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• Re: flat lifters
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 07:39:38 -0500
  Try Marvel Mystery Oil in the crankcase. Many listees (including me) have have had success with stuff quieting noisy lifters. If that doesn't...
• Still having cold start problems...
  Historical mailing list - Jesse and Monica Johnson
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 21:43:16 -0500
  ...I did move the ground wire that someone mounted on the crankcase breather tower to a better ground location. No help there.... so....any...
• Re: Oil Light On Update
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Fri, 22 Jul 2022 02:36:05 -0400
  ...Evidently there is a significant amount of air cooling on the engine crankcase. Can you believe that? Air cooling on a VW? Wonders will...
• diesel mechanics
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 1994 14:45:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It was their learned opinion that the seals were blown due to excessive blow-by creating too much pressure in the crankcase. So, they...
• Re: Vanagon Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:46:58 +0000
  ...I applied JB-Weld to pitting in both head and crankcase mating surfaces and carefully fine sanded both. Still holding at 1000 miles... HAPPY...
• Re: TDC Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 08:14:27 -1000
  ...What >is the TDC sensor? What does it plug into? From what I can tell, it is >installed in the right crankcase half. Are...
• Re: oil for an aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 10:21:43 -0800
  ...I like Valvoline for air cooled engines because it does not foam up as much in these relatively very small crankcases. See my past...
• Re: Gas in oil
  Historical mailing list - John Pronk
  Fri, 25 May 2001 00:22:24 -0000
  Mark, could be dribbly injectors leaking fuel into the cylinder, then past the rings into the crankcase. The fuel system stays pressurised for some...
• Re: oil dripping from dip stick tube
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 20:28:47 -0400
  ...If it is 86+ check the orifice in the crankcase ventilation tube. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab 218K+ miles http...
• Re: Hylomar or other gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:48:53 -0700
  ...Hylomar on the gasket for a coolant pipe coming off the crankcase. > Problem is that I can't find it anywhere. > Can anyone recommend...
• Re: Coolant blowing out of crancase vent
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 22 May 2001 09:11:53 -0700
  ...If coolant is indeed getting into the crankcase you have a failure of the lower cylinder seal(s), failure of the sealant on a...
• Re: quickie quesiton
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 14:15:01 -0400
  ...The best recommendation is to remove the two nuts holding the pipe to the crankcase. BTW, the inner nut on that flange is one...
• Re: Euro-Drive: 87 Volkswagen Vanagon, dies
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 17:56:48 -0800
  ...There is a 1" diameter short breather hose that goes from the crankcase breather to the air intake hose that could be plugged or...
• Re: 82 vanagon runs on when the key is off
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 22:01:52 -0400
  Or possibly it's getting enough blowby from the crankcase to run a bit???? I'm out of my depth here... d At 09...
• 85 wbx miss at idle...update =)
  Historical mailing list - Erin Randolph
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 17:19:06 -0800
  ...problems....The dipstick had pulled out about 1/2 inch...losing crankcase pressure. I stuck back in, and running improved greatly...Also, after some...
• Re: broken sockets
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 13 Mar 2001 22:54:28 +1200
  ...Another of these I stripped completely on a Honda motorcycle 8mm-head crankcase cover bolt! When i hit the stripped socket with a hammer...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:22:38 -0400
  ...I suspect it is normal residue from the crankcase ventilation system. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356 http://Neksiwel...
• info needed on crancase ventilation systems (mostly I4)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:04:51 -0500
  ...The van drives and I'm quite happy with it, but the crankcase ventilation system as I plumbed it collects too much oil (engine...
• Re: Dipstick oil level
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:38:03 -0500
  ...not one drop of oil is allowed to remain in the crankcase. Jim On Sep 6, 2005, at 10:29 PM, Stan Wilder wrote...
• overfilled the oil
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 16 May 2019 22:32:54 -0400
  ...How have you removes excess oil from the crankcase? Edward
• The dirty work
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Covington
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 18:52:02 -0400 (EDT)
  ...OK on the shrouding, but how about the inside of the crankcase? What are the tricks and tips on this type of cleaning job...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 07:08:51 -0700
  ...free lifters while you drive, add entire contents of > bottle to crankcase. To free sticky valves and upper rings, slowly pour > entire contents of...
• Let try this cold start thing again...
  Historical mailing list - Jesse and Monica Johnson
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 18:58:44 -0500
  ...I did move the ground wire that someone mounted on the crankcase breather tower to a better ground location. No help there.... so....any...
• Re: update head repair 84 wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 14:03:01 -0700
  ...The darn oil dip stick it difficult to read but I >think it is showing I have to much oil in the crankcase.. This...
• Re: oil leak on 1984 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:37:46 -0700
  ...things that come to my mind ...high crankcase pressure from being a well-worn engine. As a test, try running it with the dipstick...
• Just joined
  Historical mailing list
  23 Aug 94 15:57
  ...As a result it smashed the piston, cylinder and punched a hole in the crankcase. So I can't even do an exchange job...
• Re: Emissions Test Failure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 16:31:42 -0700
  ...rich running and over time the oil absorbs blow-by hydrocarbons. Crankcase ventilation system sucks them into the intake air which can lead to...
• Re: Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 16:17:37 -0700
  Is your crankcase overfull? Proper oil level is midway between the two marks. When I had a 1.9, if it was to the...
• Re: changing to synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:53:53 -0500
  ...After about 45 minutes of running MMO in the driveway you couldn't see the stick through the old crankcase oil. After adding a...
• Re: INTERMITTENT FLASHING OIL PRESSURE LIGHT WHEN COLD -- 1984 1.9L ENGINE
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 12 May 2017 10:42:47 -0600
  ...Also, > no significant oil leaks and crankcase oil level between the two marks > on the dipstick. Engine sounds and performance are normal. > > Have I...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:47:58 -0400
  ...It is very easy to see when an engine is torn down if the oil was regularly changed by how clean the crankcase is...
• Re: OK- here's a good one........What is that other little LED on the instrument cluster that never lights up?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 09:56:36 -0600
  At 12:25 AM 4/3/02 -0500, you wrote: >the last monitors the oil level in the crankcase (red for low) and low...
• Re: Oil pressure questions again
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:19:12 +0000
  The only pressure there will be the crankcase vent pressure. Any pressure measured is the result of a blocked breather or excessive blow by...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:14:28 -0400
  ...What is the 'crankcase breather tower' made of? Is that the item on the NE corner of the engine compartment, near the air filter...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:02:41 -0500
  ...What is the 'crankcase breather > tower' > > made of? Is that the item on the NE corner of the engine compartment, > near > > the air filter...
• RE: The dirty work
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  29 Jun 1995 15:57:26 -0800
  ...OK on the shrouding, but how about the inside of the crankcase? What are the tricks and tips on this type of cleaning job...
• breather valve...where does it go on 1.9TD
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Sat, 21 Aug 1999 22:56:29 -0400
  ...What regulate how much draw is on the crankcase as apposed to the air incomming from the air filter? I just don't have...
• Leaky oil breather on 2Liter ACVW
  Historical mailing list - Tarheel
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 19:00:01 -0500
  ...It runs good, but it has an oil leak out of the crappy setup the PO had for the crankcase breather. Attached are 2...
• Re: Bolt on valve cover gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 11:11:32 -0600
  ...If the covers are straight, the bails are tight and you have new gaskets but still have leaks, suspect crankcase pressure from broken rings...
• Re: Removing oil from upholstery
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:52:04 -0700
  ...82 diesel Westy) on its roof last month most > all the crankcase oil drained into the body. An hour later when it > was put...
• Cleaning intake parts
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 15:17:48 -0600
  ...Parts I'm talking about cleaning include, throttle body, Idle control valve, crankcase breathing tower(not sure of proper name for this), I was...
• Engine removal
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:12:33 -0700
  ...Haynes says to disconnect various bits and pieces, which I did, and then remove a plug in the front of the crankcase and rotate...
• Re: ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Sat, 28 Feb 2004 07:12:14 -0800
  ...Bentley states "The notch on the V-belt pulley must match separating line on crankcase." I believe it is the coolant temperature sensor (temp...
• Re: Flushing the crankcase
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:41:45 -0500
  I had a 1.9 that had an orange glaze all over the interior of every sq inch of the engine. Also,carbon build...
• Fwd: [BP] BRRR 28 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 20:18:19 -0500
  ...I replaced the Fuel pressure regulator. > Can that valve suck the crankcase ???? > If not any guesses what caused it. > I am on line for...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Options
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:31:19 -0400
  ...It had a ring of crankcase metal around it near the head end. Ok, so it's not the end of the world. He...
• Re: Oil plug leak/threads stripped
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Wed, 27 Oct 1999 07:49:08 -0700
  ...This will place chips in the crankcase right under the oil pick up. Fill and drain case a few times with a quart or...
• Re: '88 GL - Gradual Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:08:25 -0500
  ...You > will get pressure from crankcase, or oil filler cap. > 4) After running for a while, shoot the exhaust system end to end with...
• Re: She LIVES
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 19:40:52 -0400
  Oil blowing past all the seals and breather is sign of excessive crankcase pressure from defective rings and/or pistons. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Hylomar or other gasket sealant
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:45:06 -0500
  ...Hylomar on the gasket for a coolant pipe coming off the crankcase. > Problem is that I can't find it anywhere. > Can anyone recommend...
• Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:24:20 -0500
  ...tube was leaking at the point where it mates to the > crankcase > so I got a new gasket & dumped the oil & removed the filler...
• Re: borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:43:36 -0700
  > hey. > if you've haven't run engine, what about filling and yup not started yet :( > flushing case with engine flushing fluid to "wash...
• Re: Bolt Identity
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:21:29 +0000
  ...Stylianides, PhD" <gstylia@YAHOO.COM> > Hi All, > > Would anybody know the function of a 6mm Hex/Allen > Bolt at the bottom of the crankcase...
• Re: 1.9L case half ?? loctite 515 sealant
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 07:44:50 -0600
  ...I don''t remember the size of the string, but between it and whatever sealant was used, once crushed, there would be no crankcase...
• Re: strange cut off problem with wbx vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 04:07:24 -0500
  ...nevertheless, the black tower does vent blow-by and crankcase vapors into the air intake, where they become part of the fuel- air mixture...
• Re: "windage tray"
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 19:37:51 -0800
  ...Basically keeps the crankcase oil away from the crank. Good for a 3-4% HP boost in racing motors. Don't build one (a...
• Re: New to list..
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:22:55 -0400
  ...walls, and in worst case scenarios, diluting the oil in the crankcase causing low oil pressure. Now, I do know our fuel injection systems...
• Re: Coolant Pipe needed
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 07:16:22 -0400
  ...in the plastic elbow that exits the rear of the RH crankcase and > connects via a short rubber hose and metal pipe to the...
• Re: 85 GL 1.9L Engine Rebuild Qs?
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 16:52:55 -0400
  ...I am planning on > buying all new or rebuilt parts, everything except crankshaft and > crankcase....that is if they check out okay. That being...
• Re: missing oil dipstick
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 18:24:52 -0400
  Peter; I know the crankcase ventilation is a closed system on digifant system. Leaving the case open to the atmosphere will allow unmetered air...