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• Re: Lack of power on my 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:09:57 -0700
  ...a look at the possibility of a >clogged >> exhaust system. Mine sure felt like fuel starvation, anyway. >> >> Karl Wolz >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Don McCallum...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 27 May 2001 13:35:30 -0700
  Yes, but the MSDS system is pricey at $109. Plus it just puts the air filter in the engine compartment. I would think that...
• Re: 87 GL Intermittantly Not Starting
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 May 2003 10:04:41 -0700
  ...The one that runs the starter is not the same one that causes the fuel pump to run for a few seconds. I try...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 15:04:19 -0700
  ...Failed on the EVAP test, this is where they pressurize the fuel system and test for leaks. Any common places where I should look...
• Re: Power Steering Fluid and lines Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:31:36 -0500
  ...Tape or otherwise wrap the hose ends to keep all the nasty crap thats likely sitting on top of you fuel tank. Fasten the...
• Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:01:17 -0700
  ...improve your fuel economy by 30%?� You get 24mpg > instead > of 18mpg or so.� A motor with a modern engine management system emits > far...
• Boston Bob Engine update from south of Mason/Dixon
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 07:01:00 -0500
  ...the Haltech FI system yet. It is extremely strong from 3000-5000 however, but then that could be the fuel map settings I have...
• Re: I-4 coversion developing power troubles
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 27 May 2009 10:19:44 -0400
  ...A clogged catalytic convertor or exhaust system could account for your problems. If you had poor emissions and potentially poor fuel economy but overall...
• Re: Good customer service experience, Rotopax
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 01:20:21 -0400
  ...That is also the reason that the Vanagon fuel system has expansion tanks and why vehicle fillers are in the side of the tank...
• Copy of: Catalytic Converter Failure
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL R. PLICKYS
  05 Dec 94 22:31:16 EST
  ...fuel at the injectors, spark, compression, cap and rotar. All checked out fine. I had heard a slight "rattle" in the exhaust system during...
• Re: Engine Miss
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 09:29:04 EST
  ...describe certainly would seem to indicate a problem in the fuel injection control system, but because of an elusive miss which I have seen...
• Vanagon - "Introductory Service Information"
  Historical mailing list - Dan Wohlers
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 12:21:10 -0700
  ...It has a wealth of information, from HP/torque curves to diagrams of the engine, cooling system, fuel injection, exhaust, etc. along with specs...
• Exhaust leaks, need ideas
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:07:52 -0700
  The vacuum acting as a blower really shows things up on the exhaust system. Got most of the cracks fixed in the #1-#3...
• Re: Gas time line: nuclear nonsense
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 Sep 2005 22:54:53 +1200
  ...It takes >longer than that to reliably fire up a boiler propulsion system Atomic ("nuclear")-powered ships use steam as well, though they will...
• Re: Was Brake Rotor Squeal. Now tuning and timing research
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 03:55:38 -0500
  One of the advantages of the Haltech ECU system is it's ability for youto program your own advance curve into the ECU. Each...
• 83 Syncro Turbo Diesel Project- progress report, long
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 21:08:41 -0700
  ...Remaining to do is the fuel tank filler neck and venting, install the newer radiator and fan, and actually bolt in the Syncro drivetrain...
• Re: Won't start cold (85 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:49:56 -0600
  ...fuel system, and the plugs were changed about > 4k miles ago. (cylinders 1 and 4 show evidence of running rich. I > replaced the fuel...
• How many spare amps from a properly running altrenator in a vanagon with a 2.1?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Sun, 21 Mar 2004 21:56:21 -0700
  ...Also it cleans the fuel system and produces fewer carcinogins. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Re: Fuel Gauge Behavior Changed
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:34:43 -0700
  ...There must be some kind of a dampner in the system keeping the gauge from bouncing around or something. After cornering right or left...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 18:59:48 -0500
  ...I was disappointed in the lack of response to this thread considering the importance of maintaining the Vanagon's much maligned cooling system properly...
• Re: Resetting the ECU and hesitating
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 13:02:08 -0700
  ...I replaced the fuel filter already (brand new one too, grrrr....). That's why I was looking for what systems resetting the ECU will...
• Re: gas tank crap..... again
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:40:47 EST
  ...The fuel level sensor, plastic part has a crack in it. Very common ! >>>>>>So what else is up there to leak!?!? It appears to...
• Re: '71; brake vacuum hose substitute
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 18:01:10 -0500
  ...Most places just kind of scratched their heads and tried to sell me fairly bogus stuff (vacuum hose, fuel line, heater hose, etc.). One...
• Fuel Injection Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 08:16:53 -0800
  ...It seems that these two items have a tendency to allow "false air" to enter the system, that why they are sealed. The oil...
• 83' Vanagon - Coolant Temp Sensor and O2 Sensor - Could These Effect Idle?
  Historical mailing list - The Hammad Family
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 07:37:46 -0400
  ...I checked out the fuel injectors (pulled the plug off each one and listened for a drop in idle) on the number 2 cylinder...
• Re: <AIRS> 81 Vanagon Help
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:44:19 -0500
  ...Is there anything they should immediately check before trying to troubleshoot the FI system? Please respond B/C. I'm on Digest Mode. Thanks...
• Re: 1600 upright into aircooled vanagon? Wasserboxer case to aircooled?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:34:00 -0800
  ...The cooling system consisted of a pancake engine type fan, with a blower attached to the crankshaft, similar to the type 4 but smaller...
• Re: Which O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:34:21 -0500
  ...If the voltage stays less than half a volt the sensor is weak or the ECU and fuel system is not capable of producing...
• now 87, was 88 GL - manual tranny - fail to start
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:03:06 -0700
  ...Came back out, key in the ignition, ignition on - check > idiot lights, listen for fuel pump to pressurize the fuel system, key > to start...
• Re: How Much to Rebuild 84 Engine???
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:04:14 -0800
  ...I have one westy running with a 2.1 engine but the 1.9 fuel system, and it does seem to go quite well...
• Re: LP gas question--does this happen to you?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:21:28 -0700
  ...You will find them labeled as camp fuel, cooking fuel, butane, and propane. The standard supposedly is that if it states it is propane...
• Re: Syncro experiences?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Dec 94 11:19:11 PST
  ...I know my fuel injection system is not performing perfectly, so this will probably improve when I track down the culprit in the engine...
• Re: 1.9 Running issues when wet out
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Jan 2011 15:27:24 -0600
  ...The real stuff - not that oil/fuel additive stuff - but the real Marvel's Mystery Oil - which is often difficult to find. If you...
• Not running yet. ?????? any ideas.
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 18:01:18 -0600
  ...Mark **** SNIP FROM ORIGINAL **** * She's turning over. * Bill says he smells fuel, thought it was getting too much so put a regulator on...
• Re: Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:25:45 +0000
  ...While it is not a big deal here in Victoria (fuel consumption and warm-up times suffer only a little bit), In colder parts...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:29:10 -0700
  ...fuel tank and all associated parts - tank, expansion > tanks, hoses and fittings. > > Drawing number 9 55 148.00 shows the complete windscreen washer > system...
• Re: perfomance exhaust, etc
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 14 Feb 2004 04:13:09 -0800
  ...what sort of performance gain, if any, might I expect from replacing the stock exhaust system with something 'better' (e.g. S&S headers...
• Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:21:43 -0400
  ...Fuel vapor containment/recovery > systems have been with us since the late 60's. The purge valve on your > vanagon was vacuum operated and...
• Re: Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. nonEurospec
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 09:58:58 -0800
  ...If I try to start while hot, the fuel pump will not engage. I have a two man solution for this problem; one cranks...
• Re: Sorting out mechanical issues 85
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 5 Sep 2022 14:21:16 -0400
  ...Those fuel pumps are very powerful. The bubbles (and noise) are due to vacuum. This is called "cavitation". Happens in vehicle fuel pumps, it...
• Fw: A few questions from a newbie
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:12:46 -0800
  ...Basically if the pump is buzzing it's due to fuel starvation. The pump is lubricated by the fuel. Not enough fuel to the...
• Re: Ok...still running rich problem....
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:15:41 -0800
  ...Z --- Jay L Snyder <Jay.L.Snyder@INVISTA.COM> wrote: > Have you checked the fuel pressure? The regulator > can go bad and hold up...
• Re: Tiico fuel rail spewing solved
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 28 Feb 1993 22:04:04 -0500
  ...Tiico fuel rail spewing solved > Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 21:34:18 -0700 > > Hi Bill > > We're putting a Tiico in our 87...
• Re: Aluminum coolant tanks. Why?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:00:42 +0000
  ...most all failures are the result of some fluid system failure, coolant, oil, or fuel. While you may need to deal with outer head...
• Re: Bogus engineering
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sat, 6 Feb 2021 21:33:50 -0500
  ...Cooling jacket around motor? Oddly shaped fuel tank? Exposed electrical connections? Byzantine and difficult to bleed cooling system? > Why did all these things happen...
• Re: Misc. dumb questions
  Historical mailing list - Kristin Dewey
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 12:34:55 EDT
  ...while I'm on the subject...what's a good alarm system to get? (I > live in L.A. remember). > *Ohhhhhhh vanagon syndrome....sputter...
• Re: Vanagon/Subaru Deep Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 31 May 2001 23:15:42 -0700
  ...engine, but incorporate the stock Digijet FI system? There would be some > obvious problems with the fuel injectors and the distributor, but > everything else...
• Re: rear end of van hotter than surface of sun-UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Philip Jones
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 14:46:39 EDT
  Hello All, After an extensive search of Bentley, Muir, and VW's "Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems ProTraining" manual, I came to suspect a...
• Re: Overflow when filling tank
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 13:10:24 -0600
  ...Of course, when I'm in Oregon, their > fully automated filling system (mindless robot that stands by the fuel > pumps and jumps to action...
• Re: 3 questions: starter/ignition switch/temp warning light
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:29:53 -0700
  ...Sounds like you need to bleed the system. Z --- K G Gilbert <KG2CHIEF@AOL.COM> wrote: > 1. I just replaced starter motor on my...
• Re: Followup to last month's "Thar I was"
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:35:58 -0800
  ...One of these days I'll try running my 2.1 waterboxer engine in 85 weekender on the 1.9 digijet fuel system, and...
• Re: Cooling System, '86-91 Vanagon Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 20:04:01 -0500
  ---------------- Hi Volks, The site for hoses, digiftools, aux heaters, fuel injection manuals, etc is moving. I will send another post when it is back...
• Re: Humid Air - More Comments and a bit of theory
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 01:47:30 +0100
  ...Guess who's using more fuel and putting more heat into their cooling system? Not me. He was what are euphemistically called 'Rover' drivers...
• Re: Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:44:38 -0800
  ...Those are darn strong and consistent fuel injection > systems. > > Scott > www.turbovans.com > > > Subject: Re: Exhaust Design > > > Here's a good read with pics...
• Over-full overflow tank..cause for alarm?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 09:18:02 -0700
  ...I put a tank of premium fuel into the van and that is what I was burning on this trip, if that would make...
• Re: Update: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 23:20:24 -0400
  ...through the system to help flush the crap out and hopefully this problem will go away. I also tested the fuel pressure after I...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:11:40 -0600
  ...My guess is that I could unplug > every sensor in the FI system and the pump would still cycle at power > on. I am...
• Re: Digifant problem update
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 18:36:58 -0500
  ...Here is what i did. > > revivified fuel pressure and fuel pressure regulator are OK.....Pass > > Switch distributor/hall sensor..........same result...........runs ok until...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 06:27:33 -0700
  ...If you don't hear the > fuel pump when you turn the key back on after it dies you can forget > worrying about the...
• Re: Is It Cool To Be Cooler?
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 13:16:21 -0700
  ...I haven't noticed any difference in fuel consumption. Personally I like the lower thermostat, because I believe it helps with the longevity of...