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Smells like Gas
Historical mailing list
Sun, 01 Oct 1995 20:43:23 -0500 (EST)
...It only smells like gasoline on the inside of the van, not in the engine compartment. While driving, the smell is more obvious. I...
Re: Fuel Line Question
Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 17:10:15 -0400
...The main fuel line that that enters the engine compartment is leaking just above the starter, and driping onto the starter wires. The hard...
compression test
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:47:07 -0700
...about right for an engine with 140K miles? Can someone tell me which terminal (looking at solenoid from engine compartment) and maybe an easy...
Re: mystery hose disconnected
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 4 Nov 2002 11:55:06 -0600
...The other hose comes off the same tank and returns to the engine compartment, where it is not connected. The tank, standing vertically, is...
Re: Getting air out of the coolant system
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:08:28 -0700
Bill, The valve in the engine compartment is plastic and only needs to be turned by hand (it's on top of the thermostat...
Re: Blue Wire on alternator - replacement
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 16 Jul 2005 15:31:07 -0700
...It goes from the D+ lead on the alternator to the main vehicle wiring bundle that leaves the engine compartment on the left front...
Re: temp gauge not working right...
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 12 Aug 2018 23:20:41 -0400
...of stainless steel pins sticking down into the coolant pressure bottle which is in the left rear section of the engine compartment. Yrs, d
Re: Power loss after traffic jam
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Mon, 30 May 2011 16:07:20 -0400
...from Cape May, NJ today the van did some kind of hesitation. > >Thoughts? Everything looks fine in the engine compartment. Is the ignition stock?
Re: strange Clicking Noise from engine compartment (??)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:48:22 -0400
At 03:43 PM 6/13/2010, Karl Wolz wrote: >Clicking noise on acceleration and deceleration sounds like a dry CV joint >to me...
wires for gauges
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Sat, 13 Feb 1999 08:36:52 -0800
While I've got the interior of my vanagon taken apart, I thought I would run some wires from the engine compartment to the...
Re: wiring a dome light, in back of westy
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Tue, 14 May 2002 07:10:49 -0700
...Else there is a hot connection inside the engine compartment in the black box on the drivers side front firewall. check em with that...
Re: Bird nest in westy
Historical mailing list - neil
Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:24:44 -0800
...Upon opening the hood of the Honda, a small bird flew out of the engine compartment! We were both surprised. I'm pretty sure...
Re: Blood on Seat
Historical mailing list - -- Dan Roberts
Sun, 6 Jun 2004 14:33:53 -0400
...I also used it to clean the grease off of my engine and the engine compartment. By the way, I have no business relation...
Re: 1.9 and 2.1l Vanagon Coolant Hoses Available
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:25:13 -0800
...I would sell all of the >hoses in the engine compartment for the manual transmission Vanagon for >
hose identification help needed
Historical mailing list - Doug Demarest
Tue, 29 May 2001 09:52:36 EDT
This hose enters the engine compartment on the right side just behind the air filter. Its about 1 cm diameter, clear/translucent in color...
Re: Radiator pipe upgrade / 84 parts
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Wed, 21 Jul 2004 07:44:09 -0700
...Large diameter and long enough to go from the rad to the engine compartment. Seems to have worked pretty well.
Re: q's about 3.4liter chevy v-6 installation
Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
Fri, 24 Oct 1997 09:08:11 +0300
>where can i find headers that would fit into the limited space of the >Vanagon engine compartment? > > >this is what my exhaust system is...
Re: EV oil change- post mortem
Historical mailing list
Mon, 14 Nov 1994 19:54:42 -0400 (EDT)
...I really don't feel like undoing the lower engine bay cover, and then wiggling a wrench up into the engine compartment to get...
Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start) - Remote Starter Sw. extra wire
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 5 Dec 2007 12:37:53 -0800
I forgot to mention that I always rig a extra wire in the engine compartment that is connected to the trigger terminal on the...
Re: Buying a 1986 Vanagon - My $0.02 Worth
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Mon, 14 Sep 1998 16:58:39 -0700
...on the 1.9 by adding more displacement, a different fuel injection system and better routing of coolant hoses in the engine compartment. MM
Mystery engine wire
Historical mailing list - Andrew Silliker
Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:42:05 -0500
...So, I was snooping around in my engine compartment working on a couple of things. I noticed a white two conductor wire snaking around...
Re: Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
Sun, 30 May 1999 12:27:48 -0700
...Increasing the air flow through the engine compartment by >modifying the engine compartment lid seems desireable. There is a good >vacuum effect >created behind...
Cooling Intake Air?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 20 Jun 1996 16:28:35 -0700
...Basically try and route the air intake away from the engine compartment air, and closer to where the air actually comes in. Is there...
Re: Bleeding Cooling system per Bentley
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:37:36 PST
Ken, It's my understanding the purpose of the bleeder valve in the engine compartment is more to allow coolant to bypass a closed...
Re: too much bleeding on this list
Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:07:19 -0800
...Two, the overheating was creating steam bubbles that were collapsing as the engine cooled. I opened the engine compartment, topped off the overflow tank...
Re: 2.1L engine failure? (Side question about the belts)
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Mon, 24 May 2010 16:36:20 -0700
...Just that additional load jumped the belts and trashed the engine compartment.
Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:15:14 -0800
...The metal firewall behind the rear seat kept the conflagration away from the passenger compartment. After the engine wiring and all engine compartment plastic...
Re: High and low pressure zones on a Vanagon - ideas for my intercooler anyone!?
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 8 Jun 2001 02:48:24 EDT
...This was to ensure that the hot engine compartment air would not be drawn into the intake. Haven't had a problem in years...
The same thing, but from the other perspective
Historical mailing list - Matthew
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 19:57:53 -0700
...Plowed through the fenders and engine compartment and right into the passenger compartment. All the dummies suffered serious injuries. That, and they are probably...
Any Cal Air-cooled Vanagon Tinware experts out there??
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:23:46 -0700
...Because of its position in the engine compartment I can't see it on the current engine in the van without quite a bit...
Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
Wed, 29 Oct 1997 07:51:00 +0200
...But using a 4 in-line, which is turned to the left, will fit Vanagon engine compartment too. In Syncros the engine is lowered...
Re: Friday Stuff
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 31 Aug 2012 21:02:21 -0700
...But I can't see how you could! > So damn much 'stuff' in that engine compartment. But the cab is like a > luxury car...
Re: Battery Location - Rear Behind RR Taillight
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:30:50 -0700
...If you are inside the > engine compartment, then the backside of the taillights would be facing you. > Then the outside of the taillight where...
inadequate cooling
Historical mailing list - Christine Murdock
Sat, 07 Sep 1996 21:46:24 -0700
Is my '86 Wasserboxer's inadequate cooling partly due to trapped air in upper engine compartment? In aircraft baffling you must allow as much...
was: Valve Adjustment NOW: Hydraulic
Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 07:32:35 -0700
...how many out there have hydraulic valves? There is a little sticker in my engine compartment that says something along the lines of "Don...
Re: Rear hatch fit
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Wed, 16 Jan 2002 12:19:54 -0800
Stan- i think he means the big door with the window, not the engine compartment hatch.... if i understood him and you correctly.... -matthew...
Re: bleed valve in engine compartment?
Historical mailing list - marcus
Fri, 5 Jun 1998 10:17:34 -0700
...So, I wanna > bleed it. > > I looked in Haynes manual and they mention and show a bleed valve in > the engine compartment right on...
Vanaru / Subagon XT6...
Historical mailing list
Sun, 11 May 1997 13:05:08 -0400 (EDT)
...It seems as if a Subaru waterboxer 6 engine would fit with the least amount of modification to the engine compartment. anyone done this...
Re: 12 volts in engine compartment
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 3 Nov 2002 11:00:03 -0800
...For the timing light, engine 'on' > should work fine.
Re: YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec
Historical mailing list - Kelley McDaniel
Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:41:09 -0500
...compartment... > > Hi gang, > > Blew something in my diesel vanagon yesterday, and lost nearly all > our oil in just a few seconds, coating the engine...
Re: DIY engine hoist?
Historical mailing list - Project Pat
Sun, 14 Jul 2013 17:24:34 -0400
...a bus engine? Searched the archives and never came across what I remembered -- something involving 2x4s set across the engine compartment? Any leads appreciated...
91 Vanagon Carat FS
Historical mailing list - Bruce Conway
Wed, 27 Jan 1999 13:42:17 -0600
...engine compartment. A number of other things replaced over the years, can provide complete list. Has had VW floor mats, including rear compartment, since...
91 Vanagon Carat FS
Historical mailing list - Bruce Conway
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:18:38 -0600
...engine compartment. A number of other things replaced over the years, can provide complete list. Has had VW floor mats, including rear compartment, since...
Re: 12V source in engine compartment
Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:01:13 -0700
...alternator and grounding to the body or a point on the engine are both better alternatives than what I was doing. Y'all just...
Re: cylinder numbers
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:48:59 -0500
Flywheel End (towards passenger compartment) --------- 3----| |----1 4----| |----2 On Fri, 18 Mar 2005, Ivicz_vanagon wrote: > Hi all, > > which one is 1st, 2nd...
engine temps sightly OT, was Fiberglass Taped Exhaust
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:28:00 -0700
This talk about exhuast and by extension engine compartment temps reminds me of an article i just read in Road and Track (comparing Boxster...
Re: Engine compartment reservoir
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:10:16 -0700
...I've an '82 Diesel and no manual, yet. > > In the engine compartment I see the AFreeze reservoir at 2 o'clock. There's...
Re: cheap '86 syncro FS ($1800 bucks)
Historical mailing list
Sun, 7 Feb 2010 21:26:01 EST
...The windshield area looks real "crusty" as does the coolant pipes in the engine compartment. NO closeups of the seams either. Pass well its...
Re: gizmos/toys for the trip
Historical mailing list
Wed, 03 Aug 1994 11:45:28 -0400 (EDT)
Scott finds that its hard to cook on his engine especially with luggage in the luggage compartment...now THERES another advantage to owning a...
Westy bed cushion
Historical mailing list - Angela&Will
Mon, 10 Jun 1996 18:24:11 -0400
We don't have our cushion that fits over the engine compartment, so if someone could give us the dimensions for this it would...
Radiator fan on all the time.
Historical mailing list - Gary Kovach
Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:25:56 -0400
...Is there a switch in the engine compartment that I should check? Gary 88GL
What does this part do?
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:41:30 -0700
...a vacuum diaphragm with hoses (2) that went back to the engine compartment. Does anyone know what this thing is and does? thanks Todd...
What is sensor on power steering pipe for?
Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:37:09 -0400
Hi All, I was puttering around in the engine compartment of my 87 Westy and noticed some sort of sensor with two wires on...
Re: Fast German ruined my dash, now what?
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Wed, 15 Jan 2003 00:41:40 -0800
...amassed a small tool collection from tools being left in the engine compartment from careless mechanics. chris>> _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8 is here: Try...
Oil pressure light/buzzer problem SOLVED: Thanks everyone!
Historical mailing list - WARREN WOODS
Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:26:48 -0800
Turns out it was the white plastic connector in the engine compartment! The signal (ground) just wasn't getting through it. I cut all...
Re: Battery placement alternatives
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:47:39 -0500
...His solution is to use space in the engine compartment, in front of the right tail light, for the battery. I don't know...
Re: 91 Vanagon Manual - slow cranking....
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 3 Dec 2010 11:39:47 -0800
...first two grounds - battery and transmission - > where in the engine compartment is the engine ground? > > ------------------------------ > Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2010 21:17:38 -0800...
Mis-wired ps idle booster?
Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:37:57 -0500
...It seems that the booster/relay in the foreward right corner of the engine compartment is somehow connected to the back-up light switch...
Re: Fiberglass Exhaust Wrap - Cooler engine compartment
Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:06:21 -0400
...Fiberglass Exhaust Wrap - Cooler engine compartment > Chris, > Yes, I have wrapped the entire manifold and muffler. It is an effort (did > mine with manifold...
Re: Vanagon burned to the ground-fuel pressure gauge?
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Fri, 6 Aug 2004 23:11:59 -0400
It might be easier to get a fuseable link and install it in the engine compartment, running the power line for the fuel pump...