Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 14:18:34 -0800
Reply-To: "Charles \"Luke\" Lukey" <luke@SEANET.COM>
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From: "Charles \"Luke\" Lukey" <luke@SEANET.COM>
Subject: Re: Cranks, won't start
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It'll start, it'll run...for about a minute. Then it dies. I'm going to put
in a new fuel filter, see if that does anything.
Luke
Seattle
-----Original Message-----
From: kenneth d lewis [mailto:kdlewis@juno.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 12:39 PM
To: luke@seanet.com
Subject: Re: Cranks, won't start
Charles;
So; will it not run or just not idle i.e. can it be driven?
Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe
On Sat, 20 Nov 1999 10:28:38 -0800 "Charles \"Luke\" Lukey"
<luke@seanet.com> writes:
>There's fuel in the tank. When you turn the key over a notch, the
>fuel pump
>gives a short burst (to prime the system?). When my wife turned the
>key all
>the way over and started cranking, the fuel pump ran fine and the
>engine
>started. After idling for a minute or so, the engine quit. I had my
>hand
>on the fuel pump the whole time. It ran the whole time, until the
>engine
>quit.
>
>I'm thinking the fuel pump is fine - what next?
>
>Charles "Luke" Lukey
>Seattle, WA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: kenneth d lewis [mailto:kdlewis@juno.com]
>Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 6:02 AM
>To: luke@SEANET.COM
>Subject: Re: Cranks, won't start
>
>
>Charles;
> It's either no spark or or no gas. Could you narrow it down
>for
>us?
>Drive Safely & Good Luck
>Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe
>
>On Fri, 19 Nov 1999 19:50:36 -0800 "Charles \"Luke\" Lukey"
><luke@SEANET.COM> writes:
>>My wife's '88 Wolfsburg Ed cranks just fine, but it won't start. She
>>reports that she was driving along about 20 mph "when it just quit."
>>I
>>don't know if the two episodes are related, but here's where we are
>>now: the
>>weekend is upon us, the '88 is blocking my '67 splitscreen so we
>can't
>>drive
>>it, leaving only the Rabbit Pickup for yeoman duty. Help!
>>
>>It cranks fine - just won't light up.
>>
>>Charles "Luke" Lukey
>>Seattle, WA
>
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