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• Re: improbable fixes
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:39:01 -0800
  ...dead stop in my VW bug by putting the stick and first and turning the starter and judiciously using the accelerator..... Steven 91 Westy
• Re: Vanagon's And ERS Insurance
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Mon, 16 May 2011 18:04:39 -0700
  ...Or the 70 mile tow this spring for a broken accelerator cable. I guess 2 tows in 20 years of vanagon driving isnt too...
• Re: Something is wrong.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 20:17:41 EST
  ...I press the >accelerator and it feels like there is something causing it restrict the flow of fuel to the engine.
• cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - Willie T. Lafrades
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:45:32 -0800
  ...Most of the time I can start the vehicle and all is fine without having to press the accelerator. It is under warranty but...
• Repairing rubber Vanagon floor
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Thu, 23 May 2002 17:11:12 -0400
  ...There are a few spots that have tears - at the base of the accelerator pedal and near where the center seat tracks would be...
• Re: Idling high
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 08:53:01 -0500
  ...This is right by the accelerator lever. Idling fast can be due to an air leak too, check all vacuum hoses, clamps etc. Also...
• Re: questions about automatics
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:46:31 -0400
  ...Can you push the accelerator to the floor and feel the detent in the tranny? If not, then throttle adjustment s needed. Dennis >From...
• Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 08:47:47 -0600
  ...I was noticing that with the accelerator in the same position running 60 mph it was about 112f and 65 mph 119f? Could the...
• Re: OSX light on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 22:23:37 -0400
  ...rich and runs rough till it >warms up - seems to need accelerator held down hard to get going on hill >rather than smooth start...
• Re: Hi Speed Vanagoning
  Historical mailing list - olmcons
  Tue, 10 Jun 1997 20:21:26 -0400
  ...drive my > Diesel! (If they do, I just stomp on the accelerator a few times and > they usually back off) The only people that...
• Re: Oil Light Flickering at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 08:16:33 -0700
  ...As soon as I >tap the accelerator pedal just a bump, the oil light goes off. Any >ideas. Where do you live? Unless you...
• Skipping engine
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 23:07:16 -0400
  ...Can they do this? If I depress the accelerator while all of this is going on, things seem to get worse. George
• Re: Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:19:56 -0400
  ...I was looking at the throttle body and noticed that a lever above the accelerator lever, the one that's attached to a long...
• rough starts
  Historical mailing list - Blake C. Thornton
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:06:07 -0600
  ...motor turns over and keeps turning untill I step on the accelerator. I'm thinking fuel pump or maybe a small leak somewhere, but...
• Re: suddenly idles
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Sun, 12 Jul 1998 21:03:29 -0400
  ...Will idle fine, >but will only move foreward if accelerator is pumped, revved up, and >go. Then it's fine for a while. > >WIll...
• Failed emission test
  Historical mailing list - William
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:47:30 -0600
  ...After the high RPM test (2500), the idle RPM remained too high until the accelerator was bumped. And then the idle would slowly creep...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:45:27 -0700
  ...of movement happens in the drive train > that pulls on the accelerator cable, causing the throttle valve switch to > open when decelerating. I have...
• Re: How do you hold throttle while purging coolant ?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:49:00 -0600
  ...A few weeks ago when my accelerator cable broke about 3 blocks from home, I stuck a nickel between the adjusting screw and the...
• No go on ice
  Historical mailing list
  20 Dec 95 16:28:00 -0600
  ...I saw 2-3 inches of slush in the lane ahead (about 300 yards), and took my foot off the accelerator so I wouldn...
• Re: 88 westy throttle out of control
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Thu, 17 May 2001 17:44:42 -0600
  ...About half a mile down the road, in third, I > discovered if I took my foot off the accelerator that the engine kept > revving...
• Re: dies when overheated
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 15:22:18 -0700
  ...Right foot > accelerator- left foot brake. > A few miles later its running on its own. > All fine? > Head for home: White Salmon to Washougal...
• Re: Rebuilt Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:43:29 -0400
  ...Like the accelerator, when its not adjusted right the it starts shifting way late.
• German Auto, Manville, NJ-----kudos!
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 07:17:07 EDT
  After breaking the accelerator cable just south of DC on friday afternoon (Hey, with some hemostats and wire ties, I can fix anything) we...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:57:04 -0400
  ...stop make the sound when I take my foot off the accelerator? > > > > On Oct 19, 2021, at 3:32 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail...
• Re: Wanna install a cruise control for me?
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:22:58 -0700
  ...I gotta get another of them manual AT 1.9 accelerator cable > attachment nuts that go on the throttle body arm, and pay someone...
• Oil light coming on on 2 liter
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 07:46:46 -0400
  ...Slightly touch accelerator, light goes out. I thought about raising the idle, but it is fine. My concern is that I do not want...
• Re: Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 06:03:03 -0700
  ...at the throttle body and noticed that a lever above the > accelerator lever, the one that's attached to a long spring stretching > across...
• Re: Misfire when coasting?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:21:51 -0700
  ...If adjsted properly, it should turn the injectors off with the accelerator closed and rpms above 1500. Karl Wolz |Sometimes, though, when I'm...
• Re: Sticky Throttle Cable
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 6 Jan 95 17:20:32 PST
  ...is beginning to bind and makes some weird noises when > the accelerator pedal is depressed. The problem seems to be worse during colder You...
• Re: Oil Light Flickering at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 3 Jun 1998 02:01:48 EDT
  ...As soon as I tap the accelerator pedal just a bump, the oil light goes off. Any ideas. ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Shalom Mark B. Magee 87GL 91...
• Driving w/ noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 21:30:39 -0400
  My 91 Syncro sat for one week (while I fixed the accelerator cable) and when I started it up early this evening, it started...
• Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - tonyd
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:12:10 +0000
  Hey folks, My '87 Vanagon has recently developed a "hesitation" when I first depress the accelerator from a stop. I give it gas and...
• Re: extended idling with a diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 07:23:18 -0600
  ...Since the pump governs the engine > speed, a simple knob attached somehow to the accelerator pedal would be > very handy for long trips. I...
• Re: Stumblin' and misfiren'
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 15 Jul 94 16:52:58 CDT
  ...This behaviour is worse when rpms check the tension on the accelerator cable. if it is too tight, it can act funny. but then...
• RE: '87 GL High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Fast, Timothy
  Thu, 6 Mar 1997 11:48:55 -0600
  ...starts and idles fine until as long as you >don't touch accelerator pedal. > >2. As soon as you start driving the rpms will...
• Re: Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 12:25:40 -0500
  ...9 Mar 1999, Rob Lebo wrote: > '91 Carat has a frozen accelerator cable. Drove to Philadelphia last Wed night > in rainstorm. Driving to work...
• engine cut out at prolonged steady speed
  Historical mailing list - pmunce
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 13:13:03 -0700
  ...Letting up on the accelerator will temporarily allow the engine to become responsive again. It is not until I pull off the roadway and...
• Re: Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 06:28:07 -0500
  ...Ok here is the problem when i mashed the accelerator down it wanted to almost shut off. But it would pick up and run...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 19:09:14 -0400
  ...A carburetor needs an accelerator pump because when you pop the throttle open the vacuum drops drastically, and fuel delivery can no longer keep...
• Re: Anyone have a Eurovan Diesel?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Feb 1995 09:41:38 -0500
  ...I never got better than 23-24 -- with the >diesel, your foot tends to floor the accelerator at all times. >Cetin >cs@sypro.com
• Re: slow, long uphill knocking noise ?!
  Historical mailing list - ScotiaWesty
  Fri, 20 May 2005 16:50:22 -0600
  ...Doesn't show up if you gathered momentum and get over the hill at a good speed. . - quiets immediately upon release of the accelerator...
• Re: '84 Westy call on Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 05:51:57 -0700
  On my old splittie I had a string rigged from the accelerator pedal up through a hole in the shelf below the dash. A...
• Lurching Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Hans Roos
  Fri, 5 May 2000 13:44:11 -0700
  ...Almost like I am pushing down the accelerator and then quickly letting off again - over and over. It is VERY irritating! The only two...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:28:31 -0400
  ...My rpm was somewhere between 2,000 and sometimes 3,000 with my foot off the accelerator. Getting that switch to "make" at idle...
• Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:34:53 +0000
  ...connected to > the accelerator by a long, soft rubber band, meaning that there is a strong > lag behind pressing the accelerator and the rev...
• Re: '83.5 wasserboxer idling strange
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 07:30:08 -0800
  ...Try sharply tapping on the accelerator when it's behaving like this. On my van this is enough to close the switch and it...
• wtf: single cab panel
  Historical mailing list - Charlie Wood (by way of Ron Lussier )
  Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:42:52 -0800
  ...This, of course, is just a fabulous accelerator for me to get to work with torch and welder to simply turn the thing into...
• tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - John Gladu
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 06:27:54 -0600
  ...The accelerator cable boot has crumbled into o-rings as well - should I even bother replacing it? If someone has a readable parts list...
• Re: Manual or AT?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 13:08:17 -0700
  ...A manual transmission will break traction more easily due to the juggling act that the driver must perform with the clutch and accelerator pedals...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:52:56 -0600
  ...throttle cable. > > (so more cable pull is required for a particular accelerator motion) > > > > Tried the same here (though cable bracket won't move very...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:43:29 -1000
  ...Hesitates when > changing pressure up on the accelerator. Release and it stops > hesitating. > > It idles fine. Revs fine with no load. > > So I'm...
• Surging engine
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:32:36 -0600
  For over a year, my Vanagon engine has been surging badly, especially when the accelerator is fully depressed, as it frequently is at highway...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:24:35 -0400
  ...s a variable knocking sound that happens under load when the > accelerator is engaged. > ATF is full, as is gear oil. > > Any suggestions are...
• Rebuilt Automatic Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Sondergaard, Arlene
  Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:06:42 -0700
  ...Like the accelerator, when its not adjusted right the it starts shifting way late. I had no clue that transmissions needed adjustment!! So for...
• gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2011 15:16:07 -0700
  I'm looking at modifying the gas pedal linkage so I can get more cable action with less ankle action (I'm the guy...
• Re: Power fade
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:08:33 -0700
  ...I let up on > the accelerator and I regained power. Pushed down on the pedal and > power dropped off. This continued for a few...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:46:31 -0400
  At 15:41 7/8/99 -0700, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >More likely the water control valve is not sealing off the core >completely and...
• Re: Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:27:30 -0800
  ...12/2012 8:41 PM, MICHAEL H wrote: >> how's the accelerator pedal mount area > > Mine rusted completely through, Now I have a pretty...
• Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:38:04 -0600
  ...when I lost power at speed, >and the more I pressed the accelerator, the slower it wanted to go, until >the O2 disconnect. > >bob > >
• Re: Accelerator Pedal Attachment?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 8 Feb 2014 10:59:38 -0800
  On Feb 7, 2014, at 7:34 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > The pedal came loose at the floor. ETKA shows pop...