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• Re: Fw: Westy stalled/wont start
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:25:44 -0800
  ...Westy stalled/wont start >---------- >> From: Karen Olson <kdosmm@worldnet.att.net> >> To: ghamburg <ghamburg@VOM.COM> >> Subject: Re: Westy stalled/wont start >> Date: Tuesday...
• Re: Hot Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 3 Nov 2005 08:23:11 -0500
  ...I replaced the temperature sensor. > >If I start and stop while the engine is still cold, the engine starts right up with no hesitation...
• Re: Having a problem with a starter
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Tue, 8 Aug 2006 15:14:29 -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...
• VW diesel no-starts
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 19:41:43 -0500
  ...Diesel No-Start Diesel VW Virtually all passenger car Diesels use glowplugs to provide additional heat for starting, particularly in cold weather. Glowplugs, of...
• Re: Friendly Fires (non-vw?) (was '71 Westy On Fire! (what went wrong?))
  Historical mailing list - Anton J. Elmquist
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 13:28:29 -0400
  ...Reminds me of trying to start my sister's Cavalier back home in Minnesota on a -25 day in the dead of winter - I...
• Re: Solar Battery Chargers
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 07:20:55 +0000
  ...3 gel cells and one starting battery. Never had a problem with dead batteries and no start. I usually run my batteries pretty low...
• Re: Fan comes on at startup
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 09:40:05 -0700
  ...Fan comes on at startup > > > My rad fan is coming on as soon as I start my van (even if it has been > > sitting...
• Re: Question about temp II sensor and bad running
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:44:50 -0400
  ...when the car runs rough enough for long enough, it starts running so rich that it spits unburnt gas out the exhaust. If you...
• Re: Starter relay
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 04 Dec 94 15:15:48 CST
  ...there's a tech bulletin out on older vanagons about the battery cable and starting problems. might be that. also check the ground strap...
• Van won't run right - troubleshooting help
  Historical mailing list - david hardy
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:56:18 -0600
  So I have this issue with my '86 Westy that's got me stumped...yesterday it started missing a tad, then just it quit...
• Re: Starts then dies. What to check?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:56:56 -0700
  ...Time to come home from work. >Starts, dies. Won't start with throttle open. Dies if I try to give it >gas. I'm...
• Fw: re:Temperature Sensor Light/Difficulty Starting
  Historical mailing list - Alexander Dallas
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:39:32 -0500
  ...I can push start it, it starts just fine. And I can turn >the engine off and it starts right back up. This is...
• Starter bolt at top of engine
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sat, 9 Feb 2002 16:59:28 -0800
  ...Still trying to locate the source of an oil leak that seems to allow a drop of oil on the bottom of my starter...
• Re: Is it the ignition switch, or something else?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
  Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:54:12 -0600
  ...If that "tail" becomes worn as mine was, it will not quite turn the switch to the start position. A better test is to...
• Re: crank, wont start
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Nov 2015 23:34:26 -0500
  ...crank, wont start I'm not going to post for the hundredth time why you should do it, but when you have problems not...
• Re: Cold-start up oil issue..a solution
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 12:42:40 -0400
  ...Cold-start up oil issue..a solution No. I am not concerned about "dry" wear on engine start up. It is the oil weight...
• 83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Sun, 11 Apr 1999 12:18:28 -0700
  ...When it does, it won't start for several minutes. Sometimes it won't start when it has been parked for a while either...
• Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:59:47 -0400
  David, the first thing you need to look at is what is happening when it won't start. If it has spark but won...
• Re: COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:46:50 -0400
  ...COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr...... me again...good, am gonna burn that 84... he he he... Recapitulation: 84, rebuilt head job... Problem: no start...
• DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:31:34 -0800
  Hello, My question is, what's the starting procedure using the "knob," or more properly, does use of the "knob" contribute to the cutting...
• Re: Won't Start...Again 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 05:27:12 -0400
  You have to determine why it is not starting. When it throws the fit, try checking for spark by pulling a spark plug out...
• Re: Won't start (tries) (coughs) (smokes)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 6 May 2011 14:24:56 -0700
  ...Won't start (tries) (coughs) (smokes) > Well...yesterday I looked at the wires, tried to start it and had a big > burp of > smoke...
• Re: Help! My Van won't start!
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Thu, 27 May 2004 20:06:14 -0700
  ...If it starts and runs until the starting fluid is burnt up, then I would say that you're having a fuel delivery problem...
• Re: cold start problem - 89 GL
  Historical mailing list - Chris Agh
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:25:06 -0800
  What about the cold start valve? I don't think the water-cooled digifants don't have this valve as I didn't find...
• re : wet hard start
  Historical mailing list - Henning, Eric
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 08:25:08 -0500
  ...When damp out in the morning, hard to start. leave the hood open for the rising sun to shine on and it would start...
• Re: Syncro TDI installation question...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 11:23:36 -0800
  ...The stock diesel starter is rated at around 2.3hp. The stock 1.6 diesel engine has a 23:1 compression ratio. Would seem...
• Re: snow!!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:28:45 -0700
  ...Nothing like cold weather to bring out some short comings in the starter circuit. I have a newer type starter on the shelf (as...
• Re: I wonder why
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 19:56:26 -0800
  ...Once it started up, it would start fine. If I did not use it for two days, it won’t start for a few...
• Re: Re:Wouldn't start... mea culpa!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 22 Nov 95 21:28:46 CST
  On Wed, 22 Nov 1995 21:09:42 -0600 Steve Hoge said: >What the heck *is* the final word on jump starting AFC busses...
• Re: Different Starting Woes
  Historical mailing list
  25 Apr 97 10:59:46 PDT
  ...or - Similar problem, installed the ol' solenoid relay at the starter trick, no more problems. Overheating of the starter, doesn't like to function...
• Re: Diesel question, reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 02:10:49 EDT
  ...James Berry Pike Rd, Alabama >> Hi James, what does the cold start cable have anything to do with a hot start problem? As long...
• Fwd: Intermittant Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Don Herman & Marji Suhm
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 06:56:19 -0700
  ...Intermittant Starting Problems > >Hello I've run into intermittent starting problems with my 1987 vanagon. >Right now it is sitting in the carport and...
• Re: Electric burner starter
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:00:32 -0400
  on 7/17/04 11:30, Nick Feickert at thesuperflydisco@YAHOO.COM wrote: > Has anybody attempted to install an automatic electric starter for the...
• stupid starter question: 1990 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 00:24:22 -0500
  Last weekend, I turned the key and the engine turned over twice before the starter cut out. Subsequent turns of the key yield all...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 19 Oct 2018 08:44:57 -0700
  ...when it happened to yours (cranks but no start) - on the black box that sits on the top of the coil, remove the small...
• Re: [WetWesties] Help! Stuck in the middle of nowhere!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 30 Jul 2015 04:37:52 -0700
  ...Grab the starter and wiggle. Is it still bolted in? BTDT…. > On Jul 29, 2015, at 9:29 PM, Jeremy Stovin jjstov@yahoo.com...
• Re: No Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:38:19 -0800
  ...Try shifting to > > neutral and see if it will start then. > > > >
• van dies out
  Historical mailing list - tina
  Wed, 5 May 1999 17:03:39 -0700
  Hi My 1990 vanagon camper starts up..runs awhile then dies on me...a little later I am able to restart it, but it...
• 84 Vanagon, will not shift into gear.
  Historical mailing list - Gary Watts
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 14:51:19 -0700
  My wife hopped in the van today, rolled it back out of our parking space, started it up and it would not shift into...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 16 May 2007 09:28:04 -0400
  ...Mike William Landsman wrote: > Hello, > > > > What does it mean when you are stopped, lets say a light and your brake > pedal starts to slowly...
• Starter
  Historical mailing list - cHRIS sNYDER
  Fri, 31 Dec 2004 14:41:43 EST
  I am in need of a good used starter (monies tight) for a 1987 Vanagon that is a known good unit and that someone...
• Re: '85 1.9 - fuel issues - UPDATED - Now longer nad with more Frustration and discust!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 20:25:21 -0800
  ...If there is the slightest variation in voltage during starter cranking ..that would just be voltage availbale varying very sligtly due to starter load...
• engine/starter problem, advice sought:)
  Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 09:46:32 -0700 (PDT)
  ...2) tried to start the engine, would not catch, turned over a few times but never caught. 3) checked connections on battery, starter and...
• engine/starter problem, advice sought:)
  Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
  Wed, 11 Oct 1995 09:46:32 -0700 (PDT)
  ...2) tried to start the engine, would not catch, turned over a few times but never caught. 3) checked connections on battery, starter and...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:55:23 -0500
  ...Engine Starting Problem >> >> 1985 1.9 liter >> >> After changing the coolant, I started the engine to get it circulating. I >> turned off the engine...
• Re: OK, I've had it! What now?
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:37:30 -0700
  ...Spray Starter fluid in the air > cleaner housing and crank engine--Check. Crank starter by itself (minus > starting fluid)--FAIL. WTF? I have spark...
• Re: Starting Problems....looking like alternator
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:27:21 -0700
  I have seen some diesel that wouldn�t start cold if the glow plug circuit couldn�t get enough current. Clean the battery terminal...
• Re: Wont start. need help
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Fri, 23 Oct 1998 07:05:24 -0400
  Went to start the engine to make certain I got the joint tight and- nothing. Turns over fine. Won't fire. Strong smell of...
• Broke down last night... engine heat killing the starter?
  Historical mailing list - ok artguy
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:34:36 -0600
  ...The battery was good, heard the fuel pump kick in, but absolutely no juice to the starter. After some kind souls stopped to help...
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning...
  Historical mailing list - ok artguy
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:06:04 -0600
  ...Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:59:30 -0600 > >JJ >starter ALWAYS HAS POWER the line runs directly from the battery to >terminal on starter...
• Re: No Start after alternator failure and replacement.. Help requested
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:19:02 -0700
  ...No Start after alternator failure and replacement.. Help > requested > > Listees, > > Westy is in "no start" condition during the first 130 miles of 6,000...
• Re: COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:35:51 -0400
  ...COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!! >> >>Grrrrrrrrrrrrr...... me again...good, am gonna burn that 84... he he he... >> >>Recapitulation: >>84, rebuilt head job... >> >>Problem: no start...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 22 Jan 2017 07:15:12 -0800
  ...By comparison, GW's configuration with the mounting adapter built into a > proprietary starter means that if it fails you have to shell out...
• Re: Remote Starter Switch Wire-up for '88GL
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:45:30 -0400
  At 12:02 PM 6/22/2011, John Rodgers wrote: >One lead would go to the battery post on the starter, and the other...
• Re: Help -Stranded & need advice...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 22:25:33 EDT
  ...I would hold the key in the start position and wiggle your autotranny gear lever a little. It should start right up if this...
• Re: only starts in neutral
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:31:14 -0800
  ...only starts in neutral > hello! > > i am new to the list, and a new westy owner. this list is fantastic! > > i have a 1991...
• Re: Clakity-Clack
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 17:21:22 -0500
  ...It most certainly will keep the crud inside the engine, from starting in the first place. Pontiacs (372's, 389's, 421's,428...
• Re: Overhead Westy light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:12:16 -0700
  ...On those VW did not run the charging wire from the alternator to the battery but instead to the starter, where the main starter...
• Intermittent won't start problem w/ 84-1.9
  Historical mailing list - Tom
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 16:20:12 -0700
  I have been having an intermittent starting, rough running problem w/ my stock 1.9 w/ vanagon syndrome patch, & 102k on it. Has run...
• Re: Starter Replacment
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 07:39:18 -0400
  ...Starter Replacment > > > I am wondering what th shop time manuals say it is surpose take to replace > the starter on a 1987. When I...