A shot in the dark, but shouldn't the fuel pressure regulator tend to
compensate for altitude?  After all, pressure is relative to the ambient
air pressure - I think?!

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Daniel Sherwood
> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 3:08 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: SOLUTION: Stuck in Durango, CO, with Possible Altitude
Related
> Problem
>
> Thanks to everyone that wrote back with suggestions
> regarding my high altitude no start problem.  I spent
> saturday afternoon at a coffee shop that had an
> internet hot spot sipping tea and reading back over
> years of postings on this listserve.  I found someone
> who had posted with my exact problem back in the 90's.
>  I was so excited I hopped on my bike and pedaled
> madly to the garage where my van had been towed and
> was able to start it right up.  I'm now safely below
> 1000' on the east coast.  All I can say is Thank God
> for the vanagon list archives.
>
> I don't know exactly why my van runs too rich at
> elevation but I learned that by unplugging my fuel
> pump and cranking the engine it will start to fire
> properly for a brief time before running out of fuel.
> Then you can plug the fuel pump back in and it will
> start normally and continue to run.  This is a good
> tip to keep in mind if ever you feel your engine is
> getting too much fuel but can't figure out why.
>
> For some reason my mileage stayed good even with the
> rich fuel/air ratio.  I don't really understand what
> happened but I'm glad to be back on the road,
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
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