Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1998 12:15:11 PDT
Reply-To:     Kurt Stoppkotte <kstoppkotte@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Kurt Stoppkotte <kstoppkotte@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      84 temp. gauge and idle stabilizer electrical problem
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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On a trip back from the West coast my temperature gauge and the red
warning light suddenly indicated that my van was overheating.  Suddenly
the light stopped flashing and the gauged lowered into a normal
position.  I've taken the wire off of the the temperature sending unit
and the neither the gauge nor the light showed anything.  Normal, right?
Then after a few minutes they both shot up and showed that the engine
was overheating.  Not normal, right?  So if any of y'all have any
suggestions as to what might be my problem or how it could be corrected,
I would greatly appreciate it.
Also during the trip my engine would start to sputer and stall until it
eventually died.  Then after a few minutes it would start again, go
another 5 miles down the road and repeat the process.  We finally
bipassed the idle stabilizer unit which allowed the engine to run fine
and cured the problem.  Until arriving at the Bryce entrance and it
stalled and wouldn't start again.  It would turnover, but that's it.
Then 3 hrs. later it started right up and ran fine.  HELP ME PLEASE!!!
How important is the idle stabilizer unit and what could be my other
problems?

Kurt Stoppkotte

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