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• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jul 2016 08:04:09 -0400
  ...2016, at 9:38 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Ignition timing also effects emissions, especially the formation of NOx. I > know many...
• Re: 87 Vanagon Emission failure -No Va
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 09:10:01 -0500
  ...Make sure the ignition timing is not over advanced. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of...
• Re: Digijet timing ATDC or BTDC? compare air cooled AFM
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:15:21 -0400
  I advanced the timing on my '84 more by the sound of the engine than anything else as I did not want to mess...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:51:02 -0800
  ...Put a timing light on it, rev it by hand, and watch to see if > it returns to the proper idle timing. Did you...
• Re: Timing tips for Idiots
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:50:26 -0700
  ...Mounted with the screen should be a timing scale in either metal (original) or black plastic (replacement). In the case of an engine fire...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:03:20 -1000
  ...Even put in new ignition wires because >>> testing them with a timing light can be faulty. My Shoebox Electronic >> gizmo >>> shows the ECU fuel...
• Re: '88 GL intermittent ignition miss (second update)
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:03:53 -0800
  ...Did you know the > key-on power (terminal 15) from the ignition switch goes first to the > headlight switch? It branches on from there...
• $40.00 Dynamometer - Home Dyno
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:45:53 -0800
  ...website: "...the Home Dyno is a precision timing system that looks at a record of ignition sparks over time. Based on when a single...
• Update: Engine cranks but NO JUICE to coil...poor thirsty coil : (
  Historical mailing list - Don Griffin
  Sat, 8 Aug 1998 23:14:13 EDT
  ...I checked and cleaned all the connections I could follow to the coil and battery and also checked the connections to the ignition switch...
• RE: HE LIVES!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I think either the timing or the idle is off. Any clues?? :-) Timing is indeed the most common "simple" cause of a poor idle...
• Re: Pertronix causing problems with emissions
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 09:24:33 -0500
  ...Check the ignition timing and make sure it is not too far advanced. If you are using a 009 distributer and have the timing...
• Re: Help with troubleshooting a 1980 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 15:15:14 -0800
  ...Fuel filter (canister style), ignition coil, new cap, rotor, plugs, wires, battery, air filter, > Air Flow Meter and ignition. > > �� Right now the van will...
• Re: 85gl acceleration Flat spot untill warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 05:49:02 +0000
  Bad injector spray patterns, deposits on the back of the intake valves, tired engine, ignition timing. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: TC Date: Wednesday, December...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:55:09 -0400
  ...If there is no spark, >then you have an ignition problem. Coil, distributor pick up, bad cap, >rotor, etc. > If you have spark, them...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:17:53 -0600
  ...Other possibilities are airflow issues, timing issues, ignition timing that is not advancing correctly, something else in the driveline adding resistance, brakes dragging and...
• Re: Ignition problem now worse
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:01:39 -0800
  ...Point gap okay and timing bang on. All four cylinders firing same. The strange thing was when I put in the hot-spark electronic...
• Re: Failed emissions testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Dec 2010 00:04:19 -0500
  ...If the CO was within normal limits then excessive HC could be the result of an ignition miss, incorrect timing, idle speed, or a...
• now 87, was 88 GL - manual tranny - fail to start
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 16:03:06 -0700
  ...It's ready to go, with timing clamp already on it, swap takes about 3 minutes and no need to check timing since the...
• Re: Inductive Tach for tuning
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:20:07 -0800
  I 'suppose' if one wanted to say, make sure a 1.9 wbxr engine with purely mechanical controls for timing advance ( centrifugal and vacuum...
• Re: CSI: Vanagon...Smog results!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 10:05:47 -0800
  ...That is the main reason the idle ignition timing is designed to be so > low. Advance the timing, and the fuel and air quantity...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 21:04:39 -1000
  ...Even put in new ignition wires because >>>> testing them with a timing light can be faulty. My Shoebox Electronic >>> gizmo >>>> shows the ECU fuel...
• Digijet timing ATDC or BTDC? compare air cooled AFM
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:45:03 -0300
  Hi ya Recent discussion of the timing of the Digijet 1.9L led me to look into the Good Book, you know, the other...
• Re: HELP HC to High at idle 525ppm should be about 70ppm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:25:38 -0700
  ...to clean this up. Ignition miss. This is obvious. Weak spark, no spark, all cause excessive HC. Incorrect timing. Too far retarded, mixture does...
• Re: Erosion between valves
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:58:46 -0800
  Timing and low octain gas(runs hot) , it is called spark knock, it could be doing it and you couldn't hear it. Seen...
• Re: Failed emission inspection
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 06:18:17 -0500
  ...Over advanced ignition timing may also be a problem but you really need the Cat. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: hesitations...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Atkinson
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 08:04:38 +1000
  ...When I asked what was wrong, they just said that they checked and re-set everything!? My suspicion is that the ignition timing was...
• Can't adjust idle (was High RPM miss)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Basey
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 02:47:50 -0500
  ...electronic ignition, O2 sensor, cat., etc.). 2. Do you think that my high RPM misfire could be the result of this problem? I was...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:10:29 -0700
  Does it do it regardless of the engine temp? Does your Idle Stabilizer Valve work? Did you check the timing? Pat From: Steven Johnson...
• Oh rats, read 91 as 1.9l was Re: ignition timing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:56:37 -0500
  At 07:47 PM 11/23/2003, BillM wrote: >I have a stock 91. I put in a new distributer and now want to...
• Re: WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:11:26 -0800
  well ignition switch is new ... actually its the second new one in a few months (but that problem was fixed) on a side note...
• Re: Advice please
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:45:41 -0700
  ...You might want to have the ignition timing checked and perhaps do a compression test on the engine. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA...
• Re: Tiico owners: need input regarding poor running/missing issues
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 10 May 2002 11:50:50 -0700
  ...Other thing it could be is a loose distributor which would be changing the timing, but it'd have to move about 1" to...
• Re: [WetWesties] 5400rpm rev limiting rotors for 10 bucks at cip
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:59:19 -0700
  ...http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/distributor-(ignition)-rotor/rotor-speed-limiter-style-04016 Just sayin' -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria...
• HELP!!......Engine Wont Run (Tiico)
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sat, 9 Aug 2003 16:48:37 -0700
  ...Now it turns over fine and sputters for a second on each key start attempt, but no run. -ignition Coil is OK -Sparkplugs/wires...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 20:21:03 -0800
  ...Over advanced >>> ignition timing will also add to this as the advance timing will >>> > require > >>> much less air and fuel to maintain a low...
• Re: Consistent cutout at 3k rpm
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:50:26 -0400
  ...I believe that the problem is related to my changing out the >> breaker points for a pertronix electronic ignition module but it may also...
• Help with troubleshooting a 1980 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 19:24:55 +0000
  ...New Fuel filter (canister style), ignition coil, new cap, rotor, plugs, wires, battery, air filter, Air Flow Meter and ignition. � �� Right now the van...
• Re: Engine overheats after spark plug change
  Historical mailing list - Dave Katsuki
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 22:30:40 -0400
  ...with the timing.&nbsp; The second is the spark plugs are problematic.</font><br> &nbsp;<br> <font size=2>The timing on the van...
• Re: What Octane Fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 3 May 2002 09:43:20 -0500
  ...If you're having troubles with the 87 octane fuel, change brands and then look for improper timing, bad coil/ wires or low fuel...
• Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 11:44:56 -0800
  ...1) plugged cat 2) slipped timing 3) failed O2 sensor Any other possibilities or thoughts on steps toward determining the actual problem?? Thanks, ~Eric...
• Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's,normal again.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 20:27:14 -0800
  So it's really only speculation at this point that it's ignition-related ? ( the tach indications point strongly in that direction I realize...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:55:01 -0700
  ...Even put in new ignition wires because >>>> testing them with a timing light can be faulty. My Shoebox Electronic >>> gizmo >>>> shows the ECU fuel...
• Re: Engine Shudders -2.1L WBX.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:17:31 -0300
  ...I checked with an > induction timing light the firing of each ignition wire up 2500 rpm. Each > was good. Yet it still shudders on...
• Please help me..Waaaa!..Bus don't go
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 07 Jul 1995 01:36:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I gapped everything correctly, set the timing, and finally got it running _very_ smoothly. I decided to take it around the block for a...
• Re: Need help with an electrical(?) problem, '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Thu, 22 May 2003 12:17:58 -0400
  ...On a cold start, I can drive 5-10 >miles, and the >ignition shuts off abruptly. The tach immediately >drops to '0' RPM, >and...
• Re: Hall sending unit/other electrical??? ('91)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:19:32 EDT
  ...A guess, based only on circumstances, and not personal experience with this SPECIFIC problem) John-- Check the wiring diagram for conections between the ignition...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:07:08 -0500
  ...Over advanced ignition timing will also add to this as the advance timing will require much less air and fuel to maintain a low...
• Re: Correct Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 06:24:06 -0600
  ...system will indeed fire across 0.030" gap > > >Unless its of the same order as 46 micro secs then the timing > effect is > > >negligible...
• misfire when hot
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Thu, 3 Oct 2013 10:23:31 -0700
  ...cap and rotor, so it seems that the ignition system should be A-OK. Timing set per TenCent's method. I checked for vacuum...
• Re: westy cold = rich
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 May 2005 09:29:07 -0400
  ...sensor ect.There for, I would look for something mechanical like ignition timing vaccum leaks,tune up parts ect.When the van warms up...
• Re: Desperately Need Smog Help...Read all past posts....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:39:37 +0000
  Over advancing the ignition timing is the worst thing to do for excessive HC at idle. This causes insuffecient airflow so HC and CO...
• Re: Das Boot still won't crank--latest update
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 17:24:11 -0500
  ...This will bypass the ignition switch for testing. Ignition switches are known problems in these. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh...
• Re: More timing confusion
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 16:44:06 -0700
  ...My personal 85 Adventurewagon running a 2.1 on 1.9 ignition and fuel injection just goes really well, and timing isn't especially...
• Hesitation problem driving me bonkers!
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Mon, 26 May 1997 10:55:31 -0600 (MDT)
  ...I have replaced the ignition wires, distributor cap, rotor, plugs, fuel pressure regulator, O2 sensor (several times), blue coolant sensor. I have checked the...
• Re: Failed emissions testing
  Historical mailing list - Todd.Last
  Sun, 9 Jan 2011 12:02:04 -0800
  ...If the CO was within normal > limits then excessive HC could be the result of an ignition miss, incorrect > timing, idle speed, or a...
• Re: 5 clyinder Audi 5000 Turbo to Vanagon engine swap........ MIS
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:32:48 +1300
  >not all 5 Cylinder Turbo engines do use flywheel controlled timing. >I guess this was introduced with the newer engines with cat >converter. But...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:04:01 -0700
  ...I've done all of the vacuum hoses that I could find. > Complete ignition tune up and timing. I've also got an air...
• Re: '87 GL AC
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:52:03 -0400
  ...Also your ignition timing may be off a bit.This switch is located in the front right of the engine comartment. It has a...
• Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 23:07:16 -0500
  ...to > move the > ignition pickup from the wire that goes from the coil to the > distributor to > one of the ignition wires from the...
• Re: Anyone Tried the Pulstar Spark Plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:49:46 -0800
  Mike - I wouldn't think you could get much better than the factory Bosch Hall Ignition unless you upgrade to a high performance MSD...