If you have power to the coil but no spark, you need to check the hall
sensor in the distributor and the ECU. Bad wiring somewhere may also be
a problem. Check all connection carefully.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Dan Haydon
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 3:22 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: 91 GL wont start when hot/ Colorado service shop
suggestions....please help

Hi group,

Please help with any leads on this scenario:

I was driving around last week and the overheat light started flashing
for no reason (this has never before happened)  - the heat indicator was
less than half-way. After blinking for about 20 min. the van shut down
and I was able to restart it and drive it home. Now, the van will shut
down quite regularly after the engine temp rises to about full operating
temp, without the temp light coming on though. The van must sit for
several hours before it starts again, then as it heats up it dies.

I'm getting fuel. I have power into the coil, but no spark out. I have
read a few variations of this behavior in the archives but was not able
to derive too much from it. Any suggestions??

Also, I will most likely need a good Vanagon repair shop in the Lakewood
area of Colorado. Again, if it's too far out of range (greater than say
10 miles), I'll stall and be stranded!

Thanks for any help you can provide!!!

Dan Haydon