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• Re: 2.1 idle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 20:03:42 -0600
  ...of intake vacuum leak. >>>Grab an old w!ndex bottle, and fill it with some soapy water and spray >around >>>the airbox, manifolds,etc...
• Re: Fuel flow regulator
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
  Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:52:55 -0700
  ...is a vacuum line to the intake >> manifold. The purpose is to adjust fuel pressure to match manifold absolute >> pressure, aka vacuum. >> >> Dennis >> >> >> -----Original...
• Seeing Red
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sat, 4 Jul 2020 17:47:38 -0700
  ...I immediately began working on replacing the manifold intake hose / boots. This included repainting the manifold, cleaning the top of the block, inspecting fuel...
• Re: need welder in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 7 Oct 2007 10:43:02 -0700
  There's a welding shop in downtown Olympia I used to customize the aluminum intake manifold on my Mercedes, which leads me to believe...
• Re: Update on stalling '87
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 09:31:14 -0700
  ...Check for air leak in the intake system, especially between the AFM and the actual intake manifold. My 83 and 84 will idle even...
• Re: Swap update
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 8 May 1998 23:37:16 -0700
  ...from motor. > Removed new looking clutch assembly and flywheel. > Removed intake and exhaust manifolds. > Removed timing covers so I can remove the Rabbit type...
• Re: Looking for a Known Good 1.9 Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Apr 2015 09:37:17 -0400
  ...The injector seals and where the intake manifold pipes meet the cast base are sneaky leak areas. Especially if the pipes are rusting. Dennis...
• NVC: Acura overheating question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:05:48 -0600
  ...I saw another small hose near the intake manifold had a pinhole leak. Fixed that, but coolant was everywhere under the hood. Started the...
• Bargain Basement Blowout! Everything MUST GO!
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Fri, 15 Aug 2003 21:40:53 -0700
  ...The smaller one with all the rubber dampers on it. -Intake boot. Used, excellent condition -Intake boot. New. -Exhaust manifold (everything except muffler - J...
• 12% more power with Haltech?(long)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 18:12:42 -0500
  ...then there's the matching of the intake manifold to the head work already done. This second phase will run an additional $1700. $3400...
• Re: Lumberyard carb conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 13:54:46 -0700
  ...Chuck the duals (apologies > to anyone named Charles) and buy a Weber progressive conversion kit. > Consists of a complete manifold set (two pair of...
• Re: CIS Experts: engine does not start (long)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 22:03:15 -0400
  ...But there was no fuel coming out of the injectors. > >The coldstart injector sprays fuel into the intake manifold. >This part works fine, electrical...
• Re: Torque Curves for Key Vanagon Swap Candidates
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:37:57 EDT
  ...Second, the intake manifold for the 3A has a much better flow profile into the head, but the ABA has the long intake runners...
• What I Learned Today...
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:44:30 +0000
  The manifold pipes from a 1.9 and 2.1 are not interchangeable. How did I come to learn this? Well, I am (slowly...
• Re: ENGINE SWAP QUESTION
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:40:06 -0700
  ...It appears to be essentially the same as any inline 4 VW except for the intake manifold. Yeas, nays or comments..
• Re: Superchargers? - Low Pressure Turbo!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:13:17 -0700
  ...I modified the intake manifold to adapt the > digifant fuel injectors and used the digifant engine control system. I also > took the SAAP automatic...
• Re: Fuel tank pressurised
  Historical mailing list - Steve Overmyer
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 14:42:21 +1100
  ...Trace the plastic purple vacuum hose from the intake manifold to = >the valve. the valve most likely has a hole in it and that...
• New manifold and carb report
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 30 May 2003 18:51:09 -0700
  ...I decided to buy a NEW Weber DFEV carb and I was very fortunate to be able to by a real VW intake manifold...
• Re: '85 Won't start --update
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 01:31:13 -0500 (EST)
  ...With a can of starting fluid, spray in to the intake manifold, 1 quick shot. Crank engine. It should run for a split second...
• Re: emission failure, HC 229 @ idle (ok @ 2500 rpm)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:03:54 -0400
  ...As the vans get older, the poorly designed intake manifold and injector differences will cause some cylinders to have the mixture slightly out of...
• Re: Manifold measuring - is this right?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:24:37 -0700
  ...Bentley's > > doesn't give > > >> a procedure for checking intake manifold vacuum so I'm winging > > it. I let > > >> the engine warm up so...
• Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:07:19 -0600
  ...Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"? > > > So the hose from the intake manifold that the booster pump is teed in to >> is >> a brake vacuum...
• Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Wed, 2 Dec 2020 12:57:31 -0800
  ...Lots of images, > > installer fabricated engine support arms, modified intake manifold: > > > > https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=515640&highlight=aeb > > > > Neil...
• 10 year anniversary
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:07:43 -0700
  ...cam shaft end seal new exhaust manifold (old one was still usable) exh man gasket intake man gasket valve cover gasket crankshaft seal distributor...
• Re: Driveability issues with a non-stock engine
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 09:17:54 -0700
  ...cracks or air gaps from the aircleaner on up to the intake manifold and then the hoses around the top of the engine. The...
• Factory New VW Diesel Motors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:21:38 EDT
  ...pan to valve cover (no accessories or manifolds) and the 1.9l with the 1.6l intake ports also comes with an installation kit...
• Smog check failed; Vacuum leaks
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 12 May 1998 11:53:58 +0300
  ...First guess was to check the air intake manifold. This is the weakest thing I did during the engine swap. I took a bottle...
• Re: EGR Filter Replacement on '81 Air cooled
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 07:00:49 -0500
  ...Further, I have found the rest of the system often fully clogged, in particular the distribution pipes inside the intake manifold. Here is a...
• Alternator vibration -
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 14 Jun 2020 15:02:34 -0700
  ...Also looked at my main intake manifold hoses - the 4 short stubby hoses that connect the intake air distributor and they look ready for...
• Re: Fw: Westy stalled/wont start
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:25:44 -0800
  ...the >> metal door just inside the metal intake air sensor (the end that connects >> with the intake air hose). >> >> On my 84 GL this...
• Re: '71; brake vacuum hose substitute
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 18:01:10 -0500
  ...reliable vacuum hose that runs from the master >servo to the intake manifold? What's on there has stuck me with its >protruding wire...
• Re: 1600 upright into aircooled vanagon? Wasserboxer case to aircooled?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:34:00 -0800
  ...They had hydraulic lifters, factory oil filter, and a single Solex 34 Pict-4 carb with 4 intake manifold runners. The cooling system consisted...
• Re: I4 engine/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:08:28 -0800
  Dave, may I add to that list: -poor seal between manifold and head (check for soot marks) -muffler on way out -torn muffle mounts...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 27 May 2001 13:35:30 -0700
  ...up that is in the air-stream from the right air-intake. It looks like the system in the web page was made for...
• Fuel pressure regulator/hesitation off idle
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 07:57:09 -0400
  ...I look around and push it back on a nipple on the bottom of the intake manifold. Almost immediately I notice the car hesitates...
• Strange idle issue
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 14:40:13 -0500
  ...Last weekend, did some work, including replacing a broken alternator bracket, as well the manifold intake hoses. I removed the Throttle Body, cleaned it...
• RE: Tranny/Engine mounts for T4->T1 engine conv.?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 24 Apr 1996 13:47:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...But they require a vacuum tap into the intake manifold of the engine, which U.S. single-port engines don't have. You can...
• Swap update
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 8 May 1998 21:27:48 EDT
  ...Removed intake and exhaust manifolds. Removed timing covers so I can remove the Rabbit type motor mount. Removed motor mount. Removed motor mounts from...
• Re: '79 f.i./carb coversion (finally)
  Historical mailing list
  1 Dec 95 00:10:00 -0600
  ...speed limit! 8-0 go figure! I removed the Carb, and intake manifold while doing some work on the engine with no trouble, I...
• Re: Calling all turbo charger / Diesel experts!!
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:34:29 -0600
  A common way to increase boost w/o changing the wastegate is to introduce a leak valve between the intake manifold and waste gate...
• Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:02:35 -0700
  ...27/2009, neil N wrote: >> >> Assuming: >> >> at higher engine RPM's, (intake) manifold absolute pressure rises, >> more vacuum applied to diaphragm side of FPR...
• Re: Leaking plenum hose
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 30 Jun 2017 19:43:42 -0400
  ...I re-did the 2 other > vacuum hoses next to them too. > > Does anyone know the torque to the bolts for the manifold to...
• acceleration flat spot
  Historical mailing list - William Duff
  Thu, 11 May 1995 15:48:47 DST
  ...carb to blame and should be replaced? And what about this intake manifold situation? What would you do? I would sure appreciate any input...
• Re: Groovey Pulley (long)
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:38:52 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>> intake manifold, including an alternator and starter. The shop was >> Unknown command - "INTAKE". Try HELP. > Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP. Unknown command...
• Re: 2.1WBX running rich
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:58:12 -0700
  ...cleaner to see if idle changes when I spray >> around the intake manifold hoses. New air cleaner installed. >> The idle also is kind of...
• Re: AC mount
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 17:30:00 -0700
  ...be removed without having to loosen or remove part of > the intake manifold? > > Thanks, > > John > > > -- > John Rodgers > Clayartist and Moldmaker > 88'GL VW Bus...
• Re: Berg short-shift for Vgon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 15:09:21 -0800
  ...So a VR6 EV would have to have the stock VR6 intake, sensors, computer, etc, and the stock ehaust manifold, catalyst, etc. Once you...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 06:21:51 -0800
  ...IIRC, he took a stock European spec T3 (Vanagon) intake manifold and substituted a Weber in his older Syncro. -- BenT
• Re: My toughest Vanagon problem yet finally solved!
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:01:45 -0800
  ...Air was leaking into the crankcase (and getting sucked into the intake > manifold as unmeasured air though the crankcase ventilation system) > around a hardened...
• Hose goes where? and oil type.
  Historical mailing list - blytz
  Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:27:32 -0600
  ...The emissions diagram shows this second hose running to what appears to be the intake manifold.... Where does it connect?? Also, in the wheel...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:30:08 -0700
  ...FWIW I have a true, proper European Vanagon Perburg carb for sale cheap that will sit on the proper european air intake manifold without...
• My first time doing the heads
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 20:31:30 -0800
  ...The procedures say to take off the intake manifold. I did, I don�t see why I shouldn�t have just taken off each...
• Re: Superchargers? - Low Pressure Turbo!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 8 Jul 2011 10:46:31 -0400
  ...I modified the intake manifold to adapt the digifant fuel injectors and used the digifant engine control system. I also took the SAAP automatic...
• Head Repair, valves and success
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:36:58 -0400
  ...Still have to set the timing and deal with a bolt on the intake manifold that doesn't seem to have torqued up correctly...
• Re: How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:01:28 -0800
  ...How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ? > > I have good access all around.After 1 hour has passed...
• Re: Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:38:41 -0800
  ...When the vehicle is running, the vapors are pulled out of the canister by the engine's vacuum, into the intake manifold where they...
• Re: More Syncro DIff-lock Questions
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:28:45 -0500
  ...IMHO you are doing no harm but just the vacuum line to the intake manifold needs to be blocked off. Everything after that is...
• Re: digijet EFI on digifant engine - throttle switch in particular
  Historical mailing list - JM/CO
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:10:00 -0400
  ...I > am planning on using the 2.1 intake > manifold/runners/throttle body as they are slightly > larger to handle the increased displacement. However...
• Re: Noise, smoke, engine death, Quantum TD transplant soon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 May 1997 02:28:30 -0400 (EDT)
  ...diesel? >From my experience of using a '85 Quantum turbo, intake,and exhaust manifolds on my '83 camper, I would suggest the following would...
• ENGINE SWAP: Got the I4 installed today!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:37:14 -0800
  ...rear deck by raising it about 3 to 4" as the intake manifold and thottle cable support is too tall). The other neat thing...