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• Re: 6 guys and vanagon x-country-UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:34:10 -0700
  ...6 guys and vanagon x-country-UPDATE > > hows 'bout posting a link to a waterboxer with a MS system on it, > or of an...
• Re: Belt Squeal - Issue Revealed, Problem Solved
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:35:43 -0500
  ...Opened the driver door to listen for the fuel pump, I hear it. Still no start. I open up the engine lid, gas fumes...
• Re: alternative carburetion of FI 2.0 Liter vanagon engine???
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:43:56 -0500
  ...Some of the ones they bought lead to design of newer >carburators and more efficient injectors systems. Others were not >"commercially" viable. What that...
• Re: A totally "Shocking" story! NO VANAGON CONTENT, BUT ALL VW
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:07:05 -0800
  ...gripe about your Vanagon and its grounding and electrical system problems, leaking head gaskets, fuel leak fires, lack of performance, etc, etc, so on...
• Re: Advice for winterizing a car (for storage)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Nov 2011 20:14:29 -0800
  you could also change the brake and clutch system brake fluid .. though that's getting a little nutty . The old brake fluid will be...
• fluxuating idle
  Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
  Tue, 19 Aug 1997 16:25:11 -0700
  ...Got me a Probst book on the way to help me figure out the Bosch fuel injection system, but would appreciate any insight anyone...
• '88 Hiccup gone... or is it?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:07:45 -0700
  ...the van hasn't bucked or hiccupped all trip, so I guess the new fuel filter must have done the trick. The next day...
• Re: aftermarket gas tanks
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 05:52:40 -0700
  ...POR-15 catalog it says "POR-15 Fuel tank repair kit" its a 4 stage restoration system.... looks like it could work has anyone...
• Air Cooled Rear Passenger Area Heat
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 21:30:24 -0600
  Howdy List, I have been tinkering with the climate control system in my '82 Air-Cooled Westy. This vanagon is federal and has no...
• Re: WARNING: Lighting upgrade hazard
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 13:09:38 -0800
  ...with it several cooling system lines, other electrical wires, and a couple of > vacuum hoses. Thank God no fuel injection lines were burned. > > For...
• Euro-Drive: FIX 88 Volkswagen Vanagon, Emissions/Poor-idle
  Historical mailing list - "Eli Melnick (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 16:25:33 -0500
  ...injection system. We followed the diagnostic charts, checking all powers/grounds/sensors etc right at the ECM. Everything is within spec. Fuel pressure is...
• Re: need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 29 May 2001 13:19:51 EDT
  ...Recent discussions suggest that too much fuel pressure can cause a rumpy idle and rich mixture. Do a fuel pressure check to make sure...
• Re: re diesel injection pumps
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 18:53:04 -0700
  ...The TDI diesels use an ECU with 2 or 3 times the number of wires as a waterboxer fuel injection system and even more...
• bosch info: vanagons 1983-85 water-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 14 Aug 94 20:06:32 CDT
  ...California Fuel System Digijet Digijet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ECU - Exchange CU 118 X CU 118 X Injection Valve 0 280 150 206 0 280 150 206 Injection...
• Re: 40 minutes drive and then cuts out.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:43:23 -0400
  ...system is for the 1.9 >> engine, digijet. I have checked with the digitool all the possible >> items. Also checked fuel pressure, fuel pump...
• Re: 83.5 Runs for about 4 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 1 May 2006 19:23:43 -0400
  ...I >temporarily reinstalled it. >I'm suspecting the fuel pump. But I'm not all that savvy with the electric >pump system. >My theory...
• Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 2 May 2008 23:01:35 -0400
  ...Next they really were a design improvement as Bosch found out that their previous small steel ring system proved to have insufficient fuel reserve...
• Go Westy Question...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Scott
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 18:08:00 -0400
  ...mechanical do-over (engine, suspension/steering/bearings/brakes/clutch, cooling system, fuel system, etc.). Yes, we know this will not be cheap - after receiving...
• more bosch info: 1983-1985 water-cooled buses
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 16:41:47 CDT
  ...California Fuel System Digijet Digijet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ECU - Exchange CU 118 X CU 118 X Injection Valve 0 280 150 206 0 280 150 206 Injection...
• Re: Billy Bones' never ending story
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 23:03:41 -0600
  ...I know that there is a green wire the comes out in the same bundle as the fuel injectors on the left side of...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Variant - update needed
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 08:25:36 -0400
  ...Know it could be though, because if pressure is low, then the van might be more sensitive to the fuel quality and its cleaning...
• Re: Aux Air Valve becoming available as reman
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:15:05 -0700
  As indicated in the post, they're sourcing them from Python Fuel Injection. They've been remanning these for several years now. I have...
• intermittent noise when gas depressed
  Historical mailing list - pepperd
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:46:58 -0700
  ...it seems like it is coming from the passenger middle of the van...near where the fuel pump is or the coolant pipes run...
• Re: Super high HC on smog test - help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:41:57 -0400
  ...Fuel system pressure and injectors Exhaust and catalytic converter. When all of these are confirmed proper. It should pass. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• ECU pin 20 thread.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 26 Dec 2000 18:08:38 EST
  ...injection system. We followed the diagnostic charts, checking all powers/grounds/sensors etc right at the ECM. Everything is within spec. Fuel pressure is...
• Re: Solved! Re: Having Problem with Overheating (1.9l to 2.1l conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 10 May 2000 15:36:16 -0700
  ...the motor SYSTEM, ignition SYSTEM, fuel delivery SYSTEM, exhaust SYSTEM and COOLING SYSTEM encompassing a complete engine SYSTEM plus the heater SYSTEM variables which...
• Re: 89 Vanagon engine misfires, coughs, backfires, won't idle
  Historical mailing list - jim&kim
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 10:20:04 -0700
  ...Some folks mentioned fouled gas, check for this by removing the fuel line coming from the tank to the filter/fuel pump. Drain a...
• Kurt from Philly - Back to list- Back to Van with RexMobile
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 04:16:53 -0400
  ...colored liquid out of the system. Couple of questions. 1. When I take hose from tank to fuel pump off, should gas come out...
• Re: Drove off a 9'' curb, and she just died
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:37:48 -0800
  Either no spark or no fuel. Connection broken somewhere, and as Scott says you can test the spark the old fashioned way because Vanagons...
• BTUs to make a new car: almost NVC
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 13 May 2004 11:52:33 -0500
  ...Diesels on NPR > > >> Don had the answer; we need a good, nation-wide mass transit system. >> Even if each one were state run and...
• Re: inline 4 exhaust systems?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:28:28 -0800
  ...The only thing left to do is build the exhaust system. Wanting to > avoid the pitfalls of bad system design ( cracks, noise and vibration...
• Re: Mystery engine cutouts
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 15:01:36 -0600
  ...or could something have gotten fishy with the advance? > On this one .. > my mind is drawn to fuel system , since it's under load...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 16:09:38 -0500
  ...Of course if there is no fuel pressure nothing comes out (which is why the fuel pump runs for a couple seconds when you...
• Examination & Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 11:47:33 -0700
  ...There is nothing urgent, tho several systems need attention soon, others could be fine another year. My idea is to get these suspect parts...
• Re: Fire, and Halon extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 09:02:23 -0800
  ...system in > the back of my Van. You're welcome to install what ever you want... but the fires are due to fuel hitting...
• Re: 81 vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:40:58 -0600
  If you've got a stock fuel and ignition system, even with a tuneup and at peak performance you're talking about an engine...
• Re: diesel-gas conversion problems solved! (mostly)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 00:14:38 -0800
  The comments for and against using the vanagon fuel pump with the CIS system are interesting. Mine now seems to be working pretty well...
• 87 GL Intermittantly Not Starting
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Otter
  Mon, 12 May 2003 12:45:39 -0400
  ...This is very intermittant, so can't really take it to a mechanic to check out the electrical system. Especially since it will start...
• Re: Simplest and best engine swap going
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 13:37:25 -0400
  ...record, you can see this guy used the original Vanagon >>>digifant fuel system. He even kept the AFM in the original >>>spot. I bet...
• Re: Idle Stabilization parts Costs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:00:46 -0800
  ...replaces the entire electronics of the Digifant system. It's called > MegaSquirt. It uses the stock fuel rail but replaces the AFM, ECU, Idle...
• Re: Got worse, now doesn't run..
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:48:56 -0400
  ...system. If the pump is not reliably coming on, there are two other likely links in the fuel pump chain to consider... the fuel...
• Re: No Start Cause: Relay Failure. PICS, Thoughts.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 6 Feb 2013 15:00:36 -0800
  ...is a 'wall wart" anyway .? > Every EFI system ECU I have ever seen energizes the fuel pump relay by > supplying ground to it. It...
• 2.0L swap from Air-cooled Vanagon to '73 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Jon Hathaway
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 22:35:18 -0400
  ...2.0L engine complete with F/I system from the Vanagon into my '73 (I Like Fuel Injection<<G>>), but could covert to Weber...
• Fuel Line Replacement Kit and How-To Repost
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:59:00 EDT
  ...pressure regulator to the fuel rail and install clamps. 15. Repeat this procedure on the opposite side. 16. Systematically tighten all clamps. Note: When...
• Re: Moral qestion--Case in point
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:18:41 -0500
  ...Something in the >> vacuum system. Something >> in the fuel delivery or injection system. This could take days >> to figure >> out. And even then, it...
• Re: Need help with hose from therm to radiator
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:36:02 -0400
  ...if it does NOT have that, the hose won't stand up to the 45psi pressure of the fuel system, and it will swell...
• Re: Fuel Injector Question Part 2
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:51:13 -0600
  ...California Fuel System Digijet Digijet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ECU - Exchange CU 118 X CU 118 X Injection Valve 0 280 150 206 0 280 150 206 Injection...
• Re: Fuel Injector Question Part 3
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:55:06 -0600
  ...California Fuel System Digijet Digijet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ECU - Exchange CU 118 X CU 118 X Injection Valve 0 280 150 206 0 280 150 206 Injection...
• Re: Gasoline Grade?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Mar 1997 15:05:45 -0500 (EST)
  ...systems for many) that have a midgrade fuel create it by blending the premium with the regular. There is nothing wrong with this fuel...
• Cooling System R&R questions
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 23:04:01 EDT
  Hello List, I am still fighting a cooling system/possible exhaust gas problem with my rebuild, and have decided to replace most of the...
• Re: Gas Mileage: add nausium..
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:45:09 -0700
  ...not by much..But I bet, with a modern sequential > fuel injection system and a bit more sophisticated engine management it'd > do > a...
• Re: Experiment
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:58:53 -0500
  ...He also gave the detailed results of a number of experiments we >did including the droplet size of the injector system, pulsed or >semi...
• Re: Cut you spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:45:29 -0600
  I used the stock Federal Exhaust system for six years (swapped out a few parts from donors but stock), I recently installed a S...
• When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:34:33 -0400
  ...While engine braking down a long hill, all the > clear air coming through the exhaust system, while obviously hot, is > apparently not quite as...
• VW Howard looking for ideas...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:32:06 -0700
  ...1.9 L / 4 cyl / Gas / OHV Fuel: Fuel Injection Ignition: Distributor-Breakerless Trans: 4-speed Standard Transaxle Mileage: 120,000 miles Emissions: US...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:06:20 -0400
  ...anymore then you know that most of the fuel > injection, ignition, and fuel supply systems are working and you won't > waste time and...
• Re: ethanol free gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 14:09:35 -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: Cooling System for Various Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Nov 2010 11:11:36 -0800
  Hi Anthony, most nicely, the stock vanagon radiator and cooling system is Very Adequate ...to cool most engines. A 3.3 liter 230 hp...
• Re: Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:41:10 -0500
  ...The fuel system is Digifant. >> >> The throttle body lays transverse over the engine. From the Right hand >> side of the firewall, through a hole...
• For sale: 1982 Vanagon diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Fri, 18 May 2001 09:18:26 -0400
  ...Gabriel gas shocks Toyo 100,000 mile all season radials starter glow plugs fuel injectors water pump oil filler tube exhaust system Blauplunct stereo...