On 19 Oct 2001 at 13:10, Graham Freeman wrote:

> Folks,
>
> Last weekend I acquired from a friend an '85 GL Westy in good shape
> overall, but it has a few known problems.
>
> One of the most pressing of these problems is apparently a bad ECU, which
> causes the van's engine to simply die at random times.  For example, I was
> driving 65mph on the freeway and it died with no prior warning.  However,
> I was able to re-start it without any hesitation after turning the
> ignition off.  When the engine is running, everything's great - no
> hesitation, no excessive or strange noises, no loss of power, etc.  But it
> does flat-out die relatively frequently.  My friend (the previous owner)
> had his mechanic diagnose this problem as a bad ECU.  From what I've read
> on Vanagon.com and elsewhere, there's a possibility of other (cheaper)
> causes, but since it's been diagnosed by a mechanic I think I'll go for
> the ECU.

Oh... you must have the Win95/98/ME software release in your ECU...
Upgrade the firmware to NT and things will be much better, except
you'll have to hold the wipers and highbeams on to start it....

;-)

Hey, it's Friday, isn't it?

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Shawn Wright
Computer Systems Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
http://www.sls.bc.ca
swright@sls.bc.ca