If you are getting no click on restarts I would consider a few things.
Ignition switch (common failure point), grounds (including starter and
engine/trans straps) and then if there are issues after that with on the
road hesitation/stalls you need to go down the check list that includes 02,
temp2, TPS, ect...

A bad temp2 will not want to start but you'll get the starter to turn. A bad
02 can cause stalls and hesitation while warmed up. Disconnecting the 02
fromt he system will remove the varible. PM for more discussion.

Shawn

On 6/13/06, Tim Leek <tleek@ll.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Vantelligentsia,
>
> My 87 GL has started to stall in an incredibly annoying way.  Here's
> the pathology.  It starts fine.  It gets me from my place in
> Cambridge (city) to the highway fine, through stop-and-go traffic.
> Then I get on the highway and drive 20 minutes to 2 hours at a
> reasonable clip (60-70mph), no problems there.  Then, when I try to
> leave the highway, about 50% of the time the damn thing stalls at the
> bottom of the exit ramp as soon as I take it out of gear and ask it
> to hold an idle as I wait for the light so I can turn or do
> whatever.  Worse still, when I try to turn it off and restart it it
> doesn't restart.  I don't even hear a solenoid clicking.  If I wait
> 5-10 minutes it will usually restart.  Not very practical in traffic
> on the Bourne bridge into Cape Cod.
>
> Perhaps this is the "Vanagon syndrome"?  Perhaps the battery is
> dying?  Perhaps the alternator?   Perhaps it is my own private hell?
> Any ideas (especially cheap ones) would be most appreciated.
>
> Other info.
> 1. Drives great otherwise.  Plenty of power (for a vanagon).
> 2. Very reasonable gas mileage.  17mpg city. 19-20mpg highway.
> 3. Accelerator cable or pedal sometimes sticks.  Very stressful.
> Can't see how that would cause this.
>
> Tim Leek
> Technical Staff
> MIT Lincoln Laboratory
> Lexington, MA, 02144
> tleek@ll.mit.edu
>

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1986 vw vanagon gl westfalia
1993 vw eurovan gl
plus a couple of saabs, boats, jet skis, dog and wife (all require to much
maintenance, accept the dog)...

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