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• '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:17:51 -0500
  ...The radio in Grover has started turning off and then back on if it is on when I start the bus up. Now everything...
• RE: Hello again, Brakes, No-Start, Coolant bleeder, 1985 GL
  Historical mailing list - Lebron,Nathan
  Thu, 09 Jan 97 08:03:00 E
  ...I once heard of someone who actually drilled a couple of holes into the starter core. Apparently, the Saab engine generate a great deal...
• Re: Electrical Problems
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 24 Aug 1997 19:47:19 EDT
  ...thing starts happening with the radio, >headlights, brakelights, the gauges once again start losing power. > >This time it dies and will not start again...
• Camping in cold & battery
  Historical mailing list - Steve Firebaugh
  Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:47:02 -0800
  ...One morning, in order to start melting the frost off the windows, I started her up, and let her idle for 30 minutes or...
• Short in Electrical System
  Historical mailing list - Warren Gaylor
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:41:26 EDT
  ...Any ideas how to start checking where the short may be? I think this is a fairly new problem as it has been not...
• Re: T-Mobile
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 8 May 2004 18:26:24 -0400
  ...They're hoping to start rolling it out nationwide soon. Pricing was going to start at something like $2.95 for a couple of...
• Re: NVC- Rabbit won't start
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 13:54:05 -0500
  ...I > have spark and fuel with the starter engaged. Let > key back to run > position and it dies. > I bought this for a winter...
• Re: No start
  Historical mailing list - Wrenold Williams
  Thu, 26 May 2016 15:02:14 -0400
  If there is no sound of the fuel pump priming to start - check your ECU or the grounds to the left side head of...
• '91 auto GL on VA CL
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:58:47 -0800
  ...Needs a starter. Heads and rings done recently.New Battery.97,400 miles. wont start. 2500 tom 757 749 9984 � Stephen
• Cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Annie Anderson
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:07:36 -0800
  ...Having some trouble with cold weather starting problems. Every time the weather gets cold, the van will not start. The battery dies and it...
• Vanagon Chat
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 15:50:15 -0500
  Hello, For those of you that have Microsoft Chat 2.5, I have started a chat room called Vanagon. When you start the program...
• What size optima battery
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 16:03:25 -0500
  ...My starting battery has finally died I've heard others have used optima batteries in place of the group 41 starting battery. I've...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 15:36:42 -0600
  ...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: Urgent Starting Problem!/ Suspect Neutral/Park Starter Switch/Contact Bridge Problem - status update
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 23:43:19 -0500
  ...The neutral switch was just a side-issue. > Consider doing the "hot start relay" fix, and/or replacing your > starter or starter solenoid altogether...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 13 Feb 2020 01:47:25 +0000
  ...The van then started, although it ran a bit roughly for a bit. Subsequent starts were instantaneous, as they should be. After noticing that...
• Re: No start issue solved with great diagnostic tool found on The Samba
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:22:04 -0400
  ...We couldn't get it started." With this basic harness and a remote starter switch I got it going and verified that the engine...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:25:41 -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...
• 86 Syncro dies again
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 18:09:49 -0700
  ...Last time it died as I waited for the light to change and I was able to get it to start and run really...
• Euro-Drive-OBD2: 97 Volkswagen Jetta, No-start/Cuts-out/Misfire
  Historical mailing list - "Don Kerr (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:08:01 -0500
  ...ECU logged a code PO322 and so I cranked and started it a dozen times and it starts every time, mmmmmmmm. Visual ck inside...
• Re: Starter wire question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 2 Jan 2023 17:25:29 -0500
  ...The strange thing is it seemed fine so I wonder if there is a second wire from my batter to the starter. I don...
• Re: oh, what the heck ... how cold is it?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 08 Feb 1996 14:58:54 -0800
  ...cars don't start > > 0 - Alaskans put on T-shirts > Too cold to skate > > -10 - German cars don't start > Eyes freeze shut when...
• FW: Euro-Drive: FIX 80 Volkswagen vanagon, No-start
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:54:18 -0400
  ...Dave. ____________________ ORIGINAL MESSAGE: _____________________ van towed to me as no start. ran when at other shop, they installed clutch and had no start. let me...
• Re: Best 4 spd Syncro starter replace solution?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:07:33 -0500
  ...I've owned my '84 automatic since '91 and the starter has never once hesitated. I have cleaned all connectors and grounds a few...
• Re: Update (not fixed...) Re: FIXED? (and, advice needed...) (was: Re: low voltage, starter running intermittently, but alternator is okay?)
  Historical mailing list - rsf
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:14:28 -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: 85 won't start
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 8 May 2022 16:53:43 -0700
  ...When he left in the afternoon his truck didn't start. The starter made a "taratatat,taratatat,taratatat" noise, crank weakly and the engine...
• Re: won't start
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:34:13 -0800
  ...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: Urgent Starting Problem!/ Suspect Neutral/Park Starter Switch/Contact Bridge Problem - status update
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:23:19 -0500
  ...The neutral switch was just a side-issue. > Consider doing the "hot start relay" fix, and/or replacing your > starter or starter solenoid altogether...
• Re: hard starrting when warm
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 10:41:40 -0700
  Before you start swapping components you will want to narrow down where the problem is - spark or fuel. When it won't start check...
• Re: '89 2.1i digifant cutting out. Really need some help on this one...
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 08:32:30 -0400
  ...Symptoms at the time were intermittent starter operation - it would occasionally run the starter while the engine was up and running. Terrible grinding noise...
• Re: 91 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:47:39 -0600
  ...It's been taking a number of tries >>>> to start, but now it doesn't want to at all. It's an automatic so...
• Re: Srarter woes
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:05:28 -0800
  Did you replace the starter bushing in the bell housing? Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: Vanagon Stranded near Tawas, MI
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 29 Sep 2012 00:20:43 -0400
  ...Any ideas? A jumper or mechanic's remote starter switch will start the automatics just as well as the manuals. It's a bit...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 26 Mar 1999 to 27 Mar 1999 - Special issue
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:57:56 -0500
  ...Flashing Temp Light! > >I started the '88 Wolfsburg this (cold) morning and the temp light started >flashing. Kept flashing, kept flashing. Checked expansion tank...
• Re: starting after replacing glow plugs
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 06:22:13 -0800
  Fill your new fuel filter with diesel, and, if you are getting power to the glows, she should start fine after a few seconds...
• Re: Cannot Start?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Nunes
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 17:52:28 -0600
  ...Everything would turn over fine, good battery power, starter turned but it would not start. I checked the fuel pump by replacing with another...
• Re: So... am I nuts? (ign. sw)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:52:42 -0400
  ...I had an old mazda > that wouldn't start > if you turned the key too far towards START. > > -- > John Bange > '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" > __________________________________________________ Do...
• Re: Oil buzzer & blinking light
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:11:21 -0800
  ...Turn on key but don't start. Oil light should blink blink blink........ Start engine, blinking should stop, does it? Mark Jim Felder wrote...
• Re: cold start problems??
  Historical mailing list - Phillip Bouton
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:53:32 -0400
  ...My brother-in-law in upper Michigan is starting to > experience problems starting in the morning when it gets down to 32 or > below...
• Any way to trick the Digijet ECU into generating injection pulses without the RPM/ignition signal, for test bench purposes?
  Historical mailing list - tinker man
  Sat, 2 Jun 2012 12:08:59 +0300
  ...I also know that when in the starting phase (ignition switch turned to "start") the ECU behaves differently to allow starting. Does anyone know...
• hall sender & cold start & tempII
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 13:47:40 -0700
  ...to test this? Second, what is located under the afm? Cold start thingee? How can i test this? Would this make me be running...
• Re: Pokey's Problems....
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 22:22:03 -0400
  At 07:12 PM 9/13/01 -0400, Michael Nichols wrote: >Hello from Atlanta, Ga, Pokey! It sounds like a bad starter----BusDepot has...
• Re: Delayed starter action
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:18:57 -0500
  I can only speak about air cooled but I just removed my starter solenoid and cleaned it when this happened five years ago and...
• advise
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Hay
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:20:02 -0800
  ...Has sat unused since 97 when gal who was driving it said lights on dash started flickering and motor started to squeel. She cut...
• Re: vanagon storage
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:47:08 -0600
  ...Only then do you install the plugs and start it. The advantage of pulling the plugs is that your "dry" bearings are not under...
• ok.. last time for 84 auto trans into an 89 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 17:59:10 -0500
  ...my starter went bad today.. and when ordering.. i asked if there is a difference in part number for and 84 auto trans starter...
• Re: DIY windshield de-icing solution?
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 11 Feb 2014 19:48:34 -0600
  At 2/11/2014 07:35 PM, James wrote: >I(In the Yukon I believe that they start the car in October and keep...
• Too cold, no start at Bus Brr
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 19:47:00 -0500
  ...Got it started with a push but I'm wondering what I can do to improve cold starting. -- Brien K Dews CC-AWCI www...
• Re: Auto conversion to Manual?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 18 May 2007 21:46:19 -0400
  If you were going to be in remote areas with an automatic, you'd at least want an aux battery and a spare starter...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!(was) now non electric bump start early Friday post...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 19:52:11 -0800
  ...I often bump start my own (inline VW with a 5sp), since my home parking area is on a slight incline and my driveway...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 25 Jun 2016 14:57:45 -0400
  ...Regardless this won't explain the no start. Usually it will start with AFM completely disconnected. Skip the AFM part and diagnose as a...
• Re: Starter Solonoid Blues
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 09:41:40 -0500 (CDT)
  > A nagging problem I have had with my 81 Westy through several engine > replacements (see 81 Westfalia Blues, posting) has been the sticking > starter...
• Re: starter solenoid heads south
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 17 May 2002 14:11:55 -0400
  ...the starter itself as designed is pretty much a dead short, i.e. it draws >a lot (technical term "butt-load") of current . >I...
• Re: 82 won't start when hot was re:83' won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 09:20:54 -0400
  ...Still the light. > > Anybody got any advice on how to start troubleshooting from here? Did you accidentally knock the wire to the oil pressure...
• Re: Alternators and batteries
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:40:55 -0400
  ...I switched from an Interstate starting battery to an Odessey last winter because after a couple year's use, the starting battery just couldn...
• Re: '85 Westy problems -- already.
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 08:11:55 -0700
  ...The Westy starts fine 90% of the time -- I've only owned it a week. It cold starts 100% of the time. Twice now...
• New Twist on Billy Bones
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 20:52:53 -0600
  ...As I started back home, he began to load up again. I got home. Unplugged the Temp II sensor again and replugged it. Started...
• Re: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 10:20:44 -0500
  ...All no start troubleshooting should start with the basics. Engine turning and having compression! You have that. Spark! You may have that but that...
• Re: HELP - My Westfalia won't start when warm - may have to cancel camping!
  Historical mailing list - Owen
  Fri, 16 May 2003 08:01:08 -0500
  ...HELP - My Westfalia won't start when warm - may have to cancel camping! > Over the last week my 1986 Westfalia Joker has been getting...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:13:45 -0800
  ...So in terms of the IS module itself, while the starter is engaged, is 50 + sent momentarily to the IS module to disable the...
• Re: Cold start valve
  Historical mailing list - Thewestyman
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:40:25 -0700
  ...Cold start valve Either way it shouldn't buzz with the key off. Dennis, From my phone. ________________________________ From: mark drillock<mailto:mdrillock@COX.NET...