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Date:         Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:11:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <markmcculley@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark McCulley <markmcculley@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Starting problem
In-Reply-To:  <447C421E-A4B9-43D7-998B-C91C6696F5F8@gmail.com>
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Update. I experienced the no start condition today. I did not attempt to
give it some gas this time so that I could troubleshoot. It was turning
over but not firing on any cylinders. Here's what I did:


- Inspected the distributor cap and rotor, looked fine, no moisture present.
- Made sure the spark plug wires were all all seated firmly.
- Made sure the wire to the coil was seated firmly.
- Disconnected and reconnected the AFM.
- Disconnected and reconnected the distributor connector.
- Disconnected and reconnected all the wires on the coil.
- Disconnected and reconnected the O2 sensor wires.
- Disconnected and reconnected the idle stabilizer.


Still, no cylinders firing.


I next disconnected and reconnected the coolant temp sensor located in the
thermostat housing. The van then started, although it ran a bit roughly for
a bit. Subsequent starts were instantaneous, as they should be.


After noticing that a new connector had been spliced in to the temp sensor
wire, I removed the electrical tape covering the spice connections. Near
the splices, the insulation was cracked and falling off on all 3 wires. One
wire seemed to be down to just a few intact strands. I fixed by cutting out
the splices and bad wire section and re-splicing the 3 wires to the
connector. The van starts as it should now. Hopefully this fixes the
starting problems I've been having.


-Mark


On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 4:59 PM Mark McCulley <markmcculley@gmail.com>
wrote:


> 87, 2.1l engine
>
> In the past few days I’ve experienced a starting issue with my vanagon
> where I have to give it some gas to get it to start. Then it idles roughly
> until I pull out of the driveway. This happens about 20% of the time, the
> rest of the time it starts up normally. The problem has only occurred on
> cold starts so far.
>
> Ideas about what to investigate? It has been exceptionally wet here
> (Seattle area) lately, wonder if moisture could be part of the problem. Van
> is parked outside.
>
> Regards,
> Mark
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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