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
>
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>
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>
>
> -----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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