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Subject:Re: NEW mystery - Subaru Conversion
From:Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Date:Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:17:04 +0000

Any red lights on instrument cluster?  Probably too busy dealing with situation to notice.  But one time as I was merrily cruising along on freeway in the desert, hit a bump in pavement and total red-light alert!  Motor was still running, made it off freeway, shut down motor....no restart.  Turns out, it was a broken Ring terminal on the big red wire to starter.  Apparently it was just hanging on by a thread; when I hit the bump on pavement, finally broke loose.  (Root cause was numerous fiddling with that ring terminal due to several situations with starter, including the Subie installation:  it cold-work hardened, and broke.)

    On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 10:33:05 AM PDT, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 I don't know. Had my hands so full dealing with rush hour interstate
traffic I didn't notice.  I'll check it out specifically.

Thanks.

On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 8:15 AM Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Is the tach dropping dead during the no power event? If not ignition next
> to look for is fuel starvation. Inlet screen in the tank or pump could be
> plugged or the fuel may be heating up enough to cause vapor lock.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> On Behalf Of John
> Rodgers
> Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2022 10:58 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: NEW mystery - Subaru Conversion
>
> Cruising at 65 mph, the engine shuts off as if someone turned off the
> ignition. Foot held on the gas pedal and vehicle slows on down as if to
> stop. Let up on the gas pedal for a few seconds, and the engine starts back
> up as if nothing happened. Only OBD2 code is related to the starter and
> that's because of how it's wired. That's just ignored. Anyone got any ideas?
>

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