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  • Re: Tornado Air Management System
    Historical mailing list - Joe
    Sun, 7 Dec 1997 23:54:43 -0500
    I must have missed something? What is this? Is this a new air flow sensor? Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh...
  • 2.1L ISV and AFM for sale
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 26 Nov 2002 09:06:08 EST
    i have a good 2.1L ISV (Idle stabilization valve) for sale if anyone needs one..also a good 2.1L AFM (Air FLow...
  • Re: What is the oil flow in a type IV cooler ?
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Sun, 9 Jun 2019 11:35:40 -0700
    also on this link @ Extra Cooling paragraph (middle of the page) there's a schematic showing the direction of oil flow... http://www.clubvw...
  • Re: wasserboxer tune-up report, part 1
    Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
    Tue, 5 Dec 1995 10:39:26 -0600 (MDT)
    ...i'm wondering if the flapper spring on > the air flow meters slowly looses some of its tension over time and > needs to be...
  • Re: Warm air from under dash.
    Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
    Thu, 18 Jul 1996 15:26:44 -0400
    I've never been able to detect ANY flow on my '86 from this lever. It's only use (I can tell) is to...
  • Re: propane filling question
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Mon, 16 May 2005 15:16:05 -0600
    ...These strips also only work if there is a flow of gas (the boiling effect in the tank). Tested them on my regular tanks...
  • flow rate spec on factory new Bosch Fuel injectors ?
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:11:07 -0800
    ...injserial=511261-511264 (looks like these were in quite good shape flow wise b4 cleaning as well) does any one know what the factory...
  • Re: Sheesh! Wildflowers? No real vanagon content
    Historical mailing list - Bernie
    Sun, 9 Mar 2008 19:34:51 -0700
    ...Well some folks fly to Hawaii for the weekend and some people go look at flowers. No offense but for someone who is visiting...
  • Re: Dan H's Heater
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Tue, 14 Feb 1995 15:01:33 CST6CDT
    ...Point well taken... > top, right windshield > 2nd, right hot > 3rd, left feet > 4th, left flow > > A lot of people think that that flow one...
  • Recall notice: A/C ducting
    Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
    Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:59:06 -0400
    ...Operation of vehicles on rough roads could, over time, cause breakage of the plastic mounting material used to attach the air conditioning flow ducts...
  • Re: Air Flow Meter
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 15 Apr 2002 10:57:56 -0400
    ...I wouldn't be so quick to blame the air flow meter, although it is definately one possibility. Other possibilities that come to mind...
  • Re: Westy shower
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Reams
    Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:48:02 -0700
    ...One way for flow to the sink and one for flow to your shower. You would have to also install a second switch spliced...
  • RE : Gerry Skerbitz's fuel pump problems
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felix
    Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:28:19 -0600
    ...I repeated this process last weekend, and saw hardly any flow out of the tank - barely even a trickle. By blowing are into, then...
  • Re: Rear heater control
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:02:31 -0600
    ...To control air flow, use the knob on the dash. mcneely > > > > ---- Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET> wrote: > >> Hi all, > > The heater under the...
  • Re: digitool building/soldering
    Historical mailing list - Beth & Jere Hawn
    Sun, 26 Nov 2000 21:35:56 -0800
    ...Solder flows "TO" the heat, so apply heat to a pretinned wire (you can also buy pretinned wire) and touch it to the circuit...
  • Re: City water hookup
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Thu, 7 Sep 2023 09:34:42 -0500
    ...Wouldn’t that achieve the same result?? > > > > Jeff, it doesn't matter how much you restrict the flow, the pressure against the sink valve...
  • Heater Core coolant direction. 1st response was blocked.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 27 Nov 2021 15:55:43 +0000
    ...From the heat transfer performance there is but since this coil is relatively small and the coolant flow available relatively great you probably will...
  • Re: Air Flow
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 22 Jun 2000 12:30:01 -0400
    ...As the Vanagon moves down the road, does >the air flow up from the engine through the air vents or down through the >air...
  • Re: Leveling shims. Success report and mistakes to avoid.
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Fri, 11 Jan 2002 20:33:28 EST
    ...There is a modest static load resistance that must be overcome, then rapid flow. While I don't have the flow constants at my...
  • Re: Air conditioning hose
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Fri, 3 Sep 2004 16:48:35 -0400
    ...When you were moving, air was flowing across the coil semi-sufficiently enough to cool them. If your fan isn't working, that flow...
  • opinion on California Import Parts 86-90 Gas tank
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:49:35 -0700
    ...mounting so that water will flow without pooling on the upper side of the tank w/o adversely affecting the fuel flow ? thx tim
  • Stat out OK
    Historical mailing list - Joel Shortlidge
    Thu, 6 May 1999 04:12:42 -0500
    I was thinking about running my Syncro without a thermostat this summer so I could get max.coolant flow. Is that OK for summer...
  • Re: Flow Through Ventilation Tip
    Historical mailing list - Austin
    Sun, 26 Jul 1998 22:45:52 -0700
    ...you might be interested in a little trick to provide >some flow through ventilation when your Westfalia is **parked**. I had a >local machine...
  • Re: Fuel Regulator pt 1 of 3
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Fri, 11 May 2001 23:26:58 EDT
    ...The pressure is dependent on the restriction to flow throughout the return line. I put an electric fuel pump on my 73 VW Bus...
  • Re: Propane Heresy - Can you retrofit Westy for alternate use of Coleman fuel?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 11 May 2002 19:25:41 -0400
    ...You can do this by connecting your high-pressure feed between the Westy tank service valve and the excess-flow-preventing POL spud on...
  • Re: Anyone using a Walker "Quiet-Flow" Muffler?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
    Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:21:46 -0400
    ...Anyone using a Walker "Quiet-Flow" Muffler? > > > > Hi all. > > > > Here's the product: > > > > http://www.walkerexhaust.com/products/mufflers_quietflow.asp > > > > Anyone using one...
  • Re: Oil Pressure Kit
    Historical mailing list - Gene P
    Mon, 23 Apr 2018 12:29:32 -0700
    ...The potential flow of oil at say 200-230 degrees F coming out of 1/8 inch tubing at say 10-50 pounds pressure...
  • Re: [NVC] Create electricity-free cooler
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon
    Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:52:24 -0700
    ...A fairly unlikely scenario, sure, but hey! >> Amaze your friends! >> >> <http://lifehacker.com/5825676/create-an-electricity+free-refrigerator-with-some-flower-pots-and...
  • Re: 87- Stop the fresh air!
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 20 Sep 1996 07:01:08 -0700
    ...Take care, tony '83 wasserboxer You wrote: > > >Hello again- > >Is it normal to always have fresh air flowing into the cabin in my >1987...
  • Re: ??? Time for Head gasket ?????
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 11 Aug 1997 13:55:54 EDT
    ...Over flow tank is over flowing. <<snip>> >I would like to talk to a do it your-selfer. Please contact me. >Kenneth Winter >1...
  • Re: Cheap rebuilt AFM?
    Historical mailing list - joe trussell
    Wed, 8 Nov 2006 17:42:05 +0000
    ...Efi Air Flow Meter Part Number: 842903 > > Vehicle: 1984 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON > Engine: H4 1.9 Liter FI > > EFI Air Flow Meter: Digiject > Our Price...
  • Dometic. City Water & Rear Fan. Reverse Air Flow?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:12:03 -0700
    ...With that fan on, it seems to me that the air flow going up and out he pop top might defeat the air flow...
  • Re: oil filters
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 22 Jun 1996 12:34:49, -0500
    ...Bosch Oil Filters bad? I always get mine from the dealer (It says Audi on the box)- like the full flow feature when you...
  • Side Air Intake Engine Cooling Question (searched)
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:44:09 -0700
    ...http://tinyurl.com/23sdnyc I know nothing of air flow, etc. stuff so.... Theory: install ducting on cold air outlet to direct cooler air...
  • Re: More questions on my '85
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 11 Nov 1994 16:46:43 -0500 (EST)
    ...The third lever from the top controls the air flow at your feet (left = more, right = less). The last lever controls fresh (non heated...
  • Re: rear heater blowout - stranded
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:32:31 -0700
    ...If there is flow in the heater circuit, or if there is non-regulated full time flow ( like replacing rear heater core and valve...
  • VW engine conversion. Cause of intermittent stall (solved?): air intake path length-design?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 9 Oct 2020 14:26:52 -0700
    ...This shape reduces laminar air flow? - during long period of deceleration, back pressure is created in pipe at lower RPM ? - during deceleration, un-metered...
  • Re: fresh water pump subsitute
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:09:30 -0700
    ...I don't have stock faucet, I have the eurovan one which seems to need more flow. >> >> alistair > Not what you asked about Alistair...
  • JC Whitney wider coolingfan.
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 27 Sep 95 11:17:27 +0100
    ...because i think that the cooling-air-flow at higher engine speeds is restricted by the fanshroud, i even think that there is little...
  • missing grill blockoffs
    Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
    Mon, 1 Aug 94 12:00:59 EDT
    Jerry Huff wanted clarification as to whether the blockoffs behind the air- cooled Vanagon grill increase or decrease fresh air flow in the van...
  • stove top burner adjustment?
    Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
    Mon, 25 Sep 2000 19:18:01 -0700
    ...when the propane is lit the flow of propane creates a draft that sucks air into these tubes.... So I'm wondering if there...
  • Re: afm mixture screw
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Mon, 14 Jan 2002 01:50:02 -0600
    ...If you screw it out, air is bypassing the AFM flap, so the ECU is seeing a lower air flow reading. So ECU adds...
  • Re: Idle problem
    Historical mailing list - Rafael Rosario
    Tue, 14 Dec 1999 17:53:42 EST
    ...It's located under the air flow meter on an 84 good luck. Rafael 84westy nyc
  • Re: Weird things happen ......
    Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
    Tue, 28 Nov 2000 05:17:59 EST
    My guess is the diluted exhaust flow to your oxygen sensor is sending mixed signals to your ECU. BenT San Francisco PS: Doesn't...
  • Re: What do Vanagon drivers ride?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Ellis
    Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:36:44 -0800
    ...and the unemployment/picket line. ;-0 !!!! Jim Ellis, Boeing, Mesa __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo...
  • Re: A/C Basic Path of Flow?
    Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
    Mon, 23 May 2005 11:26:38 -0400
    oops, hook uop the vacume for 1.5 hours and then shut it off. Watch the vacume gauge for 1 hour to see is...
  • Body seam gap - How to repair?
    Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
    Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:06:44 -0400
    ...Are there any products that will flow into the gap and prevent the seams from rusting? That's mostly what I'm worried about...
  • Re: Running without a cat
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:19:27 -0600
    Or just install a correct open flow cat. For a bigger heavier flowing engine that is. With the stock vanagon engines the only way...
  • Re: more oil temp
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 23 Jun 1996 01:17:25 -0400
    ...No oil actually flows by >or near the sensor so the temp reading is actually one of the case and >surronding atmosphere. What Dennis...
  • Advice...temp to high.... after new parts....
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Mon, 4 Jul 2005 18:55:23 -0400
    ...new pump, thermostat, cleaned front rad and flow tested, bleed all the way...new coolant... Same problem. Note: the "not so long ago" new...
  • Re: Rear heater core during summer
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:46:00 -0400
    ...Any coolant flowing though the heater core is coolant not available for the radiator. Also, as the coolant flows through, it wears it out...
  • Re: Exhaust Design
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:32:04 -0800
    ...The air mass meter obviously has to > flow > > better ........since the air does not pass through a small squareish hole > , > > like it does in...
  • Re: Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
    Historical mailing list - ****************************
    Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:13:41 -0500
    ...I could feel a strong flow of air flowing from the crank case through the hose into the bellow. It pushed my finger out...
  • Re: 85-H20 loss of coolant mystery
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:32:28 -0700
    ...when the rad fan is on, plenty of heat-removing air flows through the fins on the radiator .. should not be an issue there...
  • Re: What company sells the best NEW heads?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Mon, 25 Sep 2000 17:19:47 EDT
    ...ALSO CLEAN up any casting mismatches in the ports to further improve air flow. If you are adding ratio rockers, Do not go to...
  • Breadloaf bus ducting
    Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
    Sat, 09 Dec 1995 22:45:37 EST
    ...I was also thinking of a smaller fan to help with fresh air flow, as fresh air flow is nonexistent when the bus isn...
  • engine bogging, air flow meters
    Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
    Thu, 10 Nov 1994 16:30:45 CST6CDT
    ...Thirdly, I replaced my air flow sensor because I was being hypochondriacal about the engine performance. Stupid move. Don't replace your air flow...
  • Re: don'know much about aerodynamics
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 1 Aug 1994 07:26:14 -0400
    i think i still have all my cardboard in the front of my 83 diesel - i figured it was probably impt for cooling flow...
  • VW radiator caps
    Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
    Thu, 9 Jan 97 09:22:08 -0600
    ...only until the design pressure has been reached should anything flow out the hose barb. i've had a bad cap on both my...
  • Re: Rear External Fridge Fan
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Sat, 10 May 2008 03:05:40 -0700
    ...If the ambient air temp is high enough more air flow won't keep the fan from running almost constantly but it may improve...