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Vanagonkillian Samba Member
Joined: January 10, 2019 Posts: 1 Location: SoCal
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:49 pm Post subject: Vanagon won’t start? |
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Hey guys, had the run around in my 86 2.1l tintop vanagon this week. It was having trouble starting, sometimes it would take 5 tries and a little gas pedal to start. It was just in at the shop a week before it started happening as I’m going out of town in it tonight. When it started having trouble starting I called the shop and said I was gonna bring it in. Battery is brand new as is starter. The car would crank, but not catch. You could hear the fuel pump humming. Spark plugs were fine. Went to bring it to the shop, and couldn’t get it to start, after an hour of trying, checking grounds, I had it towed over. The next day they called and said they had figured it out, it was the wire from the alternator to the battery was corroded. They replaced and I picked it up. Next day (day before my trip, day after it got outta the shop) same thing, barely can get it to start, when I do I take it to get gas and can barely get it to start at the station. Get it home, next morning call the shop they say bring it back, I bring it back(luckily it started that morning), we check everything they did the day before, replace all wire connectors, try to jump the fuse box, and it was still spotty. Popped off the ignition, and the ignition was cracked, put on a used one and it worked fine. Thought my story could help eliminate some of the run around for others. Check to see if your ignition has a crack. |
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jlrftype7 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2018 Posts: 3582 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 2:54 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon won’t start? |
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Vanagonkillian wrote: |
Hey guys, had the run around in my 86 2.1l tintop vanagon this week. It was having trouble starting, sometimes it would take 5 tries and a little gas pedal to start. It was just in at the shop a week before it started happening as I’m going out of town in it tonight. When it started having trouble starting I called the shop and said I was gonna bring it in. Battery is brand new as is starter. The car would crank, but not catch. You could hear the fuel pump humming. Spark plugs were fine. Went to bring it to the shop, and couldn’t get it to start, after an hour of trying, checking grounds, I had it towed over. The next day they called and said they had figured it out, it was the wire from the alternator to the battery was corroded. They replaced and I picked it up. Next day (day before my trip, day after it got outta the shop) same thing, barely can get it to start, when I do I take it to get gas and can barely get it to start at the station. Get it home, next morning call the shop they say bring it back, I bring it back(luckily it started that morning), we check everything they did the day before, replace all wire connectors, try to jump the fuse box, and it was still spotty. Popped off the ignition, and the ignition was cracked, put on a used one and it worked fine. Thought my story could help eliminate some of the run around for others. Check to see if your ignition has a crack. |
ignition CAP? wasn't sure what ignition you were referring to... _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
‘84 Tin Top - Hilga....Auto |
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0to60in6min Samba Member
Joined: November 27, 2006 Posts: 3417 Location: OR & CA (Oregon/California)
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:21 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon won’t start? |
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it's the ignition switch at the steering column... a classic vanagon's cranked but no start.. |
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Ahwahnee Samba Member
Joined: June 05, 2010 Posts: 9810 Location: Mt Lemmon, AZ
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagon won’t start? |
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Yes, one of those parts for which you should always have a spare (cheap, prone to failure, easy fix). |
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