The mechanic knows FOR SURE, the ECU is not firing the injectors?
Does he have a NOID light or an osciioscope to be certain the triggering
signal is not getting to the injectors ?

Is power even getting to the ECU ? 
Bad ecu is fairly uncommon, but quite possible of course. I always carry a
known-good and tested ECU.
But I've never had one fail on me either. I sell one a year perhaps, but I'd
rather keep the ones I have now anyway.
Scott
www.turbovans.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Steven Smith
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:13 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: 

Aileen,
  Don't know how similar your distributor is to my '84 1.9's, but you might
want to check the secondary wires going through the distributor housing to
the electronic sensor inside. Mine ran great  . .  then awful or wouldn't
even start randomly for a few years, until I was tipped off to these wires
going bad and shorting to ground and wreaking havoc. Black smoke, stalling
out, etc.
  Then I discovered this board, and that this was an all to common
occurrence.

  This was a few years ago, but at the time, I was able to buy just the
electronics and not the whole distributor.
  Good luck,
  Steven

  Aileen Boyd <aileen.boyd@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
  Hi there,
I am in search of an ECU for an 88' Westfalia. I need a Bosch with the
following # 0-261-200-065, VW# 025-906-022. Bought one, but it has a
different ECU # and a "D" after the VW #. My mechanic tried it, and it had
no effect. He would like to see one that has these exact #'s and see if it
helps. Never ending saga of my van running rich. Have checked all wiring to
and from computer, cleaned grounds, 02 sensor good, fuel filter good. Any
other ideas are welcome. Please let me know $ when you respond.
Thanks!!

Aileen
88' Vanagon Westfalia
"Simone"

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