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• Re: 1991 Vanagon intermittent no start
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 20:40:06 -0500
  ...Anyway, I hope to fix the ignition issue and finish trouble shooting the Fuel Injection system during this warm spell, which hopefully is the...
• Re: Another portable hot water on demand system
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:10:59 -0700
  ...Another portable hot water on demand system http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/eccotemp-portable-water-heater/377 86 Just saw the item today...
• Re: 60,000 volt coil?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Perry
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 18:03:54 -0700
  ...Sounds like a great ignition > system, but I'm not looking foreward to getting the pis* shocked out of me every > time I try...
• Problem: 88 Auto Front Radiator Fan comes on when I turn on the van.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:21:32 -0400
  ...shuts off when I turn the ignition is off. All temp sensors on the engine and coolant system were replaced 1 year ago as...
• Re: Having an annoying problem with my 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Williamson
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 14:55:05 -0700
  ...The ignition problem was corrected shortly before the catalytic converter problem arose, as I though that the ignition system concern would cure the "total...
• Re: Subject: 86 Vanagon intermittently shuts off at speed
  Historical mailing list - Hammerdorfer
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:08:24 -0700
  ...1. Ignition switch ($30 to replace) 2. Air sensor ($450 for part) 3. fuel filter 4. Fuel pump 5. Water in cooling system 6...
• Re: Power window switches
  Historical mailing list - David Stell
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 17:02:21 -0500
  ...Then, with the ignition off, repeatedly push the switch both "up" and "down" for a few seconds. Repeat the spraying and pushing process once...
• Re: '85 Won't start --update
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 01:31:13 -0500 (EST)
  Start with the ignition system test: Pull a plug wire off of a spark plug and insert a screw drive into the end of...
• Digifant parts fs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 19:54:56 -0500
  Hello, Pulled the ignition and fuel out of the Frankenstein Westy as I have decided (after much consideration) to go with CIS. I don...
• Re: Weird little electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 24 Apr 2021 21:45:11 -0500
  ...What would make a diesel stumble? Fuel starvation? It doesn't have an ignition system to get wet! It will probably never happen again...
• Re: Need fuel pump advice. I also learned an effective way for getting rusty parts off!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:30:58 -0700
  Does the aircooled vanagon motor use the bay window setup with a double relay for the fuel system? If so, I'd bet that...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - James Bradley
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:26:06 -0400
  ...the that the engine turning - it gets that from the distributor/ignition system. throttle position switch" I'll have to look into this, unsure...
• Re: The deal about the Tail Light Fairy
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 23:22:00 -0800
  I hope the VW "Tail-light warning system" is not so stupid as the Porsche one that was in my "Flagship of the Porsche...
• Re: Starter related question.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:42:13 -0300
  ...I have not seen the specs on the solenoid and ignition switch {I have not found them yet}, but I am certain the system...
• Drove off a 9'' curb, and she just died
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 20:11:17 -0800
  ...No sign of damage on the underside, no fluids leaking, electrical system (lights, dash) working. Called my stepson, who works for the local tow...
• Re: spark plugs, etc
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 22:21:53 +0000
  ...flow??? Resistance is specifically engineered into the secondary igition system to cause the ignition coil to "grunt" as the primary circuit is broken and...
• Re: "Increase the HP,up to 45%
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 02:55:20 -0700
  No, but I believe the hi tech Lucas ignition system was ready to fry. Unquestionably the funniest auto parts joke ever told was, "Why...
• Re: What is happening?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 21:48:35 -0700
  ...suspect the ignition switch but since Vanagon's aren't simple beasts it could be points, condenser short or Fuel injector / System cylinder head...
• Re: bucking and dying - check fuel pump!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 8 Apr 2006 17:24:23 -0400
  ...I checked and replaced a bunch or potential Subaru ignition bits only to find out that it was the VW fuel pump was flaky...
• '91 Carat AC Inoperative.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:20:35 -0500
  ...When I first turned it on, I did so with ignition in accessory mode, not actually starting the engine. The AC condensor fan did...
• Re: Van Not Starting - 88 Automatic with New Starter and Alternerator
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 11:08:01 -0400
  ...jumper system and charged up >the battery just to be safe, nothing worked. I then opened up the >plastic shroud around the ignition removed...
• Re: $300 reward for advice
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 07:26:59 -0400
  ...The mechanics have replace the control unit, fuel pump, ignition switch, ignition wires, temp sensors. No problem My name is Eddie Mikell, and you...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 22:30:38 -0400
  ...cleaner systemengine compartment wiring harnessthrottle body (pre-installed on engine)engine management system (Bosch Motronic MP 9.0) all water hosescomplete ignition system which...
• Re: Dieing problem driving me nuts
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 11:21:26 -0700
  ...Dieing problem driving me nuts > >Replace the ignition switch. > >You don't even need to do the hard part now, just pop off the...
• Re: Still Sluggish Update- Coil Source
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 17:30:01 -0400
  ...The ignition > > coil wire had fused to the connector in the top of the ignition coil, > > but I replaced it with an aftermarket one...
• Re: [TDI-conversion] Ignition transponder modules
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 21:51:57 +0100
  ...Re: [TDI-conversion] Ignition transponder modules > This looks like the Cabrio setup that uses the K-wire and not the CAN-bus > system. > > David...
• Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 23:33:54 -0500
  ...Replacing an ignition system costs over a > :::grand! > ::: > :::Nobody asked *me* if I wanted a $200 keychain with my latest > company > :::car.(2005 Malibu...
• Re: van 'stutters' and runs rich
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:17:40 -0700
  ...Extra intermittent ignition pulses also mean extra > injection pulses. > > Running rich is usually traced back to the o2 sensor system. Bad chassis > connections at...
• Re: Electrical Failures
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 14 May 2011 19:44:51 +0200
  Except the blower motors (which only need "X"), all other features you listed won�t work without the KL15 circuit from the ignition switch...
• weird happenings II
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 8 May 1996 14:42:57 -0400
  ...s never happened before and I don't have any other symptoms of a bad ignition system, like missing, hesitating, etc. I wonder... Sean
• $40.00 Dynamometer - Home Dyno
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:45:53 -0800
  ...website: "...the Home Dyno is a precision timing system that looks at a record of ignition sparks over time. Based on when a single...
• Re: Fuel pump run on..carbureated 2 liter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 20:06:49 -0500
  ...carbs there is no AFC system. I suspect that your DPO just hooked the pump up to the ignition switch, not too safe if...
• HELP! F.I. re-conversion- double relay questions
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 14:28:09 -0500
  ...I purchased the complete factory FI system from the same guy, knowing that the double relay was bad. I know VERY little about how...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:51:17 -0500
  ...98 RON - 93 (R+M)/2 >> ignition type: transistorized hall effect >> trigger location: distributor >> fuel system: Bosch Digijet Injection >> type: multi-point fuel injection...
• Re: Drove off a 9'' curb, and she just died
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:37:48 -0800
  ...You should be able to hear the fuel pump spin for a second or two when you turn the ignition switch to "on." Good...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:56:00 -0800
  ...turns - won't start - not even sputter) > New ignition switch > Fuel pump runs (pressurizes the system ok) > > No start. > > I tried a couple of...
• Re: Vanagon Secirity
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:54:05 -0500
  One of the old 80s Westy I bought to restore and sell had the ignition (solenoid) run through the reverse light switch. The van...
• Re: INLINE MEGASQUART
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 23:40:45 -0400
  ...MAP sensor for speed density operation. > You can even run the ignition from MS, all you need is the Hall sender input > from the...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 16:46:17 -0600
  ...Bosch Hall > Ignition unless you upgrade to a high performance MSD system that > would be compatible with Digijet or Digifant FI system, which I...
• Re: Fridge, keeps blowing out and backfires durring ignition
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:07:27 EDT
  ...Jay, if that fridge of yours keeps blowing out, the intake/exhaust/combustion chamber system is leaking somewhere. The backfire is due to flooding...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 10:06:20 -0500
  ...Stage one is the fuel/ignition system, stage > > two > > [no ECU changes needed] 150hp turbo + cooling mods. Turbo engines beat > > displacement for those of...
• Re: Eric's 1.9 and West River Westies Campout
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 18 May 2022 04:46:25 -0700
  ...session! We can touch > on diagnosing the engine, fuel delivery and ignition systems and try to get > your engine straight or figure out what...
• Re: AC idle enrichment circuit
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:12:06 -0700
  If you look at the FI harness in the area under the ignition coil you should find a single wire with yellow connector that...
• where does power to the fuel pump come from?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 8 Aug 2007 14:26:52 -0700
  ...Ignition switch? thanks matt 4 buses 8 bikes a lot of guns a volvo v70 awd (with a viscous coupler awd system like the...
• Re: 2.2 engine hiccups at 3300 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 29 Aug 2017 21:54:57 +0000
  ...The ignition system can also cause all sorts of grief even from something as minor as a crack (carbon trace) in the distributor cap...
• Re: testing the ignition coil (85 1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 19:26:51 -0400
  ...the clip to ground? I don't want to >damage my ignition system, and since I'm not the best electrician on >the planet...
• Re: How to get the tumbler out of a lock mechanism?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:06:22 -0800
  ...Take the top and bottom covers from the ignition switch. Once you see the naked ignition lock system, it will be more apparent. Unless...
• won't start
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:00:34 -0600
  ...I got everything packed up and ready to roll (in a driving rain, no less), but when I hit the ignition switch, all I...
• Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:40:30 -0400
  ...exactly what I have, a rare ignition intermittent that seems motor temperature dependent, maybe a bad solder joint/broken wire inside the distro/sender...
• Battery/Charging system questions.. A lot of info included..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:14:46 -0700
  ...This relay is controlled by a wire from the ignition and the wire is also switched (that supply wire from the ignition to the...
• Fwd:Euro: Drive: FIX 85 Volkswagen vanagon, Poor-idle
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 01:51:27 EDT
  ...Always, Hot, Under load, On Accel, Cruise, Idle, total lack of power ___________________________ FIX: ___________________________ Dear Fellows VW Techs After checking ignition , fuel system and testing...
• Re: Coil killer found! vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:59:25 -0400
  ...and a I used a Crane Red coil and various > electronic ignition systems and the coil has lasted over TWELVE (12) years > and was...
• Re: Replacing my cheap Chinese starter after one year
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 30 Oct 2018 03:55:02 +0000
  ...Failed within 200 miles with the regulator deciding my electrical system needed 19 volts. Destroyed all 6 batteries. Got is home running the generator...
• If it's not one thing, it's another...
  Historical mailing list - Seth C. Bruggeman
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 14:36:29 -0500
  ...Next, ignition. I've checked all obvious ignition components from plugs to coil, though not including the coil. All seems fine. Could the coil...
• Deep cycle battery installation tips
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 May 1997 01:09:12 -0400 (EDT)
  ...is connected in parallel to the main battery when the ignition is on) but discharges as a separate system. I had to hook all...
• Re:Tach was The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:06:24 +0600
  ...back creates significant resistance and if so does this disrupt the >ignition system? DC > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >David Carment >School of International Affairs >Carleton University I don...
• Re: "stella" no sound,no start
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 08:40:25 -0800
  ...steering column) and push up on all the connectors to the ignition system (and all those others on the circle that surrounds the steering...
• Re: Starting system quirk - diagnosis help needed
  Historical mailing list - lakersalex
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 22:11:15 -0700
  ...month? Ironically, the ignition switch. It's failure was evidenced by warning tones and warning lights for a brake system problem, as well as...
• '87 Syncro Westie Starting Problems - Solved?????
  Historical mailing list - Tony Schiebel
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 09:15:52 -0600
  Well, I went out and bought a new ignition switch ($17.00 CAN) and put in the van= =20 last night. I hope this...
• Re: The Dying 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:24:09 -0400
  ...Have you gone through the electrical checks of the fuel injection/ignition systems as outlined in the Bentley manual? Going through the above allowed...