Hi guys , I really would like to thanks everyone is those lists for helping me. This email is just for the closing record so it may help someone else in the same situation. I found the culprit , gaz starvation !!! Yes shame on me !, well things were a little more complicated than that because to my defense , That's the first thing I checked, gas supply , I plugged the console back to my van and checked the fuel gauge which indicated about 20% gas left !!!! I did try to trace everything I could. I found a little vacuum leak at the intake air distributor level and a couple of wire which had to be fixed. Now that my van is working again I have a better idle. So how I realized I had a gas starvation ? by changing the fuel pump, I was expecting some gas spill in the inlet of the gas pump but none was coming out. My van was parked in my drive away perpendicularly to a 4-5% grade street. That was it ... I add 1 gall of gas and the engine worked for 5min, I had to add an second gallon of gas ! Also , even if I added gas , I had to wait a little to have the engine running, I could not start the engine immediately after poring gas in the tank. Okay case is close I can move on with my project, more question later. Thanks so much. Chris
On 08/01/2015 09:24 PM, Jim Denton wrote: > Look for a vacuum hose having been knocked off. > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:24 PM, Christophe Guilbert > <cguilbert@picasso.ucsf.edu <mailto:cguilbert@picasso.ucsf.edu>> wrote: > > Dear list ! > > Could you guys please watch those short youtube video to help me > diagnose my van problem . > I have an air cool engine 2.0L 1983. > > > Symptom: basically the engine start , but stall after a few second. > I have so many things to check out but I would be very glad if > anyone by luck can diagnose and pin point the problem just by > listening those video. > > Tip ! The engine was rebuilt and was working fine a week ago > before I did some electrical modifications to add a secondary > battery ! > I don't think I I messed up anything but who knows !. > > https://youtu.be/VQ_Auha-rV8 > https://youtu.be/Ax4g5CNPCJU > > Thanks so much > > Chris > _______________________________________________ > type2 mailing list > type2@type2.com <mailto:type2@type2.com> > http://type2.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/type2 > > |
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