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Date:         Tue, 12 Apr 94 8:29:42 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Steve Johnson <sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com>
Subject:      Re: Hunting idle on Vanagons

> > On Tue, 12 Apr 94 09:04:25 CDT Richard Eager said: > >Jim & Dean, I'm also very interrested in everyone's responses as I have a 1987 James Dean?? Oooooo that is soooo bad.. ;)

> Now THAT's the behavior of a bad temp coolant sensor! and if you drive off, > it will stall/die at stop signs and red lights. that's just about exactly t > >> > hurt) and the Van now has gone into it's idle hunt mode twice on Saturday, > >> > and twice today (Monday). It seems to be running better (when it runs > >> > right).

I concur with this, I had the same "stalling-when-cold" symptoms with my '91 and I believe it was the temp coolant sensor they replaced but I'll have to check the invoice to be sure.

> > > >Yea, BIG bucks here. Doesn't the dealer have the diagnostic equipment to > >determine if the ECU is bad or not? > >

So far, it looks like all the fixes for the bucking and intermittent idle have been fixed by replacing the ECU.

> >If the dealer suggested to me a complete harness replacement I'd think > >it very unprofessional and would interpret it as their way of telling > >me they can't fix it. > >

I agree. $60.00 an hour to replace parts. Hell, my mom can do that!

Steven

Steven Johnson sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com '91 VW Camper GL, '86 Nissan Sentra Previously owned: '68 bug, '70 squareback, '74 Camper


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