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• VERBOSE: fuel pump, ethanol, cavitation
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:39:29 -0400
  ...fill up in southern Virginia with 10% ethanol fuel >> 3. fine rust in fuel filter before replacement >> 4. new Bosch pump still have whining...
• Re: Zetec Using oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:27:48 -0500
  ...This normal consumption is the reason oil need to be formulated not the damage the emissions system (catalysts, O2 sensor, EGR systems). Consider a...
• Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 19 Jun 2012 08:57:17 -0700
  ...It is made for 2.1 fuel injection system > though some have adapted it to 1.9 also. It is a great tool that...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:10:31 -0800
  ...You can see the valve on the Digifant diagram on page 24.46 The Digijet systems use an auxiliary air regulator. However the Bosh...
• Re: 87 GL surges. . .
  Historical mailing list - Curtis Long
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 01:03:56 -0400
  ...about $700 with the pre-tune-up required for proper diagnosis of the fuel injection system. Good Luck Curt Long 87 GL Syncro Westy
• <AIRS> 81 Vanagon Help
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 12:12:16 -0600
  ...Is there anything they should immediately check before trying to troubleshoot the FI system? Please respond B/C. I'm on Digest Mode. Thanks...
• Generic O2 Sensors? - Are they really equivalent?
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:20:44 -0400
  ...ve read many of the Bosch Fuel Injection books available and while they describe how FI systems use an asymmetrical oscillation pattern to shift...
• Re: 160 HP waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:37:25 -0700
  Four cylinder, horizontally opposed engine, with liquid cooled cylinderheads, electronic fuel injection and dual ignition system, automatic altitude compensation, wet sump pressure lubrication. On...
• Re: gas tank crap..... again
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:24:08 -0500
  ...There are traces of a fuel leak coming from right there. So, i'm either going to repatch it, or throw in the towel...
• Re: Awesome new Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:03:38 -0800
  ...fuel efficiency. flo On 12/21/06, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the OZ link, Stephen. Is the 4Motion system run...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:43:15 -0400
  ...I think you'll find varying results depending on the source and funding of the study (that goes for petroleum fuels production as well...
• Re: Need Help diagnosing a Non-starting '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:33:57 -0700
  ...I'm assuming that there > is an electrical issue that is affecting both the fuel pump and the > ignition system. > I've cleaned up...
• Re: Engine died after a mysterious "BOOM!"
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 29 Mar 2017 00:08:55 -0400
  ...Time and money spent > now to make sure all mechanical, electrical, cooling, and fuel systems > now will save you much grief later on. > > John...
• Re: 87 Vanagon Emission failure -No Va
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 08:39:17 -0800
  ...The mechanical could not be compensated for in this adaptive system because the Camshaft Position Sensor ( distributor) was mechanically out of limits. The system...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 21:37:29 -0500
  ...how well the cooling system can handle some 300,000 btus/hour of heat being generated by that much fuel being burned. Dennis PS...
• Re: Need help with a 78 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:41:25 -0700
  I try not to get involved in those Type IV fuel injected engines..... but... I have noticed that they have fuel injection ground wires...
• Re: Newbie question: coolant/anti-freeze
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 16:02:42 -0700
  ...The only penalty in using it is increased thermal load on the engine and cooling system, and it burns more fuel. I don't...
• TDD setback
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 18:16:04 -0500
  ...I put in the fuel tank last night, plumbed all new hoses, added a fuel line for a small diesel powered Espar furnace, quit...
• Re: No start..... rebuilt engine.... over my head...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 28 Jul 2005 19:22:44 -0700
  ...components where checked...(Fuel-air-fire), injection wiring and all >>FI components, AFM, that stupid 84 hall-sender and idle system control... >>EVERYTHING... mechanical...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:22:04 -0400
  ...Heck in a very very advanced HHO system, it would be your biggest assett (theoretically adjusting automatically on the fly the Fuel air ratio...
• Re: Need advice with buying a westy. have a couple in mind (new to list)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:24:19 -0700
  ...the custom > cooling system may be in the way) true about the cooling system, but any competent mechanic ought to be able to do...
• Re: 1.9 l question
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 15 May 2001 10:21:41 EDT
  ...No exhaust system on the <car at all.........It <is in pieces (broken)pieces, laying by the car. The <O2 sensor is just <laying...
• Re: Solution to Reliability Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 5 Jan 2010 17:49:06 -0500
  ...Engine, transmission, cooling system, electrical, fuel injection, exhaust, etc. Then just check the van over and see what it needs the most at the...
• Re: Billy Bones' never ending story
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 10:27:16 -0500
  ...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: Idle goes to 1,800 in Park
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Oct 2012 20:45:24 -0400
  Since you have the 1.9 fuel injection system, with closed throttle the engine, when warm and running in closed loop mode (O2 sensor...
• Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Flooding
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 19 Feb 2005 09:00:30 -0700
  ...Same problem on my '76 and '81 > so I am convinced it is a "feature" of the fuel > injection system. This is below 20...
• Re: Gas Tank Success! Fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 20 Sep 2022 10:03:07 -0400
  ...I still need to check the fuel sender and hope that is working but the two gallons in the tank charged the system and...
• Re: replacing fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:20:01 -0600
  ...I am looking to > replace all fuel lines from the pump backward now as the "too > engine/compartment from pump, have all been replaced...
• Re: Intermittent running problem.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2016 12:12:36 -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: Engine hesitates upon take off
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 20 Jun 2015 07:43:40 -0700
  ...Fuel lines (have you done yours lately?) Double check cooling system, including fan up front. Tires.... Then I'll be ready for some hot...
• Re: Blink'n Ignition Light
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 7 May 1998 12:48:53 EDT
  ...On the L-Jet Buses and early Vanagons, the fuel pump does NOT activate until the key is turned to start. I guess it...
• Re: lousy mileage
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cochran
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:17:53 -0800
  ...I couple days back someone had a thread on a variable fuel pressure system resulting in 22 mpg or so. WHOEVER Knows about that...
• 1980 Westy For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Brent Berisford
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 21:38:27 -0500
  ...It has the full camper and poptop and the only thing that I can see that was modified is the water system for the...
• unexplained power loss - help!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:00:21 -0400
  ...It starts quick and easy, has compression, fuel, spark, etc. and sounds just like it always has. I don't think it's an...
• Re: Drove off a 9'' curb, and she just died
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 10:18:13 -0500
  Knocked the wire off the fuel pump? BTDT! YMMV, Mr. BZ-sage brush a million miles from nowhere w/o cell coverage in NV...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:11:10 -0800
  ...if your problem it is fuel injection related ....those are trickier to fix sometimes. I thnk a lot of techs avoid that system. I...
• Re: tune up question (just curious)
  Historical mailing list - anthony kimmons
  Sun, 14 Jul 2002 12:09:13 -0500
  ...It started right back up so I figured it was a bubble in the fuel system or something. Well, when I got home, I...
• Re: horrible cold start idle, running rich
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:18:46 -0800
  ...The cooler weather seems to >>> have brought on a new fuel system problem in the van. There is so much >>> written about idle, fuel...
• Re: Fuel lines (injector hoses)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:33:55 -0500
  ...in the injector which leaked a bit of fuel when I test-pressurized the system. I sanded this cut back down and reattached the...
• Re: Longer range gas tank?
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sat, 25 Sep 2004 11:19:45 -0700
  ...I would connect and vent it directly into the main tank and install a small faucet electric fuel pump and "pump in" to the...
• Re: Engine alternative (inline four) a bit long
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:42:10 -0700
  ...they don't say anything about the fuel system on that site, that I noted yet. I wonder what they think of CIS-E...
• Re: Gen Set
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:39:22 -0500
  ...Matched with a good battery and charging system the needed run time can be kept to a minimum. The major concern will be fuel...
• 83 Westy update
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 00:18:53 -0400
  ...Added a can of Slick 50 fuel system cleaner to help with above. Came highly recommended by the pros at a local NAPA. Waiting...
• Re: Fuel mileage: normal?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Mon, 8 May 2000 11:59:45 -0700
  ...FI system used 8. Airhead or wasserboxer 9. Climatic conditions (i.e. Denver vs. Orlando) And Number Ten.... - whether or not people actually can...
• Re: go over for '91 camper, mechanical soundness and reliability
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 10:13:29 -0400
  ...New >> fuel filter and new fuel lines from tank to filter and filter on. New >> fuel pump. >> New AFM. >> five New heavy duty tires...
• DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:13:22 -0700
  ...25 MPG Wasserboxer! > Your engine management system sounds the the same as the European > 112hp "DJ" wasserboxer, which I always found ran better than...
• Re: VW gets busted (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 10:51:20 -0500
  ...All of the fuel injection systems did this in from the 80's through at least sometime in the 90's, maybe even later...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:51:51 -0400
  ...They were nice enough to pretest > without charging me. > > Failed on the EVAP test, this is where they pressurize the fuel system and > test...
• Re: 1984 Emissions
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:48:49 -0400
  ...Does anyone know if all Vanagons came with CA >emissions by 1984 or were there still Vanagons sold with Federal >emissions systems? How can...
• Re: loss of power on hills
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Apr 1996 15:04:15 -0400
  ...Check out the fuel system to make sure the O2 sensor circuit is working properly. Hope this helps, Dennis.
• Recall
  Historical mailing list - M=
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 02:20:55 -0400
  ...There is also a recall on the jump seats, the shifter, and the fuel filter. As far as I know all VW dealers should...
• Re: Tach/Dwell Meter Usage Question?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 19:01:12 -0800
  ...meters can be used? Incompatibility with the AFC > L-Jetronic fuel injection system? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Regards, > --Jeff Strickrott > 82 Westy (Miami...
• Re: Happy Friday & Question
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 08:06:35 -0700
  ...the location in the US where a hiway defines the border between weather systems. I25 can be real fun when the wind racing down...
• Re: Value of sliding door
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:39:44 -0500
  ...Longer brake lines, fuel hoses, wiring, parking brake cables... What's an extra meter of Vanagon weigh? Do you need different shock absorbers to...
• Re: FAQs-I like it!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 19 Jan 1999 18:44:26 -0800
  ...Chris ;-)] ) >* headlights/foglights >* coolant (flushing tips, leaky heads, overflow/expansion tanks) >* fuel system (AFM, O2 sensor, temp I/II sensors, ground straps, >stuttering, mention...
• Re: Air cooled stock gas heater/exhaust heater questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 13:52:08 -0400
  ...to keep > the fuel pump off (or just pull it and cap the line, > it is drawn off > of the fuel yank before the...
• Re: engine knocking!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 21 May 2001 11:13:46 -0700
  ...Timing (too much advance) Fuel system--too lean. Check pressure and injectors Carbon build up can increase compression--try a gas additive designed to...
• Re: Remedy requested for Suspected "rich-running" 1.9
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 5 May 2002 15:22:52 -0400
  ...Can a vaccuum leak cause richness and poor fuel economy? (remember I do have excellent drivability) > > Thanks, > > Marshall Ruskin > 84 Westy > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 10:27:10 -0800
  Do 91 vanagons have this problem too with high altitudes? ? ? Couldn't you just take the fuse out for the fuel pump and then...
• Re: Turbo Muffler, Jacobs Ign, Snake Oil
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 10:22:41 -0700
  ...include high-energy, solid-state ignition systems on everything from Honda Civics to Porsche Turbos. Reason: unburned fuel from a misfiring cylinder will wipe...