Can you help this newbie with space wagon prob??

[kayakingmumof4]

Hiya everyone!!
Well It looks like I've gone and bought a lemon of a 1992 space wagon - needed an mpv for 6 people and two kayaks
anyway the problem is it starts fine even drives fine occasionally but it just cuts out completely.
total loss of power!
Has anyone got any ideas if this is a fixable problem or if I am better off scrapping it and having a thrifty xmas.
thanks so much
KMo4

 

[Tex]

Hiya everyone!!
Well It looks like I've gone and bought a lemon of a 1992 space wagon - needed an mpv for 6 people and two kayaks
anyway the problem is it starts fine even drives fine occasionally but it just cuts out completely.
total loss of power!
Has anyone got any ideas if this is a fixable problem or if I am better off scrapping it and having a thrifty xmas.
thanks so much
KMo4

Hi mate,

Hard to tell with your description - drives fine occasionally? well, when it doesn't drive fine occasionally, is that when it cuts out or does it do something else?

Assuming you've checked the battery ?

 

[kayakingmumof4]

hiya, it drives as if nothing is wrong and then completely cuts out, no warning, no judder, just a complete shut down.
Battery, radiator, plugs, fuses, oil all fine. EXhaust is good (just been repaired)
thanks for taking the time to reply

 

[Tex]

Have you looked at the earthing?

Maybe a bad earth somewhere (earth strap) happened on a few of my past cars, maybe worth checking.

And apologies i called you mate - assuming you a lady.. )

 

[obi_waynne]

Sounds like an earth issue to me. It could be the knock sensor in panic mode.

Sell it and get a Dub camper van - its more appropriate to your kayaking image!

 

[pgarner]

yeah earth sounds the most likely, have had a similer problem the earth from the battery had worked loose.

 

[kbekl]

it could be the ecu as these have a habit of going nuts up

i have the same car and i think i hve a working ecu as i suspected my ecu was at fault and changed it

best thing to do is run a diagnostic on using a 12v led and the obdi plug near the fuse box

can post you instructions if you want

 

[obi_waynne]

Please do, instructions would be helpful to all that read this thread.

 

[kbekl]

http://codes.rennacs.com/

here they have ways to get the faults for almost all cars