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Re: Alternator vibration -
Historical mailing list
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 22:21:28 +0000
...Also looked at my main intake manifold hoses - the 4 short stubby hoses that connect the intake air distributor and they look ready for...
Re: Replace 1.9 with a 2.1 WBX
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:47:56 -0800
...out right where >> they AFM and air box go. >> >> But you can keep the larger 2.1 intake runners, plenum box, >> and throttle body...
Re: 84 running issue solved?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 31 May 2022 12:16:16 -0400
...some combination of incorrect basic settings, excess or unmetered air getting into the intake. >> >> Start with checking that the throttle body is properly adjusted...
Golf/Jetta powered gas Vanagon
Historical mailing list
Wed, 16 Oct 1996 19:35:44 -0400
...Some fabrication work needs t= o be done to make the intake and fuel distributor/air cleaner hook up. I beli= eve that in...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:01:41 -0800
...by new MAP and TPS - Only the signal from the existing intake air temperature (IAT) sensor within the AFM is re-used • Idle control...
Re: The coninuing distributer saga - LOOONG
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 1 May 2010 18:23:47 -0700
...as-you Didijet EFI , and the same distributor as you have, but 2.1 throttle body, intake runners and plenum, and entire exhaust system...
77 fuel injection - glorious end to Chapter 1
Historical mailing list - Dave Backe
Wed, 24 Apr 1996 19:47:34 -0600
...Tighten up the screws that connect the throttle body to the air intake dist. Wait a minute. What's this? Gee! Maybe I should...
First South African 2.6 engine conversion done!
Historical mailing list - Karl M
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 14:00:46 -0400
...and bubbled for an extra inch of clearance over the intake manifold and distributor areas. This allows reuse of the stock Westy bed cushion...
Re: The King's English
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:33:04 -0500
...distributor so the notch in the distributor rim is right in line with the rotor arm. #7. I adjust the first #1 intake and...
Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
Mon, 17 May 2021 11:32:02 -0600
...If exhaust is getting out then outside air is getting in. Fresh air in the exhaust, drive the engine richer. No. The exhaust is...
Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:28:54 -0800
...I've gone over it with a stethoscope and it seems to be >> loudest at the driver's side of the intake air distributor...
Re: Carb conversions?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:38:07 -0400
...Can we say flat spot? > Oh, no intake air preheat either. You drive along for 10-15 miles and the > engine just stops. You...
Re: 1.9 ECU wanted
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:57:09 -0700
...by their owners, whereas the Air Cooled variety are usually parked after they've dropped their first intake valve seat, sometimes for years as...
Golf/Jetta power in Vanagon
Historical mailing list
Wed, 16 Oct 1996 00:20:19 -0400
...Some fabrication work needs t= o be done to make the intake and fuel distributor/air cleaner hook up. I beli= eve that in...
Re: Manifold measuring - is this right?
Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:42:01 -0700
...procedure for checking intake manifold vacuum so I'm > winging > > it. I let > > >> the engine warm up so that aux air regulator thing is...
Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 14 May 2013 12:20:41 -0400
...For the turbo 3A system, I included a liquid to air intercooler, cool air intake, oil to air cooling, ran power steering and air...
Update on my engine swap (very long)
Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:54:31 -0600
...16V airbox, and a section of the plastic tool tray that used to be attached under my roll-around stool. Its intake will be...
Re: 89 MYSTERY problem!!
Historical mailing list - John
Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:30:33 -0400
...Just as it gets warm it starts >> coughing and backfiring through the air intake when you press on the gas >> like >> if you would...
Re: Vanagon Winter Storage and or annual inspection
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:23:29 -0700
...Visual check air intake system, AFM, check electrical > connections? > > > ___ _____ Vacuum Idle: _______ 4000 rpm: _______ > > ___ _____ Tune up parts Cap, Rotor, Plugs, Air Filter, distributor, coil > etc...
Re: 84 running issue solved?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Thu, 2 Jun 2022 10:11:58 -0400
...the intake boot. The boot is usually available new. You should also get the 2.1 crankcase vent heater and the air filter housing...
Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:08:23 -0700
...Not |>> as smooth, burns more gas....but still runs all right. |>> Air intake boot ..if I have one of those ...I carry that. |>> and...
Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:23:29 -0700
...You idle problem may only be that the idle adjustment >screw >(that really big slotted screw on your air intake) needs some adjustment. >However...
A little something for Robb Lightfoot.
Historical mailing list
Fri, 05 May 1995 21:24:04 +0600
...68,561 > >1) Dual port intake cylinder heads >2) 34 PICT-3 carburetor >3) 3-part dual port intake manifold >4) Vacuum retard distributor...
Great info: Vanagon head leaks and Fuel injection problems
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:44:43 -0700
...best you can, the Idle Stabilizer Control Unit located behind the air intake cover, behind the right rear tail light, and to be sure...
Fwd: Vgon syndrome on 1.9 WBX
Historical mailing list - zampano
Wed, 14 May 2003 03:04:59 -0700
...The Digijet just has an auxiliary air valve which > pumps air into the intake. Or might I be wrong?? Is it an actuall > injector...
Re: 81' New Owner To Do
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 18 May 2004 23:17:11 -0500
...distributor so the notch in the distributor rim is right in line with the rotor arm. #7. I adjust the first #1 intake and...
Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, more
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:57:52 -0700
...let enough air in . > Sometimes pulling one of those air breather hoses out of the air intake > book > will let enough air into to...
Re: First South African 2.6 engine conversion done!
Historical mailing list - Phil S.
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:36:53 -0700
...and bubbled for an > extra inch of clearance over the intake manifold and > distributor areas. This > allows reuse of the stock Westy bed cushion...
Re: Questions re. Audi 3A engine swap (after searching the archives)
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Thu, 6 May 2004 02:11:02 EDT
...likes) what modifications would need to be made? > I assume the distributor�regearing and swap�Frank did, and�his intake > manifold�machining for the...
Re: 1985 Vanagon 1.9l Digijet No Start
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 7 Nov 2022 13:44:08 -0800
...check the timing, the distributor cap and rotor. - for testing... spray some starter fluid at the intake after the air filter. On Mon, Nov...
Article: Vanagon Hop Ups
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
Mon, 5 Dec 1994 9:56:57 -0500 (EST)
...The head utilize stock valves (34.5mm exhaust, 40mm intakes), inner/outer valve springs (Bugpack outer, stock inner), Scat Type 4 solid lifters, Norris...
Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:54:20 +0000
...Block off the air intake under the front grill and install this ball valve and you will be not getting hot air coming in...
84 1.9 lifter collapse & CA smog - HC's issue (sorry it's so long)
Historical mailing list - Leonard Anthony
Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:19:50 -0700
...FI harness Fuel Regulator 3 injectors Cat Distributor Hall controller coil ECU Fuel pump pressure reg. 02 sensor plugs, cap, rotor & wires. All intake...
Re: 85 with uneven idle/poor fuel economy (response long and thorough)
Historical mailing list - Dave C.
Sat, 9 Dec 2000 22:52:20 -0500
...model I bought has a temp probe), Oxygen sensor was fine, air > intake was right on, and now to what I belive is my...
Re: 84 running issue solved?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 31 May 2022 20:45:39 -0400
...some combination of incorrect basic settings, excess or unmetered air getting into the intake. >>> >>> Start with checking that the throttle body is properly adjusted...
Re: DJ Compression Ratio
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:26:33 -0700
...IF.........there is proper and even semi-radical valve timing and cam profile, quite advance ignitioin timing, and very inhanced intake and exhaust systems...
Re: Ran out of gas & now won't run
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:38:43 -0500
...distributor so the notch in the distributor rim is right in line with the rotor arm. #7. I adjust the first #1 intake and...
Re: Ran out of gas & now won't run
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:34:13 -0500
...distributor so the notch in the distributor rim is right in > line with the rotor arm. > #7. I adjust the first #1 intake and...
rich bad mileage syndrome miss stall
Historical mailing list - zampano
Thu, 29 May 2003 01:29:54 -0700
...The Digijet just has an auxiliary air valve which > pumps air into the intake. Or might I be wrong?? Is it an actuall > injector...
Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 30 Aug 2011 15:07:26 -0700
...Not >> as smooth, burns more gas....but still runs all right. >> Air intake boot ..if I have one of those ...I carry that. >> and...
Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!, LONG
Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
Thu, 7 Oct 1999 00:09:06 -0400
...Both of these times, jiggling connections near the distributor seemed to solve the problem, and it would start and run as usual. At this...
Re: Engine Still Overheating - Need Advice / Chapter Three
Historical mailing list - Tim Olmstead
Sat, 26 Feb 2005 08:14:36 -0800
...lower (intake) radiator hose. * second thought is timing. Excessive retarded timing can cause overheating as well as excessive advanced timing. Does the distributor have...
message for stan
Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
Tue, 14 May 2002 09:15:37 -0600
...distributor so the notch in the distributor rim is right in line with the rotor arm. #7. I adjust the first #1 intake and...
Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, more
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 1 Oct 2011 01:22:19 -0500
...let enough air in . >> Sometimes pulling one of those air breather hoses out of the air intake >> book >> will let enough air into to...
Re: First South African 2.6 engine conversion done!
Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:57:32 -0400
...and bubbled for an > extra inch of clearance over the intake manifold and distributor areas. This > allows reuse of the stock Westy bed cushion...
Re: Oil Leak - 2.1L WBX - Manual Tranny
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 3 Oct 2007 10:30:34 -0500
...engines have a restrictor in the vent line to reduce the air > intake > from the crank vent. If it is leaking from both front...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:27:39 -0800
...by new MAP and TPS > - Only the signal from the existing intake air temperature (IAT) > sensor within the AFM is re-used > � Idle control...
Re: DJ Compression Ratio
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:40:30 -0400
...lame looking intake runners ( look at some subaru engines, particularily the > DOHC 2.5 for some nice obviously flow-enhanced intake runners ) > ..........*not to...
Idle test for digifant.
Historical mailing list
Thu, 8 May 1997 12:45:17 -0500 (CDT)
...It is behind the plastic cover where the air intake comes out of the body. 2. Remove the water trap from teh air box...
Re: Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
Historical mailing list - john cianci
Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:17:41 +0000
...Next <DIV></DIV>> > >I pressurized the intake system with air found a leak coming out of <DIV></DIV>> > &gt...
Re: Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:26:34 -0500
...I checked out the coolant temp sensor (blue) and the intake >air sensor in the AFM against the specs in Bentley, both of these...
Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:51:57 -0700
...the ABA has a distributor I'm pretty sure , so checking basic timing and firing order is pretty straightforward. I promise you .............. "it's...
2L 914 into '81 Westy
Historical mailing list - Paul Schiemer
Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:51:32 -0400
...Difference between the two is the plumbing for the hot air circulation hoses, whereas the Porsche has a wholly different array- you have to...
Re: More 89 Bluestar questions
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:54:20 -0500
...There is a big allen head set screw where the air box fits the intake bellows which I am guessing is a mixture screw...
Re: Cooling system hose diagram
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:45:55 -0700
...air intake boot should be the 2WD one , not the syncro one..it's taller. On 4/21/2013 4:37 PM, Steve Cotsford...
Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, more
Historical mailing list - J Stewart
Sat, 1 Oct 2011 11:50:24 +0000
...let enough air in . > >> Sometimes pulling one of those air breather hoses out of the air > >> intake > >> book > >> will let enough air into to...
Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
Mon, 17 May 2021 11:44:45 -0600
...If exhaust is getting out then > outside air is getting in. Fresh air in the exhaust, drive the engine > richer. > > No. The exhaust is...
Re: Coolant hoses most likely to fail?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 23 May 2009 18:51:34 -0700
...I either put a heat shield of some sort on them - like metal tubing ......that flexy stuff used for hot air intake on air...
Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:55:55 -0700
...pour some fresh gas down the throttle body or into >> the >> intake manifold....... >> if that makes it go VROOM................then you know that with...
Re: First South African 2.6 engine conversion done!
Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
Thu, 15 Aug 2002 19:27:04 -0400
...and bubbled for an extra inch of clearance over the intake manifold and distributor areas. This allows reuse of the stock Westy bed cushion...