Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 09:56:44 -0700
Reply-To: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: HELP NEEDED-84 WESTY BROKEN DOWN IN NEBRASKA..pls read
In-Reply-To: <157.57f87ef0.30487761@aol.com>
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This could very well could be what happened to me
last year on a road trip, a clogged tank.
Garbage in my tank from a gas station in
Bakersfield clogged the tank outlet.
What finally got me going again was running
reversing the pump polarity and running the pump
backwards to backflush the pump which cleared the
garbage (plastic, stirng, leaves, etc) away from
the outlet.
You run the pump full time with the engine off by
bridging the 30 and 87 terminal of the fuel pump
relay.
That's what it sounds like to me, though I could
only go a few miles and then it would stall,
working down to about 100 feet before it would
stall.
I went all the way over a mountain grade on the
shoulder , 100 feet at a time.I ended up under a
covered bridge in Southern Oregon in pouring
reain backflushing the pump.
Robert
1982 Westfalia
--- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> my sister's brother in law, Jeff, called me
> last night.. he is on a cross
> country trip from NY back to his home in SF Bay
> area and he has broken down in
> Kimball Nebraska.. he has a '84 westy with a
> new Go-Westy 1.9Lwbx motor. the
> van is having problems which seem like gas
> starvation problems..this started
> happening yesterday, he made it from NYC to
> nebraska without a hitch till this
> problem.. he filled up the van w/ gas, then
> drove it like 150 miles, and the
> van started to sputter and die.. he let the
> motor cool down, then it
> started back up, he made it another 100 miles
> or so, then the same thing happened
> again.. oil pressure and coolant temps are
> fine.
> a local mechanic out there got the van running
> again w/ starting fluid/ether
> sprayed into the intake, and drove it around
> the corner to his shop, replaced
> the fuel filter, just as a precautionary
> measure.. (not sure that this did
> anything or was even a problem) Jeff then drove
> for another 50 miles and the
> same thing happened again.. he called me and
> i asked him if the fuel pump was
> making a excessively loud buzzing or uneven
> noise, he said no, he started the
> van and put his hand on the fuel pump at idle,
> and could hear/feel it buzzing.
> basically he can start it once it cools down
> but can only get 50 or so miles
> out of it before it starts crapping out like a
> fuel starvation problem..
> he has owned this van for a year and a half,
> and its a california van, it made
> it all the way from SF to NY on the first leg
> of the trip without a problem..
> He called Go-Westy but they were less than
> helpful about a possible
> diagnosis. His wife was traveling with him on
> the trip, with their baby, and 2
> dogs..but he put his wife and kid on a plane
> back to cali because their baby was
> sick. so he and the dogs are stranded in
> nebraska.
>
> any ideas? i thought it may be the fuel pump,
> but it seems to be buzzing..
> anyway he is in kimball nebraska now.. any
> listers local to that area? or
> if anyone could give him further assistance
> over the phone with things to
> check, it would be greatly appreciated.. his
> name is jeff and his cell is:
> 415-377-2446
>
> thanks for any help anyone can give.. he is
> without his laptop so he doesnt
> have internet acess.
>
> chris
>
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