>Tim, >I too have has in intermittent stalling on my 86 and have replace the harness >on the air box. This did not solve the problem. They are very easy to >replace. I also had a new throttle switch installed. I was told that this >could resolve the stalling. It didn't. Yesterday I was told over this very >net service that I could check the fuel injection and fuel pump relays. > Located in the black box above the coil. Two little square fuse like dealies >inside the box, check for corrosion. I just replaced mine. It was late so I >didn't drive it, so I should know the prognosis today. I also noticed that >the harness wires for the O2 sensor had been on the header pipes and burnt >through in one place. I'm not sure wether it was recent or not. These >harness' are expensive, $ 129.00 so make sure that the wiring is zip tied to >the frame and other wires and doesn't hang free to allow it to touch any part >of the exaust. Maybe that was the problem all along. Will know later. If >you find anything new about your Van that remedied the problem let me know. > This has been driving me crazy for 6 weeks now. > > > Eric Miskow > EMiskow@aol.com Eric, I bought the harness today and will install it the next time I change oil. With regard to the fuel injection a friend of mine experienced a similiar problem to mine and all he did was start to use injection cleaner additive to his gas for a couple of tank fulls and stalling/sputterring problems went away. BTW my friend also had to replace these O2 wires because they fried on the exhaust system and he also had a bad O2 sensor--all of which when he fixed these problems the sputtering and driveability problems resolved. Let me know if your problem is fixed. Tim Marciniak
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