Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:27:30 -0800
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Start/Run/Then No Start
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hey ..glad you got some good results going !
I'm curious though ..
this sentence..
"What's the over/under on miles before first quandary?"
I can tell what that means.
and over-under is a type of shotgun.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Laubach" <skiplaubach@gmail.com>
To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2011 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Start/Run/Then No Start
84 Westy 1.9L
Well. Vroom cold and hot. Glad we're getting our work done around here
before the weekend.
Thanks for all the ideas, encouragement, parts (Ken), and your resistance
(pun intended) to make fun of my entry-level weekend wrenching (I could have
taken some of it).
Anyway, the new Temp II sensor somehow fixed my issue of not starting with a
fully warmed engine. She now starts at all temperatures.
So she's now spending the night at the Best Buy "stereo installation
garage", resting before having a new Blaupunkt stereo installed tomorrow.
Now I need to decide if she's fit to go 3,500 miles during Thanksgiving week
(Chicago to Phoenix and back). What's the over/under on miles before first
quandary?
Thanks again,
Skip
Elgin, Illinois
Sent from my iPad
On Nov 8, 2011, at 10:52 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans"
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> your plan sounds good.
>
> your testing does not say the temp sensor is bad..
> but ...
> it's easy to try, and not a terribly expensive part..
> so it's worth trying.
>
> next time it does it..
> check for ignition right away...
> the most common reason I have seen for a no-start is lack of ignition...
> as long as it's not a fuel supply issue ..
> and I have seen this ..
> ( it was on a 2.1 though )
> start cold fine, run mostly ok, ...it would rev up by itself ( not
> something that happens to 1.9's ) ...
> shut it off, then wouldn't re-start..
> that was due to being too rich and flooding ..
>
> don't be tricked by flooding is all I am saying.
>
> let us know.
> Scott
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "George" <skiplaubach@gmail.com>
> To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 6:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Start/Run/Then No Start
>
>
> 84 Westy 1.9L Digijet
>
> (for the benefit of the "digesters", I deleted the string, but it is a
> very good string...)
>
> So, she started up again cold, I drove her until the coolant needle
> reached normal hot (needle just left of the light (light is off). Got
> back, shut off, would not restart. Then I started zeroing in on the Temp
> II sensor.
>
> Got zero ohms from ground terminal at connector to engine. Check. Got
> correct ohms at Temp II sensor (per Bentley 24.32) and at ECU connector
> (per Bentley 24.20) terminals 2 & 7.
>
> When the engine cooled just a bit (maybe 15 minutes), it started right up.
>
> I'm still going Replace the Temp II sensor, but of any additional ideas,
> thank you.
>
> Skip
>
>
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