Date:         Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:36:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Craig Oda <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Craig Oda <craigoda@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Stalls when hot. won't restart. 1.9 wbx
Comments: To: don spence <dspence@oanet.com>
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Don,
is your engine really running hot or is your temp gauge running incorrectly?

when the engine bogs down and you open the engine compartment lid,
does it seem unusually hot in there?  Do you have a nice level of
bubble-free coolant in the two tanks?  If the aux coolant tank is full
when the engine is hot, is it still nice and full when the engine is
cold?  It should not vary that much, if any, between hot and cold.

There are two fan settings.  Does the lower speed fan also kick in?

Is the bogging down related to very high engine temps?  Or, are these
two separate things?

Regards,
Craig

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:12:24 -0600, don spence <dspence@oanet.com> wrote:
> More warm weather woes.
> 83.5 wbx.
> The temp here has been in the low 30's C lately and my westy has
> developed a new problem.  I think my temp gauge reads abnormally high
> as it reads at least a needle's width above the LED at "normal"
> operating temp. That said, under the current conditions it rises to
> maybe a needle's width to the left of the high mark. enough to kick in
> the fan. I had just driven across down then about 10 km down a 70 kph
> stretch to the next bedroom community. Coming off a stop light, the
> engine bogged down and struggle to build revs though it did have power
> once i got the revs up. Same thing in second and third. Next stop light
> it stalled as i de-clutched and would not restart. Pushed it around the
> corner and let it sit for an hour and it started up easily.
>
> Headed for home and all was normal until I hit a construction zone and
> traffic slowed. Temp gauge climbed again and I had to play toe tag with
> the brakes and accelerator to keep it running.  Stalled again at
> another red light and same no start, cool down, restart routine.
>
> Got it home and it was doing it again. i did notice that there was more
> sound coming from the fuel pump than is normal.  However that went away
> on the next restart after cool down.
> Tank was at the first mark above the red zone.
>
> Any ideas on what might be causing this.
>
> TIA
> Don
>