Kangarooing camper!!

[surfdude]

Hi
I have a running problem with my van. It's a 1.9 DG with 140,000 on the clock. Recently it has been doing a random misfire and loss of power and subsequent kangarooing if i put my foot down. It seems to be cured if it stalls (or i turn the engine off) and wait a bit. But then it comes back again, in anything from a few minutes to hours of motoring. Any ideas??

[R0B]

if you type kangarooing into the advanced search(click on the words advanced search top right of page)it brings up quite a few threads.heres one of them..https://club8090.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.p ... angarooing..

[surfdude]

Thanks for the advice. I've looked through many posts and the wiki and started a one thing at a time approach to fixing the random misfire and loss of power. I tested the coil, the secondary resistance is 1.5 k Ohms too high, outside of the working range. Im fitting a new one when the order comes in from G+S as a precaution, but can't help thinking that higher resitance between separate (though electromagnetically linked) circuits would be a good thing, as in this case it basically means insulation. Any thoughts? Vanfest is getting closer!!

[CovKid]

Try and suss out if the carb is being starved of fuel before spending any money. See what the output is like on your pump, make sure filter not clogged - both one in carb and on fuel line. Make sure carb is clean.