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• Re: lazy mechanics...lots of oil(valves)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:35:59 -0800
  ...although i can feel the >miss with my hand by the tailpipe, sounds muffled, not >like a shotgun or anything...any ideas as to...
• Re: Which 2.1 muffler?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Apr 2016 02:00:09 -0400
  ...The GoWesty tailpipe is also very nice. I would toss the GoWesty hardware and go with stainless on the flanges. At this point I...
• Re: What's the difference between ecodiesel and regular turbodiesel?
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:02:58 -0500
  ...There is also a catalytic converter to burn soot before it goes out the tailpipe. Overall, the TD is better since it gets nearly...
• Re: white smoke/power loss?????
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:18:10 -0500
  ...After warm up my 86 Westy intermittently blows lots of whitish/bluish smoke out the tailpipe and simultaneously experiences significat power loss. Head gaskets...
• Re: passing CA emissions?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 16:07:47 -0500
  ...Leaks in the exhaust are also picked up >on the tailpipe test and will cause you to fail. You might want to leave >the...
• Re: Bug Engine: Pros & Cons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 16 Jun 1995 11:50:55 -0500
  ...adapter plate.you may also have trouble clearing the dual outlet tailpipes with your bumper.Hope this helps. Dave Zipperer IF IT LIVES ON...
• Re: Tiico engine DEQ certification
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:48:45 -0400
  ...They drive your vehicle onto the rollers, stick > a sensor up the tailpipe, and check the readings under acceleration up to about > 35 MPH...
• Re: might be an injector that is
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:58:42 -0600
  ...I was comparing to this from Joel: >any really dark sooty stuff in the tailpipe? as in wet black soot? it >should be black...
• Re: Help w/2.1 What am i missing?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:36:10 -0400
  ...Any sign of compression getting to the tailpipe? ----- lately I've been seeing a lot of flakey 2.1 distributors... but when the hall...
• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons (clarification)
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Sat, 13 Mar 1999 08:09:40 -0600
  ...can get a "turbo" > muffler that replaces the stock muffler and tailpipe ($120). So these pieces > are totally interchangeable with the stock stuff. You...
• Re: inline 4 exhaust systems?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 08:28:28 -0800
  ...This curves behind the axle, is on the outside of the left carrier bar, and attaches to the '82 Vanagon diesel Muffler/tailpipe. No...
• Re: My Bucko update ll
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 07:18:02 -0800
  im going to try this stuff, seems i have been having water drips from the tailpipe. i run chevron 92 so its on the...
• Re: Muffler--should I change?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:37:43 -0700
  ...He did the glove over > tailpipe test and said "no leaks" but he has never rode on the highway in > it. He also said...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Carat "cut out" problem
  Historical mailing list - William Maxian
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:09:39 -0500
  ...Shortly after this, black smoke > began to come out of the tailpipe. It was a very long 2 hour drive back > home with the...
• Sometimes it's the little things...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:50:23 EDT
  ...4) Replace the mufflers with stainless steel versions 5) Put new tailpipe on Westy 6) Clean interior of Westy 7) Tweak the fridge on...
• Re: What do folks do when replacing Calforina Air Cooled Vanagon Exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 24 May 2003 10:23:03 -0700
  ...this, I'll say that you also have to fab a tailpipe since the orientation of the air-cooled and water-cooled flange holes...
• Re: sensor not hot enough
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:15:50 -0500
  ...to be absolutely >certain for these to work, and the old tailpipe structure seems a poor >ground at best. I grounded my O2 sensor...
• Re: Water in the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 May 1999 06:54:52 -0400
  ...At times it comes splashing out of the tailpipe. At first I >thought, "Oh it's just water, a natural part of the combustion...
• Re: white smoke/power loss?????
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:23:09 -0600
  ...86 Westy intermittently blows lots of whitish/bluish > smoke out the tailpipe and simultaneously experiences significat power > loss. Head gaskets were replaced 1 yr...
• Re: Sluggish 85 Vanagon--->Need help please.
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 06:28:19 -0700
  ...While you're back there, put your hand up to the tailpipe to feel how much exhaust comes out as the motor is revved...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: TIICO vs. CA
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Sat, 24 Nov 2001 10:33:41 -0800
  ...I also believe a vehicle should pass on it's tailpipe emmisions not withstanding what ever it has under the hood, but I don...
• Re: Stumped-Runs Rich/Stalls
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:43:20 -0700
  ...Also puffs of black smoke and black oily guck coming out of tailpipe. > I have done the following: > Tested 02 sensor-ok > New Temp...
• Re: muffler
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:56:05 -0500
  ...Is there anything wrong with this -- does it impair the function in any way or does it shorten the life of either the tailpipe...
• Re: Frydaye Evening Blues ...
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:16:37 +0000
  ...was brake shoes, > a month before that > it needed a muffler, > tailpipe and a cat. > > it seems like it's always > one thing, maybe...
• Re: Help needed for 88 Cabriolet emissions failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 22:15:25 -0400
  ...He finally had to take apart the probe that goes into the tailpipe and blow compressed air through it. Then he was able to...
• Re: 89 Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 05:29:23 -0800
  ...have some interference between the tailpipe and some > > bodywork under the bumper but I will remove the tailpipe again and > > shorten it by 1...
• Re: blasphemy (long!)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:55:29 EDT
  ...count how many Car*vans are emitting blue smoke from thier tailpipes. You will be surprized to find that it is almost all of...
• Re: Muffler Parts
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 24 May 2002 12:52:02 -0700
  ...Muffler Parts > > > > > > > > > I'll be replacing a muffler and tailpipe this weekend on the > > > '82 Westy. > > > Picked up the parts, but as is usual...
• Re: (NVC) Scion xB
  Historical mailing list - Chris Radcliffe
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 17:51:40 -0800
  ...Maybe VW will notice the Element, pull their heads out of their me-too-SUV-Touareg tailpipe and consider what Element owners (and Vanagon...
• Re: Replacing cat and muffler.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 20:19:42 -0400
  ...I have a replacement cat (Borsal) and muffler (Dansk), the flange gaskets and a tailpipe mounting kit. I'm hoping to reuse my existing...
• Re: 85' low idle, loss of power/compression, surging-UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 20:18:54 -0500
  ...I stopped at my mechanics, and he took one swipe in the tailpipe and noticed that I was burning alot of gas, and it...
• Re: What's the richest air fuel ration you can still make run?
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:44:07 -0400
  ...it) or the target ratio you > like to see out the tailpipe when the mixture is correct. > > I just did a dyno run with...
• Re: Driving: Right vs. Priveledge
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 4 Apr 1997 16:02:41 -0800
  ...I care less about restrictions on my tailpipe as people putting restrictions on my tailpipe so businesses can be given leniency on the amount...
• Re: Help... need portland, OR shop recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Sat, 14 Dec 2002 06:28:29 -0800
  ...It looks like the stuff is dissappearing, and i'm reasonably sure it is out the tailpipe, so we all know what that means...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:23:50 -0700
  ...tailgate.. > So no oil on the back, no smoking out the tailpipe either at 5000 rpms > and full throttle or on extended downhill engine...
• Re: Beds, Valves, Advice
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 20 Oct 94 16:16:55 CDT
  ...is it burning it up, meaning blue smoke coming out the tailpipe (which should be oily and black) ... which also means likely valve guides...
• Re: Leakdown and compression test results
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:57:25 -0400
  ...If it's a valve, you'll hear it at the air intake manifold or exhaust (tailpipe), depending on which valve is leaking. Attempt...
• Replacement engine running rich, FILTHY RICH!
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:55:13 -0400
  ...The tailpipe is coated with a heavy layer of soot and even the ground has a black spot under the exhaust pipe. A few...
• Re: Berg short-shift for Vgon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 15:09:21 -0800
  ...So you could put a 327 rat motor into your EV, but you'd have to pass stock EV tailpipe emissions. Which implies that...
• Re: EGR Filter (82 Westy) LONG
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 22:16:13 -0400
  ...The whole system from the crossover pipe to the tailpipe is toast. I have the necessary parts to exchange the system except the tube...
• Re: CARB Certification
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 12:58:43 -0800
  ...They put the van on a dyno and strap a hose to the tailpipe, rev >it up and down, and measure the fumes. Hydrocarbons...
• Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 6 Feb 2014 15:20:07 -0800
  ...On a dark and stormy night, backing into a campground spot at Beverly Beach state park, I nudged my tailpipe or muffler onto the...
• Re: 85 questionable mpg
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:58:55 -0700
  ...Where it hooks into the >| tailpipe it is bent like it got wacked with a rock or something. If I bend >| it back it...
• Re: Loss of power - super hot muffler
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 11:26:07 EST
  ...3) Plenty of exhaust pressure at the tailpipe. Does this rule out a plugged cat? 4) unplugged the O2 sensor - no change - still rich...
• Re: Got dem ole lousy idle blues again,mama
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:53:09 -0700
  ...I swapped out the exhaust.Thats right,the pin hole leak was there ,but didnt cause my problems.I swapped the tailpipe,muffler,cat...
• Re: Engine bay sound dampening
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 2 May 2007 07:32:15 -0700
  ...bay? How effective was it? > > On a related note my muffler/tailpipe is going to be > replaced, the existing unit is a one piece...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 12:05:33 -0800
  ...exhaust is properly mounted you can lift the engine from >> the tailpipe without damaging anything. Can you do that with your set up? > Yes...
• Re: Fwd & Reply: Don't sweat--Re: Vanagon List - Help!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Sep 1998 08:50:36 EDT
  ...Next comes brakes all the way around, Cat converter, muffler, tailpipe. >> Sounds Super-- I have yet to have any serious tranny trouble. The diff...
• Re: Sluggish
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:40:48 -0400
  ...A banana in your tailpipe G. Matthew Bulley, Principal Consultant Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Mount Olive, NC USA 877.658.1278 Tollfree www.bulley...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 09:42:32 -0500
  On the 2.1 when the exhaust is properly mounted you can lift the engine from the tailpipe without damaging anything. Can you do...
• Re: California emissions laws
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:34:25 -0500
  ...New emissions > requirements have come as continual efforts to keep up with the sheer volume > of vehicles and their tailpipes (and filler pipes). > > And...
• Re: Engine died up date
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Sun, 29 Mar 2020 12:22:27 -0700
  ...No movement on tach > > Still no gas smell from tailpipe > > Next is to examine ecu , esp the ecu ground . > > Thanks again for all the...
• Re: Van dies while coming to a stop
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mund
  Mon, 17 May 2010 07:31:58 -0600
  ...WIth a bit of smoke out the tailpipe. I make the dash to my house and as I'm slowing down to pull in...
• exhaust quality questions
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 15:04:54 -0500
  ...if you have a tow-hook mounted trailer hitch, the S&S tailpipe will interfere and you'll need to hack about 1-2...
• Air-cooled Federal EGR filter and SMOG
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 4 May 2007 14:38:07 -0700
  ...As far as the tailpipe test goes I passed the HC and NO parts but failed the CO test. Numbers were: HC 15 mph...
• Re: politics of e85 RE: E85 in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net
  Tue, 22 May 2007 10:33:22 -0600
  ...But I think it's a huge mistake to assume that ethanol is cleaner just because the way we measure the tailpipe says it...
• Another case of stumble/loss of power after warmup
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 20 Oct 2019 10:44:43 +0000
  ...It seems to be running very rich as the tailpipe is sooty black and we get the odor of fuel. Have not done any...
• Re: vanagon buying advice needed
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:33:55 -0700
  ...no rust on the body or undercarriage > other than on the tailpipe. It currently lacks a battery so it won't > start, but the...
• Re: 85-H20 loss of coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:31:01 -0700
  ...I held the block tester near the tailpipe and pull air > through it. Fluid turns yellow. > > I'm feeling pretty good that exhaust gas...
• Re: 89 Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 09:24:57 -0600
  ...have some interference between the tailpipe and some > > > bodywork under the bumper but I will remove the tailpipe again and > > > shorten it by 1...