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• Re: Spare Parts you MUST carry! nVc!
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:53:31 EST
  ...AFM fuel injectors fuel regulator fuel pump fuel filter engine computer distributor plug wires main relay coolant hoses temp sensor coolant manifold fuses headlight...
• Re: ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:10:33 -0500
  ...Furthermore, if the ECU does get data from the >stock system, how will the aftermarket system get tied into the ECU? There are two...
• Re: Boston Bob's web site
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 3 May 2002 09:58:43 -0500
  ...Possibly you need to run a can of Berryman or Chevron fuel injector cleraner through your system. If you can adjust your FI AFM...
• Re: Techron Saved My Tush (Was:Bus Bummed By Bad Gas)
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 12:02:54 -0500
  ...Chalked it up to something electrical, rather than fuel. After poking around the FI system for about a week, it went away. (I HATE...
• Re: Webber conversion input
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 15:45:16 EST
  ...As an Aircraft Mech, we deal with both carburation and Fuel Injection (alot of the stuff flying out there still has carbs). I still...
• Re: High performance fuel rail system.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 10:39:07 -0800
  ...However, since the fuel pressure regulator is keeping the pressure constant, and the limiting factor the hose to and the injector itself are still...
• Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:54:15 -0500
  ...Any of these systems have a lot of opportunity for engine enhancements. Very simply as the engine sucks more air you get more fuel...
• Re: Help for a guy in Belgium
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:10:09 -0500
  ...On an almost empty tank, > the engine began to sputter, Thought -- maybe crud in fuel system? then made a nice big white cloud of...
• Re: Friday - Disaster averted
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:37:40 -0500
  ...The fuel system hoses have the same cyclic requirement. I replace mine every 5 years regardless. I look at them once a month, regardless...
• PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!! Das Bot just quit on me!! Fuel starvation or fried Digifant?? HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:08:37 -0600
  Greetings Volks, While doing the bleed the cooling system jive this afternoon, my 1986 Westy just flat quit on me. Sort of a sputter...
• Re: Faint sputter/stutter at 70mph
  Historical mailing list - Tony Collins
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:45:18 -0400
  ...1) that this maybe connected to the fuel delivery system. Dirty filter-->noisy pump--->70 mph flat spot on pressing gas pedal 2) I...
• re:my first adventure
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 18:57:06 -0400
  ...I have learned two thing about fuel systems. 1) Burn all the gas in the tank be for you pull then engine and put...
• Re: I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 7 May 2001 22:34:06 -0700
  You must have had a bad fuel pump! I have set a few customers up with CIS-Motronic (Audi 80 2.0L) and the...
• Re: Theft protection
  Historical mailing list - Cameron
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 09:49:14 -0800
  ...I envision something that would operate much like the remote locking system on a car. Except the solinoid would actuate a fuel valve, shutting...
• Fuel Injection tuning - wide band O2 sensors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 13:04:06 -0400
  ...that these are very inexpensive devices that tell you a great deal about the health of your fuel management systems. They don't however...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:03:01 -0600
  ...Check >>> fuel and induction components. >>> >>> White Smoke - usually coolant related - gotta leak somewhere into >>> the >>> Exhaust system - Could be head gaskets, cracked heads. >>> >>> Blue...
• Re: Digifant I
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 May 1998 23:16:59 EDT
  ...system? I want to know how that bugger under my bench seat > works! > > Thanks, > > Joe > Joe, "How To Understand, Service, and Modify Bosch Fuel...
• monitoring system
  Historical mailing list - hfinn
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:01:26 -0700
  20 years ago, my father had an electronic engine monitoring system on his '73 Bus. It monitored fuel flow, speed, etc. and could display...
• '84 Running a Wee Bit Warm
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:06:57 -0400
  ...no exhaust system. Now, with a shiny new Bus Depot exhaust system kit (delivered in three days:), I could hear the source of my...
• Fuel Supply? was: Yesterday's Engine Fire
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 23:56:17 -0700
  "is there a continuing supply of fuel from the tank?" NO. But, the system is under so much pressure that the amount of fuel...
• 77 Fuel Injection - the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Dave Backe
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 20:37:28 -0600
  ...the fuel just needs to work its way into the system... Turn the key again.. after about 4 seconds it slowly starts to fire...
• Re: Flooding
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 3 Sep 2004 08:26:43 -0500
  ...1) Fuel Pressure Regulator. 2) Stuck Cold Start Valve 3) By Passed full throttle switch 4) Bad timing, point setting, wrong dwell, wrong spark...
• Re: A totally "Shocking" story! NO VANAGON CONTENT, BUT ALL VW
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:55:36 -0600
  Next time you gripe about your Vanagon and its grounding and electrical system problems, leaking head gaskets, fuel leak fires, lack of performance, etc...
• Re: Fuel Gauge Behavior Changed
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:01:29 -0400
  ...There must be some kind of a >dampner in the system keeping the gauge from bouncing around or something. It's a bimetal element...
• CIS fuel injection
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd Perkins
  Sun, 16 Mar 1997 17:04:12 -0500
  ...the system is very simple. Mileage on the highway is around 19mpg. Has anyone else tried this on a vanagon?
• Re: Why did this mod increase my fuel economy?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 23:34:50 EST
  ...You could simply change to a dual dual-throat digital fuel injection system on a STOCK WBX the horse power will jump to @130...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:17:17 -0700
  ...The fuel pump is pressurizing the system twice . You don't know what I mean because this hasd never happened to anyone but me...
• fire sprinkler for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sun, 27 Sep 1998 20:52:54 -0700
  ...Auxiliary battery would power the sprinkler system pump, even if the electrical system fails. Of course, this doesn't stop a hot magnesium fire...
• Re: Head gasket replacement: how much?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Dec 2004 09:52:14 -0500
  To get the advantages of the 2.1L cooling system you need upgrade it. You will need to upgrade or modify the pipes to...
• Re: air cooled starting problem (74 BUS)
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:14:32 -0800
  ...problem.....??????? > d) some carb issue.........advice???? > > Short of taking the entire fuel system off (its from the east canada so > the chasis is RUSTY...
• Re: '90 Syncro starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:59:01 -0400
  The starter reduces system voltage which causes a weaker spark. In addition, the starter circuit enriches the fuel mixture if the engine is not...
• fuel tank seals
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 5 Jul 2012 21:38:49 -0800
  ...I figure that the seals were probably disturbed from the vapor recovery system. The mechanics mentioned he saw some rotted ends on the fuel...
• Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:44:50 -0700
  Hi neil, I believe most EFI systems use about the same pressure as our vanagons do. We use the stock vanagon fuel pumps on...
• Re: Solar for VANGONS?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 14:24:07 -0700
  ...the Germans have developed a solar system to convert water and > CO2 to 80 liters of diesel fuel per day. If you have a...
• Re: Phred's not feeling too well...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 20:31:34 EST
  ...I had a broken strap on my '85 and it messes the fuel injection system up so bad. The van ran like crap and...
• Is There A TIICO List?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 16:45:25 -0400
  ...I've heard from another person that the fuel pressure regulator from the vanagon is not sufficient for the Motronic system. It evidently is...
• Fuel Pump Noise
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:51:53 -0500
  ...The fuel pump on my Federal '82 AC had steadily become louder over the last month or so. Fortunately I have one of the...
• Digifant question...fuel pump effect?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Apr 2014 19:03:25 -0700
  ...but how does the digifant fueling system actually work? Could the old noisy pump be supplying inadequate fuel pressure and volume, just by a...
• Re: Solar for VANGONS?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:51:46 +0000
  ...the Germans have developed a solar system to convert water and > CO2 to 80 liters of diesel fuel per day. If you have a...
• Re: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:26:59 -0500
  ...done a few FI systems in Aeroquip braided stainless lines. > You can get -AN fuel rails and adjustable fuel pressure regulator from Porsche suppliers...
• Re: Digifart MAF question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:29:31 EDT
  ...the system has been out of use for at least 18 years. It was bad for the injectors leaking and the fuel dizzy getting...
• Vanagon bogging - any possible diagnoses OTHER than the AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Earl
  Thu, 16 May 2002 15:14:31 -0400
  ...Hoping to avoid costly replacement of the AFM, I am wondering what other things (fuel system, wiring and exhaust system have been suggested in...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:07:48 -0400
  ...system, high-flow injectors, a tunable fuel-pressure regulator and voila! Keep in mind you'd have to fabricate a suitable intake system as...
• Re: David Marshal. Why did this mod increase my fuel economy?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 22:07:50 -0800
  ...That is what a lambda ECU would hold it at if you had a O2 sensor >in your fuel injection system. Who knows what...
• Re: [DIESEL] RE: Heating up a motor
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 14:30:28 -0500
  ...At 65mph, does the fuel move through the > fuel filter too fast to benefit from the warming system built into it? > Maybe -4F is...
• Re: Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:54:05 -0500
  On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Mark Keller wrote: > The Digifant Fuel system works largley by monitoring input from the O2 > sensor. By monitoring the...
• Re: Did the mechanic do something?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 04:08:43 -0500
  ...Later on EGT's systems that had probes that read the exhaust gas temperature for each individual cylinder. Then the pilot could adjust fuel...
• Re: Breakthrough for TDI conversions!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 15 Sep 2001 08:12:38 -0400
  ...1.) Direct Injection This is where most of the horsepower and fuel efficiency gains come from 2.) Computer Control of the system VW refines...
• Re: Carb Conversion Question
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:44:09 -0700
  ...the only option is to replace the fuel > injection system with a carburetor. Granted, the actual fuel > injection computer was far enough away it...
• Re: 5-cylinder swap update (kits are ready!)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 01:25:20 EST
  ...wiring harness made to plug into Vanagon harness with ECU intake setup complete exhaust system fuel injection system (CIS-E) complete coolant system Engine...
• Re: larger gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 06:08:55 -0800
  ...assembly, fuel system, air intake system, complete exhaust system including mounting brackets, engine compartment cooling system parts, and all Digifant II fuel injection parts...
• Re: Intermittent running problem.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 26 Apr 2016 08:00:19 -0400
  ...would be a leaking injector dribbling fuel into the intake until the pressure in the fuel system drops. I would test for this by...
• Re: misfire when hot
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 4 Oct 2013 00:50:07 -0400
  ...If the problem only occurs after an extended drive look for fuel system vapor lock, poor pump performance when the fuel gets warm, or...
• Boxer electronics options?
  Historical mailing list - dahn van laarz
  Sun, 1 Feb 2009 20:34:09 -0800
  ...5K, the Tranny is new, the fuel lines are ok, the cooling system is good, the fuel filter is new, etc, etc. It seems...
• Re: Diesel engine conversion questions, ULSD availability
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:35:26 +0000
  ...The gist of the discussion was about it being too > > expensive to maintain two production and distribution systems > and that > > the new fuel would...
• Re: Digifant question...fuel pump effect?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 28 Apr 2014 17:07:19 -0700
  ...But is > it possible the noisy pump was making the engine run less perfect? > I should know, but how does the digifant fueling system...
• No current at FI injector plug
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:08:30 -0800
  ...It will not start without being primed.<br> It seems the fuel injection system is not functioning properly.<br> I've checked grounds and...
• Re: Ethanol & fuel system parts
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:50:32 -0500
  ...Last Summer, as some of you may recall, I had a episode of the dreaded buzzing fuel pump in my 84 Westy in the...
• More on Exhaust fumes in early buses
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 11:17:54 -0800
  ...The stock single carb air cleaner contains the fuel stand-off very well. Aftermarket paper air cleaners allow fuel stand-off vapors to enter...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 16:32:40 -0700
  ...touch the 02 just to change any part on the fuel injection system. No need that I've ever come across. in my experience...