Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:27:17 -0500
Reply-To: "Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET>
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From: "Jack R." <jack007@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: air cooled flooding
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Try some "fresh" gas. Drain the tank of that 4 year old fuel, and then try
again with fresh fuel. Change the fuel filter while you are at it. Also,
check all your vacuum hoses, to make sure the ends haven't dried out... if
they are cracked, you loose vacuum and it can cause all kinds of problems.
Sometimes it is hard to tell, esp. with the wrapped vacuum lines, so be sure
to pull them off and look closely.
Jack R.
84 Westy Wolfie, with a 2.1L 91 motor.
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
ray berthiaume
Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 9:24 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: air cooled flooding
hello newbie here. i have a problem with a 1981 2.0 afc fed vanagon. got it
to run (surprisingly well) after a 4 year nap. moving it around on the lawn,
i went to start it up and it would only run w the gas ped floored. i believe
the dual relay is culprit, as the fuel pump wiring is dead. i've been
troubleshooting it with a jumper wire from the pump to battery (causing it
to run constant). disconnecting the pump causes it to run almost good, until
it runs out of gas. connecting the pump causes immediate flooding. i have a
bently and ran the checks on the dual relay. it seemed the FI side was not
being powered, as there was no power to the brain. ran another wire to the
relay plug to the + coil terminal, powering the FI, and it seemed to run
better. connecting the fuel pump would cause it to flood. parts replaced:
fuel pump, both filters, all the rubber lines, all ignition parts, starter,
battery. removed the gas tank and gave it a kero rinse, pulled the
injectors, they
looked good. been trying to get this going for 3 months now and don't wanna
give up. question is; if the dual relay is bad, will it affect the FI and
fuel delivery causing flooding, or will the FI not work at all? i thought if
the FI wasn't powered, it wouldn't spray fuel at all. just wanted to ask
before dumping another 100.00 into it. thanks
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