I forgot to mention, that these are my quick checks for sudden death.
If these don't work, I go to the Bentley. If you don't have one, get
one!
Miguel

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
  - Thomas A. Edison

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:01 AM, miguel pacheco <mundopacheco@gmail.com> wrote:
> Have you tried tapping on your ECU? I just went through this with a
> friend's Syncro. His van would do the same, just die, then he could
> easily re-start it. It turned out to be the ECU. I admit, this is
> rare, but it happened. A simple check. Just have it idling while you
> gently tap on ECU. Also, have you checked your Hall Sender? These tiny
> wires sometimes short out, interrupting the RPM signal to the ECU.
> How about your ignition switch? Have you idled it and jiggled the keys?
> Miguel
>
> I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
>  - Thomas A. Edison
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Trooz <trooz@roadrunner.com> wrote:
>> I finally got the big problem fixed; now I have a mildly annoying one.  My
>> van will suddenly die at idle occasionally.  It starts back up with no
>> problem.  There are no obvious preliminaries indicating that it's getting
>> ready to quit, no coughing, no sputtering, it just stops.
>>
>> I just replaced the spark plugs and the distributor and the temp II sender.
>> Other than those items it's basically original with 218,000 miles.
>>
>> Anyone have an idea as to what might be wrong?
>>
>> Bob Trousdale
>> '90 Westy
>>
>