Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 10:37:43 -1000
Reply-To: "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: "SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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Subject: Re: Intermittent hot start problem
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with which fuel system ?..
the 1.9's Digijet or the 2.1 Digifant.
if all those engine management components and harness got switched over
to the 2.1 type ..
pretty likely your problem would go away.
On 9/13/2015 2:50 PM, Jack Reynaert wrote:
> I had the same issue with my 84 Westy, never was able to solve the issue with that motor.
>
> Just parked on a hill, and it would always roll or push start.
>
> The issue went away when I replaced the motor with a 2.1L.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2015 4:38 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Intermittent hot start problem
>
> certainly possible.
> what I would call 'a bad coil' ...
> and mostly....I don't see that many 'clearly bad' ignition coils..
> tho I do believe after firing jillions of times they can get weak and intermittent, for sure.
>
> One should at least have a known-good spare...just to try if nothing else.
>
> I don't think I find a truly bad one more than once a decade, working on many cars at times.
>
> On 9/13/2015 10:23 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>> Another possibility is a break in the coil winding. Cold, the gap is
>> closed and and the car will start. Warm and running, the spark will
>> continue jump the gap in the wire. Warm and not running, car will not
>> start until it closes. Just a thought, I've had it happen a time or two.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:35 PM SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <
>> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hall Sender in the distributor pops to mind.
>>> altho, when my 85 had that part going out ..it only did it after an
>>> hour or two of freeway driving.
>>> But ...I did 'for sure' find and and replace a tired and old Hall
>>> Sender and that fixed it for good.
>>>
>>> an easy thing to check ....could cause what you're having ..
>>> check connections to Temp Sensor II.
>>>
>>> oh..fwiw ..in all things car performance related ..I find poor
>>> connections being the real cause as much as a good 60 to 70 % of the
>>> time...and it being 'a component' that's bad the rest of the time.
>>> ...i.e. it's not 'always' A Component at all.
>>>
>>> On 9/13/2015 7:28 AM, Eric Caron wrote:
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas what could cause the following behavior?
>>>>
>>>> When the van is fully warm and we turn it off, then do something
>>>> like
>>> fill the fuel tank or get a cup of coffee, it usually starts right
>>> back up. If for some reason we do this very quickly say turn off
>>> the van then realize the bus is parked badly and immediately try to
>>> restart it will turn over strongly but not start. Waiting a short
>>> time say 5 minutes or so and it consistently starts right up. This does not happen every time.
>>>> Already tried changing ignition switch and it did not change the
>>> behavior.
>>>> Eric Caron
>>>> 85 GL Auto Westfalia
>>>>
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