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Date:         Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:56:12 -0400
Reply-To:     Mark <mbrush@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark <mbrush@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: intermittent fuel pump
Comments: To: Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To:  <4A7204CF.3070606@comcast.net>
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Thanks Ken - I'll keep this in mind for sure. Just discovered a leak in a brake line, so I'm distracted by that at the moment. She wants to go now - just won't stop :)

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:

> Mark, one thing to think about is that the hall sender in the distributor > sends a signal that not only tells the injectors to fire, and the ignition > system to spark but also turns on the fuel pump! If this sensor goes bad it > can intermittently cause stalling, and non-start. I have had this problem > with my own van. The only real way to test for it that I have found is to > swap in a known good distributor to see if the symptoms go away. Fuel pumps > rarely fail intermittently. Usually they just die. I would check your > electrical connections as you are doing and then just keep in mind that it > could be a hall sensor. We sell this for $149 or a rebuilt distributor with > a new hall sensor in it for $259 plus a core charge of $77. > > Let me know if I can help you further. > > Ken Wilford > John 3:16 > www.vanagain.com > > > > Mark Brush wrote: > >> Hi all - >> >> I searched the archives and didn't find anything on this. Has anyone >> experienced an intermittent problem with their fuel pump? Sometimes it >> pumps (that little buzzing sound when the keys are turned over), sometimes >> it doesn't (no sound, and won't start). I think it goes out while I'm >> driving too (van bucks - power loss). Are there are prime suspects in >> this >> case? A loose wire in the steering column somewhere? Bad ignition >> switch? >> I don't want to think badly of the fuel pump, since that little fella is a >> $400 or more item. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> Mark >> 1990 Westy (2.1 - manual) >> >> >> >

-- Mark 1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)


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