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Subject:Re: Random Instant Shutdown
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:39:14 -0600

Scott

        I'll give that a try

                        ORR

On 24 Oct , 2012, at 2:19 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> To test for that, just unplug the distributor.
> My hunch is the fuel pump will still pre-runwith just key on.
>
>
> On 10/24/2012 12:56 PM, mark drillock wrote:
>> Ken, have you seen a case where a hall problem kept the fuel pump
>> from
>> running briefly at key on? If so it would be good to know that this
>> could happen.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Ken Wilford wrote:
>>> Sounds like the way my van behaved when the Hall Sensor in the
>>> distributor went bad.  I could restart it over and over but then it
>>> would randomly die out.  When it stopped it was like someone shut
>>> the
>>> key off, tach dropped to zero.
>>