanks all, >> >> >> >> Kurt >> >> >> >>


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