Date:         Fri, 1 May 1998 12:00:14 -0400
Reply-To:     Patrick Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Patrick Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>
Subject:      Re: Soggy Wx - No Start
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

My scirocco was ticking me off yesterday big time.  I hosed some brake fluid
off the master cylinder, and then it would not start.  I got out my CRC
contact cleaner and started spraying the ignition pickup at the distributor.
It is just like the vans, has a plastic plug that holds water.  That did not
do it, it still would not start.  The dist cap was dry underneath.  I
finally disconnected the ground side wires on the coil and dryed them with
the CRC.  Started up first pull.  I would say disconnect all ignition
related wires, clean them and coat connectors in some kind of electrical
grease.

-----Original Message-----
From: The Martins <nitram@TBCNET.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 7:23 AM
Subject: Soggy Wx - No Start


>My 85 Vanagon starts and runs great in most weather, including hard rain,
>but it refuses to start on very humid mornings, such as fog.
>Any ideas ?
>
>Thanks,
>Larry