Date:         Wed, 21 May 1997 00:29:42 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         tbill <tbill@startext.net>
Subject:      Re: Slow starting when hot

Gcarlen@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Howdy Volks,
> 
> I have had a recent problem where my 85 Westy is sluggish to start when she
> is warm.  Doesn't happen all the time.  There really seems to be no pattern
> to it.  My starter checked out to be dragging, so I put a new one in two days
> ago.  (Thanks Ron).  Sometimes, it won't start at all.  It just goes
> 'whir,whir' as if it had a dead battery (not the case) or was suffering from
> vapor lock.  Anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Gregg Carlen
>
One of those maddening intermitant problems, eh?  It's happened to my
'83 several times, and different problem each time.  Start with basics:
check the spark, check the fuel WHEN IT WON'T START!  Then get back, and
maybe a real mechanic will give you the solution.  One of my insidious
problems was the ignition switch to engine wires take a tight 180 degree
turn around metal near the engine.  Wires were slowly parting, to the
point where they would work only when the temperature was cool.

TBill

***It IS as bad as you think, the gremlins ARE out to get you!*****