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
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.
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
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