After 3 years I finally was able to afford to send my 86 GL to a real VW shop. It was running best ever thanks to the folks at Gene's for three days until Sunday when I was driving home with my dog Rex - through my small home town of Media PA. (THere are 2-3 of us Vanagons in town.) Anyway - it dies again. The engine just stops. It felt like the old familar fuel system going dead. I know what that feels like....after 3 fuel pumps - and finally a new gas tank I thought I had it resolved. My first thought is that it might be the used fuel pump that went kaaput. I swear I am getting a new one soon! But, I checked the juice to the pump. No juice with ignition on. At least I can check that myself. There should be juice to the positive terminal with switch on - correct? So - I am thinking it is something else. If I am not mistaken there is a fuel pump relay in the engine compartment, which I found after much searching in Bentley manual. Wouldn't is be nice if that book had a real index? I don't have a lot of testing equipment so are there any ideas of what and how I test next. I have a couple of old relay switches from my old 84 vanagon (deseased.) Do they work as replacements? I sure hope it is something simple because when it died - I coasted it down a friends driveway - into a spot that will be darn hard to get a tow truck into. Man I hate it when that happens. Thanks Kurt Grotz PS - I am the chap that hyrdo seized (what ever that is called) my engine when goofing with the fuel system a year or two ago. You all helped with the a great deal. |
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