Kurt Camealy wrote:
> Well, now I am revisiting the problem below due to it getting worse.
> Now I will be driving (especially if it just rained or it is very humid)
> and all the sudden the tach zeroes and the engine is dead.  Even with
> the car still in gear and rolling it will not start back up.  I pull to
> the side of the road and after 20 minutes of periodic trying to start it
> will fire right back up.  This is happening multiple times per week now.
> I checked all the wiring and grounds and can't find the problem.  I even
> have remote start installed and that doesn't work so it isn't the
> ignition switch.  The Distributor is original with 209,000 miles on it
> so I might suspect that, but I would hate to shell out 200 dollars to
> find out it is my ignition control module or computer.  I also have
> never been in a situation to run the Bentley tests during the 20 minutes
> of the engine being dead.
>
> Thanks for any additional insight,
>
> Kurt
> 87 Wolfsburg GL
> Columbus, OH

I had behavior like this in a Chevy Citation.....

took it to a dealer and replaced a switch in the distributor but it
still did the same thing after that...

...ended up taking a friends advice and replacing the computer and the
chip (in case of a Vanagon there aren't multiple chips).

Can you find a computer you know is good to swap for a period to test?

--

Wil