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• Re[2]: IMPORTING A BRAZILIAN BUS-?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Jan 95 10:01:55 PST
  ...According to the report, VW of Mexico had designed a version of the bug that totally meets all US EPA and DOT requirements (reinforced...
• RE: Clean air wannabe
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 11:01:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Turns out that the EPA has probably tired >of trying to get Atlanta to clean up it's sewage before we send it downstream...
• Re: Cleaning CV joints
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 24 Sep 2000 17:10:46 -0500
  ...The solvent recovery service deals with the >waste per EPA regulations (which are stiffer than the homeowner could >comply with and afford a mortgage...
• Re: Fuel Shortage in the Soutland Spreading Fast
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 23:45:28 -0400
  ...due to power outages. > > We've had some relief, getting an EPA bye for "foreign" fuel > (dirtier) delivered by tanker truck, but it still...
• Re: Friday nvc: Sprinters
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Aug 2016 10:48:43 -0700
  ...on current vehicles or to deal with the extra BS the EPA demanded > to > meet USA emissions specs [Kalifornia especially]. 'Dodge', 'Freightliner' = > Mercedes, zero...
• Re: Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Wed, 21 Sep 94 19:33:19 PDT
  ...US because its' air-cooled thang was not going to meet EPA spec. and the Rabbit was its' replacement. Mexico City still enjoys the...
• Re: Importing a Vehicle from Germany to the States. (was Detlev S ays Hi to List from Germany!)
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 05:00:16 -0400
  ...They both have different rules and if I > recall > > > the EPA imposes the tough rules. > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > '87 Syncro Westy w/Detlev 5 cyl in...
• Re: Engine choices: 1.9 TD, TDI, or 5 cyl TD? (European listmembers?)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 4 May 1999 10:16:09 -0400
  ...If not, then how would one go about certifying it with EPA? I thought it was just about impossible to import an engine (even...
• Re: Looking to buy.
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 16:57:40 PDT
  You can set an automatic search up on epage.com and it will send you updates each day on any new ads that meet...
• Re: Rebuilding sink
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 6 Jan 2013 07:48:33 -0800
  OK, you have see all the options except this one: <http://www.vwbusshop.de/epages/GuenzlClassicParts.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/GuenzlClassicParts/Products/255070808H...
• Re: Found on ePay... Ronal R9's
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:45:55 -0700
  You left out the width Casey, but yes they should fit.. The centres fit on my van fine. I did both of those mods...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 00:25:20 -0500
  ...is all ballpark figuring, when you look at it that way. EPA must calculate MPG using measured distances, rather than odometer readings, along with...
• Re: Vanagon Disaster Prevention
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 09:19:24 -0500
  ...carleton.ca * > ------------------------------------------------- Frank Terhaar-Yonkers fty@vislab.epa.gov Martin Marietta Technical Services/U.S. EPA P.O. Box 14365, Mail Stop 4201-2...
• Re: Extra gas tank for weekender?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Wed, 29 Mar 2000 15:47:57 -0500
  ...automatic) Mileage on the auto is lousy, but inline with the EPA sticker (17mpg) Enough for me to consider an engine swap.... Karl Wolz...
• Re: Warped Discs and Honda...
  Historical mailing list - Tracey
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 22:38:37 -0400
  ...Modern cars have been shipping with thinner and thinner brake rotors, as a way of saving weight and improving EPA fuel economy numbers. Rubbish...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:31:39 -0700
  ...PM > To: Stuart MacMillan > Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions > > > > Hi .. > thanks for making that clear, but if a...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 11:47:24 -0800
  ...control the mixture of the engine. (If you are with the >>EPA, >>please hit delete!) -- David Marshall - - Quesnel, BC, Canada -- -- 78 VW Rabbit, 80...
• Re: Vanagon emissions
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:40:48 -0700
  ...Could I have misinterpreted the EPA charts? Heck yes, but I don't think so. If our vans are tuned correctly, they seem to...
• Re: VW Parts Pricing
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 9 Aug 2013 13:10:47 -0700
  ...Only the OE cats will pass the EPA FTP test for imports (ask me how I know!). Cheers, Jeff From: Tom Buese [mailto:tantonbz...
• Re: Substitute for the RM182B
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 13 Aug 2012 06:28:00 -0400
  ...Yes, there is this one <http://www.vwbusshop.de/epages/GuenzlClassicParts.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/GuenzlClassicParts/Products/%22255RM4181M%203%22> I have one...
• Re: new fuel (LVC), Dead Cats
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 18:22:50 -0500
  ...They now dump them in a land fill because their furnaces can't meet EPA emissions regulations. It's just a matter of rerouting...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:12:21 -0700
  ...All they have to do is state that their vehicle meets EPA and DOT > standards, and they're good to go... > > Cheers, > > Jeff > -- Neil...
• Re: My Lug nut Plea
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 16:45:08 -0400
  ...Modern cars have been shipping with thinner and thinner brake rotors, as a way of saving weight and improving EPA fuel economy numbers. I...
• Re: FS nice Dehler Profi on Samba
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:18:56 -0500
  All six Dehler's were 1984 models, total DOT- and EPA-approval was done on these vans. My Syncro-16 was a German tourist...
• Re: VW
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:31:24 -0400
  There would be too much fruit to pick if NHTSA had the teeth that the EPA has. ;-) I am certain that GM and Takata...
• Re: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 01:29:34 +0000
  ...people outside of the LA and Frankfurt 'smog basins' or the > EPA care that much about NOx. By running with this 'trick' software, VW...
• Re: My poor MPG, O2 sensor seems okay
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:23:11 -0700
  ...17/18 city/hwy >> 86 GL 2.1 manual Joel Walker 19 EPA sticker: 16/18 city/hwy >> 87 Camper 2.1 manual TJ...
• TEXAS SMOG LAW ORDEAL
  Historical mailing list - Mark & Laura Magee
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 08:48:39 -0500
  ...The new test is run on a dyno and test emissions as I understand it as the factory did when submitting data to EPA...
• Re: Found on ePay... Ronal R9's
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 15 Jun 2006 12:48:58 -0700
  You were expecting a bolt-on!!? :-) Casey, Casey Casey........It's not very hard or expensive to do, and can transform your van in...
• Re: A/C tools question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 10 May 2013 15:19:08 -0500
  ...http://www.epatest.com/609/ thanks, Todd '88 Westy ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0...
• Eurobago
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Aug 1994 14:16:07 -0600
  ...with far more comfort and far less gas mileage (16/18 EPA on the sticker). Let's hope, for VWoA's sake that lots...
• Re: EPA Site
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:29:59 EST
  Hey, it really makes you upset with auto manufacturers that they couldn't take some type of initiative themselves to bring about reduced emissions...
• Re: Mobil-1 shortage
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:10:36 -0800
  ...with > poor engine design)? > > The only concern (again, IMO) is the EPA related reduction in ZDDP, a > friction reducer important to flat tappet engines...
• Re: AC
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 15:34:25 -0700
  ...Wed, 4 Jul 2001 10:03:08 -0700 > >Interesting comment, as the autofrost 409 website has the text: >"EPA approved for all cars", and...
• Re: Anyone ever tried this on their vanagon??????????????
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:45:50 +1200
  ...oil conspiracy, but the car companies >still have to meet the EPA fleet mileage requirements and this would be an >easy way to do...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 17:49:11 -0700
  ...2012 5:15 PM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution. >> >> The Emico brand cats are probably...
• Re: Diesel verse gas?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 11:03:15 +0200
  ...Is diesel a decent candidate or am I way off the mark? Having search the EPA web pages and the general web, I couldn...
• 84 Westfalia losing power
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 08:49:52 -0700
  ...Violative of all emission/ environmental laws, and avoiding the EPA police, I travel to PA . While I am there, I will obtain a CC...
• Re: Ever heard of a "Hunter" ? syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 18:35:31 -0800
  ...DOT and > EPA > should be done by spring. the tristar is just a basic tristar. reports > to > follow. > > I would love to hear of...
• Re: Random Thoughts on Vanagon Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Fri, 2 May 2014 23:23:38 -0500
  ...And then we had the "American-anation" and EPA beginning in the early seventies......75 MPH Interstate speeds, pull a trailer or boat running...
• Re: Running Diesel Engines on Propane
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Sat, 28 Aug 1999 10:17:01 -0500
  ...Propane and diesel - > something about the EPA and % of fleet requirements. So this vehical > starts on diesel until warm then switches to propane. and...
• Re: Westy rear seat headrest?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:52:24 -0400
  ...See the kit here <http://www.vwbusshop.de/epages/GuenzlClassicParts.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/GuenzlClassicParts/Products/255070211A> On 2012-10-18, at 9...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:10:24 -0600
  ...Your "$100 Cat" will not pass any of the EPA lab >> tests even when new. The $200 cats will not pass the EPA lab...
• Re: was Still lousy gas mileage now TDI conversions
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 3 May 2012 06:32:43 -0600
  ...But diesel engines are at least 30% more efficient than gas and frequently return MPG a bit higher than EPA can manage. As an...
• Re: California Emissions compliance in a 1990 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - James N Gagliardi
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 18:21:27 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Apparently because they are already EPA approved, it is relatively to import a Canadian Vanagon into the us...presumably including Vanagon Single Cabs and...
• Re: Oregon Bashing
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 11:00:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Was surprised by the can't-pump-your-own-gas thing (??? ...we can in EPA-blighted California), but ran into no obnoxious or rude...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion that is a clean install
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:13:52 -0800
  ...check out the 82 Westy diesel I have for > > sale. > > > With EPA 29/29 MPG and no smog test > requirements, > > it > > > could be a...
• Re: Biodiesel
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 26 Jul 2005 14:56:42 -0600
  ...I wonder if it ran into some kind of EPA paper problem or a technical problem. There unfortunately/fortunately a big difference between individuals...
• Re: Refrigerant Regulatory Crap!! (long)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 22:39:26 -0400
  ...OZ-12, HC-12a and Duracool 12a are illegal for all uses *except* industrial process refrigeration. > when the EPA website lists them and tells...
• Fwd: more mpg and emmison lowers with magnetic fuel saver!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Jun 1997 00:45:23 -0400 (EDT)
  ...the mr3 and stuff.....ok heres what is written bye the epa accepted lavoratory results.... before after change HC .430 .328 -24% CO 3...
• Re: VW is #1 - NVC
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:21:44 -0700
  ...a bit longer tomorrow morning! ;-p What is it with the EPA and Diesels? Anyone know the CO output of an H2? I bet...
• Re: In "Transit" that Van like little ford thing
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:14:41 -0800
  ...isolate the front from the rear. The > sticker > price was $25k. EPA miles per was est.25. It was all locked up so > I...
• Re: Mobil-1 shortage
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:54:56 -0500
  ...with > poor engine design)? > > The only concern (again, IMO) is the EPA related reduction in ZDDP, a > friction reducer important to flat tappet engines...
• Van for sale postings.........
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 12:06:15 -0500
  ...find these things for ourselves by searching "vanagon" on autotrader, or epages, or whatever. If any of you have ever sold a car online...
• Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 23:50:16 +0200
  ...My theiry was that the entire engine/drivetrain was engineered to give the best gas mileage at 55 to look good on the EPA...
• Re: Syncros and stuff for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:36:40 -0700
  ...When I asked about the EPA and DOT certifications on a Syncro he had for sale, all I got back was an angry reply...
• Re: [Friday] Volkswagen wins Ig Nobel!
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 30 Sep 2016 08:19:23 -0700
  ...electromechanically producing fewer emissions whenever the cars are being > tested. > REFERENCE: "EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Clean Air Act > Violations", U.S. Environmental Protection...
• Re: Oil gallery plugs poping
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 11:00:06 -0800
  ...Then I was afraid the EPA would come along and tell me I'd have to get the "hazardous waste" in the gravel removed...
• Re: regular or premium
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 6 Aug 1998 10:58:36 -0500
  Thanks to the EPA (again!) you can only find the non-RFG at country side or Alaska (the state banned the RFG). That's...
• Re: My poor Engine..
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 07:26:00 -0600
  ...but I will have one on >there soon.. =) that way the EPA wont kill my @$$ dead.. > >thanks in advance.. > Jason > 85 GL > Carrie II...