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• Re: Leaky valve cover tip of iceberg
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 12:39:21 -0700
  ...The oil leak at the valve head still leaks after replacing > the gaskets, at least on the driver's side. I did notice a...
• RE: lead & valves
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 00:11:12 -0700
  >>Are you sure? When I drive more than five upfilled tanks with >>unleaded gas I start hearing the work of my vents. When I...
• Re: Sudden Propane Venting from Tank Valve
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:24:31 -0400
  ...Is that valve on the right the 80% level bleed valve? Mine is up higher. Like it is at 80% up the height of...
• Re: engine woes and choices--need experienced advice
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 16:59:08 -0400
  ...I had the head off and valves replaced on that head in a weekend. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis temporarily hailing from...
• Re: Friday NVC-MGB engine that rebuilds itself
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 18:16:03 -0400
  >> Trying to put in a shutoff valve for the heater, since the one under the front doesn't close properly. ~(;)> << Even assuming a good...
• Super Subaru Engines...
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 17:47:25 -0800
  found this in the current "DRIVE!" magazine; 450 hp/2000/2001 Subaru factory test engines. DOHC, single or twin turbo, 4 valve, pent (combustion...
• Re: Fuel Pressure rail valve on 82
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:52:38 -0500
  ...The fuel line fits snugly on the access port located between the two injectors on the drivers side. Secure the hose to the access...
• Re: valve adj. 90-2.o
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 23:39:13 -0500
  ...specifics of the valve train than I. Good luck. John John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www...
• Re: Valve Tapping Sound
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 29 May 2002 17:39:49 -0500
  ...If you are using anything but a Mann filter, the internal spring pressure of relief valve in the filter will allow the oil pressure...
• Re: AC mounting
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 3 May 2005 09:19:17 -0400
  If you are going to install new seals then I would replace the dryer and the expansion valve (as new ones are made for...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 09:42:33 -0700
  ...often well we need to adjust the valves? > > > > > > This was fun and if anyone wants to drive a Frankenstein's monster that > > kicks ass...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 00:03:59 -0600
  David, from what I know about hydraulic valve lifters, you are pretty much right own. Most of my experience is with aircraft engines and...
• Re: Leaky valve cover tip of iceberg
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:10:53 -0400
  ...The oil leak at the valve head still leaks after replacing the gaskets, at least on the driver's side. I did notice a...
• Re: Harbor Freight Floor Jacks
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:12:45 -0700
  ...It's still working fine after about 5yrs, but the control of the bleed valve has always been not so great. It is 'touchy...
• Re: Tires (Tyres) from COSTCO?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 21:32:39 EST
  ...I mean I'll go to Costco with my daily driver which is a VW Fox. But I wouldn't trust them with my...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 12 Jul 2016 00:20:16 +0000
  ...Checked my Bentley but no info there. > > Tomorrow will work on changing the front heater valve with the new > > expensive GOWESTY heater valve. > > > > Dennis...
• Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:55:35 -0400
  Maybe he's talking about superchargers with a bypass valve that is not vacuum operated? Sudhir On 6/1/07, Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:55:01 -0800
  ...I think that this would provide all the information needed to design the circuitry and program the microcontroller to drive the idle air valve...
• Re: engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:58:34 -0700
  ...The > exhaust valve on cylinder #1 (the valve most forward on the engine on the > passenger side) seems messed up. I can't get...
• Bent valve push rod
  Historical mailing list - Ed Lloyd
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:40:27 -0400
  Should I drive this vehicle? Two weeks ago I got back from a weekend trip driving 5-6 hours each way through the mountains...
• Re: oil pressure relief valve leak?
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:44:13 -0700
  ...relief valve leak? >Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 18:55:09 -0400 > >Another common leak that you should ckeck is the distributor drive >O...
• Re: Idle Control Issues
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sat, 20 Jul 2013 12:35:58 -0700
  ...When I drive, I drive with the > AC on. That's just how I roll. > > So, the problem for me is that the 2...
• Eurovan timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 12:38:00 -0500
  ...60,000 miles 16 valve engines: 40,000 miles Water pumps would normally last a bit more, maybe 75,000 miles but were driven...
• Re: Idle Speed Adjustment - 1988 GL
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 10:53:42 -0400
  ...The Bentley diagram shows the "Idle Stabilizer Control Valve Connector" to be a single wire connector somewhat remote from the IS Control Valve. Is...
• Re: The New Vanagon Bentley Manual is Awesome!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:34:12 -0800
  What you are experiencing is normal ...if not driven very much .. the lifters bleed off, and it takes some runing to get them pumped...
• Re: I drove Boston Bob's big valve motor! Report
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:17:36 -0400
  ...for me to road test his "big valve" 2.1L engine. Now, I have installed and driven TIICO conversions, so I feel that i...
• Re: Coolant leak questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 22:46:58 -0500
  ...Opened the front bleeder valve and the rear >bleeder valve, ran the van at 2000 rpm until coolant started flowing freely >from front. Closed...
• Re: towing with a vanagon in an emergency.(NVC) . .
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:42:22 -0800
  ...Unfortunately you could have bent all 16 valves, we have seen this happen with this engine. A leak down test will tell you, but...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 12:40:58 -0500
  ...It is somewhat of an ordeal to drive in the heat of the SW with the heater running. Closing the vents doesn't keep...
• Re: Hydraulic valve lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:47:18 -0700
  ...Like to back the van out of someplace, but not drive it anywhere. Do that a few times and they can get noisy for...
• Re: Gas tank dents
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 May 2006 23:14:58 -0400
  ...Also, make sure the valve for it, (The black valve near the air filter) is getting the proper vacuum signal. You should hear it...
• Accessing the A/C Expansion Valve
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 08:45:41 -0500
  I need to replace the expansion valve in my '88GL. In reading the Bentley, looking at the ETKA, and at the evaporator cover in...
• Re: lead & valves
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 10:44:04 +0200
  Are you sure? When I drive more than five upfilled tanks with unleaded gas I start hearing the work of my vents. When I...
• Driving without fuel expansion tanks hooked up?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Lowe
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:00:42 -0400
  ...valves that broke while doing a tank reseal. Will I damage anything if I put a small amount of gas in and drive it...
• Re: Mechanical Geniuses please note! (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 16:14:04 -0400
  ...mechanically controlled power steering pump and belt drive that. Use a speed control with bypass valve to prevent the pump from loading up and...
• Eurovan AC
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 07:39:00 -0500
  ...The R/D has a safety valve that is EVEN CLOSER to the tire then the R/D in general. On the early ones...
• hydraulic lifters ... some info/opinion ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 04 Jan 96 20:16:26 CST
  i thought this might be of some interest to those of us with hydraulic valve lifters: from Road & Track, February 1996. Technical Correspondence ... Heavy...
• Re: It's smoking! Help!
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:04:57 -0800
  In my experience, the scene you describe means valve guides are going. When you let off of the gas, a (relative) vacuum sets up...
• Re: Post winter storage sticky valve noise
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 13:02:37 -0400
  ...The engine started up fine, but it now >> has a sticky valve type sound on the driver side of the engine. This >> noise was...
• Re: Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:38:08 -0800
  Pull eight bolts using two 13mm wrenches and remove the front to rear driveline and you will be fine. You can also take the...
• Re: '89 Vanagon GL Diagnostic Challenge
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 05:28:20 -0500
  ...Please, oh please let this just be the valve cover gaskets -- >engine supposedly had heads done within past year. >Intended action: Replace valve covers...
• Re: Grover's recovery thus far
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 20:43:44 -0400
  ...As soon as I get time to get back out to the driveway I plan to verify the valve adjustment and then go hunting...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 11:28:53 -0700
  Dave, just replace the OEM heater valve or have it replaced. End of problem... Jake On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 10:40 AM...
• Re: How long to do a valve job and replace the seats?
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 16:44:36 -0400
  ...Valve stem/guide wear, valve > face/seat errosion, and cylinder/ring/ring lands wear. > > In the aircraft industry, on the average general aviation airplanes...
• Leaky rear heater valve O Ring resolved
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 22 May 2022 16:49:30 -0400
  ...at least after one test drive. I replaced my rear heater core that had warped by the heater valve. I then replaced the o...
• Re: oh fridge guru
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 20:24:30 -0600
  ...I believe that it is against the law in some areas to drive with the propane valve open. The people who designed the camper...
• Re: Idle control valve
  Historical mailing list - FRANK CONDELLI
  Tue, 18 Jun 2019 04:55:07 -0400
  ...am in need of a idle control valve for my 1987 Vanagon tin top 2-wheel drive. > If anyone can hook me up with...
• Re: "90 carat fuel dump problem.
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:46:47 -0500
  ...lose power. Valves would be clacking as I pulled over. I would limp home with just enough power to get inthe driveway. The cat...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:22:38 -0400
  ...Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 20:16:22 -0400...
• Re: trip out west
  Historical mailing list - Werner Schink
  Tue, 3 Aug 2010 18:39:45 -0400
  Dave, There's a heater valve for sale on thesamba dot com www.thesamba dot com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=205238 that is...
• Vanagon Specifications Sheet
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:20:52 -0400
  ...4) Throttle valve switch turned off 5) Idle stabilizer OK 6) Ignition timing OK 7) Connector for idle stabilizer control valve disconnected 8) Oxygen...
• Re: FIRE!! How did it happen? How to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:36:09 -0700
  ...Any mid/rear engined is a lot more dangerous to drive due to the fact that the air current promotes any bad fuel lines...
• AT Governor and fluid exchange with final drive
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 1 Mar 2003 21:53:49 -0500
  ...The other question I have is about the seals I need to replace that cause the ATF and final drive gear oil to mix...
• Re: best new heads?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 11:38:47 -0700
  Some earlier AMC heads had improperly hardened valve stem keepers that failed with disastrous consequences. According to my rebuilder, this is no longer a...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 07:08:51 -0700
  ...brand Tune Up. > Quiets valves and lifters > dissolves harmful deposits. > DIRECTIONS To tune and free lifters while you drive, add entire contents of > bottle...
• Re: new listee - new van - oil pressure on TD
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:27:14 -0600
  As I understand it, there is a relief valve in the Mahle and Mann filters whose spring pressure is sufficient to maintains the pressure...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 08:33:47 -0800
  ...to design the >> circuitry and program the microcontroller to drive the idle air valve. >> >> >> >> And once a prototype is built, we will need a...
• Re: Idle Gremlins - Success / Wasserboxer Infatuation
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:22:48 EST
  ...valve adjustments. And you know, I confess.....I'm not going out to sleep in 'er tonight....but i did just take a drive...
• Re: bleed valve
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 14:59:53 EDT
  ...I believe it's eight quarts, look in the drivers manual under capacities.I am not at my vehicle now, email me back if...
• Re: 91 GL Running hot still...what next?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:31:07 -0600
  ...the radiator bleed valve until the t-stat opens. I usually run the van at 2000 rpm in the driveway until the radiator fan...