Date:         Fri, 7 Apr 1995 09:44:29 -0300
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         smitht@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Tim Smith)
Subject:      Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard

>On Thu, 6 Apr 95 18:51:14 CDT Chris Getschow said:
>>My '85 Vanagon has trouble getting started.  Here's the scenario:
><snip>
>>depressing the accelerator when the engine catches and then driving away
>>immediately.  The engine runs rough for a couple minutes while I'm driving
>>(in a low gear) but then runs smoothly thereafter. I can smell gas when I'm
>>backing out of the driveway.
>>first or second try.  The second is that there's something screwed up in the
>>FI system that's causing the starting mixture to be richer the colder it gets
>
>i think you are onto the culprit, but have some "facts" wrong ... imho it's
>the coolant temp sensor gone bad or the wiring/ground associated with it.

Uhm,  any seroius coolant losses, didn't one member mention leaks into the 
cylinder barrels due to poor O-rings as causing rough startup and idle until 
the H2O left the scene.   tim s.