Date:         Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:38:42 -0500
Reply-To:     VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         VWNut Hawk <vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
Subject:      Re: I'm giving up!
Comments: To: kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM
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When they are cold don't they get extra fuel from the fuel injection
system?
So when they warm up, the excess fuel is reduced.
If you have an air leak, a vacuum leak in you intake components, the
engine
will get too little fuel, too much air and won't run.
Check your intake boots etc?

You could have looked at your plugs to see if they are fouling or if
they are brown instead.

>>> kevin obrien <kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM> 9/18/2003 7:19:52 AM >>>
Mine did exactly the same thing...it was a bad
ground...and took my mechanic quite awhile to find it.
Hope this helps.
Kevin

--- lauterba <lauterba@BELLSOUTH.NET> wrote:
> Have you checked the Hall detector in the
> distributor and the cable that
> runs from the distributor to the ignition control
> module.  I have had both
> give similar problems.
>
> John Lauterbach
> '84 7-passenger
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Morse" <AudibleA@AOL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 6:14 PM
> Subject: I'm giving up!
>
>
> > I'm beat ... the Vanagon gremlins have won, I'm
> tired of wasting my
> > time...whining over. I'm getting the Syncro towed
> next week to the
> mechanic ugh! At
> > cold start it's absolutely fine and once it warms
> up about 5 minutes of
> idling it
> > starts to sputter, no power, back fires and once
> in a while regains power
> for
> > 10 sec or so. Totally undriveable still. I've
> cleaned all grounds
> installed a
> > new cap, rotor, plugs, wires, temp sensor and I
> installed the capacitor
> for
> > the air flow as well. What the F*** is wrong with
> this van! Anymore
> > suggestions...
> >
> > I miss the simplicity of my 71 Westy
> >
> > Thanks, Andy
> >
> > 99 NB Turbo
> > 95 BMW GS 1100
> > 93 BMW K 75
> > 86 VW Syncro
> > 71 VW Westy (needs engine)
> > 65 BMW R69S grandfather's
> > Can't seem to pass up a deal....
> >


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