Are the vanagon Fuel pumps similar[ same?]  to the fuel pumps in the

A1�s? [ scirocco, rabbit, etc? ]   They can develop a hot cutout problem

When they start going bad...   Fuel pump cuts out when it gets hot...

2 hours later after cool down � starts working again..

My scirocco had this problem �like a vampire -

Middle of hot day � nogo.   Night time �it was good2go

Camping tomorrow!! Woo woo! Dutch oven spare ribs and deep friend turkey!

Tom
90 westy 
rochester

From: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Reply-To: Doug Alcock <doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:49:07 -0400
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: Re: HELP NEEDED-84 WESTY BROKEN DOWN IN NEBRASKA..pls read

Wouldn't hurt to throw in some dryers (HEET/gas-line antifreeze/whatever you
want to call it) as well as some injector cleaner.
 Cheers, 
Doug 

 On 9/1/05, JordanVw@aol.com <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:
> 
> my sister's brother in law, Jeff, called me last night.. he is on a cross
> country trip from NY back to his home in SF Bay area and he has broken
> down in 
> Kimball Nebraska.. he has a '84 westy with a new Go-Westy 1.9Lwbx motor.
> the 
> van is having problems which seem like gas starvation problems..this
> started 
> happening yesterday, he made it from NYC to nebraska without a hitch till
> this 
> problem.. he filled up the van w/ gas, then drove it like 150 miles, and
> the 
> van started to sputter and die.. he let the motor cool down, then it
> started back up, he made it another 100 miles or so, then the same thing
> happened 
> again.. oil pressure and coolant temps are fine.
> a local mechanic out there got the van running again w/ starting
> fluid/ether 
> sprayed into the intake, and drove it around the corner to his shop,
> replaced 
> the fuel filter, just as a precautionary measure.. (not sure that this did
> anything or was even a problem) Jeff then drove for another 50 miles and
> the 
> same thing happened again.. he called me and i asked him if the fuel pump
> was 
> making a excessively loud buzzing or uneven noise, he said no, he started
> the 
> van and put his hand on the fuel pump at idle, and could hear/feel it
> buzzing. 
> basically he can start it once it cools down but can only get 50 or so
> miles 
> out of it before it starts crapping out like a fuel starvation problem..
> he has owned this van for a year and a half, and its a california van, it
> made 
> it all the way from SF to NY on the first leg of the trip without a
> problem.. 
> He called Go-Westy but they were less than helpful about a possible
> diagnosis. His wife was traveling with him on the trip, with their baby,
> and 2 
> dogs..but he put his wife and kid on a plane back to cali because their
> baby was 
> sick. so he and the dogs are stranded in nebraska.
> 
> any ideas? i thought it may be the fuel pump, but it seems to be buzzing..
> anyway he is in kimball nebraska now.. any listers local to that area? or
> if anyone could give him further assistance over the phone with things to
> check, it would be greatly appreciated.. his name is jeff and his cell is:
> 415-377-2446 
> 
> thanks for any help anyone can give.. he is without his laptop so he
> doesnt 
> have internet acess.
> 
> chris 
>