Hi Wesley,

It probbably is the Temp2 sender, a cheap and easy fix.  It "thinks" the
engine is cold and causes the computer to send too much fuel, thus causing
the flooding.

Alfred
85 Westy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Wesley Alden Pegden" <wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 5:40 PM
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