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• Re: Best chance of passing emissions?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 18 Aug 2005 23:14:31 -0400
  ...In Chicago they use a dyno for > older vehicles, but they don't test for NOx. My '80 used to pass with > no problem...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:53:58 -0800
  ...Had to stop using that program. ) On 2/27/2012 11:46 AM, Stacy Schneider wrote: > Test test test . My messages are going nowhere...
• Test cooling system for blockage
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 17:49:26 -0400
  ...What kind of tests can you do to determine if the engine is being cooled properly? How do you test the flow through of...
• Re: HIT DELETE NOW - This is only a test!
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:45:12 -0800
  ...just a test... move along! > > This is a test to see if I can send an email to the Vanagon mailing list > after configuring...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:18:16 -0600
  Dennis, This is a great idea but there is a shortcut to the test. If you can find the discharge curve for your battery...
• Re: How does a leak down tester work???
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 08:13:59 EST
  ...A leak down tester applies a regulated pressure to the cylinder under test and the resulting pressure in the cylinder is read as a...
• Re: 1.9 problems
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:59:01 -0400
  Craig, I would take it to a professional, like a store that only sells batteries and have the system tested again. I take mine...
• Compression test - cold engine or warm engine?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 22:00:26 -0700
  What is the consensus on taking a compression test? With the engine cold or warm? Todd '88 Westy
• Test
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 28 Dec 1998 16:56:03 -0800
  This is a test. -- /\_/\ ____ Ron 'Coyote' Lussier ( ) \ _/__ Andromedia, Inc. coyote@andromedia.com \ / \X / 818 Mission St. 1.415.365.6467 \_/ \/ San Francisco, CA 94103
• test
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:53:36 -0800
  Just want to see what happens when I send a test message to this address... Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA
• Re: insanity test (NVC) but read anyway...(f)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 22:16:15 -0700
  ...insanity test (NVC) but read anyway...(f) > better than listening to another tire thread: > > http://www.toiletduk.net/insanity_test/ > > > chris >
• Re: looking for a tool to pressure test my coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 3 Jun 2005 13:06:27 -0400
  Auto zone lends a pressure tester,but not the adapter to fit a vw. You need a screw adapter.Not the breach mounmt that...
• Re: Test... test
  Historical mailing list - Doug Toomey
  Tue, 5 Dec 2017 06:07:09 -0800
  ...This came through. >>>> >>>> >>>> BenT >>>> >>>>> On Dec 4, 2017, at 9:19 PM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> this is a test to Gerry...
• Re: 86 Camper: Voltage light sending unit; fuel pressure emission test; for sale in California
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Mon, 7 Sep 2009 20:51:49 -0700
  ...They did the fuel system pressure test, and said I was lucky to have recently done a fuel tank re-seal because most vanagons...
• Re: California law (smog)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 13:42:09 -0800
  Ben, In California, all vehicles from 1976 on must undergo emissions testing every other year. It gets even uglier though: not only does the...
• Testing the starter question
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 11:55:04 -0700
  ...A lot of recommendations to do a voltage drop test, between solenoid and positive terminal. How??? Is there a place to get extra extra...
• Re: Test/ Hello
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:17:38 -0700
  Test/ Hello Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 18, 2022, at 4:26 PM, Rowan Tipton <rowan@dragonhome.org> wrote: > > Got it... > > Quoting ddbjorkman...
• Re: Compression Test on Aircooled 1600
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 06:43:15 -0800
  On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, Phil Marston wrote: > Some quick pointers please about compression testing. > > 1 - Should the engine be hot or cold when...
• Re: Condensor for 90A alternator
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 07:02:47 -0400
  Did you let test the timing and idle / full throttle adjustments? Perhaps it's not set properly? I've got one of the lights...
• Sorry about the test post everyone I'm having gerry trouble
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:59:15 +0000
  To Jim & List, Sorry about the test post everyone I'm having gerry trouble. I sent an Emil to the list which gave me...
• Smog Check Test Only (California)
  Historical mailing list - Stewart, Donna
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:55:11 -0400
  Anybody had to smog their van under at a "test only" station in California? Any problems? Thanks. Donna, 1987 & 1990 Vanagons
• COC Test
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:10:14 -0700
  Hello out there in Vanagon world. Has anybody ever done the CARB COC Test at one of the 3 labs in California? Kim Springer
• Confirming a Bad Head Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 5 May 2002 23:00:11 EDT
  I took some advice I read on the list a few months ago and bought a leak down tester. On my son's '85...
• Re: FS: Roller Tip Rockers (Pauter 1.3
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 10 May 2001 11:26:05 EDT
  ...Mine with the Chip, rockers, mild porting and other changes passed my local emissions test. What are the requirements for CA testing? Robert [text...
• Fwd: Re: Pressure Tester/Adapter for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 14:23:33 -0800
  ...Pressure Tester/Adapter for Vanagon To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Richard, I made one from parts I had laying around the garage. http://neksiwel...
• Fuel Pump Ground Location?
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:21:31 -0700
  ...The fuel pump ground wire tests good & continuity of positive wire from f/p to f/p relay tests good. Any suggestions? Also, I...
• Re: Test
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 28 Jul 2005 18:04:13 -0700
  ...Test Apparently we angered the Great John Wallace in the Sky and he punished us. "No list! No list for any of you for...
• Re: did anyone else get "test only" smog checks this year in CA?
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:48:59 -0700
  ...Even though I replaced the cat and sensor after that one bad test and it passed with ridiculously clean numbers every test after, it...
• Re: Testing Starters...
  Historical mailing list - David
  Wed, 16 Nov 2016 15:12:39 -0800
  ...bench tested … unless > your bench has a bell housing ;-) > > Why not simply swap them on the van to give them a test? > > > > On 16...
• Re: Testing for power draw on battery?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 3 Apr 2005 23:17:14 -0700
  You can buy a tester at Harbor Freight that will test if there is any current running out of your battery when everything is...
• Syncro Off-road testing Party?
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Sun, 9 Jan 2000 11:33:02 -0800
  ...This testing sessions will be devoted in part to further refinement of the syncro suspension. Hopefully we can get a varriety of suspension set...
• ideas for testing WBX heads for cracks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:15:19 -0500
  I have a hand full of used heads I need tested for cracks. any ideas out there? later mark d
• test
  Historical mailing list - MS GINA GODAT
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 15:41:37 -0500
  TEST! ____ The Buslady of SoCal Time's Champion http://pages.prodigy.com/timeschampion/tcindex.htm page about sylvester mccoy, drwho #7 soon to move...
• Re: Roadhaus - 2.2L Engine Install , Prelimanary Report B.Bobs Response
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:53:26 -0400
  ...One interesting thing happened in the last round of Chassiss dyno testing that is worth repeting. In one test the engine gained over 25...
• Re: Help to pass emmissions test
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 19 Nov 1996 12:41:07 -0500 (EST)
  ...Pasarell wrote: > I'm having problems passing esmissions tests, Is there any other > solution other than to rebuild the whole engine? > The problem seems...
• Re: test your injectors!
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 13:54:22 -0800
  ...I really recommend that you too >bench-test your 20+ year old injectors if you have an drivability problem. >You should certainly do so...
• Re: Test
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:47:42 -0700
  ...Test Apparently we angered the Great John Wallace in the Sky and he punished us. "No list! No list for any of you for...
• Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 20:46:49 -0400
  I need some help to make sure I'm testing this properly. My headlights do not work, high beams and parking lights work. When...
• Re: starting problems
  Historical mailing list - John Becker
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:51:19 +0000
  Snip <<Needless, to say that was the end of my tests... can't test for a problem that no longer exists. Does the continuity...
• Testing fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - jbclem
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 16:19:16 -0800
  ...Does anyone have experience using any of the testing systems available...I'm thinking of the discontinued TIF Fuel Injector Testor(TIF 357EFI) that...
• Leak-down Test - How to??
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:24:19 -0500
  I have a differential compression tester and know how to do a leakdown test on an airplane engine - but not on a an automotive...
• Re: Emissions Test Failure
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 22 Sep 2017 16:24:22 -0700
  ...It failed one part of the test - the HC (PPM) at >> idle were 350 (the standard is 220). >> >> >> I spoke with my mechanic who...
• Re: 85 - Bucking and misfiring
  Historical mailing list - WVVW
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:25:50 -0400
  ...I'll have to see if I can borrow my friend's compression tester this weekend. Never have heard of a power balance test...
• Racially tested off color joke(or IS it?)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:34:23 -0600
  ...Did not test for male/ female volume levels. Next test will be to test 10 people from the state of Idaho to see if...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:30:04 -0800
  ...Poor man battery testing Deep Cycle battery capacity load testing. Theory: Deep cycle batteries need to be tested differently than the normal tests used...
• test of system
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 12:39:11 +0000
  ...This is just a test. Steve
• Vanagon crash test (was drifting)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:18:23 -0700
  Just when I thought I had seen all the Vanagon crash test videos- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGKlWqSadlQ Robert 1982 Westfalia
• Test
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:54:31 -0700
  This is a test. -- /\_/\ ____ Ron 'Coyote' Lussier ( ) \ _/__ http://www.vanagon.com/ (408) 865-0657 \ / \X / Travel with us to the coyote@vanagon.com \_/ \/ end...
• Test of Picasa
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 14:15:42 -0800
  Wanted to test picasa for future ref. Sweet ride, yeah? Michael Gringo 91GL Auto. http://picasaweb.google.com/sandwichhead/VWVanagon?authkey=jf5gWJhXoVw Thanks, Michael...
• Re: passed DE inspection :-)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:53:55 -0400
  The give away that this is an "unloaded" test is there are no readings for NOx. The major purpose of the dyno tests is...
• EPA Abuse-- was Re: A/C freon R-134A upgrade...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 03 Apr 1997 08:45:53 -0800
  ...We have been attempting to help our legislator push a bill through the Washington State Legislature that would require scientific proof that car testing...
• Digijet ECU Testing Sought
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 12:32:51 -0400
  ...I wonder if there is a good way to test these units, when they arrive, besides popping them in my van and giving them...
• Re: You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:55:50 EDT
  Here in New Jersey we went to dyno testing last year. Here are my observations so far: 1. Increases time of inspection by about...
• Re: Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:56:37 -0500
  ...Poor man battery testing Deep Cycle battery capacity load testing. Theory: Deep cycle batteries need to be tested differently than the normal tests used...
• Viscous Coupling Test Results
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 08:41:58 -0500
  Viscous Coupling Tests I am in the middle of testing a stack of 5 viscous couplings. The test involves turning the VCs at various...
• Synchro VC torque test
  Historical mailing list - Joel Skousen
  Fri, 19 Dec 1997 20:26:33 -0800
  I tested my VC's resistance to turning movment today. Jacked up one front wheel, put torque wrench one lug nut, pointing directly at...
• California law (smog)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:16:39 -0500
  Can someone enlight(en?) me on the emission/smog test: Let's say you have a 78 westy, carburated or injection, do you have...
• Re: How does a leak down tester work???
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:11:02 -0500
  Thank you Don, The leak-down test is definitely done at top-dead center as this is where the most piston / ring / cylinder wear...
• Poor man battery testing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:42:40 -0500
  Deep Cycle battery capacity load testing. Theory: Deep cycle batteries need to be tested differently than the normal tests used for starting batteries. The...
• Re: Battery overheating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 16:08:24 -0400
  At 15:29 9/18/2000, Puzerewski wrote: >Drove the Vanagon to the Battery store and had them test it for warranty. >Tested good...