[Vwdiesel] My '89 keeps stalling?

weasel weasel1 at sympatico.ca
Mon Aug 18 23:05:02 EDT 2003


That sounds about right, unless no one's been playing around.  Wouldn't a plugged fuel filter do the same ??  I had similar symptoms with my veggie kit ...

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> From: LBaird119 at aol.com
> Date: 2003/08/17 Sun PM 08:04:01 EST
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] My '89 keeps stalling?
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>   Sounds like the timing is way off.  It could be a bad injector or more but
> it'd really be puffing out the white smoke at idle if one was THAT bad.  You
> may have a bad ground where the negative cable bolts to the transmission.
> The rotation of the engine causes a loss of current and the stop solenoid
> closes.  It could explain the starter too.  Not highly likely but a
> possibility.
> I'd suspect fairly retarded timing as most likely.  If an injector were that
> bad your glow plug will likely be missing the heating element prortion of it.
>      Loren
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