Date:         Sun, 24 May 1998 21:01:14 -0400
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Syncro trip
Comments: To: Kim <Kim@AOL.COM>
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On Sun, 24 May 1998, Kim wrote:

> In the best John Muir tradition (intending on arriving in better condition
> then I started the trip...)
>
> Well, I have started the trip of bringing my 'new' (to me) 86 Syncro back east
> (to Virginia, from California). Yah, I might have found one in the east, but
> this one was in great shape, and the trip is at least half the goal :)
>
> Next problem is again only when the engine is HOT (i.e. climbing grades and
> running at 70mph for a couple of hours.) This time, when the engine is shut
> off (like for refueling), the starter motor won't turn (or engage). I'll have
> to check the repair history file, but I suspect that it is time for a new
> starter motor. Ah, well. give it 30 or 40 minutes to cool down and it kicks in
> again. I'll limp by until I get back to home base.

     The starter isn't the problem. You are over heated. Check for vacuum
leaks. It took me a year to find this problem. There is a small white tube
that goes into the idle stablizer mount/hose (under it). It runs to the
fuel tank vaper canister. It was off. My Vanagon, at 70 mph, for over
heat, due to a leak fuel condition. Now it stays just below the  L.E.D.,
at 70 mph.


       Eric