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Subject:Re: '87 Westy running problems solved-OBD comments
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:53:27 -0500

Don't believe it. It still comes down to bad information, bad processing, or a physical problem. Troubleshooting injector and cylinder balance are basic skills and good routine maintenance includes cylinder balance testing to make sure you don’t have lean misfires or other fuel delivery problems. More than one engine has been destroyed from a lean cylinder melting a piston and burning a valve and that lean miss means unburned fuel (excess HC) to destroy the catalytic converter. 

Dennis

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Stuart MacMillan
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 3:48 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: '87 Westy running problems solved

I’m now a fan of OBD!  That would have zeroed in on both of those problems without all the testing and trial and error. 

 

Not much else to go wrong. The only things I didn’t change were the ECU and the Hall sender. 

 

Stuart

 

From: Dan N [mailto:dn92610@gmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 12:45 PM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: Vanagon Mailing List
Subject: Re: '87 Westy running problems solved

 

thanks for the info...

 

those are basic cures for vanagon common ailments...