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• [f]RE: Lousy idle and sneaky booster leaks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 11:08:44 PST
  ...Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648"@lenti.med.umn.edu says: > Dave Kautz points out correctly that your vacuum leak may be far from...
• Vacuum on cool down
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:28:22 -0400
  If your system is working right any vacuum will draw coolant from the reservoir tank... that is one of the two main functions of...
• Vacuum from Brake Booster?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:37:45 -0700
  Hi All, I'm still trying to find information where to grab vacuum for the aftermarket Audiovox cruise control I'm trying to wedge...
• Re: Difficult starting, smell gas, fires when pedal down (more air flow)
  Historical mailing list - Syncronicity1
  Tue, 13 May 2008 06:49:56 -0700
  ...Since your experience points to a vacuum leak, it just reminded me of one thing I have to clear up, and that is the...
• Re: Diff lock in a 2wd
  Historical mailing list - caryccc
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 04:33:57 -0600
  ...Build a " [ " shaped bracket, and drill holes thru it so that it can be attached to the tranny housing via the original vacuum actuator...
• Re: [A] Camper woes
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 13:50:18 -0500
  ...By now I am convinced it is a vacuum leak somewhere. The only other vacuum line that I haven't replaced is from the...
• Power brake booster on Type II
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Dec 1995 11:32:43 -0800
  ...I've already purchased the servo (yow! that was expensive!) the master cylinder and vacuum line check valve. I figure I'll have to...
• Re: '88 Vanagon - failed cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Sun, 10 Aug 2003 21:06:57 -0700
  ...One is electrical and one is vacuum. In the engine compartment, towards the back of the vehicle on the pass side is the vacuum...
• Re: acceleration flat spot
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 11 May 1995 16:23:41 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I also experienced a flat spot when I went from my dual-vacuum advance to a Bosch 009 (all mechanical). I went back to...
• Re: Probable Area for vacuum leak
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 03:07:03 -0700
  ...Probable Area for vacuum leak >At 18:17 8/19/99 -0400, Jason M. Yasment wrote: >>In the case of a loopy idle on...
• Vacuum lines for charcoal filter/replacing Syncro fuel sender
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:24:01 -0700
  ...Can I disconnect the hoses attached to it? The Bentley manual identifies one of them as "to distributor vacuum advance unit". Is there a...
• Re: '85 vac lines
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Thu, 26 Dec 1996 09:14:16 -0600 (CST)
  On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Rocko Flamefart wrote: > > >>electronics, exhaust, FI, etc., but the problem I am having is sorting out > >>the extra vacuum...
• Re: what did I do wrong? brake bleeder question
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Wed, 13 Dec 2000 09:17:31 -0800
  ...As I mentioned in an earlier posting, applying a vacuum > to the bleeder draws air from around its thread which presents itself as > bubbles...
• Re: Slow throttle response on 90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 22:07:54 -0800
  ...I too thought it was a vacuum leak (as yours probably has.) Mine turned out to be a set of A*tolite spark plugs...
• Fuel Pressure Too High?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Tue, 8 May 2001 16:56:46 EDT
  ...His gauge read 39 psi with the vacuum line connected and 45 psi with the vacuum line disconnected. When I got home and checked...
• Rough Idle, Engine Stalls - Tow in
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Rough Idle, Engine Stalls - Tow in
  May 31, 1990
  The clamp for the air intake boot to air flow meter/throttle body may yield tension and could cause a vacuum leak. This may...
• Re: Oil brather vacuum leak? Kenny?
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 20:07:07 -0800
  ...Oil brather vacuum leak? Kenny? > Kenny, > It is not clear to me. You say, you had a vacuum leak "at the oil > breather > tower...
• Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:56:04 +0000
  Paul, They don't go to the vacuum booster for the brakes. On the clutch (assuming std trans) and the brake pedal, there should...
• Re: Differential lock and Sychro Vacum Plumbing
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 12:01:08 -0700
  ...The Bentley book calls the vacuum reservoir. What up? Also, what are the vacuum lines off the V-C doing anyway? Any ideas or...
• Re: fuel pressure tester
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:15:09 -0800
  ...On 3/29/06, steve vitale <steve@newsie.net> wrote: > > any recommendations for a fuel pressure tester/vacuum tester? I was > considereing this one...
• Re: Bentley - Page 24.24b -- Question -- vacuum oriface(?)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 13:52:54 -0400
  At 01:23 AM 10/6/2003, Damon Campbell wrote: >Is the point of the oriface to reduce the amount of >vacuum whatever is...
• Re: shout out to the list -- road-side repairs -- vacuum leak, duct tape
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 9 Jun 2020 23:04:22 +0000
  Agree with Eric.  Vacuum lines are super easy and super important.  And cheap.  Try removing one or two and carefully inspect the ends with...
• Re: '87 Vacuum plumbing question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:06:09 -0500
  ...it has a molded fitting that looks like a hard plastic vacuum >> line should connect to it. I don't see this in the...
• '80 air-cooled power loss
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:17:37 -0500
  ...Is this more likely an ignition problem or a vacuum problem. I've looked repeatedly for any missing vacuum lines and leaks. Timing retards...
• Re: Timing/Distributer question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:59:57 -0400
  That port is for the vacuum "retard" chamber. It gets connected to full manifold vacuum. There is a port near the throttle but sometimes...
• Strange vacuum leaks 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Wed, 20 Apr 2016 21:07:23 -0500
  ...Is it possible to have vacuum leaks at the base of ignition distributor and the crankshaft pulley bolt key way? My mechanic did a...
• Re: Brake booster problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:57:38 -0500
  Sounds like the little disk type check valve is leaking (one on the engine vacuum line). Stan On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:30...
• Re: Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 01:47:31 -0700
  Ken, I tried that and more, but the vacuum gauge reading went even lower(the further away from TDC I got) and the idle...
• Vacuum lines info
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 10 May 2022 08:27:23 -0400
  ...although the vacuum lines may not be the cause of my 84 running problems they do look and feel tired compared to the other...
• Re: Cruise Control Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:40:55 -0400
  Make sure it has it's own vacuum pump or an electronic servo. The Vanagon engine does not have sufficient vacuum to make these...
• Re: 84 not refiring , still flooding ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:36:02 -0500
  ...Pull the vacuum line on your fuel pressure regulator (canister with three hoses and a vacuum line, just fwd and to right of distributor...
• Re: Installing cruise on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:32:36 EDT
  ...The pulses it sends regulates the amount of vacuum the diaphragm receives. The more pulses, the more vacuum and the more vacuum the more...
• Re: Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Racer X
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 20:34:13 -0500
  Dennis Haynes wrote: > That vacuum pump should have come with a special grease to seal the bleeder > screw threads. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yi...
• Re: throttle to intake body tightness
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:21:40 -0700
  ...Like you, I replaced mine in the process of fighting a manifold vacuum leak. I think I still have a leak. You've done...
• Re: Brake Booster question
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 16:01:58 -0900
  ...Have a question about a possible vacuum leak from the brake booster. When I depress the brake pedal I hear a very low-level...
• 84GL distributor
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 25 Nov 2003 07:13:49 -0800
  ...What is involved with popping out the distributor and turning it slightly so the rubber tube on the vacuum advance doesn't destroy itself...
• Re: Two Kinds of Decouplers
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:53:20 -0700
  > I could swear I read somewhere there are two different kinds of Decouplers. > One that uses the vacuum setup that the diff locks use...
• RE: Pwr Brake Vac Hose (was RE: Idle Probs)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 12:24:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >>I've also heard, that ordinary heater hose works-- I don't have to use >>the hugely expensive ribbed vacuum hose, so the story...
• Re: A/C - what it the purpose of the vacuum check
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:04:54 -0500
  ...A/C - what it the purpose of the vacuum check > > What does this vacuum check do for the system in terms of servicing the...
• Re: Fuel pressure regulator/hesitation off idle
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 10:48:42 -0700
  ...Then again, someone may have disconnected the vacuum hose to regulator in an attempt to solve other running issues. OR, the hose became disconnected...
• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:38:23 -0700
  ...6 most common places to find vacuum > leaks? > ed > > Steven Johnson wrote: > >> I would add to this vacuum leaks which equate to potential overheating...
• WTB: Synchro Locking Differential Switch
  Historical mailing list - Mike Karseboom
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 15:04:18 -0800
  ...This should be an interesting project, but I need the dash mounted switch, vacuum tubing, and the transaxle mounted vacuum canister from the a...
• Re: Van Gremlins
  Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 16:14:37 -0500
  Yes, if the diaphragm leaks extra fuel will get sucked in to the intake through the vacuum line. To test it pull off the...
• interesting idle issue
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 14:01:18 -0800
  ...I am wondering what (beside a vacuum leak) would/could cause my idle to stay high 1500 rpm + then very gradually settle to normal...
• After Market Cruise?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:39:34 EDT
  Hi All, Does anyone have any experience, installing Cruise Control into a non-cruise Van? What is the best way, Vacuum (stock) or electrical...
• vacuum leak
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 12:35:25 -0400
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=zMok2y05jNE&NR=1
• Re: Power brake booster on Type II
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 31 Dec 1995 19:58:10 -0500
  ...I've already >purchased the servo (yow! that was expensive!) the master cylinder and >vacuum line check valve. I figure I'll have to...
• Things I Learned Today (or, "I are a idiot")
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:00:24 -0700
  ...When measuring fuel pressure, the #2 vac hose that Bentley's has you disconnect is NOT the one going to the vacuum unit. It...
• Re: Dem ole Vanagon blues
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Sat, 25 Feb 2017 10:11:49 -0700
  Or vacuum issue, or intake manifold leak at gasket. I had an 81 that acted like this. Find a mechanic that has a smoker...
• Re: a.c. removal, or, where does this vacuum line go?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:08:34 -0400
  ...system), noticed that the vacuum line on the > front of the fuel pressure regulater was disconnected at the other end; I > assume this may...
• Re: Cruise control diagnosis progress - ambient temp?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 07:48:40 -0800
  ...Removed vacuum pump and put 12V to it. It runs noisily, but doesn't seem to pull any discernible vacuum. Should it pull enough...
• Re: shout out to the list -- road-side repairs -- vacuum leak, duct tape
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 9 Jun 2020 23:31:58 +0000
  Gabe, amuse us with a simple experiment:  unhook a rubber vacuum line.  With scissors, cut 1 inch off the end (to eliminate a funky...
• Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 May 2001 12:49:00 -0400
  ...The vacuum >produced by the engine also affects fuel regulator pressure, because the >strength of the vacuum is what keeps the fuel pressure LOW...
• Brake pedal/high idle issue
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:36:29 -0500
  ...I realize I may have been screwing up the vacuum supply/demand chain there, but is this something indicating a repair down the road...
• Re: Brake booster?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 09:53:34 -1000
  ...going back in automotive diagnostics to the 50's or so, when what we regard as conventional vacuum brake boosters became standard and common...
• Re: brake system vacuum leak
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 10:42:34 +0000
  ...I would think that the problem is with the booster, as I can hear it leak vacuum when the engine is off with just...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Why reduce engine speed -- vacuum guage -- small car header
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 11:46:08 +0100
  ...Re: [subaruvanagon] Why reduce engine speed -- vacuum guage -- small car header > > >On some fancy shmancy cars, there are gauges telling you your mileage at...
• Re: Chunka Bologna
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:45:48 -0500
  ...Fixing my air leaks at the dipstick tube and the oil fill tube cured a problem that presented itself like a vacuum leak would...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:36:50 +0000
  ...Also check that all of your vacuum lines are connected and secure...fiddling around back there can knock some stuff loose or just enough...
• Re: What to check first unstable idle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:28:06 -0400
  At 10:41 PM 3/23/2009, Warren Lail wrote: >Turned out >to be a vacuum leak. Check all your hoses on the topside...