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Subject:Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!!
From:Project Pat
Date:Thu, 12 Jun 2014 15:14:12 -0400
On newer cars that is almost always a crank or cam sensor failure.

On an old VW, you may be on to something there.

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From: Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2014 2:57 PM
To: Project Pat
Cc: Vanagon mailing list
Subject: Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!!

I don't mean to say that coils are the most likely culprit, far from it. But
when a vehicle starts, and won't restart until it cools, that's when I
suspect the coil.