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Subject:Re: Vanagon 2.1 Suddenly Dies- Need Help
From:David Beierl
Date:Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:41:05 -0400

At 05:16 PM 6/13/2010, Scott Daniel  - Turbovans wrote:
>I rarely find a bad ECU ..though very possible of course.

This is my hobbyhorse of course.  I believe you'll be finding more
and more as the fatiguing solder continues to get worse and worse.

It's the directly time-related aspect that makes me smell ECU.  And
it's easy to check if you have another 2.1l around, just swap boxes
and see if the problem moves, stays or vanishes.

d