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Subject:Re: Hall sffect sender/ engine in '90 Vanagon cutting out
From:Gary McEachern
Date:Wed, 27 Oct 1999 20:03:45 EDT

Where can one purchase the hall sender? Is it the same for all WB years
(84-91) or does the part vary from year to year?

I had one go bad on my '84 a few months ago and I exchanged the distributor
with the one from my parts van. The symptoms I'm currently experiencing
might mean I have another flaky one on my '87.

Gary

----Original Message Follows----
From: Graham Challis <centumg@YAHOO.COM>
Reply-To: Graham Challis <centumg@YAHOO.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: #Engine in 1990 Vanagon 2.1L cutting out randomly
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 13:15:39 -0700

I concur.  I have a 90 vanagon that had the same
problem, especially on long trip up to the mountains
(coincidence?).  replacing the Hall effect sender
cured it.
Graham
90 GL Country Homes Conversion

--- "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET> wrote:
 > > I have the same problem on my '87 and it has a
 > relatively new AFM and the
 > > harness modification (capacitor).
 > >
 > > Gary
 >
 > While you should certainly check out this portion of
 > the FI system, also take a
 > glance at your Hall Sender on the distributor.  If
 > it grounds out, you get no
 > RPM signal to the ECU, meaning no injector pulses.
 > Jiggle the Hall wiring
 > harness and see if you can get it to stumble.  Don't
 > crack it in the process
 > though.
 >
 > -Karl
 >
 > Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
 > '87 Westfalia Weekender  "Beverley" - 189K miles
 > VW Mechanic list:
 > http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops
 > PA/NJ Vanagon owner's mailing list:
 > http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/pavanagon
 >
 >
 >

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