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• Re: Engine rebuild - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 30 Aug 2014 20:22:58 -1000
  ...fwiw ..I have not run into 'stretching valves' myself .. in any case ..you want a good solid valve job including new exhaust valves sometimes...
• Re: [Lifter Thoughts]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:00:35 MDT
  ...When the valves are quiet, the engine runs good. When they are clacking, the idle "hunts" a little, often sitting just above the normal...
• Re: a lot of hot air...
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:07:24 -0400
  ...core/valve problem. If you can't there's a procedure detailed in the Bentley manual for installing insulation around the driver's footwell...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 13:08:37 -0800
  ...a > week or more before I fire it up and drive it, the valve lifters have > clacked on several occasions while the engine is...
• Re: Frydaye Follies - BMW question
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 20:27:50 -0700
  ...I suspect this is the expansion valve acting > up, but don't know for sure. I have been told that is where the valve...
• Re: Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 20:32:13 -0500
  ...Valve Adjusting >I just re-torqued my cylinder head bolts to see if it would help my >overfilling reserve tank, but now need to...
• Re: Bent valve push rod
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:44:10 -0700
  ...Stan On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 17:40:27 -0400 Ed Lloyd <elloyd10@COMCAST.NET> writes: > Should I drive this vehicle? > > Two weeks ago...
• Re: Plastic noodles in cooling system, '90 Wolfsburg TDI
  Historical mailing list - jeff ensing
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 22:22:48 -0400
  ...When I opened it up I found > pieces of white plastic caught in the control valve that look like twisted > flat noodle about 3...
• a Friday topic
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 15:12:50 -0400
  ...the valves was faulty, I phoned Airlift and two days later the new valve arrived by FedEx! That is service. I have driven Jenny...
• FS: 2.1 WBX Vanagon engine w/6K miles & multiple Lilley Upgrade options together or separately
  Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
  Tue, 13 May 2003 13:07:41 -0700
  ...valve grinds & valve guides as needed, testing, new head gaskets. (Running only the VW blue coolant ever since.) $1800 (Half the cost just to...
• Re: 1.9 Plastic Bleeder Valve Part
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:40:07 -0800
  ...I could see that the little hose going to the bleeder > valve was wet so I got out a screw driver and started to...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 08:04:36 -0400
  ...valve lash adjustment Jay et al., Your original post describing your success with the Boston Bob valve lash adjustment inspired me to give it...
• Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:37:34 -0500
  Hi y'all, I've been away for quite a while, mostly working on my new daily driver, an '85 BMW 528e, another phenomenal...
• Fwd: Slow pump up lifters any harm?
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Thu, 6 Aug 2015 09:24:18 -0400
  ...Is this slow pump up doing anything serious to the valves or drive train? Thanks for any advice. Spencer
• Re: A/T wont drive in 3rd.Assistance PLEASE...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:03:15 EST
  ...But now the trans only works when I place the selector lever > in 1st or secont not in drive. but i cant tell if...
• Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 23:26:35 -0800
  ...be referring to a cockpit adjustable proportioning valve which >you can adjust while in the driver's seat. You can change the braking >characteristics...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:32:52 -0700
  valve timing adjustment is one of the reasons I decided not to install a sleeve valve engine in my van. It is ok when...
• Re: Accessing the A/C Expansion Valve
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:28:54 -0400
  ...On Aug 9, 2011, at 9:45 AM, John Rodgers wrote: > I need to replace the expansion valve in my '88GL. In reading the...
• Re: info needed on crancase ventilation systems (mostly I4)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:43:45 -0800
  ...Saab does it like this. > > � �2.) On most VWs the vent seems to be just a hose running from the > valve cover to the...
• Re: Air Lift & springs
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:34:32 -0800
  ...Then you have a choice between a 1-valve or 2-valve system. With the 2-valve system you can inflate the air springs...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:34:00 -0700
  ...Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve I have been contemplating this also. I suspect that due to its size the stock valve may not...
• Re: Idle Issues with my 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 21:43:50 -0400
  ...I actually think the darn motor sounded better and had more power after the driveway repair. Dennis was able to drive it from VT...
• Re: 300k!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 09:33:35 -0700
  ...far is burnt #4 exhaust valve and #2 cylinder filled with coolant. Both were weekend, in the driveway repairs. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m...
• Re: Leaking auxiliary heater
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 04 Apr 94 23:57:51 EDT
  ...Now, my rear passengers can control their own heat! The white knob is a bleeder valve. Someone just didn't close it enough. I...
• Re: Eurospec conversion
  Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 17:24:51 EST
  ...I've had very good driveability and mileage. I am going to have to replace my heater core valve as the engine coolant pressure...
• Re: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 14:25:59 -0700
  ...Maybe your relief valve is stuck open? Rachel, Sitting here in the office I cannot recall whether I was spinning cw or c-cw...
• Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 19:28:09 -0400
  ...The speed of a belt-driven supercharger (and hence the > boost) is set by the diameters of the drive & driven pulleys. >
• Re: A ticking time bomb . . .
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 16:53:11 -0800
  ...went for a drive. From the moment I started the van, I heard > that ticking again. It sounds like a valve tick, but a...
• Re: '87 goofy idle
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  12 Dec 1995 09:54:04 -0800
  ...in the idle stablilzer valve, or even due to overheating because somehow the frequency at which it was driven got too high causing internal...
• Update: Idle Speed Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:14:25 -0500
  ...If not, the valve is faulty. Reinstall the valve, start the engine, and run until warm. With the valve is warm, go through the...
• Re: Timing Chains, Belts, Gears, etc
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:41:38 -0400
  ...Also most DOHC 4 valves are simpler >than SOHC 4 valve which usually require rockers or oddly shaped lobes to >achieve, and the SOHC...
• Re: Bleeding Cooling system per Bentley
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 06:38:42 EST
  ...open control valve for rear heater >4. remove grill >5. open bleeder screw on passenger side top of radiator >6. open bleeder valve at...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 21:03:31 -0700
  ...I usually find at least one exhaust valve > leaking. > Then I have a machine shop do a valve job. > > And what I wanted to...
• Re: Valve cover gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 14 Aug 2020 10:52:45 -0700
  ...oil leak around the valve cover on my 1988 2.1 GL vanagon > 2wd. It’s on the driver’s side so not a...
• Re: Rear Heater Leak
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 10:07:56 -0700
  ...These attach to a small block that has a valve and lever on it. The valve bolts onto the housing for the rear heater...
• Re: ReRe: Fryeday Question & MythBusters!! Naphlene
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 25 Mar 2006 23:27:16 -0600
  With all that carbon on the valves - if it happens - one needs a way to get rid of the carbon. Don't know how...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:31:26 -0400
  ...could this be? due to wear or missadjustments or ?? >if >> >> i adjust >> >> my valves to 0 lash on each cylinder after valves are charged...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 24 May 2014 10:09:00 -0700
  ...You need to figure out if it's valve or rings causing the low compression. Do the compression test again with a squirt of...
• towing with a vanagon in an emergency. . .
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:17:35 -0700
  ...It's also our first car payment, lame when I have to write that check this month while its torn apart in the driveway...
• Re: Homemade head temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 20:16:48 -0700 (PDT)
  ...for us in the SI world) to assure that moisture is driven-off the oil. Is this one of those myths that upon closer...
• A/C performance with Freeze-12
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:28:41 -0400
  ...Air temp (measured by thermometer in outlet above driver's right eye) is running about 28 Fahrenheit degrees below outside temperature. Is this about...
• Re: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:08:57 -0400
  Water cooled Vanagons don't have a cold start valve. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Re: More 83.5 Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 00:07:48 -0400
  ...I followed the Bently instructions, lifted the front 15 inches, opend the rear resevior and bleeder valve and the front bleeder valve. As I...
• Re: How much power can a stock FI make?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 10:13:07 -0500
  Chris Stann wrote I am considering building a 2.1 long block with some minor performance enhancements such as ratio rockers, lightweight valve train...
• Re: Beds, Valves, Advice
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Oct 94 9:13:51 EDT
  ...If the valves and rings are bad -consider a rebuild from GEX or similar make (about 1500.00). If you are LEAKING oil then...
• Re: Replacement propane tank
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 19:50:15 -0700
  ...There is a pressure relief valve in the bottles for a purpose. If that valve were to open up inside your van with a...
• Re: Info for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 12:16:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...You're not, by any chance, losing brake fluid from the little reservoir behind the driver's seat, with no sign of it dripping...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 May 2005 18:06:20 -0500
  ...valves at me to get my attention. Works too!! But otherwise, I virtually never have lifter clatter. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Chelsea...
• Re: Diff Lock Stuck On!!!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:17:18 -0400
  ...I don't want to > drive it again and damage anything, and I want to get it disengaged, even > if i can't get...
• Re: Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:34:15 -0500
  ...Digifant Idle Control Unit (behind passenger tail light)- $190 (new) Idle Stabilizer Valve- $190 (new) Tail pipe and gasket- $23 (new) Westfalia single mudflap...
• Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - cz1137
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 17:21:59 -0700
  ...Grey Digifant Idle Control Unit (behind passenger tail light) Idle Stabilizer Valve Tail pipe and gasket Westfalia single mudflap Fuse box cover in black...
• Re: Big Valves for me?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:38:39 -0700
  ...you do to get 2325 cc? > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > ===== '84 Westy (Sparky) '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 13:03:52 -0700
  ...Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve I have been contemplating this also. I suspect that due to its size the stock valve may not...
• Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 19:54:12 -0800
  ...Proportioning valve. All replaced parts still ok. Over last few years (calipers + related not long ago) - Booster, (check valve too IIRC) pedal cluster rebuilt...
• Re: What is the big cylinder in my drivers side rear wheel well?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:04:38 -0400
  ...What is the big cylinder in my drivers side rear wheel well? > > > What is the big cylinder in my drivers side rear wheel well...
• Low compression, more test results
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:52:17 -0700
  ...Looks like it�s got some leaking valves. No surprise this rig is worn out, I assumed it was, but I could drive it...
• dieing vanagan at idle
  Historical mailing list - Dan Noll
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 02:43:27 -0500
  ...Idle stab valve works fine (humms)checked O2 sensor lines and taped slices up, still dies. Changed plugs wires rotor, cap. Next rain engine...
• Re: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:21:19 -0700
  ...Their conclusion is that the valves are bad on > cylinders 1 &2. > > Not ever having driven an air cooled van in its prime, I...
• Re: mini-adventure: Westy propane at U-Haul
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:10:39 -0500
  ...on the propane that got wasted when chasing down a fill valve problem. Jim On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Stephen...
• Misc. Westy Questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael McClune
  Fri, 24 May 96 17:50:07 PDT
  ...Now the shutoff valve leaks so the tank emptied out it a couple of weeks. From browsing the archives, I've gleaned that the...