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• Re: '91 westfalia 2000 bucks in Louisiana on Craigslist...
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 01:29:05 -0700
  ...There is a good chance that any vehicle parked like that in > southern Louisiana has been flooded. > > But, call up the seller and shoot...
• Re: Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:28:52 -0800
  ...caps will melt and the shorelines of the world will be flooded). Tom Salicos '87 Syncro Westy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martine Boudreault" <martine.boud...
• Re: Lake Piru
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 05:46:39 -0400
  ...That being said, I do have one 85Ah Kirkland normal flooded deep cycle battery under my rear bench as I have removed my rear...
• CYLINDER #'s and FIRING ORDER - Were getting there.
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 15:43:46 -0400
  ...It ran for 20 seconds and flooded again. So I know the problem - well maybe. Sounds like: 1. Bad fuel regulator 2. Injectors open...
• Re: Bottle Jack
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:43:57 -0800
  ...Also I live in an area > with a LOT of old nails (this is a ghost town which was burned down > twice and flooded...
• Oil pressure report
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Sat, 5 May 2001 17:12:57 -0700
  ...Was really nothing but a very minor inconvenience really, but last time I tried to start it it was plainly flooded out (smelled gas...
• Intermittent running problem.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Sun, 22 May 2016 11:39:57 -0400
  ...Drive for awhile then >>> >> shut it done for less than a minute and it runs like it is flooded. On >>> >> restarting I'll sit...
• Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 13 Jan 2011 03:42:11 +0000
  ...It will crank over and try to fire but it almost seems super flooded to me. You can smell gas, the fuel pump is...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 23 May 2008 14:34:14 -0700
  ...The owner, Al, has told me several times to not waste my $$ on the Odyssey battery or anything but a lead/acid flooded battery...
• Re: Battery Woes/Choice
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 23 May 2008 13:34:57 -0700
  ...for a good battery to buy, whether it be a simple flooded > style that would not be deeply discharged or go with one of...
• Re: Small smart charger with equalize mode?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:39:06 -0700
  The Progressive Dynamics Charge Wizard is affordably priced, but I'm not convinced it's the best for my Trojan flooded cell lead-acid...
• Re: What's wrong with that picture....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 01:01:40 -0400
  ...been running like that but that is the main cause!!!! we flooded the engine trying to upgrade the FI from CX to SI, that...
• Waving
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 02:14:01 EDT
  ...So out west we are flooded with Vanagons comparatively. Perhaps in another ten years we will wave. Or buy the new(old) Microbus. Will...
• Re: "drain hole" caps - was RE: fridge exhaust cover
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 4 May 2004 06:13:43 EDT
  ...I keep that area well flooded with Krown Oil and have never had problems with vermin or water getting in there from the bottom...
• Re: COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:35:51 -0400
  ...no start when cold, and now, no start when hot!!!! >>Black smoke with heavy hesitation, kind a feel a it's flooded! >> >>injecting brake...
• Victor Reinz brand front main seal from engine gasket kit?
  Historical mailing list - dgak sdfhkasjfh
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 23:10:34 -0700
  ...Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help?? > 3. RE - Shady Boy Awning - Initial Impression > 4. monitoring system (2) > 5. AC help > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 23...
• Foldable Solar Panels
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 9 Oct 2013 15:12:46 -0600
  ...Solarblvd <priestley@solarblvd.com> Foldable Solar Panels High Efficiency Small Footprint Monocrystalline Panels Suited for Flooded, Gel, AGM or Calcium Batteries 25 Year Performance...
• '86 automatic Vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 13:19:54 -0500
  ...long time. - When it finally starts, the engine run roughly till flooded fuel is cleared. - The idle was still a bit erratic. The idle...
• Re: Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning
  Historical mailing list - Lorraine
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:33:04 -0500
  ...weather is really cold, it's almost like the engine gets flooded with gas, and needs a full light change at the intersection before...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 21:58:08 -0600
  ...I've concluded that, when hot, the engine gets too much fuel, therefore is "flooded" and just turns over and over. Midway through the...
• Re: Van Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 14:38:20 -0800
  ...and when we > put >> the old coil in the engine was flooded from the earlier tries to start it. >> >> But that doesn't explain...
• Re: Higher elevation -- anything to watch out for?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:42:19 -0500
  ...Kind of a flooded situation in that I had to pull the > plugs, let it all dry out for a while, and then it...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:45:35 -0700
  ...I've concluded that, when hot, the engine > gets too much fuel, therefore is "flooded" and just turns over and over. > > Midway through the...
• Re: Never brag (and please help get my van started...)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:22:32 -0400
  ...If you get a run attempt you know the engine was flooded. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries-Typo
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:08:22 -0400
  ...David (dsl82westy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ >Of the battery choices out there, a conventional flooded cell will be the >most tolerant of use and abuse and provide the...
• Fwd: VICTORY: Park Service scraps major fee hike
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Apr 2018 15:52:34 -0400
  ...their plan for sharp fee increases, more than 100,000 comments flooded their inboxes. Nearly all -- 98%! -- opposed the plan. And because of that...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Cavanaugh
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 22:35:52 -0400
  ...up the car (and I am tired of >>>> pulling up the flooded carpet)! >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Paul >> >>-- >>'90 Vanagon (180k) >>'84 Vanagon (217k) >>'78 Microbus (175k...
• Re: Sensors, rough running and problems
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 19:33:40 -0700
  ...It flooded one morning and wouldn't start. I played with the blue temperature and disconnected it and it started up. I let it...
• Re: It's cold out there (Even in Florida)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sat, 6 Jan 2018 17:00:59 -0800
  ...The elevators > at the Ramada Inn quit working, and the courtyard was flooded (with ice). > > The local restaurants worked, though. We a steak house...
• Re: Camping in cold & battery
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 08:07:00 -0600
  ...occasion when I added a ram scoop to the vent and flooded my alternator into failure in a heavy rain storm. Stan Wilder On...
• Re: heading out tomorrow (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:58:39 -0700
  ...heading out tomorrow ... > > Well, I-5 in southern western Washington was flooded last night the > TV said. > Around Chehalis, between Olympia and the Columbia...
• Re: SLA AC Delco Deep Cycle? (vs Interstate)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 27 Mar 2019 12:27:14 -0400
  ...a standard LA (group 42?) > battery as I do. > > Any standard flooded cell group 41 battery I've used in my Vanagon has > had...
• Re: Coolant Temp Sensor Test. Generic vs VW.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 22:18:15 -0700
  ...Always seemed "flooded" if hard to start warm. > > I should pull a spark plug or two and see what colour they are. > > > > since it...
• Re: Reconditioned Battery Opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:56:01 -0700
  ...reconditioned battery" or "used battery" so.... > > Anyone installed a reconditioned battery (flooded lead acid starter or > ? type) for use as an aux battery? > > Opinions...
• Re: Solar panel question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 17:12:31 -0800
  ...such as (quote): * Added a third battery type selection (gel, sealed, flooded) * Added a "float" stage to the battery charging algorithm * Expanded the to...
• Re: Plea for reducing the number of non-Vanagon content notes
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 11:32:32 -0500
  ...freetime, when I first subscribed a couple months ago the list flooded my E-mail at work and I don't have any time...
• Re: Bottle Jack
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:45:54 -0500
  ...Also I live in an area >> with a LOT of old nails (this is a ghost town which was burned down >> twice and flooded...
• starter/solenoid: final chapter
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Thu, 14 Mar 96 15:31:29 EST
  ...I figure I've probably flooded it by now so I sit and wait for a minute. Try it again and same deal. Get...
• Re: Help, GL wont start!
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 20:15:54 -0800
  ...Got back in the van and it wouldn't > start! I thought I'd flooded it so I let it sit for a while...
• Re: Van Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 17:15:55 -0800
  ...and when we >> put >>> the old coil in the engine was flooded from the earlier tries to start it. >>> >>> But that doesn't explain...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:45:01 -0700
  ...If you hear a big boom, its a good indicator that you have slightly flooded it. If you hear nothing, most likely it is...
• Re: Victor Reinz brand front main seal from engine gasket kit?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 20:58:36 -0400
  ...Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help?? > 3. RE - Shady Boy Awning - Initial Impression > 4. monitoring system (2) > 5. AC help > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 23...
• Re: Strange no-start problem
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:09:39 -0500
  ...Also, flooded out, lots of white smoke, and even less power than usual. Once more area is the O2 sensor, wires etc. if they...
• Re: VICTORY: Park Service scraps major fee hike
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 16 Apr 2018 13:29:35 -0600
  ...their plan for sharp fee increases, more than 100,000 comments flooded their inboxes. Nearly all -- 98%! -- opposed the plan. And because of that...
• Update, Thanks, and Details
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 20:36:16 -0500
  ...get it going? Is there some > >faster way to start a flooded engine other than waiting (and perhaps more > >effective?) Pushing the pedal all...
• Re: Snorkle on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Wed, 12 May 1999 10:24:27 +0200
  ...They will be shortened by the water long before the air intake will be flooded. Another crucial point is the venting of the gearbox...
• Re: Cars in Oz... cars in Enzed
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 20:26:41 +1300
  ...and Japanese market cars that were 5 or so >years old flooded the market for next to nothing. NZ is very much a Japanese...
• Re: Fluid leaking from underdash
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 21:51:17 -0600
  ...After the water treatment, I flooded the whole thing with alcohol, then set a fan to blow on it. Water is extremely miscible in...
• Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:19:01 -0800
  ...when if finally did it started like it was flooded. on that one I found the very typical not-making-contact throttle switch and...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:57:16 EDT
  ...time without the propane lighting then the combustion chamber will be flooded with propane as it tends to lay on the bottom of the...
• Re: 4th heater core burst in 1 year!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:10:38 -0700
  ...up the car (and I am tired of >pulling up the flooded carpet)! > >Thanks! >Paul _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http...
• Re: Replaced my steel lid, installed fire extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 21 Dec 2003 08:38:41 -0600
  ...He had flooded the engine, trying to start it, fuel had run out of the carburetor (on the bottom of the engine on thei...
• Re: Temp 2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - alfred bagdan
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:16:19 -0600
  ...the van, to my surprise it started, although reluctantly, like a flooded engine. Ever since then, when the engine was hot and the van...
• Re: Why AGM batts don't last as long as they should
  Historical mailing list - Taeke
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:53:17 -0400
  ...to 100% every day but it needs to be done occasionally. Flooded batteries also need to be equalized to maintain the best capacity. Dennis...
• Re: HUGE STASH of Rare Vanagon Goodies - MUST SEE!
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:25:03 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Is the bus depot already flooded with e-mail? It looks like both my e-mail to them (fabric and...
• Re: Van Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 11:20:10 -0700
  ...and when we > >> put > >>> the old coil in the engine was flooded from the earlier tries to start it. > >>> > >>> But that doesn't explain...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 02:42:48 -0500
  So it sounds like I may have a bad ground since the injectors are not pulsing. When I turn the key on they spray...
• Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:40:31 -0500
  ...Then It won't restart. > when if finally did it started like it was flooded. > on that one I found the very typical not...
• Re: Not exactly, was: A rod bender?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 2 May 2000 16:23:52 -0700
  ...Mechanic friend of mine here, Sacramento, has rebuilt [or thrown out] several engines where the injector stuck open, flooded the cylinder and [usually] was...
• Re: Cooling system hose diagram
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:58:32 -0400
  ...It's the front line of defence, keeps the seal from being flooded. I'm not an engine builder, but I'd say it...