Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 07:08:44 -0800
Reply-To: Joe Beckham <jbeckham@MARCO.ISWNET.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: Joe Beckham <jbeckham@MARCO.ISWNET.COM>
Subject: Re: general info & fuel delivery (?) problem
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Dave, There are two problems that my 85 Westy has had that could be causing your problems. One When I purchased my Van at 42K miles the coax cable going from the o2 sensor to the ecu had a kink in it. If you checked for continuity with a meter it looked fine, but the impedance of the coax was changed by the kink in the cable. As the van bounced around the kink eventually cause a full lean signal on the ecu and of course the ecu responds with full rich to the injectors. This one took a long time to figure out but once we cut the coax out of the wiring harness and replaced in with a new piece from radio shack the problem never repeated. The other problem is the coolant temperature sensor for the ecu when the ecu gets a cold engine signal from the coolant temp sensor the ecu responds with full rich. My van has 217K miles on it now and the connector that attaches to the coolant temp sensor will rattle around and loose its connection while driving and the engine will act rich and will stall at idle. When this happens I remove the connector and then but it back on with a wiggle, the engine will run normal for about a month before this happens again. Good luck!
Joe B.
85 Westy
Vashon WA
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From: Dave Caston [SMTP:DavidCaston@COMPUSERVE.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 4:34 PM
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
Subject: general info & fuel delivery (?) problem
Hello,
I was given this address by Walter @ Bus Boys in CA. He suggested it after
talking about a problem I'm experiencing.
I am the current owner of a 1985 Vanagon Campmobile, named Vincent "Vinnie"
Vango with 217K turned so far. The engine is a recently installed reman
engine (by VW Canada). The remaned engine has about 18K on it.
I am experiencing the following problem that first surfaced about 3 weeks
ago and we have been trying to remedy it since:
When the engine is up to temp and running at highway speed, after about 30
miles or so, it gradually "floods" itself out.
It is running ok around town, get it out on the highway though and it keels
over.
So far we have replaced: the fuel pressure regulator, the vaccum advance
unit on distributor, ignition control module, cap&rotor,plugs
We think at this point that the ECU is the culprit but, before I blow that
kinda dough, I'd kinda like ta know if afterward it will go, ya know?!
So, does anyone have any thoughts on this? Does anyone know of a reasonable
ECU replacement source? The best I have so far is $395 + $75 core Remaned
by Royze. Does anyone have positive or negative info on Royze?
I'm desperate to have my Vinnie back in rollin form! Help!
Reply to: dave@brms.com
Thanks,
Dave
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