Date:         Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:18:08 -0500
Reply-To:     Detroit Bus <detroit.bus@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Detroit Bus <detroit.bus@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: FW: Time to check the fuel lines! R & R !! No burnt VW's in
              2005!
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A HAPPY UPDATE on my non-starting vehicle with brand-new fuel lines:
went out this morning and charged my battery for a minute or two
because of all the starting attempts yesterday, and then tried to
start it one more time just on general principle.  Of course, it
started. Guess it needed a day off. It runs like a top and there are
no fuel leaks, beautiful.

Here are my theories:

1. Because the fuel lines needed a moment to pressurize after being
replaced, the starting action drained the battery of enough voltage to
run ECU's or fuel supply relays before fuel pressure was achieved.
Once fuel was available the battery was too drained to power the
electronics (<12.5 V)

2. I used electronic cleaning spray to clean a lot of the block plugs
as I unplugged them, including the airflow meter connector. Although I
waited several minutes for them to dry before reconnecting, maybe they
were still wet.

3. Very wet morning in Michigan today, condensation everywhere, all
over the engine compartment. Maybe an iffy ground is working because
its wet and will fail again when it dries out. Hope not.

Have a good new year!  see you on the road.






On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 15:31:28 -0800, RP <personalbsd@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Guess if your van doesn't start that's one way not
> have it burnt.
>
> Last week, my westy wouldn't start either, and it
> turned out to be one of the two identical relays in
> the engine compartment.
> It would turn over and get spark but no gas.
> Rick
> --- Detroit Bus <detroit.bus@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > By the way, there *is* fuel in the lines, i opened
> > the bleeder screw
> > and it came right out. Just not at the injectors, so
> > I assume there is
> > an electrical problem.
> >
>
>
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Garrick, Queens, NY
'87 GL Weekender

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With fond remembrances of:
'77 Beetle
'67 Bus
'59 Pickup sn# 460440
'67 Beetle
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