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• Re: gas prices- a canadian perspective
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 16:34:45 -0700
  ...Did you adjust your fuel management > system, timing, etc., to handle this change? > > Marc Perdue > > Careful is right. But I had a rash of...
• Re: Air Conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 27 Sep 2021 18:44:34 -0400
  ...So, any compact efficient modern systems that can go in or under the dash or some other clever location? I wonder if the heat...
• Re: More info on tencentlife's motors....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:15:55 -0700
  Do his engines demand premium fuel? On 7/22/08 11:59 AM, "Todd Last" <rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> wrote: > Here is his response in...
• Auto Tranny Axles
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:06:23 -0600
  ...been able to find a fifth injector that > dumps extra fuel into the system when cold. I've assumed that this > was handled by...
• Re: HELP! Westy Stranded in Bryce Canyon National Park...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sun, 1 May 2005 01:39:12 EDT
  ...The guy who's stuck in Bryce is very possible having a problem related to the fuel system. He stated he can smell fuel...
• Re: A little more on Cooling problems..inline vw in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:39:02 -0400
  Don, Where do you get a billet aluminum fuel injector rail ? Don Hanson wrote: > Yesterday I went over my '92 Golf/Jetta/Rabbit gas...
• AW: morons
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 12:31:56 -0700
  ...I fully agree with the dealer that anti-freeze can foul up the fuel injection system- that is if you pour it into your...
• Re: Advice on Leak in Fuel Return Line
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:16:06 -0800
  ...The fuel system cannot get too much > > attention as negligence can be > > catastrophic. I'd plan on getting it fixed after your trip as...
• Re: Replacement fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 20:09:20 -0700
  ...Replacement fuel tank question >> >> I suspect that fuel tanks have to pass NHTSA testing as done by the >> manufacturer in their vehicle crash tests...
• Portland OR Vanagon Engine Swap Shop
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 21:01:03 -0700
  ...place. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm aware mating the 1.9l cooling and fuel injection systems to the 2.1 is a bit of a project. If...
• Re: Any of you own the biodiesel burner in the shop at Colma?
  Historical mailing list - Arthur Sauerhaft
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 12:25:26 -0400
  ...If anyone out there need a hand mixing a batch of this environmentally friendly fuel I'd be happy to put in my cents...
• Re: Slow Car Fast House?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 31 Dec 2019 12:17:55 -0600
  ...This is an easy way for rain water to get into the fuel tank. >>>> >>>> After install pressure test-smoke test the entire system before...
• Re: 87 GL Radiator Replace: How Many times to refill rese
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:37:50 -0800
  ...I'm still suspicious of the coolant system, however. I've only taken the van on short trips in town. It seems to be...
• Re: Upgrading coolant system to 86-91 on 84 WESTY
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:14:32 -0700
  I have had a few people buy the entire system from me to upgrade diesel vans. I have a few complete sets of hoses...
• Re: She's Home! (Was: '87 Vanagon turns and turns but won't start)
  Historical mailing list - Don Preston Jr.
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:44:22 -0700
  Correct, there was way too much fuel getting into the intake and cylinders. We also walked through the electrical system testing, checking and cleaning...
• Re: want to buy a fox, (no on the Fox, BUY,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 05:14:12 EDT
  ...It's a very simple fuel injection system and they run smoother than the CIS cars. If you buy a this car, replace the...
• fuel tank problem/ oil light issue ?!
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 06:30:16 -0700
  ...Something is definitly off with my fuel system. I had to stop for gas alot, my fuel guage would read almost empty, but when...
• Cruise Control: IT WORKS!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 07 Jan 1997 13:00:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...A couple list members (thanks for your help) suggested that I hook my cruise vacuum line to the fuel pressure regulator. I went out...
• Re: VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 09:03:33 -0700
  ...Worse, it was giving me > >incorrect readings. :-(((( which made debugging the fuel system much > >more difficult. I identified the problem by running a mechanical...
• Re: !982 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Tue, 26 Dec 2000 20:53:27 -0600
  ...The oil and fuel > >systems are potential sources of expensive problems. You can avoid > >spending > >$$$ by performing some preventive maintenance before trying to start...
• Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:41:28 -0800
  ...I think it would be more fair to say 'in some cars the PS system can consume up from 1 to 3 mpg' And...
• FW: Fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 15:34:09 -0400
  ...How do I keep getting water in the system? >Is there a universal weak link in the fuel system? > >Thanks > >Kurt Grotz > >84 Vanagon...
• Re: Fuel and temp gauges - wacky
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:13:24 -0500
  ...settings in ohms >> for testing the fuel and temp gauges? �settings from bentley are 55, 560 >> (fuel) and since the only coolant temp gauge...
• Re: My new life as a pancake owner
  Historical mailing list - David L Finet
  Sun, 19 Nov 1995 00:31:17 -0600 (CST)
  ...The explanation of how to operate the system is there, but nothing on maintaining or fixing the system. Good luck dave.
• Re: VW America denies recall
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 16:29:58 -0800
  ...340,000 > Campaign SF Notification Date: > System: Fuel Lines. > Vehicle Description: Passenger Cars. > Description of Defect: The fuel hose attached to the fuel > distribution...
• 84 Vanagon 1.9 pulsing idle
  Historical mailing list - Preston Lewis
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 14:23:37 -0700
  ...Your rpm is over 1500 so the control unit shuts off gas to the fuel injection system. As rpm's fall below 1500, fuel...
• Re: Broke down last night... engine heat killing the starter?
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:54:41 -0500
  ...If the pistons aren't sucking in air, the fuel pump doesn't run. So somptin's up with your fuel system/relays. Bringing...
• Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:52:05 -0600
  ...Then performed the Hall sender systems check. All test were positive. Spark at the coil wire every time the center connector of the hall...
• Re: Thoughts on conversions (kinda LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:23:02 -0400
  ...I'm not blaming the engine itself, at all, but the FI system and the coolant system that are getting way to old. I...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 06:21:51 -0800
  ...Makes me nervous. > > John Rodgers > 88 Gl Driver > John, As Tom Hargrave said, no carburetor system can approach the efficiency of FI system. However...
• Re: Tiico problem with simple solution
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:50:29 EST
  I would agree that this plastic fuel nipple (located on the firewall of all waterboxer Vanagons) is a hazard. I have had then crack...
• Re: Vanagon Storage
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 19:27:26 -0400
  ...Put Sta-Bil in the gas tank before you fill it, then run the engine long enough to get it throughout the fuel system...
• Re: Fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:48:15 EDT
  ...http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html) _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm) _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com...
• Re: throttle flat spot
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 2 Jan 2007 18:42:18 -0500
  ...Any testing advice would be appreciated, I am thinking AFM sweepers, but am new to the digijet fuel control system. Thanks Eric Memphis, TN...
• Re: Bucking/Loss of power on HOT days
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 20:05:12 -0400
  ...Bucking/Loss of power on HOT days The change in fuel pump noise is a key. As the fuel recirculates through the system it...
• Re: Sequential vs batch RE: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:46:53 -0700
  Even when I was wrenching on these and other Euro cars for a living, the injection system never was an issue requiring further investigation...
• Re: Fuel pump relay cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:39:55 -0800
  ...Personally, were I to want to employ this strategy as anti-theft ....disabling the fuel pump relay or fuel pump, I'd put a...
• Re: Hydrogen cars ... a lot of hot gas!! ;)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:49:33 -0400
  ...go cross country with your vehicle onboard. >> We >> have a rail system, we just refuse to use it much or take the time to...
• Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Won't Start in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:59:27 -0500
  ...If all those check out (which I virtually guarantee, one of these is the prob) then you have a fuel system fault, like injector...
• Re: Zetec diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:48:28 -0500
  ...The T2B5 emissions are the strictest on > >the planet, even with the low sulphur fuel you still need NOx traps, > >SCR, and particulate components...
• Re: Expansion Tank Hose Weeps: Fuel Tank Full
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:18:47 -0800
  ...Guess in the event a Vanagon ends up 180* they're meant contain the "expanded" fuel. Heh heh. > The top of the filler pipe...
• Re: Freon Conversions
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Tue, 08 Jul 1997 22:13:41 -0500
  ...of fuel and air to get an explosion. > > > > 5. There is enought (flamable) oil in an A/C system that even > > a system with...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 14:05:09 -0400
  ...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: Idle hunting problem, 85 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 00:34:29 -0500
  gerryr@direct.ca wrote: >Have you tried checking the exhaust system for leaks ??? Well, no. But along with all that other stuff in the...
• Re: ARG! HELP! fuel pump problems
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:59:53 -0500
  ...Replaced the pump, filter, pump connections, and short > >sections of fuel line around the pump. > > > >New fuel pump seemed fine at first, but now...
• more electrical stuff
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 08 Jul 94 10:25:26 CDT
  ...B1 - Automotive Electric/Electronic Systems Robert Bosch GmbH, 1988 available from Robert Bentley Publishers B2 - Automotive Handbook (1st English Edition) Robert Bosch GmbH, 1976...
• Re: � � � New conversion site for your perusal
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 02:38:03 EDT
  ...As you may well know, I have stayed with the Audi 3A head and modified the fuel injection system to accept the Bosch LH...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:15:44 -0800
  ...I did replace the old van injector and > Tiico fuel rail with an A2 rail > > and new injectors and a new fuel > pressure regulator...
• Re: Update on stalling '87
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:28:32 -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...
• Re: Bad fuel economy (solution)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 12:20:43 -0500
  ...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: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - eve Appleton
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:05:53 -0700
  ...is an electrical issue that is affecting both the fuel pump and the ignition system. I've cleaned up the two multi-pronged ground...
• Re: Techron
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:10:11 -0400
  ...contradict us. ;-> >I don't know anything about "injector cleaning" vs "fuel system >cleaning." Carburetors (there, I spelt it the American way), injectors and...
• Re: The continuing saga, stuck in Tucumcari
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:13:31 -0600
  ...The ground wires for the Fuel Injection system are white. #6) Clean all electrical connections in the engine bay (do not remove the harness...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome is it also known as Digifant Disease, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 08:21:53 -0700
  ...an exhaust system crack near the head pipe junction...but now that I think on it, there has to be excessive fuel being drawn...
• stumped
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:09:13 -0800
  ...I did replace the old van injector and Tiico fuel rail with an A2 rail and new injectors and a new fuel pressure regulator...
• Re: What is it?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 1 Aug 2015 20:02:28 -1000
  Starting back when cars started having pretty complex emissions systems ...and often Lots of vacuum hoses and devices ( you should see a pre-fuel...
• Re: SA Aux Tank Survey
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 18:28:11 -0700
  ...to integrate the new system, but I'm almost finished.I'm going to enjoy not always being "fuel critical" every time we head...
• no power: running lean (i think)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:47:24 -0600
  ...ignition system, fuel injectors, compression leakdown, EFI diagnostic if it is loosing compression via the valves, what are those symptoms? thanks, fred 87 syncro...
• Re: Digifant problem update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:37:28 -0700
  ...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: 87 syncro westy known problems
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 08:19:10 EDT
  ...Thinking of upgrading from my 84 >> From the perspective of the NE, the Syncro fuel tank does not rust out like the 2WD tank...