Date:         Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:43:20 -0600
Reply-To:     OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees--Update
Comments: To: john schaper <tahljohn@GMX.COM>
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                John

        Sounds as if you HaveAWinner ~ but before you completely accept that
conclusion you should put the "Bad" ECU back in to see if the symptoms
return ~ there is the possibility that the problem was in the
connection between the harness & the ECU & you may actually have 2
good ECUs ~ test it before tossing it ~~

                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 12 Mar , 2013, at 8:03 AM, john schaper wrote:

> Reading about the temp 2 and the ECU, I had a spare ECU from a
> totalled previous van I owned. Early in the a.m. tried to start but
> wouldn't wit h the same grinding symptoms
> Switched the ECU's and it started right away and has started each of
> the last 3 mornings. I have to conclude that it was a degraded EDU
> causing the problem.