Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 17:48:34 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: 84 westy
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It's a feature of the igntion switch to prevent turning it to 'start'
from 'on' once it is fired up and running.
In order for the starter to crank again ..you have to turn back to 'off'
..then to on and start.
I think itmight even mention that in the owner's manual.
German cars and 'most cars' have been that way almost forever- so you
can't energize the starter when the engine is already running.
On 3/2/2013 4:00 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> Though I don't know the mechanism or why of this, on my '91 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Campmobile, if for some reason I kill the engine (maybe driving like a cluts and killing it with the clutch starting on a hill), I have to turn the key off, then crank. Otherwise, the ignition is simply dead. Is it supposed to be that way, or is there some anomaly? mcneely
>
> ---- "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> Rocky,
>>
>> I would check for voltage at the battery. I had a van die like this once
>> and it was because the alternator died and the battery kept the van going
>> for a while until it was depleted. Then when the van stopped, it would not
>> crank over because the battery was low. You should see around 12.5 volts
>> if the battery is still up.
>>
>> Also do you have an automatic or a manual transmission van? The automatics
>> need to be in either park or neutral for the starter to function. If a van
>> just stalls at a light, your first instinct is to try to start it again.
>> If you have an automatic, it would just act like the starter had died. Put
>> it in neutral if you are costing or park if you are still and it should at
>> least crank over again.
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Rocky Davis <rdavis@protechthermal.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks.
>>> I'm fairly new to the westy world. Been reading here and have learned a
>>> lot from you people. Thank you. I have only had my westy for a year. And
>>> still have not been able to use it much as I don't know all the quirks that
>>> go with it. Today I took the van for a ride and at the stoplight. It just
>>> died. Won't even turn over I can hear the fuel pump when I turn the key.
>>> Any ideas? It's an 84 westy with a 1.9 water boxer any help would be
>>> appreciated.
>>> Sent from my iPhone
> --
> David McNeely
>
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