Hiya list.

Had a hella time yesterday trying to figure out why my '87 was acting so
weird. Kinda the same symptoms as this thread.

Turns out that the plug connecting to the Hall sender wasn't on completely,
but I sure looked like it was....plugged it in another 1/2 centimeter and
voila! started and ran without any problems...

And this after owning the van for 3 years and never touching the sender....

So, you might want to double check all your connections.....just my 2
cents...

Lates,

Don Preston
'87 Wolfy GL
~Betsy the Mp3 Bus~

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of 1980 VW Westfalia "Pokey"
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 4:35 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: will not start when hot

I had this problem too once (though it hasn't re-occured). And it was right
after driving nearly 500 miles (ie: plenty of charge time for the alternator
to replace the charge). What are the other potential causes?

Thanks,
Chris Gronski
Toronto, Ontario,
'80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY
'87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer
'91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertible
www.vanagon.org
www.gronski.com
www.nineeleven.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Davidson" <wdavidson@THEGRID.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: will not start when hot

> if you started it and didn't run the engine long your alternator would not
> have had enough time to replace the charge used in starting.... a good
> strong battery can take this and still start the van right up after
shutting
> it off... but if your battery was weak in the first place, then it might
not
> have the juice to start up the van the second time.... check your battery.
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Wooten" <Chksbak1@CS.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 1:19 PM
> Subject: will not start when hot
>
>
> > hi list its chuck again   my 81 vanagon  (jack) would not start today
> after I
> > ahout him off he was jest turning over a little slow but woulkd not
start
> 20
> > minutes later he fired right up    HELP
> >
> >
> >                     chuck
> >                         81 vanagon  (jack)
> >
>