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• Re: Oil leaks from tower and air intake
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:00:45 EST
  ...from the breather hose from the top over to the air > intake tube but it doesn't really look like it is the hose...
• Re: Intake manifold hose
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jun 2020 16:39:14 +0000
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• Re: Followup to fridge troubles--success!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 May 2015 09:28:29 -0400
  ...http://tinyurl.com/n76os7f shows a bit of how the >intake You have to line it up quite accurately before attaching the mounting screws...
• Re: syncro with snorkel ? Yes/No?
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Wed, 18 Jun 1997 09:18:46 -0400
  ...We concluded that some non-syncro vanagons have air intake snorkels. The intake tube runs out the engine compartment and up the passenger rear...
• Re: Help finding a Fresh Air Hose
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:05:13 -0800
  If you mean the hose and block-off panel that goes at the bottom of the right air intake channel.. coming down from the...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:14:44 -0700
  ...The Weber DFAV/DFEV needs an adapater plate to mate the Weber the WV air intake manifold. m --- Mark Drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote...
• compression and leak down test
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:35:29 -0500
  ...I placed my fingers inside of the intake ports touching the back side of the intake valves, but was unable to feel any air...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Sat, 11 Dec 1999 12:41:26 PST
  ...that every >one of the busses pictured had scoops over the intake vents behind the >windows on the D pillars. Can any of you...
• Re: cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:42:37 -0500
  ...cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP > i was thinking of cutting a section out of the bottom of...
• Re: intake air distributor...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:34:16 -0700
  ...10, 2007 4:11 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: intake air distributor... Hi all, mine is a little rusty and I decide...
• A/C backet
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:21:52 -0700
  Looks like I'm gonna need to remove the intake manifold to bolt this A/C bracket to the engine. Is that correct? Karl...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:20:19 -0800
  Oh and possibly you have some gunk in the fuel tank that is blocking the intake line when your nose is pointing down?
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  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:25:08 -0700
  ...But you know; while I was busy polishing the intake plenum thought I'd look into the fuel rail. LOL. Kidding. The day I...
• Re: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 18:26:35 -1000
  higher intake air temp would made sense, as the right-side mounted 10cent oil cooler and nice ducting, takes the place of, and blocks...
• Re: Cooling System stop-leak compounds
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 27 May 2005 09:07:53 -0400
  ...John, I repaired one of these for a friend, and found they commonly leak coolant through the intake manifold gasket, where it winds up...
• Heads replaced, starts and runs crappy. Two questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:30:35 -0500
  ...almost like there is an intake leak. And there is an intake leak. Where does the long plastic hose go that comes in from...
• Re: [2] Idle problems
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 08:23:06 -0400
  ...I found a hole in the little one- >>way valve in the vacuum line that runs fron the intake naifold, all >>the way forward...
• induction noise or vacuum leak?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Terry
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 12:52:21 -0800
  ...Listening to the engine with the engine cover off, I think I hear a vacuum leak in the area of the intake manifold on...
• Re: I need info on Audi 5 Cylinder motors
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 19:08:26 +0100
  ...apparently the 5 cylinder >engine in the Audi GT (perhaps the Audi >80 >too?) had a "closer fitting" intake manifold >than the 5000/100...
• Re: oil inside intake boot
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 09:44:01 -0500
  ...Still getting oil in the intake boot. Is there supposed to be something in the tower on a 1.9 to keep out the...
• Re: Forced Intake for a WBX?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:22:12 -0600
  I will likely be selling by Turbo WBX engine this spring. Yes it's been done, works very well. John Aircooled.Net Inc.
• Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 10:27:59 -0500
  <<A turbo supercharger>> Two different animals, that boost intake pressure's, two different ways. Not to be used in the same sentence.
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - mike stainbrook
  Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:30:27 -0800
  probally really dumb question,but would there be any gain in installing a small fan in the intake horn ? Mike mike90260@yahoo.com
• Re: Propex 1800 report -- CAUTION
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Wed, 14 Jan 2004 20:44:38 -0800
  Larry is correct, please don not block the air intake of the Propex EX 1800. Ultimately, one should build a protection grid around the...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:14:24 -0800
  ...If you have a 'square vanagon intake on your AFM' ...........couldn't you just use a vanagon air box ? I'm probably not following...
• Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:56:18 +0100
  ...So, Oettinger turned the intake manifold by 180 degrees. Does someone know, how this would be possible? Or, is the intake manifold from a...
• Air Intake Boot syncro/non-syncro 2.1l (different?)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 12:32:27 EST
  ...I sent a customer an air intake boot for a 2.1l motor to use in his '86 Syncro. This boot goes between the...
• Removal of "water" drain plugs?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:09:02 -0500
  ...In the bottom of the air intake shafts, in the pan that forms the bottom, exists a rubber plugs that seals a water drain...
• air intake boot repair
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 23:44:24 -0400
  Howdy, I have made a few attempts at repairing my Air Intake Elbow Boot (rubber pipe between air flow meter and throttle body, s...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 22:32:59 -0800
  ...air is being drawn through the intake manifold and past the open intake valve while that cylinder's piston is going down, drawing in...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:20:06 -0600
  ...Cold Air Intake > > Of course that's a function of mixture control and other sources of > contamination. Unfortunately some cats get replaced because they...
• Re: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:13:35 -0400
  ...open. >( minor variation is fuel pressure, which changes slightly relative to >intake manifold vacuum ...as affect by the fuel pressure regulator ) Actually the fuel...
• Re: 2 EFI tips from Import Service magazine
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 May 1996 11:14:29 -0800
  ...Check the intake boot very carefully for a split >or deep crack. > > Yeah It was torn on the engine that I currently have out...
• Re: TiiCo engine vs. Eurospec
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 09:23:22 -0700
  Hi Stephen, I think that air intake noise/resonances are also to blame. I believe that the SA inline 4 has a modified intake...
• Re: Running on Tap Water - attempt at de-confuscation
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 17:24:26 +0100
  ...Any analogies you can think of? So aircraft cruise as high as they can (ATC permitting), as low intake temps are vital for efficiciency...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - selten2
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:36:06 -0600
  ...If the Intake, motor mounts and oil pan were available , there would be a lot more conversions. Even the ECU and harness should be...
• Re: Carb Icing? ('68 SP)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 01:53:08 -0500
  >Just above freezing, heavy rain showers >After a few minutes, misfires followed by stall at lights > (checked electrical connections- noticed frost > on intake plumbing...
• Re: cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 15:04:49 -0500
  ...cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP > In a message dated 12/24/03 12:19:21 PM Eastern...
• Re: EMERGENCY POWER PLANT
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 09:04:59 -0600
  ...Anybody know if this idea ever worked? > > It wouldn't work on the regular singleport type 1 engine (->1970) as there is one > intake...
• Vacuum Line Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Seasholtz
  Sat, 19 Feb 2000 13:30:35 -0500
  ...The two vacume inlets on intake air distributer and on the throttle valve housing and the connections on the fuel pressure regulator,deceleration valve...
• Re: intake air for cis van
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 21:38:29 -0400
  ...The ends are pre-made to fit into the mating boots, and it will look smarter (maybe have better flow characteristics?) than an intake...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 19:17:56 -0800
  ...My initial > thoughts > > > have been similar to yours a controllable flapper on the fresh air > intake > > > and a way to get recirculated air to...
• Re: Subie Vulchers
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 2 May 2008 10:33:01 -0400
  ...My present plan is to use a 2.1 throttle body, plenum, intake runners, AFM, air filter box and intake snorkel, and a Euro...
• Re: resealing heads - found missing metal on top of valves
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:32:30 -0400
  Are you talking about the pitting on the intake valve faces? The material is most likely inferior. Question- did you run the motor hot...
• Re: Air ducting for dusty conditions.
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 20 May 2008 23:46:53 -0600
  "To get clean and cool intake air, I ran a brake duct hose up into> the right hand corner engine bay vent hole." Syncro...
• grill above ashtray
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:08:49 -0400
  ...the grill on the dash above the ashtray for? it doesn't seem to be an air output, is it an intake? thanks, greg.
• New Engine Choice
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:07:23 -0400
  ...where to put the intake? Cheers, Jeff iPhone email.
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:14:24 -0500
  ...cooler engine comparments and intake manifold temps as well as the air temps at the intake make a big diff as to the engines...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 10:20:37 -0600
  ...When the throttle is opened ..intake manfiold pressure drops > .....raising the fuel pressure as controled by the fuel pressure regulator. > if the injectors are...
• Re: 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 19:40:20 -0700
  ...For comparison the JH motor found in the Cabriolet and Scirocco is 90hp - bigger 40mm intake valves and a little more aggressive initial timing...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:46:53 -0400
  A little claririficatoion here- The crossflow head flows better than the counterflow head and will make more horsepower regardless of the intake manifold. Longer...
• vacumm ?? on 89 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Chip Turpin
  Fri, 14 May 2004 12:21:57 -0400
  ...The vacumm at the intake on engine is much stronger. Should the vacumm at the locking diff be as strong as at the intake...
• Re: Intake manifold hose
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:11:53 -0700
  I have those silicone intake hoses (no braided cloth) on my van installed at the reinstall phase of the rebuild process.. the mechanic heated...
• Interior & 2,1/digijet parts in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Fri, 11 May 2018 11:59:06 -0700
  ...WORKING Digijet ECU WORKING Digijet AMS unit FREE (or shipping costs) 2,1l/Digijet intake system from airbox to intake manifold 2,1l A...
• fuel line replacement
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:43:15 -0500
  ...removing and cleaning the air intake manifold runners, and replacing their gaskets replacing the large diameter, short length rubber hoses on those runners replacing...
• Re: '81 Westy for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 21 May 2002 21:24:42 -0700
  ...I have an 81 aircooled Westy with beautiful plain steel intake vents. I believe the switchover was towards the end of the year. there...
• Re: Another Fridge vent question for all westy owners
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:37:11 -0600
  ...Those "flexible" tops on the intake/exhaust tubes mostly flex in-and-out and not up-and-down. If you have the hole a...
• Air intake
  Historical mailing list - Dave Yates
  Wed, 21 May 2008 11:32:54 +1000
  ...in that cavity, but the last thing I want to do is reduce the air flow into the intake. Any comments anyone? Dave downunder
• Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Apr 2014 to 9 Apr 2014 (#2014-202)
  Historical mailing list - James Pensyl
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:29:36 -0400
  ...either onto both , > including intake manfold runners and plenum. > > I'd say you can't mix 1.9 intake runners with a 2.1...
• Re: Friday question.Re: Vacuum gauge NVC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:01:58 -0700
  ...The carb flow gauge - I have one I used on a Porsche 914-6 ( 6 individual throttle plates and intake manifolds ) ...that tool measures...