Date:         Fri, 18 Feb 2005 17:20:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Air Cooled Vanagon Flooding
In-Reply-To:  <42162bb0.18b3f715.7e54.3a18SMTPIN_ADDED@mx.gmail.com>
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Howdy Listees,

A few weeks or so ago I made it up to the Colorado Rockies in my '82
Air-Cooled Vanagon Westy.  I have been experiencing flooding problems
since my arrival and got some good replies to my primary post on the
matter.  I followed up on the instructions which included my
pin-pointing the scenarios in which my van would flood.  After
replacing the cracked vacuum line which ran to the fuel pressure
control valve I have found that the van only floods when I stall it
and it is warm.  As most of the lots up here are either snow or ice
covered up here I find myself going easy on the gas to avoid spinning
and occasionally I will regain traction unexpectedly which can cause a
stall.  If the van is reasonably warm then it floods.

Additional info is that when I spray ether around the throttle body
area the idle drops considerably.  I am assuming that this means that
there is a vacuum leak in that area as when I pulled a line off and
then sprayed ether at the opening the idle also dropped.  I have
pulled and inspected the large afm to throttle body pipe and it seems
air-tight.

I have learned to avoid this problem for the most part but any
information on the subject is appreciated  It would be great to never
again kneel down in the snow to unplug the fuel pump.

Thanks,

Jonathan Poole
'82 AC westy