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• Re: 87 westy will not idle
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:50:36 -0800
  ...I tried to start the bus when I got home. No go so I checked the idle valve & it was humming but still no...
• Re: 90 Vanagon Automatic Starter Saga Continues.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:01:04 -0500
  ...At my insistence the bosch guys went further into the starter. The final drive was missing two of the 10 balls that carry it...
• Re: differences between starter motors?? (For 1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 00:44:37 -0500
  ...I wish I would have read your post 12 hours ago, as I just ordered a rebuilt automatic starter. My starter has been crapping...
• Re: Symptoms of a bad starter?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:09:11 -0500
  ...Symptoms of a bad starter? > > > > > > > > So if you run a new cable, you just run it strait from the battery to > the > >> starter? > >> Do...
• Re: Starter removal???
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 5 Dec 2015 18:09:41 -0500
  ...Rather than getting a rebuilt starter from a FLAPS, I would recommend taking your present starter to a reputable shop for rebuilding if you...
• Re: My first problem on the road
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:13:51 -0500
  Scott, The first thing that comes to my mind is plug wires, cap and rotor since it started in the rain. The easiest way...
• Re: Replacing the starter on my 87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Jan 2017 18:37:59 -0600
  Regards this hard start kit or any other electrical add on - an old axiom from Dennis Haynes that really applies , THE MORE YOU AD...
• Re: Hard Starting
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:42:25 -0600
  ...That it runs fine when started > is a definite sign of a temp related issue. > Running the ECU plug also checks your wiring to...
• Blinking coolant light...
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 5 May 2000 07:54:04 -0500
  ...After ten minutes of driving, the coolant light started to flash and the temp needle started to rise. Pulled over into a parking lot...
• Re: (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Gruber
  Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:07:58 -0800
  ...The starter is gone through by Auto Electric, once Rainier Diesel Electric, an eminently reliable firm, at least when they rebuilt starters for me...
• Fuel pump relay problem solved!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 11:42:03 -0400
  ...The fuel pump was only getting current when the starter was energized, as soon as the key is released from the start position, no...
• Re: Delays: auto transmission and starter motor
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 07:35:59 -0700
  ...Then, out of > the blue, > the darned thing turns the engine and starts. Starts every time, without > fail (or at least it > has up...
• Re: New engine start-up, help a brother out
  Historical mailing list - Motlagh, John N [GMG]
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 07:55:21 -0500
  ...New engine start-up, help a brother out Got the oil light off!! Engine started fine, however there is a great deal of smoke...
• Re: Back from walmart...barely...what's wrong now?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:56:56 -0500
  ...Started back up, headed home again, started running like >> crap. Put on the flashers (only about two miles to go). Started >> running better. Made...
• Re: temp2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:17:40 -0700
  ...it would occasionally not start when hot. Once when it would not start, I decided to check the spark from the coil wire by...
• Re: Bentley wiring typo?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:26:18 -0700
  ...It also adds another > level of certainty to turning off the fridge relay during starting. During > starting this pseudo ground becomes a positive voltage...
• Re: Starter Woes - '88GL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:53:18 -0700
  ...Some slide forward away from the starter motor .. some stick out further and slide toward the starter motor to engage. I think my 67...
• Re: Starter: it's one or another
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:59:35 -0700
  ...high resistance in the starter motor > >>main current path, or weak starter battery. > >> > >>I am in agreement with David Beierl that fat copper cables...
• Re: flooding digifant
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 08:04:16 -0800
  ...About three or four months ago, Smoky refused to start. This was most unusual because he usually starts on the first rev of the...
• Re: Buying my first VW
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 11:28:02 -0500
  ...That problem has been solved and the starter is sitting with my toolbox waiting to go. Now I've got some detail questions hopefully...
• 85 Vanagon Morning Starting Issues...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pinnell
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 07:06:26 -0400
  Currently 1500 miles from home and Pearl, our 85 Vanagon, (1.9 L with AT) is having great difficulty starting after sitting all night...
• Re: Starts then dies. What to check?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Olsen
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:03:32 -0400
  ...Won't start with throttle open. Dies if I try to give it gas. I'm not >out of gas, and there seems to...
• Re: No start, no click.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Mar 2012 15:18:30 -0800
  Sorry, I missed that you were turning it all the way to start and hearing the pump at that point and not just from...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 23:40:10 -0500
  ...1988 Vanagon won't start A friend's 1988 Vanagon died while driving down the freeway, just quit. He had it towed home, and...
• Re: Bus queries/hot start
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jul 95 12:25:33 EDT
  The Vanagon has this persistent problem of hard hot starting. This has been consistent since we got the van a year ago and since...
• [OT] CIS-E Motronic trouble code retreival
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Thu, 28 Nov 2002 11:30:27 -0700
  ...After that it is hard to start again. Cold start injector is okay. Temp sensor is okay. Fuel pressure? Thanks Gary http://www.telusplanet...
• Re: 83.5 won't start
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 2 May 2007 11:37:08 -0600
  ...83.5 won't start > > Remove the small hose that goes intothe rubber elbow for the > throttle and > AFM. Spray in starter fluid. > > If...
• Re: Engine died, great update, it starts!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 00:05:36 -0400
  > > After the ecu soldering the van starts! Excellent! And it undoubtedly was that bump that helped it take the final step toward not working...
• Re: Roll starting a Vanagon (manual trans only)
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:37:48 -0600
  Clutch went out (began juddering on engagement) on my '81 after a push start. Was also soon after first ever fill with synthetic oil...
• 87 Bosch Starter
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 12 Feb 2002 23:15:19 -0600
  I also just happen to have a Bosch reman starter that I would like to sell to a needy Vanagonite----$65.00 will buy...
• Fan comes on at startup
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:02:13 -0400
  My rad fan is coming on as soon as I start my van (even if it has been sitting overnight and cold), could it...
• Re: Tremclad colour match and useage?
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sun, 6 May 2007 22:39:15 -0600
  > I want to get a starter kit of POR-15 You have to have training wheels on your Vanagon to qualify for the starter...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Wed, 17 May 2006 15:05:43 -0400
  ...Start it before you start ETKA. Use the CTRL+SHIFT+ALT(left side) plus the arrows to navigate in ETKA. Best regards. Gilles Turmel
• Re: HELP in Riverton, WY - Engine Flooding
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:26:33 -0400
  ...But, from dead-cold in the morning, it seems to start ok. > > This morning, I started it up okay, then let it idle. It...
• Starter ?'s in '64 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Oct 94 13:37 PDT
  Well...Ijust bought a rebuilt 6V starter for my '64 Bus. When I got the bus, it did not come with a starter in...
• Re: Automatic Starter options was: Front Heater Fan Motor Lube?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Jan 2020 02:29:45 +0000
  ...There are variable that effect starter life. Have no start situation and crank too long there will be some heat damage. Low battery and...
• Starts strong Now No Start HMMM
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 20 Apr 2014 15:27:08 -0400
  ...Decided to start the Vanagon just for fun to hear it purr. (really it ran absolutely Perfect) Motor would turn and acted like No...
• Re: Hesitation starting in 1st gear
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:11:30 -0700
  ...My analysis > so far is that it only occurs when just starting off in 1st gear (1st to > 2nd and 2nd to 3rd are...
• Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 06:27:26 -0800
  ...With the diesel > bellhousing one can get here, the starter resides on top of the bellhousing. > Looking in my van, there are about two...
• Help! 84 Stumbling
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:07:30 -0600
  ...Last night my van started stumbling when driving and completely died a couple of times and was difficult to restart.(The starter cranked, but...
• 84 Westy mass air/ICU problems?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Flores
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 06:37:09 -0700
  ...Several times now (in the last month), the vehicle has failed to start. Each time the vehicle was getting both spark and gas, but...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 13:49:28 -0800
  ...Continuing to hold the key in the start position, the starter kicks in and the engine starts as normal. I emphasize that this happens...
• Re: 88 GL - did it again!!!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 6 Jun 2014 21:14:20 -1000
  ...I tried it, wouldn't start. I hot wired the fuel pump ..it started. removed that jumper .. and it starts normally 10 times in...
• Re: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - TCollins
  Mon, 30 Jun 2014 00:09:35 -0400
  ...I can push start the van and drive it. >> > >> > I tried jumping the starter with a screwdriver across terminals clank clink clank no spin...
• RE: Strange Electrical Problem - '56 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 04 Mar 1996 10:38:00 -0800 (PST)
  >The '56 has once again developed an electrical gremlin. > >A few weeks ago, it started doing this thing where it would not >start if...
• Re: vanagon blues
  Historical mailing list - Jose Rosado
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 20:25:15 -0800
  I encountered a similiar starting problem. Three possible reasons. 1) Bad gas 2) Bad fuel pump 3) Choke need to be readjusted. Good luck...
• Digitool Just in Time
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 18:04:50 -0500
  ...Does the fuel pump get a separate signal while the starter is on? It always starts with the fuel from starting it but then...
• Re: Re-occuring problem
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:42:58 -0400
  Could be the sylenoid in the starter not engaging correctly. Give your starter a few (light) taps with a small hammer or a wrench...
• Starter Replacement Frustration - That durn second nut!
  Historical mailing list - Gavin Flanagan
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 16:59:28 -0700
  ...After consultation with some mechanics (and some successful whacks with a hammer), I came to the conclusion that my starter needs to be replaced...
• Re: Starting problem?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:24:52 -0400
  ...Starting problem? Hi, My 84 Westy 1.9 has a starting when the engine is warm. The engine cranks over but will not start...
• Cold Starting
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 23:38:45 -0500
  ...When I got there, to check, I tried just reaching in and cranking it, which it did, but didn't start (fuel pump was...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 14 May 2015 20:37:55 -0400
  ...ignition switch as a >trigger and do not actually route the starter through it. I have a hideous feeling that some of them use...
• Re: break-ins was Re: Alarm choices: was Today somebody got into my van
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 3 May 2011 07:19:04 -0500
  ...Of course, one doesn't have to know how to start a vehicle to break into it. But, regarding starting the Prius, that would...
• 1983 stalls
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Peterson
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 15:46:20 -0600
  ...My 1983 Vanagon has an intermittent starting problem. Just turns over but no start. If I pull the fuel relay switch it starts, then...
• Starting porblems caused by oil release valve
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 16:36:41 -0400
  My mechanic told me that the starting problem on my 87 Westy was caused by the oil pressure relief valve sticking. Sounds strange to...
• Re: cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 23:49:39 -0800
  ...Have THEM try to start it in the morning. (Park it where they gotta move it to get in and out of their service...
• Re: uh-oh!! they're talking about us!!!! :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 19:31:54 -0500
  ...they also have an article in that issue about "Euro No-Starts" ... typical no-start problems (and fixes) for european cars. trouble is (i...
• Aircooled starting problem---AFM???
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:22:54 -0500
  ...One of our '81 air cooleds is very hard to start. I turned the key to "start", and then manually moved the AFM sweep...
• cold-engine stall with A/C on
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Fri, 2 Jul 2004 08:32:23 -0400
  ...When the vehicle is first started (engine cold) and A/C turned on, the rpm's will drop, but not enough to stall. However...
• Is my starter OK?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 11:32:02 -0500
  I have a used starter motor I was playing with last night. There seems to be a fair amount of radial play in the...