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• problems starting while warm
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:56:36 -0400
  ...Untill i start fluttering the gas pedal.....then it'll start to pick up cranking speed and catch gradually and be running. Then it...
• Re: 85 won't start
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 8 May 2022 15:10:18 -0700
  There are no fuses that can stop the engine from starting and running in a stock wbx Vanagon. People do sometimes add one. Typical...
• No Start: Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:14:36 -0700
  Hello, My Vanagon starts easily even though it often sits for weeks. Today, after not being driven for 3 weeks it does not start...
• Re: It's not the way to do it ...
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 12 Dec 2016 22:16:59 -0500
  > So you eliminated the TTS completely? Get the engine good and warm and then try > to start it. Especially in warm weather. Once it...
• Starter removal
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 3 Aug 2012 16:27:14 -0500
  ...24px"><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>Hi Volks;</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>The starter&nbsp;in my parts bus...
• temp gauge flasing LED goes off instantly on start uip
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 17:58:44 -0700
  hi all, I'm sure the normal indication is after you start a water cooled vanagon .. the LED flashes for a few seconds then...
• Ignition Switch?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Cebula
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:00:58 -0700
  ...a bad ignition switch.� It now only starts if I wiggle the key if it starts at all.� Does anyone have any good instruction...
• Re: trip report
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 28 May 2009 11:43:45 -0700
  ...If one had a magnetic shaving mirror, (a must have when camping?) could it be attached anywhere above starter to help "see" what one...
• Re: Bright lights stuck
  Historical mailing list - James Flanigan
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 23:20:51 EST
  ...as just last weekend the "start" position on my ignition switch went out (I jumped in a starter button as a temporary fix). (Also...
• Bubbles Plus
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:51:17 -0500
  ...Can give you heart failure though ! Also poor start on a new battery and new alternator turned out to be bum Bosch alternator and...
• need advice on changing diesel starter in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 16:57:02 -0400
  ...Now I am stuck removing the old starter on my diesel Vanagon. I got the bolts out okay from the engine compartment but cannot...
• Re: HELP! Westy ON THE WAY AGAIN!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 30 Apr 2005 18:12:21 -0700
  ...Charged up the battery because it was low from trying to start so many times. Got the van started and started travelling east. Running...
• Re: Blue wire to aux battery dead
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Mon, 7 May 2007 14:14:33 -0600
  ...I have a volt >> meter. > > Often times you need to kick up the rpms upon initially starting the > vehicle to to get the alternator...
• Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 06:25:51 -0700
  So I've got a Go Westy Whiz Bang Gear Reduction�Starter, and thinking about the best way to replace it. � Should I put...
• Re: 97 EV's
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 15 Dec 1996 13:34:19 -0400
  >I was merely quoting an ad I saw in the Seattle Times saying that they had >3 '95s starting at $27.5K and 2...
• Missing at higher rev's
  Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:57:55 -0700
  My 80 Westy has started missing, acts like a clogged fuel filter-but seems ok. It does this maily when I have to townshift...
• Re: rear hatch falling
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:20:16 -0500
  Racer - Are YOUR triceps starting to attract attention, along with your back muscles, since you got the hatch struts from The Bus Depot? Me...
• Re: Selling my '90 Syncro Westy, need estimate on value./FRIDAY
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Fri, 7 May 1999 17:01:22 -0700
  ...We should start a registry that lists selling prices to help with insurance claims. please report back the price it goes for.
• Re: What does x mean on fuse/relay panel wiring diagrams?
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Sun, 24 Sep 2000 16:46:54 -0700
  ...Battery positive (+) voltage via load-reduction relay (with ignition On) Interrupted for starting (ignition in "Start" position) dave
• Re: Hard starting when warm
  Historical mailing list - Michael E. Pidcoe
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 14:54:30 -0500
  I would also suggest that if it is starting OK cold but then slow after you drive and park then your charging system is...
• Re: push start - not?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Wheaton
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:33:24 -0800
  I heard privately from at least 6 or 7 people who said that they push start the vanagon without any bad effects. It is...
• Re: FW: Starter problems
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:56:44 -0800
  Pull the starter, remove the solenoid -snip- My solenoid screws wouldn't budge with a screwdriver. I was ready to drill them out but...
• Re: Starter doesn't work on long trips
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 11:06:52 -0400
  Cool well it's good to hear I'm not the only one that's been wacking the starter once in a while. I...
• Re: Where's Waldo? (Something is missing?)
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:15:57 -0800
  Just thinking, right beside the brake vacuum line is you gas line going to the cold start valve be sure to connect it up...
• starter solenoid problems (and solution)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 12:57:04 -0700
  For the second time, the starter solenoid in my '81 westy had crapped out. As it usually does, it waited until I was halfway...
• Re: why didn't my van start??
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:31:50 -0400
  ...The first thing I would do is allow the van to cool completely, then try to start it with a SMALL burst of starter...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:27:55 -0500
  fuel injected engines should not have the accelerator pushed or pumped to start. On some carburetor engines with a choke linked to the fuel...
• Re: Hard starting 84 vanagon - stumped
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:24:41 -0700
  ...I read on the list about a weak starter causing > somewhat similar behavior. I know my starter needs > a rebuild (sometimes I have to...
• Re: Start-Solenoid-fix
  Historical mailing list - Noel Cookson
  Thu, 1 May 2003 09:51:46 -0500
  ...The solenoid > is placed ahead of the starter solenoid and is presumably able to > operate in low voltage conditions. Don't use a Ford...
• Re: no spark no gas no start
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 12:52:29 -0700
  ...But I shit it off in a parking lot the other day and went to start > it back up and it wouldn't start...
• How To Make New Battery To Starter Cable for 2.1 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:28:22 -0600
  Sometime in the last 4 years, someone expounded on how to replace the primary wire from the battery to the starter(and maybe even...
• Re: Running rough, dies as temp gauge starts to register
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:33:33 -0800
  ...Now it's > continuous. > > As soon as the temperature gauge starts to register the van starts to > run rough, quickly looses power, then dies...
• Re: Recommended battery booster works great
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Nov 2014 17:05:50 -0600
  I started my diesel twice off of once charge from dead, and diesels take a lot. After the second crank, I pushed the button...
• Re: cranky when wet
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 07:51:36 -0500
  ...though when I went to try it again it started to hit a bit. �After lots > of trying (try for 10 seconds or so...
• Re: Another no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:16:32 -0700
  ...After I removed the starter, I found the wire from the solenoid to > the > starter motor was broken. I installed a new starter, but...
• Re: 10/09/2015 How to clean up and return that new, never-needed, starter for a full refund?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:57:13 -0400
  >> I need to return the new starter that was installed.... >> the clerk said I would not be able to return it if installed... >> There...
• RE: Mystery wire on '73 ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
  Mon, 10 Jun 96 15:34:03 UT
  ...WIRE FROM/TO DESCRIPTION Red/Black switch to starter 12V when in "START" position Black switch to fuse box and ignition coil 12V when...
• ignition switch and seat belts
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Nov 95 19:16:35 EST
  I agree with Mark McCulley and Jim Davis that a new ignition switch will help with starting. A few years back I use to...
• Re: warm start 78 FI
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 12:56:42 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Boleyn wrote: > > Can anyone give me hints to the cause of failure to start when engine > is warm? Cranks, but never fires up. Never...
• Re: '87 2.1 Starting Problems
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:49:23 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: '87 2.1 Starting Problems > > > My daughters' van has an intermittant starting problem. It > will turn over and start...
• Horn beeps when starting '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Lavery
  Tue, 6 Dec 2005 21:36:44 -0800
  ...As I turn the key in the ignition and start the vehicle, sometimes (but not always), the horn beeps on and off in no...
• Re: 86 Syncro dies again
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 22:39:11 -0500
  ...On a cold start your engine is going to want to quit. But keep enough gas going to keep it running smoothly at the...
• Re: Aux Battery in GL-Sure Power Instructions Needed
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:40:12 -0700
  Looks like the 1315 is 100A continuous, 400A max, which is probably enough, even for a diesel (48A for glowplugs + ?? for starter), since unless...
• 2.1L High Idle and Hesitation, Stalling After Heads R/R
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 16:42:31 -0600
  ...Van starts fine when cold, it is very difficult to start when hot. When hot I have to start it by pressing the throttle...
• Re: Got worse, now doesn't run..
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:48:56 -0400
  ...and this would account for a difference between that first start and later starts. The relay could be heat affected (less common in relays...
• Re: First ride of shame, fuel issue
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 27 Jul 2019 14:12:36 -0600
  On 27 Jul , 2019, at 12:14 PM, Eric Caron wrote: > I�m not ruling out a bad start battery either but it does...
• Advice - New Motor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Snyder
  Sun, 17 May 1998 10:29:11 -0400
  ...I bought a new battery for the initial start. My problem is the motor turns very sluggishly! I initially thought the battery was bad...
• Re: starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 13:56:12 -0700
  ...Then, if the problem is starting cold--below ~45 degrees, check the cold-start system--a "5th injector" that zaps gas into the common...
• Re: Gas Mileage and smokin'
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:35:06 -0400
  When my '80 needed a new head (no compression in one cylinder) I had some blueish smoke at start-up. Wasn't much, barely...
• Re: Remote Starter Kit
  Historical mailing list - Bob Adams - Mobile Audio Design
  Thu, 15 Feb 2001 15:04:04 -0500
  ...Remote Starter Kit > Has anyone installed a remote starter kit on a Vanagon .e.g.. 91 Wolfie? > > www.Northerntool.com has one $69 bucks...
• Re: Spring startup
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Tue, 1 May 2001 21:00:31 -0400
  ...Spring startup Hi volks: Can somebody provide a few spring startup tips other than the usual fluid level checks. I tried the archives several...
• Re: Lifter Noise
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 07:53:34 -0700
  I have had my custom 2.1L WBX running for over 50,000 miles and have yet to have my lifters clacking upon start...
• oh shit, here we go again
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:59:23 -0700
  ...It's quarter to seven in the morning, and Matilda won't start. She started once, then the engine died. Now she turns over...
• Re: Ran out of gas ....now won't start ??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 06:47:08 -0500
  ...Ran out of gas ....now won't start ?? I ran out of gas this evening....rolled right into a gas station.....lucky break.....but...
• Starter Wire Connection
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:15:14 -0700
  ...The wire harness feeding the starter solenoid has TWO red wires coming out of it: a thicker gauge one with a black plastic female...
• No Start
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 15 May 2007 13:18:55 -0400
  ...I put the old cap back on and the van would not start. I bought a new cap and rotor that are the correct...
• Erratic no spark problem - '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:06:49 -0400
  I have an erratic problem with starting my '85 Westy. Sometimes she will start and run fine, other times she just cranks and cranks...
• 84 running issue solved?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 29 May 2022 16:24:17 -0400
  ...So I wanted to start here. We started to remove it and Art noticed it was very loose. Then we got it off and...
• The Real Starter Problem Found. Now I Need a Wiring Harness
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 13 Jul 2014 19:50:43 -0400
  Good evening, Last week at this time I enlisted the help of the list in solving a problem I was having with my starter...
• 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 - Mike Frost
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:57:56 -0800
  ...Inside the junction box, the wire is bolted to a stud which is the main connection point between the battery and the alternator/starter...