

| Subject: | Re: Mis-firing |
| From: | Mike Collum |
| Date: | Tue, 9 Oct 2007 16:23:10 -0400 |
I don't know about online but there are vacuum diagrams in the Bentley. Be careful, though, as the scheme for the '85 is different from that of the '83 1/2 and '84. Mike '84 GL 7 pass '84 Westy '85 GL Westy Brendan Slevin wrote: > Is there a 1,9 vacuum diagram online anywhere. Searches have not turned up > much. > > Brendan > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of > Dennis Haynes > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:32 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Mis-firing > > Look for the massive vacuum leak such as a cracked or disconected intake > boot or the hose connection for the brake booster or auxilary air regulator. > > What is happening is that while cranking the cold strt valve is spraying > fuel. Evenutally enough is in manifold for engine to start. That excess air > is allowing for the high engine revs. After that fuel burns, since the AFM > is not telling the ECU to add the correct amount of fuel, the engine dies. > > Dennis > > >> From: Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM> >> Reply-To: Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM> >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Mis-firing >> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:18:24 -0700 >> >> It is very strange. I'll turn it over and it catches right away and >> instantly revs way up to about 3500 rpm and back to 0 and dies- a la: >> vrroooOOOOOoooommm, poot. If I can get it to "idle" it is super rough and >> when I press the accelerator it does nothing for a couple pumps and then >> revs up to 3500 again, almost no correlation between throttle and revs. I >> am at a loss. I have the plugs and need to get the right cap and rotor. I >> got one that was supposed to fit from autozone and the plug wires just sit >> in their holes and flop around. The bosch cap it had seems to have smaller >> holes. Ahhh. And I was so happy when I got the engine back in and hooked >> up. :( >> >> Brendan >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of >> Geza Polony >> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 7:14 PM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Mis-firing >> >> I had exactly the same symptoms. The Bentley ECU pin test revealed that #1 >> fuel injector was not firing and pointed to an ECU problem. Replacing the >> ECU did the trick...almost...when it started misfiring again, I put the old >> ECU back in and then IT worked. Conclusion: bad connection at the ECU. >> Cleaning the pins with an acid etch solved it. >> >> Try running the engine at idle and moving the ECU pin connector around to >> see if that changes anything. If yes, take it apart and clean the pins, >> then >> put back together firmly. If not, do the Bentley pin test and see what you >> get. It will tell you if there's a bad wire or bad ground to the #1 fuel >> injector. >> >> If you're getting spark, then it's a fuel injection issue. You are getting >> spark to #1, yes? >> >> >> >> On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:43:08 -0700, Brendan Slevin <brendan@BELLATAZZA.COM> >> wrote: >> >>> So great news is I got Totoro back together and "started." I say that >>> loosely. I thought it might even out after a minute but it did not. It >>> seems to be not firing/misfiring on cyl 1. I did not change any timing >>> related anything, my plug wires are correct. I haven't done it yet, but >> I >>> have a new cap/rotor and plugs. It needs them anyway, but I am not super >>> hopeful that this will fix it. I am fairly certain about my vacuum >> lines, >>> but not positive. I replaced all my fuel lines and all my vacuum lines >> and >>> all four little intake boots. The van ran and idled perfectly before all >> of >>> this. AFM is hooked up. I am at a loss. Any help is greatly >> appreciated. >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Brendan >>> I have measured out my life with coffee spoons. -T.S. Eliot >
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