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• Re: 82 AIRCOOLED STARTING ISSUE
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:03:46 -0800
  ...82 AIRCOOLED STARTING ISSUE What a great dad! Ready to fly 5000 kms to start a car for his son. I'm sure, there...
• Re: Having a problem with a starter
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 16:05:06 -0400
  ...The van came in with a "not starting when hot" problem and >also a slow spinning over starter. I found a problem with the...
• ntermitent no start/turnover 85 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 00:44:37 -0500
  ...Intermitent no start/turnover on 1.9L 85 GL When key is turned to start engine-nothing happens. No click, whirrs, or anything. Engine...
• Re; Help Again
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 16:07:18 -0500
  Tom, Could very well be a poor ground to the starter. Try grounding it to the frame somewhere where it's clean. If that...
• Starting Troubles/Shifting...
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 15:38:57 -0400
  I recently had loads of work done on my 85 GL including a new starter installed. Sometimes when I go to start the engine...
• Re: Temp gauge on hot at cold startup
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 22:58:52 -0600
  ...Temp gauge on hot at cold startup My temp gauge needle is shooting all the way up on cold startup. Also the red dummy...
• Re: Diesel starter removal
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 14:36:29 -0700
  ...Diesel starter removal That bracket doesn't 'remove' easily, but it can tilt forward enough to slip the starter out from under it. Undo...
• Re: Maybe the Starter?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 21:06:45 -0500
  Classic signs of a shorted starter: you cooked it by using it to drive the van around, and now it has lots of shorted...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 18:35:02 -0600
  ...Im going to try starting her the way you described as soon as i can even though we arent above 9k feet. ---------- Original Message...
• Re: [T2] help with starter relay? (odd, see pics)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:46:47 -0700
  Chris - Pictures are abit fuzzy, but looks similar (you have a Hella mfr'd one) to the Hard Start Relay setup I spoke of...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 23:02:52 -0800
  all this time I've been curious as to how old the starter looks, visually. is it like some semi-fresh rebuilt one you...
• Re: air cooled starting problem (74 BUS)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:27:47 -0800
  ...I am thinking: > > a) intermittent fuel pump...hmmmm its mechanical so I doubt it. > b) fuel filter......but it runs fine when started, up...
• Re: air cooled starting problem (74 BUS)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:38:40 -0500
  ...I am thinking: > > a) intermittent fuel pump...hmmmm its mechanical so I doubt it. > b) fuel filter......but it runs fine when started, up...
• Re: 81 aircooled won't start when cold
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:45:58 -0600
  ...If you disconnect the wire from the end of the ISV, you can try a cold start to how a cold start without it...
• Syncro Starter Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Williams
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 19:16:55 -0600
  ...I cracked open the manual and started to remove the starter. I now have it ready to come out, except I can't get...
• Need a new starter for my diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jsnyder
  Tue, 16 Nov 1999 13:35:56 -0500
  ...When I hit the starter key this morning, I heard a moan from the solenoid and the starter would not turn over. The second...
• Re: Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - TieDye
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 13:44:31 -0500
  ...When it does start it cranks, coughs just a tiny bit >then takes right off. Another clue: it push starts quite easily. > >It's...
• Re: solenoid vs ignition switch for non-start
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 10:42:27 -0700
  ...Is that diagnois correct? >> >> Anything else before I replace the starter/solenoid? > > > Hi Richard. > > When key turned all the way (to turn starter) you...
• Re: Odd ignition issue
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 7 Apr 2008 08:03:41 -0700
  First I would clean battery/starter connections, then I would look toward the ign switch, or starter solenoid. My first thought was ign switch...
• Re: Automatic Starter options was: Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Jan 2020 22:35:53 -0500
  ...How come? Starters run free every time the engine starts and overruns the pinion, and all those noisy little appliance motors are series wound...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:24:33 -0500
  ...I had a no-start-in-the-rain problem with my '90 GL. On a drier day, try the spade connection on the starter...
• white smoke on start
  Historical mailing list - Alan Watts
  Mon, 18 Jun 2001 13:06:16 -0500
  Argh! I'm never going to get to leave :( I was going out to get some food for the trip and I started the...
• Re: Diesel starter wanted
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:43:41 EDT
  I have the diesel Vanagon rebuilt starters (Bosch) for $150 with only a $15 core charge. So for $165 you could have a rebuilt...
• Re: Vanagon Starter - windings available?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:23:06 -0700
  > Next move is to get one of those Kennedy Machine starters that are used on > Subaru 6 to Vanagon tranny conversions. > I've heard...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:11:29 -0700
  > > >> My 1991 Vanagon won't start. It was very humid and rainy when it wouldn't start...maybe the > points were wet? > Either that...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:28:44 -0500
  Hi Stu, Was your van running and all of a sudden wouldn't start, or is it a new to van and you don...
• Re: Help! My Van won't start!
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 27 May 2004 23:59:57 -0400
  ...Does it actually run for several seconds, or just start and die, start and die, etc. In the latter case it probably is TSII...
• Re: No start, no click.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 16:15:55 -0500
  You are probably correct that the ignition switch is good if the fuel pump tries to run with it in the start position. Now...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start) - Remote Starter Sw. extra wire
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:37:53 -0800
  ...So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start) Cool. Didn't see Mikes post. Personally I've never carried a remote starter switch, but...
• Re: Ignition Switch Mystery Continues...anybody out there????
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:00:10 -0500
  ...In many cases the remedy is to install a relay near the starter. Some of the vendors on the list sell a "hard start...
• crank, wont start
  Historical mailing list - Stan Shapiro
  Tue, 17 Nov 2015 08:58:56 -0700
  ...When the van is warm, it starts and runs great-perfectly normal!! In the morning, when it is cold, it cranks but wont start...
• Re: Remote Start Hookup - '88GL w/Manual Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 14 Dec 2013 13:02:37 -0400
  ...I always clamped to the starter first, just in case. On Dec 14, 2013 12:47 PM, "JRodgers" <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > I really...
• Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Dec 2012 23:33:20 -0800
  ...This no start happened shortly there after." And: "Could there be a short in the ECU or elsewhere in the 50 circuit that is...
• Re: Van not starting??
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:25:17 -0400
  ...Van not starting?? I was driving to work this morning when van died at a stop light. Tried starting her again with no luck...
• Re: cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 30 May 2000 06:33:37 -0700
  ...cold start problem hi! since 2-3 week, my west is hard to start when the engine is cold. it do that half of...
• Re: my van keeps dying..... Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 15:17:35 -0400
  AFAIK The ECU runs in "default" mode for a few minutes on start up, then starts getting/using input from the various sensors, so...
• Re: Remote starter switch
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:32:16 -0400
  Alfred, I have a remote starter button in the engine compartment of my '85 Westy. It does come in handy. I picked up the...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 10:48:26 PDT
  Bill writes jump-start how-to guilde: > > 3) A proper jump means several things, done correctly: > 3.1) The recipiant battery needs to have...
• Re: Replaced evil Temp2
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:40:56 -0400
  ...On cold start it takes only 2 turns and the engine starts...On warm/hot start now it only takes 3-4 turns. Is...
• Re: Starting problems...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 00:36:02 -0800
  ...Usually when it is cold it >>refuses to engage the starter. >>However, if I whack the side of the starter and solenoid, it will...
• Re: Slow starting when hot
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Wed, 21 May 1997 00:29:42 -0500
  Gcarlen@aol.com wrote: > > Howdy Volks, > > I have had a recent problem where my 85 Westy is sluggish to start when she > is warm...
• Re: Electrical/starter problem??
  Historical mailing list - Bill Webster
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 14:14:15 EDT
  ...Intermittently, when starting, sometimes I turn the ignition key and hear the fuel pump activate, but other than that - nothing happens. Its almost like...
• fridge relay actuator circuit:
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:27:22 -0700
  ...Is it normal for the stock fridge relay actuator wires to get hot while the starter is working and drawing from the starter batter...
• Re: failure to fire: the sequel
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 11:28:23 -0700
  ...a new starter. I bit the bullet and just had a new starter installed (about $300 w/ tax & labor) -- worth my peace of mind...
• Starter Bushing Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 12:29:14 -0700
  ...I received my rebuilt Bosch starter from Ron yesterday and it has a nice little bushing attached with a sign which says it should...
• Re: 1.9 no start (flooded)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:37:48 -0500
  ...Now no start. I'm solo, so hard to troubleshoot. I do have fuel Your FLAPS will have a lovely device called a remote...
• starter woes....anyone that can help?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 20:45:37 -0400
  My starter does not turn over at all... It's new.. i figured the old one died.. so i put a new one in...
• Re: flooded engine?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:59:56 -0500
  no turn over at all? Does it crank at all? If no noise at all, then it's a bad starter, stuck solenoid. Hit...
• Re: temp gauge flasing LED goes off instantly on start uip
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:21:47 -0400
  At 08:58 PM 3/13/2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >I'm sure the normal indication is after you start a water cooled...
• Re: 82 with hot start problem (long saga)
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:29:06 -0800
  Bad ground cable or hot cable from the battery to the starter? Mike > From: Laura Olson <laura@ONEOTA.NET> > Reply-To: Laura Olson <laura...
• Vanagon cold hard start issues
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 03:29:21 -0500
  Well, I've cried to the list before about how my 90GL with the Haltech ECU system on it won't start at all...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:30:18 -0600
  ...It started fine. So, maybe > that suggests where to start a bit more? Still likely the ignition switch? > Or the solenoid? Or just a...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 16:00:57 -0500
  ...I go to leave from lunch and she won't start. > It's a bostig conversion, and when I try to start I just...
• Re: starting and engine immobilizer
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 11:41:47 -0700
  ...It shuts of the starter and fuel, I believe, until you activate device with a digital key thing. It has worked perfectly. On three...
• Can't start
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 05:37:33 -0800
  ...I just cleaned all the ground connections that goes to the starter, the battery is strong. I tested the starter out of the engine...
• Re: [VWDIESEL] Slow starter(s)...
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:42:33 -0500
  just a thought david would be to inspect the starter pilot bushing? they do eventually wear ( some don't diesel oil/fuel is slick...
• Re: crank, wont start
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Nov 2015 10:16:37 -0500
  Temp 2 sensor is most important during start up. Usually there will be other symptoms if really defective. Rarely will the original ones fail...
• Re: No start problem
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:55:52 -0500
  ...No start problem Sorry about that. By nothing I meant it does not start. The fuel pump kicks on, lights go on ect. Everything...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:04:53 -0700
  ...Symptoms of a bad starter? > > >So if you run a new cable, you just run it strait from the battery to the >starter? >Do...
• Need Help with Electrical / Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Sat, 21 May 2005 00:48:58 +0200
  ...If I then turn the key to the "Start" position, the starter turns over fine, but the engine doesn't even try to fire...