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Subject:Re: [T2] help , video to help diagnose my Westphalia air cool 1993 problem.
From:Christophe Guilbert <cguilbert@PICASSO.UCSF.EDU>
Date:Sun, 2 Aug 2015 12:07:23 -0700

Hi guys , I really would like to thanks everyone is those lists for
helping me.

This email is just for the closing record so it may help someone else in
the same situation.

I found the culprit , gaz starvation !!! Yes shame on me !, well things
were a little more complicated than that because to my defense , That's
the first thing I checked, gas supply , I plugged the console back to my
van and checked the fuel gauge which indicated about 20% gas left !!!! I
did try to trace everything I could. I found a little vacuum leak at the
intake air distributor level and a couple of wire which had to be fixed.
Now that my van is working again  I have a better idle. So how I
realized I had a gas starvation ? by changing the fuel pump, I was
expecting some gas spill in the inlet of the gas pump but none was
coming out. My van was parked in my drive away perpendicularly to a 4-5%
grade street. That was it ... I add 1 gall of gas and the engine worked
for 5min, I had to add an second gallon of gas ! Also , even if I added
gas , I had to wait a little to have the engine running, I could not
start the engine immediately after poring gas in the tank.

Okay case is close I can move on with my project, more question later.

Thanks so much.

Chris

On 08/01/2015 09:24 PM, Jim Denton wrote:
> Look for a vacuum hose having been knocked off.
>
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:24 PM, Christophe Guilbert
> <cguilbert@picasso.ucsf.edu <mailto:cguilbert@picasso.ucsf.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Dear list !
>
>     Could you guys please watch those short youtube video to help me
>     diagnose my van problem .
>     I have an air cool engine 2.0L 1983.
>
>
>     Symptom: basically the engine start , but stall after a few second.
>     I have so many things to check out but I would be very glad if
>     anyone by luck can diagnose and pin point the problem just by
>     listening those video.
>
>     Tip ! The engine was rebuilt and was working fine a week ago
>     before I did some electrical modifications to add a secondary
>     battery !
>     I don't think I I messed up anything but who knows !.
>
>     https://youtu.be/VQ_Auha-rV8
>     https://youtu.be/Ax4g5CNPCJU
>
>     Thanks so much
>
>     Chris
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