90 Vanagon overnight no start

Trying to help a friend out - he's got a '90 Vanagon that won't start
when left overnight. Cranks and cranks and cranks but won't catch.
He'll leave it and come back and it fires right up! Once running,
it'll always catch again, too.

I'm pretty good with the old aircooled but don't know the newer beasts
so well. What should we be looking at?

Thanks!
Elijah

On Apr 23, 1:11 am, elij... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

Trying to help a friend out - he's got a '90 Vanagon that won't start
when left overnight. Cranks and cranks and cranks but won't catch.
He'll leave it and come back and it fires right up! Once running,
it'll always catch again, too.

I'm pretty good with the old aircooled but don't know the newer beasts
so well. What should we be looking at?

Thanks!
Elijah

Does he set the cold-start? Above 40F, start *without* touching the
gas pedal. Below 40F, push down the pedal *ONCE*, then start without
touching the gas pedal.

Clean the plugs and check the wires, cap and rotor while you are in
there.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

On 22 Apr 2007 22:11:13 -0700, elijahs (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

Trying to help a friend out - he's got a '90 Vanagon that won't start
when left overnight. Cranks and cranks and cranks but won't catch.
He'll leave it and come back and it fires right up! Once running,
it'll always catch again, too.

I'm pretty good with the old aircooled but don't know the newer beasts
so well. What should we be looking at?

Thanks!
Elijah

One morning after cranking and cranking : pull a spark plug

and check if its ' wet' , if it is wet : w/o puttung the plug back
in reattach the plug wire to the plug and check for a chrisp
spark. ( it should not be yellow ) When checking for spark,,
a battery jumper cable connected to the neg. post
of the batt. and the flats of the plug works well for a ground.
Let us know what you find.

Not a true statement.

Does he set the cold-start? Above 40F, start *without* touching the
gas pedal. Below 40F, push down the pedal *ONCE*, then start without
touching the gas pedal.

On Apr 23, 11:34 am, "news.wildblue.net" <w... (AT) asdmonline (DOT) net> wrote:

Not a true statement.





Does he set the cold-start? Above 40F, start *without* touching the
gas pedal. Below 40F, push down the pedal *ONCE*, then start without
touching the gas pedal.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Per my 1987 Vanagon Westie owner's manual, that is the procedure. I
may be a bit off on the temperatures working from memory, but that is
the gist of it.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA