Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:21:36 -0700
Reply-To: Trooz <trooz@ROADRUNNER.COM>
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From: Trooz <trooz@ROADRUNNER.COM>
Subject: Re: '90 GL dying at idle
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Thanks Miguel, and thanks Ken.
While they were trying to figure out my sudden dying on the road, we
replaced the ECU. It died at idle with the other ECU as well, once. I
tried jiggling all the wires, including the ignition and the connections
underneath it, while trying to diagnose the other problem which appears to
have been the Hall sender. As I mentioned in my OP the
distributor--including the Hall sender--has been replaced and that seems to
have fixed the intermittent dying at speed problem. But, I still have the
random dying at idle problem. It's not bit a big deal; in running errands
around town yesterday it happened twice. Prior to that it had happened once
every other week or so.
I'll go jiggle more wires and see if I can replicate the problem.
Bob
P.S. I've had a Bentley since I bought the van.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: miguel pacheco [mailto:mundopacheco@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:05 AM
> To: Trooz
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject: Re: '90 GL dying at idle
>
> I forgot to mention, that these are my quick checks for sudden death.
> If these don't work, I go to the Bentley. If you don't have one, get
> one!
> Miguel
>
> I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
> - Thomas A. Edison
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:01 AM, miguel pacheco
> <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Have you tried tapping on your ECU? I just went through this with a
> > friend's Syncro. His van would do the same, just die, then he could
> > easily re-start it. It turned out to be the ECU. I admit, this is
> > rare, but it happened. A simple check. Just have it idling while you
> > gently tap on ECU. Also, have you checked your Hall Sender?
> These tiny
> > wires sometimes short out, interrupting the RPM signal to the ECU.
> > How about your ignition switch? Have you idled it and
> jiggled the keys?
> > Miguel
> >
> > I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
> > - Thomas A. Edison
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Trooz <trooz@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> >> 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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