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• Re: flashing oil light won't go off
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:07:55 -0700
  ...I immediately exited and coasted to > a stop only to find a massive oil leak coming out of one of the hoses > located near...
• "Dealer Disaster" Update - kinda long, sorry...
  Historical mailing list - Strawn
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:44:07 -0700
  Hi List, (My original post was on 4/30/03 about head replacement done by a dealer, followed by a blown coolant hose, engine...
• Re: FP Regulator Life Expectancy?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:31:13 -0800
  ...I look for blockage of the fuel return line. I jack up the vehicle and redo the fuel return line and reroute it. Take...
• Re: Oil light problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:28:20 -0500
  I don't like the idea of using a hose near the push rod cover tin (sharp edges) and exhaust. I used an adapter...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Mar 2014 to 4 Mar 2014 (#2014-134)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Henderson
  Wed, 5 Mar 2014 05:36:36 -0600
  ...leak in you fuel system like o-ring, stuck open injector hoses return or ! Fuel pressure regulator do test bellow ! http://www.ehow.com...
• Re: Check those fuel lines!
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 10:47:15 -0600
  ...can vaporize inside the lines and VW's hose system pushes that vapor >>out the return line instead of through the injectors. The constant...
• fuel injection/gauges
  Historical mailing list - WOODRUT
  Mon, 29 Aug 1994 11:19:49 -0400 (EDT)
  $2k later (engine rebuild) and an old problem has returned with the fuel injection. The bus starts hard (I have to press the accelerator...
• Hope Lousy Luck comes in threes!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 12:37:37 -0400
  ...Now I'm returning with a request for some diagnostic assistance. Last week presented me with three auto failures. Our '88 Waterboxer lost a...
• Re: flashing oil light won't go off
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:31:50 -0400
  ...There are power steering hose connections up there which could leak and that's power steering fluid.. The oil alarm light is in the...
• Re: 85 & 86
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 1 May 2006 14:18:43 -0400
  ...Then, install a tee in the hose from the bleeder valve to the heater return pipe to use as the return. The 2.1...
• Re: radiators
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:50:57 -0700
  ...an 82 diesel? fasten points the same? >> >> Appears I have a crack, lower right, rear face in the plastic near the return hose outlet. >> >> >> >> > > > > >
• Carb to FI on for my 77 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Backe
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 22:16:36 -0600
  ...1) 'Return' fuel line from pressure regulator. I'm not sure if the line on my Westy was removed during the carb conversion (I...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:06:39 -0400
  ...go into the heater hose loop somewhere, would it matter whether it goes into the heater send or return hose? Possibly not. Anyway, if...
• Re: Power steering leak near reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Jan 2014 10:07:14 -0500
  ...one of the hoses is leaking - there should be a pressure line and a return line - one or both may be failing due to...
• Re: Over heating issues, hose broke
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:06:27 -0700
  ...It also sounds like all of your cooling hoses are in need of replacement. For your kind of travels I'd say it was...
• Re: How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 19:21:51 -0600
  ...Attached the > hose > to one of the hoses, the top one, of the H pipe, that goes to that > pipe that > is running across...
• Installing my Carver P4 heater (long, part 1)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 13:50:14 EST
  ...far left, for the air return. I then installed the screw-on fittings in place and cut the hoses to length. Once the RTV...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 18 Mar 2018 18:42:06 -0700
  ...Alistair > On Mar 18, 2018, at 6:17 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > try compressed air back through the outlet hose, with...
• Re: power steering rack
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 May 2003 08:40:21 -0600
  ...See my <A HREF="http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/hose.htm">Vanagon Power Steering Lines</A> >{http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/hose.htm} webpage...
• fuel pump producing bubbles
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:22:32 -0400
  ...constant stream of pin- head sized bubbles coming out of the return hose--I'd guess 10-15 per second. I pumped 2 extra...
• Re: Accelerator cable extras?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:34:46 -0700
  ...Also connected >to the lever arm is a spring that I assume helps the arm return to neutral position when >you let off on...
• Re: Odd AC contraption
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:09:05 -0500
  ...Three feet of return (suction side) hose. The unit was working and in good condition before my car was stolen, they took the entire...
• Re: 2.1L coolant light problem
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 14:46:12 -0400
  ...I always assumed it was the different hose layout, metal pipes underneath, or something like that. Jay This communication is for use by the...
• Re: power steering line in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:09:59 -0400
  ...through the firewall -- not sure if that's the send or return > line. > In the short term (i.e., before I save enough cash...
• Re: No Oil filler cap=poor idle..observation on Digifant..
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:09:57 -0300
  ...There is a hose, positioned between the AFM and the throttle body, which connects to the oil breather tower. This hose purges the crankcase...
• New to list..
  Historical mailing list - DaBomb
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 22:05:06 -0700
  ...By July 4th it had overheated once because of a broken hose, and by August, I had replaced five hoses on five different occasions...
• Re: Help! Fuel leak - FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 27 May 2003 21:31:05 -0700
  ...Turns out the rigid > >hose leading from the fuel pump to the firewall had slipped out of the 3" > >piece of rubber hose attached...
• Re: Stranded: Oil Buzzer???
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 22:47:50 -0400
  ...You also want to check that coolant is flowing through the small hoses coming off the heads. If you have the plastic return loop...
• Re: Mechanic in Amarillo??
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:53:45 -0500
  ...fuel pressure regulator for the tank.This will block the fuel returning to the tank and raise the fuel pressure(if you have any...
• 87 weekender for sale
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:30:27 -0800
  ...will deliver w/in ~400 miles of moscow id (83843), for the cost of return trip (plane ticket, grayhound, amtrack, whatever) plus gas. May...
• Conversion Subaru 2.2 engine FS in WA state
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:44:32 -0700
  ...The Mastercraft stainless steel coolant return line & throttle adapter, the thermostat housing improvement by Tom Shiels and the SmallCar power steering hose. The coolant...
• Re: What a great thing the Vanagon List is...saved me a big hassel today...long boring story
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 3 May 2010 00:34:47 -0400
  At 12:22 AM 5/3/2010, Don Hanson wrote: >place then store it and return with the proper hose? No, at 5 times...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 18:10:53 -0800
  ...And heck, we're only talking about maybe 20 feet of fluid in the rad send and return hoses being the differments between the...
• HOW TO--Fuel line replacement, FI Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jun 96 13:34:05 PDT
  ...where does the hose forward of the fuel pressure regulator lead to? Right: it goes directly to the fuel tank, where it returns unused...
• Re: shifter linkage solved and the real problem persists...groan!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 07:33:59 -0500
  ...It is pprobably time for brake hoses too. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From: Wil Haslup <whaslup@GMAIL.COM> Date: Friday, March 17, 2006 5:12...
• Re: Overheating 2.1L Questions
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 01:43:37 -0500
  ...I replaced > the radiator with one from my parts van, I flushed the radiator return line > with a hose, I tested the original thermostat...
• Re: Adding freon
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:58:21 -0500
  ...hard to tell how many but buy 4 and then return the rest. Also, you nmay want to go back to the a/c...
• Re: flow to radiator from water pump How fast should it be?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:35:59 -0800
  David, You make a very good point but as big as those hoses are they are under pressure all the way back to the...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for heater...
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:01:38 -0400
  ...go into the heater hose loop >>>>> somewhere, >>>>> would it matter whether it goes into the heater send or return >>>>> hose? >>>>> Possibly not. Anyway, if...
• Sources for plastic valves?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 13:26:59 -0700
  ...It has a pump on a hose that you drop into a water reservoir. The storage bag is designed to be that reservoir. The...
• Re: Help!
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 20:41:48 -0500
  ...Your gas leak must be the fuel return. There should be a rubber hose that attaches to a plastic line, and most likely that...
• Blew the heads (both)
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 07:26:15 -0500
  ...On sunday I was returning from the beach, trying to drive over a very steep hill when noticed the allmighty red light. When I...
• Re: Overheating
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 10:10:10 -0700
  > Measuring the temps of the hoses into and out of the radiator is > also useless without knowing flow information. Imagine - say > you have a...
• Can a rear brake pull down one side of a 77 bus as you stop???
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sun, 27 May 2012 11:56:20 -0700
  ...When I release the brake, the bus will actually come up on that side and return to a level keel right to left as...
• Re: Another vanagon burns up (long)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 07:58:48 -0800
  ...About 2 weeks later I was returning from the local welding supply carrying one full acetylene tank and one full oxygen tank. Stopped at...
• Re: One more %^$ part...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 09:57:50 -0800
  ...We just returned from our annual 10 day excursion and had a similar situation. We went from Anchorage to Whitehorse then to Skagway. From...
• 2400 miles in 5 days (and conversion diversion)
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:04:45 -0600
  Just returned to Oklahoma from my trip to NC. With my driving around while there, I drove about 2400 miles in five days, and...
• Re: 90 Vanagon/Westy fuel problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:57:16 -0700
  ...did you check fuel return line to tank ???!!! if that was clogged, fuel pressure would get very very high. The 'dead end' or 'no...
• Re: Requesting Feedback on EVWPARTS.com - Joe the owner has a rebuilt engine for me $1500 plus core return
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:43:52 -0700
  ...van to him. > > Installation fee of $1k > Engine Cost with Core return of $1500. > $2500 plus Oil, Coolant, Misc items. > $3K total > > It sounds...
• WBX coolant line - heads up
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:00:25 -0800
  ...more rotted sections of that same type of hose elsewhere. Grrr. Back to the story: returning home, was all piled into another one of...
• 91 Westy, low idle stall, low power ....help!
  Historical mailing list - S E A D O G S A I L I N G !
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 10:54:49 -0400
  ...did it pop a hose somewhere? Did it dropped a piston? -- Although it does not sound like that. Is this a vacuum hose problem...
• What my problem was
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:10:56 -0800
  ...tank, clogging the tank outlet( which was the return outlet) I put the fuel intake hose in a can of gas to isolate the...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 08:00:44 -0400
  ...Some coolant hoses may be harder to find in the future. Just a few things off the top of my head. No more two...
• Re: A/C O-rings
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Tue, 24 Sep 2019 21:02:42 -0500
  ...return hose and curved pipe that goes to the comp. intake. The fitting looks fine. > When I rebuilt the system 2+ years ago I...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 25 Jun 2020 22:44:37 -0400
  ...Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace > > Celebrations cut short. Violins start to play... > > Is it possible I have a bad Tstat? > -any opinions...
• Re: Leaving Virginia for Maine .. Update
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 3 May 2009 19:11:34 -0400
  ...The hose tore right next to the hose clamp so after removing it I used my nippers and trued up the end so that...
• Re: Interesting front-end treatment
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 22 Nov 2014 00:03:07 -0800
  ...brake hoses , steering boots , including Heizbirnen exhaust , fuel pump . . MOT + Au are re-done . Sale as a hobbyist vehicle, so no back or guarantee...
• Re: Requesting Feedback on EVWPARTS.com - Joe the owner has a rebuilt engine for me $1500 plus core return
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:08:37 -0700
  ...van to him. > > Installation fee of $1k > Engine Cost with Core return of $1500. > $2500 plus Oil, Coolant, Misc items. > $3K total > > It sounds...
• Re: Engine worries return
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:15:57 -0700
  ...You have expansion in the engine as it > warms and then you have the varying expansion due to radiator, heater core, > and pipe-hose...
• See The Inside Of Your Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:55:50 -0700
  ...The filter/hose toward the top of the picture is the scavenger/fuel feed that goes out to the fuel pump. And the bottom...