Date:         Sat, 10 Aug 2002 18:57:52 -0700
Reply-To:     ed maikranz <fasteddy64@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         ed maikranz <fasteddy64@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Still having starting problems.
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Still having hot start trouble with my 81 aircooled
vanagon.
I think it is some sort of vapor lock situation but I
am still not sure.  It only does it when it is hot,
after having been driven and shut off for 5 minutes or
so, then it cranks and cranks but doesnt fire. Tried
opening the gas cap but it does not help.  I loosened
the hose clamp on the line from the fuel pump to the
engine and fuel shoots out under pretty good pressure.
I let that line drain, reconnect it and it starts
right up. I also tired an experiment where I
disconnect the power to the fuel pump, crank it over,
then reconnect the power to the fuel pump and it
starts right up.  So does it sound like vapor lock or
something else?  could it possibley be a problem with
the pressure regulator? I am curios about that because
I only get about 14 mpg with it.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Ed Maikranz
Abilene, TX
81 Westy
71 Superbeetle


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