I concur. I have a 90 vanagon that had the same problem, especially on long trip up to the mountains (coincidence?). replacing the Hall effect sender cured it. Graham 90 GL Country Homes Conversion --- "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET> wrote: > > I have the same problem on my '87 and it has a > relatively new AFM and the > > harness modification (capacitor). > > > > Gary > > While you should certainly check out this portion of > the FI system, also take a > glance at your Hall Sender on the distributor. If > it grounds out, you get no > RPM signal to the ECU, meaning no injector pulses. > Jiggle the Hall wiring > harness and see if you can get it to stumble. Don't > crack it in the process > though. > > -Karl > > Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA > '87 Westfalia Weekender "Beverley" - 189K miles > VW Mechanic list: > http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops > PA/NJ Vanagon owner's mailing list: > http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/pavanagon > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com |
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