good point.

If that valve was leaking/failing, would it allow the excess gas
(worst case scenario) to enter crankcase?

If so, one might keep an eye on oil levels.

Neil

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On Jan 5, 2008 11:15 AM, Roger Van Till <rvantill@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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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