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• Re: TiiCo California Smog Legal!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 06:00:57 EST
  ...take the cylinder head from that motor along with the fuel injection system and install it on the setup that you have now. Put...
• Re: head internal leak. Any chance of sealer working
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 May 2003 18:45:50 -0400
  ...the combustion gasses into the cooling system. It is normal for a healthy engine with the correct fuel mixture to expel some water out...
• Re: 1.9 running rich
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 11:14:08 -0600
  ...The motor runs fine but the plugs and exhaust system are covered with black soot. I have installed fresh plugs, I have checked the...
• Re: 85 GL. 1.9 Woes- like whoa, won't go....
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:31:26 -0500
  ...However you did mess with the fuel system in the sense that you placed a new fuel pump on that vanagon. DO you still...
• Re: Don't top off gas tanks
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:22:41 -0400
  ...pump handles, or highly skilled > gas jockeys to mess up my system. > YMMV! > > Mr. BZ-flame suit on! > > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:27:26 -0500
  ...cooling system redesign. Coolant goes into the engine at the rear and flows out the front. Yes, flow through. And for fuel consumption, imagine...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:28:30 -0600
  ...sensor going in this >>> weekend) >>> entire ignition system is good (timing, coil, distributor, relays, etc.). >>> fuel pressure is good. All injectors appear to be...
• Cool air, K+N, and chips(was: Tiico convert question)
  Historical mailing list - Tim High
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 21:41:31 -0500
  ...TiiCo to go fast, explore adjustable fuel pressure >regulators, big free flow exhausts, chips for the Motronic system, and a 268 >deg. cam. > >Gary
• Re: need help from someone to look at their engine...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 20:27:36 -0400
  ...collapsing my Syncro fuel tank lately which I believe it is caused by "too much vacuum" somewhere in the system -- I wonder if this...
• More Power to the Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:57:07 -0700
  ...Exhaust System: I have looked at several HP exhaust systems. I think that the stock design is the best I have seen, so far...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:43:22 -0700
  ...The starter works and the engine turns over fine > > > > but won't crank. > > > > > > > > The fuel relays and, thusly, the fuel pump were not cycling...
• Re: Tips on replacing Temp 2 sensor The easy way!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:52:40 -0800
  ...If you smell unburned fuel the mixture could be right but for some reason all cylinders are not firing. The idle stabilizer system is...
• Re: Swap Entire '85 Shift Linkage into '81?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 17:04:38 -0800
  ...Does the '85 bushing fit in cross member > hole above fuel tank?) > > Or... > > Swap in rear portion of '85 linkage and WBX transmission only...
• Re: VERBOSE: fuel pump, ethanol, cavitation
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:02:27 -0400
  ...fill up in southern Virginia with 10% ethanol fuel >>>> 3. fine rust in fuel filter before replacement >>>> 4. new Bosch pump still have whining...
• Re: 1.9L - Will not idle cold - when warm idles at 2800RPM
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 7 Jun 2010 20:11:44 -0400
  ...Though I once had a fuel pump quit the exact second I put on a new distributer cap. Not that that caused any diagnoses...
• Vanagon recalls...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Apr 1994 11:12:51 -0600
  ...The other recall is on the fuel injectors, they may leak air, making for poor performance and stumbling. The fix replaces all of the...
• Re: alternator kicking in after first rev up.
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:51:49 +0000
  ...AND FWIW your Diesel needs power to the fuel shut off solenoid to keep it running. Chris DeLong ICQ#45030867 Seattle, WA USA '80...
• Re: More powerful waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:13:13 -0600
  ...Add an engine management system to do the fuel air ration thing and you should get real good power out of 2 liters. DM...
• Re: Vanagon Toys FS
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 07:46:14 -0500
  ...They do not read the OXY sensor and have a more aggressive mapping of > the fuel delivery. BTW I also have two new ones...
• Re: Increased WBX displacement
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:57:28 -0700
  ...that I was never comfortable with and didn't want (or don't know how) to go thru and create a fuel managment system...
• Re: Parts Compatability
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 09:50:23 -0600
  ...Unless you know absolutely for certain without a doubt in your mind EXACTLY when the fuel system hoses were replaced, DO IT NOW!!!!!!! Don...
• Re: Anyone have a 3rd Party External Oil Cooler or Transmission Cooler installed?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 19 May 2009 12:18:10 -0700
  ...I also ordered the GoWesty Coolant Pipe Fix system and am replacing all coolant hoses, heater hoses and fuel lines before I make a...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:49:46 -0500
  ...how well the cooling system can handle some 300,000 btus/hour of heat > being generated by that much fuel being burned. > > Dennis > > PS...
• Re: Running rich.....me too
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:40:12 -0400
  ...Then, use your Bentley to do the ECU pin test--you can check every electronic component of the FI system (except the ECU...) from...
• Re: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 2 Dec 2007 17:15:57 -0800
  ...And the reason they made the cooling system so over-sized is that they knew with 135 separate cooling system parts and clamps ................... ( I...
• Re: strange idling behavior ? (long post with plenty of diagnostic hints)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:30:08 -0800
  Did you do a careful visual inspection of the engine, and ALL hoses and fittings in the air intake system ?? if it uses an...
• H20 and power steering pipe replacement.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 22:45:00 -0500
  ...remove big hoses at ends and drain system. Drain PS system in an appropriate place as well. 4. remove all the clamping straps across...
• She's Home! (Was: '87 Vanagon turns and turns but won't start)
  Historical mailing list - Don Preston Jr.
  Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:04:30 -0700
  ...of weeks ago and went through the entire fuel system, finding that plenty of fuel was getting to the cylinders. We ran out of...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:10:08 -0500
  ...us feel good, but it seems to me our fuel consumption > problems are so systemic that they cannot simply be solved by technology. > And...
• Re: Water Injection
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 24 May 2008 23:04:30 -0400
  ...I ran one full tank of fuel through the engine before I put the water injection system on, and the results on the next...
• Re: Interstates
  Historical mailing list - Kevin and Heather
  Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:37:29 -0700
  ...The interstate highway system was a boondogle, cooked up by the automotive and petrolium industry and cloaked in the guise of 'national security' to...
• Re: Distributor Swap and Timing Issues - 88 GL with 2.1WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 10:17:55 -0800
  ...if there's fuel for it ..and the starter and battery work...it'll function with almost no electrical systems working. A diesel vanagon...
• FS: new 508 AC compressor in the box
  Historical mailing list - dgak sdfhkasjfh
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:10:46 -0700
  ...about the > kinds of changes > > folks have made to their fuel intake systems over > the years on similar > > engines. > > > > > > -- > > > > Wil > > > > > > -- http://www.charmfx.com...
• Re: Bogus engineering
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 7 Feb 2021 01:34:01 +0000
  ...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: Factory Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 8 Jun 2012 22:11:27 -0700
  ...Unless he means fuel lines on an aux heater. I can see using them on fuel lines I suppose, and on CV joint boots...
• Re: Name that engine...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 23 Feb 95 13:42:07 CST
  ...4-speed manual, 002 CM 3-speed automatic, 003 NB Fuel System: Solex 34 PDSIT-2, 34 PDSIT-3 carburetors Imported to U.S...
• The Birth of a '75 Garage Bus
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Fri, 17 May 1996 05:43:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...enigne turns over, sounds like good compresssion..so, once the fuel system is fixed, it may run.,..hmm! <will change oil first, prolly in...
• Re: Running on Tap Water - attempt at de-confuscation
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:55:04 +0100
  ...It does not generate any additional power on its own. > > Here is a simple description: > > "A water injection system works similarly to a fuel...
• Replace 1.9 with a 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:11:30 -0800
  ...It came with all the intake manifolds, fuel injectors, fuel lines, fuel pressure regulator, water pump, thermostat housing, all 3 mount harness for alternator...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:49:11 -0700
  ...The combustion >>> process has not changed over the years, only the tolerance of the >> controls. >>> Start with the fuel system. Make it is tight...
• GW EFM and available updates
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 20 Oct 2022 23:40:11 -0400
  ...If you have a GW management system I’d recommend making sure you have the recent update and if not do the flash update...
• Re: Rubber elbow connecting filler neck and gas tank on 77
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 05 Jul 1996 17:37:59 -0400
  ...He can get 57mm (2.25") fuel/oil hose in two types One is wire reinforced, one is not, likely about $10 and $5...
• 1.9l Waterboxer FS Cheap!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:19:17 EST
  ...The engine would come with a relatively new S&S Header Exhaust system on it and a new Cat. It would also come with...
• Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 1 May 2004 10:56:09 -0500
  ...change the brake fluid change the fuel lines change the coolant hoses change the blinker fluid . . . Larry A.
• Re: Running Without O2 Sensor Question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:54:23 -0700
  ...Yeah, the most efficient way to get more power is to use the system as Bosch designed it: make sure your throttle switch is...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:32:03 -0800
  ...On the idle switch thing, sure it would use a tiny bit more fuel. And yes, if the idle switch doesn't make contact...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:47:48 -0600
  ...For one thing the new clean fuel requirements and other forces are making Diesel fuel too expensive. Even home heating oil is going up...
• Re: fridge wont stay lit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:18:38 -0400
  ...Usual causes of it blowing out are dirt in the combustion chamber, the jet, or a leak somewhere in the intake or exhaust system...
• Re: mini review of Ecoque grill (van camping grill/bbq)
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 3 Jan 2014 22:06:13 -0600
  ...useful fuel and it is a wonder that more stove systems do not >>>> use it. >>>> Jim >>>> >>> >>> Wood is not always a plentiful fuel. There...
• Re: WAS guy broken down in N. California - now running again
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:32:49 -0700
  ...On his 87 the battery powers the ECU and fuel pump circuit through the > alternator stud as a main wiring junction point. Zero volts...
• Re: PETRONIX MELTDOWN
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sun, 5 Nov 2000 12:36:00 -0800
  Ken...Thru my career of 30+ yrs as a VW Tech...I have seen many more electronic ign systems disabled than actually hooked up...
• Re: A couple of questions.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 14:42:32 -0800
  ...More fuel is burned when the engine is cold, way more. For fuel mileage record cars they want them running as warm as possible...
• Re: Hot Starting (a) vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 10 Aug 94 09:28:15 CDT
  On Wed, 10 Aug 94 09:01:20 CDT David Carment said: >I bought a fuel filter that the guy at Kohlweiss said was...
• Re: Vana's Blues
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:59:14 -0500
  ...say, some $12 part to puke >> on me in the fuel delivery system a couple months from now because I was >> too ignorant to...
• Re: Hard Starting Cold and Hot
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:40:55 -0500
  ...checked intake system--no false air >> -checked throttle switch--ok >> -replaced coolant temp sensor >> -checked air flow sensor--ok >> -checked fuel pressure--ok--residual...
• Re: How do explain this?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:04:19 -0500
  ...The vans don't get the brake system flushed enough and over time accumulate water and dirt in them. The brake system should be...
• Re: Replacing Propane Regulator Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:14:56 -0500
  ...Replacing Propane Regulator Advice? > > I ran rubber fuel line in my westy conversion to replace the copper. > > Found some 200 psi thick walled fuel...
• Re: rich running van SOLVED! thanks Gerry S.
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:18:47 -0700
  ...most of the others in the system. This apparently makes the ecu dump in more and more fuel, causing the symptoms I described in...
• Re: Weep No More For Me
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 14:27:56 -0400
  ...If I'm not mistaken, >they advertise a 15 - 20% increase in fuel economy. > >Karl Wolz > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Frank Miller" <fmiller01@sprynet.com...
• Re: Good customer service experience, Rotopax
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 10 Jul 2013 08:08:49 -0700
  ...That is also the >>>> reason that the Vanagon fuel system has expansion tanks and why >>>> vehicle fillers are in the side of the tank...