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Subject:Re: Trouble starting after sitting awhile?
From:Mike Collum
Date:Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:10:09 -0400

The air cooled Vanagons have a cold start valve but not the wasserboxers.

Mike

Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote:
> Anthony Kimmons wrote:
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>> ...I can start it once, but only for a few seconds, then it dies and
>> won't restart again.
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> A (wild) guess...
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> I think some fuel injected engines have a separate injector that adds a
> squirt of additional fuel at start-up.  Is the Vanagon like this?
>
> If yes, could be a failure in the injectors, either electrical or from
> the long sit and all you're getting is that squirt.
>
> Geo H
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