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Anne Dickens <ANNDY6217@AOL.COM> wrote: > My 83 aircooled vanagon is still not running. It will crank but not start. We > tried all the suggestions posted so far. You can not hear the fuel pump with > the key turned on but my husband ran a direct line to and from the coil and > the pump worked fine. He says I need a new ECU. I love him but this is the > only VW he has ever worked on and I really want to be told he is wrong! Are > there any other suggestions before I put the money out. > Thanks > Anne The 83 AirCooled is a weird beast (It's a VW!) but it shares the same requirements all internal combustion engines do... Air Fuel Spark Compression Timing. You first have to figure out which one it doesn't have. The concensus on the list is ECU's don't bad that often. Start with fuel, goto spark, finish with timing. What did you change before it stopped running?
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