I have had bad connections at the relay cause me headaches. Make sure your
contacts are not dirty at the fuel relay. Also try wiggling the relay when
starting too.

Sean Garrett
1981 Westy (his)
1995 Eurovan Camper (hers)
Soon... 1987 Syncro project
sean.garrett@asu.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dr [mailto:dxrobertson@NETSCAPE.NET]
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:47 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Aircooled starting problem---AFM???
>
>
> I would think that if THAT side of the relay is bad, the van
> wouldnt run
> at all, instead of being hard to start.  The AFM/relay circuit you are
> testing is what runs the fuel pump while the van engine is running.
> Since you have 2 vans, I would exchange the relay and see
> what happens,
> test both vans.  Exchange the AFM also.  If your pump is not
> running as
> you describe, then it could be the relay, AFM, ECU, pump, wiring, or
> other components such as ignition switch; hard to tell
> without more info.
>
>
> david
>
>
> Michael S. Nichols wrote:
> > Hello from Atlanta, Ga.  One of our '81 air cooleds is very
> hard to start.  I  turned the key to "start", and then
> manually moved the AFM sweep arm to see if the fuel pump
> turned on---it does NOT click on and cycle fuel through the
> injector loop as it does in the good running '81.  Pray tell,
> what gives?  Is the problem my dual relay?  Thanks all in
> advance for your help.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Michael and Christina Nichols
> > 2--'81 air cooleds
>