Struggles to start when hot!

[moanthebairns]

Yipee - passed MOT today, but still have a problem of starting the van when the engine has been left for about 10 minutes - stopping for petrol, etc. Everything turning over okay but just not kicking in. Any chance that the petrol could be evaporating from carb or not being fed to carb. Also sometimes turn key and just clicks, no action, could this be related? As you can probably guess, I haven't got a clue ... anybody help?

[gti mad man]

oh clicking that be battery voltage or bad earth it aint gona hurt go down to halfords buy 2 or 3 battery earth staraps

fit one from main battery under drivers seat from negative terminal to the handy threaded battery clamp

get under rear of bus and run one from the gearbox as near to starter as you can to the body make sure conections are clean metal

[sezicoolcat]

If this was an earthing prob, would it do it from cold too?

Just curious...

Might check out my vans earthing straps... Couldn't make anything any worse

Sarah

[eatcustard]

When it clicks it could be battery conection or solanoid going west

Could be vapour lock when hot on the carb

http://www.vw-resource.com/vapor_lock.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (Its from USA but worth a read)

[kevtherev]

Yipee - passed MOT today, but still have a problem of starting the van when the engine has been left for about 10 minutes - stopping for petrol, etc. Everything turning over okay but just not kicking in. Any chance that the petrol could be evaporating from carb or not being fed to carb. Also sometimes turn key and just clicks, no action, could this be related? As you can probably guess, I haven't got a clue ... anybody help?

Clicking starter is an earth/connection problem or a sticky solenoid.. the latter is quite common.
As for the non firing up I would suggest mixture.
as long as all the other alleys have been tried.

[gti mad man]

ive only seen a few t25 battery boxes/earths but they never seem to eb that great nor the lsuire battery earthed extra earths never gna hurt

[kevtherev]

but they never seem to eb that great nor the lsuire battery earthed extra earths never gna hurt

What the blithering heck
come on Andy check thy spelling lad
just so as we can read it
unless it's in text speak then I apologise