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• Re: Won't Start - Advise needed
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 23:55:00 EDT
  ...writes: << I would suggest you disconnect a fuel line at the cold start injector and stick it into a gas can. . . . On 18-Jun...
• Cold + Ignition Key Jiggle = Horn
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:43:58 -0800
  ...When it gets cold, say freezing or under, the horn honks when I jiggle the key. What's the physical relationship between the horn...
• Re: Aircooled and Cold Weather
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 23:31:39 -0400
  ...That year was the coldest December ever recorded. It pretty much went -40 at night, and rose to a high of about -20 during...
• Re: 84 vanagon wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Steven P Smith
  Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:31:19 -0700
  ...but then it won't idle when its cold. You can check the cold start valve by pinching off the big hose that goes...
• Re: diesel vanagon owners - cold start knob -
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 7 Mar 2017 10:30:20 -0800
  http://tinyurl.com/ztygxsj On 3/7/2017 1:32 AM, JordanVw@aol.com wrote: > err...that's what i meant the cold start...
• Re: Lifter Tick at cold temperatures...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 17:47:47 -0500
  ...Lifter Tick at cold temperatures... > Oh boy oh boy...here we go! Yup...I also have a > lifter tick that is most evident at...
• Re: very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:16:04 -0600
  ...very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads > At 09:37 AM 3/6/2002, Marshall wrote: > >Hi Volks: > > > >Can you please...
• Re: 86 GL, Rough Idle cold
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 19:31:33 -0500
  ...86 GL, Rough Idle cold I have a new problem that has been growing over time. The Idle is rough when she is first...
• Temp gauge label explanation?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2005 16:46:24 -0700
  ...The engine starts cold, and the pointer is over on the left hand side. That side of the scale has a box. After the...
• Re: Cold starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:32:27 -0500
  ...When it's cold or warm, when I start it it cranks and cranks until it starts and then it will belch some black...
• Looking for AC cold start valve and Thermo-Time switch/wiring
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:32:03 -0600
  ...Haynes has given me an idea and I'd like to bring it to fruition concerning my cold starting problems on my 90 GL...
• Re: 2.1L heads leaking @ -10?
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:52:46 -0800
  ...David On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Lawrence Johnson wrote: > Richard, the RHS head on our Vanagon seeps coolant when the weather is very cold...
• Re: 82 Diesel Question - Seal around Cold Start Valve?
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Thu, 18 May 2000 22:38:37 -0400
  ...82 Diesel Question - Seal around Cold Start Valve? > Make sure that you get a Viton oring. Buna will not last as long in > gasoline...
• Re: HELP - No idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 12:39:56 -0800
  ...I came across a parts van and tried swapping the idle stabilizer valve, and the cold idling problem went away. Now the idle speed...
• Re: Fuel Pump Problem '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 13:32:21 -0800
  ...Now this is against my chemistry knowledge, because a battery is a spontaneous reaction and it should get COLDER when you run it and...
• Re: On road, Having problem, coolant related
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:11:21 -0500
  ...a cold engine. > > -GW expansion tank is full. > -One of the 2 hoses from engine to radiator is cold. > -Radiator is cold. > -No coolant...
• Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  October 29, 1987
  Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between the engine block and the oil cooler thus creating an oil leak: * An improved...
• Re: oil leaks - was RE: Coolant leak in cold storage
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:49:34 -0500
  ...Coolant leak in cold storage ::: :::Failing Dennis' suggestion of Power steering, look under your rear :::seat for a leaking container that you stashed and...
• Re: antifreeze leak in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:39:22 -0500
  ...still torqued fully. > > Might want to try that Only In A Warm Environment > Head Stubs may > > be More Easily Snapped in Extreme Cold conditions ~
• Re: Engine running COLD
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:32:00 -0500
  ...Resist buying the colder option. The temp gauge needle should ride over the LED after five minutes. An infrared thermometer is a handy tool...
• Re: warm hard start
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 19:33:08 -0700
  ...What puzzles me is it is supposed to be open when cold and closed when warm. So if it is permanently closed. I should...
• Re: Cold idle speed
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 7 Nov 1998 15:38:33 -0500
  ...COM> Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 10:56 PM Subject: Re: Cold idle speed >All the hydrolic lifters I've seen are self adjusting...
• Re: Winter oil questions...
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:44:41 -0500
  ...though I'll bet my fellow countrymen in even colder climes (Ottawa, Winnipeg, Alberta etc) will argue that Toronto isn't cold at all...
• It Started!
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 26 Oct 2002 22:12:58 -0600
  The engine swap started for the first time tonight! It seemed like it wasn't gonna, but I traced the problem to the cold...
• Re: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 20:35:31 -0500
  ...Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon? > > David; > > My crew cab heats great but then it never gets that cold here. > It...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:58:19 -0700
  oh we're in trouble now ! Figured you had an air-cooled vanagon has they do indeed have a cold start valve, and being...
• Re: oil spray on startup when very cold
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 22:38:38 EST
  ...I remember on early golfs (rabbits) they would develop very high oil pressure when cold, and even could explode the oil filter. Maybe that...
• Re: Idle control valve and very cold weather?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:23:37 -0800
  ...Idle control valve and very cold weather? > It the idle control valve prone to problems during cold weather? I > replaced mine with a new...
• Re: no cold start/hard start relay kit
  Historical mailing list - Mathieu Bertrand
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 18:46:36 +0000
  ...no cold start/hard start relay kit > > > Hello, my 86 vanagon won't start on cold morning ( -20 celcius). The >starter doesn't turn...
• Just how cold should that fridge get?
  Historical mailing list - Steven J. Hughes
  Sun, 30 Jun 96 14:17:59 -0500
  ...Lanesborough, Minnesota, and foudn that our fridge never really got as cold as we expected it to. Is this owing to the increadibly hot...
• Re: Cold Start Injector doesn't turn off.
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 19:35:21 -0600
  ...Besides, if you did have a cold start injector, and it was stuck open, the van would run so rich it would foul the...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:11:16 -0700
  It is not in any true sense a cold start injector. All it is for is to slightly change the timing of the normal...
• Re: Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:32:54 -0500
  ...Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning Hello, Cant seem to get a good idle when cold, and after...
• Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:48:11 -0800
  ...It's a major project to start one up when it's cold. And it > gets bloody cold up there. Spent a little time...
• Re: 91 runs rough cold
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Nov 1996 09:59:55 PST
  ...Eric Baden <ebaden@warren-wilson.edu> writes: **chomp** >He's read the resistance of the temp sensor and says it correct at cold >temp
• Sliding Door and Cold Weather
  Historical mailing list - Bryan
  Sun, 6 Dec 1998 10:33:48 -0800
  Every winter when the weather turns cold, the sliding door on our 87 Westy develops a tendency to unlatch spontaneously. Usually it just takes...
• Idle goes to 1,800 in Park
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Wed, 10 Oct 2012 10:32:05 -0700
  ...But I must say, it takes awhile to reach that high from cold. In fact it often dies when I start out cold. There...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:00:14 -0800
  > I did check the coolant temp sensor resistance and the ohm range seems > fairly accurate between 740 and 1400 ohms from hot to cold...
• Re: Starts day, won't at night ...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 4 May 2010 10:08:57 -0700
  Here's how I like to operate the cold start valve on any old system like this one... - by manual push button. ( they operate...
• turbocharger: how to destroy it
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 19:23:36 -0800
  ...when you start a cold engine and when you shut down. To get the maximum wear and early disintegration you would run a cold...
• Cold start woes from a lurker
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 21:00:47 -0400
  ...Once it cranks (usually after a jump start) and is warm, it cranks fine, until it gets cold (overnight) again. It's an automatic...
• oh, what the heck ... how cold is it?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 08 Feb 96 14:02:19 CST
  ...HOW COLD IS IT? An annotated thermometer in degrees F. 60 - Californians put on sweaters (if they can find one in their wardrobe) 50...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:46:28 -0600
  ...Test the system cold and you should be able to find the problem easily. Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET> To...
• Re: Cold steering wheel
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:17:43 EDT
  ...But > anyway, it's cold, and doesn't feel like it's very interested in getting > warm to the touch. Mrs Squirrel's toes...
• Re: '90 Westy 2nd gear
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 21:44:58 -0500
  ...Tuesday, October 10, 2000 6:50 PM Subject: '90 Westy 2nd gear > Hey everybody, > With the cold weather we've been having here in...
• Re: just how COLD is it where u are..
  Historical mailing list - Ron Sem
  Tue, 20 Jan 2004 18:31:47 -0500
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE> <P>orlando, Florida, mid 60's, we're having a cold wave. LOL</P> <P>Ron...
• Re: warm hard start
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 02:05:30 EDT
  ...I should be having cold start problems and not warm start problems. Any ideas. check your fuel pressure hot and your Rest fuel pressure...
• Re: very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 09:14:57 -0600
  ...very loud Screeching noise on very cold days - turns heads Be cool. Do not panic. Your belts need to be adjusted and or need...
• Re: Heater Refurbished Still Questions
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:46:57 EST
  In a message dated 1/30/05 4:35:09 PM, vwdormer@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << After all this I still have cold air blowing...
• Re: Dometic Fridge on my 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 21:48:27 EDT
  ...110V almost always works, and is usually the coldest. 12V almost always works, but is usually the least cold. Most of the fridges aren...
• Re: Redline Synthetic MTL oil switch results...
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:23:50 -0700
  They (Redline) recommended MTL for colder climates to me and that is what I have in mine. They told me if I relocate to...
• cold start problem - 89 GL
  Historical mailing list - Chris Agh
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:09:40 -0800
  ...Only sometimes and only when the weather is cold does this problem occur. When I crank the engine the rpms go up and then...
• Re: Cold Start Injector doesn't turn off.
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:21:55 -0600
  ...When my '84DL is cold (around 35F) fast idle is > okay. Overnight at 45F or warmer, results in slow idle, almost stall, with > some...
• Re: It's cold out there
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 19:19:16 +0000
  Dont rule out cold air coming into cab from leaks/weather seals (old rubber gaskets deteriorated, gas pedal foam rotted, hole in front FW...
• Re: Engine Oil and Cold Weather
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 06:34:23 -0500
  ...I ran 20/50 all last winter and it sounded horrible on cold starts in the morning in the mountains. Also blew the oil...
• Re: Trip Report. I-5 Portland to So Cal.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 4 Jan 2013 14:36:08 -0800
  ...Temperatures >> I't cold to very cold all over the west coast, near freezing to well below >> in many area. >> > > A little known black...
• cold temp metal failure
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 1996 10:46:09 -0700
  It's been cold here, -24 degrees yesterday morning. Around noon I went to open the sliding door. I turned the handle, and without...
• oil pressure readings
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 18:55:32 -0700
  ...Engine Cold: 50psi @ idle 70psi @ 3000 rpm Engine Warm (oil temp 210F): 15psi @ idle 45psi @ 3000 rpm I was suprised to see such high...
• Re: Westy ThanksGiving in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 13:34:43 -0500
  Thanks for the kind wishes! FWIW, our Dometics are now cold without any encouragement. Cheers! Marshall Ruskin >Marshall Ruskin wrote: >> >> Hi Volks: >> >> In Canada...
• squeaky belt?
  Historical mailing list - Slloth
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 22:01:22 -0800
  I have been hearing a loud squealing sound when I first start driving in the cold and fog. Or just cold. Is this do...