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• Re: What I Learned Today...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:13:47 -0800
  the Intake runners are a little differnt, but an entire 2.1 intake runners and plenuim , even throttlebody ,will fit onto a 1.9...
• Re: Air intake
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Wed, 21 May 2008 20:08:14 -0700
  ...Air intake I've a Subi engine in my Vanagon and on recent trips in VERY dusty conditions found the air filter collected too...
• Re: propex heater problems
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:05:11 -0500
  ...But try that first, find compress air and blow into the intake port under the van. It's like an engine, it need good...
• Re: RE Fuel Injection problem found
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jul 1996 10:57:38, -0500
  ...air reg. (should be open when cold),, double relay, pump contact in intake air sensor (must close to keep pump running), cyl head temp...
• Re: Ratio Rockers with swivel/roller tips?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 14:42:19 EDT
  ...If you add the bigger valve heads, change the pistons to 95 mm big bore to create a stronger pull on the intake or...
• Re: Exhaust & intake valve instalation question
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 20:35:05 -0500
  Denis, only one of my heads had the seal washers on the intake valve, but I could not find the part number on ETKA...
• Re: Strobing Reverse Lights -- bright light
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:16:58 +0100
  What about an additional fuel injector in the intake manifold, set up to spray ATF! This makes a thick nice smoke layer. PerL 87...
• Re: Need Help with Engine Speed Wildly Surging at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 26 Nov 2006 06:13:59 -0500
  since the idle speed screw has little effect, trouble may be significant vacuum leak, perhaps at the throttle body/intake manifold interface.
• Re: Interesting problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:31:23 -0700
  ...Anyways, the hose that connects the crankcase breather > valve to the intake was completely busted through. The pipe was > flattened and rotten & there was...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:45:55 -0700
  ...At this point I have newspaper stuffed in fresh air intake. Certainly helps given that I'm running a little 12v heater these days...
• Carb problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 20 May 2003 14:55:20 -0700
  ...The gasket that is between the intake manifold and the head, was missligned and air was getting in - therefore bypassing the carb so there...
• Strange oil deposit on s-tube from air filter box to intake
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:04:01 -0400
  ...shaped tube that goes from the air filter box to the intake. My first hunch was that this may have been some of the...
• FREE: Steering/Dash Plastic + Engine Intake bellow (elbow)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:22:40 -0800
  ...Needs wires but you should have those! Intake Bellow: 071 129 967 For air cooled 2.0 ?? Has a few cracks, but can be...
• Intake noise (or: Woohoo! No more drone!)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:18:59 -0400
  ...Well, today I got part of the intake snorkel, the upper part that goes in the vent. I don't have the rest of...
• Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:15:58 -0500
  ...the >> engine on the intake stroke - which ain't much. > > Hi John -- you're calling 80% of the intake air "not much?" At 3000...
• RE: Cooling Intake Air?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 20:14:28 EST
  ...People with race experience have told me that if I put "ears" at the rear of my intake louvers (81 Vgon) to bring in...
• Engine dropout
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 06:16:45 -0800
  ...The air intake tubes were in the way. Fortunately, all of the lugs fit on the new bolt. Will be adding some more grounds...
• Goldie passed inspection . On The Road !!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:58:52 -0400
  ...Degreased air intake monitor, cleaned temp sensor in intake. Flapper valves cleaned. Timing at spec 5 ATDC, idle @ 900 rpm. Major lesson learned: Always...
• Source for 1" flexible hose
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:26:59 -0400
  I cannot seem to find some of that 1” flexible hose that the Propex uses for intake and exhaust. Does anybody have a source...
• Re: Fwd: air intake snorkel hose
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:09:06 -0400
  At 08:51 PM 6/25/2012, mark drillock wrote: >Inline engine T3 vehicles have the snorkel on the left, pulling from the Thanks...
• /f - re:Bug Jam '95 - Land O' Lakes, Florida
  Historical mailing list
  6 Oct 95 21:20:00 +1900
  >Bug Jam '95 - Land O' Lakes, Florida ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Does this have any connection with the butter? I'm watching my colesterol intake :-) David 74 Thing
• Re: air intake boot
  Historical mailing list - neil neil
  Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:47:29 -0400
  sorry listers. looking for boot supplier and/or substitute part for an 81 gas westy. thanks neil --------------------------------- Share your photos with the people who...
• Dual or single?
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  30 Apr 96 22:04:20 EDT
  ...The fuel tends to precipate out and cling to the intake runner walls causing a lean mix at low speeds and a suddenly rich...
• Progress on the fuel injector mod on Audi 3A Project
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:00:45 EDT
  ...This intake manifold has its CIS injectors in the intake manifold right near the intake port, not in the head as per the VW...
• Re: Propex Install
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:49:25 -0700
  "My question is does the Propex have to be mounted with the intake and exhaust exiting the sheet metal of the van" Yes, the...
• Broken valves solved
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 01:31:06 -0800
  Tonite I pulled the head to find the intake valve on #3 had seized on the guide in the open position. There is a...
• Vanagon cold bucking syndrome - partial fix..
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 12:39:53 -0800
  ...The first was to replace the vacuum hose from the fuel pressure regulator to the intake plenum. I found that while the hose looked...
• Re: Forced Intake for a WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:25:57 -0700
  ...Forced Intake for a WBX? > Has anyone ever heard of supercharging > or turbocharging a WBX engine? I was > just thinking about the idea (I...
• Re: intake air distributor...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:21:19 -0700
  ...VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 4:11 PM Subject: intake air distributor... > Hi all, mine is a little rusty and I decide...
• head temps gauges and seats falling out
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 14:26:04 -0500
  ...both of these scenarios suggest that the intake seat can cool down faster than the cylinder head and shrinks due to cooler incoming air...
• RE: HE LIVES!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 11:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Are your intake manifold gaskets OK where the intakes bolt to the cylinder heads? If you have a dual-port engine, are the boots...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:25:25 -0700
  I cant remember if the injector grounding is in pairs per side on the drivers head or not intake boots are cheap and might...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:56:29 -0500
  ...Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used "Find an XR4 in the junkyard and pillage said part." � No...
• Re: 2.1 L Wasserboxer Rebuild/ New air intake system
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 14:34:19 EDT
  ...Along with the intake system I bought stainless steel brake lines and some stone guards (the ones on the MSDS smallblock crewcab Vanagon). >> Hey...
• Re: Do you know that your vanagon air duct may be clogged?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:06:34 -0700
  sorry David I don't think so - the air intake snorkel is up high, behind the air grill, also the direction of the air...
• Re: PCV/pre-heat hose? 83.5 1.9 wbx Canadian
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 11 May 2004 11:06:42 -0600
  ...black "tower" on top of the engine casing to the air intake system. I have had conflicting opinions as to the proper condition for...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:59:52 -0800
  ...And 'small fan' would impede air flow at high intake air volumes, the whole thing has to be engineered to work in all modes...
• PCV Tube
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Crooks
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 23:45:04 -0400
  Does anyone know where to get that scetion of tubing that connects the PCV to the air intake duct on a 1990 Vanagon? Thanks...
• 2.1 parts on e-bay
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 28 Jul 2006 05:30:38 -0700
  Throttle body, intake bellows, idle stabilization valve & spring. All from an '87 2.1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290011712875...
• WBX big valve heads and flow bench results
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:14:36 -0400
  ...Flow bench test results 1 stock AMC head intake port 2 ported and polished AMC head stock valve intake port 3 Boston Bobs big...
• Re: Bad Valve
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Mon, 2 May 2005 13:36:21 EDT
  ...the end of the muffler // Bad Intake valve - air will come out the intake system = remove air intake boot and hand open the throttle...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 19:00:13 -0800
  ...while the other injector pulses happen in the intake runners at various 'not intake valve opening' times. That's a more elaborate way of...
• VW engine conversion. Cause of intermittent stall (solved?): air intake path length-design?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:26:52 -0700
  ...I installed a ~ 2.5' long pipe between MAF outlet and intake bellows to throttle body. Intermittent issue: as clutch disengaged when coming to...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:35:44 -0800
  ...All four injectors open at the same time and inject fuel directly into the intake manifold near the intake valves. Injector quantity is controlled...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 Nov 2013 12:03:06 -0800
  ...AFM's run 'uneven' >>after a while. >>The flapper door is anther obstruction in the air intake path . A choke >>point. > Another reason is...
• Re: Dometic Intake & Exhaust Gaskets: Use Hi Temp RTV?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 19:18:29 -0700
  ...Have others used hi temp RTV in place of the intake and exhaust gaskets at combustion box? I know it works on the combustion...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:35:47 -0800
  ...that every > one of the busses pictured had scoops over the intake vents behind the > windows on the D pillars. Mike <mjcatlin@pacbell.net...
• RE; AAZ swap progress
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 24 Jul 2013 17:26:38 -0600
  Hi Volks! I may bring life back into Velma tomorrow! Still need to fabricate intake and exhaust though, after nearly 2 months I'm...
• Re: Intake manifold connectors 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 16:14:20 -0500
  Stan Wilder wrote: Just use raidiator hose, it works just fine on my car for five years now. It only contacts fuel when your...
• Those two vents behind the rear window
  Historical mailing list - Adam B
  Thu, 1 Jan 2004 14:50:11 EST
  ...do they just feed air into the engine compartment for cooling? Or is it for the air intake? Thanks
• Exhaust & intake valve instalation question
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 19:08:23 -0400
  I have my heads all cleaned up and the valves lapped. Do I put motor oil on the valve stems to pre lub them...
• Re: Whos using Sorenson Fuel Injectors???
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 09:55:03 -0500
  ...The Bosch injetor came flush with the inside of the intake runner when installed. The sorenson was up inside the intake runner about a...
• Re: Engine Temperature in Winter
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 02:13:28 -0600
  ...You can cover the main air intake (behind the upper grill) with cardboard and duct tape. This greatly reduces the amount of fresh (cold...
• Re: fuel lines lead to removing intake?
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:01:17 -0500
  Brian, I believe that's the head itself....the intake are metal pipe...with a tin can assembly in the middle..! I doubt you...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:13:03 -0500
  ...as a fine mist, blasted in and down the > air intake. > The intake comes out right next to the coil, with nothing actually > stopping...
• Re: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:34:37 -0400
  This is why there's very little time actual "waiting" for the intake valve to open. Effectively almost none at all. 'Closed' is a...
• Re: What company sells the best NEW heads?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:19:47 EDT
  ...To improve flow Polish the exhaust but not the intake port. On the intake just clean up the mismatches. DO NOT REMOVE the little...
• Re: Dometic Intake & Exhaust Gaskets: Use Hi Temp RTV?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 19:25:58 -0700
  ...Dometic Intake & Exhaust Gaskets: Use Hi Temp RTV? > > >> Hi all. >> >> Have others used hi temp RTV in place of the intake and exhaust >> gaskets...
• Re: Anyone have a copy of the Ultimate Trip Checklist?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:38:28 -0400
  ...Note:________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____ Intake system: Inspect air filter, air flow meter, intake hoses, clamps, tubes, leaks, connections, condition. Note:________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____ Cooling system: (water-cooled) Pressure test for...
• Re: Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:25:45 +0000
  ...Good to see VWSA has a custom cast intake system for their I4 > conversions. We used a 1981 Rabbit intake manifold that we removed...