Re: OK you hotdogs...here is a diagnosis problem

[Dave Ohlemacher <Dave@ohlemacher.com>]

Easy, you were at LAX and the anti-on-time flight jammer pulse interferred with
your ECU, I bet if you weren't so focused on your car, you would have noticed
others in the same predicament. Happens at National, Logan, O'Hare and others
all the time. Best advice, don't turn your car off at the airports unless you
are parking for more than 30 minutes.

Dave
91 200TQW
86 928S
86 Vanagon GL
http://www.ohlemacher.com

Robert H. Caron wrote:

> I am not interested in approximate reasoning. A lot of you guys fail to
> nail the problem. Just talk around the periphery. I am looking for the
> precise cause. That means you have to stick your neck out and pick the most
> likely possibility.
>
> Car: 84 5k
>
> We drop someone off at LAX about 8 am for a 9:15 am flight from LA to NY.
> It's a balmy day, such as we are accustomed to in the City of the Angels.
> We turn off the ignition, open the trunk and remove some luggage. We close
> the trunk. Then we get back in the driver's seat and turn the ignition.
> Engine cranks but won't start. We try and retry, but the car won't start.
> The airport police are getting ansy, itching to finger their walkie talkies
> to call for a tow. We are getting very embarrassed. We open the hood and
> look around. Isn't that what you do when a car won't start? We see nothing
> out of the ordinary. Then we start to think. What events preceded this
> calamity? Maybe something to do with removing the luggage? So we open the
> trunk and slam it shut. We return to driver seat and turn the ignition. The
> car starts instantaneously. The airport cops relax their fingers on the
> transmit button. Some guy comes over and offers sage advice. "Must have
> been vapor lock, huh?" I shrug, give him a sheepish grin and drive off.
>
> OK. Who out there can put their finger on the exact reason the car failed
> to start?