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• Re: Smelling coolant suspect rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:23:54 -0800
  ...On mine, when I still had that >> heater, it was a brittle cracked O-ring in that valve. >> >> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at...
• fridge air pumps
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 25 Jul 1996 15:29:21 CST6CDT
  ...valve in line that can get gummy and not hold air well. Derek's trick of using a hose attached to the drain line...
• oil filter and oil pressure on cold start
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:02:17 -0500
  ...Aren't Vanagon > filters designed with a valve that keeps oil from draining out of the > filter for the purpose of getting the oil...
• Auto transmission
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 13:13:27 -0600
  ...loosen the valve body. Bently says 11 screws hold it in place > 4. carefully lower the valve body from the transmission. > 5. the accumulator...
• Re: sticking lifter cure?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 10:26:09 -0400
  ...If the oil filter is not the right one, the pressure > relief valve spring pressure in the filter is not sufficiently strong to > hold...
• oil cooler details.
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:43:24 -0400
  ...Finally, "drainback" shouldn't be a problem. The thermostat operates as a check valve, as does a quality oil filter. Once the system is...
• Re: Clutch Master Cylinder
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 22:56:14 -0600
  ...I installed the new cylinder making sure that the plunger is >in place, reconnected the hoses, attached a drain to the bleeder valve at...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Woes
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:16:00 -0600
  ...I removed the cap on the metal drainage plug under the fridge and vacummed it out. (This seemed more hygenic than sucking on it...
• PVC grey water tanks...
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 07:01:55 -0400
  ...lower and travel across the van back up to the sink drain fitting on the other side. Water seeks its own level so you...
• Re: Cooling System Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 09:20:04 -0500
  ...http://texasvanagons.com/rmw-stainless-steel-coolant-tank/ > > > > Unclamped the hoses, drain the tank into a bucket slowly while keeping > the > > unclamped hoses pointed...
• Re: Does a worn pressure relief valve cause Oil pressure buzzer?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:19:16 -0700
  ...It would take a lot of grit in the oil to wear the valve enough to cause this. Usually relief valves stick closed, but...
• Re: Coolant-Drain and Replace
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Sun, 21 Feb 1999 23:13:16 -0800
  ...I did not drain down the expansion tank when I replace the sensor. I worked quickly and I kept the rest of the system...
• Propane tank rust - how much is too much?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 30 Jan 2018 18:49:30 -0800
  ...I had left the tank valve open since the summer, but I last used the stove in November. I think the original regulator may...
• Re: oil pressure at startup in diesel swapped inline 4
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 20:44:57 -0700
  ...I solved it with a better filter that has an anti-drainback valve. I've heard of folks just using the larger diesel filter...
• Re: Another AC question
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:14:38 -0700
  ...I'm certainly no AC expert, but I've often heard that the expansion valves are frequently the choke points for system blockages. Sent...
• Re: AC Conversion: R12 to R134A
  Historical mailing list - Mark & Laura Magee
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:23:30 -0500
  ...Where is the expansion valve, and where do I purchase one? I didn't > see it on our friendly internet vendors' sites. Find SouthEast...
• Extra fueltank
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 5 May 2000 10:35:18 +1200
  ...and a valve system set-up to switch between tanks, perhaps selected manually, and LEDs to indicate which tank is being drained. I wonder...
• Re: AC Converting/Procedure/R134A
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:37:55 -0400
  ...Dave On 6/13/06, Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Check your blue "relase" valve. The threads should be on the inside of...
• Re: drip drip rear heater core continued
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 4 Jan 2015 20:46:13 -0500
  typo allert!!! On sale at Van Cafe is a a heater core and valve and ring for less then $120.00. Is good compared...
• Re: Repair Front Rack and Pinion?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Mysyk
  Thu, 28 Aug 1997 00:52:01 -0600
  ...1200lbs pressure in the system to drive power steering!, there is a valve in the ps pump that is supposed to regulate this pressure...
• AW: Jetta 2.0L conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:30:14 -0700
  ...It was later explained to me by a VW tech that the anti drain-back valve and larger oil capacity of the filter help...
• Re: Fed up with Auto-fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 07:53:49 -0700
  ...So I fetched out a pair of pliers and loosened the valve. He opened it, and turned on the hose valve then turned on...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 3 Apr 2013 19:31:51 -0700
  ...Much easier than draining the tank and dropping it though, and it's an excuse to by another tool, a Torx T-55 bit...
• Re: Auto tranny problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:31:58 -0400
  ...They have are designed to maintain some space between the two seal so that any seepage from either section can drain out the hole...
• Re: Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!!
  Historical mailing list - Sullivan, Kevin
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 10:07:35 -0800
  ...Bad valve? Lifter? Help!!! TICK TICK TICK!! Thanks all for the info on the drain plug... I now have a real problem! TICK TICK...
• Re: Hidden ATF leak, strange shifting behavior.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 31 Dec 2005 11:40:27 -0500
  ...Leave as much seafoam as possiable in the trans when swaping out the other valve body.This will clean the new valve body after...
• 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: Spanish help in Argentina needed
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 15:24:38 +1200
  ...poles (it wanted to >know if there is to drain them to regulate valves and the light that must >have) nose if it is...
• Re: VANAGAIN
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 06:09:57 -0800
  ...Make sure both heater valves are closed. Then I open the coolant tank cap and syphon all of the coolant into my spare antifreeze...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 May 2002 - Special issue (#2002-617)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 20 May 2002 17:14:01 -0700
  ...The cars had all the oil drained from the > crankcases, They claimed to have run the cars for a long period of time over...
• Problems that need solutions...
  Historical mailing list - J.T. & Kathy Walsh
  Sat, 31 May 1997 22:00:06 -0500
  ...differential and the drain plug on the transmission, but I can't find a fill plug. The differential lockout valve seems to be located...
• Re: Hydraulic lifters
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:39:34 -0700
  Hi Eric, A couple weeks ago, I drained about 1/2 quart of oil and added about 1 cup of MMO -- I started with...
• '73 Safare Update - Hard to Shift?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 28 Apr 1995 23:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...that this oil filter had the bypass valve, and some mechanism for disallowing oil to drain backwards through it so that the oil would...
• Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:12:43 -0800
  ...an anti-drain >>back valve like the vanagon waterboxer oil filters >>do? Is he using a filter with an anti-drain back vavle? >>I...
• Re: oil pressure relief valve leak?
  Historical mailing list - armando guzman
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:44:13 -0700
  ...drain plug. this is a 2.1 we are talking about. > > anyways, if i remeber correctly this is the oil pressure relief > > valve. it...
• Continued Coolant Grief
  Historical mailing list - Colin Stanfield
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:46:50 -0400
  ...I figure the thermostat must have been opening and that coolant was filling voids in the system, draining the expansion tank and tripping the...
• Re: Let's Talk Coolant Drainage (long)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 11 May 2012 09:36:28 -0700
  ...Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Clearly, I never drained anywhere near most of the old coolant. >>>> >>>> I am puzzled. Oh -- the heater valve was open. >>> >
• Let's Talk Coolant Drainage (long)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 10 May 2012 20:15:44 -0700
  ...Clearly, I never drained anywhere near most of the old coolant. I am puzzled. Oh -- the heater valve was open. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel...
• Re: coolant overflow tank-OOPS!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:18:16 -0500
  ...coolant overflow tank The cap has two valves in it. There is the pressure relief that opens when the pressure in the cooling system...
• Re: Head leak - What is the process for using Bars Leak Head Gasket Repair
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:58:22 -0400
  ...2 minutes. - Drain the water out again. - Pour in the Gasket Sealer - Run the engine as they say. Takes about 2 hours in total...
• Re: info on the fridge
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Wed, 19 Sep 2001 23:52:03 -0700
  ...There were all sorts of cobwebs but worse, the flame pot and drain tube was all rusted and corroded. I cleaned them up, but...
• Re: My Van has been found!!!
  Historical mailing list - Milo's Kitchen
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:18:19 -0400
  ...out the casing around the oil drain plug so i can get a fram sd2 oil drain valve in & remove it with a socket...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
  Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:32:47 -0400
  ...Also went through two "new" front heater valves that leaked after only a month or two. Went to VW for the third one, two...
• Re: Smoking 2.1 troubleshoot--> Help!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 00:25:58 -0500
  ...It developed a nasty smokescreen a few weeks ago, which I attributed to the busted exhaust valve which in turn washed out cylinder #2...
• Re: Those undersink hoses!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 3 Jul 2007 06:46:45 -0700
  ...It had lodged in the ball valve of the garden hose shutoff I'd screwed onto the sink drain outlet. After it had been...
• Re: Low compression, more test results
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 00:23:21 -0400
  "Lash" caps are caps placed between the valve stem and the rocker adjusting screw. They are used for a number of reasons. For hi...
• Re: Why???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 11:30:55 -0600
  ...Is the line valve open (under the van)? 3. Is the condensate drain (under the fridge on the van floor) open? 4. Did you...
• Re: lifter noise
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 08:41:49 EST
  ...I added 1 quart of ATF to oil (after draining a quart) and ran for a few days, then changed the oil and this...
• Re: Propane Gas Still On?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 2 Jun 2003 13:14:39 -0400
  ...There is enough pressurized propane in the lines between the tank valve (under the van) and the stove knob to act as a small...
• Re: [Vwdiesel] Need help getting parts from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 12:09:55 -0700
  ...I know that the TD injectors are different, and it's possible that the fuel delivery valves and pump cam are different also. I...
• Re: new listee - new van - oil pressure on TD
  Historical mailing list - OOMKES Robin
  Fri, 2 Jan 2004 18:47:06 +0100
  ...Mann oil filter, > cheap ones can cause this because their anti-drainback valves don't seal > well and the oiling system loses its prime...
• Re: Front heater won't give heat
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2018 10:53:03 -0500
  ...It won't do you any good as you can't use the connections to raise the coolant level, only to drain and lose...
• Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 21:52:21 -0500
  ...Oil must be draining out > of > > lifter and isn't coming up to pressure, so too > much > > clearance in valve train. Blah blah blah...
• Re: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 6 Oct 1994 07:56:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Couple of other things discovered: -after draining coolant, disconnect the pipe going into the bottom of the rad and see how much crud drains...
• Re: Post winter storage sticky valve noise
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 18:24:24 -0400
  ...Then he drained the oil and replaced it. The noise has > > (almost) completely gone away. > > > > You may find that your noise goes away by...
• Bleed Radiator (What AM I doing wrong??)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 19:13:25 -0500
  ...Parked facing up a steep hill, blocked the wheels, drained the coolant, installed a new radiator, heater control valve, and a flush-T. Flushed...
• Another AC question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 4 Sep 2011 08:46:43 -0700
  ...He drained the R12 and blew through the condenser - says that's clear. Due to my ingnorance of things AC, the hoses were initially...
• Re: Oil Filter Question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 11:44:45 -0800
  ...Neither of these are very highly regarded for poor pressure relief & anti-drainback valves and low filtering surface area compared to Bosch/Mann/VW...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:26:09 -0700
  ...and that it is full of coolant that will drain > out if the valve is out for even a few minutes. But, if the...
• Re: engine install
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 08:06:00 -0800
  ...In fact it is not completely sealed anyway, so that any oil that might leak out of the main seal will drain out of...