Bad gas/ water in gas, timing, AFM jammed/ disconnected, bad ECU, low battery?

Mike B.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Darren Lastfogel 
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:16 PM
  Subject: Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?

  No back fire and my cat has been hollowed out by the PO years ago.
  I also replaced the cap and rotor and checked for spark and that looked good
  I can normally figure this stuff out, But this has me stumped
  Not even trying to fire.
  I will try again tomorrow and double check it all again
  Darren

  > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:36:10 -0400
  > From: paullist08@GUZYK.COM
  > Subject: Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
  > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
  > 
  > did you notice a backfire or other exhaust noise lately?
  > 
  > a plugged CAT can cause a no run situation when you have fuel and spark...whack the cat, does it sound like anything broken inside?
  > 
  > Put you hand on the taipipe.  Have someone crank it over.  Any sign of compression getting to the tailpipe?
  > 
  > -----
  > 
  > lately I've been seeing a lot of flakey 2.1 distributors... but when the hall sensor is bad you get no spark so your dizzy is probably ok.
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > 
  > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
  > From:         Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
  > Reply-To:     Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
  > Date:          Mon, 8 Jun 2009 19:06:38 -0500
  > 
  > >A few things occur to me:
  > >
  > >Was there gas at the tee, or could you have been measuring air pressure?
  > >
  > >When checking voltage pulses at the injectors, be sure to measure
  > >between the two injector wires; 12v should be on one continuously; the
  > >other gets intermittent ground from the ECU.
  > >
  > >Are your spark plugs in reasonably good shape?
  > >
  > >HTH
  > >Larry A.
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > >On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Darren Lastfogel<vr6vanagon@hotmail.com> wrote:
  > >> Started the van today, Drove 100 yds and it died. I was on my to fill up cause I was very low, so I thought I ran out of gas. I put in some new gas And It would not start, Checked my fuel pressure at the T and it was 35 psi I pinched the return line and watched it go over 80 before I released it, I checked spark and had it , Checked compression all over 110 psi, I checked voltage at the injectors with a dc voltage detector and saw it pulsing but still the van would not fire, not even try to fire.
  > >>
  > >>
  > >> Spark, Compression, Fuel, Air
  > >> What am I missing?
  > >>
  > >> Darren
  > >> Rockford MI
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