Are your plugs correctly gapped? Sent from my iPhone On 24/03/2013, at 12:25 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Temp 2 sensor and idle speed controller (assuming 2.1L). As for grounds the > ring terminals can be clean and tight but wires can be broken inside the > insulation and the wire-wire crimp connection can be corroded enough to be a > problem. The idle speed controller and ECU both use the temp 22 sensor. Both > go to one side of the sensor and the sensor sinks the current to ground. Any > bad connection confuses both. That is why I suggest troubleshooting taking > measurments before moving stuff. Only way to know what was wrong and what > actually fixed a problem. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of > Finn Runyon > Sent: Saturday, March 23, 2013 8:57 AM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: cold start > > I have just returned from a successful post re-build road trip with 1400 > miles on the clock. My only issue seems to be a hard cold start issue. > The engine will fire right up, stall and then will require a bit of gas to > get it going again. After it is warmed up it runs like a champ. Everything > is new on this engine. I did a complete tear down, all bearing, seals, new > AA 95.5mm pistons and jugs, remanufactured Go Westy heads, all new sensors, > exhaust, cat, o2 sensor... The grounds are all clean and tight, so I am > stumped on the cold start issue. Any ideas on where I should be searching? > > Thanks, > Finn Runyon > Taos, NM > 87 Westy Pooh > 89 Westy Roo |
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