Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 15:14:53 -0700
Reply-To: David Vickery <david_vickery@YAHOO.COM>
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From: David Vickery <david_vickery@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Stranded Rock Springs, WY
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No luck yet. Narrowed down a couple things it isn't (or doesn't appear to be). I disconnected 02 sensor after the van quit, waited 15 mins and started off again and it quit again the same as if it was connected. Plus I previously tested the 02 sensor with a digitool 4 months ago, and it was o.k. then.
This appears to have nothing to do with Vanagon syndrome. The last couple times it quit, I was just driving in town. One common thing, the weather in Rock Springs was about 100. It feels about 100 here. The engine is not unusually hot. Fan cycled on in town, like it normally does, so coolant.
It sputtered a couple times leaving Rock Springs and then it drove flawlessly 200 miles to my town when it died running errands.
Van is currently sitting here cooling off. If I let it cool off for 10 minutes it will drive for 3 or 4. In Rock Springs I let it cool off for a long while and it was good to go. So I will make it home, just don't know why it is dying. I drive for a few minutes, I start to feel a sluggish loss of power, let the clutch in and it dies.
I pulled the connector for the Hall sender and it seemed oily. Not sure if that could cause the symptoms, but I'm thinking heat + oil = short maybe. I cleaned it with a rag, and it didn't seem to change anything. Rotor is fairly new, plug wires, plugs too. It feels electrical but maybe something to do with the heat too. I going to hop out and pull the AFM cover and take a look now.
Thanks
--- On Tue, 8/9/11, David Vickery <david_vickery@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> I made it back to Rock Springs after camping at Flaming
> Gorge. Got chased off the beach by some campsite
> dude. So I camped in a cool canyon.
>
> The van hiccupped once on the way here this morning which
> was mostly slow roads, so I am pretty sure it will continue
> to give me trouble on the way home.
>
> I'll probably get back to Colorado, but with some trouble
> along the way. I'll check the grounds if I do.
> I'll try disconnecting the 02 sensor also, and generally
> look over the wiring, and maybe pull the AFM cover and see
> if a mouse is in there. One thing at a time though.
>
> I was reading the Hesitation on the road thread which seems
> to be a similar problem. The part I don't get is with
> the AFM pigtail in or out, it makes no difference. And
> it feels just like Vanagon syndrome, but now is much worse
> than an occassional hiccup. Maybe a wire has worked
> itself loose. It recently has become harder to start
> when warm, like the battery is drained, but it isn't.
> May be related, maybe not.
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