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• Re: Starter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:14:06 -0700
  ...I have never ever had any problem with the starter engaging and starting the car until the old starter went bsd. Monday, I will...
• Vanagon no start problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 23:29:45 +0000 (MULTINET_TIMEZONE)
  I've been there done that My 82 desel Vanagon would give me the intermittent starting problem . It pained me to read about so...
• Re: no start
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 10:19:23 -0800
  ...so, should i look > towards the starter? the starter is only 2 years old. the battery is old > though, could this be the problem...
• Wont start update
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:22:35 -0500
  ...but the starter did not engage. Time for a new Starter? Thanks, Chris ---- Original message ---- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 09:42:53 -0500...
• Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 09:04:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >I finally broke down and installed a second relay for my '77 westy >starter. The problem is, the windings on the magnet get hot...
• Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 21:32:27 -0600
  Last week I posted to the Vanagon list, looking for info about installing a new ignition switch because I was having starting problems with...
• Re: Intermittent no start
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 16 Sep 2000 18:58:07 EDT
  ...I had tried banging on the starter with a broomhandle w/o result. All I could manage was a tap. After reading the various...
• Westy stalls and won't start
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 23:44:20 -0700
  ...It will start easily and run good cold but as soon as I go about 2 miles it starts missing and by 3 miles...
• Re: Broke down last night... engine heat killing the starter?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Buck
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 19:47:37 EST
  ...It would not start the van then, after a short rest, would work. I tried milking it across Nevada. Spent the night in a...
• hard starting problem?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 21:57:04 -0400
  my van is acting funny.....it use to start right off the bat....now if left over a couple of days , it turns over...
• Re: 85 VANAGON starters (lo
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:24:00 -0600
  SyncroBeast re> 85 VANAGON starters (longish) My SO's Scirocco has experienced a similar on and off for several years. The first problem I...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:20:48 -0600
  Sounds like the classic "hard start" problem. Cause may be any combination of: ignition switch contacts poor solenoid gummed up poor contact in the...
• Re: recap (still not fixed) Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 13:53:36 -0500
  ...If I turn the key and it fails to start, voltage at the starter is measures 11.8-11.9. Is this voltage high...
• Re: stall
  Historical mailing list - byard
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 22:16:23 -0700
  If you're giving it gas to start it, you're screwing up the fuel injection system, and you'll likely have problems within...
• Re: Stuck in Durango, CO, with Possible Altitude Related Problem
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 7 May 2005 17:35:51 -0600
  ...I started getting > problems as I got to higher altitudes, the van idles > very rough and often stalls when I put it in park...
• Re: Ignition Switch Source & Tips
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:52:08 -0600
  ...Put the same make of starter back in. > > The "grinding" sound is like when you hit the starter and it is already > running. It...
• Re: Start problems need help on the road
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:36:38 -0400
  ...If you leave yourself enough running room, there's no reason why you cant start the bus easiliy by push starting. With a second...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 10:12:58 -0800
  That bushing is bad and the starter nose looks to be eating it up and maybe putting the starter in a bind. As the...
• HELP: in Kamloops and need some help
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:44:15 -0600
  ...Turning the key to the start position the fuel pump started again and no starter...no click, no nothing. Did this about 10-15...
• Re: Time to hammer the starter/solenoid????
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:59:42 -0400
  ...The starters on the Bay Windows had a tendency to wear out the bushing at the bottom end and when hot were prone to...
• Re: Update on starter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 12:55:59 -0700
  re I don't know of any vehicles that have a separately-removable starter ring gear on the flywheel or torque converter. on the...
• Installing adapter for TDI Starter on Auto trans Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:29:47 -0700
  It's been a bit of an ordeal getting the correct starter for the adapter because I had two vendors sell me the wrong...
• Re: Starter removal???
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 7 Dec 2015 17:44:00 -0800
  I think of it the same way! Next time I start my van I'll record it for you, both from the inside and...
• Re: Hard Starting
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 31 Mar 2014 10:42:15 -0700
  Did you mention the coil? Sometimes those are the cause of hot start problems.. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 10:38 AM, TJ...
• Re: 84 not refiring , still flooding ?
  Historical mailing list - Hans Vanhethoen
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:10:29 -0500
  ...I went on a test run for about 20 minutes ,came back shut it down, let it sit 5 minutes then I started the...
• Re: No Start & Sliding door handle'
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 6 Jun 2017 20:39:29 +0000
  ...Try jump starting or a real battery charger. Jim On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 3:35 PM Laura Mangan <laurakmangan@gmail.com> wrote...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Christensen
  Tue, 2 Mar 2010 13:34:31 +0000
  I had a simmilar issue w my 89 carat not starting-I replaced a running engine(BAD HEADS) w/one that I knew was...
• Intermitant No Start
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Carrubba
  Fri, 4 May 2007 22:39:54 -0700
  Hi Folks, A couple of months ago I posted about an intermittent no start. So I went through all the normal steps I so...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:59:21 -0400
  ...back in the early '90s my '84 wasserboxer would start and run fine if started from cold. It would also start fine after running...
• Re: Your Trek
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 19 Aug 1997 10:00:50 -0700 (PDT)
  On Tue, 19 Aug 1997 bachmanb@smtpgw1.plk.af.mil wrote: > [snip] > Every VW starter I've seen is self contained; > they don't...
• Re: Starter hesitation
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:56:23 -0700
  ...Starter hesitation > > >> Volks, >> >> My starter [my new starter I should say] sometimes turns over, hesitates >> then continues to work. Turns the engine over quite...
• Cold Start Problems...
  Historical mailing list - Jesse and Monica Johnson
  Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:12:40 -0500
  ...I am having problems starting when cold. The Van will start on the first crank. But then It has a tendency to stall. Then...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 25 Jan 2017 02:55:20 -0500
  ...The IMI won't touch those, not nearly the cranking speed or torque of the TDI starter. Three failed IMI starters within 50K miles...
• Re: Hey Joel!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 01 Aug 1994 08:08:50 -0400 (EDT)
  Its monday morning....yawwwwwnnnnn!!! So lets start it going... with a song, or at least the beginning of one (so feel free to join...
• Re: starter/ignition weird
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 21:09:27 EST
  ...On my 82 Westy I installed the relay out of habit but noticed that the starter/ign wire seemed larger (8g vs 10g) than...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - john
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 11:58:04 -0400
  ...Why does the pump start when I turn on the ignition but > does not stop after a > few seconds as usual?� � � Previously it would...
• Re: Trouble starting
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:49:00 -0400
  I put my spare in but it was questionable to start with. Leaving everything apart I put my original back on and, while turning...
• Fw: Two different Starters for '81 Vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:17:57 -0400
  ...Two different Starters for '81 Vanagon??? > Hello from Atlanta Ga. We have two '81 air cooleds, and there are two > different Bosch starters listed...
• Re: Van won't start when warm
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 19:42:00 -0500
  ...The engine seems to run start fine when cold, one crank and it starts. Once the engine reaches operating temp though, it is very...
• 1.9 won't start
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 19 Jul 2006 18:59:24 -0700
  I keep on running the engine but it won't start. No gas smell from the tail pipe. Once it started I can go...
• Engine died, great update, it starts!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:16:40 -0700
  Huzzah! After the ecu soldering the van starts! Well it sort of starts, my timing is all off because of my sloppy distributor swapping...
• Sluggish starter fix
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:56:28 -0500
  Someone mentioned to me there's a kit out there to take juice more directly to the starter motor to help with sluggish starting...
• while on the idle topic
  Historical mailing list - Justin Wolfe
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 14:27:07 -0400
  If I start my 84 westy cold. It will idle fine for about 1-2 minutes, start to sputter for an additional 1-2...
• Strong gas smell on cold start
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 14:28:18 -0600
  I get a strong gas smell on cold starts in the morning. I have the ISV disconnected because of a fault somewhere in that...
• Will not start question
  Historical mailing list - Randy C. Nunes
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:54:09 -0400
  My 84 westy will not start. The fuel pressure is ~ 36. The injectors act like they are not grounded, however, went through and cleaned...
• Re: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 22:02:35 -0800
  You might want to check the small cable that goes from the solenoid to the starter motor itself. This is a short and very...
• Re: Help! Stuck in the middle of nowhere!
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 00:45:23 -0400
  ...This is the same problem I had posted about previously about her just not starting and then a day later it started and acted...
• Re: ntermitent no start/turnover 85 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 08:46:38 -0600
  Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne wrote: > > Problem: > Intermitent no start/turnover on 1.9L 85 GL > When key is turned to start engine-nothing happens...
• Re: Starter system woes
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:21:14 -0800
  ...When you say new starter switch do you mean new ignition switch? On Jan 16, 2008 2:56 PM, TJ Hemrick <x53gunner@gmail.com...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:22:44 -0500
  Speaking os starters ... When the time comes to replace mine on my 85 (with Boston Bob 2.1) I should upgrade to an 86...
• Re: stupid starter question: 1990 GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 05:10:56 -0800
  This (or, starter problems in general) has/have been exhausted in the archives: http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?S1=vanagon Search...
• Re: Starter Gone?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:42:06 -0400
  ...This can at least be a start to testing. Taking the starter out is easy. It is however, one of those jobs that will...
• '57 Deluxe is sick!
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:51:18 MST
  ...After a good mechanic adjusted the timing, I started having trouble getting it to start up. It's gotten to the point where I...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 15 Dec 2012 12:20:53 -0800
  ...turn key to crank starter, starter won't turn, but the brake > " ! " light goes on, parking brake is OFF. (released) > > I had recently swapped...
• Starter bendix not engaging
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 12:31:35 CST6CDT
  ...Lunch break now and I have a starter problem: In this new '87 van the starter occassionally grinds against the ring gear and it...
• Delays: auto transmission and starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:38:16 +0100
  ...In particular, on a cold start the engine starts and runs OK, but movement in either forward or reverse drive is ever soooooo slow...
• How Long Running to Charge the Battery After Starting?
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 14:19:27 -0400
  ...The van had sat for two weeks without being started. Prior to that, I had run the battery down by leaving the radio on...
• Re: Starter trouble?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
  Wed, 5 May 1999 23:02:20 -0230
  ...Run a cable (like a booster cable) directly from the starter (clip it on to the bottom bolt) to the Negative terminal of the...
• Re: two red lights aren't on at start
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 19:17:49 -0800
  But wouldn't the alternator light come on after starting if it wasn't charging? ... he said that it doesn't come on at...
• Re: starting problems
  Historical mailing list - Standley, Craig
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 14:11:57 -0800
  Sometimes starters don't work well if they get overheated. I had an old Pontiac with long tube headers that ran very close to...