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• Re: 85 Exhaust:
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:41:10 -0700
  ...85 Exhaust: > The tailpipe assembly just blew out! And now I have a lot more power! Can > actually accelerate up the long grade on...
• New FuFu or Snake Oil
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 10:59:03 -0600
  ...Even the soot blackened tailpipe will soon lighten in color. The car will continue to run cleanly, without smoking or burning oil, so long...
• Re: stoked with new muffler
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:14:47 +1000
  ...Price was about the same as OEM which is still available here in Oz but with the aftermarket one, the ss tailpipe came with...
• Re: FW: Many things
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 21:00:32 -0700
  ...The tailpipe added >> another $30. Wow! I installed them last night with minimal issues. I then >> got in the van and started it. The...
• Re: Funny clunking noise
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 19:23:36 -0700
  ...The clunking noise was similar to > the > tailpipe banging against the bumper (but not so tinny). It would > appear > and disappear when I let...
• water in exhaust after fresh heads installed
  Historical mailing list - Imua Camper Company
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 09:13:38 -1000
  ...coolant leaking out of the exhaust, both splattering out of the tailpipe and leaking from a couple of the joints in the collector. Also...
• Re: Ceramic Coat Catalytic Converter?
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:59:08 -0500
  ...folded newspaper in hand to mask I hit the crossover and tailpipe with black high heat paint. This seems to clean things up and...
• Re: 2.1 fits right in
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:48:59 -0800
  ...A 1.9 exhaust works just fine on a 2.1 provided it is entirely used from the head(s) to the tailpipe. I...
• Re: '99 SA Vanagon pics... exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:36:19 +1300
  ...Both pipes entered rear face of the short muffler here, and the tailpipe left the rear face and ran to the back of the...
• Try this on for size...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Sep 94 00:01:17 EDT
  ...025 251 053 E Muffler $267.35 021 251 185 E Tailpipe $20.54 443 131 701 Catalyst (?) $754.00 025 251 521 Strap...
• Engine bay sound dampening
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
  Tue, 1 May 2007 21:32:09 -0400
  ...What have you used to dampen the sound from the engine bay? How effective was it? On a related note my muffler/tailpipe is...
• Selling my 1986 Syncro Adventurewagen
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 6 Jul 2005 20:34:02 -0700
  ...new auxiliary battery and main battery, rear header pipe, muffler, and tailpipe, bumpers, antenna, water filter, and new foam mattress. The 27x8.5-14...
• Stumped-Runs Rich/Stalls
  Historical mailing list - Aileen Boyd
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:08:00 -0400
  ...Also puffs of black smoke and black oily guck coming out of tailpipe. I have done the following: Tested 02 sensor-ok New Temp...
• Re: California Bienniel Inspections 86-later
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 May 2010 00:23:25 -0400
  ...The woman at the San Mateo > Office of DMV said she was told it was a simple tailpipe test. > "Tailpipe"?! You might be right...
• Re: passing CA emissions?
  Historical mailing list - aircooled chris
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 13:47:12 -0700
  ...Leaks in the exhaust are also picked up >on the tailpipe test and will cause you to fail. You might want to leave >the...
• Re: Quietest muffler?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Sullivan
  Sun, 30 Jun 2024 19:53:24 -0400
  ...I was careful to chase down all leaks using a shop vac running in reverse on the tailpipe and some soapy water. I think...
• Re: Merffler options?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:17:52 EDT
  ...replaceable tail pipes as the originals, so now I have SS tailpipes that can be used to replace OEM ones, and the input flange...
• Re: New O2 Sensor and engine dies
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:01:33 -0500
  ...Do know my mileage was down and tailpipe black. Figured this would help out, but acts very much like the old carbureted engines when...
• our new syncro IS here!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 15:52:26 -0800
  ...and this is without a tailpipe. the flange and bolts are there, but there is no pipe. so i got one from volkscafe. nice...
• Rough Running; 87' Syncro
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 21:08:53 -0600
  ...and it eventually cuts out as the idle drops to 0. Tailpipe is coated with black from the exhaust too. The low end on...
• Re: Frydaye Evening Blues ...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:30:00 -0500
  ...was brake shoes, > a month before that > it needed a muffler, > tailpipe and a cat. > > it seems like it's always > one thing, maybe...
• NEED HEAD advice
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 04:15:36 -0600
  ...How bout a price on an exhaust system? The whole deal from engine to tailpipe. 8-( Well, that's it. Thanks to William Dummitt...
• Re: Chuff, Chuff, Chuff
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:17:24 -0400
  ...like it's 4-5 years old, complete with a rusty tailpipe. >What's up with that? > >Cecil >'85 Westy Wolfsburg edition "Der BrotKasten" > > > >
• syncro rollover angle
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 17:12:02 -0400
  ...Think a The first thing I do with a new muffler is to sawzall the end of the tailpipe off. The tailpipe extender is...
• Re: Bus Depot S&S exhaus system
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 09:42:46 EST
  ...With gaskets, new hardware, and custom fit Turbo Max muffler and tailpipe the whole system pushed $500 without replacing the cat and not counting...
• O2 Sensor Wiring (excerpt from Dealer Service memo)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:18:18 -0800
  ...Symptoms ar missing and cutting out with thick black smoke coming form the tailpipe. The green wire is replaceable without replacing the complete harness...
• Re: The sad ending of a spark plug life
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Wed, 9 Mar 2005 23:52:59 -0500
  ...fuel loading up your engine oil and oil >blowing out the tailpipe you just switch a spark plug wire over the igniter >plug and...
• exaust removal
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:17:59 -0400
  I have installed a new muffler and tailpipe with new gaskets, but to no avail, as i still have a gaping leak at the...
• Re: Frydaye Evening Blues ...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:35:22 -0500
  ...was brake shoes, > a month before that > it needed a muffler, > tailpipe and a cat. > > it seems like it's always > one thing, maybe...
• 2.1 exhaust flex, litter box
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 21:49:41 -0400
  ...But the system is not leaking anywhere to the tailpipe side of the thing called the "collector." (A cast iron thing that takes front...
• Re: Stubborn Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 21:42:46 -0600
  ...soak the O2 sensor where it > screws into the cat or tailpipe. Make sure it is Marvel Mystery Oil and not > Marvels Top Cylinder...
• Re: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted! Tailpipe Emissions!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:33:45 -0500
  ...VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted! > > > > Actually James makes a very valid point, in that both fuel efficiency and > > tailpipe emissions must be...
• Water in the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Keese, Brian W
  Sun, 23 May 1999 12:06:54 -0500
  ...At times it comes splashing out of the tailpipe. At first I thought, "Oh it's just water, a natural part of the combustion...
• FS '85 Westfalia in Milwaukee/Madison Area Redux
  Historical mailing list - C. R. Rowland
  Mon, 19 Sep 2005 17:55:15 -0700
  ...the tailpipe *just* fell off (rusted off) but the exhaust system is 1 yr > new, just didn't replace the tailpipe at the time...
• Re: Road rage cause--Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 19:10:39 -0500
  ...a-hole in an > F350 pickup trying to crawl up my tailpipe (a-hem!) on a freeway > on-ramp > this morning made me wish...
• 1.9 exhaust parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 2 Dec 2000 07:44:08 EST
  ...part of the 1.9 litre STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Muffler/Tailpipe package. Cheers ��� Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy & Lionel Trains Member...
• Re: Engine conversions and such...
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 16:24:53 -0400
  ...is usually a large cloud of blue smoke > coming from the tailpipe. They will not be collectible! >> > > In order to be driving down the...
• Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
  Historical mailing list - S.Harrison
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:26:13 -0700
  Cat, muffler, tailpipe are all ~1 year old. Thanks for the tip RE the higher octane fuel. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brassaw" <sendmeanemail@EARTHLINK...
• Re: Mufflers re-dux (pipe strangeness)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 28 Feb 2012 05:58:03 -0800
  ...David - > |> > |> I would go with the Ansa muffler and the corresponding > |tailpipe. I've > |> been running this setup on my Westy since 1997 with...
• Re: Need a New Exhaust System, S&S Any Good?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:36:16 -0400
  ...POR15 says you can use regular POR15 on the muffler and tailpipe.Not the exhaust parts ahead of the muffler. POR15 has a product...
• Re: update on decreased mileage after tuneup problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 01:59:48 EDT
  ...COM writes: << The engine does not seem to be running rich. Tailpipe deposits are dark gray, not black. Went for emissions testing today, passed...
• Re: Buckin' Like a Bronco, Stalling
  Historical mailing list - Matt Heydon
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 15:34:45 -0600
  ...muffler body, so the >whole cylinder can rotate downward (so the tailpipe points toward the ground >and not toward the people losing their minds...
• Re: Best chance of passing emmissions?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 06:07:53 EDT
  ...hundred miles (or so) it burns all this gunk out the tailpipe causing a worse reading than if you would have left it alone...
• Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:25:33 -0700
  ...the WBX sounds much like the little aircooled engine with peashooter tailpipes. The WBX sounds throatier and heavier, and I can't say I...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:19:34 -0700
  ...Often the tailpipe pipe will be oily. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> John Rodgers >> >> 88 GL Driver >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- >> Jake >> 1984 Vanagon GL >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" >> Crescent Beach, BC...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 19:16:34 -0800
  ...point > autumn days as well -- and the water dripping from your tailpipe -- gasoline > is also hydrocarbons, and so produces lots of water when burned...
• Re: Compression Question
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 07:13:31 -0400
  ...to keep it running and get the revs up - but huge clouds of blue smoke would come pouring out the tailpipe like james Bond . . . .
• thanks - re: exhaust quality questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 04:08:38 -0600
  ...So I think I will try and re-use the VW muffler which means I expect to have one S+S muffler and tailpipe...
• Re: Power loss - '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 May 2017 08:54:22 -0500
  ...Sort of like the 'ol potato up the tailpipe routine. Makes sense. Anytime you baffle down an exhaust system, whether car or chimney stack...
• Re: blasphemy results
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 23:52:45 -0400
  ...muffler > shop, $5), a shortened 2" ($4 at Autozone) turned down tailpipe extension > (to clear the body I needed a pipe with about a...
• Re: New engine time?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 23:36:53 -0500
  ...It looks like it might need > a new engine. > > Reason I say this is that it blows some white smoke out the tailpipe, > overheats...
• POR-20 exhaust paint--1st impression
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 14:42:32 -0600 (CST)
  ...Used only half the can to paint the entire exhaust system from headers to tailpipe (except the heat exchangers, which were painted with the...
• Re: Rocky Mtn Westy Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Wed, 1 Apr 2015 10:34:40 -0700
  ...The final fit commonly has the cat-exhaust-tailpipe assembly sloping downward to the right. It hangs lower than stock. Performance should theoretically be...
• Re: Muffler Source?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:04:50 -0400
  ...The stock muffler setup works out to roughly $200 (including muffler, tailpipe, gaskets, and strap), versus $145 for the S&S. In my opinion...
• Re: (F) Re: New Toy / I'll Have My Rodent Well-Done
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 24 Sep 2004 14:25:04 EDT
  ...So, I lied and told them that a squirrel probably thought the tailpipe was a good place to store some acorns. George
• Re: Stubborn Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 08:44:28 -0400
  ...soak the O2 sensor where it > screws into the cat or tailpipe. Make sure it is Marvel Mystery Oil and not > Marvels Top Cylinder...
• Re: Vanagon Diesel Aux Heater Questions
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:21:18 -0400
  ...The > heater ran, but I have a few questions about its operation: > > -Is there supposed to be a "tailpipe" for the heater fuel exhaust...
• Help needed for 88 Cabriolet emissions failure
  Historical mailing list - Karen Gritis
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:24:06 -0400
  ...He finally had to take apart the probe that goes into the tailpipe and blow compressed air through it. Then he was able to...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:07:38 -0800
  ...and I really didn't like seeing the end of the tailpipe stay still when the motor rotated...Mine didn't break, hung from...
• Re: Road rage cause--Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:29:08 -0700
  ...a-hole in an > F350 pickup trying to crawl up my tailpipe (a-hem!) on a freeway on-ramp > this morning made me wish...