Did you check that the cold start (fifth) injector isn't leaking?

On Jan 5, 2008, at 12:53 PM, ray berthiaume wrote:

> Hello fellow Vanagoners. I'm still having issues w my 1981 Vanagon L.
> It starts and runs, but gets loaded up, floods out, and won't fire up
> again until I leave it alone for awhile. I do need a fuel tank (years
> of evaporated gas) so I'm running it off of a gas can (it's not on the
> road yet). Most of the fuel delivery has been replaced (fuel pump,
> both filters, all the rubber lines, fuel pressure regulator, and the
> dual relay). I took the injectors out to check the spray pattern. I
> did this alone with cardboard underneath, and there were circular
> spray patterns on the cardboard, so I thought they were spraying ok.
> They didn't leak afterward. I did all the electrical checks in the
> Bentley manual, everything looked ok. The air flow meter checked out
> ok. There wasn't power going to the ECU, and the fuel pump wiring
> wasn't working, but the new dual relay fixed that. Now everything is
> hooked up correctly, it's woking correctly, but the engine is still
> not running correctly. Oh,
>  and I checked the temp II sensor, and I ran an extra ground wire for
> it just in case. I went over all the grounds on the engine and wiring
> harness for the EFI. I also have another ECU that I tried, but there
> was no change. I can only think that the injectors are dirty, as I
> wasn't able to observe them spray, only seen the patterns on the
> cardboard (solo mechanicing has it's drawbacks) HELP any ideas? thanks
>
>   1982 Plymouth Horizon (w rabbit 1.8)
>   1987 VW Fox wagon
>   1997 VW Jetta Trek (RIP)
>   1981 Vanagon L (BIG crank sunroof)
>
>
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