Usual causes of a warm engine flooding are a bad temp 2 sensor, leaking
injectors, a leaking diaphragm in the fuel pressure regulator, or a bad
ECU.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Wesley Alden Pegden
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 7:41 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: ARG! Won't start. Flooding engine?

After everything else, now this....  My battery/alternator seem to be
okay, but now I'm having persisting difficulties starting the van
(currently stuck at a gas station between pittsburgh  and harrisburgh).
It seems possible that the engine is simply flooding every time I turn
it off---I say this only because the problem seems to occur more often
when the car has been only recently shut off.  Then again, waiting 15-20
minutes doesn't always help (which is why I hiked to this internet
terminal...).   Also, although it might be my imagination, my idle rate
seems distinctly faster than I remember.

Anybody have any ideas of what I could try to get it going?  Is there
some faster way to start a flooded engine other than waiting (and
perhaps more effective?)  Pushing the pedal all the way hasn't been
fruitfull, unfortunately.

Thanks very much for any help!

If anyone wants to increase their chances of reaching me with their
advice, they might try my cell phone instead of email: 412 708 3772.  Or
personal email, which I can sometimes check from the road (or on the
side of it) on my cell phone (but not list email).  Thanks very much for
any help....

-Wes