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I had something similar years ago on my 2.1dj, completely random breakdowns, then would start again. For me it was the Idle Stabiliser, on my 2.1 DJ that was the grey box on the LHS of the engine bay, about the size or a large matchbox with two cables going into it. When the problem happened, I bypassed it by unplugging the cables going into it and plugging them together (1 male 1 female).

Might be worth a try next time it conks out on you..

Ah yeah, the DJ (manuals) has that stupid thing.. I forgot...

Cheers Haven't got another one of them spare. As its a occassional fault its a real pain.
Think I might get aload of service bits anyway, cap, arm, leads, plugs, then see.
Horrible driving listening/waiting for it to stall.
Drove 3 miles today...... fine.

3 miles is not a drive, it's a short walk!

Does sound like an ignition fault though. If the sparks look remotely yellow, they are sub-standard.

Had the Idle Stabiliser play up on my DJ, you can bypass it by unpluging the two plugs and connecting them together. Would at least take it out of the equation.

KarlT wrote:Cheers Haven't got another one of them spare. As its a occassional fault its a real pain.
Think I might get aload of service bits anyway, cap, arm, leads, plugs, then see.
Horrible driving listening/waiting for it to stall.
Drove 3 miles today...... fine.

As said, just bypass it... Will rule it out when you do breakdown

silverbullet wrote:3 miles is not a drive, it's a short walk!

South Devon in the summer time! It would be quicker to walk too!!

Thanks to everyone, I'll do that by-pass thing & take the RAC number with me!

akira28 wrote:Had the Idle Stabiliser play up on my DJ, you can bypass it by unpluging the two plugs and connecting them together. Would at least take it out of the equation.

Mine was disconnected when I bought my DJ. I refitted it once to see what would happen, and it did the losing power/coasting to a halt thing you describe. Bypassed it again (as above).

I think the Golf might have used the same part if you want to replace it, but it doesn't actually seem to do anything...

Okay, by-passed stabilizer thing today, drove 28 miles, no problems........

KarlT wrote:Okay, by-passed stabilizer thing today, drove 28 miles, no problems........ :idea

Good news.

Sometimes I wonder what happened to all the VW T3 designers who could presumably answer loads of our questions.

RAC reckoned Air-meter. Mechanic reckoned fuel pump or relay, 80/90 got it right!!

I hope.

Well, 50 miles & all seems good, so it must be that Idle-stabilizer thingy.
I like things to run as they should & would like to replace unit.
Where can I get one? Golf?

KarlT wrote:Well, 50 miles & all seems good, so it must be that Idle-stabilizer thingy.
I like things to run as they should & would like to replace unit.
Where can I get one? Golf?

Found this:
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and this
http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details. ... parent_id=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hi,

I have been having similar problems. Van would cut out intermittently. I noticed that when it cut out, the rev counter dropped to zero like a stone, even though the engine was connected to the wheels and still turning. I checked the wiring and the signal output wire from the hall sender on the distributor was not finding its way to pin 18 on the ECU.

I put a new wire in and it works! Hope this helps a bit.

Cheers guys.

JNW, The link looks good, but don't like the way GoWesty has got the wrong write-up, or have they?........"Fits: 80-85 Vanagon Air Cooled and Watercooled vehicles"