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• Re: I4 emission issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:16:01 -0400
  ...Also, make sure the timing is not over advanced and get the idle speed up around 850-950 rpm. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Simple timing question, '84 1.9 l
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:41:53 -0500
  ...BTDC? > >Engine won't run worth a darn with timing mark to the one o'clock side of >the case split. Idle speeds up...
• Re: clean & lube idle air control valve
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Fri, 14 May 2010 09:37:16 -0400
  ...IACV buzzes (as I understand it should) when the key > is on, engine not running. Yesterday, out of idle curiosity (no pun > intended), I...
• induction noise or vacuum leak?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Terry
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 12:52:21 -0800
  ...the engine (during idle) with starter fluid, especially around the vacuum connections and intake manifold, and observed no surging in engine speed. (I wouldn...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome is it also known as Digifant Disease, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 08:21:53 -0700
  ...Typically after driving for an hour at steady hiway speed, vanagon syndrome causes the engine to start to cut out for a heart stopping...
• Re: hesitation, bogging, rough idle
  Historical mailing list - John Scheckel
  Tue, 5 Nov 2002 16:10:28 -0600
  ...The way I fixed the problem was to completely replace the engine wire harness. The harness connects the ECU to all engine components. The...
• Re: runs rough in rain
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 11:48:02 -0800
  ...engine from dying when you steer to the stop, or the A/C kicks in -- without either, you can simply up the idle speed...
• Re: Hunting and radiator fan
  Historical mailing list - J Roth
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:30:47 -0500
  ...My > van has been hunting (change in idle speed) at idle for a while now and > I have not had time to address it...
• Re: strange idling
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 1 Sep 2007 17:39:28 -0400
  ...SO, i > somehow > > > found a combination of timing and idle speed setting that actually > runs > > > pretty well. So, i plugged the idle control unit...
• Re: Stalls when hot. won't restart. 1.9 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:21:01 -0700
  ...trip > the two speeds to test function and ID the speed? > > > > > Is the bogging down related to very high engine temps? > > It's bogging...
• Re: Idle gremlins still at play
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 10 Aug 2021 07:59:16 -0700
  ...cold WBX engine (without dle controller) was from my observations on my ML430 SUV. When I start it cold the idle speeds up to...
• Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:42:00 -0500
  ...and thus an increased idle speed. The 12 volt heater causes the valve to > close. The inside of the engine will heat up very...
• Re: strange cut off problem with wbx vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 00:23:21 -0500
  ...i inserted a conventional PC valve into breather hose, reattached the breather hose to the air intake, and reset idle speed (with idle stabilizer...
• Re: Failed emissions
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:54:44 -0700
  ...IDLE 2500 > HC 53 241 (limit 125) > CO% 0.18 0.53 (limit 1.0) > > So, HC is too high at speed. Engine runs...
• ECU pin 20 thread.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 26 Dec 2000 18:08:38 EST
  ...3-speed Automatic Transaxle Mileage: 140,000 mi Emissions: Federal VIN: WV2YB025XJH Symptoms: Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality Occurs: Hot, Idle _______________________ CLOSED W/FIX...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:43:56 -0400
  ...On startup and until the engine is at operating temperature, the rpms surge. It doesn't stall, but the idle dies down and then...
• Re: O2 voltage when cold
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:24:12 EST
  ...If the idle speed drops it is working fine. If it doesn't change you have a problem there. Chuck '85 Wolfsburg Westy -- 'Roland...
• Re: Westie luggage area
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Thu, 18 May 2000 14:18:08 -0400
  ...I have VB3 all > around my engine compartment. I can barely hear my motor at idle and even > at highway speeds noise is damped...
• Re: Air flow meter
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:45:07 -0400
  ...rpm speeds up through the idle to 3000 rpm range. Before I replaced mine, the engine would not go smoothly from idle to say...
• '90 MV engine jerk(I searched first:)
  Historical mailing list - jf kulina
  Fri, 4 Oct 2013 03:04:21 +0000
  ...When I am driving at any speed and let off of the gas, the engine jerks substantially. If I push in the clutch it...
• Re: 2.1L WBX -oil pressure light flickers at idle
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 23:45:36 -0800
  ...COM> wrote: > > Oil is Kendall GT-1 20W50. > > At idle, flickering light, turn the engine off, then restart, the light no > longer flickers. It...
• Re: Failure to return to idle
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:31:27 -0500
  ...engine pushes hard against the brake and the > > > idle > > > holds at about 1100 rpm. > > > > > > The pedal requires above-average pressure to hold speed while...
• Hot oil pressure norms
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 03:51:23 +0000
  ...Using 15-40W oil, At full hot idle with an oil temp ~200*F+, 5 psi is normal. However at highway speed(~3-4...
• Re: Another Vanagon Throttle Question ('87 Wolfsburg)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 3 May 2005 14:33:08 -0400
  ...The engine revs up >to 3k and then returns to a normal idle speed (1k or so). This trick >works 60 percent of the...
• Re: Read your manual: Oil pressure nonsense
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 19:48:16 -0400
  ...The low idle speed is not helping and can also be a problem for the cooling system. Get that fixed, 850-950 rpm will...
• Re: Cold Start Injector doesn't turn off.
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:21:55 -0600
  ...This provides cold idle up. 2.) There are from 0,1, or 2 electrically controlled valves that increase engine speed for the power steering...
• Re: WBX oil pressure with/without cooler
  Historical mailing list - Paul Dunham
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 21:51:41 -0700
  ...engine generate at idle, once it is all warmed up? Are the 12 psi @ idle and 40psi @ 4k rpm numbers typical of both engines...
• sometimes it just won't go...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 21:19:28 -0600
  ...indicated idle speed on the tach changes while at idle (usually faster) and after that it gags if the gas pedal is depressed. If...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 15:42:48 -0500
  ...Manual with 190K original engine > > Van for the most part runs well, bit of a loping idle and off idle bog but > runs decent...
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 17 May 2020 09:06:22 -0700
  ...Have 87 Westy with idle > issues. New items include engine bay wire loom, TPS and GW throttle body. > Idle is low and sometimes erratic...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:50:25 -0400
  ...jm John Meeks '91 Vanagon MV Phoenix Stock 2.1 ~ 4 speed Manual 250K Miles Driven Daily Northern Michigan Vanagon Rescue Squad <http://www...
• Re: running rich/low power
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 12:09:14 -0800
  ...Another thing, with the van parked, I can bring the > engine up to an idle speed of anything, lets use 3000, and then with...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:11:50 -0700
  My 84 with manual 4 speed did that once in a period about a month. It turned out that my water pump was going...
• High Idle Speed Problem
  Historical mailing list - James E. Piper
  06 Dec 95 08:32:50 EST
  ...At times when the engine was running properly, the idle bypass valve was humming and vibrating as the manual said it should. When the...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Thu, 20 Feb 2014 14:06:14 -0500
  ...Believe me if you had low oil pressure at road speed, you would definitely have it at idle when you slowed down. If you...
• Re: 91 Carat Cold Stall
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 17:39:55 -0400
  ...I think it is the timing because it tends to backfire a little when idling, but it drives great at speed. I found the...
• Re: idle surge diagnosis?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 26 Oct 1998 20:15:02 -0800
  ...speed - pull the electrical connector from the Air Bypass Valve (silver cylinder ~ big as your thumb, sitting top center of the engine); your idle...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulators
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:26:53 -0400
  ...readings still incorrect, replace pressure regulator WATER COOLED - DIGIJET - run engine at idle speed and check pressure Specifications: bar (psi) vacuum hose 2 (shown...
• Re: Aux. air regulator shot? If so, what effect?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:44:57 -0500
  ...1) if warm idle speed >1400 rpm, ECU kills fuel until idle drops; my '84 does this regularly as throttle is binding and will...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:00:13 -0700
  ...Idle Stabilizer Valve > At 12:36 AM 4/26/2001, John Clavin wrote: > >The idle speed on my '85 GL is "hunting" (revving up...
• Re: failed SMOG, cylinder misfiring?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 20:24:43 -0700
  ...makes no difference at idle speeds. I haven't driven on the highway yet to test. I turned the engine off and disconnected cylinder...
• Re: 85 wbx 1.9 miss at idle
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 15:22:50 -0500
  ...around 50 deg BTDC (high cruising speed and light throttle). if engine is missing and has poor idle, it may be difficult to set...
• RE: Kadrons
  Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
  Mon, 1 Jul 1996 22:12:15 +1000 (EST)
  ...I tuned the pair, before discovering the crossover, and the engine runs > very smoothly and with good power. It will idle down to 500...
• Re: Wild idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:36:23 -0700
  ...Wild idle > > this is fun. > the 'symptom' is clear ...wild idle. > > but for clues to go with the symptom ... > as to what might be...
• Re: Auxiliary air regulator
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:15:41 -0500
  ...Idle speed to high when warm? john ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Michaels" <rbm1024@NETSCAPE.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, January 13...
• Re: Erratic idle solved with rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:12:37 -0400
  ...Erratic idle solved with rebuild For the past year or so, I've written a few times to get help with an erratic idle...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:02:09 -0400
  Dean ~ High idle for a total of maybe 3 minutes. I kept it shut down when traffic stopped. Temp did get warm enough to...
• one last (ha ha) problem with my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:27:44 -0400
  ...to get the engine revs up. Once they're up it revs normally but when it drops back to idle I have the feather...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 06:49:33 -0500
  ...If you >> can't use current or duty cycle to set the base idle speed set the idle to >> about 750-800 rpm (engine...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:25:50 -0500
  ...observable at the lower rpms? > > Rev the engine and watch the timing smooth out as speed increases... > > > Regardless, it is still active, "on" circuitry...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons-idle air valve PWM.
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:05:56 -0800
  ...The circuit we create will be based on feedback from the engine speed info coming from the Hall sensor. But knowing the typical outputs...
• Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:18:43 -0500
  ...speed) I've wondered about the seemingly > > pretty > > high cold oil and engine oil pressure... > > > > After hard use on a hot day, my idle...
• Re: 86 Vanagon Digifant stalling!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 14:27:40 -0500
  ...It always starts and idles with no problems but after driving for a few minutes, if brought to idle speed, it will stall. When...
• Still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Mike Vanderzanden
  Sat, 19 May 2001 14:59:55 EDT
  ...Measured fuel pressure: �36 psi at idle with vacuum connected. �42 psi (at any engine speed) with vacuum line disconnected. �If increase engine speed...
• Re: Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 23:18:03 -0500
  ...loose efficiency, especially at low engine speeds. Thai can cause overheating in hot weather, especially at low/idle speeds and poor heater performance due...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome is it also known as Digifant Disease, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 10:41:22 -0400
  ...Typically after driving for an hour at steady hiway speed, vanagon syndrome causes the engine to start to cut out for a heart stopping...
• '90 MV running lean at 2500rpm
  Historical mailing list - jf kulina
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:08:59 +0000
  "BlueJean" my 4 speed '90 MV with 146,046 miles and stock 2.1 in her, keeps running lean at around 2500 rpm in...
• Re: Driving w/ noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 05:23:54 -0500
  Malcolm, You'll have to more than "let the engine idle" for five minutes. Ya gotta run it up to speed. Go for a...
• Re: idle stabilizer: valve, control unit or both?
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Ziegler
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:30:57 -0400
  ...the engine is >running, the idle immediately settles right down to 850 RPM. If I put the >plug back in, the idle speed stays...
• AW: Flywheel Lightening little vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Michael Kraewinkel
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 09:12:30 +0100
  ...engines with nearly the same geometrical sizes, (half waterboxer) with decreased rotating and oscillating masses by nearly 35%. they had an idle rotating speed...