Does it have a tach? If so, do you notice when it quits is the tach still reading as it dies? This will help determine if the problem is fuel or ignition. Does it readily restart? Bad O2 sensor or temp 2 may be causing it flood out and then die and the restart resets it. Dennis
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Trooz Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 10:11 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '90 GL dying at idle I finally got the big problem fixed; now I have a mildly annoying one. My van will suddenly die at idle occasionally. It starts back up with no problem. There are no obvious preliminaries indicating that it's getting ready to quit, no coughing, no sputtering, it just stops. I just replaced the spark plugs and the distributor and the temp II sender. Other than those items it's basically original with 218,000 miles. Anyone have an idea as to what might be wrong? Bob Trousdale '90 Westy |
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