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• Re: 2.0L runs fine cold (5min.)then stalls
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:49:15 -0500
  ...the EGR system (if ya still got it). Check out the library at www.type2.com for an excellent aircooled fuel injection troubleshooter. Good...
• Re: Looking at a used Carat needs your advice
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 May 2003 12:32:40 -0400
  ...The owner says the air conditioning system needs a compressor, is this expensive to purchase? How expensive is the installation? Next the Rear tires...
• Re: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:52:38 +0000
  ...about their car's power and exceptional fuel economy - about how they get even better fuel mileage than the EPA/Transport Canada estimates. > > In...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - David O'Bryan
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:52:21 -0400
  ...on something on the electrical system). I've had one catastrophic engine fire (yes, I had new fuel lines) and the sight of sparking...
• Re: coolant pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 13:56:48 -0500
  ...The senders go to a switch where I can select the desired system for viewing on a single gauge. The oil and fuel work...
• Re: LONG BLOCK vs SHORT BLOCK??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Nov 94 17:20:32 AST
  ...ditto above plus auxilliary stuff like fuel system, electrics, tin ware, exhaust system, flywheel, clutch, engine mounts short block requires many $$ of new components...
• Re: Noisy Pump
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 14:36:38 -0400
  ...I've never used it myself but check out this site for a step by step http://homepage.mac.com/ratwell/FuelTankRestoration.html I...
• Re: Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 10:14:04 -0400
  ...ECU, Plug Wires, Oil/Water/Fuel Pumps - New CV's - New Exhaust System Current Parts List - Alternator - Fuel Pump - Water Pump - ECU - O2 Sensor...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:54:20 -0700
  ...Like it's a safety issue even. > You combine that with the joke head gasket system, and old tech > engine > management system, and fuel...
• 1982 diesel Vanagon FS
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:24:37 -0400
  I finally got the time this week to replace the starter, bleed the fuel system, and change the oil. The Vanagon runs perfect and...
• Re: Passed Smog Test!
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Thu, 08 Feb 1996 07:51:18 -0500
  ...technician to look for in the Visual > Inspection: > > PCV System > Thermostatic Air Cleaner > Fuel Evaporative Controls > Exhaust Gas Recirculation > Ignition Spark Controls > Carburetor > Air...
• HP increase
  Historical mailing list - Eric B. Pickering
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 15:47:14 -0400
  ...I do understand that there is a point where you must consider the limitations and/or setup of your fuel delivery system and how...
• Re: FI Explanation -> Get Bentley's Bosch FI mANUAL
  Historical mailing list - kenstich
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:11:09 -0600
  ...Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management" By: Charles O. Probst published by Robert Bently - This is an awesome book on all Bosch FI systems that...
• Why no 5cly transplants to Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 08:45:29 -0500
  ...at lower rpm and not much greater fuel consumption? Yet we don't hear anything on the list about using those engines for transplant...
• Re: Online manual - Most Excellent Idea
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:11:05 EDT
  ...One that I use quite often is the Vanagon/Type II fuel systems book. I also found the Quantum Syncro booklet. I have many...
• Re: EPA Site
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 01:49:49 -0800
  ...ANYONE, per chance, know the double (fuel) relay id #'s? Thanks Michael aka ECHO --- Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> wrote: > Check out this site...
• '88 TD - *occasional* rough idling/loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Wed, 17 Nov 2004 22:55:43 +0100
  ...filter, air and fuel filters. I've run a bottle of snake oil (magical diesel injector cleaner) through the system. No change. I'm...
• 77 fuel injection - glorious end to Chapter 1
  Historical mailing list - Dave Backe
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 19:47:34 -0600
  ...So my newly installed fuel injection system is running way too rich, and gas was forming around the tap for the pressure gauge, and...
• follow up to original inquiry (stumbling 89 GL 2.1)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 May 1997 21:35:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I have a new fuel filter, but I did the fuel pump regulator check per Bentley to see fuel quantity cfs from return line...
• Re: 1986 2.1L carburated 5 speed vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:20:37 -0500
  ...to see no fuel punp under wile looking for a no start >problem... and again... amazed to see no injection system in the back...
• Re: Steering column shear bolt removal
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 16 Feb 2014 14:41:02 -0700
  ...We just don't have the >> cash for re-doing the entire fuel system and a matching transmission for a >> diesel/SVO conversion. >> Part...
• Some Clarifications and Additional Cooling System Comments
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 2 Oct 2002 15:49:18 EDT
  ...Others have suggested that there is no system reserve if the thermostat is fully open and the system temperature (coolant) is varying with load...
• Re: Significance of the o2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 20 May 2004 00:43:03 -0400
  ...The voltage reading should jump back and forth at 0.5 volt +/- 0.3 volts if fuel injection system is working well. Make sure...
• Re: Running Hot
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 23:51:24 -0400
  ...My only guess is a lean fuel mixture. This will cause > > an over heating problem. Anyone have a guess? > > It's funny your the...
• Re: strange resolution to my disability issues
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 06:38:43 EST
  ...replaced muffler, O2 sensor, >fuel >filter, valve adjustment and lots of head scratching..... The good >news is >that I needed all those parts anyway...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:28:24 -0500
  ...One recently is for a westy heating system that uses the stove top, but vents to the outside. I have heard of this upside...
• At higher elevations..from digest.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:05:04 -0700
  ...blew into the cooling system, big time! I had to bleed the system twice in one tank of fuel. The next few passes, I...
• Re: Boston Bob's web site
  Historical mailing list - VW Caravelle
  Fri, 3 May 2002 21:31:11 +0800
  ...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: Euro-spec Digifant ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 16:33:00 -0400
  Thats correct the 112 HP engine required 98 octane and that I was told was only a leaded fuel so they did not run...
• Vanagon Models, 1991 - USA
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 20:10:50 -0500
  ...electronic fuel injection 90HP @ 4800RPM (SAE net), 117FtLbs @ 3200RPM 4 speed manual transmission Rear wheel drive Electronic ignition Dynamic oil pressure system Thermostatically controlled...
• Re: Temp II Sensor, Engine Hot.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 25 Sep 2013 08:45:30 -0700
  ...Obviously if any of those systems are being used (i.e. IS system or O2) the ECU is using input from the Temp II...
• A little more on Cooling problems..inline vw in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:34:10 -0700
  ...Then I re-filled and re-bled the cooling system very carefully. Alas! I still see some bubbles coming into the pressure reservoir..confirming...
• Re: leaking gas when engine is on (long)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:10:25 -0500
  ...There are two classes of hose in the fuel system -- the little hoses to the saddle tanks, the various hoses and fittings on top...
• Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:03:34 -0700
  ...improve your fuel economy by 30%? �You get 24mpg instead > of 18mpg or so. �A motor with a modern engine management system emits far...
• Re: Gas tank vacuum
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 00:03:48 -0600
  ...Discovered in this case someone (dumb cluck) had connected a return line to the tank to a vacuum port on the intake system. Made...
• Fwd: Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:48:08 -0700
  ...I had the fuel injection system double checked, and it seems >to be working fine. Spark plugs are white, showing no sign of over...
• Re: Alert for Oregonians-new tax for miles driven?
  Historical mailing list - Debra Clark
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 09:48:21 -0800
  ...The proposal is to either > 1) install a GPS (global positioning system) device in each vehicle > to track each mile driven on Oregon roads...
• Re: A Christmas Goose
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:57:13 -0500
  ...shortcomings. Fuel consumption was 13-14mpg measured with GPS > > for the previous several thousand miles. > > > > G. After installation of the Exhaust system using the...
• Re: Audible Idiot "Light"...EE Inventor Wanted
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:28:01 -0800
  ...pre flight test of your warning system - how anal is that! ;-p RELAY 1 30 -�� output of fuel pump relay 85 -�� 12V from ignition...
• Re: Idle stablilizer system testing
  Historical mailing list - walter bahm
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:16:38 -0800
  ...Hi Chris, > > > > > > From your discription it sounds like the idle > > > stabilization system is > > > reacting to a varying input or the control > module is > > > just...
• Re: '81 air-cooled engine stall (increase idle speed)
  Historical mailing list - al sinclair
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 10:21:00 -0700
  ...Unless you have verified you have no > vacuum leak, and also have a Air/Fuel ratio sensor, don't play with the > insides of...
• Re: mini review of Ecoque grill (van camping grill/bbq)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 3 Jan 2014 17:46:55 -0600
  ...useful fuel and it is a wonder that more stove systems do not > >> use it. > >> Jim > >> > > > > Wood is not always a plentiful fuel. There...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:56:10 -0400
  ...system, it would be your biggest assett > (theoretically adjusting automatically on the fly the Fuel air ratio as it > should, along with the fuel...
• Re: How to - or not - bleed the cooling system
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 8 Feb 2006 10:15:35 -0600
  ...How to - or not - bleed the cooling system >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Ok. New water pump put in by a shop, front end up, bleed the system per...
• Re: Vanagon front parking brake cable
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 18 May 2009 07:40:21 -0400
  ...it rubs on the plastic guide above > the fuel tank ? Van in shop with fuel tank out and the cable is only got > two...
• Re: Power loss above 3000 rpms in 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sam Stone
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:09:39 -0600
  ...The fuel pump has been getting louder recently (last 3 > months or so); I just ordered a new one and fuel filter (metal cannister...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions changed to measurements
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:36:20 -0500
  ...But, for those stuck on the English system of measurement, we just need to remember that a meter is 39.37 inches, or a...
• Re: Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:14:39 -0700
  ...fuel rails, injectors, new rubber for > injectors provided, new spark plugs, new fuel hoses, wires, wiring > harness, Air Flow System, with all new gaskets...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 4 Mar 2010 15:42:24 -0800
  ...If I'm reading correctly, you ran new hose from the fuel >> tank to the firewall. Does this mean that you inserted the fuel...
• Re: Vana's Blues
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 21 Mar 2003 16:50:52 -0500
  ...say, some $12 part to puke > on me in the fuel delivery system a couple months from now because I was > too ignorant to...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:26:46 -0400
  ...Failed on the EVAP test, this is where they pressurize the fuel system and test for leaks. Any common places where I should look...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - Heath Vogt
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 14:39:53 EDT
  ...Digital FI systems? Turbos? Ya', that's cheap - by the time you put a turbo and digital fuel injection on a WBX and working...
• Re: Vanagon keys-a little more discussion
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 20:21:27 -0400
  ...retainer, and I'm not >comfortable doing that on a sealed fuel system component. Hey Steve, I just bought (on EBay... where else??) the...
• '90 WESTY FOR PARTS IN CALI...Re: 90 westy totaled : sell or buy any 2.1 vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:21:36 EDT
  ...the brakes were one year old and the entire cooling system and fuel system > were replaced in the last 3 months. > All paper work...
• Re: overheating
  Historical mailing list - Mike & Mary Collum
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 02:34:04 -0400
  ...bled the system. > 3. Replaced temp gauge sensor twice (thought it might be faulty). > 4. Replaced voltage regulator for temp and fuel gauges w...
• Re: Fuel flow regulator
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:57:03 -0500
  ...The brown wire with the black strip in the distributor > >> narness > >>>> is the most important ground for the Fuel injection and ignition > >> system. It...
• Back from Vacation! - Engines, Tires, Fuel Storeage Ideas
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 10 Jul 1999 20:34:01 -0700
  ...We took two 25L Gerry cans with us to stock up on the "cheap" AB fuel. Is it me or is the idea of...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 23:06:26 -0400
  The fuel pump is either on or off. No power control except the relay. The temp 2 sensor itself rarely goes bad but the...
• More New Info RE: Can't Search Archives: 1.9 stalled at speed, won't restart...
  Historical mailing list - David J. Bohannan
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:40:26 -0600
  ...With key on, no power to fuel pump... Have both relays out and they seem to have same ohm reading for same poles (relays...
• Re: Friday NVC: British Carburettor hilarity
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:03:04 -0500
  ...British Carburettor hilarity as for leather fuel system parts go .. my 1975 mercedes 240D diesel injection pump had a leather diaphragm thing on it...