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Subject:Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
From:Darren Lastfogel
Date:Tue, 9 Jun 2009 06:19:45 -0400

I pumped alot of fuel out at the T and pulled my injectors and I had good spray. So right now I need to revisit spark.

 

thanks 

Darren
 
> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 05:29:38 -0400
> From: mbucchino@CHARTER.NET
> Subject: Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> 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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