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• Re: OK, OK, new topic
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 21:38:16 -0700
  ...I used their stuff to fabricate the fuel system for my racecar..with 8 individual throttle bodies and a Motec ECU..Very nice quality...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Advice Please
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:39:37 -0800
  ...The 2.1 exhaust system is obviously a better made and engineered exhaust system than what is on the 1.9., so I always...
• Re: Propane Heresy - Can you retrofit Westy for alternate use of Coleman fuel?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 9 May 2002 01:17:17 -0700
  ...For the usual weekend jaunt this would be plenty of > >fuel. > > > >Has anyone ever tried this? > >Is Coleman fuel compatible with the Westfalia's...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:50:30 EDT
  ...I attempted to show that many of the accepted wisdom forms related to gearing, performance and fuel economy were system issues that had to...
• Re: Evaporative Canister (Re: Fuel Expansion Tank)
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 26 Aug 2019 11:04:20 -0500
  ...The article explains the canister is not a > wear item, but a relatively complex system purges the collected fuel > vapor using air flow produced...
• Re: Engine Replacement Questions?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Kirsch
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 21:47:22 EST
  ...The fuel injection system from the 1.9L is used. You would need the 2.1L exhaust. Paul Kirsch 90GL
• Water in fuel. (85 westy)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 18:12:35 -0500
  ...We have the problem isolated to the fuel system. There's water getting into the tank somehow. Dad had the tank replaced with a...
• Jetta parts FS (no Vanagon content).
  Historical mailing list - VWRuss
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 07:27:12 -0500
  ...I am keeping the fuel system from the filler to the injectors, the air intake system including the intake manifold, the pre-heating system...
• O2 sensor question.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 18:32:14 -0500
  I have an 82 air cooled california vanagon that I've put federal heater boxes on and a header exhaust system. I have removed...
• See The Inside Of Your Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:55:50 -0700
  ...scavenger/fuel feed that goes out to the fuel pump. And the bottom filter is the return line from the FI system. You will...
• Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:32:52 -0800
  ...This is mainly because there is no progress! Just to clarify- it's not grounds, air leaks, fuel supply power supply, etc. It starts...
• It works AND it's a scam Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:43:13 -0400
  ...System - The Secret Formula They Don't Want You to Know" This is as Ozzie states: "ABSOLUTE MINIMUM you need to start SAVING FUEL...
• Re: Replacement fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 18:12:38 -0400
  ...Replacement fuel tank question I suspect that fuel tanks have to pass NHTSA testing as done by the manufacturer in their vehicle crash tests...
• Hot start problems, then stumbling-Help appreciated
  Historical mailing list - Maureen Stretch
  Mon, 18 May 1998 15:31:18 -0500
  ...My mechanic wants me to go to VW dealership to have them run diagnostics on fuel injection/electrical system. He feels if I could...
• Re: Digifant II... ?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 00:07:10 -0800
  ...Bentley says it has the Digifant II fuel injection system... > > How similar is the Vanagon system Digifant F/I to what's in this...
• Re: SS header
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:48:39 -0700
  ...Westy >72 Bug >Mt Bethel, PA I thought that the Fuel Injection system uses the O2 sensor attached to the CAT to make mixture...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:04:27 -0800
  ...New starter (engine turns - won't start - not even sputter) New ignition switch Fuel pump runs (pressurizes the system ok) No start. I tried...
• Re: Update on Belize Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 11:58:23 -0800
  ...I tested through the entire fuel injection system with a meter and all of the grounds and sensor tested fine so I am pretty...
• Re: Fuel Pump Noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:33:34 -0400
  ...Fuel Pump Noise A little over four years ago I did the fuel filter “upgrade” on my 1.9L Westfalia. The small filter on...
• Re: using ethanol to pass emissions;
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 19 Oct 2008 10:57:07 -0400
  ...using ethanol to pass emissions; > Ethanol is very corrosive and can damage the fuel system, so beware. > > On 10/18/08, John C... <trvlr2001...
• Re: Syncro "reserve" fuel capacity
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:08:46 -0700
  ...fuel, all sorts of nastys can happen (from experience) - all the dirt and sludge will get sucked thru the system, and your fuel pump...
• Re: Hot Starting (a) vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Aug 94 10:00:45 EDT
  ...the FI system (lack of fuel)? Thanks in Advance -DC > > change the fuel filter. do it anyway. > I bought a fuel filter that the...
• Re: Breaking up is hard to do
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:27:01 -0400
  Hi Silvia, Engine dies when wet is a sign of a hole in the fuel system; usually the top of the fuel tank has...
• Re: Engine misfires?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 08:24:15 GMT
  ...Generally speaking, this is often caused by particles in the fuel system or a clogged fuel filter...do you have two filters? I think...
• Since it's in the shop anyway
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 7 May 2005 13:31:32 -0700
  ...Replace all the fuel lines, starting at the fuel tank back to the injector seals and high pressure injection hoses. 2. Replace any other...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:50:59 -0400
  ...I don't know why auto manufactures use different fuel delivery systems in other countries, but I would guess these decisions are based on...
• Re: Fuel hose size
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Aug 2020 23:16:34 +0000
  ...Fuel system vapor lock does happen and a system that does not maintain enough pressure can have it occur after engine shut down as...
• Re: Jetta Conversion Observations
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:26:10 -0500
  ...kept the whole vanagon control system , wirings ,ingnition, fuel, computor etc. used an audi 90 turbo exhust and kept the jetta AFM as it...
• Re: Diaganosing Fuel Injection Systems
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 23:15:33 -0500 (EST)
  A friend of mine had his vanagon die in the middle of the highway. He said he had a very strong gas smell in...
• Re: Propane (East Coast)
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 19:24:35 -0400
  Greeting collective, Though my system is rusty, it works; but, I have never had it filled or had it looked at by a propane...
• Re: Mtl redline
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Fri, 5 May 2000 12:51:22 -0700
  ...I went to several of my local > FLAPS and they said they couldn't order it, even ones who carried > Redline fuel system products...
• site for diagnostic device?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Wed, 24 May 2000 23:34:28 -0700
  ...just about every electrical part on the engine except the fuel injection system. Any opinions on where I can find one of these and...
• LP gas regulator leak.
  Historical mailing list - Charles Keeter
  Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:08:58 -0400
  ...The bus had been down for a while due to a fuel system problem, When I went under the bus to repair it. I...
• Re: Gasoline additives
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 23:28:59 +1200
  Hydrofluoric acid (HF) will REALLY clean out your fuel system! -- Andrew Grebneff 165 EvansSt, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz...
• Re: Replacing the Air Flow Meter
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 03:30:17 +0000
  ...Minor fuel pressure variation causing injector flow rate changes and unmetered air leaks can be compensated with the CO screw. Install the new AFM...
• Re: Milage question
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 21:54:32 -0700
  ...Currently am around 19 mpg due to fuel system leak on fill up. 84 Van GL 1.9 John Bates Fairfield County, OH
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up - how to make the system better?
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:02:42 -0500
  When I chaged my fuel lines on my early '84 Westy, I discovered that my firewall conector was metal instead of plastic. It still...
• Thanks Mike Collum!
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:39:53 +0000
  In addition to dropping my fuel tank this week to replace the vent lines, and flushing the cooling system and putting in new coolant...
• Re: [WetWesties] Roadside Assitance - Wiring Diagrams
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:51:06 -0700
  ...asking for wiring diagrams for an 88 automatic > Westy especially the fuel system wiring? > > Does anyone have a link to an on-line or...
• Re: First ride of shame, fuel issue
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 30 Jul 2019 09:04:42 -0400
  ...Re-reading the above, what if a slug of debris has moved through the fuel system and is now intermittently wreaking havoc on many...
• Re: Sigh... No More Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  14 Aug 1996 11:39:19 -0700
  After many many years of carb fueled vehicles and a diesel Vanagon, about 7 years ago I bought a used FI car. It took...
• Re: ATL Fuel Cell info
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 11:10:32 -0400
  ...Are these like batteries? Or do they store gasoline, propane, >methane,...? If they are batteries, how do they hook into your system? The >website...
• Re: Help, stranded. Van won't exceed 55mph
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:49:26 -0700
  ...He and I have searched for > kinks or leaks in the fuel system and compression lines. I've probably missed > something, although he has...
• Re: Expanshion Tank cap
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:11:59 -0500
  On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, John Rodgers wrote: > Dave, if the circulating system is intact, and you do in fact have all > the air...
• Re: Update on stalling '87
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:31:14 -0700
  ...That tells me that the air/fuel mixture is not right for warm idle. Check for air leak in the intake system, especially between...
• 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:15:08 -0700
  ...I've purchased of course the Bentley service manual but it's quite confusing, as it seems my fuel injection system is a hybrid...
• Re: EFI or Carburator Suggestion!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 28 May 1998 17:41:09 -0700
  ...One just needs a cheap digital multimeter (<$20), a fuel pressure gauge (make it yourself for <$10) and the fuel injection troubleshooting procedure from...
• Re: Unforseen, but very nice...Improved accuracy of Gas Guage.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:28:48 -0700
  ...fuel..when I knew I had gas and I could feel heat...So the readings ARE dependent on the state of your electrical system...
• Re: Diesel schmiesel...i'm thinking of going electric
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Fri, 23 May 2008 16:18:42 -0700
  ...Me brother has been researching and sending me emails for > months on the HHO? systems available now. I blew them off initially but > y...
• Re: Resolved: Vanagon GL 90 2.1L engine unexpectedly stalls while driving
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 24 May 2004 08:06:58 -0700
  ...a lot of fuel drained out when I removed the fuel injectors, do I > need to bleed the fuel system? I loosened the nut...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:31:22 -0700
  ...You might try running some Techron Fuel Injector cleaner through your fuel system to clean the injectors as little. http://www.amazon.com/Chevron...
• Re: Fuel Tank Crossover Vapor Assembly
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 8 May 2008 06:14:10 EDT
  ...Is there any "hard" reason for the Fuel Tank Vapor Crossover Assembly to have a rigid, fuel vapor-resistant plastic tube between the two...
• Fuel injector question - non starting
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 10:55:13 -0700
  ...fuel lines as well as looking at the dreadful pictures, I wisely succumbed. Additionally, I wanted to change my rusty air distribution system which...
• Re: Help! Fuel leak - FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 27 May 2003 18:11:41 -0700
  ...how many different sizes of hose are > used in the fuel system from the fuel pump back to the > injectors? I bought some hose...
• Re: Inline 4 engines for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:01:52 -0700
  ...Does not include any fuel system. Had CIS-E fuel injection. 91 Golf engine I think. located southern Oregon. $ 550 Scott www,turbovans.com...
• Digifant problem update
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 17:09:00 -0400
  ...revivified fuel pressure and fuel pressure regulator are OK.....Pass Switch distributor/hall sensor..........same result...........runs ok until warm and then struggles and...
• Re: ??Syncro Fuel Leaks??
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:32:28 -0400
  Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@aol.com> wrote: <<I can smell fuel somewhere in the rear end of my Syncro...>> I am having the EXACT SAME...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:38:07 -0400
  ...On reading it again I see that the ignition system and starter worked but the fuel injection didn't when the voltage at the...
• Re: fuel managment system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:12:26 -0800
  ...It's not a bad system at all, for what it is. I think I could put a Subaru EJ 22 EFI system on...
• Trip to Ken Wilford's
  Historical mailing list - Ed Henckel
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 12:03:33 -0700
  ...The system took two cans of Freeze-12 and was well worth it. The new fuel lines and clamps were installed with no big...