Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:47:07 -0400
Reply-To: robert shawn feller <carboncow@GMAIL.COM>
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From: robert shawn feller <carboncow@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: stalling after highway
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If you are getting no click on restarts I would consider a few things.
Ignition switch (common failure point), grounds (including starter and
engine/trans straps) and then if there are issues after that with on the
road hesitation/stalls you need to go down the check list that includes 02,
temp2, TPS, ect...
A bad temp2 will not want to start but you'll get the starter to turn. A bad
02 can cause stalls and hesitation while warmed up. Disconnecting the 02
fromt he system will remove the varible. PM for more discussion.
Shawn
On 6/13/06, Tim Leek <tleek@ll.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Vantelligentsia,
>
> My 87 GL has started to stall in an incredibly annoying way. Here's
> the pathology. It starts fine. It gets me from my place in
> Cambridge (city) to the highway fine, through stop-and-go traffic.
> Then I get on the highway and drive 20 minutes to 2 hours at a
> reasonable clip (60-70mph), no problems there. Then, when I try to
> leave the highway, about 50% of the time the damn thing stalls at the
> bottom of the exit ramp as soon as I take it out of gear and ask it
> to hold an idle as I wait for the light so I can turn or do
> whatever. Worse still, when I try to turn it off and restart it it
> doesn't restart. I don't even hear a solenoid clicking. If I wait
> 5-10 minutes it will usually restart. Not very practical in traffic
> on the Bourne bridge into Cape Cod.
>
> Perhaps this is the "Vanagon syndrome"? Perhaps the battery is
> dying? Perhaps the alternator? Perhaps it is my own private hell?
> Any ideas (especially cheap ones) would be most appreciated.
>
> Other info.
> 1. Drives great otherwise. Plenty of power (for a vanagon).
> 2. Very reasonable gas mileage. 17mpg city. 19-20mpg highway.
> 3. Accelerator cable or pedal sometimes sticks. Very stressful.
> Can't see how that would cause this.
>
> Tim Leek
> Technical Staff
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> Lexington, MA, 02144
> tleek@ll.mit.edu
>
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shawn feller, ohio
1986 vw vanagon gl westfalia
1993 vw eurovan gl
plus a couple of saabs, boats, jet skis, dog and wife (all require to much
maintenance, accept the dog)...
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