A short would take out the shutoff valve on the injector pump. A diesel would continue to run after the ignition was off unless the fuel is shut off. Strictly mechanical.

Jim

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> On Apr 24, 2021 at 9:06 PM,  <Stuartmacm (mailto:stuartmacm@gmail.com)>  wrote:
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>  Make sure the plug for the Vanagon.org wiring is secure. What would make a diesel stumble? Fuel starvation? It doesn't have an ignition system to get wet! It will probably never happen again.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List  <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>  On Behalf Of Jim. Felder
> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2021 6:56 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Weird little electrical problem
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>  I went on a week long birding/photography trip about a thousand miles long. Except for the first two days it rained pretty much all the time on the gulf coast. I got flooded out of a campsite and drove down dozens of flooded streets. Nothing happened then but on the way home, after about four hours of driving, the temp light flickered on and off at times, usually 5 or ten minutes apart. The gauge showed normal the whole time. I stopped to make sure everything was normal under the hatch. Twice the engine stumbled while the red light was on but quickly recovered.
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> I figured it was wet wiring. Since I got home and things have dried out I have not been able to reproduce any of these problems.
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> I drive a 1983 turbo diesel 5-speed with Vanagon.org dash foil replacement.
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> Jim
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