Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:26:44 -0700
Reply-To: Mike Rouby <mikerouby@YAHOO.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Mike Rouby <mikerouby@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Dying when warm and smells funky
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The funky "old engine" smell is atypical of these aircooled engines. Smells almost like hot engine steam doesn't it? But that's what windows are for. If you figure out how to get rid of it - let me know.
It does sound like your fuel regulator. Also, good idea to change your fuel filter if you haven't for a while. Your fuel rail is losing pressure somehow. An issue with fuel pressure regulators usually.
Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
I really think your starting problem is a bad fuel pressure regulator.
On two different Vanagons I experienced "Starts easy cold ... or right
away after being shut off but not if it sits for 10 minutes". When it
happened on the 2nd van I didn't even troubleshoot. I just replaced the
pressure regulator and all was back to normal.
Mike
Nathaniel Poole wrote:
> Hi All, I'm new to this list as I've recently acquired a 1980 Riviera camper
> Vanagon. I've been following suggestions as they have cropped up (although
> most seem directed to the water-cooled models), and replacing things and
> doing upgrades. But what is happening is that when the van is warm and is
> left sitting for 10-20 minutes, it can be hard to start. But it has to sit
> for a bit; shutting it of and starting right away it works fine. When it
> sits for a bit, you have to crank and pump, and it sputters a fair bit
> before starting, after which it runs fine. Cold it starts great. My wife was
> just left stranded because she didn't know to keep it turning over while
> pumping the gas.
> Is this a common problem? What is really interesting is that my daughter has
> an '89 Cabriolet, which does the exact same thing, but with a completely
> different drivetrain. I've never bothered finding the problem and fixing
> hers because she got used to it and doesn't complain about it :)
>
> Also, when the heat is turned on the hot air smells like old engine. Is this
> just how these things work and you get used to it? There is no oil leaking
> onto the heat exchangers. I followed the air path and it looks like the air
> intake to the heater fan is outside the vehicle so I don't know why it
> should smell like that. There are a few oil leaks that I'm going to get to
> soon.
> Nathaniel
>
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