Well,

I took a walk this morning to pick up the van. It started right up and
I drove it home. After work, I replaced all the vacuum hoses. There
were a couple of them that were questionable. Drove it around for about
15 minutes, and it stalled out. Luckily I coasted across the
intersection and parked it safely. It didn't start after that. So, not
a vacuum problem. (But, I would have had to replace them soon anyways.)

I disconnected the Temp2 sensor - still nothing. I made sure that I
could hear the fuel pump working properly and I could hear it. Tomorrow
morning I'll have my wife crank it while I look for a spark. I'm
thinking that it will be there since I am getting the herky-jerky right
before it dies, and that tells me it is probably a fuel delivery
problem.

I am going to buy a new fuel regulator tomorrow. I have a set of 2.1
fuel injector rails/injectors I'll clean up and throw on their
Saturday. Hope that's it.

Conrad

On Jan 29, 2004, at 10:55 AM, Alfred Bagdan wrote:

> The first thing that should come to mind when the starting problem is
> temperature related, is the Temp2 sensor, a cheap and easy part to
> replace.
> Had the same problem years ago.
>
> Alfred
> 85 Westy
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Conrad Klahn" <conradk@MAC.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 7:34 PM
> Subject: Spoke too soon... (won't idle when warm)
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> So this morning I fired it up, headed out of town and got about 8
>> miles
>> (the nearest small town), slowed down to stop at a light and it
>> started
>> to hesitate. Luckily the light was with me and I was able to glide
>> around the corner. But that was it, it wouldn't restart.
>>
>> Knowing that it would start just fine when cold - on my way home (my
>> wife had to rescue me and drive me to/from work) - it started up
>> great,
>> I nearly got all the way home when I let off the gas to go around a
>> corner, and it stalled. Same thing, no start.
>>
>> George says I need to check for spark - and I'm thinking that he has a
>> good clue. The weird thing I noticed the last couple of times, when I
>> start up from a cold start, the horn honks quietly. Maybe an ignition
>> switch short that only acts up when the van is warm? We'll see.
>>
>> Of course, this won't stop me from pulling the fuel regulator again.
>> And this time I might as well do all the fuel rail lines and injector
>> seals.
>>
>> Conrad
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