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Date:         Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:50:01 -0600
Reply-To:     Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike South <msouth@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Resurrecting an 88 GL
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
In-Reply-To:  <101b01cabfc4$150031f0$956fa8c0@PROSPERITY>
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On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> sure, could be varnished up injectors. > I hope that's it. > is the fuel pump running ? >

"Pulled hose off the "T" in the fuels line and hit the start switch - clean fuel poured."

> is the ECU firing the injectors ? > > Scott > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 9:32 PM > Subject: Resurrecting an 88 GL > > > I've been working on getting my #2 88 GL running and back on the road. >> It was stored for 10 years and it's been fun getting things working again. >> >> The latest: >> I just installed a new set of fuel lines in the engine compartment. >> While doing that I bumped the coolant line from the right head to the >> coolant ring that goes around the engine compartment. It snapped like a >> glass rod. That hose is a very small diameter - like a quarter inch or >> so - and it was so brittle it just popped. So taking the hint - I >> replaced all the smaller coolant hoses and inspected the larger ones. >> The big ones are OK for the moment, but all the small ones were brittle >> and rotten. The fuel lines were all hard as rock. When they are like >> that, they break real easy, so they all went to the trash. The old >> original hoses were all passed through on the engine so they rested on >> the engine block, and were almost invisible. There was no way to >> periodically inspect them. I didn't like that situation at all so I >> rerouted the new hoses over the top so they could easily be inspected >> periodically. Now it's ready for a test start. I replaced the stub >> hoses between the injectors and the fuel rails, put in new bushing and >> grommets, and buttoned it up. Turned the engine by hand several times, >> then checked coolant and oil - and fired it up...not! No fire. Grind, >> grind, grind - no start. Checked plugs, go lots of spark. Gave it a >> short snort of starting either - sputtered two or three times. Pulled >> hose off the "T" in the fuels line and hit the start switch - clean fuel >> poured. Got fuel back there, got spark, sputters on ether, but no actual >> start. It's got to be the injectors. Pulled injectors but left >> connected. Did a test spray pattern - not. There was no spray pattern. >> Fuel not getting through. Meaning the internal parts of the injector >> probably seized by varnish from the gasoline sitting for 10 years. >> Injectors are now packed for shipment to CruzinPerformance for >> refurbishing. End of current story. >> >> This is gonna be fun!!! >> >> -- >> John Rodgers >> Clayartist and Moldmaker >> 88'GL VW Bus Driver >> Chelsea, AL >> Http://www.moldhaus.com >> >


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