Q: Van stalls when it gets warm, i wait a little while 15min to 20min it starts up, until it gets to warm and stalls again.

asked by on February 19, 2017

Van stalls when warm. I changed distributor, plugs, spark plugs, 2 of 3 fuel pumps, one in tank, one outer, cleaned tanks, one was really dirty. Replased 8 fuel injectors with remanufactured ones. Van still stalls when it gets warm.

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