Hmmm, can transistors stick in the "activated" state?
David?

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 9:01 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Vanagon 2.1 Suddenly Dies- Need Help

cool
would you like a known-not-good ECU to look at and play with ?
84 1.9 wbxr.
It supplies ground for the fuel pump relay full time.

we'll see what it is in the end.
I'm not saying it 'is' anything to do with cat/muffler, just that one needs
to consider that possibility.

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon 2.1 Suddenly Dies- Need Help

> 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
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