Hi Jeff,

That sounds a lot like the issue I had with the fuel pressure
regulator on Dad's 85 sunroof vanagon. Pumping the gas actually opens
the throttle body and lets in more air during startup, which corrects
for the over-rich condition created by the faulty regulator.

That's my $.02.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 19-Apr-07, at 2:33 AM, jeff seward wrote:

> how likely is it that my fuel injectors are starting
> to go bad and what are the primary tell-tale symptoms?
>
> my 84 GL is experiencing hard-start and flooding
> problems as well as "hiccuping" at speed (idles fine
> though),  then stalls out at low rpm and won't restart
> for a matter of minutes sometimes... and when it
> finally does is when I'm pumping the gas (which I know
> I shouldn't have to do) and cranking the starter
> desparately...
>
> thanks.
> jeff