Whoa! Ken just agreed with me. My head will explode soon....................
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 1:21 PM, Trooz <trooz@roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Thanks Miguel, and thanks Ken.
>
> While they were trying to figure out my sudden dying on the road, we
> replaced the ECU.  It died at idle with the other ECU as well, once.  I
> tried jiggling all the wires, including the ignition and the connections
> underneath it, while trying to diagnose the other problem which appears to
> have been the Hall sender.  As I mentioned in my OP the
> distributor--including the Hall sender--has been replaced and that seems to
> have fixed the intermittent dying at speed problem.  But, I still have the
> random dying at idle problem.  It's not bit a big deal; in running errands
> around town yesterday it happened twice.  Prior to that it had happened once
> every other week or so.
>
> I'll go jiggle more wires and see if I can replicate the problem.
>
> Bob
>
> P.S.  I've had a Bentley since I bought the van.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: miguel pacheco [mailto:mundopacheco@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 8:05 AM
>> To: Trooz
>> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
>> Subject: Re: '90 GL dying at idle
>>
>> 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
>> >>
>> >
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