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Re: engine dying while driving
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:37:19 -0700
...Had one van that would just start to rev out by itself ...then if you shut it off, it was flooded and wouldn't...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 09:59:24 -0700
...They are the way to go. > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > Dennis Haynes wrote: > > Of the battery choices out there, a conventional flooded cell...
Thanks! (Was Re: Higher elevation -- anything to watch out for?)
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:44:53 -0700
...Kind of a > flooded situation in that I had to pull the plugs, let it all dry out > for a while, and then it...
Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:51:57 -0700
...Simply being flooded so the plugs can't fire falls under............... 'has fuel and ign but won't fire.' firing order of course. need...
Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:57:21 -0700
...to 13.7 volts, depending on load, which is fine for flooded standard and deep cycle batteries, but never fully charges an AGM. So...
Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:05:22 -0700
...I've concluded that, when hot, the engine gets too much fuel, therefore is "flooded" and just turns over and over. > > Midway through the...
Re: Van Gremlins
Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:27:17 -0500
...and when we > >> put > >>> the old coil in the engine was flooded from the earlier tries to start it. > >>> > >>> But that doesn't explain...
Re: <no subject>
Historical mailing list - neil
Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:06:38 -0500
...A little cranking later and > it roared to life (by > then it was also flooded) a few farts and lots of > smoke and it...
Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
Fri, 23 Jul 2004 06:52:57 -0500
I measures the resistance from the plug at the ECU to the injectors and it was around 50 ohms book says it should be...
Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:55:55 -0700
...the plugs to see if they are wet-fouled. >> Simply being flooded so the plugs can't fire falls under............... >> 'has >> fuel and ign...
Re: Inconsistent stumbling on resume throttle..Was "vanagon syndrome?"
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 25 Jun 2014 19:37:52 -0600
...you get back on the Gas a very Rich, maybe even FloodedCondition, is occurring @ which point the ECU just says ~ OK this is Goofy...
Making an alternator a smarter charger? [LVC]
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Sun, 25 Jun 2006 09:55:02 -0700
Hi electrical and lead-acid wizards, I've installed a nice Group 31 flooded cell deep-cycle "house" battery under the bench seat in...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:54:15 -0400
...The 13.8 is consered ny many battery folks to be the ideal compromise in fixed voltage systems for flooded batteries. Dennis >From: Michael...
Re: Not exactly, was: A rod bender?
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Tue, 2 May 2000 19:59:50 -0400
...Mechanic friend of mine here, Sacramento, has rebuilt [or thrown out] several engines where the injector stuck open, flooded the cylinder and [usually] was...
Re: Bad fuel?
Historical mailing list - Skip Laubach
Tue, 2 Aug 2016 21:46:00 -0500
...To make sure the engine is not flooded (good trick if you have a "hot engine/no start") I disconnected the two driver's...
Re: Syncro recently moved to Massachusetts
Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:27:47 -0700
...My two favorite stories are of pushing a lifted macho man truck through a flooded vado in Baja. He thought he could get through...
Re: Vanagon Snydrome?
Historical mailing list - Stuart Hertzog
Sat, 5 Aug 2017 01:30:54 -0400
...I was on a two lane highway >> with no shoulder and it was very dangerous! I think I flooded it trying to >> keep it...
Re: High Alt. Tune Up? And 1/2 trip report
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Sun, 15 Aug 1999 23:34:47 -0500
...It was a bit flooded,( and I helped that happen.) I had used 87 octane gas as opposed to the 89 I usually use...
Charging circuit wiring upgrade/maintenance report/questions (longish)
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:50:49 -0600
...That vehicle never let ME down, but if I ever lent it to someone, they invariably flooded it when it was that cold. People...
FW: start - won't start - solution
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:46:12 -0700
...Now get in it and drive! Pull the plugs and dry them - you're flooded. You pulled the plug wires. Did you reinstall them...
Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 07:47:12 -0500
...I've concluded that, when hot, the engine gets too much fuel, therefore is "flooded" and just turns over and over. >> >> Midway through the...
Re: no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:02:34 -0500
...BTW, the oil pressure light has gone off, though she hasn't started yet, flooded from all that cranking (should have disconnected the fuel...
Re: Starting Problem
Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:01:05 -0500
...During the whole ordeal, I think I flooded it out so I left it sit while I got a bite to eat. 45minutes later...
Re: Black Friday vanagon and camper items?
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Thu, 18 Nov 2021 19:19:54 +0000
...Alistair, now I read that hundreds of people are stranded on > flooded highways up your way, or at least BC way. I hope everyone...
Re: Solar Panel: Charge Controller & Vents
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Wed, 7 May 2008 09:15:22 -0700
...A flooded deep cycle battery is better, cheaper and will last longer if properly maintained. Well, at least until someone comes up with a...
Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:14:08 -0700
...time without the propane lighting then the > combustion chamber will be flooded with propane as it tends to lay on the > bottom of the...
Re: cranky when wet
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:53:29 -0700
...the throttle open for a while to see if it was flooded. I can do this because I have a fuel shut-off under...
Re: Fixed Propane Fridge
Historical mailing list - Germain Gagnon
Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:34:58 -0400
...I'm starting > > suspect the piezo is not > > > firing every time, or the spark is very weak, so > > it is flooded with gas, then...
Re: Black Friday vanagon and camper items?
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Thu, 18 Nov 2021 11:59:52 -0800
...Alistair, now I read that hundreds of people are stranded on flooded > highways up your way, or at least BC way. I hope everyone...
2.1 digifant MV engine Air Flow Sensor Wiring Harness 87 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Mon, 25 Feb 2002 22:49:09 +0100
...my only guess was that it was now getting flooded by this high idle, and I could not start it for 20 minutes or...
Re: sometimes it just won't go...
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 6 Mar 2011 20:36:37 -0800
...How do we know it's flooded? Wet plugs? If so, compression check, fuel pressure check, new plugs. It DOES have spark, right? > I...
Trip report (need parts)
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:57:38 -0500
...hell!!! i think my fuel pump is giving to much pressure (flooded each morning and near impossible to start) and very dificult to start...
Re: cranky when wet
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 5 Feb 2011 07:51:36 -0500
...the throttle open for a while to see if it was flooded. �I can do this > because I have a fuel shut-off under...
Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, more
Historical mailing list - David Hardy
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:19:16 -0600
...The van will > run fine without it plugged in and sometimes they can fail and cause > the van to run super rich (flooded). > > If...
Re: Waving
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:35:14 -0700
...they have rain, but > not often. > > So out west we are flooded with Vanagons > comparatively. Perhaps in another > ten years we will wave. Or...
Re: Clutch replacement
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Fri, 21 May 2004 19:04:54 EDT
...had pools of brake fluid, my insturment pod was cracked and flooded with fluid, the headlight switch was busted into and through the hole...
Re: info on the fridge
Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
Tue, 18 Sep 2001 22:06:34 -0700
...If the fridge doesn't light the first time then the bottom of the U-tube is flooded with propane which is much heavier...
Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:31:16 -0400
...much) fuel to the engine, thereby preventing "the >engine gets itself flooded when "hot starting". > > Is this correct? It's about as correct as...
Re: Blue Syncro oceanside
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 29 Dec 2012 00:28:31 -0600
Stacy, How is Oceanside, NY doing after the storm? One of my suppliers - Chudnow - was flooded by the storm but I've not heard...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:47:40 -0700
...folks to be the ideal compromise in > fixed voltage systems for flooded batteries. > Dennis > > > >> From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> >> Reply-To: Michael...
Re: Stick to Vanagons?
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 12 Sep 2001 11:31:08 -0700
...Total strangers? Sure...but > >nevertheless, there is that bond. > > > >I'm not at all suggesting that the list should be flooded with political > >rhetoric...
Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] more electricity questions
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 9 May 2005 18:58:44 -0400
...For the size, it has a lower power density than flooded batteries and regardless of claims by the manufacturers, the life expectancy is from...
Re: Cars in Oz
Historical mailing list - Andrew Jack
Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:44:16 +1000
...The situation changed significantly when import restrictions were relaxed, and Japanese market cars that were 5 or so years old flooded the market for...
Re: A/C ducting
Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 17:59:32 EDT
...packs to flop around on their wires in my too-often flooded evaporator housing. ((I'm amazed they hadn't shorted out). Foam padding...
Re: Bad fuel?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 2 Aug 2016 22:18:48 -0500
...To make sure the engine is not flooded (good trick if you have a "hot engine/no start") I disconnected the two driver's...
Avoiding Routine Maintainence
Historical mailing list
Sun, 22 Dec 1996 19:59:15 +0000
...WRONG, winter comes Corrado is sold (yey) '85 looks like prime driver but has been sitting a while, and got flooded back in spring...
Re: swapping vanagon for Prius (was RE: license plate light bulbs
Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
Mon, 23 Aug 2004 14:49:10 -0700
...Camp-mates were wringing out sleeping bags, trying to repair torn tarps, moving flooded tents, and comforting cold, wet, sleep-deprived children. Mind you...
Re: Battery question
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 2 Feb 2001 09:22:51 -0500
...I'm using flooded-cell deep-cycle batteries on both banks -- I can use them for starting b/c the Atomic 4 cranks very...
Re: Norcold results (long)
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:59:15 -0700
...we normally quote when calculating the amp-hour capacity of a flooded lead-acid battery. The installation manual for the Norcold does not discuss...
Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
Historical mailing list - George Laubach
Sun, 26 Aug 2012 08:45:36 -0500
...I've concluded that, when hot, the engine gets too much fuel, therefore is "flooded" and just turns over and over. >>> >>> Midway through the...
Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:24:16 -0500
...They are the way to go. >> >> John Rodgers >> 88 GL Driver >> >> Dennis Haynes wrote: >> >>> Of the battery choices out there, a conventional flooded cell...
Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 21:50:26 -0600
...Occasional warm start difficulties from some cyl being too rich/flooded. (Always starts if I wait a while (up to an hour). Presumably fuel...
Re: Blue Syncro oceanside
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:54:03 -0800
...NY doing after the storm? One of my suppliers - Chudnow - > was flooded by the storm but I've not heard how the area is...
Now What Do I Do???
Historical mailing list - Gina
Mon, 20 Dec 1999 08:18:50 -0500
...days that is...when driving on the highway Thanksgiving Day, she flooded out at 60mph. Having done nothing else new, I decided to pull...
Re: Camping in cold & battery
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:24:00 -0500
...occasion when I added a ram scoop to the > vent and flooded my alternator into failure in a heavy rain storm. > > Stan Wilder > > On...
Re: A syncro fords a river: photo
Historical mailing list - jbclem1
Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:05:05 -0700
...with shut doors and closed windows, not old SWB > vehicles with flooded cabins). > > The deepest I have gone is wheel-deep in my 57...
spares story, and a tip for the day
Historical mailing list - Brian brian
Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:28:30 -0700
...month ago during a night of extremely heavy rain and several flooded road construction areas when I cracked two caps on the same night...
Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:08:04 -0700
...the plugs to see if they are wet-fouled. >>> Simply being flooded so the plugs can't fire falls under............... >>> 'has >>> fuel and ign...
Diesel Vanagon battery tray fits BCI 41,34,78, some 27, what others?
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:46:40 +0000
...I was just considering flooded cells, not AGM. Heres a listing what I found on the Canadian Tire and Walmart Canadian web sites: The...
Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:09:16 +0000
...when if finally did it started like it was flooded. on that one I found the very typical not-making-contact throttle switch and...