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Subject:Re: GETTING STARTED
From:Karl Wolz
Date:Sat, 19 May 2001 17:33:38 -0700

When you turn the key, do you hear the fuel pump running?  If not, check
your connections and then your relays.  No priming should be needed.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Gunter" <ROGunter@aol.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 4:07 PM
Subject: GETTING STARTED

> I need some advice re: getting a 1.9L Vanagon started after the fuel
system
> has been run dry.  Do I need to "prime" the fuel injection somehow to get
the
> fuel flowing again?  I have installed a new fuel pump so I know it isn't
> that.  I can spray some gas into the intake manifold and it will fire off
and
> run great for a few seconds and then die.  Any advice?
>
> Russ G.
>