--- On Wed, 8/10/11, Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it practical for you to check or
> replace temp sensor II ?

I replaced temp II sensor 5-6 months ago when I was doing routine tuneup stuff.

I made it home, so now I'll either have to do some testing which I am not very good at, or take it to the shop.  It was dying every few minutes the last 5 miles home.  Trying to get it as far a possible, I found I could give it just a tiny bit of throttle and it would go further.  Giving it gas, it would just bog out and die.  But I don't think it is a gas problem, when cranking it while trying to restart, I could smell gas.

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> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 6:14 PM, David Vickery <david_vickery@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > No luck yet. �Narrowed down a couple things it isn't
> (or doesn't appear to be). �I disconnected 02 sensor after
> the van quit, waited 15 mins and started off again and it
> quit again the same as if it was connected. �Plus I
> previously tested the 02 sensor with a digitool 4 months
> ago, and it was o.k. then.
> >
> > This appears to have nothing to do with Vanagon
> syndrome. �The last couple times it quit, I was just
> driving in town. �One common thing, the weather in Rock
> Springs was about 100. �It feels about 100 here. �The
> engine is not unusually hot. �Fan cycled on in town, like
> it normally does, so coolant.
> >
> > It sputtered a couple times leaving Rock Springs and
> then it drove flawlessly 200 miles to my town when it died
> running errands.
> >
> > Van is currently sitting here cooling off. �If I let
> it cool off for 10 minutes it will drive for 3 or 4. �In
> Rock Springs I let it cool off for a long while and it was
> good to go. �So I will make it home, just don't know why it
> is dying. � I drive for a few minutes, I start to feel a
> sluggish loss of power, let the clutch in and it dies.
> >
> > I pulled the connector for the Hall sender and it
> seemed oily. �Not sure if that could cause the symptoms,
> but I'm thinking heat + oil = short maybe. �I cleaned it
> with a rag, and it didn't seem to change anything. �Rotor
> is fairly new, plug wires, plugs too. �It feels electrical
> but maybe something to do with the heat too. �I going to
> hop out and pull the AFM cover and take a look now.
> >
> > Thanks
> >