Aging Vanagons often have a combination of problems that can cause hard starting in any weather and temperature. I suggest that you do the following things if they haven't been done recently. 1) Check the part numbers on your rotor arm, Get the right part if the number is wrong. 2) Replace the small injector seals. 3) Check your distributor cap for cracks, interior / exterior dirt and thin oil film (Wipe it out, don't use WD 40 as a cleaner). 4) Check all of the spark plug ends in both the cap and to the spark plugs, clean them. 5) Wipe off the top of your spark coil. 6) Check your ignition timing. Stan Wilder High Performance Ceramic Coatings www.engineceramics.com -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of jimt Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 7:45 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: High altitude starting problem, aircooled On 10/8/04 6:22 PM, "Reinhard Vehring" <rvehring@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to the list, but not new to vanagons. Now I > have a California aircooled 83 Westy (nice, no rust). > Runs well but has a start problem at high altitude. > Noticable at 7500 ft. At 8500 ft it's pretty difficult > to get it going again, tried all kinds of things last > time I went to the Sierra, no gas , medium gas, pump a > bit, full gas... Finally started when I was about > ready to give up and hike back to civilization. > Does anyone have advice on starting tricks at high > altitude or on what may be wrong with it? > Thanks in advance > Reinhard > > The two things that usually gave my aircooled 82 starting problems at altitude were timing and a leaking afm boot or the tubes that went into it werent sealing into the boot correctly. On the boot remove it carefully and look for cracks on the underside of it in the ribs. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• jimt Planned insanity is best. Remember that sanity is optional. http://www.tactical-bus.info (tech info) http://www.westydriver.com --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.775 / Virus Database: 522 - Release Date: 10/8/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.776 / Virus Database: 523 - Release Date: 10/12/2004 |
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