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Date:         Thu, 12 May 2005 18:12:28 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject:      Re: SOLUTION: Stuck in Durango, CO,
              with Possible Altitude Related Problem
Comments: To: Daniel Sherwood <daniel_sherwood@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <20050512220737.9054.qmail@web14122.mail.yahoo.com>
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A shot in the dark, but shouldn't the fuel pressure regulator tend to compensate for altitude? After all, pressure is relative to the ambient air pressure - I think?!

Karl Wolz

> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Daniel Sherwood > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 3:08 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: SOLUTION: Stuck in Durango, CO, with Possible Altitude Related > Problem > > 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 > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Make Yahoo! your home page > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs


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