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• Re: TiiCo Update
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 19:58:49 -0700
  ...welded glass-pack), and a 2.25" stainless tailpipe. Great music and great power. Certainly louder than stock but not intrusive. After living with...
• Re: parts supplier
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:35:17 -0600
  ...Brake drums a little > cheaper > than mine, tailpipe twice my price, clutch kit about the same (but > only one > version offered whereas I sell...
• Re: emission ethics
  Historical mailing list - The Shaws
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:45:28 -0700
  ...This bothers me, but I > >also realize the effect of buying a new "clean" car means that it is > >only clean at the tailpipe...
• Re: exaust removal
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 23:55:31 -0700
  ...phishman068@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have installed a new muffler and tailpipe with new gaskets, but to >> no avail, as i still have a...
• Re: Only other Vanagon owners understand the humor in this . . .
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:49:59 -0700
  ...engine again, and she puts > the emission test device into the tailpipe. Of course, this is really the > only thing I am ever truly...
• Re: dead cat kills van
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:37:30 -0500
  ...Then I put my hand over the > tailpipe as he cranked some more. Again there was little air flow. > Ah Ha! > > In spite of...
• Re: emission ethics
  Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 07:24:01 -0500
  ...This bothers me, but I also realize the effect of buying a new "clean" car means that it is only clean at the tailpipe...
• Re: Fw: Exhaust gaskets... sealer?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 18:08:28 -0400
  ...So, I guess the job went about as well as expected, everything is new except the cat, tailpipe and the two headers, and the...
• Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:48:44 -0700
  ...82 Failed CA Smog Test- help! > > > > Cat, muffler, tailpipe are all ~1 year old. Thanks for the tip RE the >higher > > octane fuel. > > > > ----- Original...
• GoWesty Hotwire/AFM replacement (Update)
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Wed, 9 May 2007 07:47:27 -0700
  ...with the 2.4 (mine) Using an AFR sniffer in the tailpipe, and a laptop plugged into the serial port on the 'hotwire' black...
• Re: White smoke? (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:28:53 -0400
  ...Out of the tailpipe, apart from > white smoke I see now that it's dripping some grayish liquid---what I > might guess to be...
• Re: Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - se7en
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 22:04:40 -0800
  ...All I care about is 'what' comes out of my tailpipe, now what gets it there. Anyway, I feel this conversion is going to...
• Re: Any Fiat Spider owners out there?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 22:04:08 -0500
  ...We alo did a lot of mufflers and tailpipes for the Dallas Antique Carriage Club and worked on a lot of vehicles made before...
• Re: complaints / Dansk Exhaust / Ford Purchase Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Smith
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 18:21:02 EDT
  ...If nothing else, get the muffler and tailpipe from me, and you'll at least save on those items (and in the case of...
• Re: Coolant leak from coolant tank
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:11:55 -0700
  ...and it'll smell like anti-frz, or smoke out the tailpipe. The third way ...... much harder to identify.............and can be intermittant. But...
• MIllee's Sally, Chapter quite a few...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:12:10 -0400
  ...above 0.8 volts and just barely dipping below 0.5. Tailpipe smelled very rich. We applied this method: http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: TIICO vs. CA
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 22 Nov 2001 08:22:36 EST
  ...Smog Inspection These vehicles must pass a complete smog inspection (visual, functional, and tailpipe). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --
• FS: 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro - $3500 - long winded, again
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:30:33 -0500
  ...New within the last 8 months - battery, voltage regulator, headlight relay kit, ignition switch, O2 sensor, catalytic converter, muffler, tailpipe, pedal pads, window cranks...
• Re: Van questions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Apr 1994 08:35:04 EDT
  ...It can make huge flames jump out of tailpipes, carb throats, etc. Try a little (half a shot glass) of Gas down the carb...
• Re: e85 RE: E85 in vanagons (was politics)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 22 May 2007 10:55:09 -0700
  ...This is an error > because it is > > 1) Only measuring the tailpipe. What emmisions > are dispersed in the mfg of > the ethanol? > and > 2...
• Re: Gas heaters...was Re: Heater
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015 12:51:33 +0000
  ...one of the two fuses had corroded away into dust, and a mouse had taken up residence in the tailpipe. The mouse sure was...
• Re: Only other Vanagon owners understand the humor in this . . .
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 20:49:48 -0500
  ...Back in the drivers seat, I'm told to turn on the engine again, and she puts the emission test device into the tailpipe...
• Prospective Westie Purchase: Please Help! (Longish)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:53:35 +0000
  ...We put in a new muffler and tailpipe, and decided to place new engine mounts. It was a good time to do those items...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: TIICO vs. CA
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 12:48:58 -0800
  ...Under California law, change any powertrain component from the > air cleaner to the tailpipe, by substituting a non factory part and the > financial exposure...
• Re: Muffler clamp question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:40:29 -0800
  ...I have a back-up mount that holds the exhaust up when >> these hose clamps break, but that is attached to the tailpipe and...
• Re: rear brakes ?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 23:56:39 -0500
  ...for the state inspection, because they would insist on replacing the tailpipe. You went to a brake shop or oil- change place; something like...
• Re: Small Car Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Hildt
  Wed, 3 Feb 2016 01:31:32 +0000
  ...Radiator to tailpipe Replaced. I wanted 30 year old mechanical parts brought to new. Jim Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original...
• Re: Sometimes it's the little things...
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:06:37 -0400
  ...4) Replace the mufflers with stainless steel versions 5) Put new tailpipe on Westy 6) Clean interior of Westy 7) Tweak the fridge on...
• Re: Quick troubleshooting question
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:14:19 -0700
  ...Pulling over to check things out revealed black soot coming from the tailpipe, telling me that we had a rich issue. I tried to...
• Re: emission ethics
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 21:10:48 -0700
  ...This > bothers me, but I > also realize the effect of buying a new "clean" car > means that it is > only clean at the tailpipe...
• Re: NEED HEAD advice
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 09:55:43 -0500
  ...How bout a price on an exhaust system? >The whole deal from engine to tailpipe. 8-( > >Well, that's it. Thanks to William Dummitt...
• Re: 89 syncro westy ac fixed (correctly this time)
  Historical mailing list - David Del Ben
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:05:15 +1100
  ...If the evaporator was restricted (not blocked or perforated)like a crimp in the evaporator "tailpipe" or outlet, the following might occur: 1) The...
• Re: TiiCo Update
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:12:28 -0700
  ...welded glass-pack), and a 2.25" stainless tailpipe. Great music >and > > great power. Certainly louder than stock but not intrusive. After >living > > with...
• Re: Only other Vanagon owners understand the humor in this . . .
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ayers
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:03:44 -0600
  ...engine again, and she > puts > the emission test device into the tailpipe. Of course, this is really the > only thing I am ever truly...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:07:30 -0700
  ...As for just relying on tailpipe tests, they are just too limited in scope and function. They can only look at percentages or parts...
• Re: CARB Certification
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 13:03:05 -0800
  ...They put the van on a dyno and strap a hose to the tailpipe, rev >it up and down, and measure the fumes. Hydrocarbons...
• Re: Old Car Scrappage Bullshit Alert
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:29:32 -0800
  ...possible improvements to new cars, because of the huge > amount of > > tailpipe pollutants which are produced by poorly maintained older > cars. > > > > The problem is...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:08:45 -0400
  ...above 0.8 volts and just barely dipping below 0.5. Tailpipe smelled very rich. We applied this method: http://www.thesamba.com/vw...
• (slightly off topic) stupid, sprawl-inducing car ads, VW Campers, was: Car commentary
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:43:17 -0400
  ...Another few more years of tailpipe & tire crap from these vehicles, and they will need an oxygen mask just to climb into their asinine...
• (Fwd) Prospective Westie Purchase: Please Help! (Longish)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:58:00 +0000
  ...We put in a new muffler and tailpipe, and decided to place new engine mounts. It was a good time to do those items...
• Opinions on purchase
  Historical mailing list - Katy
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 11:32:01 -0600
  ...July 23/99�.Changed both front power window assemblies account seized/tailpipe/exhaust pipe/muffler/rear brake shoes & brake cylinder kit Aug 6/99...
• Re: Opinions-More Thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:34:22 -0700
  ...in parts right away, exhaust is toast (needs new muffler and tailpipe, and I'm betting the cat is shot as well). I'd...
• Re: Sing: All I want for Christmas is my Westy back!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 22 Dec 2001 12:25:29 -0600
  ...There was also an occasional muffled back-fire that came, not from >the tailpipe, but from the area of the air cleaner. With the...
• Re: Exaust Systems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 May 2002 09:29:20 -0500
  ...I guess I need > whatever > > the bits coming off the engine are (help!), the heat exchangers, > the > > crossover, muffler, tailpipe, et cetera. I have...
• Re: selecting a compression tester
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:48:45 -0600
  ...If you hear it at the intake, > then > it's leaking from the intake valve; if you hear it at the tailpipe, it's...
• Re: Coolant air, overflow, fried head gasket, "burping" out air (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 17:31:32 -0800
  ...Perhaps I define "knowing enough to be dangerous." Engine runs great still, but now I get intermittent white smoke from the tailpipe and water...
• Slight stumble on "resume throttle" (Digifant EFI van)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 10:07:49 -0800
  ...The spark plugs look just right, there is no smoke from the tailpipe after a long downhill or any other visual indication that the...
• oil in coolant... a strange event!
  Historical mailing list - chris Moyles
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:50:34 -0500
  ...6/2001 tires and spare 8/22/2001 Replace muffler and tailpipe $198.81 8/22/2001 rework brackets and straps 5/16/2002...
• Re: � � � '85 Vanagon with a loud identity crisis
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 09:18:00 -0600
  Devin, The tailpipe may or may not be the whole story. If you start following the muffler, work your way backwards along each pipe...
• Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:49:34 -0600
  ...The exhaust valve, however was leaking a lot, based on what was coming out the tailpipe, relative to the intake, and it had no...
• S&S Header installation report (long)
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 12:17:30 -0500
  ...Unfortunately for me, the tailpipe interfered with the trailer hitch (the kind with a square bar welded to the tow hooks). Therefore, I had...
• Re: exaust removal
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 10:27:27 -0700
  ...phishman068@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I have installed a new muffler and tailpipe with new gaskets, but to >>>> no avail, as i still have a...
• Re: Cdn Tire Mufflers
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:46:33 -0600
  ...I question your prices for the hanger and tailpipe at > $52.50 since I've never come across those two items at that good...
• Re: Is there a market for my VanaJetta Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:47:53 -0700
  ...Custom > exhaust, but new O2 sensor/cat/Walker "Vanagon" muffler/tailpipe and > new diesel Vanagon style hand-made exhaust mount brackets and hangers. > No...
• Re: (slightly off topic) stupid, sprawl-inducing car ads, VW Campers, was: Car commentary
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 20:03:10 -0400
  ...Ironic. > >Another few more years of tailpipe & tire crap from these vehicles, and >they will need an oxygen mask just to climb into their...
• Re: End of saga? -- Back home with '84 with rebuilt head
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:34:38 -0500
  ...Also, black soot > > had come back on end of tailpipe and exhaust at idle had gasoline smell. > > > > This morning, I disconnected wire O2-sensor...
• Re: Jeff's Comment on the Steve's Video ("2.1L Vanagon engine still possessed by demons")
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 May 2003 11:34:17 -0400
  ...gazing slack-jawed at > the final, frozen image of your blurry tailpipe. And > yet, like the pathetic junkie who needs his fix, I was...
• Re: End of saga? -- Back home with '84 with rebuilt head
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:36:17 -0800
  ...Also, black soot >> had come back on end of tailpipe and exhaust at idle had gasoline smell. >> >> This morning, I disconnected wire O2-sensor...
• AW: Sometimes it's the little things...
  Historical mailing list - "Robert KeezerHolen Sie mehr aus dem Web. Unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp#de gibt es einen KOSTENLOSEN Download von MSN Explorer."
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:53:24 -0700
  ...4) Replace the mufflers with stainless steel versions 5) Put new tailpipe on Westy 6) Clean interior of Westy 7) Tweak the fridge on...
• Re: White smoke? (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:00:04 -0500
  ...Out of the tailpipe, apart from > white smoke I see now that it's dripping some grayish liquid---what I > might guess to be...