---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> It's a feature of the igntion switch to prevent turning it to 'start'
> from 'on' once it is fired up and running.
> In order for the starter to crank again ..you have to turn back to 'off'
> ..then to on and start.
>
> I think itmight even mention that in the owner's manual.
> German cars and 'most cars' have been that way almost forever- so you
> can't energize the starter when the engine is already running.

My Honda isn't that way, and I have driven other cars that are not.  None of the Toyota's that I've owned prior to the current one was that way.  The current one has high tech features including a remote "key" and a start button, rather than a regular ignition lock and switch.  If I kill the engine on the Honda, then I simply engage the starter again, without turning the key to the off position.

mcneely

>
>
> On 3/2/2013 4:00 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> > Though I don't know the mechanism or why of this, on my '91 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile, if for some reason I kill the engine (maybe driving like a cluts and killing it with the clutch starting on a hill), I have to turn the key off, then crank.  Otherwise, the ignition is simply dead.  Is it supposed to be that way, or is there some anomaly?  mcneely
> >
> > ---- "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> >> Rocky,
> >>
> >> I would check for voltage at the battery.  I had a van die like this once
> >> and it was because the alternator died and the battery kept the van going
> >> for a while until it was depleted.  Then when the van stopped, it would not
> >> crank over because the battery was low.  You should see around 12.5 volts
> >> if the battery is still up.
> >>
> >> Also do you have an automatic or a manual transmission van?  The automatics
> >> need to be in either park or neutral for the starter to function.  If a van
> >> just stalls at a light, your first instinct is to try to start it again.
> >> If you have an automatic, it would just act like the starter had died.  Put
> >> it in neutral if you are costing or park if you are still and it should at
> >> least crank over again.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >> Ken Wilford
> >> John 3:16
> >> www.vanagain.com
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Rocky Davis <rdavis@protechthermal.com>wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi folks.
> >>> I'm fairly new to the westy world. Been reading here and have learned a
> >>> lot from you people. Thank you. I have only had my westy for a year. And
> >>> still have not been able to use it much as I don't know all the quirks that
> >>> go with it. Today I took the van for a ride and at the stoplight. It just
> >>> died. Won't even turn over I can hear the fuel pump when I turn the key.
> >>> Any ideas?  It's an 84 westy with a 1.9 water boxer  any help would be
> >>> appreciated.
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
>

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David McNeely