Date:         Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:55:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: hard start problem
Comments: To: Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu>
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Richard A Jones <Jones@colorado.edu> wrote:
> Karl:
>
> I have an '81 (non-California) air-cooled.  When it
> doesn't start right up when warm, it is because it is
> flooding.  So I start with the pedal to the floor to
> give it max air.  But if it doesn't start right away,
> it is flooded.  I have a switch to turn off the fuel
> pump, so I crank with the pump off for a couple of
> seconds until it starts to catch, turn the pump back
> on and off I go.  In mine, it starts cold and starts
> hot, but sometimes doesn't start "warm"--when it has
> been cooling down for ~30 minutes or so.
>
> So besides checking/replacing the temp sensor on the
> head, I'd figure out whether it is flooded or not
> when it doesn't start and go from there.
>
> Richard

I thank everybody for their suggestions and will check on these items
I know it is surely flooded occasionally after a few attempts and then
I just wait a few minutes and try again

Karl.