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• Riddle me this, Batman - Gas in my oil??? 77 Westy 2.0L
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 15:32:01 -0700
  ...I thougth that was odd, so smelled it, and it smells of gas. Leaky injector?? I can't figure how this would happen on...
• Smells like fuel -- wet spot on cold head
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:44:39 -0700
  Checking the plugs on my 1.9l WBX (how do you easily get to the #1 plug, anyway?) I noticed a wet gasoline-smelling...
• Re: Wifes Audi - Oil Leak - NVC
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:59:21 -0800
  ...My 2001 Passat leaks oil and has the smell too. I had the cover removed to look at the gasket. It has two parts...
• Re: Maiden Voyage of the Weisel (Westy Diesel)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Renz
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:26:30 -0700
  ...parts of the 101, specifically from just south of Eureka until you get closer to Santa Rosa (most carriers, unless you have US smellular)
• Re: MOUSE PROBLEMS
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 10:46:25 -0500
  ...They leave a real mess, and smell. I have resorted to blocking off the open area with a foaming type of house caulk/sealant...
• Re: The automatic tranny on vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:52:47 -0700
  ...At one point I know I smelled hot transmission or torque converter. That, too, was unnerving. Though I bet I would have smelled clutch...
• Re: Propane tank concern
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 05:49:49 -0400
  ...When I turned on the propane tank I heard a small = > air sound and smelled propane. I turned the valve all the way to...
• Re: Rodent smell (F)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 08:24:15 -0400
  ...Something smells in Fla... Ricky Rat missing and presumed dead. All the cheesy flags at Ricky Rat World, have been lowered to half mast...
• Wire Leaked it's smoke
  Historical mailing list - Boroko
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 01:59:46 -0700
  ...On the way home today, (luckily, about 1/2 mile from the house) I got behind a large truck and started smelling a funny...
• Kitchen exhaust fans
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:51:29 -0500
  ...they don't draw much current and do a pretty good job of evacuating the smell of sauteed onions, fish, what have you. You...
• Silicone "Rescue Tape" ... it works
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:00:21 -0400
  When I parked my '85 Westy at the campground for Buses by the Buoy (Family and Friends Campground, Standish, Maine), I smelled the unmistakable...
• Re: Need Help adjusting clutch master cylinder
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 22:18:03 -0700
  ...tried to help a guy with gas smell.Then next day I have a gas smell.Dennis if some one says their pregeant I...
• Re: i smell a rat!! :<) Re: so nobody got it?? subliminal pic in owners manu...
  Historical mailing list - James Sperl
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 21:16:03 -0600
  ...i smell a rat!! :<) Re: so nobody got it?? subliminal pic in owners manu... > In a message dated 9/25/00 12:31:08...
• Re: Rubber Smell from front.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:44:15 -0400
  Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > it's an odd bolt thread though, so be careful- make sure you get the right > thread. The stock bolt...
• Re: Westy Configurations and Bear-proofing
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 11:53:49 -0700
  ...Ironically, my Westy likely still smells of bacon or w.h.y. from past trips (at least to a bears nose). But maybe the...
• Re: RV Toilet
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 06:59:57 EDT
  ...Clean, no smells, and dumping is a cinch. The enzymes/chemicals keep the smell down and dissolve "solids". On the other hand, the worst...
• Re: Gas smell from front...
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:39:15 -0400
  ...Mayrand 1980 Westy "SuperVan" On Jul 27, 2005, at 10:48 AM, David Bohannan wrote: > I have started to notice a gas smell up...
• Re: age of listees?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:58:56 -0600
  ...though brain should not make me smell > toast all the time.....right now I hear voices AND smell toast, but > could live with just...
• Re: Fwd: Re: gas odor in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:28:13 -0600
  Turn off the engine, open the hatch and let it vent completely to the point there is no smell. Turn on the ignition to...
• Healthiest way to lead an UnHealthy Vanagon lifestyle? (a long attempt at Phrydey humour)
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:48:52 -0700
  ...So one has to wonder if your habit of tasting untastable stuff has something to do with your 'ruined sense of smell'...? 2. Can...
• Re: Shop experience gas tank
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 13:52:45 -0400
  ...But if the gas smell is truly gone and the tank may have had a problem then I would not worry about a difference...
• Fuel lines and another warning, was: VW Fires
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:02:08 EDT
  ...The owner said he smelled a heavy smell of fuel right before the fire. duh. (In this case, the metal motor cover saved the...
• Re: Update on upholstery problem...
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:06:25 -0700
  ...It worked - now the only smell is a faint smell of the soap... Hope this helps. On 13 Aug 2003 at 21:26, jesse...
• Re: mystery of the missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 10:30:44 -0400
  ...Are there any disturbed adolescent girls around with a vague sweetish smell about them? Some people call it maple-syrup, but that merely shows...
• rear heater smells like syrup
  Historical mailing list - luke sponsler
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:23:01 +0000
  ...First my when I turn on my rear heater it smells like syrup. Anybody know anything about this? Second, when I turn on my...
• Re: raw fuel smell at idle
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 07:15:52 EST
  ...on where I should start looking? >> Brian, my man, if you smell fuel, you have a leak. Since you have an '85 which I...
• Re: ** HELP ** van heavy gas smell
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:53:10 -0400
  ...The gas smell is probably when you fill the tank. One of the gromets on the tank has gotten out of position. Follow along...
• Need on-the-road help -- propane valve stuck open?
  Historical mailing list - Karena Prater
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:57:11 -0700
  ...1) How serious is this as far as safety issues are concerned? I'm not noticing any smell *inside* the bus -- I noticed a...
• RE: Leaking oil seal
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 02 Mar 1995 20:53:13 EST
  Transmission fluid and engine oil smell different, so you should be able to discriminate. Was flywheel end seal put in with proper tool? New...
• Gasoline fumes in AC ducts
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 10:34:39 -0700
  I am smelling gasoline fumes in the AC ducts, only when the AC is on. Has anyone experienced this before? Any suggestions? Floyd Truskot...
• Re: No Coolant in Small Tank Behind License Plate
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:47:16 -0700
  ...Coolant smell: loose cap on driver side bottle allowed coolant to spill, then coolant sucked from add bottle? Loose bleed bolt on radiator? (IIRC...
• Re: Smells like Gas
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Sun, 1 Oct 1995 19:55:40 -0600 (MDT)
  ...It only smells like gasoline on the > inside of the van, not in the engine compartment. While driving, the smell > is more obvious. I...
• wierd starting and a red light
  Historical mailing list - Scott Silvester
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 17:02:47 -0700
  ...Along with this weird engine behavior I can smell gas. Again, I only smell this when I go to work and when the engine...
• Faint coolant smell
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 8 Sep 2015 13:58:54 -0300
  ...The past few days, I've thought I smelled a faint trace of coolant in the van itself. I checked the hoses, the radiator...
• Re: Vegemite
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 15:14:58 +1000
  ...As for me I can't even stand the smell. To add insult to injury Kraft bought the company out some time ago so...
• Re: Bleeding the Coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:40:08 -0500
  ...Bleeding the Coolant system Last week, in an attempt to remove the smell of coolant from my '89 Westy, I: 1) removed the rear...
• Re: ** HELP ** van heavy gas smell
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:59:17 -0400
  ...If it then runs fine where it ran rough at idle, you got a fuel problem.With the gas smell, you have a injection...
• Re: Egg on face
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:22:57 -0300
  ...A touch with a pair of pliers, and the >>propane smell is gone. >> >>I could blame her, she is supposed to know what she...
• Re: EV oil change
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 May 96 20:01 CDT
  ...Not only that, but when they bust loose there's this smell, like when I've been shooting the .45. Smells a bit like...
• Re: list census info
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 18:57:44 -0500
  ...I love the smell of coffe, but can't hack the drinking part. Go figure. It ain't the name. Often thought about hitting...
• Re: gas odor in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:19:39 -0600
  ...absolutely no drips anywhere and no smell at the front. > all the usual suspects are ok and engine is very clean and shows no...
• Re: syncro propshaft delrin bushing update
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:19:12 -0800
  I agree, only downside is it does smell kinda funky (not funky in a good way) when your'e machining it :) alistair On 2012...
• Re: Diesel Engine Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:43:59 -0500
  On 9/1/2011 6:06 PM, Gary Bawden wrote: > it finally > came down to just liking the sound and smell of a diesel...
• cleaning carpets
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:28:06 -0400
  ...Took it to one of those coin-op car washes and used their vacuum/ soaper but it left a musty (pretty gross) smell. Is...
• Re: Syncro Weekend, Death Valley Report (Very Long!)
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 09:56:42 -0800
  ...the 5 cylinder swap!!!??? Did you Look at it? Did you touch it? Did you smell it? Nothing to say at all? Please? Nat
• Re: Rodent smell
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Sat, 5 Jun 1999 04:42:50 -0700
  On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 21:29:52 -0400 "W. Silva" <wsilva@CAPECOD.NET> writes: >when >Mickey did the dirt dance in our cellar...
• Re: gas smell solution progress
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Thu, 6 Oct 2016 15:23:42 -0400
  ...I could smell fumes after a fill up, so had a tank reseal done and used evap tanks put in, but unfortunately not until...
• Thought my Engine was a gonner!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Thu, 29 Jun 95 12:31 PDT
  ...Light turns green I go and the burning smell is worse now - it smells like it's coming from the inside now. So I...
• Re: Cleaning my Water Tank
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 21:02:11 EDT
  ...I then ran the sink faucet for awhile until I smelled the bleach smell coming out. Drove around for an hour on errands and...
• Re: Good to see the list is back-
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 7 May 2008 00:39:45 -0600
  ...That blows man. > > Glad you're ok. > > Any witnesses get a smell of the driver that hit you? > > Neil. > > > On Tue, May 6, 2008...
• Re: Leaky rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Fri, 15 May 2020 10:39:09 -0400
  ...I had my rear heater replace a few weeks ago after noticing the smell of coolant. Didn't notice any leaks, until my mechanic...
• Re: '87 fuel odor
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Wed, 4 May 2005 21:20:32 -0400
  ...In the short run, until you fix it, don't fill the tank - then it won't smell. Joy **************************************************************** Joy Hecht and Matilda, 1989...
• Re: Getting rid of tailgaters/ f
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:32:06 -0500
  ...Anyone found a way to mount a > spare washer fluid tank that contains ink or > perhaps a putrid smelling liquid? Should you use > an...
• Re: rear heater leakage
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:48:15 -0400
  ...When I got my GL, the rear heater smelled of antifreeze whenever I used it. I removed it, pressurized it with air and dunked...
• i smell a rat!! :<) Re: so nobody got it?? subliminal pic in owners manual...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 10:40:02 EDT
  yep, thats what is hiding in the grass in the syncro diagram... the big fat Chucky Cheeze Rat (or mouse) giving the "hang ten...
• White smoke from exhaust - update
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:48:55 -0500
  ...The smoke has mostly stopped, my wife says that it smells like ash and sulpher. I am now getting occasional backfires and poor power...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 08:43:17 -0800
  ...Fan off not gas smell, fan on gas smell. I immediately shut down when on the driveway realizing the only place that smell could...
• Van is down - help!
  Historical mailing list - �ric Giroux
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:24:22 -0400
  ...I depress the gas pedal, finaly it starts with HEAVY white clouds of smoke, strong gas smell. 2- I do 10km, it seems to...
• RE: dangerous fume from battery
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Michael J. Rensing
  Fri, 13 May 1994 13:05:07 -0700 (PDT)
  >For several months, inside the passanger compartment of the '83 Vanagon, >I could always smell vinegar. I just found out its 5-year old...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 25 Nov 2002 to 26 Nov 2002 - Special issue (#2002-1375)
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:43:31 -0800
  ...Can't say I didn't know it was coming, awhile back I started to smell that smell. First I check the hoses and...