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Refrigerator: Fup...Fup............Fup
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Fri, 1 Sep 2006 22:31:52 -0400
...It got nice and cold, no issues, and all was well. I ran it again tonight. After two false starts, it finally lit. About...
Martin's tailpipe smoke color guide to troubleshooting
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:41:24 -0400
...A short period of white smoke is normal after a cold weather start, but any prolonged smoking indicates a problem. 1/ Faulty thermostat (or...
Re: Tough to start on cold mornings
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 18 Dec 2002 17:50:39 -0600
...Tough to start on cold mornings > > > I just have to tack a big "AMEN" to what Robert says here. > > I lived in Fairbanks also...
Re: Fuel pressure
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 16:39:51 -0700
...Your problem may be something else entirely, like the thermo-time switch or cold start valve going bad. But, to check the fuel pressure...
tall folks seat catch/slight fuel leak
Historical mailing list - kW
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 22:25:51 -0700
...It appeared to be leaking from the cold start valve. I have since tightened the clamps and the leak has ceased. I put on...
Re: AC conversion quirks
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Jul 2004 00:31:31 -0400
System may be overfilled or expansion valve is bad. The high speed is due to excessive high side pressure. The R134 does operate at...
Re: rear heater, was 2.1 L Oil filler tube needed
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:32:44 -0700
...it done > before I start driving. if you're idling long enough for the defroster to work on a cold morning, I think that...
Re: new listee - new van - oil pressure on TD
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:39:15 -0500
OOMKES Robin wrote: > The only thing that really worries me a bit is that after a cold > start (just above freezing), it takes a...
Start problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
Mon, 3 Aug 2015 18:35:45 -0400
...Now when I start the engine wether the engine is cold or hot it stumbles for the first minute or so. Just like it...
Re: TIICO- Oil Filters
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 14:46:37 -0500
...an anti drainback valve? Cold start the next morning is just like after an oil change (if you don't pre-fill the filter...
Cold idle/running prob 1988 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - John Graham
Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:24:49 -0400
...1988 Vanagon Westfalia, autotrans, a/c, 110,000 miles live in Charlotte NC - not cold here yet Van starts just fine, runs about 30...
Re: [vanagon] Temp gauge/flashing light-HELP
Historical mailing list - Katy
Tue, 11 Jul 2000 14:22:34 -0500
...EXCEPT we didn't open the bleeder valve in the engine > compartment. (crap....where is that thing???) He did the radiator > bleeder valve while...
Query - Idle Stabilier Trouble Shoot
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 4 Aug 2002 09:40:26 -0500
...connect it back up since 1) it stabilizes the engine on cold starts, 2) boosts the rpm when the power steering limit switch kicks...
Leaking diesel injector pump info needed
Historical mailing list - Felder
Mon, 13 Oct 2003 13:43:56 -0700
...There is discussion of a leaking gasket between the body and throttle block, and a discussion of a leak from the cold start valve...
Re: LP tank valve? problems...
Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 09:31:36 -0700
...Wear a heavy glove and eye protection -- it may get very cold. My guess is that your tank is empty. Geo Hahn -- No virus...
Re: '90 Syncro starting problem
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:14:58 -0400
...When I start it for the first time in the day, whether in the morning or the afternoon, or on a hot or cold...
Re: Loud clackety sound on start up?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:11:38 -0500
...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Burdett, Jean-Pierre wrote: > Gang > > Every time I start my air-cooled engine up (cold) my bus has a...
Re: fuel pressure
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sun, 24 Dec 2000 16:36:08 +0000
...is cold. > I prime the fuel system three times, and it starts just fine. > Do you think I should put a pressure gauge in...
Re: 1981 flooding issue
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:50:16 -0800
...However, if you think you may have a leaking injector - Cold Start or otherwise - run that down first before adjusting the AFM. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young...
Re: '87 stumbling at idle/low speeds
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:31:27 -0400
...The tach would spike to 2000 RPM just before it stalled. > >From a cold start, in city traffic, the van will stumble and stall...
89' Vanagon GL sputtering, stalling
Historical mailing list
Sun, 20 Oct 1996 20:15:35 -0400
...Engine starts great, idles okay, though sometimes, it surges slightly when cold.. I take off, and as engine warms up, and needle on temp...
Re: Thermostat/Too cool
Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
Tue, 22 Nov 1994 16:14:07 -0600 (CST)
...I might have to find a new one once it starts getting COLD around here (Wisc.). >From the pictures in the manuals the rear...
Re: Having a problem with a starter (solved!)
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Wed, 9 Aug 2006 16:42:17 -0400
...The engine would not idle when cold, run rough and backfire on top of the slow turning over starter. I checked through all of...
Solved Bizarre 2.1L: Idle problem
Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
Sat, 29 Jan 2000 14:10:42 EST
...has taken to idling at 3000 rpm when cold then after coolant temp rises it starts to oscillate between 1500 rpm to 3000 rpm...
Re: Hydraulic lifter valve clearance settings on a 1600 aircooled
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:33:28 -0500
...Started the engine and as soon as the oil pressure came up, the lifters pumped up and then slammed the valves into the tops...
Re: '81 Westy, fuel pump won't work.... why do I bother...
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Wed, 26 May 1999 07:32:46 -0700
...The vehicle will start for a second or > so, then die. I suspect it is runnning on the cold start valve only. When you...
Re: 89 syncro westy ac saga continues
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:14:52 -0400
...no cold air. > > So, he figured since we have a new compressor, maybe the expansion valve is > stuck open. He replaced the expansion valve...
Super fast idle
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 14:38:57 -0800
...full throttle gets it past this.) It only happens when starting from a cold engine, and only does it once. Other clues - while it...
Re: It's cold out there
Historical mailing list - Jason
Tue, 2 Jan 2018 20:50:52 -0500
...It's cold out there > > Ford battery died and the Bus (Vanagon) has been put into extra service. > Always starts right up, hope I...
Re: 87 Idle Stabilizer Problem
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 08:55:10 -0500
...This started in cold weather, just like now. Turned out that it was the Idle Stab. Cont. Unit behind the right taillight. After replacing...
Danger from the cold
Historical mailing list - Robert Freeman
Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:45:01 -0800
...car started easily and ran great otherwise, but I sure had a hard time getting it to warm up in that cold. We drove...
How lifters work and Two turns to set valves?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:32:41 -0500
...valves start tapping. You can do the same thing with the hydraulic lifter. Treat it like a solid and give it .006 cold, and...
Vacum lines suck....
Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
Sun, 15 Jan 1995 02:38:17 -0600
...The badder news is that my cold start injector isn't injecting. Hopefully its the thermo time switch. If it is, I am thining...
Re: High Idle with A/C on
Historical mailing list - mike barker
Mon, 24 Apr 2000 20:58:02 -0400
...High Idle with A/C on > > Hi All, > > I just installed a new idle control valve on my 90 Vanagon to cure a cold...
82 AC Westy running troubles (longish)
Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:35:56 -0500
...When I wrote in about this back in Oct or so everybody suggested I double check the aux air regulator, cold start valve, and...
Idle Stabilizer fix
Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:06:02 -0600
...Cold starts are a breeze now and there is no ghost in the machine causing it to race to ungodly rpms. Thanks again Larry...
Re: Auto tranny question
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Sun, 14 Jan 2007 09:07:32 -0500
...Mine > started doing the delay into 3rd gear when cold immediately following a > fluid change and changing to synthetics did not help. I think...
Re: Surging Idle
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 14 Oct 2002 11:35:03 -0500
...Start to get things back to normal with an idle speed check with the engine warm and the idle stabilizer valve(ISV) disconnected. To...
Re: Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:11:31 -0800
...Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start > My '84 Vanagon wants to stall after driving for several minutes. It > will start...
Re: Jetta Woes and Vanagon Waves (long winded)
Historical mailing list
Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:30:31 EST
...52 AM Eastern Standard Time, steeles@HORIZONVIEW.NET writes: > > A cold, rainy wind started blowing the beautiful gold and red leaves down as > November...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Tue, 26 Nov 2013 08:56:49 -0800
...The only time I missed the ISV was on cold starts, say below 40-50F. Granted, I have no AC or PS. After a...
Re: Cold defrost/warm heat 1.9wbx
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 06:56:39 -0800
...He may also have had some air in the heater core from a recent heater (water) valve replacement. There appeared to be nothing else...
Re: Arduino and Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:26:51 -0800
...The only time I missed the ISV was on cold > starts, say below 40-50F. Granted, I have no AC or PS. After a...
Re: 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:39:01 -0700
...hydro valves not an issue. Mechanic put an oil pressure guage on the motor yesterday morning when it was cold. Apparantly the needle went...
Re: Leaking heater control valve
Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
Wed, 15 Sep 2021 21:01:04 -0700
...the valve and > connecting hose more coolant was starting to collect and drip down - not to > my liking - and the system was cold. > > I...
Re: Hard Starting Cold and Hot
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:41:54 -0500
...Hard Starting Cold and Hot > > > I have a 90 Vanagon 2.1L with Automatic, 95k, that I am having hard > starting problems with when...
Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:30:51 -0800
...wired the windshield washer pump wires to the cold > start valve (an electric fuel spray valve in the intake plenum) and > supplied > pulses of...
Re: Compression tester question
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:56:28 -0800
...a remote starter and can watch the gauge. This type of gauge should hold its' pressure. (it has a release valve) I may exchange...
Re: New bus
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Mon, 22 Apr 2002 00:26:03 -0500
...out of any of my engine's, and they always start in the coldest of weather---and the internals of the engine are as...
Re: Fuel Pump Problem?
Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
Tue, 4 Apr 1995 13:06:25 -0700
...good idle when motor warmed up) I thought, hmmm, something with the cold start valve or aux air regulator. Sure enough, there is a...
Re: Diesel good idea? Engine idling!
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 17:43:17 -0700
...I think >> I >> could understand in very cold weather it would be a little harder to >> start. >> But idling all night? >> >> Howard >> >> >> When it...
Re: '87 GL high idle problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:40:01 -0500
...A bad connection or ground can make the speed controller think the engine is cold and raise the idle speed. If the problem started...
Re: prop/driveshaft bad vibes; also A/C
Historical mailing list - Bill Fryer
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 21:00:46 -0700
...It was doing just fine until about 2 weeks ago when it started to not get so cold, This is getting progressively worse. The...
Testing some components
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:51:19 -0500
...When it first starts when it's cold out, it doesn't idle fast enough and it idles up and down. Sometimes, after I...
Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:54:16 -0700
...it is normal to see white smoke on start-up on cold days > with a cold engine. It's unburned fuel and goes away...
Overheating problem 91 2.1
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:15:16 -0600
...When I start the car from cold, the temperature needle climbs steadily and slowly up past the middle through the 3.4 mark, no...
why is my idle screwed up?
Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:54:30 -0500
...When it's started cold it idles real fast, around 3000rpm+, for several minutes. As it warms up it starts varying between fast and...
Re: Noisy Valve lifters
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:20:53 -0600
...Noisy Valve lifters > > Sitting for long periods often contributes to noisy lifters for a little while after you start it up. > > I have also...
Re: '87 w/ surging idle
Historical mailing list - chad knutson
Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:45:13 -0600
...to 3,000 RPM over 5-10 minutes from a cold start. > Starts just fine, but as the idle speed builds you can't...
re. vanagon propane conversion
Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:28:56 -0700
...This > is so because the engine must be started on petrol. (I have > not discovered why this is necessary because on a cold engine...