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• Re: 87 syncro: Dead #2 cylinder. Injector?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 10:14:11 -0500
  > >Recently, I started having injector problems with #2 cylinder (when looking >in the engine compartment the one closest on the right). The cylinder does...
• Re: anyone parting out a Eurovan? know of one for parts?
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Hastrup
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:24:22 -0800
  ...I think it had had a fire in the engine compartment so I don't know about the engine or tranny condition. It looked...
• Re: Engine update
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 16:54:54 -0800 (PST)
  ...full-flow external cooler (with an electric fan >mounted inside the engine compartment - I tried to stay German with one from a >Rabbit, but...
• More bubbles
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 17:19:37 -0500
  ...Looks like tubing maybe return from rear heater box ? Looking into engine compartment, it comes out right of center travels left around hatch edge...
• installing a factory tach in my 85
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:27:09 -0700
  ...in the engine compartment to just do a plug-n-play. This is an 85' westy weekender with an all stock engine bay and...
• Re: Yesterday's Engine Fire in Rockefeller Center NYC
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 20 Dec 2003 00:06:58 +1300
  ...prone plastic fitting in the line where it passes into the engine compartment). A Subaru conversion would be great, but the fuel line would...
• Re: Rubber Mats
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Thu, 29 May 2008 10:46:18 -0700
  ...Probably no more toxic in a fire than the carpet or mattress over the engine compartment already. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Young" <rjyoung67...
• Engine missing
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 Jun 1995 12:20:28 -0700
  ...I said my engine was missing, he assumed that the engine was gone, as in stolen or no longer in the engine compartment... Ryan
• Re: Dirty vs. clean
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:45:14 -0400
  ...mordo wrote: >So, what is the collective preferred method for cleaning >engines/compartments? > >I've used the Gunk brand spray on degreaser with some...
• Re: V8 into Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:27:57 -0500
  ...It fits into the engine >compartment better than the WBX, with more room on the sides and >rear. They have no distributor, but the...
• Re: What vanagon items did Santa bring you?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 25 Dec 2014 20:10:40 -0800
  ...But it did pull and clear codes from the driver’s seat. (The data port connector is in the engine compartment.) All in all...
• FS: Full-width Z-Bed , 2.1 coolant parts in W. Michigan
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:43:33 -0700
  ...Westy- fits all Vanagons. $125 Water rings in engine compartment perimeter- $15 each, older thermo housing-free . Various VDO 2" round guages salvaged from...
• Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 09:04:44 -0400
  ...When I checked the engine compartment I was surprised... I could not find the throttle position switches. No wiring leading to them either. This...
• Tan '86 7-pass. at VA pick and pull
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:52:29 -0800
  ...Good glass but for cracked windshield.� Decent tan cloth interior and carpet.� Fairly intact engine compartment, 4-speed, power mirrors, A/C.� The instrument...
• 40,000 miles in the EV!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 07:00:59 -0400 (EDT)
  Yesterday, while driving with the heat full on in both the front and rear compartments and using the windows to regulate the temperature ....... <hahahahahah...
• cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Altounji
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 21:14:40 -0800
  ...Page 19.16 refers to a bleeder in the engine compartment; the picture is too dark, I can't find it. Is it the...
• Air Conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Harry Patrick
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 12:07:10 -0400
  ...After a recent gunk ande wash engine compartment clutch will not engage. Clutch is good, engages with a jump wire. Fuses at left on...
• Re: Double T Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 14:55:50 -0700
  Are we discussing the piece that sits at the front of the engine compartment. The one that has (4) 1.25 inch coolant hoses...
• Re: weird AC behavior
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 1 Sep 2002 20:10:42 -0600
  One way of checking to see if you've lost enough of your june recharge is to open up the engine compartment and have...
• Blowing Smoke
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:10:35 -0600
  ...Over the years I've seen the squirrel cage and plastic ducting in the Vanagon engine compartments reduced to withered plastic scrap and this...
• Re: Coolant "T"-Piece
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:46:51 -0800
  To be clearer, I am referring to the coolant distributor that is located just ahead of the engine compartment on the passenger side. Thx...
• Wash. DC (G.Dead) trip report/Killer bus sighting
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Jun 95 11:44:19 -0400
  ...The engine is leaking oil somewhere so that the engine compartment is getting very oily. I have replaced the gaskets for the oil cooler...
• Re: 85 won't start
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 8 May 2022 15:10:18 -0700
  ...Typical spot is in the engine compartment wiring junction box at the red wire power stud. Mark On 5/8/2022 2:22 PM...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade Eilemma
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 10:21:50 -0400
  ...It was just a handy switched wire in the engine compartment I guess. Anyway, when I got a wiring diagram and went through it...
• Alternator hum or whine
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:47:57 -0700
  ...It sounds like the alternator when I poke around the engine compartment. The archives show some alternator bearing discussions that mention a whine (also...
• Re: EXTREME DANGER (was: Aluma-Seal Confessions)
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 26 Sep 1995 15:27:15 MST
  ...my engine compartment gets really rusty, and one day when you least expect it as you start up the bus, WHOOOM! The engine's...
• Re: Newbie question: coolant/anti-freeze
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 19:22:29 -0400
  ...in the engine compartment. It's not a high cost item and is well worth it for the peace of mind.
• Re: Bleeding coolant without a second person?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:43:57 EDT
  ...I gently "wedge" the prop between the throttle cable screw connection (moving part that increases the RPMS) and something stationary in the engine compartment...
• Re: Got to use my fire extinguisher too....Unfortunately
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 5 Sep 1999 08:13:06 -0400
  ...It looks like a good part of the hoses and wiring in the engine compartment are toast! Hopefully the EV can be put back...
• little green box
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 11:47:38 -0400
  Hi Volks, While poking around the engine compartment today a few things caught my eyes. Any input? What is the little green box on...
• Re: 88 fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:36:39 -0700
  ...He said that the kit that he has > is just for the lines in the engine compartment. The kit actually looks > like > a 10...
• Re: To bleed or not to bleed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 19:43:35 -0700
  ...you'll notice that coolant line around the top of the engine compartment . what I call it the 'bleed rail' .. hoses from the engine...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:01:54 -0400
  ...His solution is to use space > in the engine compartment, in front of the right tail light, for the > battery. I don't know...
• Re: (no subject) Now oil temps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 19:08:47 -0700
  ...the time...) A plastic bag made it's way into > the engine > compartment (or i forgot one there!!!!), it was suck by the cooling...
• Re: ITC
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:10:26 -0500
  John Keeping the heat in the manifold helps keep the engine compartment cooler and in this way the engine make more power. On the...
• Re: VANAGON digest 426
  Historical mailing list - corbin blaine connell
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 10:28:54 -0600 (MDT)
  ...At the same time a strange but not very loud noise came from the > engine compartment - sort of a 'whupping' sound. We finished the...
• Re: Very Interesting Fire Suppresion System
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 29 Jun 2013 00:54:38 -0400
  ...Just how hot does the engine > compartment, especially the engine lid, get when running? Like climbing a > mountain pass? I'd hate to spend...
• 68-79 Van/WestyPart for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Apr 1996 22:41:09 -0700
  ...Steward Warner Rebuilt Gas Heater 20,000 BTU's (will fit in the engine Compartment under the spare tire wheel well. 9. Tailight Assembly...
• RE: Porsche Power (was: Self-Introduction)
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 27 Sep 95 18:28:31 EDT
  ...an engine that didn't have an access hatch over it, and you'd have to measure to see if the engine-compartment height...
• Combi Relay
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 21:09:55 -0600
  ...When engine warms up, begins to miss, run rich, and finally chokes out. When ambient temperature is over 70F, engine starts badly, misses, smokes...
• Re: Mystery engine wire
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 17:36:56 -0800
  ...Phil --- Andrew Silliker <silliker@CYNICAL.NET> wrote: > Hi Volks. > > So, I was snooping around in my engine compartment > working on a couple of > things...
• Re: Mice
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 21:24:05 -0600
  ...You may also find that they like making nests up in the engine compartment. My guess is that coating that fairly heavily with engine...
• Oil Pressure Switch ....gone
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:27:39 -0700
  ...After looking around the engine compartment I noticed a hole with a little pool of oil fairly close to the distributor and under the...
• Re: Very Interesting Fire Suppresion System
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 19:06:28 -0500
  ...2013, John Meeks wrote: > >> One could probably mount this on the engine compartment lid. It doesn't >> appear to have an external tank so...
• Re: Need engine courier
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:19:50 -0400
  ...Don't know if they'd take anything that heavy though, probably has to be able to be hand-loaded into the luggage compartment...
• Sad Scene in Oakland
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 16:03:09 -0700
  ...Looked like the fire started in the engine compartment. Not sure if it was abandoned before or after the fire, but the driver's...
• Ground strap placement?
  Historical mailing list - Frayed1003
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 09:18:05 EST
  ...I have an 81 Westy and have been experiencing similar problems, I went to look for the strap in the engine compartment and I...
• Re: Cleaning Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 20:03:15 -0400
  ...Cleaning Grounds When disconnecting and cleaning the grounds near in the engine compartment, anyone have suggestions as to what to coat the nicely cleaned...
• 81 Clutch Slave Cylinder Removal
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Harris
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 13:30:37 -0700
  ...That one is reachable from the engine compartment. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
• 1980 Speedo, VDO tack & oil pres wiring diagram wanted
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:17:57 -0700
  ...the dash in the proper places but nothing going to the engine compartment. My Speedo seems to work but the odometer does not, any...
• What is a ECS-Malfunction indicator light and switch from an 88?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 5 May 2003 12:32:20 EDT
  ...In the engine compartment is a wire inside the left side wire distribution box and a plug that is hanging from the wiring harness...
• FS
  Historical mailing list - Vwghost
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 19:51:35 -0500
  Basement cleaning Engine compartment cover 15.00 Windshield 50.00 Rear interior Covers 40.00 black & silver side sliding windows black set 65.00...
• Re: Power Source in Engine Bay?
  Historical mailing list - blytz
  Mon, 17 Dec 2001 06:14:31 -0600
  ...the right/passenger taillight > stuff splits out of that one harness and goes across the top of the > rear of the engine compartment (you...
• Re: question of oil level
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Sep 1994 21:30:16 -0800
  ...Of course, a lot of it was all over the engine compartment by the time I got home! :) I gave it an oil change...
• Re: Brown wire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 19:28:18 -0400
  ...It's a brown wire which comes >from a white connector on the left - forward side of the engine >compartment. There are 2 brown...
• Which way is the air going? On the rear vents
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 18:45:54 -0400
  ...the rising engine hot air I am going to mount an intercooler in one of the pockets in the engine compartment. Seems like a...
• Looking for wiring harness for 2.1l and other used parts.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 15:54:57 EST
  ...light) Vanagon Owner's Manual Westfalia Owner's Manual Cushion over engine compartment -gray (for rear bed). And I am also looking for a...
• Re: Insulation on Engine Compartment? Side Steps?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:37:54 -0800
  ...Are engine > compartments supposed to be sound-insulated? Has anyone done a > re-insulation? What is the preferred material, etc? Thnx. > 2. � � �Side Step...
• Re: 1972 (en... morphing to rear apron disscussion :-).
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 12:50:57 +0600
  >>engine and engine compartment, I don't see how anyone can install the >>engine with the fan housing on, much less the tin. Like...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 18 Apr 2002 - Special issue (#2002-461)
  Historical mailing list - Paul Mayfield
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:32:22 -0700
  ...duct tape > > now that I know that duct tape is crap, what should I use instead: > the insulation in the engine compartment lid is...