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• HELP - My Westfalia won't start when warm - may have to cancel camping!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 15 May 2003 23:51:08 -0700
  Over the last week my 1986 Westfalia Joker has been getting harder to start - mostly when warm. The engine is a 112hp DJ motor...
• Re: Start problems need help on the road
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:52:04 -0700
  ...A remote starter switch is an extremely useful tool. I don't even drive my vans in town without my bag of electrical testing...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:07:14 -0800
  ...Then the rpms start to drop, lower and lower, like the engine is missing. If unattended, it will die -- although it will start instantly...
• Re: replace starter
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 13:42:55 -0700
  ...If the van is running I don't need a starter and with a manual tranny it is very easy to start; it takes...
• fuse panel on an '85
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 11:31:07 -0700
  ...Wouldn t start in West Sac No Headlights 10-16 Started next morning Reattached headlight fuse wire, headlights OK One other wire with pig...
• Re: Just how far in over my head am I? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 18:20:12 -0700
  I've had a '78 Chevy G20 since '91 and I'm on at least the fourth starter under a lifetime warranty. The symptoms...
• Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:48:35 -0400
  ...The starter had been installed with only the short bolt which had loosened. The starter lost ground and would only work intermittently. Then the...
• Re: Curious no swas teh same tart issue
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 May 2012 10:53:44 -0400
  I would consider the starter. Could be the motor or solenoid. To really test you have to get under there with a meter preferably...
• High altitude starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 09 Jun 1997 20:49:30 -0400
  My wife just called from Rocky Mountain National Park. (altitude around 8,000 feet or higher) It seems that when she went to start...
• Re: 87 EXTREMELY Rich at start-up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 May 2003 19:16:47 -0400
  ...87 EXTREMELY Rich at start-up Hi, My 87 is back to one of its nasty behaviors. At start up, for the first 2...
• Starter nut
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:07:27 -0700
  A quick question -The nut on terminal 30 on the starter solenoid requires a 13mm wrench? Having a tough time getting the wrench on...
• Removing starter bushing
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:10:58 -0400
  I replaced the starter in my 87 Westy but couldn't get the bushing out (didn't try too hard) but would like to...
• black smoke when starting
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 18:14:17 -0600 (CST)
  The 75 Bus makes a big puff of black smoke (almost?) every time I start it. The smoke dissipates after a few seconds and...
• Needed: Starter for 82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 06 Aug 1997 18:08:17 -0500
  Volks, Anyone have a line on a starter for my new 82 Diesel Westy? Dealer wants firstborn. Wife is tired of pushing/diesel fumes...
• Re: Alternator Deal.
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L. Urner
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 16:03:45 -0700
  ...It performs well, and doesn't vibrate, but you have to rev to 1500 >rpm before the thing starts charging. The original didn't...
• BUS BURR
  Historical mailing list - Ken & Sue
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:10:07 -0500
  Well I got a few campers jumped started with my TDI last year at BUS BURR. This year I will bring my airplane jumper...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:05:53 -0500
  ...It >>starts maybe one out of 5 times, and when it starts, it starts right away. >> >>>>The battery is right at 12.0 volts...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:14:35 -0400
  ...The starter had >>>> been installed with only the short bolt which had loosened. The starter lost >>>> ground and would only work intermittently. Then the...
• Re: Tough to start on cold mornings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:25:48 -0600
  ...The van has been starting and running fine >> otherwise. >> My wife tells me that it cranks, starts for a moment and then dies. I...
• Re: [Syncro] Electrical Consumption & Battery Recharge Calculati ons
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 16:50:54 -0500
  ...If for some reason the starter battery goes dead, you can jump/switch the starter onto the hotel battery. I like the idea of...
• Re: FYI Satellite Radio Users
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 15:13:43 -0700
  ...I use > the radio a lot when I'm camping and decided that running down the starter > battery just isn't smart. Repeatedly running...
• Help with troubleshooting a 1980 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 19:24:55 +0000
  ...I'm thinking cold start valve? temperature sensor? Thanks for ideas. tabe johnson/90MV *** email starts here *** <edited for brevity> ��� We decided to bring...
• Re: Urgent Starting Problem!/ Suspect Neutral/Park Starter Switch/Contact Bridge Problem - status update
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sun, 4 Feb 2007 17:54:52 -0800
  ...Consider doing the "hot start relay" fix, and/or replacing your starter or starter solenoid altogether... On Feb 4, 2007, at 3:28 PM...
• Re: '83.5 westy starts, runs well, stalls, won't restart
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 19:31:55 -0700
  ...If you don't know where to start............either don't get it, or invite the seller to get it fixed properly, or get...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:30:20 -0500
  ...If that didn't do > it, trying another time or two always would. > > So, I'm thinking that there's a starter relay somewhere...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:33:05 -0500
  ...But, I'm asking first, where to start. > Switch on the clutch pedal, ignition switch, wire to the starter? The > thing ran fine all...
• Re: Where's the other end of my broken ground strap?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 25 Mar 2017 23:16:10 -0600
  ...If You mean by this, That as You "Relaxed the Key" the Starter Energized ~ That would be an indication that the Ignition Switch is...
• Re: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 12:44:11 -0400
  ...operate the backing-down lights and allow the 50 signal from start switch to starter to reach the starter only if the handle is...
• Re: 5 speed Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Mar 1990 20:12:16 -0500
  ...my 5 speed starts with a clunk over to the left and back for first, then second through fifth are in the usual H...
• stupid starte mistake!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Oct 1995 16:51:25 -0400 (EDT)
  Yesterday will replacing my starter on my 86 vanagon I made a really stupid mistake. I was inserting the small brash bushing that was...
• Update on Rough idle on 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sat, 12 May 2001 11:40:47 -0700
  ...Then on a lark I started twisting the 4 intake runner to airbox boots. All of a sudden I start getting a whistling & the...
• '91 Not Starting! Not even a click.
  Historical mailing list - David Thoresen
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:16:18 -0800
  I went to start my vanagon after going to the store, turned the key and nothing.. not even a click. I did notice there...
• speedo problems
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 20:51:01 -0600
  ...t started poking around yet but it's winter and I was hoping someone might know exactly the problem before i start taking things...
• starting engine w/out tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 10:49:07 -0800
  ...As you can imagine, I am itching to start the engine to see how my repairs work out. Question: Will I harm the tranny...
• Re: For Starters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:04:33 -0500
  ...Of course, the time was spread out over 2 days while we waited for the new starter to come in. The right rear axle...
• Re: FRYDAYE Why does it hurt when I pee WAS: Re: fuel tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:15:51 -0800
  On 3/8/2008 10:48 AM Richard Golen wrote: > Its truly amazing the stories we can tell! And to think this all > started...
• Re: common electrical problems in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:40:39 -0700
  This is the kind of problem I had in mind when I started this thread. A list of real problems that prevent use of...
• Re: No start hot
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:32:02 -0800
  The most common hot start problem I've seen over the last 30 years is a bad air temp sensor in the AFM. Unfortunately...
• stranded... '84 won't start (after exhuast work??)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:47:46 -0500
  ...Then, as I start to worry about my mysterious gauge issues, the engine starts to sputter. I run around to the drivers side and...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:58:30 -0500
  ...Well, I spent half the day trying to fix a starting problem, didn't find anything wrong, and now it starts fine. Not very...
• oil buzzer buzzing all the time
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:35:07 -0500
  ...Every time I start to drive, the oil buzzer (the one that lights up the little picture of an oil can) takes to buzzing...
• Re: Roll starting a Vanagon (manual trans only)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:31:24 EDT
  ...I usually push start forward in 3rd but I just thought the reverse starting worked good so I would share it with the list...
• 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 Collum
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:07:22 -0500
  ...Your starter can still be suspect. Mike Wesley Pegden wrote: > Today I tried a new ignition switch and changed out the transmission > ground strap...
• Re: Battery dead AGAIN!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:20:48 -0700
  ...It started 3 different times just fine. I even > went > out to start it before going to bed last night. No problem. This morning...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:28:10 -0500
  ...Engine Starting Problem > > I meant that the engine turns over and over but it will not start/run. I > checked the intake air sensor...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:59:01 -0500
  Cranking and starting are two completely different issues. The starter will crank (turn)the engine over if you removed the complete fuel delivery system...
• Re: Tooooooooooooo ritch a startup...com on guys!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:16:16 -0400
  Temp 2 sensor, ignition or valve problem? O2 sensor does not affect start up. Now are you talking during warm up or shortly after...
• Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:28:59 -0500
  My van sits a long time between starts. How would this filter help and would it work with mobile 1 Synthetic? Eric Caron 85...
• Re: No start, no spark
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:22:48 -0700
  ...I do > hear the fuel pump charge though, and the starter turns the engine just > fine. > > My question: Could the ignition switch be the...
• alternator problem solved?
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 19:04:47 -0600
  ...Sure enough, van started right up without a hitch and the lights (which HAD been shining fervently by this point) went out after startup...
• Re: occasionally won't start.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:38:01 -0700
  ...Intermittent stalling and failure to start is a common symptom. When I cruise junkyards for Vanagon parts I see burn spots and melted areas...
• Re: battery going?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:14:20 -0600
  ...When I first start it in the morning it starts fine. Then within say a minute it finds an excuse to die. Then it...
• Re: [Syncro] The Syncro project arrives...(won't start)
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Wed, 23 May 2001 13:29:00 -0400
  Mine occasionally won't start in much the same way. That's why I keep a hammer with me at all times to do...
• Re: Upgrading second battery system
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:20:55 -0700
  ...The charger runs one bank to the > starter battery and the second bank to the auxiliary fuse panel for the > house battery. I plan...
• Cured Hot Start/Stumbling
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 15:43:56 -0500
  ...He found the idle was set wrong. (My former mechanic kept setting it wrong, and that caused the hot start problem, I think.) Note...
• Re: Do Westfalia's Hate the Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 20:00:46 -0400
  ...It just > > doesn't like starting in the cold. I have replaced batteries and coil. > > The DPO had recently replaced the starter trying to...
• Re: Van died on me!
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:58:00 -0800
  ...I started it and then it >> stalled. I started it again and started going up the over pass and it >> stalled again before I...
• Re: Update - Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - Wrenold Williams
  Sat, 2 Apr 2016 16:11:12 -0400
  Update: �Engine Cranks but No Start!� Finally got a used ECU from a friend and tried it after allowing the cylinders to dry out...
• Re: I have an '82
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Tue, 1 May 2007 09:43:24 -0700
  ...I believe the fuel pump is powered via the > double relay when the starter is engaged. After the starter is turned off > the fuel...
• Re: Vanagon starter - will it a Beetle?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:37:53 EST
  ...I had a question from someone who would like to use one of my TDI starter adaptors on a Type 1 - based custom. I...