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Subject:Re: Engine quit
From:Mark Brush
Date:Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:59:35 -0400

Mine too!  Quits suddenly on the road (for a second or two) then jumps back
to life.  It can be hard to start too until I get out... walk around the van
twice... face west... and it fires up just fine.  I'm thinking fuel pump
connection... but it can be a loose wire in many places!

Mark B
90 Westy

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Mike Miller <mwmiller@cwnet.com> wrote:

> Van types,
>
> Driving yesterday on a pretty bumpy paved road the engine suddenly quit.
> Didn't restart even though it was in gear. Pulled over and turned the key
> and it started right up and has run since then without incident.
>
> 86 syncro.
>
> Any ideas? Anything to worry about?
>
> Mike
>

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