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• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:28:20 -0400
  At 10:46 AM 10/14/2014, Ryan Perry wrote: >1) I broke the plastic "Y" that connects a large vacuum hose that comes...
• Re: coolant hose number
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:01:08 EDT
  ...Part # / Description / 3.5mm N 20 353 1 Black Vacuum Gas 4.5mm N 20 361 2 Red Vacuum Diesel 5.0mm N 20...
• FS: OEM vanagon cruise control setup, also OEM rear 3 point mount shoulderbelts
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 2006 23:40:40 EST
  ...switch, relay behind glovebox, switches by pedals, vacuum pump, linkage and bellows that attach to the intake runners, hard vacuum line, wires, etc. also...
• Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 14 Jun 2005 09:47:25 -0700
  ...I know that the line that will go to my cruise control's vacuum reservoir can has an i.d. of .200'' (5mm). You...
• Re: Cruise Control Afterfit?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 21 May 2006 00:42:06 -0400
  ...It's a vacuum type and I added a vacuum reservoir at the time of installation. I have no trouble due to lack of...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:08:47 -0700
  ...I am tapping vacuum from the FPR port to run both my vacuum gauge on the dash and the MAP sensor for the Haltech...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:08:04 -1000
  ...vacuum leaks ..I have found up to 10 very tiny vacuum leaks at the plenum and intake runner connectors and gaskets .. that one for...
• Re: Coolant Bleed Success Yesterday...Today...'85 Surging Idle.AHH!
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 15:43:16 -0400
  ...There are some very small vacuum lines....I think three of them? or maybe one larger diameter one, leading to this central connecting thing...
• Re: RnR - Air and Vacuum/Coolant - Van Runs Terrible
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:25:39 -0700
  ...RnR - Air and Vacuum/Coolant - Van Runs Terrible I like that idea , and thought it felt that way possibly. I did redo vacuum after...
• Re: shout out to the list -- road-side repairs -- vacuum leak, duct tape
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:58:50 -0700
  ...it out at the next gas station > and found a sizable vacuum leak, a rubber hose connecting the plenum bit on > top of the...
• Re: Ongoing "Honk" as diesel style starter engages
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 8 Jan 2014 15:14:39 -0800
  My WAG would be a vacuum leak in the brake booster vacuum system. Mark Don Hanson wrote: > .... Every since I have owned it, when...
• Re: cruise controll
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
  Sun, 18 Oct 1998 08:18:35 EDT
  ...I also had to connect the extra vacuum cannister they recommended (extra part&cost). When driving up hill, that small cannister could not maintain...
• Re: Fuel pressure regulator/hesitation off idle
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 07:40:48 -0500
  ...I'm poking around the > engine and I find the vacuum hose to the fuel pressure regulator > disconnected. How long it was disconnected, I...
• Re: Running a tranny with plastic bits
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 21:43:14 -0800
  ...I've tried this with my vacuum, and it definitely does pick up things. You can experiment picking up similar objects with this vacuum...
• How to Adapt Brake Vacuum line for engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 19 May 2008 17:31:48 -0700
  ...I'm trying to find the best way to run the hard plastic vacuum line (for brake servo) in engine bay to my Jetta...
• Re: CO adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:03:57 -0600
  Bradley Flubacher wrote: > How did you discover your vacuum leak? > > It was a couple of years ago. If I remember > correctly, I was just...
• more dryer stuff
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:26:36 -0400
  ...Is this true? If so, do they have to install it there so they can put a vacuum on it right away, or can...
• Re: shout out to the list -- road-side repairs -- vacuum leak, duct tape
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Tue, 9 Jun 2020 18:31:40 -0400
  ...compartment. --is it normal to hear hissing and such obvious suction/vacuum sounds from the engine? g On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1...
• Re: slow pressure buildup [diesel]
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 01:35:30 -0400
  ...The oil and vacuum pump is driven from the back side of the belt. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Low - LOW - gas mileage !?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 08:45:47 -0500
  ...When I got it home, I found I had a massive vacuum leak, the port coming off the air box was disconnected. A check...
• Re: cruise control problems
  Historical mailing list - brady horrace
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:03:49 -0800
  ...I believe that pad is part of the vacuum system and if its not there you will have a vacuum leak in the cruse...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care! FISH Y
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 19:53:45 -0400
  ...In the air-cooled (my primary reason for discussing this subject) the cooling fan is creating negative pressure (vacuum) even at low speeds, and...
• Re: Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 14:23:27 -0800
  ...I put a new eye on the ground for good measure. > > I measured fuel pressure at the T both with and without vacuum connected...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:00:54 -0800
  Loosing vacuum assist. Things that come to mind are ......... Small hole in the vacuum line between engine and vac brake booster Faulty/worn brake...
• Re: Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:16:04 -0400
  At 03:01 PM 6/18/2010, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >'a sensitive electronic absolute-pressure sensor and control circuit." > >senses vacuum, is powered...
• Re: Update: 81 Air-Cooled Vanagon Stalling at Warm Idle
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Sat, 1 May 1999 21:54:03 -0500
  Tom, My guess is the case instead of being vented to the atmosphere has a vacuum line to burn off oil vapors. Eck - >On...
• Re: carpet/cabinet cleaning recommendations?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Mon, 20 May 2002 19:17:24 EDT
  ...make sure you vacuum really well before hand , then steam clean it. i use a bissell brand cleaner. these can be rented also at...
• AFM values
  Historical mailing list - Per Martin Joraholmen
  Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:06:15 +0200
  ...or converter) Cleaned gas tank Replaced fuel filer Replaced all vacuum hoses Vacuum tested ok New distributor cap Timing set ok New plugs New...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:19:24 -0400
  ...Yes, engine > braking is caused by vacuum, not compression. > What I meant to ask, is whether the ECU still shuts off fuel to the...
• air cooled vanagon 2
  Historical mailing list - Anne Dickens
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 20:11:29 EST
  Hi I forgot to say we put all new vacuum hoses and new fuel lines too. Anne
• Re: vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 18:55:26 EST
  In a message date: Did I mention; give the bus a rocking motion, > till the bubbles stop? > JC... >
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:27:17 -0700
  ...I > am tapping vacuum from the FPR port to run both my vacuum gauge on > the dash and the MAP sensor for the Haltech...
• Re: High Idle until warm
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:34:11 -0600
  Look for a vacuum leak. A hose could be pulled loose - or rotted. I had the same problem on both of my 88 GL...
• Re: fridge problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:29:43 -0500
  ...I used a length of coat hanger to plunge it out and vacuumed it. I also removed the flue cover pieces and used a...
• Re: Dumb question
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:15:07 EDT
  ...Why are you using the 1.9L vacuum system? I have had more than my share of problems with the centrifugal advance timing. I...
• Re: '71; brake vacuum hose substitute
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 18:01:10 -0500
  ...Most places just kind of scratched their heads and tried to sell me fairly bogus stuff (vacuum hose, fuel line, heater hose, etc.). One...
• Re: CANCEL THAT: WAS Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity, now NO oddity
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 19:35:00 -0500
  ...2.2 bar >> PASS >> With vacuum hose (2) DISconnected spec: approx 2.5 bar, measured: 2.2 >> bar HUH? >> >> The pressure did not change...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 17 Nov 2016 23:02:48 -0700
  ...However if you quoted the figures correctly, you have low >>> vacuum (high manifold absolute pressure) at idle. According to >>> Bentley p. 24.55, at...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:09:14 -0400
  ...It rocks. -craig > On Jun 13, 2014, at 11:15 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > The vacuum switches do not seem to...
• Re: Brake pedal/high idle issue
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:01:34 -0700
  Every car/truck I've driven with vacuum-assisted brakes will do that Max. The booster moves a little air every time you release...
• Re: Throttle Switch Wear Was: Re: Throttle switch confusion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jul 2015 00:59:14 -0400
  That switch is vacuum operated. Works well at closed throttle. Open throttle and loaded engine there is almost no vacuum so that switch doesn...
• RE: 71 BUS BRAKE BOOSTER
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 12:41:21 GMT
  ...The original large vacuum hoses are cracked and > falling apart. Is it possible to replace these with heater/coolant > hose or is there a...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulators
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:47:58 -0400
  ...If you're measuring manifold vacuum, every inch of vacuum should drop your fuel pressure by just under half a pound (0.485 psi...
• Re: Successful day today with the Pittsburgh Vanagon Club
  Historical mailing list - tim
  Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:36:19 -0500
  Please check that you did not disconnect (or break) the vacuum booster line.
• Re: Vacuum Form Projects -
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:22:14 -0500
  Put me down for $10 toward the SA grill. Just let me know where to send it. - Kevin
• Re: Still won't run right
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:17:22 -0700
  ...Any chance you worked on the vacuum lines to brake servo (booster)? Any vacuum leaks? All vacuum lines connected? Hope that sparks a solution...
• Tiico conversion issues....
  Historical mailing list - Adam Brooks
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:02:47 -0600
  ...Any thoughts? Also, how did you convertees hook up the charcoal cannister - one line goes to manifold vacuum, and one goes to throttle vacuum...
• Re: Setting time timing - unexpectedly need help.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:06:15 -0500
  ...An option is to tee the vacuum retard side of the distributor with the fuel pressure regulator vacuum port. 4) Start engine, warm it...
• Re: Boston Bob Engine - Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 23:27:08 -0500
  ...I figured maybe my low vacuum was because of the 1.9 liter's retarded timing. But for the past year I have been...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Jan 2006 - Special issue (#2006-9)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 4 Jan 2006 12:20:19 -0800
  ...Vacuum Form Projects - > > Ok Volks, > > I have the following projects under way > > *Projectzwo Lower grille fog Lights* > Kim Brennan was kind enough to lend...
• Re: vacuum bleeding?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:39:08 -0700
  ...vacuum bleeding? > Much easier to use pressure. > I put a quickchange fitting on my coolant tank. > hooked it up to my compressor, set at...
• idle Control Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda's Personal email
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 21:56:19 -0700
  ...Well, I've been checking for vacuum leaks, tighented my intake manifold gaskets, changed all the tubing for my vacuum lines, was spraying carb...
• Re: Syncro diff problem
  Historical mailing list - Don McCallum
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 20:49:02 +0100
  ...First stage is a flashing LED which is operated by a vacuum switch near the operating knob as soon as the knob is pulled...
• Re: Decel Valve.....Yikes!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:25:39 -0700
  ...The main vacuum source is coming out of the intake system. Perhaps you have a leaky vacuum up front in the brake vacuum unit...
• 34-PICT-3 Needed Cheap
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Apr 1994 16:07:01 EDT
  ...It has to have dual vaccum ports, one for vacuum advance, one for vacuum retard. Condition needs to be decent, it should be rebuildable...
• Re: Draining the gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 19 May 2008 23:03:33 -0400
  ...Your tank's outlet screen may be badly clogged -- or the tank venting might not be working and you have vacuum in the tank...
• Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues , now with exhaust leak
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:53:34 -0500
  ...I replaced all the vacuum lines and cleaned up all the connections I could. I then ran the exhaust check. No need to blow...
• Re: Trans Oil ReVisited
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Tue, 22 Jun 2010 12:23:07 -0400
  You need to either suck it out with a vacuum pump or drop the pan and change the gasket
• Re: vanagon Digest - 18 Oct 1999
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:43:38 -0700
  ...This is the little port for a vacuum hose. There seems to be a little jet inside that was all gunked up with oily...
• Re: What to check first unstable idle
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:41:45 -0600
  ...Turned out to be a vacuum leak. Check all your hoses on the topside of the engine and look for old, worn, cracked segments...