I have tried to start my West this night and he started like a charm. I
drove it for about 20 minutes and stopped the engine and it restarted
perfectly. I checked the resistance on the Temp II switch. before starting
(2160 ohms when it was cold) . I also checked it after driving for 20
minutes and the reading was 330 ohms. Every things seem to be according to
spec. I still do not understand why my Vanagon was so difficult to start
last Sunday ( 2 times I had difficulties to restart the engine when hot).

I called my mechanic to tell him this problem. He told me it was, may be,
because my defective ISCU (disconnect for 1 year). However before he
replaces the spark plugs, the distributor cap and the rotor, I was always
able to start without any problem in spite of my ISCU disconnected.  I am
still looking for new ideas. Thank you for all the replies I had so far.

Germain

----- Original Message -----
From: "Norm - RoweBoat" <norm@ROWEBOAT.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Starting problem

As some may recall, I had this exact problem just a week or so ago.  In my
case, it wasn't the sensor that was bad but the connector had come loose.
See if there's a blue plastic connector with a couple of wires (one white,
the other white/blue) hanging loose over on the left side, probably around
the coolant reservoir.  It'll probably look pretty clean on the inside like
it has just recently come loose -- mine did.  The place where it goes is
right under the A/C compressor (hard to see).  Once mine was reconnected,
the starting problem instantly vanished.

Norm

-----Original Message-----
Date:    Sun, 2 May 2004 19:01:38 -0400
From:    tmiller <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM>
Subject: Re: Starting problem

Replace the Temp II (blue) temperature sensor in the thermostat
housing.  It is causing the FI to flood the engine during warm starts.
TEMiller

Germain wrote:

>My Westfalia 87 have a new problem since my mechanic did a tune up on it
one week ago. I know my ISCU is defective and I was not bad to manage cold
starting without it. (but this device is so expensive)
>
>During the tune up, the spark plugs, the rotor and the distributor cap were
changed. When I quit the garage one week ago, I didn't have any problem to
start the engine. When I took it this morning no problem to start it from
cold. I drove for about 40 miles and stopped the van for 20 minutes. When I
tried to restart it, no way. The starter was working but the motor didn`t
want to fire. After many tries when the battery starting to died, I
succeeded to restart it. The motor was running great as usual. After that, I
drove for 10 miles and stopped for breakfest. The same story happened when I
tried to leave from the restaurant parking lot.
>
>(Thank you to have read my funny english until here)
>
>Any idea what could be wrong?
>
>Germain