Issue Resolved I Think,, As Of 7:30 Last Eve’ > But Not going to say for sure ’til I

start it this Morn & it still runs fine ~ Will report on Fix as soon as I'm sure it is Good ~

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

> On 2 Jul , 2021, at 8:24 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@Comcast.net> wrote:
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>        So 1st a Correction to previous note > I had intended to check those PwrSteering Wires
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> when Van arrived back in ABQ but apparently didn’t as now that the Van has gotten back for
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> My attention it is pretty obvious that the DC+ of those 2 was the culprit > It was Dangling &
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> missing 8-10 Inches of Its insulation ~ Owner had Power Washed Eng’ before heading out of
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> Roswell that Morn’ that the WireFry happened & I suspect that that wire got blown off during
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> that Wash & ended up connecting to ground ~
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>        Removed Bad Harness day before Yesterday & Yest’ Morn’ installed known good harness
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> that I had taken out of a Westy a few Years ago so as to install a GW EFI & also a spare ECU &
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> Idle Control Relay just incase ~ For a few hours it would not start so during that period I tried
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> 4 diff’ ECUs & 2 Diff’ ICRs > Crank No Start ~ I was on My own so had no way to see if a Spark
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> was happening but finally got an assist’ & determined No Spark ~ All Volt's to Igni’ & Fuel Sys’
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> seemed to be correct & Coil checked out OK so thought I would swap in a spare Dizzy incase
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> the Hall Sen’s had been damaged somehow & it Came To Life but wasn’t running properly ~
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> Assuming it was probably Off Time due to Dizzy Swap I shut it down & took a short break ~
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> With T’Light all hooked up & @Ready, turned key & No Start ~ A couple of hours later it again
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> FiredUp & Timing got done & then it quit & NoStart ~ This Morn’ it Fired Right Up & idled @ 
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> about 1400rpm for for about 5mins & quit when I attempted to give throttle ~ Couple o hours
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> later after acquiring a spare Coil & another Dizzy (but not installing yet) It again started & ran
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> & had smooth power as long as I kept above 2K RPM but died when allowed to attempt idle &
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> again no start ~ Swapping in Spare Coil & Dizzy has produced No Joy ~
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>        AnyBody have Any Ideas where to look next ~
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>                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB
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>> On 15 Jun , 2021, at 10:16 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@Comcast.net> wrote:
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>>       When the Van arrived back in ABQ, that was 1 of the things that I looked @ 1st as I had just
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>> replaced those connectors a few months back due to their dilapidated condition & closeness to the
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>> the intake plumbing ~
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>>> On 15 Jun , 2021, at 7:36 PM, vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET> wrote:
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>>> The usual cause of that 2.1 injection harness damage is a shorted wire
>>> to the power steering pressure switch.