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Subject:Re: 82 vanagon runs on when the key is off
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 2 Jul 2002 21:32:11 -0400
At 09:15 PM 7/2/2002, Vanagon man wrote:
>What causes that sort of dieseling after you turn off the key....running rich?

It can't run unless there's fuel getting to it, even if there's a hot spot
in the cylinder.  Suggests that it may not actually be turning off the ECU,
or that one or more injectors is leaky, in which case it would keep
dribbling fuel in until the pressure in the system bled down.

david

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