At 01:10 PM 10/6/2007, Jim Morgan wrote... >Greeting All. > >I have a 1980 aircooled federal vanagon 4 speed that will not re-start >when >hot. Battery is new and good as >well as the alternator and starter. It has the original >point/condenser >distributor and cpu. Ti will start like a champ cold but not re-start >hot . >Sounds like it will almost catch but won't. Possibly a bad coil. When they go bad, you notice it first when they're warm, especially starting and at idle. Check the spark when you're having trouble - pull a plug wire, put it on a spare spark plug (doesn't matter if it's for a Vanagon), ground the plug against some engine metal, and have someone else try to start the engine. You should see a good bright spark, which should make a "snap" each time it sparks. You might first do the same with a cold engine to get an idea of what it should be like. |
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