It sounds like a bunch of us have this problem. 
I'll look at the AFM 

Robert
1982 Westfalia

--- On Wed, 6/3/09, Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> From: Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
> Subject: Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 6:45 AM
> Not sure how much this will help but
> I will throw this out there.
> 
> On my 84, it is always a single cycle. I recently had some
> problems with my 84 where going down the road after driving
> for a while, it would cut out.� I of course ignored this
> until it finally stopped running.� But when it did stop
> running and would not start, I noticed that the pump cycled
> twice everytime I turned the key on.
> 
> My problem ended up being a weak connection at the AFM.� I
> cleaned it and since have had no cut out problems.�
> AND...my pump only cycles once again.� It was odd.� My Van
> completely cut off twice and would not start when I had the
> connection problem.� Both times I had the symptom that the
> pump would cycle twice when the key was turned on.
> 
> Not sure if this helps...
> 
> Z
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 7:21:52 AM
> Subject: Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
> 
> Just an observation but it seems that Robert has a
> legitimate question and
> his post has sort of been hi-jacked. I'm curious to se what
> others say about
> his pre-start double cycling of his fuel pump.
> 
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> 
> Jeff
> '90 Carat (Grover)
> '86 (We call this one Parts)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
> 
> 
> 
> � ���