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Subject:FW: 87 vanagon quit while driving
From:Robert Clemmer
Date:Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:35:56 -0400

First thing I would check is the grounds.  Nearly every time I've had
something funky going electrically, the cause was the ground or lack
thereof.

BC

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
mark drillock
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 2:09 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 87 vanagon quit while driving

That is a known failure mode of the 2.1 ECU. Injectors open and flooding the
intake even without the engine turning.

Mark

Mark Dearing wrote:
> have a friend who is stranded in jersey, he found a shop to  help,
> tech says the injectors have a faint current when you cut the key  on,
> engine seems to be flooded.  any ideas?  thanks mark  d
>

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