Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 19:20:11 -0400
Reply-To: Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
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From: Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject: Re: SOLUTION: Stuck in Durango, CO,
with Possible Altitude Related Problem
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Now there's an esoteric vanagon tip to file away...
Edward
At 06:07 PM 5/12/2005, you wrote:
>Thanks to everyone that wrote back with suggestions
>regarding my high altitude no start problem. I spent
>saturday afternoon at a coffee shop that had an
>internet hot spot sipping tea and reading back over
>years of postings on this listserve. I found someone
>who had posted with my exact problem back in the 90's.
> I was so excited I hopped on my bike and pedaled
>madly to the garage where my van had been towed and
>was able to start it right up. I'm now safely below
>1000' on the east coast. All I can say is Thank God
>for the vanagon list archives.
>
>I don't know exactly why my van runs too rich at
>elevation but I learned that by unplugging my fuel
>pump and cranking the engine it will start to fire
>properly for a brief time before running out of fuel.
>Then you can plug the fuel pump back in and it will
>start normally and continue to run. This is a good
>tip to keep in mind if ever you feel your engine is
>getting too much fuel but can't figure out why.
>
>For some reason my mileage stayed good even with the
>rich fuel/air ratio. I don't really understand what
>happened but I'm glad to be back on the road,
>
>Daniel
>
>
>
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