Is that the black box above the coil on the drivers side of the engine comp=
artment? I'll clean heck out of the contacts and see what happens.
Thanks,
Mike
From: Wontfailyah@aol.com
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 15:07:31 EST
To: mwmiller@cwnet.com, vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Van Gremlins
Just went thru similar ordeal with=
my '86 Westy.
Replaced ECU.....3 weeks & several hundred miles so far......no more pr=
oblem.
Of course it may have been just the connection, so I =
plan to clean it well and reinstall the "apparently" bad ECU to de=
termine if it was just the connections.
Tim Timothy
Pensacola, FL
In a message dated 11/17/2001 1:53:09 PM Central Standard Time, mwmiller@CW=
NET.COM writes:
Volks,
My son and I took the 85 Westy on a trip. Many times it has kind of <=
BR>
hesitated at about 100 miles, then it smooths out and is fine.
This time it started at 50 miles and got worse. Had to go down a gear=
lower
than usual to get up the mountains. Stopped for dinner and it wouldn'=
t
start afterward. Starter spun it very well, no fire at all.
Checked for spark and it was weak but there. Fuel pump made it noise =
on
turning the key. Tried it several more times, nothing, no effort to k=
ick
over at all.
Had a spare coil [Bosche from the last episode of missing which turned out =
to be plugs wires] plugged it in, much better spark, no help with starting.=
Tried spraying carb cleaner into the intake [removed the air filter]
nothing. Spent the night in the parking lot. Started the next m=
orning ran
like a tank until it ran out of gas 10 miles from home. Put gas in an=
d it
started and ran fine. Got home and then tried to start it and it did =
the
same no fire at all trick that it did at the restaurant the night before. <=
BR>
My son's guess was that the first coil was bad [new Bosche] and when we put=
the old coil in the engine was flooded from the earlier tries to start it. =
But that doesn't explain why it's doing it again. He still thinks fue=
l
delivery problems, my guess is gremlins.
Anybody else got an idea.