Hi all, Just got a lovely 1982 Aircooled Westie (with FI and standard distrib/points). This weekend I replaced the poptop and luggage rack seals and put in new rear hatch struts. I have a couple of problems with the vehicle that I am hoping the list can help me sort out. 1) when I fill up the tank at the gas station, the tank just overflows onto the ground from somewhere under the vehicle instead of triggering the gas pump backpressure shutoff in the pump handle. Is this usual? How do you tell at the gas station when you have a full tank? 2) when I start the vehicle (cold engine only), it turns over fine and runs for about 5 to 8 seconds then it dies unless I catch it at exactly the right moment and sort-of gun the engine with the gas pedal and keep it alive until the engine warms up. The engine starts and runs just fine on its own ... till just about the time that the seatbelt warning buzzer stops buzzing and the panel lights shut off. (5 seconds or so) then the engine just dies out unless I judiciously press the accelerator. If the engine is warm, the problem goes away and the engine starts up and idles just fine. Any ideas on what is causing this? Anyway, I've been reading the list now for about a month and found the discussions to be interesting : but it seems more centered on issues of Wasserboxer engines and synchro stuff.... still interesting to read. Any help via E-Mail or via the list would be greatly appreciated.
Robert S. Williams, MD 82 aircooled westie |
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