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• Re: cooling system hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 22 Sep 2022 21:38:25 -0700
  ...If I drive it for 10 or 15 minutes I get the smell. >> >> -Mark >> >>>> On Sep 22, 2022, at 7:58 AM, Mark McCulley...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Nov 2005 - Special issue (#2005-930)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:30:49 -0800
  ...It does not smell at all and you can either paint or glue down stuff to the foil (up) side. I buy it in...
• RICO, Re: Re: ??Syncro Fuel Leaks??
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 23 Apr 2001 21:13:24 -0700
  ...The smell is very faint and coming from both > wheelwells. I CANNOT smell it in the engine compartment and there is no > evidence of...
• Re: VW tent for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 19:34:12 EST
  ...Old canvas degrades (as my Antelope backpack will tell you! circa 1970) and nylon tents degrade, causing a smell like cat shit! The smell...
• clean diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 15:58:54 -0500
  here is one that smells like french fries http://www.veggievan.org/article.html http://www.veggievan.org/vaninfo.html
• Re: Belt Squeal - Issue Revealed, Problem Solved
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:42:29 -0800
  re I never smelled the gas > fumes and I checked it several times over the past few weeks. I have a > good > sense of...
• Re: Smell of burning plastic
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:51:23 -0800
  ...kimbrennan@MAC.COM> From: Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> Subject: Re: Smell of burning plastic To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > May not be the...
• temp sensor, maple syrup
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Fri, 22 Dec 2000 10:09:47 -0500
  ...Also, about the maple syrup smell from the rear heater core, if you were to flip the white lever on the heater core it...
• Re: Please, Please, suspected refrigerator propane leak, help please.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 17:13:07 -0500
  ...They put a lot of smell-stoffe in propane, so it might be a very small leak. I wish our natural-gas supplier would...
• Re: gas smell solution progress
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 25 Sep 2016 18:09:26 -0400
  ...I’m told the gasket in the evaporation tank itself can also need replacing but at the moment I am gas smell free. If...
• Re: Rear Wiper Motor Fizzle/Sizzle 91 Westy: Questions
  Historical mailing list - Keith Veerman
  Sat, 31 Oct 1998 22:16:53 -0800
  Mark, 1) yes that smell probably means the motor windings are toast. same thing happened to us a few years back when a slightly...
• Re: bought a smoker's car (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:30:34 -0700
  ...it smelled really smokey after that. The good news is that, simply with airing it out over time, the smell has decreased by at...
• Re: Gross vanagons..was Re: Nasty Smell...
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 06:56:03 -0400
  ...Can mice really smell up a >>van...? Ideas? >> >> >> >> > >funny, i just picked up a '90 carat too, i bet it was grosser than yours...
• Re: Anti-freeze smell (no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Thu, 23 May 2002 21:44:22 -0600
  ...One year > later we > can still smell anti-freeze when the heat is turned on. The mechanic > checked it out and said there were...
• Re: NVC - Camping Tent Problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Mon, 6 Jun 2005 04:14:45 +0000
  ...Wow, did it smell >bad....... polyurethane coated nylon .....Has anyone had any experience >with this sort of thing??? I have an old Cannondale tent...
• Re: Rotten eggs!
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Wed, 19 Feb 1997 23:00:54 -0000
  > A rotten egg smell is caused by sulfur dioxide in the exhaust gases being > reduced to hydrogen sulfide by the catalytic converter. Some gasoline...
• Smells like gas, need diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Rian Mullins
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 10:10:36 -0600
  ...My '87 Vanagon smells like gas in the rear and lately is behaving as if one of the cylinders is not firing or something...
• Sammy ready to go
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 08:12:27 -0600
  Yes, it is except for the rodent smell in the heater vents- I drove it for two days then I could not stand the...
• Re: Cleaning Matress Covers
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Mon, 26 May 2003 00:18:41 -0500
  ...John, Dry clean is best, but it has smell for awhile of fluid. Wash in cold water, using 1/4 cup Tide,1/4...
• Re: What will remove "Rockguard"?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:50:47 -0600
  Napalm is the only answer !!!! Ahhh, I love the smell of Napalm in the Morning! ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 85 GL
• Re: Auto Tranny Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 May 1997 23:05:23 +0000
  ...The residue smells a bit ATFish but it's hard to tell and I get a slight ATF smell in the engine compartment, but...
• Re: Wheww!!! Have I got gas!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 09:49:44 -0800
  ...Anybody got any great ways to rid my garments of this > offending smell. > > Thanks, > > Mark > > -- > Mark Howser Business (406) 226-5572 > Hole in the...
• Phunky Phridge Smells
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Mon, 1 May 2000 18:06:40 EDT
  ...To look at it, it is the cleanest looking just not the cleanest smelling. Aby ideas on how to combat the evil Phunk of...
• Re: AC Duct Repair Kit - How Many?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 23:56:38 -0500
  ...My >dentist likes the smell of that stuff too, but he calls it "the >smell of money". BTW, Chris, how's that Bionic Groin...
• Re: heater cores
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:35:08 -0400
  ...Mike Jeff Clayman wrote: > I have an 87 2wd westy 2.1. > > I smell a sweet smell coming out of the rear heater core...
• Re: Gross vanagons..was Re: Nasty Smell...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:35:06 -0700
  ...Nasty Smell... > > In a message dated 7/24/07 6:47:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > kevindobrien@YAHOO.COM writes: > > > > My 1990 carat has...
• Re: more vanagon smells - gasoline this time
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 20:06:05 -0400
  ...ve got a new smell question. > > Every time I fill my gas tank, the inside of my van smells horribly of > gasoline for about...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:33:56 -0400
  ...Not bad, but distinctive. > > Ahhh yes, I recall that smell, very very vaguely, Grandpa Schneider > died in 1967 (heart attack) lifelong smoker I was...
• Re: ??Syncro Fuel Leaks??
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:32:28 -0400
  Rico Sapolich <JKrevnov@aol.com> wrote: <<I can smell fuel somewhere in the rear end of my Syncro...>> I am having the EXACT SAME...
• Re: Friday, Using Ozone, pt. 2 (the breakdown)*
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:45:57 -0700
  ...2 (the breakdown)* > > >> Mrs Squirrel would lug an ozone generator on camping trips -- and use >> it! -- if it did anything about the smell of...
• Smoke coming from under the van
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:50:06 -0500
  >Dear List, > >This morning when I started my '81 Vanagon L, I noticed a foul smelling >smoke coming from under the vehicle. It appeared...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 14:16:31 -0800
  ...There is a smell that they get when they go bad > though > (burnt electronics smell). I have these in stock if you need them...
• removing rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 14 May 2002 09:51:25 -0600
  ...I have replaced it twice and it still smells like coolant. I think it is a Piece of &*%$## and never want to see it...
• Re: Strong gas smell on cold start
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 19:56:41 EDT
  ...use it to zone in on the area of the strongest smell. Then you have to look around for even the slightest trace of...
• Re: wbx performance
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 18 Jul 2004 20:10:03 EDT
  ...not only are they big and smelly (rigs as well as most drivers ;<), but they dont like people saying bad things about their trucks...
• Re: At least it ain't a bad smell
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:07:05 -0800
  ...So the van will probably smell > that way forever. > > But it's not a bad smell. > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow...
• head gasket death...
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sat, 18 Oct 1997 18:34:02 -0700
  I got home and noticed the unmistakable smell of hot antifreeze back by the engine when i climbed out of my 89 syncro westy...
• Re: Our kitchen sure gets used...
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 02:57:28 -0400
  ...It's warm out, my van has been sitting closed in the sun - when I go in, I smell smoked trout, days later. I...
• Re: Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:56:25 -0700
  ...Maybe I am just insensitive to that smell, but my > clothes do retain it, and when I wash them several days after the fire...
• Re: dometic 182b question
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:54:55 -0500
  ...It is green and smelled to high heaven.Operating the frig overnite caused a smell that needed 4 days to go away.I found...
• VW Fires
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:05:53 +0100
  ...The smell then bacame very strong so I pulled over to discover I had a split fuel line and a petrol soaked engine compartment...
• Gasoline leak foils trip to San Jose 8-(
  Historical mailing list - Gail Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 5 Apr 1998 21:08:40 -0700
  ...ago, the smell of gasoline fumes led to discovery of a leak, and a strong warning that my '87 Westi was not safe to...
• Odor removal (A refreshing topic)....
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Densford
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 20:38:19 -0400
  ...It works to take out odor well, the pet isn't even supposed to be able to smell it to go back to it...
• NVC - Camping Tent Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jun 2005 08:59:44 -0500
  ...Boy, did that thing stink!!!!! It smelled like someone had puked in the bag, in the tent, on the tent, and then rolled it...
• Re: burning paper smell
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:03:54 -0400
  ...out got me to go start the > van today. > > I'm smelling a burning paper inside the van. I haven't started the van...
• Re: Maple Syrup?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:21:48 -0700
  ...Maple Syrup? > Last winter the smell of maple syrup from the rear heater was getting worse, > so I replaced the rear heat exchanger. It...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light
  Historical mailing list - timnew
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:15:14 -0400
  ...I also thought I smelled something funny. Kinda smelled like sulfer. Tim New 86 Vanagon GL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben huot" <huotx@VIDEOTRON.CA...
• Metallic burning smell front of van.
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sun, 29 Jun 2014 16:03:12 -0400
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• Re: Drafty brick fixes?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 20:44:14 -0500
  ...If something suddenly smells badly, it is nice to be able to use the fan and the door vents to force the smell out...
• Auxillary Heater question...
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 23:51:26 -0400
  ...It was enough for me to be concerned as I could smell the coolant while driving. I pulled it apart and inspected everything. The...
• Re: more propane questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:40:20 -0500
  The stove does seem to work now but my only concern is the smell and the slight hissing noise when loosening the valve... --------------------- Spiders...
• Re: front wheel hot to the touch? caliper dragging?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 07:43:47 -0400
  ...KenLewis Quoting JordanVw@AOL.COM: > so after driving my vanagon for a little bit today, i smelled this "burnt > rubber" smell from the RF...
• black exhaust residue
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Mon, 9 Nov 1998 11:02:42 -0500
  ...Exhaust smells good, no heavy fuel smell, and no real oil burning smell. I know the preceding sounds goofy, but I have owned a...
• Re: Rodent smell
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 15:18:11 -0700
  ...Anywhere the urine seeps into any kind of absorbing fibers it will stay - and keep smelling - but I don't know if that goes...
• Mice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Gentry
  Wed, 13 Sep 1995 15:43:47 -0700
  ...Run a ferret through your ventilation system every couple of weeks! Rodents are terrified of even traces of ferret smell. I bet Bill Killian...
• Re: Maple Syrup?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:58:00 -0700
  ...Yet when I turned the rear > heater on this morning, there is still the smell of maple syrup. >> > > John, > > A sad fact of life...
• Re: Oil Smells like gas?????
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:04:43 -0600
  Chad wrote: > I did my first ever oil change today and noticed that the old oil smelled > like gas. Any suggestions why this is...
• Re: just a question (no van content)
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 14:20:16 -0800
  >is that like austin 3:16 ? > Do you smell what the Rock is is cooking??? DX sucks hehe -aaron
• Re: AC Duct Repair Kit - How Many?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Oct 2005 01:19:07 EDT
  ...My > >dentist likes the smell of that stuff too, but he calls it "the > >smell of money". > > BTW, Chris, how's that Bionic Groin...
• Re: Black Bears vs Westy Canvas?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 07:40:16 -0700
  ...There are however plenty of smelly and splattery things I do cook and eat while camping that I wouldn't want smelling up my...