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Subject:flooding tip
From:Chuck Hill
Date:Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:43:12 -0500

Wes, if you don't want to wait to start your van after it has flooded,
just disconnect the ECU, crank it a bit and it will start and stall,
then reconnect the ECU, and it will run OK(probably).  What you are
doing is cutting the fuel supply, but leaving the ignition in
operation.  The plug on the ECU is simple to disconnect and pull away
from the socket.  Your ECU is easily reached in the back left-hand
corner of the engine compartment, just ahead of the tail-lamp assembly.

This works for 83.5 to 85 model years with the digijet FI.  They seem to
be much more prone to this problem than the later digifant models.

Chuck Hill

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