Date:         Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:15:01 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <young@sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu>
Subject:      Re: engine died

On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, freeholder bill wrote:

> We drove our '81 Westie down to the station to have our new tires mounted.
> Ran great.  Got there and shut it off.  A few minutes later they started it
> and drove it into a bay.  Shut it off.  An hour later the tires were
> mounted, so I started it and drove to the pump.  Shut it off, Filled it,
> and then we started it and went on down the road.  Still no problem.
> 
> About a mile up the street there was a stop sign.  While braking as I
> approached the stop sign, the engine died.  Wouldn't restart.  We got out.
> Could smell gas faintly.  I checked for spark, and it was fine.  We waited
> an hour, but still wouldn't start.  Called AAA.  They came out.  Still
> wouldn't start.  They towed us home and unhooked the car from the tow
> truck.  I got in and it started right up.  Seems to be running fine.
> 
> I'm not sure where to look, but we don't really trust it now, and I want to
> find out what happened.  Any ideas??

The first thing I'd check would be the #2 temp sensor.  Could be as 
simple as the sensor not making good contact with the head.

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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