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• Auto Techs: the Next Generation
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 16:32:05 CST6CDT
  ...difficulty, if not impossibility of repair on modern fuel, computer, or electrical systems. Well..... Those systems can and are being repaired. However, they are...
• Re: Which side has internal Head leak...air being blown into cooing system
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 13 Jun 1999 09:26:03 -0700
  ...No fuel, no combustion. No combustion, no HC. However I don't rule out leakage from both sides - fix one, the other will start...
• Re: O2 vs. H2O and HEAT?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:58:58 -0400
  ...this happen with the fuel injected air-cooled engines? NO. >And last but not least, how does the heater system work in an air...
• Re: extreme gas leak!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 6 May 2010 15:37:50 -0700
  ...both have the same fuel tank ) or it could be a syncro .. and they have a 'whole other' tank system. of course, in the...
• Gasoline containg detergents
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Gasoline containg detergents
  March 31, 1990
  ...of sparkplugs, stlling and rough engine performance in vehicles with fuel injection systems. Because many of our customers may not know whether or not...
• Re: What's the richest air fuel ration you can still make run?
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:44:07 -0400
  ...more modern fuel injected bikes while I waited in line....I was > really > jealous of the modern stand-alone engine managment systems and how...
• Re: I'm giving up!
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:38:42 -0500
  When they are cold don't they get extra fuel from the fuel injection system? So when they warm up, the excess fuel is...
• Re: Fuel gauge system test
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:13:41 -0400
  At 04:11 PM 6/19/2012, walkingboss wrote: >Test the voltage at the fuel sending unit. Between the sender wire and the >ground...
• RE: Bonehead Newbie has Questions...
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 20:46:38 -0700
  ...The reservoir doubles as a reservoir for the clutch hydraulic system. Pretty slick... ---------- >From: Mark Pinkstone[SMTP:msp@pinkstone.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 30...
• Re: FI to carb
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 20:37:53 EDT
  In a message dated 98-04-09 20:29:00 EDT, Pfunky@AOL.COM writes: << << I think changing to a CIS fuel system is...
• Haltech FI is operating!
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 31 May 2001 13:50:25 -0500
  Spent the Memorial Day weekend(Mon-Wed for me) working on the multitude of fuel injector "on" times vs. engine load requirements. Still have...
• fuel system expansion tanks
  Historical mailing list - Damon Lowe
  Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:43:22 -0400
  While replacing the seals on my 91 westy I removed the expansion tank from the passenger side. While trying to do this the nipple...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:36:11 -0700
  ...Subaru engineers would puke into their sake and laugh their asses off if studying the earlier electronic german fuel injection systems, they're so...
• Re: FS: Enhanced 1988 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:19:05 -0400
  ...I just flushed the clutch and braking system and checked the > brakes. They are fine. > > . Left inner Front head light has a crack. > > > > > > Interior...
• Re: Intermittent low gauges
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:15:29 -0400
  ...Wide temperature swings based on load indicate a thermostat that is not in control or a cooling system that is saturated or otherwise defective...
• The long answer, was: engine run cooler w/ heater on full-blast?
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Thu, 21 May 1998 16:20:12 EDT
  ...Otherwise it is less efficient, and the fuel injection system will compensate, and try to "warm up " the motor by dumping a little extra...
• Re: Bad fuel economy (solution)
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 12:26:44 -0400
  ...demise, a fuel additive that uses enzymes to eat the >> ethanol and clean out the gunk left in the fuel system; >> >> http://mystarbrite.com...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 23:15:24 +0000
  Per Zoltan's suggestion, I spent some time on the air intake system.I replaced the Fuel Injector seals.Checked the Breather Hose.Checked...
• Re: Wanted: Espar/Webasto Diesel Heater
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 26 May 2009 20:50:13 -0700
  ...get a complete turnkey systems. Many auctions will sell just the heater part, but not all the accessories (relays, fuel pumps, control units etc...
• Re: It stalls and I need help!
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 27 May 2002 16:52:50 -0400
  ...Assembling all the parts that VW designed into the fuel management system is the answer. The sooner the better. Long term fuel imbalance can...
• Re: gasoline and diesel
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:41:46 -0400
  ...The engines that burn gasoline typically have spark plugs and ignition systems to ignite the fuel/air mixture, after it has been compressed to...
• fuel injection/gauges
  Historical mailing list - WOODRUT
  Mon, 29 Aug 1994 11:19:49 -0400 (EDT)
  $2k later (engine rebuild) and an old problem has returned with the fuel injection. The bus starts hard (I have to press the accelerator...
• Re: <AIRS> 81 Vanagon Help
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 16:55:44 -0600
  Air cooled 80-83 Vanagons / Westies left side steel fuel line feeding the injectors has a little screw in it. If you ever take...
• Help diagnose POSSESSED 2.1L Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:41:49 -0400
  ...fuel filter. Used double filter for a while to make sure all gunk was out of tank. Now running some Techron through the system...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:00:22 -0800
  Mike, You have three adjustments to the Fuel Injection sytems, and Four other inputs that affect mixture. And as pointed out by others the...
• Re: Power loss above 3000 rpms in 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sam Stone
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:25:34 -0600
  Also this new engine about 1 year old which is why I kinda think it has more to fuel delivery, or fuel injection. How...
• Re: Vanagon alternative fuel (long but lots of good links)
  Historical mailing list - WVVW
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:20:43 -0500
  Chris, Actually, there are several of us on the list who have been 'researching' alternative fuels. I have been reading about them quite a...
• Re: WBX 1.9 or 2.1... what would you do?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 4 Nov 2014 20:04:29 -0500
  ...The 2.1 will work perfectly with the 1.9 ignition and fuel injection. The oil cooler can be grafted into either cooling system...
• Stalling under deceleration and at idle.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Rogers
  Wed, 8 May 2013 09:35:57 -0400
  ...I felt that the canister was more about controlling vapours but after reading the "training Manual" I see that this emissions system is connected...
• Re: 2.1L into '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
  Wed, 5 Mar 1997 07:56:08 -0500
  ...1.9 computer system and the 2.1 injector system has some minor incompatabilities(the 2.1 injects more fuel per cycle than the...
• 2 Reasons for Hacking the Digijet ECU
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 9 Jan 1999 17:59:55 -0600
  ...Now, I may certainly be wrong, but I have been led to believe that the Digijet Fuel Injection System is an implementation of the...
• Re: How does Digifant work?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:36:45 -0500
  Both Digijet and Digifant are implementations of Bosch's L-Jetronic system. For more information on them, I found "Bosch Fuel Injection Systems" (ISBN...
• Re: Newbie question about auxiliary power
  Historical mailing list - Tim Englund
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:00:33 -0800
  ...level of the fuel in the tank. �Of course, if there is a leak in the system somewhere that allows fuel to flow from...
• VW America denies recall
  Historical mailing list - Kenyon Fairey
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 14:38:49 -0500
  ...SF Notification Date: System: Fuel Lines. Vehicle Description: Passenger Cars. Description of Defect: The fuel hose attached to the fuel distribution rail on the...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Fri, 18 Nov 2016 00:13:41 +0000
  ...Key ON, fuel pressure is 36 psi. Engine running at idle, fuel pressure is 32.5 psi. Engine running at 2500 RPM, fuel pressure...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:20:37 -0600
  ...is being cranked to start ..to put in extra fuel I imagine. > (earlier systems had a Cold Start Injector , pre Digijet and digifant > ..thankfully...
• Late F.I. Gas Lines
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 5 Sep 95 10:28:12 EDT
  ...For '78 VW went into fuel system paranoia, the heater flapper boxes have hoods that channel the heat away to a couple of exhaust...
• Sulfur out of Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 14:58:28 -0500
  ...It supposedly played hell on >VW, Volvo, MB, and other automotive Diesel engines because the sulphur was >acting as a fuel system lubricant (?) and...
• Re: Diesel fuel lines and air leaks = nostart
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:11:28 -0500
  ...an > air leak into the fuel system. > > Only issue is how to find the culprit. In the good old days > Diesel VW's came...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:45:35 -0700
  ...The combustion > process has not changed over the years, only the tolerance of the controls. > > Start with the fuel system. Make it is tight...
• Re: the VW Eurovan's future is doomed here in the US...please read and give feedback
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:32:02 -0700
  ...243 lb-ft. @ 1,600 - 2,400 rpm Fuel system: Common-rail direct injection technology (CDI) Transmission: Mercedes-Benz 5-speed automatic w/overdrive...
• Re: FS 1.9 Euro Carb set-up for sale
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 19:21:58 EST
  ...This is a factory single 2-barrel carburetor system complete with manifold & linkage as found on the European market T3 (Vanagon). It was removed...
• Re: Tempurature
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Wed, 8 May 2002 14:10:24 -0400
  ...The entire fuel injection system > is tuned for the correct t'stat. >
• Re: Propane Conversion for Vanagon--head north!
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 09:43:47 -0800
  ...US automakers have put a lot of dollars into designing complex systems for gasoline as the fuel, I wonder why that is? The Canadians...
• Re: Cost of Freon R12
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 14 May 2003 12:42:20 -0400
  ...Should you have an engine fire, there's a chance Freeze 12 might help fuel it briefly. On the other hand, R134a breaks down...
• Mileage question
  Historical mailing list - John Bates
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:46:08 -0400
  ...Currently am around 19 mpg due to fuel system leak on fill up. 84 Van GL 1.9 John Bates Fairfield County, OH John...
• Re: No voltage at injectors
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:09:10 -0500
  Injectors get +12v when fuel pump running. ECU sinks to ground to operate them. Did you check for spark? No spark=no pump or...
• Re: Air vs. Water
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:04:07 -0800
  ...the fuel injection might be an earlier system on the old Buses in some ways ........compared to vanagons. . but same basic VW Type IV...
• Re: Fuel Injection Question
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M. Merritt
  Thu, 28 Mar 1996 10:05:47 -0500 (EST)
  ...It has the > fuel injection still on it, but someone has put a 009 Bosch distributor on it. > Will this work? I thought that...
• Re: gas :( - Health care.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 19 May 2012 09:09:24 -0700
  ...gas :( > > > >>Those other countries tax fuel heavily to pay for socialist programs like >>universal worthless government run health care systems.
• 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: Having an annoying problem with my 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - David Thompson
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:36:10 -0800
  ...For me, it turned out that the catalytic converter has become "clogged" due to inadequate combustion of fuel. This led to the inability of...
• Re: How loud is your fuel pump?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 22:25:19 -0800
  ...How loud is your fuel pump? Mine has been buzzing for over four years and over 30K. Have changed out the tank with a...
• Re: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:15:26 -0700
  ...It is so tough that I can't slip it onto the connector on the fuel T, the one with the fuel pressure gauge...
• Re: Digifant Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:49:43 -0700
  ...Digifant Fuel Injection > Firstly - Deke Rivers post - Subject: Increased Idle Speed with AC - > prompted this post. > > In response ot Deke's post I got...
• Re: Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 19:31:30 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > > That fuel filter is designed for a carbureted application. Not > designed for the flow of a recirculation FI system. That and the...
• Boston Bob's web site
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 2 May 2002 12:29:09 -0700
  ...work with the fuel) and another system (I forget the name) based on tests in an actual engine. The two systems usually give somewhat...
• Re: Possible Vanagon Syndrome...
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:57:43 -0700
  ...But I know nothing of Syncro fuel system. Other than it's a real bear to remove that tank! >>> >>>> On Monday, July 15, 2024...
• Re: Halon Extinguishers, etc.
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:44:12 -0500
  ...the fuel pump continues to feed >the fire. So a something would have to be worked so that when the Auto system discharges it...
• Re: Aircooleds and Airplanes
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 17 Jul 95 16:03:07 CDT
  ...the system shuts down four of the eight cylinders ... that is, the four shut-down do NOT spark, but they still get fuel sprayed...