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• Re: Hall effect sender
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Thu, 28 Oct 1999 15:33:45 -0700
  ...Thus, you get no spark and no fuel delivery... dave
• Re: FrontFire?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 16 May 2006 12:09:48 -0700
  ...Immediately post rebuild, it would idles somewhat roughly, smelled like it was running rich, poor fuel economy. Drove it around for about 500 miles...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 09:00:33 -0800
  ...Then I guess I'm still left with the prospect of draining the system and refilling with coolant mixture. Hmmmmmmm...... bmc :) "Faith will move...
• Re: Digifant and Fuel Injection Basic questions(long)
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:42:40 -0500
  Hello Max, Most standalone engine management systems work on the same principles and the sensor inputs are identical. Having said that, some of your...
• Re: Bubble, bubble, bubble, gas issue
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 21 Apr 2023 23:45:27 -0400
  ...After a few minutes I could turn the key and hear it again. > > So, I suspect somewhere air is getting into the system. > > Anyone...
• Re: Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 16:10:35 -0700
  ...I prefer it as a remedy > (stuck valves, > > dirty fuel system) rather than a preventative. Further, too > much in either > > the oil or the...
• Re: 86 hot temp gauge---was '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 24 Apr 2008 12:38:10 -0500
  ...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: gas prices and fuel economy ... another slant :)
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:06:31 -0500
  ...Saving Fuel - and still having fun. Fuel as liquid entertainment and a search for frog hairs Road & Track magazine, August 2008 by Dennis Simanaitis...
• Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Oct 2010 12:41:40 -0700
  Hi Mike, if you are advocating crimp type fuel hose clamps as a better set up for 'put it together and 'just leave it...
• 12% more power with Haltech?(long)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 18:12:42 -0500
  ...The manual for the E6S is easy enough to follow, but they must use these systems on some pretty high tech rotary and race...
• Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:27:59 -0800
  ...Mostly electrical stuff - distributor, fuel pump, alternator, tuneup parts, etc, etc. We've had over a dozen VWs in the family since 1980, about...
• Re: Good local mechanic worked on my 85
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 10 May 2010 22:50:42 -0500
  ...Installed all new > > fuel > > > lines and covered them with the old outside protective plastic shrouds. > > > > > > I supplied the new exhaust kit and fuel line...
• Re: Hydrogen cars ... now Autotrain
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:18:32 -0400
  ...go cross country with your vehicle >onboard. > We > have a rail system, we just refuse to use it much or take the time to...
• Re: Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:06:48 -0700
  ...I lost alot of fluid and assume I have taken >on alot of air. >To bleed my system: >So, if I keep doing this...
• Re: I've been waiting ALL WEEK for Friday.....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 16:22:07 -0500
  ...In fact, we'd be better off if the formula was to use a litre of fuel to finish a race with. Jim On...
• Re: What would make you disconnect your front axle on your Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn MacDonald
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 09:25:00 -0400
  ...very wrong with your AWD drive system >somewhere, if you are noticing that much, let alone ANY fuel mpg difference when the >prop shaft...
• Re: Turbo for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Tue, 4 Jan 2011 22:07:32 -0800
  ...I wasn't able, with my limited modern custom fuel system knowledge, to easily get the creature to keep a decent mixture. Did run...
• Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:41:02 -0400
  ...not "vacuum" >bubbles - ain't no such critter in a fluid system), Vacuum is a relative thing in our earthbound existence -- I submit that...
• Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
  Historical mailing list - "David Marshall (by way of Ron Lussier )"
  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 09:07:35 -0800
  ...plan to run CIS injection as a first choice, but if fuel injection lines prove to be a problem I might switch to a...
• Re: Measuring oxygen sensor output...bad air flow meter?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:42:11 -0500
  From what I have read in my study of the fuel injection system and how the ECU utilizes O2 input to regulate it, the...
• Re: questions about 83 diesel vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 13:45:06 -0600
  ...Also, the Diesel Vanagon will automatically ensure that you travel at safe speeds ;-) Saves lives and money (less fuel cost and no speeding tickets...
• Re: Get GPS system ditch these Atlas was ..Re: For the Newbies - Vanagon secrets revealed-
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:28:18 -0700
  ...B in darkness or light The database of features for banks, fuel stops, food stops, parks etc is woefully inadequate. The street database is...
• Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:05:51 -0400
  ...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: Hard/no start story, '86 2.1, AT, mostly removed AC
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:21:54 -0700
  Well, it turned out to be a broken wire near the fuel pump relay (in the engine compartment). So I guess I now believe...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 23:57:26 -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...
• Re: Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 00:12:12 -0400
  ...very > competent vanagon mechanic. > > I have not measured fuel pressure yet thinking it was > ignition system > related. Nor did I check ignition timing or...
• Re: First South African 2.6 engine conversion done!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 16:01:59 -0400
  ...Upfront cost is a bit more (remember, it does include all fuel > system components, exhaust, alternator and AC compressor), but the > conversion is hardly...
• Re: VW gets busted (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 23:02:57 -0400
  ...If you >> turn the emissions systems on full time (assuming they are not....) your >> mileage will suffer. The EGR will be more active, the...
• Re: lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 14 May 2004 09:17:13 -0700
  ...It doesn't hurt to run a quart of MMO with a few full tanks of gas to clean your combustion chambers, fuel system...
• 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 16:44:45 -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: Jetta relay questions (Vanagon conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:44:52 -0700
  ...The great news is that I'll be that much more familiar with a FI system and related electronics (actually the only thing I...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:53:26 +1000
  ...system, high-flow injectors, a tunable fuel-pressure >regulator and voila! Keep in mind you'd have to fabricate a suitable intake >system as...
• Garage heater: Propane or kerosene?(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 19 Dec 2005 04:08:01 -0600
  ...So far, I've found a $480 mount in the rafters propane heater( with a stainless exhaust system that adds another $130 to the...
• Re: NVC - Not sure what to think of a web article with sponsorship from such crazy adverts but the story is the story
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:58:06 -0400
  ...fast changes going on under the hood. > > All of the fuel injection systems did this in from the 80's through at > least sometime...
• Re: Vanagondalism
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:43:47 -0800
  Drained my tank from just under half on the gauge to empty on the gauge by using the fuel line to the pump. I...
• Re: Preparations for Rough Roads
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:18:24 -0700
  ...Unfortunately for me, it was pre-fuel injection and > pre-syncro. So, I'm attempting to settle on a list of parts - this being...
• Re: Help Needed, On the Road
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:40:12 -0700
  ...that's an indication that the ignition has quit, because the tach is driven by the ignition system. I consider that pretty unlikely, but...
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:46:51 -0800
  ...mm thread, can be found on various Golf, Jetta and Rabbit fuel systems of the era. The GW kit is a bust. Read up...
• Re: TIICO vs. hot rod WBX
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:04:11 -0400
  ...15 mph? That motor is a stock FI system, why would it burn more fuel? Boston Bob made it "breathe" better by increasing valve...
• 1980 Westy ignition quits
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:37:51 -0700
  ...If > >>I pump the gas, the cars behind me smell gas, so I know its not the fuel > >>pump or filter, though I replaced...
• Vanagon - Ready to get gas tank reseal kit installed - Last questions
  Historical mailing list - J S
  Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:32:43 -0400
  ...The Bentley manual noted to use a tool 2012A when removing / re-installing the fuel gauge expansion unit. While my mechanic does work on...
• Volkswagen, Sanyo to Develop Hybrid Car Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Wed, 28 May 2008 08:07:28 -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...
• On Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions and Fish
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 05:07:38 EDT
  ...The fuel metering is a function of air flow which in turn is a function of throttle opening. In short, the engine system will...
• another road test: 1983-1/2 VW Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 11 Jan 95 23:11:51 CST
  ...Topside, there's a redesigned fuel injection system, which VW calls Digi-jet. An offshoot of the previous Bosch L-Jetronic, the new system...
• Oxygen sensor question.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 08:19:54 -0700
  There is a sleeve that slides down over the wire(s) connecting the sensor to the electrical system. The sleeve seems to be made...
• Importing, emissions as: Yahoo passed emissions
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 6 Nov 2007 22:14:35 -0800
  ...Now, when I take the fuel cap off, it releases pressure (like it is supposed to). Now, I've posted this before and the...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose (Friday non-sequitur and long)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:45:24 -0700
  ...with a substantial full roll cage and a fuel cell and an on board fire system.... Once I got over the trauma of using...
• Re: Vanagon Repair classes
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 16 Nov 2014 21:49:28 -0500
  ...fuel lines; > 2) A workshop on cleaning/fixing ALL of your ground connections; > 3) A workshop on how to properly burp your cooling system...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: TIICO vs. CA
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 11:49:13 -0800
  ...They check for specific emmissions control items such as EGR valves, type of fuel system, number of cylinders, etc. If you mucked with it...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:51:56 -0600
  ...I did not get the work because it was contingent on them buying a new Accounting system & they went with someone else. But I...
• Re: A/C for diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 20:57:37 EST
  ...I really think the reason VW didn't want you to put a A/C system on the diesel is that the motor is...
• Re: vanagon failed CA Smog - CA Help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 21:12:48 -0400
  ...You need to check the engine compression (leak down test-valves), ignition system, and fuel distribution. A clogged or defective injector or a bad...
• Re: California Smog Test 2008
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:38:04 -0700
  ...I think it > has something to do with the fuel tank vent lines. He said that they had > to > be replaced with different material...
• Re: digijet tool testing
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:58:30 -0400
  ...to start controlling the fuel mixture other > than that there is little difference with the exception of the ignition > system being integrated on the...
• Re: dometic problems...
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 23:03:33 8
  ...Low noise levels - at least at high load conditions - indicate a problem with the burner (usually a dirty combustion chamber) or a fuel supply...
• Re: OXS and battery light on intermitant
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 08:51:33 -0500
  ...The OXS light is not in any way connected to anything other that the electrical system for power to turn the light on, and...
• Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 04:42:20 -0700
  ...Thanks for listening in Mark In order of relevance Diesel-electric marine propulsion systems and accessories. <http://www.ossapowerlite.com/tech_library/fuel_efficiency...
• Re: Clutch slave cyl. replacement: What could go wrong? Well.....Friday sort of.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 8 Sep 2014 05:33:14 -0700
  ...I just noticed my fuel consumption was increasing and my coolant temperature is now lower than normal, indicating a very rich mixture since my...
• Re: Chopstick's Adventure of the day
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:30:52 -0400
  ...one of those on the battery with the charging system > for days > practically. > > Electronic fuel injection uses a lot more current. it's got...
• Re: Added fire protection over engine cover?
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 11:46:45 -0700
  ...What about the side vents, what about the fuel tank (especially in a syncro), what about the electrical lines, the vents, the drain holes...