Ed, et al...

Thanks for your prompt response. I have two spare ECUs. No start with either
installed. Mystery.

REgards,

Tom Hanlon
Palm Springs, CA
84 Westfalia

Ed DeBolt wrote:

> the blank readings on the digitool are curious. perhaps a ecu problem. how
> about swapping in another ecu or taking your existing ecu out and cleaning
> contacts and reattaching. a loose connection could cause a problem. might be
> your ecu is bad. they do go faulty when the solder contacts crack. the
> constant heating and cooling cracks the contacts. Darrell B wil resolder
> these if that is the issue
>
> ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas D. Hanlon <hanran@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Saturday, June 22, 2002 9:18 AM
> Subject: No Start after alternator failure and replacement.. Help requested
>
> >Listees,
> >
> >Westy is in "no start" condition during the first 130 miles of 6,000
> >mile journey. I'm safe at home, frustrated.
> >
> >After a shutdown of van, tow truck operator suggested that the
> >alternator failed at high speed. Dash lights behaved erratically for
> >about 10/15 miles at 60 MPH. "Battery" light did not come on,  nor was
> >there any other indication problem until dash lights, fuel gauge and
> >temp gauge began to recede to low levels.  Westy 1.9  engine stopped.
> >Battery was drained.
> >
> >Alternator removed and tested and produced 2 volts of about a 12-volt
> >standard. The failure was "machine" diagnosed as "diode."
> >
> >Replacement alternator installed and recently-purchased "new" battery
> >charged and tested. The starter will turn, strongly, but the van will
> >not start.
> >
> >DIGITOOL READINGS
> >
> >Digitool LEDs, "Inj," "T-S," "Fuel," and "Coil," light up.
> >Digitool LED "Start" remains unlighted.
> >
> >Digitool LCDs, "Temp 1," "Temp 2,"  "Power,"  "AFM" and "Oxy Sensor" are
> >blank/unlighted..
> >
> >In three "tries" there was a "slight" sound of what appeared to be an
> >attempt to start, just barely, minimally, unsuccessfully..
> >
> >There is a faint smell of fuel. Can an fuel injected engine "flood?"
> >
> >Is there some electrical component which could have been damaged by the
> >failure of the alternator and the subsequent draining of the battery? At
> >the time of the incident, I tried three of four times to start the
> >engine, and once I had a "power pack"  (portable battery) start which
> >allowed me to go another 10 miles, or so, until the shutdown.
> >
> >Please offer opinions on solution/resolution of this problem.
> >
> >What I have had reemphasized to me in this incident:
> >It is essential to have a cell phone in the Southern California/Arizona
> >Desert.
> >I find it wise to have paid the "extra" for the AAA 'Plus" with a
> >hundred-mile tow coverage
> >I find myself to be even "wiser" to be insured 15 years by GEICO
> >Insurance with ERS "Emergency Road Service." The  coverage as a
> >supplement to AAA.  Towed home about 150 miles. Towing charge of $337.00
> >covered 100 miles by AAA and 50 miles by GEICO.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Tom Hanlon
> >Palm Springs, CA
> >84 Westfalia
> >