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Re: 1.9 fuel pump won't work
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:10:45 -0700
...So when a good battery voltage is connected straight to the fuel pump it will spin (work) but the injectors do not spray when...
Re: tiico engine ?
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:58:16 -0700
...But i would get your hands on the correct fuel injection system- an A2 rail, injectors and fuel pressure regulator. The vanagon regulator is...
Re: Going back to fuel injection...
Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:23:08 -0600
...The bottom line is that the FI system inside the engine compartment is really pretty simple, especially the fuel part. We're talking really...
Re: fuel fear
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:46:28 -0600
...in > the fuel lines that are being swapped out? I have this fear, possibly > irrational, that working with the fuel system will result in...
Re: Thanks again! Fuel pump repair (longish)
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Thu, 3 Aug 2000 16:23:47 -0700
...You shouldn't be using the cheap, plastic fuel filters in the Vanagon's FI system AFTER the pump. If you're talking about...
Fuel tank suction...
Historical mailing list - John Gladu
Fri, 10 Apr 1998 11:47:09 -0500
...Vanagon's fuel tank replaced ($650) because it had sucked itself into a crumpled and leaky shape. Some part of the system was malfunctioning...
Ethanol & fuel system parts
Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 05:39:49 -0600
...It is really the highest selling fuel on the market here. It works great and has advantages. There is never a frozen fuel line...
Re: [WetWesties] 82 Westy issues (frustrated)
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:54:54 EST
...fuel pressure regulator air flow sensor full throttle switch exhaust gas recirculation injectors cold start valve A vacuum leak anywhere in the system after...
Re: More capacity questions, fuel tank
Historical mailing list - Bob
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:03:16 -0400
...gas gauge system? With the flat tank and sender float at a corner, the gauge moves around a lot as the fuel sloshes around...
Re: WARNING !! Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 5 Oct 2004 09:43:38 -0400
...If not it's still limited to the fuel ring...perhaps they nitrogen-purge the system at the factory before the first fill? I...
Re: VW rebuilt parts
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:44:05 -0800
...It's good to know there's a supplier that is *really* into fuel system components still. Scott www.turbovans.com On 2/15...
Re: Fuel Lines...my turn! And a replacement question.
Historical mailing list - jimt
Thu, 26 May 2005 11:52:07 -0600
...Because of the steady climb in alcohol percentages (E15 to E17) projected as a normal fuel in just a couple years, many fuel systems...
Vacuum leak sources
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Tue, 16 May 2000 10:33:59 EDT
...Fuel Pressure Reg mount Throttle Body gasket Idle speed valve rubber boot vacuum line from fuel tank vent system Throttle body: Butterfly Shaft Seals...
Re: Bad Gas...gummed up stuff..
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:24:12 -0700
...However, with this kind of strong solvent or with any solvent in the fuel system for that matter, I'd want to run fresh...
Bosch fuel pump history, and: Fuel Primer?
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Fri, 5 May 2000 10:17:01 -0400
...The MPC injection (1968-1972) used a different system to trigger the fuel pump. The fuel pump used to sit back by the motor...
Re: fuel management system
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:15:28 -0600
...fuel managment system > > Gowesty is working on a system. > http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=1532 Some have installed > Megasquirt. > > Or just...
40 minutes drive and then cuts out.
Historical mailing list - Zolly
Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:07:05 -0700
...system is for the 1.9 engine, digijet. I have checked with the digitool all the possible items. Also checked fuel pressure, fuel pump...
Re: www.fueleconomy.gov
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:35:52 -0500
...www.fueleconomy.gov With all of the discussion about the environment and morality and fuel-economy, I just found this site: http://www.fueleconomy...
<E28> '87 535 Fuel Deliver
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
12 Jul 1996 15:03:09 -0700
If your fuel pump relay is getting flakey, then there is a good possibility that the main relay isn't far behind for the...
Re: digifant injection
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:02:15 -0700
...there's no major significant changse in the fuel injection system in vanagons from 1983 on .,,,,depending on what you call 'major.' The Digiget...
Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Thu, 4 Jan 2018 13:09:15 -0500
...The GoWesty system takes care of fuel and spark delivery. Except for the pump, regulator, and injectors it replaces most everything. Dennis From 40F...
Re: New fuel line disintegrates
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Sun, 2 Nov 2008 09:22:19 -0500
...Times and fuels have changed and we must make changes in our selection of fuel system components to keep our buses from burning. Make...
EVAP pres
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 14 Sep 2014 21:13:42 -0700
...EVAP system. As Expected, I felt a fair amount of back pressure but could hear air hissing out up front near fuel tank. There...
Carbs R.I.P.
Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:24:30 +0000
...The Vanagon Digifant digital engine management system is reliable, predictable and easy to troubleshoot. The many fuel injection horror stories and tales of great...
Fuel Cell engine swap someday?
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 10:29:07 -0800
...In the HyMotion, the fuel cell's engine works at the core of the car's drive system, which allows it to run at...
Anybody Ever Replace Digijet/Digifant FI with CIS?
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:43:04 -0600
...of increasing Wasserboxer's HP - by using bigger injectors and higher fuel system pressure. That's an over-simplification - but is the jist of...
Re: Gurgling fuel expansion tanks
Historical mailing list - Dennis
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 20:55:38 -0400
Make sure the fuel tank vapor recovery system is working properly, including the valve opening when the engine goes above idle. I find this...
Re: killer bee noise in my 84 wesy
Historical mailing list - Emmett Bearden
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 15:51:51 -0400
...If it is, bleed the system with the heater valves turned on. Replace all the fuel line, there could some blockage that is causing...
WHY? Engine fire totals my 81 Westy
Historical mailing list - Mike Jones
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 00:43:03 EDT
...Are there known problems with fuel system hoses, components? 3. I've heard that there also may be known probs with the fuel supply...
fuel/oil sender hybrid?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Sun, 25 May 2003 19:48:40 -0700
...Should there be some fancy fittings, or will just the hoses and clamps on the rest of the fuel system do? Thanks for any...
Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:51:53 -0500
...This would be an interim measure until full hydrogen systems are on line for full time use. The fuel savings on oil based fuels...
Reserve Fuel Tanks.
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Mon, 27 Feb 95 9:58:32 PST
...The system was a Fuel Cell lined box that was fitted to the roof rack, yep it was a mutha to fill but gravity...
Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:25:12 -0700
...Check > fuel and induction components. > > White Smoke - usually coolant related - gotta leak somewhere into the > Exhaust system - Could be head gaskets, cracked heads. > > Blue...
Re: start - won't sart - solution
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 22 Aug 2003 22:31:18 -0500
...You have stated that you have fuel but no spark. The ECU controls the fuel injection system and is not in the igintion circuit...
Re: Re[2]: Vanagon O2 Sensors
Historical mailing list
Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:36:57 EDT
...In simple terms, the O2 sensor tells the Fuel Management system how much oxygen is left after the fuel mixture is burned. I don...
Re: Green Fuel Injector
Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 16:34:22 -0800
...they noticed that it was elgible for a fuel system recall on the injectors and fuel hoses. I am not certain what VIN numbers...
FS: Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Gas He ater
Historical mailing list
Sun, 2 Oct 2005 00:34:23 EDT
...OEM vanagon Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Gas fueled heater system. this was a OEM option on some earlier vanagons, and on canadian vanagons...
Re: fuel management system
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:40:35 -0800
...fuel managment system >> >> Gowesty is working on a system. >> http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=1532 Some have >> installed Megasquirt. >> >> Or just...
Re: (Spam rating 6/10) Re: Yesterday's Engine Fire in Rockefeller Center NYC
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:06:53 -0800
...knob to kill fuel flow to the fuel > > pump, pull a second to kill the return loop in the fuel system, flip a > > switch...
Re: Intake Questions on a '74
Historical mailing list
Sun, 4 Feb 1996 13:24:50 -0500
...I have seen this system partially dissasembled allow fuel to be spilled onto the engine after overfilling the tank and then having the fuel...
fuel pump problem?
Historical mailing list - Mark
Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:40:33 -0500
...When I 'energize' the system (turn key without starting all the way), the fuel pump runs continuously. It's never done that before. It...
Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:23:30 -0800
...The system also passed emmisions testing with the higher fuel pressure and closed loop. For the cost of the fuel pressure regularor, and new...
Re: 1.9 fuel pump won't work
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 28 Mar 2019 17:42:10 -0700
have you look at the fuel pump relay? On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 5:28 PM thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: > Hi to...
Re: Why not CIS? RE: Images of South African van on website
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:04:54 -0800
...and > into the system. > The control pressure regulator clogs, injectors start spraying weird > patterns, and God help you if the fuel distributor fouls. > Then...
New fuel standard
Historical mailing list - Chip Shaner
Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:55:33 -0600 (CST)
...EST (1659 GMT) =20 TOKYO (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, said Tuesday it has developed a fuel-efficient automobile engine system...
Re: low rpm flat spot
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 10 Nov 94 21:01:44 CST
...90 Fuel Rough Idle, Engine Stalls - T01 System Tow In Vanagon ALL 24-90-03 Fuel Throttle Body - Replacement w/ Digijet System Injection Vanagon...
Re: Fuel system...follow up
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:26:08 -0400
...Eric Ryan Dawson wrote: >Hi everyone, > >Well, I thought that I had made the neccesary repairs and replacements to my >fuel mileage problem. Below...
Re: Running Rich, need help (and wierd fuel pressure)
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sun, 28 Jul 2002 22:18:40 -0400
...I don't know about the later model fuel systems, but on my '75 I could accomplish the same thing by turning the key...
Re: Van-Cafe fuel-line firewall adapter
Historical mailing list - Zolly
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:05:39 -0700
...It adds two more >> connections to the system. I connect straight to the plastic fuel >> line. >> This item is helping assembly at the factory...
Re: CIS Joys! :)
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 8 Mar 1999 21:28:33 -0800
...All fuel injection systems will die over time due to wear and tear. If you were stuck and had some of man's secret...
Re: Fuel Hose Adapter Part #?
Historical mailing list - jimt
Wed, 2 Feb 2005 12:53:40 -0700
...No square plastic > filter in the system at all. > > Sounds like I have some sort of hybrid. > > Question: Does the small plastic fuel filter...
Re: Start up,back fire?
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 16 May 2015 13:10:02 -0400
...I've used mine many times over > the past 40 years to diagnose fuel system problems. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
RE: Re[2]: CB Performance Fuel Injection system
Historical mailing list - Scott Allred
Tue, 28 May 96 18:40:44 UT
...I now have it mounted in filler neck and restored the vent system. ECU - Under seat storage area. MAP sensor - on fan housing Fuel...
Re: FI question....white or gray smoke at start up
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 08:21:35 -0700
...that smells like fuel. > > Any ideas what this is, or how to stop it? Leaky injector? > > Also, should the fuel system maintain pressure when...
Re: Question about fuel hose
Historical mailing list - Kmulloo7
Sun, 24 May 1998 23:57:17 EDT
Is your van only worth $30??? I ALWAYS use the OE type hose for fuel systems in my shop -it totally rids you of...
fuel injector hose
Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 13:08:23 -0500
...of hose that fits directly on a fuel injector? This is a 1.9 digijet system. I thought I saw posted, sometime ago, that...
Re: Thanks again! Fuel pump repair (longish)
Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
Thu, 3 Aug 2000 18:00:25 -0500
...keep them in the > car and > they cost $100 apiece.....easy fuel system fix. > > Adam Puzerewski > 81 westy > 74 beetle > 86 cabrio > Vanagon Partsmobiles > -
Re: Best chance of passing emmissions?
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:53:29 -0400
...dont see how any of them pass.The computer and fuel injection system must be the primary devices(besides the catalytic)for emissions.Make...
Re: 1.9 fuel pump won't work
Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:40:55 -0700
Have you tested for voltage at the fuel pump? On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 5:28 PM thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net> wrote: > Hi...
Re: Fuel Cell engine swap someday?
Historical mailing list - John Klun
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:22:01 -0700
...Further, with this fuel cell system, the most > efficient operation is realized at mid throttle, which is the throttle range > used the most during...