Date:         Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:39:10 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
Comments: To: "Michael A. Radtke" <wa7zpu@cisaz.com>
In-Reply-To:  <4C6D8C8F.9010008@cisaz.com>
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That is the kind of exacting fix we need to hear...regardless of wether you
know the fix they did(but it would be nice if you could check your/dealer
records and confirm ) cuz it sounds like this is either an elevation or
regional fuel issue.  Am I right?.
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'



On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Michael A. Radtke <wa7zpu@cisaz.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Coincidence?
>
> I live in hot hot Phoenix and have had my '84 since new.  I drove the
> van for years and never had vapor lock symptoms at home or on road trips
> until visiting Idaho about 15 years ago.  I took the Vanagon to a dealer
> in Boise, and they said it was a known problem.  They fixed it for free
> and told me that the fix was to drill out something in the fuel circuit.
>  It only took a few minutes.  The fix certainly worked and I have never
> had another problem.  However, since then I have been through every part
> of the fuel system for one reason or another and I have never found any
> evidence of what they did.
>
> I know that this post appears useless since it offers no fix.  However,
> perhaps my information will jog someone's memory of a similar fix of a
> known problem.
>
> Mike
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