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• GAS PUKING OUT FILLER NECK - FINALLY SOLVED!!!!!...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 17:39:47 EDT
  after replacing just about every piece of my gas tank/fuel line system, and still having gas puke out the filler hole and all...
• Re: oil other than Castrol
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 22 May 2010 18:38:53 -0500
  ...But, since then I've revamped the cooling system, and discovered that my oil pressure concerns were more concerns than problems -- the monitoring system...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:37:40 -0400
  ...I have also found that the fuel injection often gets blamed for running issues and that it is not the problem. The ignition system...
• Re: Lumberyard carb conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 14:16 -0600 (MDT)
  ...this system (beyond not having to synch two carbs) is that the complex linkage is eliminated. Depending on the jetting, the fuel economy may...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 09:15:02 -0700
  ...systems, allowing them to shut > > down the motor whenever you stop > for more than a few seconds - I shudder > > to think how much fuel...
• Re: Message to Newbies
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:23:10 -0400
  ...They > are high pressure hoses, and the least little hole or crack sends fuel > spraying everywhere. All it takes is a little heat or...
• Re: How Hot is To Hott?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:45:50 -0700
  ...Temp Sensors I and II refer to ones for the fuel injection systems. If you saw somewhere like on a diagram or in the...
• Re: rough running rig
  Historical mailing list - monte merrick
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 17:36:36 -0700
  ...I too thought it was the fuel filter, but finding one on the road in Oklahoma was impossible. Instead, I got some fuel injector...
• Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:12:07 -0700
  ...valve' is a '5th injector' .. >> used on fuel injection systems prior to Digijet and Digifant. >> CIS fuel injection cars use them .. >> air-cooled Vanagons...
• Re: HELP! F.I. re-conversion- double relay questions
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 14:44:57 -0600
  ...Basically, the system works fine but is not > getting fuel at hot start. The cylinder head temp sensor is new, BTW. > > Sooooo... I have...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:41:48 -0800
  ...fuel pump >>>> work. >>>> I have fitted a replacement fuel pump, filters etc and have it >>>> working and seen fuel pressure at the system gauge...
• Re: Your Opinion: Vanagon or Late Model Bus Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Fri, 23 Oct 1998 23:17:21 -0700
  ...bus -- the later ones used almost the same fuel injection system yours has. A few systems are somewhat sinpler, but not much. They handle...
• Re: Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:26:31 -0500
  ...system. > > > Parts: > > * Inline 12v heater (bought on Ebay for $70 - basically a temp. > controlled glow plug in a metal Tee) > * inline electric carb fuel...
• Re: In My Defense
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 11:37:45 -0800
  I once spent 24 hours sleepless to troubleshoot a down DEC PDP-10 system in a computer center. I was so tired and sleepy...
• Re: VERBOSE: fuel pump, ethanol, cavitation
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:21:31 -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: VERBOSE: fuel pump, ethanol, cavitation
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:13:04 -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: New EPA rules for gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 07:54:39 -0800
  ...It supposedly played hell on >VW, Volvo, MB, and other automotive Diesel engines because the sulphur was >acting as a fuel system lubricant (?) and...
• Re: Help me! I've just purchased a pit to throw money into!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 06 Dec 94 20:06:41 CST
  ...the fuel line replacement sounds WAY high!! i did all of mine on my 88 bus for about $30 worth of fuel-injection high...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:00:23 -0700
  dude from the stats on your van,, 15mpg thats kinda low fuel pressure reg?? putting out correct PSI? THESE vans keep us thinking all...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:50:36 -0800
  ...That alone wipes out the > 25% fuel economy improvement if that's what you get. Many Diesel vehicles > 2007 and newer also require the...
• Fw: SS header
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:30:26 -0600
  ...Westy > >72 Bug > >Mt Bethel, PA > > I thought that the Fuel Injection system uses the O2 sensor attached to the > CAT to make mixture...
• BLue Paz SAGA
  Historical mailing list - Sergio Derada
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 12:59:30 -0500
  ...Ever since my fuel injectors were changed as part of a recall, My van started stalling/hesitating, bad performance, not starting, etc. I took...
• Ignition System Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:22:53 -0500
  I checked my fuel injectors last night and found that when I disconnected power from the left rear cylinder the idle did not change...
• Re: D'OH (metic) fridge
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Thu, 25 Sep 1997 07:49:44 8
  ...The Vanagon fridges all use a process called "absorption cooling", which is fundamentally different from the more familiar mechanical refrigeration systems used in home...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 7 Sep 2009 19:04:54 -0700
  ...New >> fuel filter and new fuel lines from tank to filter and filter on. New >> fuel pump. >> New AFM. >> five New heavy duty tires...
• Re: THE DIRTY WORK
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  30 Jun 1995 09:51:14 -0700
  ...2) Talk about air pollution!! that's why we have sealed fuel systems and those miserable hoses on gas pumps, to keep gasoline fumes...
• Re: sudden failure to fire
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:13:12 -0400
  ...Drove 40 miles to Logan airport, engine purring > through the all-new exhaust system. Parked. Went to a meeting at the > airport Hilton with...
• Re: '85 Engine hesitation help
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Kitts
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:07:16 -0700
  ...It's just that the engine itself acts like no fuel is present or being delivered while cranking. (if that makes sense.) I'm...
• Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 10:57:09 -0700
  ...Now, the challenge was more around the fuel pressure system, but again, easily solve by Hans from Vanaru. """When the OBD2 system calls for...
• Re: help me understand US emissions control strategy.(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:10:46 -0700
  ...Their guy states >> that >> the US is so anti-diesel that they can't sell those fuel efficient >> vehicles >> here. Yet I hear the...
• Re: Beetle TDI test drive (almost no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:29:56 -0700
  ...cleaner diesel fuel hits the market along with improved emissions technologies. "I'm pretty confident that we can offer filter systems by then" so...
• Re: Replacing Oil Cooler O-ring
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Dec 2011 06:17:56 -0500
  ...If the system can't maintain pressure cylinder and stud erosion can occur. Also, as coolant leaks out the minerals from tap water and...
• Re: Fw: Question-Oxygen Relay?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 5 May 2020 12:42:25 -0700
  ...that > even the CA emissions equipped air cooled 2.0 fuel injection system > uses an O2 relay. i.e the O2 sensor does not...
• Re: Difference between North American Engines and European Engines
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:55:45 -0500
  ...is the ECU and Digijet FI system. I think the starter has a different part # too. Premium fuel is required because of high compression...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:39:13 -0700
  ...of relevance >>> Diesel-electric marine propulsion systems and accessories. >>> < >>> http://www.ossapowerlite.com/tech_library/fuel_efficiency/fuel_efficiency.htm >> >> >>>> > >>> >>> >>> KTA Services Inc. < http...
• Re: Non-stock ignition coils/plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:09:36 -0500
  ...These systems vary the dwell depending on engine speed to maintain a hot spark at high RPMs. Standard coils use a fixed dwell and...
• Re: vanagon gas tank leaks when filled up, spews gas out filler hole
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:45:02 -0800
  ...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: Tighten-up your AFM
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:39:01 -0500
  ...FI system the > lean condition would be compensated for by the O2 sensor and ECU which try > to maintain the "correct" air-fuel mixture...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:11:37 -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: what causes burping?
  Historical mailing list - David E Most
  Wed, 5 Feb 1997 14:01:07 -0500
  ...The VW dealer in terre haute, IN told me that the filter that was in there wasn't even for a fuel injected system...
• Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:12:11 -0400
  ...improve your fuel economy by 30%?  You get 24mpg >> instead >> of 18mpg or so.  A motor with a modern engine management system emits >> far...
• Re: Hot rod Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 14:03:58 PDT
  ...I needed it to deliver fuel to the cylinders at a faster rate. I determined that the fuel was not getting to the cylinders...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:15:04 -0400
  ...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: 84 CA Vanagon Smog questions
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 12 Apr 1998 11:57:15 -0700
  ...Not sure what the standards are in other parts of California (if they are different) using the dreaded Smog II system (required with a...
• Re: gas filler neck leak
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 12:36:28 -0400
  ...new system, with water in the bathtub to prove to myself that the new system would not leak. As long as the fuel filler...
• Re: WARNING: Lighting upgrade hazard
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 21:41:19 -0800
  ...with it several cooling system lines, other electrical wires, and a couple of vacuum hoses. Thank God no fuel injection lines were burned. For...
• Strange" no start" symptoms(long)
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 04:34:59 -0600
  ...I check the conections, I check for spark, I open up the fuel T and there's gas getting that far. One thing that...
• Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:05:23 -0700
  ...Good to see VWSA has a custom cast intake system for their I4 conversions. We used a 1981 Rabbit intake manifold that we removed...
• re: lambadas??
  Historical mailing list
  14 Sep 95 12:20:00 PDT
  ...always disconnect or connect anything associated with the Fuel Injection system while the key is off...and removed. Disconnect the FI computer before arc...
• Re: The gutted cat girl...who knew nothing
  Historical mailing list - margie reyes
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 11:55:20 +0100
  ...van sounds like its been totally modified with no management system for > the fuel in tack. > You may find the money needed to invest...
• Re: How much damage to engine block, heads, etc., in fire from leaking fuel ines?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 22 Jul 2017 18:34:08 -0400
  ...How much damage to engine block, heads, etc., in fire from >> leaking fuel ines? >> >> This concerns my '84 VW Vanagon with 1.9L Boston...
• Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:13:49 -0500
  ...To go a few steps further, today i pulled the entire intake, exhaust, fuel injection, and cooling systems, reducing my engine to a block...
• For those that refuse to buy $800 gas tanks
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 13:25:47 -0700
  ...http://www.easycarts.net/ecarts/PermanentRestorationProducts/FUEL_TANK_SEALERS.html#TSQ "Hirsh" Gas tank sealer: http://www.hirschauto.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=27...
• Re: Getting a handle on Idle problems...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 23:54:01 -0500
  ...rubber mounted to top of intake air distributor" the rough equivalent on the digijet fuel system would be the aux air regulator. joel
• Hard start problem and diagnosing bad starter
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 21:16:58 -0400
  ...1) New battery 2) New plugs, cap rotor, wires 3) New cylinder head temp sensor 4) Many new fuel system components, tank, pump, filter...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Gasket
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 23:18:26 -0600
  ...along with a complete hose kit for the fuel system on my 88 GL. It's been 5 years on the hoses. It's...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:58:33 -0400
  ...familiar with the 78 engine management system. Does it use an O2 sensor to regulate the fuel mix? I'm sure many of us...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:32:23 -1000
  ...that is 100km of travel on one liter of fuel. About a dozen years ago. ( 2004 to be exact ) Tiny 2 cylinder diesel ..800cc...
• Re: WARNING: Lighting upgrade hazard
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 07:56:03 -0600
  ...with it several cooling system lines, other electrical > wires, and a couple of vacuum hoses. Thank God no fuel injection > lines were burned. > > For...
• Re: Volkswagen, Sanyo to Develop Hybrid Car Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Wed, 28 May 2008 20:45:31 -0700
  ...lithium-ion battery system with Sanyo Electric Co. for use in hybrid cars as record oil prices spur demand for fuel-efficient vehicles. Sanyo...