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• Re: Sure Power 1315 question > monitoring battery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:17:51 -0800
  ...For a generic flooded-cell lead acid 12 volt battery, here's the relationship between no-load voltage and state of charge. No-load...
• Summary: '85 Westy problems -- already.
  Historical mailing list - Chris R. Rowland
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 12:24:53 -0500
  ...It's being 'flooded' by a >malfunctioning coolant temp sensor near the water pump. > >Here's a trick to start it. In the engine...
• Re: EB2007 Vanaru Test Drive
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:39:02 -0400
  ...I'm not talking about failling Injectors, distributor, fuel reg, ECU, idle control valve or module, noisy lifter, flooded engine, crack heads, fissured sleevee...
• Trip Report, Baja Whales 2012,part 3, no mas....
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 2 Apr 2012 15:53:45 -0700
  ...We were diverted into Tijuana, to somehow try and find our way in the flooded streets there. We tried a few streets and made...
• Introduction, Interesting Project, and Inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Weathersbee
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 17:34:26 -0500
  ...Terrible thoughts of a shredded transaxle and a destroyed engine flooded our minds. Seven months of work and thousands of dollars invested to drive...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 13:10:40 -0400
  ...of three, "sealed" with at least three types of internal construction: flooded cells, AGM (absorbed-glass-mat) and gelled electrolyte. Within these construction types...
• Re: Sure Power 1315 question > monitoring battery
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:24:22 -0800
  ...to determine the battery's > state of charge. > > For a generic flooded-cell lead acid 12 volt battery, here's the > relationship between no...
• Re: Bad fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Skip L
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 07:52:23 -0500
  ...To make sure the engine is not flooded (good trick if you have a "hot > engine/no start") I disconnected the two driver's...
• Re: Sure Power 1315 question > monitoring battery
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:23:26 -0600
  ...to determine the battery's > state of charge. > > For a generic flooded-cell lead acid 12 volt battery, here's the > relationship between no...
• Waving when you aren't in your VW
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:38:25 -0700
  ...they have rain, but > > not often. > > > > So out west we are flooded with Vanagons > > comparatively. Perhaps in another > > ten years we will wave. Or...
• Re: Charging circuit wiring upgrade/maintenance report/questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:14:12 -0700
  ...That vehicle never let ME down, but if I > ever lent it to someone, they invariably flooded it when it was that > cold. People...
• An Introduction, an Interesting Project, and an Inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Isaac Weathersbee
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:42:45 -0500
  ...Terrible thoughts of a shredded transaxle and a destroyed engine flooded our minds. Seven months of work and thousands of dollars invested to drive...
• Re: cranky when wet
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sun, 6 Feb 2011 12:48:07 -0500
  ...the throttle open for a while to see if it was flooded. I can do this > because I have a fuel shut-off under...
• Re: LVC/ Re: Why Americans Are the Jerks of the World!
  Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:24:53 -0700
  ...So that we will feel that we are moving > forward and becoming prosperous, we're flooded with cheap junk from all > over the world...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 10:35:49 -0700
  ...They are the way to go. > >> > >> John Rodgers > >> 88 GL Driver > >> > >> Dennis Haynes wrote: > >> > >>> Of the battery choices out there, a conventional flooded cell...
• Re: Introduction, Interesting Project, and Inquiry
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 19:39:35 -0500
  ...Terrible > thoughts of a shredded transaxle and a destroyed engine flooded our minds. > Seven months of work and thousands of dollars invested to drive...
• Re: Batteries don't die, they get murdered
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:08:08 -0500
  ...a possible spill, (sail boat that may cap size), a conventional flooded cell will take more abuse, and outlast an AGM or gel battery...
• Re: Fuel Tank R&R-Now Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:59:40 -0700
  ...in the engine compartment.....maybe it's > getting fuel and you flooded it somehow......or you've burnt out your > fuelpump. > OR.....just hear...
• Re: FW: lighting fridge on propane
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:33:23 -0700
  ...In order to start a flooded car, you have two choices: wait for the excess fuel to evaporate/clear the combustion chambers, or crank...
• Re: Trip Report, Baja Whales 2012,part 3, no mas....
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:43:22 -0400
  ...We were diverted into Tijuana, to somehow try and find our > way in the flooded streets there. We tried a few streets and made...
• Re: 82 now cranks but stil won't start when hot.
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:15:28 -0800
  ...If this were a carbureted vehicle I would thing it was flooded. When I feather the accelerator pedal or push it to the floor...
• hi from Everybus
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 17 Apr 2004 01:17:05 -0400
  ...a three-inch hole covered with duct tape, poor Matilda was flooded in every storm.) A bunch of Canadians were working on an old...
• Re: 2.1 digifant MV engine Air Flow Sensor Wiring Harness 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 20:24:22 -0500
  ...my only guess was that it > was now getting > flooded by this high idle, and I could not start it for 20 > minutes or...
• Re: Bad fuel?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 09:10:30 -0600
  ...To make sure the engine is not flooded (good trick if you have a "hot >> engine/no start") I disconnected the two driver's...
• Re: start - won't sart - solution ( update ) HELP
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:01:35 +0000
  ...BTW I was able to almost get it started the it flooded out, major gas exhaust. Thanks so very much. I want to fix...
• Re: An Introduction, an Interesting Project, and an Inquiry
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 5 Aug 2011 21:37:51 -0500
  ...Terrible thoughts of a shredded transaxle and a destroyed engine flooded our minds. Seven months of work and thousands of dollars invested to drive...
• Re: now 87, was 88 GL - manual tranny - fail to start
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 3 Jun 2014 23:12:58 -0400
  ...It you get a spurt or short run then you know it was flooded. If so one of those problems is confirmed. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Alternators
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 15:04:02 +0000
  ...We can debate what the best voltage setting at alternator should be, based on driving habits, time of year, agm or flooded battery etc...
• Re: gas smell solution progress
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Thu, 6 Oct 2016 15:23:42 -0400
  ...all about my running problems ever since the gas tank got flooded with water 16 months ago, but was bound to fix it myself...
• Re: Lost Vanagons in the Iowa Flooding?
  Historical mailing list - James Fritz
  Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:18:55 -0500
  ...of th3e 99 counties in Iowa have been declared disaster areas. Flooded fields out number dry ones. The amazing thing about all of this...
• Steering rasp
  Historical mailing list - pete
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:04:55 -0800
  ...been under 16 feet of water in times past - they get flooded by the Russian River at least twice a year. Late in the...
• Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:46:20 -0400
  ...Occasional warm start difficulties from some cyl being too rich/flooded. (Always starts if I wait a while (up to an hour). Presumably fuel...
• Re: LVC/ Re: Why Americans Are the Jerks of the World!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:00:36 -0700
  ...So that we will feel that we are moving > forward and becoming prosperous, we're flooded with cheap junk from all > over the world...
• Re: hi from Everybus
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 17 Apr 2004 08:08:42 -0700
  ...a three-inch hole covered with duct tape, poor Matilda was flooded > in every storm.) A bunch of Canadians were working on an old...
• Re: battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:24:30 -0700
  ...of three, "sealed" with at least three types of internal construction: flooded cells, AGM (absorbed-glass-mat) and gelled electrolyte. Within these construction types...
• Upgraded CV joints (was $80 taps)
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:18:24 -0400
  ...Fortunately it blew >after I spun my way backwards out of a deep flooded section that the >underside got bottomed/hung due to the...
• Re: 2.1 digifant MV engine Air Flow Sensor Wiring Harness 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - brad barcom
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 21:50:46 -0500
  ...my only guess was that it was now getting flooded by this high idle, and I could not start it for 20 minutes or...
• Re: She's Home! (Was: '87 Vanagon turns and turns but won't start)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:28:44 -0400
  When the engine starts with the injectors unplugged that is a sign the engine was flooded. I wasn't the injectors running out of...
• Re: LVC/ Re: Why Americans Are the Jerks of the World!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Watson
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:57:08 -0600
  ...So that we will feel that we are moving > forward and becoming prosperous, we're flooded with cheap junk from all > over the world...
• Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:05:41 -0700
  ...Occasional warm start difficulties from some cyl being too rich/flooded. (Always starts if I wait a while (up to an hour). Presumably fuel...
• Re: LVC/ Re: Why Americans Are the Jerks of the World!
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:19:56 -0400
  ...So that we will feel that we are moving > > forward and becoming prosperous, we're flooded with cheap junk from all > > over the world...
• Re: LVC/ Re: Why Americans Are the Jerks of the World!
  Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:12:10 -0700
  ...So that we will feel that we are moving >> forward and becoming prosperous, we're flooded with cheap junk from all >> over the world...
• Re: '85 1.9 - fuel issues - UPDATED - Now longer nad with more Frustration and discust!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 20:25:21 -0800
  ...Back to the no-start .................don't be tricked by it being flooded. It's possible that fuel as gotten into the cylinders while...
• Re: Bad fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Skip Laubach
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 19:08:31 -0500
  ...To make sure the engine is not flooded (good trick if you have a "hot >>> engine/no start") I disconnected the two driver's...
• New lawn ornament
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:51:00 -0300
  ...I new I was getting fuel as I had now flooded the carb, I pulled a plug wire...nothing, bridged the points...nothing, nothing...
• Re: History in a glovebox and a build sheet question
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:51:24 -0400
  ...Then, because the engine was "flooded" it wouldn't start again until after it cooled down... The mechanic who had installed the air conditioner...
• Re: LVC/ Re: Why Americans Are the Jerks of the World!
  Historical mailing list - Bill James
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:23:37 -0400
  ...So that we will feel that we are moving >> forward and becoming prosperous, we're flooded with cheap junk from >> all >> over the world...
• Re: Bad fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 17:19:05 -0700
  ...To make sure the engine is not flooded (good trick if you have a "hot >>> engine/no start") I disconnected the two driver's...
• Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 22:14:29 -0800
  ...get dirty ... find out what is not timed or engaged correctly. flooded wet spark plugs can look just like no ignition. I don't...
• Horton Hears a Hiss--gleaned from the bathroom walls of Felder Indusries
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 18:38:34 -0500
  ...The driveway’s flooded—thanks a lot! It’s all a dusty, rusty rot. I’m tired of this, go find a cot. ———————————————— Why...
• Re: History in a glovebox and a build sheet question
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:36:47 -0500
  ...Then, >because the engine was "flooded" it wouldn't >start again until after it cooled down... > >The mechanic who had installed the air >conditioner...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 22:01:54 -0400
  ...HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: >Of the battery choices out there, a conventional flooded cell will be the >most tolerant of use and abuse and provide...
• Re: Bad fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 21:36:22 -0700
  ...To make sure the engine is not flooded (good trick if you have a "hot >>>> engine/no start") I disconnected the two driver's...
• Re: Horton Hears a Hiss--gleaned from the bathroom walls of Felder Indusries
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 22:54:22 -0500
  ...hicks > > > That weld upon it in the sticks. > > > The driveway’s flooded—thanks a lot! > > > It’s all a dusty, rusty rot. > > > I’m...
• About head temp & oil temp reading! Air cooled stuff (My Conclusion)
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 10:14:44 -0500
  ...Timing was 8-10btdc (when possible) and 32-34 total advance (stock distributor) Carbs sucks, period, they flooded the left side plug (#3 and...
• Re: LVC/ Re: Why Americans Are the Jerks of the World!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 11:33:13 -0700
  ...So that we will feel that we are moving >> forward and becoming prosperous, we're flooded with cheap junk from >> all >> over the world...
• Re: She's Home! (Was: '87 Vanagon turns and turns but won't start)
  Historical mailing list - Don Preston Jr.
  Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:44:22 -0700
  ...with the injectors unplugged that is a sign the engine was flooded. I wasn't the injectors running out of fuel but rather the...
• Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:37:34 -0500
  ...a few minutes it would lose power, as if it were flooded. If I kept my foot in the pedal, the engine would run...
• Re: Horton Hears a Hiss--gleaned from the bathroom walls of Felder Indusries
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 9 Jun 2014 16:47:28 -0700
  ...hicks > > > That weld upon it in the sticks. > > > The driveway’s flooded—thanks a lot! > > > It’s all a dusty, rusty rot. > > > I’m...
• Re: HELP! Westy Stranded in Bryce Canyon National Park...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 May 2005 09:37:23 -0500
  ...In essence the >engine is getting too much fuel to start--it is "flooded." It is running rich we >would say if it were...