Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:18:16 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
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Hey all right ............this just adds to the lore of vanagon tech war
stories............good for laughs later. And you never blew your cool the
whole time quite, either. And several people suggested checking that you're
getting spark, as you mention.
One moral of the story is 'CHECK the Basics " ! ! Always check basics.
Takes a second or two to check for spark of course.
The world finally makes sense again ! YAy !
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Vdub Guy
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 9:27 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
OK, just got the Vanagon started. The more complicated this problem got, the
more convinced I was that I'd find something really easy/stupid. When I
discovered what the problem was, my first thought was to sell the Vanagon,
drop off this list, and hope you good people forget who I am, because I am
really embarrassed to tell you what it was. I had been thinking over the
past couple of days what had I done to the van prior to pulling the
injectors? OK, I had changed the ground strap from underneath the relays to
the head-easy to miss getting one of the grounds on the head. Thoroughly
searched all over the left side of the engine-that wasn't it. This morning I
remembered that about a month ago I had pulled the distributor. But, I had
driven the van quite a bit since then. What the hell, worth taking a look
at. It looks as though I did not tighten the clamp enough around the
distributor-it had riden up enough that it was not turning! Pushed it down,
tightened the clamp-van fired right
up. Soooooo, it wasn't the injectors, I didn't fry the ECU (whew!), it
wasn't the fuel pump, etc., etc. Several folks had asked if I was getting
spark-had I checked that days ago I would have found it. I was too
pig-headed to think it was anything but related to the injectors. At least I
didn't start slamming the company that cleaned them (WhitchHunter), or I
probably would have sold the van and dropped out of sight! Now, I'm heading
out to take a drive and see how it runs with clean injectors! Thanks
everyone for your help and support. Jeff (feeling very foolish)
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