I've had an ignition coil fail with those symtoms. Quick and easy to swap one in. Tom On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Todd Olson <todd.olson@charter.net> wrote: > Hello Volks Folks, > > My friend Darren is having trouble with his Vanagon. So I thought I would > through his message up to the experts on the Vanagon list to see if any of > you have any thoughts. You can either reply to me and I will forward it to > him or you can send it direct to him at vr6vanagon@hotmail.com. See his > message below. > > Once again, thank you to everyone for your help and advice! > > Wishing you many miles of smiles in your Vanagon! > > Todd Olson > > todd@busesbythebeach.com > > www.busesbythebeach.com <http://www.busesbythebeach.com/> > > > > > > 88 vanagon 2.1 suddenly dies after warm up, will restart but then dies > quickly. If i let it set and cool for 10 minutes it will run a little > longer. if i let it sit over night it will go about 3 to 4 miles until it > gets warm then dies again. i checked fuel pressure and it was 35 to 40 psi > when running, I changed the temp sensor that goes to the computer and this > made no change. any thoughts or opinions on where i should look next would > be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance. > > > Darren > vr6vanagon@hotmail.com > |
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