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Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:17:34 -0500
...1 - 4 - 3 - 2 > distributor part number: Bosch 0 237 022 054 > ignition timing: 10 +/- 1 BTDC @ 800 RPM without vacuum (see note) > ignition...
Re: 84 Westy Fuel Pump Problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:07:07 -0400
The fuel pump running for a short time after the ignition is turned is not a design feature. It is a glitch. In order...
Re: New iginition coil behavior
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Mon, 30 Aug 2021 10:16:46 -0700
...ignition coil fail soon too? > > - Is the portion that feeds the tachometer independent from the main > > function of the ignition coil (feeding the distributor...
Re: Craigslist Ad
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:04:40 -0600
...Richard > But when did VW go with electronic ignition? Wasn't it toward the end of Bay window production? > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless...
Re: ignition? injection?
Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
Sun, 5 Jan 2003 11:32:23 -0500
...If no spark I would suspect the hall effect unit in the distributor. If you have spark I would suspect the TEMPII sensor. At...
engine cleaning do's and don'ts?
Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:16:08 -0400
...If I go to a coin-op wash, I figure I'll be disconnecting the battery, and bagging the alternator, distributor, and ignition coil...
Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:29:16 -0600
...We have put a new(er) distributor cap on. > > Can we try to prime the van by adding a little gas in the air...
Timing proceedure: 2.1 Watercooled; Bentley page 28.42 Digifant.
Historical mailing list - Dom
Mon, 20 Sep 1999 04:12:42 +1000
Bentley outlines three techniques for adjusting the ignition timing on p.28.42 (I miss the old test-lamp proceedure for the type 2...
Fixed: Won't Start in St. Helena, Napa County
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Tue, 2 Dec 2014 15:51:46 -0800
...And Now I have a new coil, ignition wires, distributor cap and rotor, too. The fellow at the shop felt the plugs were quite...
Re: ignition wires
Historical mailing list
Sun, 23 Feb 1997 14:06:46 -0800
...Does anybody know if you can just change the distributor cap and use the (very expensive, but beautiful) waterboxer wires on a airboxer? Even...
Re: Excessive Idle
Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:40:32 -0700
...Also > replaced all ignition components: plugs, wires, distributor cap and > rotor. Any ideas on what I might be missing? > > Thanks, > Darren >
Re: 84 Westy Fuel Pump Problem
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:51:09 -0700
next time I'm working on one, I disconnect the distributor, and see if ecu still runs the fuel pump for a few seconds...
Re: 80 Vangon mystery part?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 11:07:59 -0500
Sounds remarkably like an ignition module. Is the stock one present (flat device with cooling fins, bolted to left side wall, wired to distributor...
Re: WBX turbo Beetle!
Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:48:55 -0800
...mention, 4 valves per cylinder, sequential fuel injection, knock > sensor ignition, no distributor, and a few other things ) > AND.......it fits in the same...
Distributor Nightmare
Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
Sun, 11 Jul 2004 08:58:25 -0700
...Stopping, turning off the ignition, and restarting does not seem to help. Usually, I pull over to a safe spot, a gently coax her...
Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Sat, 21 Dec 2013 21:25:56 -0600
...Distributor Woe's continue!!! > > Volks, > > On my '88 GL - I pilled the distributor - and found the Hall Sender > connector that sticks out - to be...
Re: Progressive rough running - until ignition reset
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 18:20:02 -0500
The O2 sensor ground reference is through the brown wire in the hall sensor (distributor) harness . Dennis Sent from my Windows Phone -----Original Message...
Re: Fire!
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Wed, 26 Dec 2012 09:22:54 -0500
...The coil to distributor wire was completely powdered while the dizzy to plug wires less so. It's no more than a hunch that...
HELP -- Vanagon won't start
Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
Thu, 25 May 2000 18:57:41 -0400
...connections at the coil, starter, distributor - checked voltage in the battery - checked the Hall control unit - tested the ignition switch - checked the Park and...
'71 Westy won't start
Historical mailing list
Fri, 12 Jul 1996 22:24:53 -0400
...the cam when turning the ignition, I do get spark from coil to center distributor and also from distributor to spark plugs. Also, I...
Re: What next? ... GREMLINS STILL OCCUPY 80 CA VANAGON
Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
Thu, 30 Jan 1997 19:58:21 -0500
...My brother-in-law told me how to test the distributor when it quit, I wish I could remember what I did, but I...
Re: Strange vacuum leaks 1.9
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 23 Apr 2016 09:37:33 -0400
...Is it possible to have vacuum leaks at the base of ignition distributor and the crankshaft pulley bolt key way? My mechanic did a...
Removed Distributor Cap, Now Won't Start
Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:33:32 -0400
...I took my distributor cap off to check and clean. After I replaced it, the van wouldn't start. I'm thinking I disturbed...
Re: cutting out and sparking coil
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 08:14:00 -0700
...at the coil and saw ignition >>>sparks coming out of the rubber boot on the coil to distributor wire. This >>>morning on start up...
Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
Historical mailing list
Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:40:30 -0400
...cake! >Hall sender in the distributor - eventually those fail or get intermittent. exactly what I have, a rare ignition intermittent that seems motor temperature...
Help!! Ignition problem!
Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 15:12:31 -0700
...When key is turned to "on", but not cranking, fuel pump runs for a second, then I can hear sparks jumping inside the distributor...
Re: Vanagon starting problem
Historical mailing list - Scott
Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:55:04 -1000
...start at the distributor. pull the plug off the side of the engine's distributor ( very carefully ...it's delicate there ) and plug it...
Re: Start-Stop Syndrome Returns
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:44:57 -0400
...Ignition coil? Ignition control module? Idle stab module (low-power but in the engine room where temperature changes with load)? Not likely? Distributor - same...
Re: Distributor Nightmare
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:13:21 -0400
Jim, I wish you would have told me about the magnetic paint thing before I sent you distributor number 2. I would have been...
Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Mon, 23 Jul 2007 21:41:44 -0700
...As an example, if your van is rear ended by someone, which knocks out the ignition distributor and the engine stops. Let's say...
Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:06:01 -0700
In general, the Ignition Module (ICU) on 80-85 models (the one on the left engine wall) is a sealed unit, so repair of...
how did this happen ... ?
Historical mailing list - sg
Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:59:53 -0800
...well, i took off the wire from the ignition coil to the dist cap, and the four wires from the distributor cap to the...
Re: Trouble with '85 1.9l wasserboxer in Europe
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 23 May 2008 08:35:32 -0700
...distributor harness wires while its idling? Undo the fuel hose at the regulator and watch it while your wife turns on the ignition. Does...
Re: Engine stutters, tach nosedives. Then, just as suddenly, it's normal again.
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:48:03 -0500
...The tach is driven off the coil primary negative side, which the ECU ignition drivers pull down toward ground and release in order to...
Re: New Ig Switch, Still no Fuel Pump
Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:33:47 -0500
...I did notice that the headlight wire insulation was a little melted there near the ignition switch. <P>Darrell loaned me another ECU and...
Euro-Drive-OBD2: UPDATE 97 Volkswagen Jetta, No-start/Cuts-out/Misfire
Historical mailing list - "Don Kerr (by way of Derek Drew )"
Tue, 20 Feb 2001 14:27:02 -0500
...Fuel Injection / sefi Ignition: Distributor-Breakerless / tz Trans: 4-speed Automatic Transaxle (Electronic) Mileage: 47,283 mi Emissions: OBD-II Compliant VIN: 3VWSA81H6VM114059 Misc...
Heat Related Ignition Failure
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Mon, 10 Mar 2014 23:31:48 -0500
...I got out, did a distributor wire check - no spark. Waited a few, tried again. lots of spark. Put it together, tried to start...
Hall sender unit
Historical mailing list - Lee Spear
Sat, 9 Mar 2002 13:15:58 EST
...distributor are melted. Iam going to replace it today. COULD this have anything to do with my fast idle ? I set the ignition timming...
first clue your mechanic doesn't have a clue
Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:09:02 -0400
...wrong with the injector valves, spark plugs, the ignition coil, plug wires or the distributor cap. Take a look * it may lead to a...
Re: Nice folks, or half a dozen people who didn't rip my throat out
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Fri, 7 Mar 2003 09:06:27 -0800
...he pulled it off a shop distributor because you can't > get any of the parts of a distributor individually, just in whole. > > There...
Re: FWD>Help!!! Broken down on a dirt road in Costa Rica!
Historical mailing list
Mon, 27 Jan 1997 18:25:15 -0800
...Still have electrical systems, battery, etc., just absolutely no >| ignition. >| >| We've had a number of occasions where the car "burps", and stalls for...
Re: Vanagon Syndrome in Digijet?
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Mon, 20 Jun 2005 13:07:38 -0400
...Check all of them but one that is often overlooked is the connection on the side of the distributor coming from the Hall Sensor...
Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:49:19 -0500
But, I should mention, the firing order of the distributor is not the same. To his Northeast. One is Southeast. For the south west...
Re: Tach goes down, engine cuts out, then back again ...
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 2 Oct 2006 20:14:16 -0400
...It could be the Hall sender or the wiring in or where it exits the distributor ... or It could be a failing ignition switch...
Re: Random Instant Shutdown
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:26:58 -0700
...the distributor. There is a known failure point in the 86+ dash fuse/relay panel where the wire connects for the ignition on signal...
Re: Starting problem
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 2 May 2004 23:53:04 EDT
...The Hall sender in the distributor might be going sour. In my experience, the Hall sender can fail intermittently before it fails completely. One...
Re: Zoooooom!
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:12:09 -0400
...distributor and rechecked. He cautioned me to listen for pinging... and back the advance closer to 5 degrees if i hear any pre-ignition...
Re: Excessive Idle
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:22:38 -0500
...Also > replaced all ignition components: plugs, wires, distributor cap and > rotor. Any ideas on what I might be missing? > > Thanks, > Darren > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS...
Re: ATTN: 80-83 Owners
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 27 Apr 2003 09:05:20 -0400
...carb, 009 distributor Vanagon. Am looking to pick the brain of other owners with this setup. Namely, timing, points or electronic ignition, etc etc...
Re: Help! Cunegonde losing power up hills
Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:21:45 -0700
...We limped into Elbe WA, I >> checked > >> for obvious vacuum hose and electrical/ignition misconnections. >> No visible or odorific fuel leaks. >> About 13 gallons...
86 Westy cuts out sporadically, now won't start
Historical mailing list - Helge Weissig
Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:05:08 -0700
...many similar sounding issues that are either due to ignition switches, AFM problems, distributors broken or ECU malfunction/bad connections. My Westy's problem...
Re: Tiico won't start
Historical mailing list - Will Pierson
Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:01:09 -0500
...Only when reved up would it leak and spray the distributor. Also check coil, ignition module etc. It is a spark problem, hard to...
Re: Digifant and Fuel Injection Basic questions(long)
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:42:40 -0500
...controls both ignition advance and fuel injector firing Ignition questions: 1. Since I've never had the stock Vanagon 2.1 distributor apart, can...
Re: Wiring harness to distributor plug
Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
Mon, 23 Sep 2013 19:14:58 -0700
...has a 2.1 distributor, > and I'm pretty sure Paul is using a 1.9 ignition system and distributor > in his 85 Vanagon...
Re: Regular maintenance list-contributions.
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:50:01 -0500
...check ignition system (ignition wires, distributor cap, rotor should be replaced) - replace spark plugs - replace ignition breaker (points. this was before electronic ignition) - replace...
Re: Gauges
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 19:25:25 -0600
...GAUGES > > > >Scott, > > > >Bosch makes a rev-limiting ignition rotor. At a preset RPM, it disconnects > >the ignition path to the distributor cap. I'll...
Re: -FORD-FOCUS-ZETEC
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 16 May 2012 15:48:24 -0400
Since the engine does not use a distributor for ignition you need more than a harness to make it work. You need the complete...
Loss of Power Problem - Ideas?
Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:51:21 -0800
...Immediately reponds to cycling ignition switch, that is, if you turn off the engine completely and restart, it starts back up normally with full...
Re: No start, no spark
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:38:30 -0400
...Candidates are the Hall-effect generator in the distributor, the connector at the distributor, the ECU, the coil and the various wiring and connections...
Re: Bad coil? Car dead at walmart
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:39:32 -0700
...usually it was lack of ignition. ( like there was fuel pressure and the injectors were being triggered by the ECU ) personally............I don't...