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• Re: no start/road trip--finis
  Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
  Tue, 27 May 1997 15:03:40 -0230 (NDT)
  ...It wouldn't start although it was > cranking. > > It appears to have been caused by a loose distributor and a timing gone > out of...
• Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Thu, 10 May 2001 21:40:45 -0500
  ...Back to the problem, it now hesitates to start. I usually have to tap the gas pedal quickly and then it will start. To...
• Runaway Starters and Kill Switches
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 23:47:28 -0500
  ...I have two 88 Vanagons - both of whom have had runaway starters in recent weeks. The first disengaged the flywheel but ran until I...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 08:22:01 -0800
  ...Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start > Thank you everyone, > > I got my 84 Automatic Westy running last night. As recommend by the > list...
• Re: 86 syncro doesnt start
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:35:44 -0700
  ...If I try starting it repeatedly it does start eventually. > I > am thinking dirty connections somewhere but I don't know where to start...
• Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:12:07 -0700
  ...I'd say the chances of lines on the fuel tank causing cold hard starting are very low. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Lauterbach" <jhlauterbach...
• FW: start - won't start - solution
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 21:46:12 -0700
  ...start - won't start - solution You've got spark and you've got fuel - you nave no excuse. Now get in it and drive...
• Safely Returned from Northern Manitoba
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 13:58:05 -0500
  ...If you read my original mail - I had a no-start in Winnipeg ( no starter activity at all) and towed it to Continental Car...
• Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:31:12 -0500
  Yesterday it died and would not start back up. I got it towed to my house and tried it again this morning still nothing...
• "You got a bangin' van there, dude!" (loss of power/spark)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:04:11 -0800
  ...The last time it started it needed a lot of coaxing to start and then it just stopped altogether about five minutes later. Now...
• Re: 1988 Weekender Wolfsburg barely runs.
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Thu, 22 May 2003 07:30:20 -0700
  ...You must have both spark and fuel to > start the car. Try this for fuel: > spray carb cleaner or starting fluid right into > the...
• Re: Idle valve and ISCU
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:46:35 -0400
  ...Hum! Hum! (unless i try to start it the day after). > > Anyway I tried to start the motor and the motor started right on...
• Re: what to do with starter motor bushing?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:14:33 -0800
  ...It's just a b*tch to get to, requiring one to access it through the starter opening. There is even a tool made...
• Re: Replacing my cheap Chinese starter after one year
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 02:00:31 -0400
  ...But, with the cheap Chinese starters you are >getting what you pay for, but as they say, your results may vary. > > > >Stuart I've...
• Re: Ignition/starter switch failures
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 22 May 2015 01:04:04 -0400
  Follow up to my post that started this very informative thread. Yesterday I purchased a Kostal switch from a list vendor. I have load...
• Re: Cold Start Injector doesn't turn off.
  Historical mailing list - Dr. John H. Lauterbach
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:36:53 -0500
  ...Cold Start Injector doesn't turn off. >> Hey Volks, >> >> I recently traced my high idle to the 5th injector that >> sits above the >> engine...
• Cranks, won't start: FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:20:42 -0800
  ...Crank and crank, no start. Sometimes it would start, stumble along for a minute or two, then expire. I turned to the list for...
• Re: Thunk! When Starting
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:55:46 -0700
  ...Thunk! When Starting Lately, about 1/3 to 1/2 the time i start my 1985 1.9L, I hear and feel a loud...
• Re: starting
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 18:35:27 -0600
  ...that changed my head gaskets told me if it does'nt start right up and keep running to put the pedal to the floor...
• just How COLD is it? Re: Ironic Vanagon sighting in Frozen Tundra
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 2014 21:40:44 -0500
  ...didn't start any vanagons today but i always had a lot of complaining from the wbx lifters starting in cold temps.. alittle Lucas...
• 80 Vanagon Backfires when starting
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Nov 1996 13:06:53 -0700 (MST)
  ...When I start the engine, occassionally the engine will backfire once. It is not a loud backfire, but enough that you can tell that...
• Re: diesel warm start ??
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 07 Mar 1997 18:49:44 -0500
  ...This will sometimes make the engine start smoother. I have noticed with all my diesels that starting is always worst around freezing. Something to...
• cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - Willie T. Lafrades
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:45:32 -0800
  ...On occasion it will not start unless I press the gas pedal. When I hold the pedal down to keep the rpms up the...
• Re: 85 - GL: No start when warm: Cold OK, Hot OK
  Historical mailing list - Chris R. Rowland
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:43:37 -0800
  ...Sensor causing the engine to flood. --- Daniel Pestle <pestled@BILLINGS.K12.MT.US> wrote: > My 85 GL starts right up in the morning and...
• Re: two red lights aren't on at start
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 21:38:38 -0500
  Among other things, it probably means that your alternator is not charging, since it needs the trickle current through that circuit to start. See...
• Re: Ist Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 11:54:04 -0600
  ...To start them you hand cranked an exposed flywheel on the side of the tractor. To get a fighting chance you opened compression release...
• Re: Sticking Starter
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 19:42:02 -0600
  ...Sticking Starter > Jeff, > Never heard of it -- what is it and what does it do? > > Sorry to hear about the weather in Winnipeg - it...
• Re: diesel pump questions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:03:14 -0800
  Hello Dieselphiles My 82 Westy diesel takes a lot of cranking to start after sitting a couple weeks. It finally sputters to life a...
• difficult starting, uneven idle, stalling
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott-Kennon
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 19:22:19 EDT
  ...The van is difficult to start and takes several tries. 2. The idle sounds uneven. 3. Sometimes it stalls at stoplights or when pulling...
• Is This the dreaded Vanagon Syndrome?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hengeveld
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:49:36 -0700
  ...Our beloved '91 Westy (83,000 miles) is starting to act up. The last three times we've driven it, the following has happened...
• Re: No Start, No Pump, HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:38:50 -0400
  The connection for the AFM? You can start a vanagon and drive it around with the AFM unplugged, or even removed from the car...
• Re: winter handling / driving
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:01:04 -0500
  ...If feathering the clutch (slipping the clutch) won't let you start up gradually, try starting to move in 2nd gear instead of 1st...
• No reverse lights, and have to be in neutral to start
  Historical mailing list - Trina Lindal
  Mon, 16 May 2005 12:14:03 -0700
  ...Sometimes I forget to put it in neutral, and it miraculously starts, but I've gotten used to it and it's usually a...
• Re: Starter Replacment
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 01:10:56 -0400
  ...It would take me a couple of hours to pull and replace the starter...I guess the real question is "what's your time...
• vanagon starter question
  Historical mailing list - Tim Milot
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:57:13 -0700
  ...The solution was to bridge the bat + on the solenoid to the start terminal, and trigger both by another remotely mounted solenoid. I have...
• Re: Will not start question
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:41:38 -0700
  ...Nunes <randycnunes@yahoo.com> wrote: > My 84 westy will not start. The fuel pressure is ~ 36. The injectors act > like they are not grounded...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 1 Nov 2016 14:15:55 -0700
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=356377&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
• Vanagon starter battery type 41 source in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak
  Sat, 1 Aug 2015 10:33:20 -0400
  Looks like I finally need to replace the starter battery in my 1986 VW Vanagon Westfalia GL 2.1 L 2WD camper. I am...
• Re: [T2] why it won't start
  Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
  Tue, 9 Jun 2015 16:58:08 -0500
  ...Re: [T2] why it won't start
• flooded engine?
  Historical mailing list - Kendra Calhoun
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:22:07 -0600
  Made it 600 miles from home with outstanding mph...yay! ONE problem, won't start now. Did a cold start ok, moved down the...
• 2.1l starter current
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Jun 2010 22:34:50 -0400
  I found my little magnetic ammeter, and a quick-and-dirty check on a warmish start shows peaks at about 200 amps. Might be...
• 1985 Vanagon - cold start idle
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:00:13 -0400
  ...Any suggestions on the cold start idle system? Thanks Larry Georgia
• starter flywheel for tiico.
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:14:47 -0800
  someone emailed me a while back saying they could get a flywheel for my starter for a tiico. never heard back from them. if...
• Re: V'gon been sittin...Want to start her up again...recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 11:23:59 -0400
  Looks like your gonna cross the contry in a bus with no name.I once had a vanagon that wouldnt start after siting for...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:02:09 -0700
  ...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: Intermittent no start problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 19 May 2014 16:21:23 +0200
  My no start problem only appeared when engine hot. Found out that the ground cable from battery to chassis had bad contact. Cold: all...
• Re: Temp 2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 06:24:31 -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...
• 82 AC Westy running troubles (longish)
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:35:56 -0500
  ...It starts hard when cold and runs rich until it warms up, then it runs great. Yesterday things got worse. It started hard as...
• Re: flooding digifant
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 23:56:42 -0500
  ...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: hard to start in the morning
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 7 Nov 2016 15:53:10 -0400
  ...turned out to be electrical. > On 07-Nov-2016, at 15:39, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > hard to start in the morning...
• Re: Checking output of alternator.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Jul 2016 18:12:25 -0700
  ...Crawled under the Westy took all the starter wires off from the GOWESTY starter. Sanded, cleaned, added dielectric grease, tighten everything up and EUREKA...
• Re: Cold Start
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Oct 94 13:40:01 PDT
  ...I've never seen or heard of a hydrogen exposion associated with a jump-start, but it is a possibility. In which case the...
• Re: Use air cooled Bosch reman. starter on 1.9 WBX? (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:39:20 -0800
  ...The solenoid on the SR401X is not replaceable separately - starter with solenoid must be purchased. Hope this answers your question -- Jim Thompson 84 GL...
• Re: costs of syncro tranny R&R
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:34:59 -0400
  2 hours labor the R+R a starter on a Syncro is not unreasonable. Especially if it has a Diff Lock. $450 to rebuild...
• Re: No "Flicker", what to do?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 9 May 2018 12:52:29 -0600
  ...I would have to crank > it for two minutes and hope it will start before the battery gives up. > So, started to check in...
• Re: Starts day, won't at night ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 May 2010 00:56:41 -0400
  The air cooled engines have separate cold start injector which is controlled by the thermo-time switch. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: [Syncro] stretch Syncro/Vanagon lives!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:43:14 -0800
  ...Your special starter may be the solution if I go with a 4 cyl diesel engine. Do you sell your 15 degree engine carrier...
• Re: My first Westy trip! Questions and Thank You!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Wohlers
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 17:49:02 -0700
  ...minute, and then start the van. > Why? Is it a diesel? > > -- Gnarlie > http://www.Gnarlodious.com/Vanagon/Vanagon.html then start the van. > Why...
• Re: vanagon starter question
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 21:24:54 -0400
  ...The solution was to bridge the bat + on the solenoid to the > start terminal, and trigger both by another remotely mounted solenoid. > I have...
• Re: Idle issues - cold is fine, warm is high
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Fri, 12 May 2006 15:10:51 -0400
  ...the prob with that however is the potential of the van stalling on first start up when idling until it is warm thru. so...