Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:45:01 -0800
Reply-To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: air cooled flooding
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Although a hackneyed topic (for good reason!) you might consider replacing
the rubber FI lines into and in the engine bay. (use properly rated FI hose)
Even though it hasn't been run much, the lines might deteriorate from time.
It may even be that one is leaking though from the sounds of things, you
would likely have noticed. I imagine the leak would have to be quite bad to
stall out the engine. Regardless......
Not a hard job, and worth piece of mind.
Neil.
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia -
"Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
On Dec 11, 2007 6:23 AM, ray berthiaume <jettaray301@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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