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Date:         Fri, 11 Apr 1997 10:42:37 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         jrbateman@speedline.ca (Jack Bateman)
Subject:      starting woes

Greetings -

I am having difficulties waking up y '80 Vanagon after a long winter's nap and would appreciate any pointers.

After a tune-up, grease job and oil change early December, I parked the van in the garage. In preparation of getting it back on the road for the summer, I started it up. It started right off, then died. This repeated ad nauseum (or whatever) and the smell of fuel was evident, but not strongly. When it ran, it ran poorly, with blue exhaust, almost as though it was getting too much fuel.

Contrary to my normal practice, I parked the van for winter with only half a tank of gas and did not add any fuel conditioner. To this point I have done nothing else. What should I do and in what order of preference?

Thanks in advance for the help I know is coming...

Cheers,

Jack Bateman Oshawa, Ontario


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