Date:         Thu, 2 Sep 2004 21:34:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Flooding
Comments: To: Cunningham Family <beltaine@FRONTIER.NET>
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There's all kinds of fuel-related problems that can cause this and the best
bet is to work through the possible issues logically, using a step-by-step
approach.  There's good information, including Jetronic manuals, over in the
library of the Type2 site.

Many years ago I had a similar problem with my '81 which I eventually traced
to a weakened AFM air-vane spring that over-enriched the fuel/air mixture to
the point that I couldn't set the mixture properly (lean enough) using the
adjusting screw.  A simple tightening of the spring fixed that.
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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cunningham Family" <beltaine@FRONTIER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 9:20 PM
Subject: Flooding


Problem with my 81 Vanagon (imagine that).
If I stall out while accelerating, the engine floods and it takes upwards of
40 minutes to restart. rather embarassing if it happens in a public place.
So far it hasn't happened in an intersection (yet). Anyone else have this
problem or an idea what the problem is?

Steve C