- In the last two days my 84' vanagon has been having starting problems, I changed the spark plug wires to new Bocsh ones this weekend. It's also been pretty hot in the bay area. Before, it started every time just fine. - Anyway, the symptoms are : 1. Starts just fine first thing in the morning, runs fine once started. 2. After the first start of the day, it turns over but does not catch. There's a strong smell of gas.
Yesterday, I checked the spark and it looked yellow, plus there was carbon on the rotor & distributor cap. I installed an new coil ( after a couple hours of cooling off ) and it started and ran fine. When I got home, I tried restarting it and it started, but ran rough, gunning the engine for a bit smoothed it out. On the second try it would not start at all, with same gas smell. This morning I went out and it turned over just fine. I tried it a couple times and it was okay. I got to work after about 1hr driving and it now displays the same symptoms.. - I suspect some part of the car is heating up and dropping the voltage to the coil. Any suggestions as to where I should start looking ?
- Booker C. Bense : bbense@networking.stanford.edu
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