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• Re: Too darn rich!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:26:26 -0800
  ...If not, there is an air/fuel adjustment mixture on the AFM, hex key adjustment. You may need to take off the cover for...
• Re: I4 emission issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Oct 2007 23:16:01 -0400
  Excessive CO is always mixture or passing oil. All three gasses being high also indicates a failed catalyst. Do you have CIS-e with...
• Re: O2 Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:33:37 -0400
  ...If it's behaving the same way when it's hooked up, the ECU will drive the mixture extremely rich trying to get the...
• Re: Distributor Numbers & Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jan 1996 15:37:10 -0500
  ...In order to correct this problem most people ajust the idle mixture screw, usally turning it so far in that when you step on...
• engine running too cold
  Historical mailing list - SCOTT GREGORY
  Sat, 08 Feb 1997 22:19:40 -0500
  ...the result is a mixture rich enough to force a pull over to allow the engine to heat up agian. T-Stat Right? Nope...
• Re: what else to replace along with head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 14:06:30 -0800
  ...and replaced with the phosphate free ethylene glycol antifreeze/distilled water mixture of your choice. You may want to toss in a new water...
• Re: VERY hot exhaust issues
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:46:47 -0400
  This is a classic case of a bad fuel air mixture. Could be caused by any of a number of things. Eric Zoran Mladen...
• Re: Poptop cleaning & new canvas
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 19:41:07 -0700
  ...something and die from the toxic gas that results from the > mixture. I recall reading that the gas was chemically similar to one > used...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:19:24 -0400
  ...It makes sense that it would, I just can't verify this with the mixture meter since the o2 sensor is nonfunctional at this...
• Re: '90 Syncro starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:59:01 -0400
  ...In addition, the starter circuit enriches the fuel mixture if the engine is not warm. That is why I suggested the temp 2 sensor...
• I'm back, miss anything? Need an ECU
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:31:02 -0700
  ...Their sniffer found that when the engine went into this seizure, the mixture got real lean. They fussed around with the air flow meter...
• Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:58:32 -0800
  ...It regards the input of the various > sensors to the ECU and the way > the ECU determines fuel/air mixture. > > Let's say you...
• '87 Vacuum plumbing question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:52:16 -0500
  ...Plugging it makes the engine idle MUCH better.) This could explain why someone set the idle mixture to full rich. Ah, the joys of...
• Re: Antifreeze Enema
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:40:24 -0500
  ...Then, just top off radiator with correct mixture antifreeze and water through the bleed bolt hole with a pump. I use an extra pump...
• Re: 89 MYSTERY problem!!
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 21:30:33 -0400
  ...It > COULD be that the fuel mixture is badly wrong on one or more cylinders. > If one injector is pouring too much fuel into...
• Cold Idle Diagnosis (1.9L)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:46:22 -0700
  ...The ECU richens the mixture at cold start for about 90 seconds. (? does it richen the mixture or change the timing?) (? does it happen...
• Re: Emissions (CO) still out...
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 19:31:33 -0700 (PDT)
  ...high co is a rich mixture. High HC (HydroCarbons) is a sign of running rich. DO ask the experts, cause this guy is wrong...
• Part wanted: VW '78 2ltr aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Ian Corner
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 11:08:44 +0200
  ...Does anyone have any suggestions? I would also like to get hold of two idle mixture enrichment (Haynes page 54, item 61) although this...
• Re: What is an AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 12:24:07 -0600
  ...basically tells your fuel injection computer how much air is coming into the engine so it can give you a proper mixture of fuel...
• Re: My Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:45:40 -0800
  Does the water/alcohol mixture remain in the bottom of the fuel tank then? Dana Marc Perdue wrote: > No, it doesn't, at least...
• Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:01:42 -0500
  ...at least for Idle (up and down?)! But if you mean also oscillation!(800rpm-1300rpm) it's a mixture of 1 to/and 3...
• Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 May 1995 22:41:57 -0700
  >I whiled away 1.5 afternoons this weekend doing the O2-sensor-as-mixture- >tester trick. Paid $45 for generic three-wire O2 sensor...
• Re: Is there a such thing as a POD mountable DIGITAL voltmeter?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 May 2000 22:08:07 -0700
  ...Wouldn't the >voltage drop to the VOM affect the signal to the ECU and interfere with the >Mixture setting updates.. I'd be...
• Correct Weber jetting
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 20:51:46 +0000
  ...idle speed to come below 1500rpm without totally leaning the idle mixture down util the engine almost dies. The jets that are in the...
• Re: vanagon passes emissions, YES!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:02:52 -0500
  ...Mechanic tweaked the mixture!! O2 sensor sytem obviously not working properly. This is why EPA looking to have only certified mechanics work on vehicles...
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:51:18 -0500
  ...air regulator changes the air/fuel > mixture, which is a common misconception. Sean, No problem. Those regulators used to go bad on my Saab...
• Re: Fuel consumption
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 10 May 1998 09:41:57 -0700
  If your O2 sensor dies your mixture will become richer than it has to. This way you burn more fuel. Other things the can...
• Re: Rough Idle / motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:27:07 -0700
  ...The computer really leans out the fuel mixture at idle. Carbon build up in the combustion chamber also contributes to this problem. I've...
• Re: Bearing wear
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:36:55 EDT
  ...to the pistons being slammed with early ignition of the fuel mixture as it is traveling up to and the explosive force is being...
• Re: digijet fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 15:48:46 -0400
  ...Aside from that, the overall system will be more sensitive to small things disturbing the mixture (AFM misadjustment being a prime one). david David...
• Rich mixture/excessive fuel use
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 10:19:51 -0500
  I am getting about 10-12 MPG on the Hwy with my '83 1.9L watercooled FI Vanagon, less in town. The exhaust smells...
• Re: Cold Engine Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 13:42:53 -0800
  ...is set and gets no <DIV></DIV>&gt;feedback if the mixture is too lean or to rich. If the fuel pressure is <DIV...
• Re: ECU question, w/ O2 disconnected
  Historical mailing list - insyncro
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 11:45:27 -0500
  ...If the O@ sensor output is not sufficient, > the ECU will keep richening the mixture to get the signal. If not > working, yet, it...
• Re: Solar Panel Mount -Flexible Panels?
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Mon, 3 May 2010 11:59:57 -0400
  ...Heater have an oxygen sensor that shuts > the device down before the mixture changes enough to generate > significant amounts of CO... I have heard...
• Weber carb jetting
  Historical mailing list - Aaron J. Wood
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:54:18 +0000
  ...idle speed to come below 1500rpm without totally leaning the idle mixture down util the engine almost dies. The jets that are in the...
• Re: Mileage at altitude
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 09:04:00 -0600
  >>>There may be some automatic mixture adjustment built into the F/I >>>but it is probably small.... I thought altitude compensation was handled by...
• Re: coolant Saga Con't.
  Historical mailing list - pierre a. lachance
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:13:19 -0400
  yes, a mixture of 50/ 50 is good enough....many many many years ago, my chemistry teacher even told us that if you put...
• Re: 91 Carat Cold Stall
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:02:24 -0700
  ...Any suggestions? This could be a vacuum leak or mixture set too lean or temp sensor out of spec or fuel pressure issue or...
• Re: Poptop cleaning & new canvas
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:53:03 -0500
  ...don't breath fumes from the mixture, it's pretty harmful to your lungs. Clorox outdoor is a good choice for poptops, no mixing...
• Water injection.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 12:01:26 -0700
  ...of water vapor (steam) 2) slightly more power from cooler-denser mixture. Water that evaporates in the inlet tract will cool the air, making...
• RE: Running HOT!, help, '80
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Jul 97 05:23:51 UT
  ...This confirms that I am running lean? Or a dead O2 sensor? I turned the mixture screw 1 1/2 turns each way with...
• Re: coolant sensor 50/50 tolerance?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:18:49 -0230
  ...The mixture percentage should make >little if any difference. The false blinking light can be due to several >real causes. Very frequently the circuit...
• Re: 2nd O2 Sensor in Cat?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:33:12 -0500
  ...sensor is connected to the ECU, said ECU actively controls the mixture to run rich-lean-rich-lean-rich. If the ECU is doing...
• Re: Aftermarket Electronic Ignition
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 May 1995 08:26:43 -0700
  ...I get an instant readout of rich or lean >> mixture, if I had this six or seven engines ago (not all mine) I would...
• Differential->Half Shaft Seal?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 17:43:17 -0400
  ...Today I went to remove the right rear half shaft from our syncro Westfalia and was anointed with a mixture of gear oil and...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:27:21 EST
  ...Every time he pulled away, the torque reaction moved the engine and opened the tear, making the mixture lean. It took a while to...
• Re: Interior pop top
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Sat, 13 May 2006 15:49:49 +0000
  ...And that bleach mixture sprayed on does a good job. I am getting ready to try that, but it would be nice to hear...
• Re: White smoke? (UPDATE)
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:27:17 -0400
  ...white smoke I see now that it's dripping some grayish liquid---what I >> might guess to be a mixture of coolant with oil?. > >
• shielded wire for oxygen sensor?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 21 May 2008 17:35:47 -0400
  I'm planning on running a wire from my oxygen sensor up to the front of the van for a air/fuel mixture gauge...
• Re: Dometic problems
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:02:41 -0400
  ...Is there other evidence for the flame being weak? If the mixture were too lean it might be more sensitive to going out -- the...
• Re: Freeze Plugs was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 18:50:03 -0800
  ...Freeze Plugs was Oops - I let the engine freeze > ---- Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: >> never had the problem myself. >> 50-50 mixture...
• Re: FS: '90 wolfsburg Syncro TDI
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:48:11 -0500
  ...are of an Orly Blue van. > And if so, the color mixture was off for sure. > > dylan > > > I am more than willing to take...
• Re: (is it Friday somewhere?)
  Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 08:53:51 -0800
  ...adjusting the volume of air to an ideal air and fuel mixture ratio 14.7:1 at every instance possible" Why let your ECU...
• Re: Engine Swap - what about TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:31:43 -0500
  ...The piston has - for lack of a better word - a step cast into it that allows the air/diesel fuel mixture to swirl - hence...
• Top end problems, 2liter motor
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 06:46:25 -0400
  ...Spoke with Ronnie at Kymco, and he recommended looking at the plugs for lean mixture did that, and began to increase main jet size...
• Replacing the Air Flow Meter
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 19:01:03 -0500
  ...do i just swap and see what happens? Or should i be prepared to fiddle with the idle/mixture/CO adjuster, etc., etc. This...
• Re: More ECU questions
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 17:25:52 -0800
  ...have been that the ecu doesn't start adjusting the fuel mixture until it has the O2 above .5 and the temp 2 sensor...
• Mystery Machine back on road...
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 09:11:39 -0700
  ...the shop to explain what they did to get the fuel mixture back down to where it was supposed to be. Now, I realized...
• Re: turbo?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 13:27:23 -0700
  Looks like it draws through the OEM AFM ( Is that from an Arlo Guthrie song?) so that the mixture is factory-correct, then sweeps...
• Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:00:56 -0700
  ...That's what you would do in order to remove the seal so you could make adjustments to the air/fuel mixture. That's...