Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 13:41:17 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU
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Hi Neil,
you did say your new remote str swi is bad ..
how did you test it ?
'ICU' make me think of what I call the Idle Control Valve .. sometimes
called IAC valve.
and it is attached to the 'intake plenum' for sure.
intake snorkles are vertical tubes that run from the outer upper intake
grills down to the air filterarea , near a tail light. 'Snorkle' of
course implies a tube that reaches up to take in air, like on a
submarine. Not part of the intake runners and plenum.
Ondiesel vanagons the snorkke is on the left side, on waterboxersit's on
the right side.
I thought this was a 2.1 ...until I saw 'ecu attached to intake snorkle'.
Now thatthat's straightened out .....
just run a jumper wire from the trigger terminal on the starter solenoid
and touch it to the alternator positive post.
On 12/15/2012 12:42 PM, neil n wrote:
> '88, stock 2.1
>
> I somewhat cross posted here in an attempt to start a new thread.
>
> I was referring to the ICU. It is strapped to the intake snorkel. ECU
> is in stock location, no parts needed.
>
> Somewhere buried in my first thread I mentioned that my NEW remote
> starter switch tested bad.
>
> Thankfully I had the where with all to test it before using it!
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
>> what year is the van please ?
>> now that I read 'ecu cable-strapped to intake snorkle' it's sounding like a
>> 1.9 wbxr.
>> Do you need a proper ECU mounting bracket from a 1.9 wbxr vanagon ?
>>
>> I still go for the Remote Starter Switch test right away .. ( like in the
>> fist 4 minutes of 'starter-seems-dead' troubleshooting.
>> It takes the whole rest of the car out of the picture ..
>> Gets it down to just battery, starter, battery and ground cables,
>> thus eliminating and bypassing numerous possible weak areas.
>> Helps you know where to look for the real problem
>>
>> 'stubsitute and bypass' is a very useful diagnostic strategy often.
>> dig out your remote stater switch is my suggestion.
>>
>>
>> On 12/15/2012 11:31 AM, neil n wrote:
>> ..... Maybe
>> cable strapping the ICU (on its side) to the intake snorkel duct put
>> it in a poor position?
>
>
> --
> Neil n
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