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• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 10:00:18 -0700
  ...because it's getting some extra air somewhere, like a leak. Considering the hokey nature of the intake plenum/runners it wouldn't surprise...
• Re: vanagon golf engine conversion problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:41:55 -0800
  ...O2 sensor (bad so I got a new one), all the grounds, vacuum lines, any connections to the intake manifold and airflow sensor, cold...
• Re: '88 Westy Vacuum leak diagnosis input
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Sun, 8 Sep 2024 22:23:43 -0600
  ...Noticing a sucking sound coming from the general area of the airflow > > sensor. > > - It runs rough every time I start up, but eventually smoothes...
• Re: Is a Porsche 911 engine too powerful for a Vanagon and/or Syncro Drivetrain?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 15 May 2001 21:34:04 +1200
  ...The Porsche motor has >no turbos, no variable intakes, no catalytic converters, no knock sensors, >no water cooling, just plain damn good engineering meant...
• Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 10:08:37 -0700
  ...Has stayed lit for hours while driving in strong headwinds, > and also gone out when not moving with still air. Very strange. > Watching the...
• Re: Throttle-on running issue
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:02:20 -0700
  ...The hotter the engine, > the worse it is. > > I’ve found no vacuum leaks in intake. Unplugging O2 sensor makes no > difference ( a new...
• Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, more
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 01:22:19 -0500
  ...let enough air in . >> Sometimes pulling one of those air breather hoses out of the air intake >> book >> will let enough air into to...
• Re: Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 30 Jul 2014 16:34:55 -0700
  ...large segment of the harness headed to the ECU and the air intake....The wire is black and is the same size as the...
• Re: Fuel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 18 May 2001 07:33:15 -0800
  ...the O2 sensor is connected to the ECU. The adjustments or trouble shooting needs to be done open loop, otherwise you can't observe...
• Re: 85 cuts out/dies when hot - HELP! stranded in Pueblo, CO
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 06:00:25 -0700
  ...When I looked at the engine > after it died the first > > time, the hose from the crankcase breather to the > air intake boot > > (about...
• Three Items
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:39:49 -0700
  ...VOM - Pass * Big hose between air cleaner and throttle body OK. * Little hoses (idle switch etc) on the intake side: OK. -- *Best Regards, Jon...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 06:23:17 -0400
  ...The oxygen sensor > voltage readings were extremely high - nothing near the 0.5 volts +/- 0.3 > volts. > > My Westy is a 1990. I got...
• Re: gas, spark, still no love
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 04:20:17 -0800
  Good compression is just as important as spark, fuel, and air, thats the next thing that I'd check. Also, it would be a...
• Heads installed...
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 27 Jul 1998 14:56:12 PDT
  ...Then installed the fan housing, fan, cylinder head temp sensor (should have done this before installing the front upper tin!), intake manifolds, FI wiring...
• Re: 1988 Vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 1 Mar 2010 20:55:02 -0800
  ...you could look for big air leaks., you could check that the temp sensor for the ecu is connected, and has a reasoanbly proper...
• Re: It's ALIVE!!!
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:12:14 -0600
  ...gauge ist working? Possibly more air to bleed out of the system. > Now to build exhaust and intake > > > Velma 82 na diesel westy > On...
• Fresh Air Fan Blower (long)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Clein
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 11:20:27 -0800
  ...since new (I'll seal up openings around sides of fresh air intake grill to prevent re-infestation - thanks to another list member/archives...
• Re: Carb Conversion Question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:24:32 -0700
  ...models, for later models one needs to get a REAL euorpean air intake manifold and a Weber DFAV/DFEV carb works great on my...
• Re: Now: Thanks! (+ Report. Long.) Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? (and fuel press. regulator)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:26:46 -0800
  ...I'm so "old school") that I needed the air > > filter housing on!! Need that air sensor connected! Put that on, it > > ran WAY...
• Spring service completed (long)
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 20:26:31 +0000
  ...and cleaned rear heater/plenum, oiled motor shaft cleaned engine air intake system/air box / filter is OK inspected all wiring for chaffing, put...
• Re: Idle stablilizer system testing
  Historical mailing list - walter bahm
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:16:38 -0800
  ...your > symptom. > > > Also make certain > > > there are NO intake air leaks and that the O2 > sensor > > > is functional and > > > fuel pressure is OK. > > > > > > Regards...
• Re: Mechanic says $250 muffler
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 15:18:31 -0800
  ...the intake a better head start towards the piston by the exhaust gases exiting pulling the intake charge in sooner. The air flow meter...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:52:58 -0700
  ...lame looking intake runners ( look at some > subaru engines, particularily the DOHC 2.5 for some nice obviously > flow-enhanced intake runners ) ..........*not to...
• Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, more
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 11:50:24 +0000
  ...let enough air in . > >> Sometimes pulling one of those air breather hoses out of the air > >> intake > >> book > >> will let enough air into to...
• Carbs on my '91 Westie Syncro---"The Story"
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 20:45:41 PST
  ...He told me that he had to cut down the intake manifold a bit so that the carb and air cleaner would fit under...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:54:20 +0000
  ...Block off the air intake under the front grill and install this ball valve and you will be not getting hot air coming in...
• Re: Does The Fridg Fan Blow or Suck? & Combustion Chamber
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 22 Aug 2005 11:18:22 -0300
  ...I got a new rubber gasket but could not find replacement ones for the air intake and chimney. I used the old ones and...
• Re: Aircooled Running Problems
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:07:29 -0500
  ...Aircooled Running Problems Hi all I have a strange running problem with my 1981 aircooled westy. The vehicle starts and runs fine, with correct...
• Re: 84 Camper engine dying
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:08:52 -0500
  ...lines are tight and in good shape, make sure the rubber boot from the air intake to the throttle body is not cracked, make...
• Re: 85 cuts out/dies when hot - HELP! stranded in Pueblo, CO
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:25:12 -0500
  ...When I looked at the engine after it died the first > time, the hose from the crankcase breather to the air intake boot > (about...
• Re: FW: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:22:20 -0800
  Hi Mark, The only breather hose is from the breather tower to the intake boot. Is your o2 sensor still unplugged? Your symptoms do...
• Re: 1.9 heads on a 2.1 motor?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 23:33:01 -0700
  ...Still does not have knock sensor ignition I don't think - which is a great thing to have. . Still uses a distributor, tho that...
• Rough Idle after replaced heads/piston rings... 91 Carrat
  Historical mailing list - Shane Eddy
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 14:51:59 -0400
  ...result of the auxiliary parts being close to warn out (air intake sensor is the only item I remember out of about five he...
• Preparations for Rough Roads
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 15:00:20 -0700
  ...ENGINE Inserts for intake air cleaner K&N Air Filter 2 engine oil filters Set of engine gaskets Gaskets for cylinder head cover Oil...
• Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - It's Back!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 19:09:13 -0700
  ...Compare the readings ( temp II, air intake temp, etc etc) with the acceptable values listed in Bentley. Test the ecu and fuel pump relays...
• RE: Young and Sanchez, high idle and overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 10 Aug 1997 21:50:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I'll confess I have two fog lights just a little obstructing the front lower air grill work. Check for bugs, dirt or something...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:35:46 -0500
  ...lame looking intake runners ( look at some >> subaru engines, particularily the DOHC 2.5 for some nice obviously >> flow-enhanced intake runners ) ..........*not to...
• Re: Garcia's Ghost doesn't like gettin' high.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:38:53 -0700
  ...mixture, but it can't increase the O2 content of > > the intake air. > > > > Happy Trails, > > > > Greg Potts > > Toronto, Ontario Canada > > 197x Westfakia "Bob the...
• Re: Moral qestion--Case in point
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:50:33 +0000
  ...Confuses the air flow meter and further messes up the mixture for the other cylinders. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Geza Polony Date: Thursday, January...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 00:25:05 -0400
  ...The oxygen sensor voltage readings were extremely high - nothing near the 0.5 volts +/- 0.3 volts. My Westy is a 1990. I got...
• Re: COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:46:50 -0400
  ...The temp 2 sensor has one wire to the sensor, the other goes to ground. A wire may be broken in the harness. Try...
• Re: 1.9L-still no cold idle-looking for ideas-long
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:58:38 -0500
  ...an air tight engine, and >rule that out, i replaced the 4 hoses that attach the >the air runners to the intake manifold, and...
• Re: Not quite a backfire . . .
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:57:37 -0700
  ...if so, the temp gauge sender, a single wire sensor, is on the thermostat housing. And it's on the return hose, and seems...
• Re: 25 MPG Wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:06:14 -0700
  ...The O2 > sensor was disconnected. > > I haven't accurately checked the gas mileage since getting here as I've > been using the air conditioner...
• Re: Subaru wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 17:47:12 -0800
  ...nice to see a hot wire massflow sensor in the intake, no more wiper arm > > probs. > > That _is_ nice! > > Gary > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Gary Shea shea@xmission...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:56:00 -0800
  ...with this and that over a basic problem about getting fuel, air, and igntion, and timing of it all , and never check at least...
• Re: 85 cuts out/dies when hot - HELP! stranded in Pueblo, CO
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:11:23 -0400
  ...When I looked at the engine after it died the first time, the hose from the crankcase breather to the air intake boot (about...
• Re: Now: Thanks! (+ Report. Long.) Was: Leaky ... fuel injector? (and fuel press. regulator)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:38:30 -0800
  ...I'm so "old school") that I needed the air > > > filter housing on!! Need that air sensor connected! Put that on, it > > > ran WAY...
• Re: no fuse for fuel pump?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:43:50 -0800
  ...The wires on the power steering sensor are too close to the intake elbow, one wire fell off and hit the elbow and created...
• Re: Which Digital Multi-meter?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:02:46 -0800
  ...Not necessary, but it is "cool" to see how hot your intake air is. Basically I would get three meters. A $10 one for...
• backfiring?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:30:55 -0400
  ...truely sounds like its coming from inside the intake mainfold/rubber piece coming from the airfilter box. It soudns like the stereotypical backfire! I...
• RE: Computer Problem?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
  Sat, 9 Aug 1997 17:39:24 -0700
  ...Might also test the #1 > temp sensor, though you'd hope with a new air flow meter this wouldn't > be > a problem. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Tom...
• Re: Digfiant being defiant
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 08:45:45 -0700
  ...to the "extra" cold-start injector. *Check for intake air leaks *Re-check the temperature sensors -- does the car run well cold and only...
• Re: The end of the road (86 westy runnin' rich) - LONG STORY
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:53:40 -0700
  ...The oxygen sensor > > voltage readings were extremely high - nothing > near the 0.5 volts +/- 0.3 > > volts. > > > > My Westy is a 1990. I got...
• Re: Need help with a 78 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:41:25 -0700
  ...for example.....on the Type IV air-cooled engine, the temp sensor in the left head has one wire, that goes to the ecu...
• Re: HELP!!! Oil Pressure Buzzer On!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:34:59 -0400
  ...Took apart air cleaner, intake hoses, and throttle body. Found oil covered inside of hoses and throttle body. Cleaned oil out of hoses, etc...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:34:14 -0700
  ...Air intake boot ..if I have one of those ...I carry that. and a box of misc hoses, hose junctions, and hose clamps. Scott...
• Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 09:53:28 -1000
  ( opinion and thoughts appreciated here ) Speaking of Throttle Position Sensors....... I've never had to replace or even be concerned about Throttle Position Switches...
• Re: [Syncro] Need 2.1 WBX ECU in the bay area
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:54:53 -0700
  ...and timing too advanced, dead oxygen sensors, intake leaks .. exhaust leaks near an oxygen sensor ..all kinds of stuff. Wonky Temp Sensor II also...
• Re: Inductive Tach for tuning
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:20:07 -0800
  ...this would include no air intake leaks, decent injector spray patters, good compression, good ignition parts ...good Temp Sensor II .. no air leaks at...