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• Re: Oil is Killing our Cars? PTFE
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:11:21 -0800
  ...As folks know, small engines need (among other things) choke and/or prime to start. It had neither. That's why it was "not...
• borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:36:40 -0700
  ...onto any > > critial areas > > do ya think the oil pump would choke > > or does the oil splash around on the bottom of the crankcase...
• Re: Dual Webbers on a 2.1 water cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:32:35 -0400
  ...There are no chokes so starting is always an adventure. As for fuel economy, when I had these on my '72 Bus I did...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:52:53 -0500
  ...Eyeballing the WBX intake tract makes me think the > > > throttle body is the choke point. > > > > > > Raymond > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > On Mar 29, 2015...
• Re: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:26:18 -0500
  ...It's a new battery, I am > using the choke, the glow plugs are warmed.. > > Here is another real problem... when I go downhill...
• 82 fi electrical question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 13:59:08 -0700
  ...air valve and thermo time switch (the thing that lives under the air distrib.) The think runs WAY too rich and chokes out after...
• Re: Low Top Speed - Help! (revisited)
  Historical mailing list - gbasey
  Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:07:54 -0500
  ...the van didn't die, it just choked a little. Could these exhaust leaks be causing my problems? or have I been snuffing exhaust...
• Re: Complete Fuel injection system for 1982 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:01:28 -0500
  ...The lack of choke on the webers makes cold starts awkward starting in November and they get to be a serious PITA from December...
• F++
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 14:01:12 -0700 (PDT)
  ...scratch butt should not bite fingernails!" 55. "Man who smoke pot choke on handle." 54. "Ok for shit to happen . . . will decompose." 53. "When...
• Re: Failed emissions (DEQ)
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:08:10 -0800
  ...it > > was > > suggesting my choke was stuck or nt properly adjusted... nd since i got > > my > > van outta the shop my warm up idle...
• Mark D? Someone with a scope?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:48:32 -0400
  ...I didn't have a big choke to try. Thanks, David
• Re: Engine running badly
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 1 Oct 2017 17:11:36 -0500
  ...The > car would still idle normally, but would choke as soon as I opened the > throttle. By reving the engine and use of the...
• Seeks advice for alternate implemintation of applied Vanagon engineering. Whew.
  Historical mailing list - John Tullier
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:09:22 -0800
  ...I would attach a cable made for a choke to the control units and mount this in the dash. This would operate on the...
• Re: Manifold measuring - is this right?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:28:25 -0700
  ...that the engine isn't slowing as it should when I choke the AAR hose. And mightn't a leak contribute to my mileage...
• Re: Cough, Choke, Splutter!
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 11:42:47 -0500
  ...Cough, Choke, Splutter! > > > Laurence - > > That's quite clear. If it stops raining/snowing this > weekend, I will tear > into the wiring. > > Couple of questions...
• .. while we're talking about wipers ...
  Historical mailing list - P.J. Kenny
  Sat, 14 Jan 1995 01:38:59 GMT
  ...What's the tale with the other Transporters out there? (OK, I might call 'em Eurovans to help you along (choke!)) Ric? Cetin? Well...
• Re: Summer camping Wa/Or/Ca?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:19:15 -0700
  ...Otherwise, the Oregon and NorCal coast is a > beautiful drive, even though 101 and hwy 1 will be choked with RV's and > clueless...
• Re: Help
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, David R FOR:EX
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 14:11:19 -0800
  ...When attempting to accelerate, it feels as if the gas is being choked off, yet if put in neutral the motor can be easily...
• Re: Friday - Echo! Echo! The old deadbeat on the bus routine once again .......... not exactly.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:44:29 -0700
  ...Then talk to interested parties coming from the > VW dealer > having just priced a EuroVan Westy at 45K+, and choked. > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to...
• 87 Syncro Westy poltergeist
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 16:59:21 -0700
  ...I restarted, the engine ran smoothly, drove a few more blocks, = and again slowly choked to a stop. I finally realized that restarting = temporarily...
• Re: Used Van Need help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Jun 2003 23:26:59 -0400
  ...Used Van Need help Hot damn! Dennis choke that seller down to the last penny. This is a used Vanagon? Right? Anything above about...
• Cliffs, road markers, handling and sheep
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 12 May 2000 10:31:11 +1200
  ...Manual chokes...I remember them well. The old KE30-something Corolla coupe had one. Yuck. But small engines without smog gear can run well...
• Re: Getting a handle on Idle problems..
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:50:50 -0500
  ...with all their dashpots and seasonal adjustments of the choke. joel
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Mar 2016 22:04:37 -0400
  ...Without the sensor feedback the ECU continues to richen the mixture until you get the choke and puke effect. Go check the archives for...
• Re: Lack of power on my 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:09:57 -0700
  ...The automatic choke may not be going off properly. >> >3. Fuel pump is not keeping up with demands >> > >> >In the first two, I would...
• RE: Kadrons
  Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 22:12:15 +1000 (EST)
  ...It will idle down to 500 to 600 RPM, > which is a bit low for starting, considering there is no choke or throttle > adjustment...
• Re: Turbos
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Apr 1996 21:49:44 -0400
  ...mm? *intake is single centrally-mounted blow-through 36mm Dellorto Twin choke carburetor (specially built for the Turbobus it is all aluminum for extra...
• Re: 91 rear heater core-pulled it
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Wed, 22 Jul 1998 20:08:58 -0500
  ...Always wondered if an old manual choke cable would do the trick. I bought the $100 heater core and valve assembly($45?) from Bus...
• Still diagnosing warm start troubles 1.9L wbx
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Sat, 19 Jan 2002 18:23:28 -0800
  ...the sensor is telling the computer to give more gas (like the old chokes, on carburetors). the valve is allowing extra air for that...
• Re: identifying some parts, 80 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:35:06 -0500
  ...Is this some type of ''choke" that may have been added. 2. in the engine compartment, left front wall there is a do-hickey...
• Re: Sudden weird problems and no-start
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 20:06:14 -0800
  ...Usually a good soak and spray with carb & choke cleaner is enough to get them functional again, luckily. Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET> wrote...
• Re: Cough, Choke, Splutter!
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 23:20:36 -0500
  ...Cough, Choke, Splutter! > > > I am having an interesting problem with my '87 Westy. I > drove about 300 > miles to Seattle, getting about 14 mpg...
• The collapse of natural systems--Fryedaye R(emote)VC
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 13:43:15 -0500
  ...The question is, when is the pond half choked with lily pads? The answer is the next to the last day. That's why...
• Re: Fwd: Re: ECU Testing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:05:49 -0400
  ...Darrell's had the cable wound through a ferrite choke at the ECU end. I don't know whether the new ones do that...
• Re: Used Van Need help
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 07:07:18 -0400
  ...Used Van Need help > >Hot damn! Dennis choke that seller down to the last penny. >This is a used Vanagon? Right? >Anything above about...
• Fwd: borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:56:00 -0400
  ...onto any > > critial areas > > do ya think the oil pump would choke > > or does the oil splash around on the bottom of the crankcase...
• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:11:36 -0700
  ...Therefore it chokes, coughs > and dies. > > Background: This is a 1982 Vanagon camper. It was originally a diesel, but > was converted to a US...
• Re: bad mechanic???
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:04:00 -0700
  If I took it in for a tune up and it was blown up I'd be some choked. Don't know what course...
• Re: Choked starting?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
  Sat, 30 Mar 2013 07:56:53 +1100
  On my '82 the slots in the wall bracket are meant to hold thick runner o-rings (which in turn the air box nub...
• Re: Engine running badly
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Oct 2017 16:59:22 -0500
  ...The car would still idle normally, but would choke as soon as I opened the throttle. By reving the engine and use of the...
• Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:57:30 -0400
  ...When we finished skiing I would come back to the car, reach in and pump the gas 3 times to reset the choke, check...
• Re: Aux Air Valve becoming available as reman
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:20:30 -0700
  ...closed, shutting off air flow to the plenum - sort of a "choke" in reverse. So simple, that only a child would know this, right...
• Re: Oil in Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 15:47:13 -0800
  ...I don't remember the > choke > situation, but it acts as if the fuel injection is not compensating for a > cold start? > > Thanks, > Finn
• RE: gassy oil
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 03 May 1996 09:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...doing most of his driving with a cold engine and closed choke plate. This causes rich mixtures (duh), fuel condensing on cylinder walls, and...
• Re: 1.9l-strange throttle response
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 06:11:11 -0800
  ...extra gas > needed when the > engine is cold (like the old choke on the carburetor > buses). > > - the aux air regulator. silverly trumpet > (?)-looking thingie...
• fuel pump whine
  Historical mailing list - James Fritz
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 05:56:20 -0500
  ...The gas tank is rusting and sending chunks into the pump which basically chokes it, causing it to whine. If its on an older...
• [vanagon] VW Bashing
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:17:25 -0700
  ...I'd like to find the guy that owed me money, and instead gave me the first vanagon and choke him for about 10...
• Re: it just stops! What do I do? - was Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 19:27:40 -0700
  ...Those chokes are great . They can get out of whack a little and need a little 'resetting' ..but they're fine. In *all cars...
• Re: Praises for Carfax, was vin info
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 4 Feb 2000 08:35:10 -0800
  ...Are they alive and retired in SO CAL? >Sorry I have to end this post but I am getting all choked up right now...
• 89 syncro westy ac fixed (correctly this time)
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:43:33 -1000
  ...Think about this Mick and talk with your technician (if you haven't choked him yet). I may have just thought myself out of...
• Re: poo powder and related
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:09:42 -0700
  ...A bit at a time so as not to choke the system, and care must be taken to avoid splashage. It's a bit...
• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:46:54 -0400
  ...Therefore it chokes, coughs and dies. Background: This is a 1982 Vanagon camper. It was originally a diesel, but was converted to a US...
• Re: OO TT
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 07:43:47 -0400
  ...as soon as it turned > > over it would run really rich and then choke and > > barely stay runnin, is this a normal occurance when...
• Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:14:10 -0400
  ...Ice can build in the throat of the carb and > simply choke off the combustion air. > > It's all about Bernoulli's Principle. Carb...
• Re: bashing was: vanagon engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hill
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 07:26:02 -0600
  ...vanagon engine conversions I was behind one of those leviathans recently carrying a single drool-choked hillbilly fresh off of his sister with the...
• Re: Oil in Coolant
  Historical mailing list - david hardy
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 14:46:48 -0700
  ...I don't remember the > choke situation, but it acts as if the fuel injection is not compensating > for a cold start? > > Thanks, > Finn...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Mar 2016 21:13:36 -0500
  ...Without the sensor feedback the ECU continues to richen the mixture > until you get the choke and puke effect. > > Go check the archives for...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...Friday !
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:04:37 -0500
  ...I've been in very high humidity as thick as fog and had my car nearly choke to death from moisture sealing up the...
• Re: Vanagon syndrome...it sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 21 Mar 2016 22:31:56 -0500
  ...Without the sensor feedback the ECU continues to richen the mixture > until you get the choke and puke effect. > > Go check the archives for...
• Re: Diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 17:46:29 -0800
  ...Diesel question > > > Hi Fred, > > My '82 Diesel's choke (for lack of a better name) knob used to only pull > > out about an inch...