hi David, my son's 1988 van (WBX 2.1) and mine got that very same problem and it's very scary because we got stuck a few times... when it happened to yours (cranks but no start) - on the black box that sits on the top of the coil, remove the small 2 wires connector, clean it and reconnect. On ours the engine started right away. after that we did this - check and clean all the connectors on the injectors. - replacing fuel and injectors relays - replacing Temp2 sensor and clean its connector. dan |
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