This may sound dumb, but it sounds like you're not getting any fuel to
your engine. If it starts and runs until the starting fluid is burnt up,
then I would say that you're having a fuel delivery problem. I'm not a
mechanic, but I would suspect the fuel pump.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of TJ Hemrick
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 6:57 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Help! My Van won't start!

I have an 88 Wolfsburg/automatic that's kicking my butt.  It
turns over and catches if I shoot some starting fluid in it but within
seconds of running it shuts down.  It will do it over and over again
but nothing else.  It has gas (don't laugh, I've seen someone do it!),
the battery and starter are 100%.  I've got plenty of used good parts
from my 2.1 to play "swaptronics" with.  Does anyone have a good idea
which one of the sensors, relays, or switches I should attack first?  I
realize that's a pretty open ended question with not much to go on but
that's all I know at this time.  Someone must have had something like
this.  I've got a few new temp sensors also.  It sounds smooth when it
is running.  It's not rough like it's got bad gas or something like
that.

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