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Originally Posted by dksob81
just to answer these questions:
The security light comes on then goes off.
no codes stored
not that we have done at our shop
spark is good
fuel pressure holds for about 5 minutes (didn't check past that)
5/8 tank of gas
no just started.
Died while driving and wouldn't restart
I got to work this morning and same thing, so I marked the distributor and then loosened the retaining bolt and turned the distributor counterclockwise a smidgen and it started right up, shut it off returned it to normal and it started up again no problem. So from searching around online last night it appears the Crank Sensor is bad, I checked the distributor adjustment and it was 32 degrees advanced which is well out of range and according to the TSB # 00-06-04-014 this will happen when the crank sensor goes bad. So I set it back to 0 degrees and it runs fine - I replaced the Crank Sensor, relearned the variation of the crank sensor, and resynced the distributor (again after replacing the Crank sensor) and it is running like a champ again.
I hope this helps someone else out with this problem, I honestly thought it was a hard (as in Chain/gears) timing problem not just an ignition timing issue.
Joe
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Good work.
Good find
That proper testing always finds the problem.
Glad you found the problem.
And thanks for posting back the fix.
A tip on fuel pump.
If that model van every comes back for the fuel pump coming and going or quiting always check the fuel pump wiring plug in at the transmission cross-member.
I have had several with bad wiring in plug in.
Had to wire around them.
Good Luck