Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:00:56 -0700
Reply-To: Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
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From: Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
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The only thing in the fuel system that comes to mind that would be "drilled
out" is the factory seal on the air/fuel mixture screw on the AFM. That's
what you would do in order to remove the seal so you could make adjustments
to the air/fuel mixture. That's consistent with my thought that this
*isn't* a vapor lock situation, it's a "too rich" situation caused by a
weakened AFM air vane spring. Adjusting the air/fuel mixture shouldn't play
into a vapor lock situation.
Tom Young
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael A. Radtke" <wa7zpu@CISAZ.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
> Hello,
>
> Coincidence?
>
> I live in hot hot Phoenix and have had my '84 since new. I drove the
> van for years and never had vapor lock symptoms at home or on road trips
> until visiting Idaho about 15 years ago. I took the Vanagon to a dealer
> in Boise, and they said it was a known problem. They fixed it for free
> and told me that the fix was to drill out something in the fuel circuit.
> It only took a few minutes. The fix certainly worked and I have never
> had another problem. However, since then I have been through every part
> of the fuel system for one reason or another and I have never found any
> evidence of what they did.
>
> I know that this post appears useless since it offers no fix. However,
> perhaps my information will jog someone's memory of a similar fix of a
> known problem.
>
> Mike
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:53:25 -0700
> From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
> Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>
> This was discussed very recently, like last week maybe. It was suggested
> that a separate ground strap be installed between the AFM and the body, or
> perhaps it was the engine block (which should be grounded to the body
> itself.
>
> After much comparing of notes, that seemed like it might do the trick.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> |A. Hurley
> |Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:34 PM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
> |
> |Ah, right - 1985 Vanagon.
> |
> |I have changed the temperature sensors....
> |
> |Thanks,
> |
> |Andree
> |
> |On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Jim Arnott
> |wrote:
> |
> |> change your temp sensor I & II. Check engine grounds.
> |> Tell us what vehicle we're workin' on .
> |>
> |> Jim
> |>
> |> --------------------------------------------------
> |> From: "A. Hurley" <ahurley@SHOPVIEWIT.COM>
> |> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:38 PM
> |> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> |> Subject: [VANAGON] Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
> |>
> |>> Hi,
> |>>
> |>> This problem seems to happen only when we go to Idaho in summer - each
> |>> year I go through the temperature sensor, fuel filter, etc - in a
> panic
> |>> and the van works fine in Seattle.
> |>
> |
> |Sincerely,
> |
> |Andree Hurley
>
| 
