Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:13:31 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: The continuing saga, stuck in Tucumcari
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I don't think I ever caught whether you had an air cooled or water cooled
version of the 83.
I have very little experience with the WBXers but as a general rule I've
found that you can often have several things working as a combination
against you.
Just as an example : on my Air Cooled I had wrong point settings, frayed
wire on my resistor pack and frayed wire on one of the injector grounds.
That was enough to cripple it.
I found that if I followed the first rule of Vanagons:
#1) Use all Bosch Ignition parts, replace everything that is prone to wear.
Spark plugs, spark wires, distributor cap, rotor, point set. Clean the top
of your spark coil and check for frayed wires.
#2) Replace all Fuel Injection Hoses with quality FI hose, replace the Fuel
Injector small seals and the big rubber retainer rings.
#3) Test the fuel pressure at the passenger side fuel rail for 25-45 PSI.
#4) Install hose clamps on every vacuum line in the engine compartment
except those that are obviously tight like the line to the distributor
vacuum can.
#5) Check the main ground wire at the front transmission mount and check all
other ground wires (brown) that you can find. The ground wires for the Fuel
Injection system are white.
#6) Clean all electrical connections in the engine bay (do not remove the
harness from the control head unless you disconnect the battery).
It is possible to flood injected engines and a Vanagon engine is no
exception.
#7) Check the Cold Start Injector for electric supply and for fuel flow.
#8) A bad cylinder head temperature sensor can also cause a no start and
fuel starvation after it starts.
After I had endured problems for a while I just opened my wallet and they
enough money at it to get all the new parts I listed above.
#9) The timing needs to be Dead-On, both at the idle position and at the
full advance position.
Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barb Cotton" <cottonscrafts@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 12:05 PM
Subject: The continuing saga, stuck in Tucumcari
> This is starting to border on the absurd- now the van won't start at all!
Got ready to pull out this morning, and it rolls over, doesn't fire. I
called FAST in Santa Fe, he told me NOT to order a gas tank yet, have AAA
bring me there, I can camp in their parking lot, he will look at it Monday,
get me back on the road. So I guess I'll be spending part of the weekend in
Santa Fe, a good place to be. What a trip!!
>
>
> Barb
> 83 Westy
>
> Never regret.
> If it's good, it's wonderful.
> If it's bad, it's experience.
> Victoria Holt
>
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