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• Re: Driving with no exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:36:57 -0800
  ...Is there anything in the > engine compartment that you don't want burned up? > > Mark > > Christopher Gronski wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > My van has been...
• 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...
• Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:49:19 -0800
  ...The servo could be mounted up on the flaps, in the cool part of the engine compartment, with only the thermistor down where it...
• Re: what is this device in my '72 Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Dec 1994 12:58:41 -0500
  ...if you turn it, you will hear this whirring sound that is the timer >In the engine compartment of my '72 Westy there is...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 22:24:30 -0600
  ...Why would you want to have a plastic engine compartment lid? Weight savings? Manufacturing cost? Sounds like a dumb idea. I say buy a...
• Re: Glow Plug Warning Light
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 11:37:19 -0600 (MDT)
  Harvey, there is what looks like an empty connection at the rear of my vanagon in the engine compartment. I have also found an...
• Reputable/Affordable body work in Central OH?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Forstag
  Sat, 23 Sep 1995 16:56:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The engine compartment ought be contained, right? Or at least not ventilating from underneath! Can anyone recommend such a shop or individual? Mick Forstag
• RE: (non-VW) Renault Twingos
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 18:16:35 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Radtke wrote: > Ric, > > What's the source of the name? > > Thanks, > Mike > The sound that the rubber band in the engine compartment makes as...
• Friday Fun: Human powered Vanagon movie
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Fri, 23 May 2003 11:49:28 -0700
  ...my wife Kate and a wisecracking, high-toned AFM in the engine compartment. www.emriver.com/rickvan.htm It's 3.5mb in size...
• Wifes Audi - Oil Leak - NVC
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:23:36 -0500
  ...I ventured into the engine compartment and found this http://mywebhopserver.feddishbasses.com:81/vw/audi.html . It looks like a little puddle next...
• vanagon rubber hoses
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:46:19 -0500
  I think I have a set for the engine compartment that go between then bleeder valve and the plastic coolant tubes. Real good ocndition...
• Re: replace FI with carbs?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Oct 1994 10:44:50 -0700
  ...A butchered engine compartment 6: A lot of noise 7: Oil spray all over the engine compartment 8: A worn out engine twice as...
• Re: fuel pump doesn't pump - FIXED.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Mon, 3 May 2004 21:41:04 -0500
  ...However this won't > help the engine start. > I swapped the fuel relay in the engine compartment with a known good > one and that...
• sad event/check your fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Ufer
  Fri, 3 May 1996 18:28:31 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I turned around and saw black smoke comming out of the engine compartment. Got out of the car walked to the back and the...
• Re: Repowering madness, is this workable?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 01:39:20 -0800
  ...such an install, cause you've got a little compartment under the bed, which can be modified for a big engine. PerL 88 Syncro
• Engine Comartment Lid
  Historical mailing list - James Lipman
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 07:51:22 -0800
  My engine compartment lid rattles quite a bit. It is a different color than the rest of my car so I think it was...
• Re: Engine Comartment Lid
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:27:20 EST
  In a message dated 11/25/00 10:53:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, jimlipman@YAHOO.COM writes: << My engine compartment lid rattles quite...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 22:53:39 -0600
  ...What was Chris' email address? >Why would you want to have a plastic engine compartment lid? >Weight savings? Manufacturing cost? Sounds like a dumb...
• Keyed 12 v source
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 11:59:17 -0800
  ...Ideally I�d like to tap into something in the little electrical box in the rear engine compartment. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts...
• Re: vanagon misfiring after 30 mins
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 03:04:23 -0400
  ...hall control is tiny black box mounted to heat sink in engine compartment. my 85 ECU is located in the engine compartment(drivers side...
• Re: Scoop for breather?
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 15:00:41 -0400
  ...By the way, I doubt the engine compartment temperature would ever exceed the coolant temperature. Do you really think it might? Cheers, Dave Gunning
• Re: fuel pressure test connection size?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 13:13:36 EST
  ...permanent fuel pressure gauge (available at local speed shop) in the engine compartment...... so it seems from the information above that the way to...
• Re: cleaning engine, tins and other dirty stuff
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 15:09:43 -0400
  ...Used it on the engine compartment and the engine too. Lisa -- Lisa Quinn at cp682@cleveland.freenet.edu
• Re: heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:15:37 -0700
  Don, The rear pillar vents only allow air to enter the engine compartment area, They were used for the air cooled vanagon to pull...
• Re: Attn. 2L Air cooled experts. Is this a bad idea?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 13:05:19 -0400
  ...the engine should be fine. > > The engine cooling is from the fan pushing > cooler air from the engine compartment over the > engine fins. Hence...
• Re: Rearview Camera Cable Routing
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Mon, 8 Apr 2019 12:05:53 -0500
  ...When I look at the > > driver's side of the > > rear engine compartment, I can see the electrical wire bundle going up to > > the...
• Zip Ties Everywhere
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 14:45:48 -0800
  ...The whole mess of coolant hoses from the engine compartment to the radiator is held on by zip-ties. Is this a factory thing...
• Re: Very Interesting Fire Suppresion System
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:00:28 -0400
  At 07:45 PM 6/28/2013, John Meeks wrote: >One could probably mount this on the engine compartment lid. It doesn't >appear...
• Re: VW Van Profiling
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:02:11 -0800
  ...They didn't tear everything apart, but they did peer into the engine compartment. Mark '82 Westy
• Re: Probably a really old question
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 06:15:28 EST
  ...9? >> Jason, I think the best thing is to make sure you get ALL the engine compartment plumbing from the 2.1 L. Rich
• What is the valve. . . .
  Historical mailing list - Michael Round
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 12:38:14 -0800
  that is in the engine compartment that is associated with the cooling system? I think it has something to do with bleeding the system...
• bleeding clutch
  Historical mailing list - Felix Crunk
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 20:33:15 EST
  ...It can be reached from the engine compartment. Just be sure the SO understands you are bleeding the CLUTCH and not the BRAKES. Spent...
• Re: Twins!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:34:33 -0400
  Woodrose Dawn wrote: > She had the cushion that went over the engine > compartment and a westy stool they were going to throw > out and...
• 85 engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:57:11 -0600
  ...I prefer to sell the complete system, exhaust, engine compartment coolant hoses, engine electronics. Included is a complete spare digijet system for it. All...
• Re: Coolant flow question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 22 May 2005 21:22:39 -0700
  ...It's fed off the plastic coolant manifold on the right side of the engine compartment, and returns to the nipple branching off the...
• Re: '80 Westy - Fuel Line Replacement Time
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 20:30:29 -0700
  ...Inside the engine compartment itself something around 1 foot of 7mm line is sufficient. Originally, the run from the front engine tin up to...
• [f]RE: Lousy idle and sneaky booster leaks
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 13 Jan 95 11:08:44 PST
  ...disconnect and plug the engine end of the vacuum line (white > plastic hose in extreme northwest corner of engine compartment). > B. > But what if...
• Re: Ceramic coatings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:33:15 EST
  ...longer by sheilding exhaust heat from surface, makes all parts in engine compartment last longer because of less radiant heat exposure... Takes about two...
• OXS wire in black box engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:22:17 +0000
  ...to reuse the OXS light if possible as the new Check engine light. I am a novice to tihs electric stuff and was hoping...
• Later
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 14:45:03 -0800
  ...nothing to it, not even checking the oil, since opening the engine compartment exposes me to splattered battery acid. Have some happy holidays. I...
• Two 2 Liter engines...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:40:14 -0700
  Two air cooled 2 Liter engine are for sale. Both of them have to be reconditioned. One is assembled with all the things on...
• Re: Fuel pump relay cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:31:03 -0700
  ...I got into the FP wire at the FP relay, front, left of the engine compartment and ran wires to a switch mounted under...
• Re: [Syncro] Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:13:48 -0500
  ...mlortie.vcf >> I would be interested to know what the ambient temperature is in the engine compartment is when idling in a traffic jam...
• Re: CV Boots, accel & clutch cables
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Thu, 5 Jan 1995 09:55:22 -0700 (MST)
  ...Nothing like a sparkling clean/grease-free engine compartment. > > Between holidays, rain and a cold, I've done nothing for my > new jewel except...
• Re: gas odor in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:09:52 -0800
  ...13, 2011, Mike Riley <mkriley@fuse.net> wrote: > smell gas in engine compartment and it is moderately strong. fuel hoses are 6 months old...
• Re: PS pump switch, engine compartment wiring harness, ECU, starter
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:06:00 +0000
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• syncro fuel gauge sender ground
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 06:55:50 -0700
  ...My best guess so far is that it grounds out (with others) on drivers side of engine compartment. thanks alistair
• Re: HICCUPS, HICCUPS, HICCUPS!!!
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 7 Sep 1994 11:41:12 -0500 (CDT)
  ...the relays in the relay box in your syncro in the engine compartment. He says this worked for him because it stopped the relays...
• Gas heater question.
  Historical mailing list - GAK
  Sun, 7 Apr 1996 22:23:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The van I looked at had no blower in the engine compartment and the gas heater was not hooked up. The owner said that...
• Coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 07:56:51 -0800
  ...vendor had a kit of all the coolant hoses in the engine compartment ['85 Westy in this case] . Anyone remember who had that? Also...
• P/N for 86 2.1 Syncro cooling system part
  Historical mailing list - Jim King
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:53:41 -0400
  ...attached to it and then connects to the metal coolant tube that runs along the rear engine compartment lip. 86 Syncro Westy Thanks, Jim
• Re: Metal V.S Plastic engine lids
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 14:30:58 EST
  ...gives you time to run back and shoot your extinguisher up into your engine compartment from underneath, without having to worry about your plastic...
• Wiring color question
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:59:00 -0700
  As many of you may know, I am rebuilding the engine compartment wiring harness in my Syncro (93 Eurovan, 2.5L,I5) after an...
• O2 Sensor Wiring (excerpt from Dealer Service memo)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 07:18:18 -0800
  ...There is a VW kit, to replace the O2 sensor lead from the engine compartment to the ECU connector. Engine's which run oddly...
• Re: Audi 5cyl into Vanagon UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 10:36:32 -0500
  ...Does a syncro engine sit lower in the compartment than a non-syncro. At BBTT we casually noticed that the syncros seemed to have...
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:53:08 -0700
  ...I'm gonna hang a remote-send temp sensor in the engine compartment and see how warm it is in there. You could be...
• Rustoration Blitzkrieg, Day 1
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 21:08:29 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I finished cleansing the left side of the engine compartment, and primered it; ground off all the excess Bondo on the left rear corner...
• Re: Real starter problem solved, wiring harness needed - Short Version
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 13 Jul 2014 21:17:26 -0600
  ...I now need the main wiring harness that runs along the front of the engine compartment to the idle stabilizer, throttle switch, injectors and...
• Re: Installing inline4 firewall clearance Q
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:52:23 -0800
  ...If you like, I'll send you a pic of my engine compartment, you can maybe get an idea of what I am talking...
• engine swap
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Sun, 21 May 2000 23:33:31 -0500
  Keep that engine swap info coming. Soaking up every word. Engine compartment modifications on the 1.8 Turbo? Anyone out there now for sure...