Date:         Mon, 4 Dec 2006 19:29:34 -0500
Reply-To:     Roger Van Till <rvantill@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         Roger Van Till <rvantill@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Stranded - my first heartbreak
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Put more gas in and leave your gas cap open while starting it. After I
replaced my tank (dry fuel lines like running out of gas), the pump
would pull a vacuum in the tank before the return fuel could get there
to relieve the low pressure in the tank. Popped the cap off and it
started right up.

Roger Van Till
'89 Westy "The Moose Lounge"
'86 GL "Sugaree"
'81 L "CoJack"
www.busesbythebeach.com


On Dec 4, 2006, at 6:36 PM, mordo wrote:

> It finally happened: my first breakdown. I'm currently stranded on a
> busy thoroughfare in Baltimore.
>
> I had just rounded an exit ramp, uphill and the engine sputtered to
> stop. I am low on fuel and the previous owner had indicated that the
> fuel gauge is untrustworthy when it's low.
>
> I put two gallons in and it still won't start. I had my wife crank the
> engine while I checked a couple of things. Fuel pump runs. Nothing
> else obvious comes to mind. Perhaps a clogged fuel line if it was
> sucking debris.
>
> Waiting for a tow truck now to carry me a mile and a half home.
>
> In a peculiar coincidence, minutes after I came to a stop, a grey
> Westy drove blithely by me. I expect it is one of perhaps four
> Vanagons I've ever seen in Balto.
>
> I feel strangely honored to be a part of the legions of stranded
> Vanagon drivers all over the world.
>
> Mordo
>
> --
> mordo
> 1990 Carat
>
>