

| Subject: | stalling and hard restart |
| From: | Mark |
| Date: | Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:54:33 -0400 |
After new fuel tank, pump, filter, lines, ignition switch, temp II switch, a few ground wire clean ups, and an adjusted throttle switch - things are running MUCH better - BUT - I still have a problem. After driving for a bit, the bus will eventually stall and then have a really hard time restarting. Usually happens after I've driven it, get back in and I'm idling to leave a parking lot (STALLS). It's happened often enough that I can tell when it's NOT going to restart. The telltale sign is I don't hear the fuel pump engage for those brief seconds when I turn the key over (before I turn it all the way over). If I don't hear the fuel pump, when I turn it all the way over, it won't start. I keep retrying it until I hear the fuel pump cycle on. Once I hear that, the bus fires up. This happened with the old pump AND the new pump (though the new pump sounds a lot better when it cycles on - the old one seemed to struggle). It happened today, and I tried replacing the fuel pump relay with a spare I have. When I put that relay in, the fuel pump just cycled on continuously (not for the 3 or 4 seconds as normal). It didn't start. I put the old relay in - a few more tries - I heard the fuel pump cycle for a few secs - and it fired up and got me home. I know all the FI parts are interconnected, so it could be a bunch of things (O2 sensor, idle stabilizer, ECU??) - just wondering if this sounds familiar to anyone, or if anything comes to mind. Having fun learning how this machine works - but my machine is telling me that I have A LOT more to learn :-) Mark -- Mark 1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)
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