1996 Plymouth Voyager Van quit after going over railroad tr

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1996 PLYMOUTH VOYAGER

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1996 Plymouth Voyager 4 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic

I filled the tank on my 96 Voyager then traveled approximately 5 miles. Upon going over the railroad tracks, I realized that pushing the gas pedal was doing nothing. The van had stalled and would not restart. Someone thought maybe the fuel shut of switch was tripped by going over the tracks. But when I called the local dealership, they said that my van didn't have one. Is it just a coincidence that it stalled going over the tracks (@ approx. 45 mph) or did the jar of the tracks do something to make the van stall. Someone else wondered if my recent fill up resulted in water in my gas. I put some Isopropyl stuff for gas line antifreeze, but it didn't seem to help. Any ideas?

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CARADIODOC

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Sorry for the delay in responding. Have you found the solution yet?

The miserable inertia switch you referred to is strictly a Ford thing. Chrysler's system for disabling the fuel pump in case of a crash is much more reliable and effective.

Water isn't an issue either. The fuel is constantly being pumped through a loop to the engine and back to the tank. Just a little is bled off to run the engine. Any water would be constantly circulating and would get used up without collecting on the bottom of the tank. Most fuel today has ethanol in it already, which is alcohol, that will prevent fuel line freeze up. Adding more alcohol is just a waste of money.

Would be interesting to know what the fix was. Holler back if it still isn't running.

Caradiodoc