Don, what have you replaced since buying the van? If both temperature sensors are okay, you should be getting a fast idle of around 1800 rpm if air temp and coolant temp are -3 deg. Celsius. I would try replacing the Temp 2 sensor first. John Lauterbach Macon, GA '84 7-passenger ----- Original Message ----- From: "don spence" <dspence@OANET.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:20 PM Subject: Re: 1.9 wbx Won't run now it's colder
> It's our first winter together and my 1983.5 wbx 1.9 is acting up. The > air temp was only -3 C on Sunday but she wouldn't start. It would fire > occasionally but that was all. I plugged in the engine warmer and > recharged the battery. Now it was hard starting but did start only to > die after about 10 seconds. Did this a couple of times and I gave up > and took the Voyager. > > Any idea where to start looking. > > As always TIA > Cheers > Don |
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