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• Re: idle adjustment on 85 2.1L vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:46:16 -0700
  ...It will affect idle, but can also make the accelerator linkage hang up. The idle screw on a 1.9 is that big slotted...
• Re: Bucking and Snorting on Fwy
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 14:05:39 -0800
  ...and had very little accelleration at > first, then when holding the accelerator down, it began to slow gradually. > (On my way to the freeway...
• Re: <AIRS> 81 Vanagon Help
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:44:19 -0500
  ...Backed off the accelerator and it regained power. They had a non-VW mechanic "adjust" the timing. Ran well, then sputtering/losing power again...
• Re: VW Canada motors - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:41:54 -0500
  ...against a 15 mph headwind with a Bentley manual on the accelerator for a cruise control. Stan Wilder On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10...
• Re: 1990 Carat...Overheating Saga that won't end....Help????
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 21:44:19 -0400
  ...When I >do this the vent by my right foot (above accelerator) >blows cold....but will suddenly start blowing hot >air...and the engine...
• Re: Max Revs for Automatics
  Historical mailing list - Mark in Westminster, CO
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 18:45:04 -0700
  ...that I go over at a max of 30mph with the accelerator floored, usually cruising in the 20mph to 25mph range with the van...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:17:38 +0200
  ...This is with winter California gas, 87-89 octane, :::pretty light foot on the accelerator. Sometimes it has gotten as low as :::8.9...
• Fuel pressure regulator/hesitation off idle
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 07:57:09 -0400
  ...It almost like the old carbureted days when the accelerator pump didn't work and it went lean after the throttle was opened until...
• Re: Lurching Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 5 May 2000 17:22:40 EDT
  ...at lower RPMs, around 2500 to 3000, it sometimes >lurches. >Almost like I am pushing down the accelerator and then quickly letting >off >again...
• Re: tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 04:31:58 -0800
  ...last time I replaced the clutch, >>> about five years ago. >>> >>> The accelerator cable boot has crumbled into o-rings as well - should >>> I even...
• Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:20:18 -0400
  ...Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in > neutral when depressing accelerator > > > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Harold...
• Re: Briefly unresponsive engine
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Wed, 12 Dec 2018 16:04:58 -0500
  ...day, there's no response from the engine when > pushing the accelerator pedal to accelerate from stationary. The pedal > moves normally, and the sound...
• Re: busdepot
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:53:47 -0800
  ...or restorabe any more. > > scott > > On 11/15/2012 7:29 AM, ralph meyermann wrote: >> Do you have a complete accelerator pedal assy incl...
• Re: 86 Syncro 2.1 surging at 2K rpm no load
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 May 2012 09:38:39 -0700
  When checking the TPS with VOM (continuity at idle) is it worth disconnecting the accelerator cable to ensure throttle arm is resting against it...
• CV Boots, accel & clutch cables
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jan 1995 15:55:38 -0800
  ...Should I just go ahead and replace the clutch and accelerator cables? 4: As long as the engine bay's empty, does anyone have...
• Re: Fw: [VANAGON] Acetone tip
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 2 Jun 2007 20:54:32 -0700
  ...You can improve your gas mileage by inadvertently getting a plastic dinosaur wedged under the accelerator. The difference seen by the anecdotal reports is...
• Re: "sticky" new Gowesty throttle body
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 5 Oct 2017 17:29:08 -0600
  ...Let off the accelerator while cruising at 3k RPM and > I could tell the van was not decelerating as it should be. Depress the...
• Re: Sliding door on '90 popping open
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 22:54:05 -0500
  ...John PS has anyone had their accelerator pedel lever rod wear out causing pedel to hit th floor and never come back up? Mine...
• Re: adjusting idle speed and switch lever position..
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Wed, 15 May 2002 16:07:54 -0700
  ...the screw slat > on > the end of the linkage for the accelerator cable, or > the big screw on top of the throttle? specifically, > should...
• Re: cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:00:04 -0500
  ...Then I would press the cruise button and I could feel >it press the accelerator slightly but then fully disengage. Now there is >nothing...
• Diesel Warm No Start?
  Historical mailing list - Cook, Thomas
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 10:38:56 -0500
  ...It was still starting fine each morning at home and each afternoon at work until the accelerator cable apparently became frayed and then frozen...
• Re: Broken Accelerator Cable - 1987 Syncro non-camper
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 23:21:08 -0700
  ...my accelerator cable broke at the back.  My husband said it was >> super rusty back there. >> >> Anyway, I have the part - how hard/easy...
• Re: 65 bus won't start
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:24:18 MST
  ...The accelerator pump mechanism was bye-bye. The bus wouldn't start at all if you gave it any gas. After pulling off the...
• Re: Red light rev?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Thu, 31 Jan 2002 00:43:04 +0100
  Almost every VW I've had (many) has required a touch on the accelerator for the alternator light to go out. The owners manual...
• Re: Battery Corrosion Treatment
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Sat, 29 May 2004 00:30:49 -0700
  ...Not the stuff in the spray can, the expensive stuff with the accelerator mixed in. I have epoxy primer on mine, impervious to the...
• Re: Fuel System or Electronic?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:26:57 +0000
  ...When we came back out, it was a very > rough start and again had to push/pump the accelerator to keep her going. > As...
• Re: and while we're at it ... (he's after the Unknowns again!)
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lane
  Tue, 13 Sep 94 12:04:38 MDT
  ...The clutch and accelerator cables are longer than the ones for left hand drive! I had problem this year when my cable broke twice...
• Moaning noise
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 12:58:00 -0500
  ...But I can make it cycle with the accelerator, >putting it under load and backing off. It's much louder under load. >I replaced...
• Moaning noise
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 10:49:00 -0500
  ...But I can make it cycle with the accelerator, >putting it under load and backing off. It's much louder under load. >I replaced...
• Re: WARM/HOT START PROBLEM
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:07:03 -0400
  ...engine off, it will not restart without much cranking and the > accelerator pedal almost floored. While cranking, the engine > will begin to > catch and...
• Temp. Related Problem(s)
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:35:19 -0400
  ...If I depress the accelerator pedal, it stalls, or there is no response. As it warms up the problem diminishes, and once it is...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 18 Oct 1999
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 09:43:38 -0700
  ...t count on how far you'll > have to push the accelerator to get what you want to happen to happen. At > very low...
• Re: QUICK! Need someone to measure their syncro van...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:22:52 -0700
  ...of metal that goes between the two > castings that hold the accelerator cable and the clutch cylinder > bracket. I need to know how far...
• Vanagon Content - Need Advice CORRECTION
  Historical mailing list - Terrence Tickle
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 08:14:20 -0500
  ...1) gradual loss of power (like she was removing her foot from the accelerator) 2) she felt a sudden increase of heat from the...
• Stalling after warmup in cold.
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 09:20:35 -0800
  ...If I turn the starter it will only start if I push down on the accelerator and hold it and then engage the first...
• Re: Vanagon gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:26:00 -0800
  ...light, and drive as if there is an egg under the accelerator pedal, and let us know what you come up with. Mark in...
• Re: Flame ON!
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:23:38 -0700
  ...Took my foot off the accelerator, and the van died, and I > saw a bit of smoke as I coasted into a spot. By...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 00:42:01 EDT
  ...clutch and pilot bearing. starter a year old and vw battery. accelerator cable a year old. 2.1lwbx motor had headgaskets 45k miles ago...
• Smoke screen
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Wed, 5 Jul 2017 10:09:10 -0700
  ...It immediately stopped when I took my foot off the accelerator. And did not seem to happen when I was driving slower speeds. I...
• fuel injection/gauges
  Historical mailing list - WOODRUT
  Mon, 29 Aug 1994 11:19:49 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The bus starts hard (I have to press the accelerator down about half way and crank it over 2 or 3 times before it...
• Still Sluggish Update
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 05:18:49 -0700
  ...He says the engine is in great shape, we replaced the accelerator cable, the FI system looks all good, the intake and outake look...
• Install of GoWesty ATF Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 22 May 2011 19:42:59 -0700
  ...We had to disassemble the accelerator linkage on the side of the trans before we could get the trans lowered enough for access to...
• Timing and hot starts (not)
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:11:47 +0000
  ...I think that I need to first tighten up the accelerator cable to achieve just zero clearance at the screw, then adjust as needed...
• Spares list (was Spare ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:09:00 -0800
  ...In descending order of priority: (My list is for AFM) Full suite of bulbs and fuses (new) Female spade connectors (new) Belt (new) Accelerator...
• Syncro Alignment & Vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 20:32:44 PST
  ...Buffeting at 65 but smoothing out >>when you back off the accelerator is a classic case of a bad alignment. I had the wheels...
• Re: Do you want a 1.9TD or a TDI??
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 09:20:33 -0500
  Dear Michael, I am absolutely, positively in the market for a new or used (low mileage) 1.9 TDI with computer, alternator, starter, accelerator...
• Problems searching the archive
  Historical mailing list - Dick Taylor
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 14:14:35 -0800
  ...I just now did a "search" and "getpost" for information about stuck accelerator cables (thanks to Tom Neal, who knows how to spell vangon...
• Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:15:24 -0700
  ...Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator OK, I can now give a much better description of...
• MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 10:44:27 -0700
  ...I see them popping out into the interior around the "accelerator" pedal, the far forward part of the centre console covering on the floor...
• Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 May 2011 14:13:05 -0700
  ...I'm looking at 37.17 says; "If shift points are incorrect or transmission does not kick down, check accelerator cable adjustments." 37.15...
• Belly Pan Saga(was re: Kelly Park...)
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 10:37:31 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Nothing like driving on a slushy day and getting delayed responses from both clutch and accelerator pedals--scary!! Plus, I imagine some reduction in...
• Interpretting Compression Values- 88GL?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 14:13:32 -0400
  ...145 psi (10 bar) Test done per Bentley, car fully warmed up, accelerator floored. Test tool was a universal compression tester from NAPA (not...
• Re: leaking clutch master cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Herr Wibo Fichten
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:20:58 -0400
  ...water from moisture in the air and therefore is a rusting accelerator. Fichten > > Art McGinn wrote: > > > ever since i got it a year ago...
• Re: 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM (kind of long)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 6 Jun 2012 10:26:57 -0400
  ...If I give it more than 1/4 - 1/2 accelerator she'll bog right down. Thank you all again I will look at...
• Re: slow, long uphill knocking noise ?!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 May 2005 22:00:58 -0500
  ...hill at a good >speed. . > - quiets immediately upon release of the accelerator (no good when trying >to get over the hill) > - sounds similar to...
• Re: more friday trivia..why are accel pedals on automatic vans reinforced with metal
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:04:48 -0800
  recently i drove an 89 audi for a month the accelerator had a sharp wire sticking out of it right at the place worn...
• Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 06 Apr 95 22:04:18 CDT
  ...Here's the scenario: <snip> >depressing the accelerator when the engine catches and then driving away >immediately. The engine runs rough for a couple...
• Re: '91 Westy-Rubber Hose
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 21:49:41 -0400
  ...In > the Haynes, there is adrawing of it on page 4B-5, > illustration titled: > "5.3", which illustrates Accelerator cable adjustment, and > the numbers...
• Re: Running problem continues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:16:28 -0400
  ...Killed three times at a standing idle, loses power while driving and I have to release then depress the accelerator in order to get...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 May 2017 to 10 May 2017 - Special issue (#2017-179)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 11 May 2017 05:02:22 -0400
  ...fuel pump under the van. > The metal plate that supports the accelerator cable and the clip that holds > the cable to it for a...