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• Re: 1/4 mile syndrome is back!
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:51:13 +0200
  ...Impeded mechanics in the Air Flow Meter depending on ambient engine temperature, or even simple, temperature dependent leakage between Air Flow Meter and engine...
• Re: REAR HEATER one last concern
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:30:19 -0500
  ...I believe that's good advice, but I don't think it's critical -- the plastic tee fittings (or the flow restrictor in the...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 01:50:36 -0700
  This proves that a properly designed luggage carrier "trunk" if designed with the air flow in mind could possibly be in the air flow...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 23:16:09 +0100
  Mathew, Whilst some of your reasoning makes a little sense, what doesn't is the term 'laminar flow ducts'. Theres nothing specific about the...
• Re: Looking for an air flow meter for AC Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:32:23 -0400
  ...wrote: > >> I am looking for a good used or rebuilt air flow meter for an 82 >> California >> emissions Vanagon. The part number should be...
• Re: CV Joints
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Mon, 5 May 2014 09:35:59 -0400
  ...A smart person would never drive though a rapidly-flowing river. That's exactly how many people die every year. 2. A snug-fitting...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:50:46 -0400
  ...I could see a problem in the cluster causing current to >flow through the speedo cable, but how would a engine or transmission >ground...
• Re: What does an Air flow meter do?
  Historical mailing list - Carroll Smith
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:31:13 GMT
  ...right? I saw >on a website a price for the air flow meter? what does this do and how >can I tell if Its...
• Re: How to remove rear heater cowling?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 13:05:45 -0600
  ...The valve turns the water flow off and on. Easy to determine which way is off or on. My question about the rear heater...
• Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 17:42:02 -1000
  ...The temperature of the heated wire in the MAF is determined by the mass of air flowing over it ( i.e' throttle opening ) plus...
• Re: What does heater lever do?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Sat, 08 Feb 1997 11:18:16 -0500
  The "B" lever is to control the flow of coolant to the heat exchanger. The heat valve is under the glove box next to...
• Re: fridge mod - prelim results
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 30 May 2005 13:14:56 -0400
  ...I made a shroud to direct the flow > "better". > > I found that my replacement fan, a muffing fan, came one and stayed on > much...
• Re: How Deep Can a Vanagon Go
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 15:29:45 -0600
  ...firstly, it's the FLOW of the water ... moving water can push your car sideways VERY easily, especially if it gets enough 'grip' on...
• Re: Looking for an air flow meter for AC Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:57:30 -0700
  ...Looking for an air flow meter for AC Vanagon I did. The only one I can find at the moment is for the federal...
• Re: Cabin Air Flow
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 2 May 2012 20:16:09 +0000
  ...With the extension bar in place while driving with the > windows > open, the air flow through the van was smooth and laminar, far > superior...
• Re: Anyone using a Walker "Quiet-Flow" Muffler?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:34:43 -0800
  ...Anyone using a Walker "Quiet-Flow" Muffler? > > > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > Here's the product: > > > > > > http://www.walkerexhaust.com/products/mufflers_quietflow.asp > > > > > > Anyone using one...
• Air Flow MetersFS- Syncro Stuff TOO!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 22:38:15 -0700
  Listees, I still have the 86 and up air flow meters for sale at $100.00 Each Plus S&H. If any of you...
• Re: front heater problems 85'/Lord have Mercy!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 11:13:36 EST
  ...obstruct the air flow to a fan >cooled motor? No -- but what Frank's suggesting wouldn't obstruct the flow >> David, At least not...
• Re: Which muffler is best?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 04 Nov 1994 10:08:34 -0500 (EST)
  I just picked up at free-flow muffler for $126.00. Simple pipes, and retains factory heat. I'll let you know...... Kurt
• Re: Extreme high idle
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 18:48:35 -0700
  Hmm, things that come to my mind are stuck air flow meter flap bad o2 sensor, bad temperature senders vacuum leaks dirty distributor Joe
• Alternative van HEAT when camping??
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 13 Feb 2014 23:07:28 -0600
  http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/11/how-to-easily-heat-your-home-using-flower-pots-and-tea-lights.html Check it out!! John
• Flow thru rear ventinlated sidewindows for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:02:47 EDT
  speaking of the current topic, i have some of the rear sidewindows w/ the plastic vents if anyone is interested.. chris
• Re: Air Flow Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 9 May 2020 08:28:43 -0400
  ...Is the Air flow Sensor > difficult to re-build? I'm guessing that may be my problem. 82 air > cooled, Calif emissions. I'm...
• Fwd: Mike Collum - Flowers and well wishes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:45:12 -0600
  ...Mike Collum - Flowers and well wishes To: Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@gmail.com> Michael, I think that many people had contacted Larry about doing something...
• <F> TV/VCR for Kayaks? KIT ON SALE !!
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 21:45:10 -0500
  ...The kit contains a wattER flow (TM) generation battery pack and "docking" (no pun intended) mechanism for your favorite 3" television screen. Just plug...
• Re: Vanagon Vent Control Positions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 13:54:37 -0500
  ...Top lever (1) in the left position directs the flow of air to the floor, in the right position it directs the flow of...
• Dyno testing my big valve engine was Re: Group Purchase of chip and 1.4 ratio rockers
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:15:50 -0500
  ...I have posted the flow charts from my flow bench testing of the stock and large valve heads AMC waterboxer heads with lifts up...
• Exhaust solutions for inline convert
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 26 May 2012 14:22:06 -0700
  ...x-flow head. 50 degree. Stock twin downpipe manifold doesn't foul motor mount but it's uncomfortably close. So besides Don Hanson (who...
• Re: Digifart MAF question
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:54:10 -0400
  ...system >> does not use a MAF (mass air flow sensor). �it uses an AFM (air flow >> meter). �a MAF uses the hot wire not...
• Re: Air flow = Got tools?
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Thu, 9 Apr 2015 09:53:16 -0400
  ...Air flow = Got tools? > > When we first added the tool box out front we had temp issues. Listers here > talked us through a new...
• Air Flow Meter and Idle/Mixture Adjustments
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 12:07:56 -0500
  ...Anyway, I am assuming that the Air Flow Meter adjustments have little or no effect on this engine. Do I need a new Air...
• Re: rear hatch lock
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Fri, 24 Dec 2010 09:14:12 -0600
  ...After the cleaner has evaporated, we use a specialty lock lubricant, but have had great luck with Tri-Flow. It was reallly the standard...
• Re: Should Rear Brakes Bleed Slower than Front?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:36:50 -0700
  ...that would slow flow to rear when bleeding? I only ask as a newb pressure bleeder user. It was such an obvious difference in...
• Re: Batteries in parallel?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 20:54:13 -0400
  ...Wouldn't current stop flowing once they had both reached the same terminal voltage? When you start drawing current, the one with the lower...
• Re: Jetta 2.0L conversion
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 08:50:47 -0700
  ...John McLean 87 Vanagon GL > On what type of vehicle? If you are really concerned about "getting > better flow" one of the listees has...
• Re: Rear heater control
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:34:45 -0800
  ...To control air flow, use the knob on the dash. mcneely >> >> ---- Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET> wrote: >>> Hi all, >> The heater under the...
• Re: A/C? Pfui! Need a good fan
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:16:27 -0700
  ...the way you test air flow without a passenger if you can't reach across at say 50 mph......rig a house fan to...
• Re: Throttle-on running issue
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 17 Jul 2019 07:47:07 -0400
  ...Very low psi only. > In stock tanks the fuel flows through plastic parts inside the tank. > > Might be better to measure combined pressure and...
• flower stickers-ok, y'all can stop now
  Historical mailing list - Deanna Scoggin Torra
  Sun, 27 Oct 2002 08:18:42 -0800
  ...themselves visually...I come away from this thinking maybe when that flower fades to white I'll paint a little portrait of Benito Juarez...
• Re: Good news...my engine is knocking!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:45:30 -0500
  ...Straight 40-weight does not flow as well as 15-w40 when cold, and good-flowing oil is what you need to pump up...
• Re: Bosch injector
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:18:02 -0500
  ...The ECU will determine the length of this pulse based on temperature, air flow meter, (flow volume and temp), and then ultimately O2 sensor...
• Re: Leaking antifreeze from under rear passenger seat
  Historical mailing list - Todd D. Gadberry
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 11:18:10 -0800
  In my desperate attempt to stop the flow, I did fashion a stop with a cut rubber glove (to serve as gasket/thread tape...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What about the t...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:04:58 EDT
  ...As the airspeed increases, the rough castings have little effect on flow. (the engine is smooth from 1200 RPMs to 5000 RPMs) -The gasket...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:56:03 -0700
  ...Instead of trying to > > fair that area how about an attempt to "curve > the flow" in there? > > While not nearly as effective it may...
• Re: front heater problems 85'/Lord have Mercy!
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:26:38 -0600
  ...RAlanen@AOL.COM (Frank�Condelli) What chance is there that this atomized lubricant, carried by the air flow,=20 buffeted about by the eddy...
• Re: The propane filling question tested...
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 22 May 2005 11:55:46 -0700
  ...How did you measure flow through the >>hose? Are you sure there was no flow? It might have been slow... >>Edward >> >>At 12:55...
• Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:03:18 -0400
  ...oil FLOW. Oil pressure keeps the bearing surfaces from becoming more intimate than intended. Oil flow carries away heat and contaminants. Both are necessary...
• Re: Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:00:57 -0400
  ...Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9 In a message dated 8/10/2009 10:20:05 P.M. Eastern Daylight...
• Re: Tire Carriers Again
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 19:37:13 -0700
  ...It will really mess up the air flow needed for radiator cooling. Not to do. Bill >> Jeanne Maly wrote: >> >> There's been some discussion...
• sink/pump, almost got it, not quite...
  Historical mailing list - Gordy Jones
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 08:22:25 -0800
  ...I can't seem to get a normal flow. any ideas? ~Gordy ===================================== ~83 Green Air-Cooled Westy http://www.geocities.com/kgordee/greenvw (this...
• Re: Path of coolant in radiator
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:51:26 -0300
  ...http://www.benplace.com/cooling_system_flow.htm Tom http://tomrowsell.com On 6/23/05, tabe johnson <xtabe@yahoo.com> wrote: > Can anyone...
• Re: re-shaping vanagon gas tank for more capacity (Re: Reason fo...
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 10:05:14 -0600
  ...Fuel "flows" through 7mm or less tubing. Just make sure there is a hole at the lowest point of the saddle and one near...
• Re: Fuel flow regulator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 16:00:44 +0000
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• Re: Leaking Head perment fix ??
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:11:42 -0500
  ...A fluid is something that flows. For example, natural gas is a fluid and can be compressed. Miguel
• Re: Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 18 May 2012 08:58:36 -0700
  Right, but lugging the motor on climbs or slow driving, that diminishes the internal coolant flow, which IS directly rpm-related. Lugging also diminishes...
• Another warm up strategy
  Historical mailing list - Doran Nugent
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 14:55:39 -0800
  ...A short, gentle warm up, particularly in cold weather, helps get the oil flowing. But why does my VW Owner's Manual say, "Warm...
• Re: Idle and Timing /Joel Walker
  Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
  12 Jan 95 20:43:56 EST
  ...cause it's adding >air AFTER the air-flow meter has already measured what it thinks is right. >and, last but not least, even...
• Re: 1985 fresh air vent clogged?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 13 Apr 2014 20:41:43 -0700
  ...On Apr 13, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote: > I'm getting full fresh air flow through the passenger...
• COOLANT SYS. LEAK
  Historical mailing list - Casey, Tim
  Mon, 06 Nov 95 15:01:00 PST
  ...Now if there is coolant flow to this heat exchanger, there is coolant leaking from it. My question: Will one of those leak-sealing...
• Re: rear heater coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 09:33:31 EDT
  ...To prevent the flow of coolant through what would become a shortcut in the heater circuit and degrade the performance of the front heater...