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• Re: cooling system diagnostic help? Long, lots of info about whats been done so far.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:03:31 -0700
  ...I have seen for example....I'm checking compression on # 2 ...and I see bubbles heading toward the pressure bottle ....which means exhaust is...
• Re: smoke signals
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 18:20:56 -0500
  ...Compression, leak down, and cooling system pressure test is in order. If all checks well, then fill and bleed the cooling system. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Still having starting problems.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 21:19:48 -0500
  ...If possible run a compression check (never remove a spark plug from a hot aluminum head.) Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Sat...
• Re: Black Vapor and Rattle
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:41:52 -0700
  ...A few hundred miles after rebuild I developed a chronic excessive vapor pressure problem in the gas tank (vent lines most likely pinched on...
• Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer? Oil preesure-temparature guages!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chapman
  Thu, 10 May 2012 12:15:05 -0700
  ...a compression test, what > will > > you do if it's low (and it will be)? The death signal is when the oil > > pressure light...
• Re: '89 Vanagon Not Starting
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:28:56 -0500
  ...There is voltage and > compression, just no start. > > I had her towed to a friend of the family's house who works on american...
• Cooking On and Off the Road
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 27 Jan 2011 12:19:43 -0800
  ...Then of course, fill that with your choice of tasty morsels, add hot sauce to suit your compression ratio. Ay Carramba! Vanagon Cuisine!s...
• Re: 6 mils of lash...
  Historical mailing list - John
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 19:15:59 -0500
  ...Additionally I checked the pre-start engine compression which was an acceptable ~170PSI in all cylinders! When I initially started the engine it sounded...
• Re: admit defeat...long
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 15:40:17 -0400
  Have you tried a compression check? Maybe you have some stuck valves that are preventing compression from building? Mark >I have been working on...
• Re: What can go wrong..... (followup and short trip report)
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 1 Aug 2017 15:21:45 -0400
  ...You can adjust the rebound for spring control without making the compression harsher. Mine were best at full soft initially and I've tightened...
• FS: used 2.1 engine mated to auto trans. in CT $350
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:24:44 -0400
  ...I did connect the starter to my battery and did a dry compression test- it cranked slowly, and got 80-90 psi on all...
• Re: Engine Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Mar 1990 09:03:01 -0500
  ...If you have a hydraulic problem i think the only way you will find it is to put pressure gauges on each wheel, not...
• slight surge from 2000 to 3000 to 2000 and back
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 11:55:25 -0800
  ...pressure regulator replaced with a used 'good' one from a list person (traded for quart of my honey). Plugs, cap, wires, relays ok. COmpression...
• Re: Metal slivers found in oil strainer
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 11:29:35 -0500
  ...Oil pressure will drop. Or you'll start loosing compression on one (or more) cylinders. Or something large will fall off or go through...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 19 May 2015 11:23:57 -0700
  ...The compression washer on the plug was not compressed and was on an angle with dirt between the washer and plug. Could this have...
• Re: Spark plug gap-Tire air!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:33:59 -0600
  Oh, if you want to adjust the pressure, go ahead. you'll be adding mostly nitrogen anyway. The partial pressure due to nitrogen is...
• Re: Grey oily spots on rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:17:12 -0800
  ...re pump pressure ... pump guru's will know more about that .. and ...a 1.6 TD pump and injectors run at a higher pressure...
• 1.9 Digifant with poor milage and low top-end power.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:32:06 -0500
  ...Applying vacuum by sucking on a hose connected to the pressure regulator will reduce fuel pressure to 25 PSI until I let go; then...
• head compression leak again!#$%!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 18:21:50 -0500
  ...back pressure. My stupidity in driving the van without hacksawing off the CAT or the prior overheating resulted in a blown compression seal that...
• Re: `Cont'd: After 3000 mi trip: 84h2o overheating, grinding gears(manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 01:37:18 -0800
  ...Very low pressure, though it seemed. I didn't want to run the engine for too long, or create a huge mess, so I...
• Re: I need advice..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 23:56:40 -0500
  ...The engine is now cool enough for you to run your compression check. What your looking for in this warm compression test is 90...
• Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer? Oil preesure-temparature guages!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 10 May 2012 17:37:33 -0400
  ...a compression test, what >> will >>> you do if it's low (and it will be)? The death signal is when the oil >>> pressure light...
• Re: Lifter adjustment VOODOO
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:50:32 -0700
  ...the valve and then >compression can be low or even zero. Wait some hours or days and the >constant pressure from the valve spring...
• Re: head gaskets and time bombs
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 00:08:53 -0500
  ...Also, exhaaust gasses getting into cooling syem cause more corrosion and the increased pressure will damage the radiator and heater cores. All Vanagon engines...
• Re: Still lousy gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 May 2012 18:03:51 -0400
  ...To begin with if you fire too early the explosion will actually fight the piston on its way up on the compression stroke resulting...
• Re: Question about barrel spacers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:20:34 -0600
  ...shims from the Bus Depot - I'm going to > increase > the compression ratio of one of the engines slightly - and these too > have > ridges...
• Re: Sputtering still !!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Parson
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:13:12 -0400
  ...Blue smoke is oil, white smoke is water - I don't know what black smoke means! I'd run a compression check too. --- On...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Tue, 19 May 2015 10:22:13 -0400
  ...The compression washer on the plug was not compressed and was on an angle with dirt between the washer and plug. Could this have...
• '66 bus progress, engine arrives
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 08:41:47 -0700
  ...pressure was 35 lbs. at idle and something like 65 lbs at 3000 RPM. Next he pulled the plugs and ran a compression test...
• Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 8 May 2012 12:29:58 -0700
  ...a compression test, what will you do if it's low (and it will be)?� The death signal is when the oil pressure light...
• EuroVan Pison Slap diagnosis
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Feb 97 11:43:13 EST
  ...So far they've done oil pressure and compression tests. Now they say they need to run the engine with a special oil additive...
• Re: Help Needed: 88 Westy running rich and missing
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 17:40:56 -0700
  ...I verified compression, fuel pressure and regulator, temp sensors, AFM, plugs, vacuum leaks. Only thing I found not in spec was spark plug wear...
• Jerky Van continued
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Wed, 6 Jun 2007 17:54:30 +0000
  ...What I've done so far: - Checked voltage at the fuel pump - OK - Checked fuel pressure - OK - Checked Compression - OK - Checked timing - OK - Cleaned...
• Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 9 May 2012 15:30:22 -0400
  ...a compression test, what >> will >> you do if it's low (and it will be)? The death signal is when the oil >> pressure light...
• Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer? Oil preesure-temparature guages!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 May 2012 22:51:39 -0400
  ...a compression test, what will you do if it's low (and it will be)?� The death signal is when the oil pressure light...
• Re: scratch on heads mating surface for cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:33:42 -0700
  ...are high and the pressure cycles are 1000s of times per minute. Plenty of waterboxers pass the static compression and leakdown tests but can...
• Re: Question about 2.1 cylinder and head question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:14:38 -0600
  ...Was > the compression-leak down and oil pressure tested before pulling the > heads? Compression was good 6 months ago, doesn't leak, drip, burn...
• Re: van fix part deux: intermittant hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:23:35 -0700
  ...Fuel pressure (not the most likely, but check it) 2. Airflow meter (the most likely) 3. Ignition timing and advance controls, including idle stabilizer...
• Re: 2.ll engine For Sale for $900
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 10:25:41 -0600
  ...was still running strong with good compression when I removed it. Had slightly lower than normal oil pressure and I was worried about taking...
• Re: Roadhaus - Need an Engine
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 5 May 2004 10:21:24 -0700
  ...Good thing your not stuck in the woods Now the tech question: -Is the cylinder gone (broken) -Take compression, come back to us -can...
• Re: Tiico: oil in the water (need advice)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:04:57 EDT
  ...Was there water in the oil? Did the mechanic check compression in each cylinder? (another quick cheap test) Did the cylinders hold pressure? Did...
• Re: Start up,back fire?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 19 May 2015 10:42:12 -0700
  ...The compression washer on the > plug was not compressed and was on an angle with dirt between the > washer and plug. Could this have...
• Re: Odd & strange vanagon stuff that i see
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 24 May 2006 14:36:44 -0400
  ...a new possibility for bad conbustion, coolant-oil mix, low >> compression, >> high pressure in the cooling system. maybe some of you have seen that...
• Re: COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:35:51 -0400
  ...fuel >>pressure is ok.... >> >>Compression: ok >> >>Help >> >>Ben >>http://www.benplace.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > >
• Re: care of our Wasserboxer/WaterLeaker engines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 20 Aug 2000 14:12:00 EDT
  ...The head gasket pressure on the sealing surface. The head gaskets I saw, from the engines I took apart, had corrosion damage on the...
• Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 23:23:37 -0700
  ...wrote: >Doktor Tim, > >The compression is (in cyl order) 130, 128, 132, 98-100 (most likely rings). >Fuel pressure is good per test I...
• Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:49:45 -1000
  ...the hose connection at the bottom of the coolant Pressure Bottle .. in whatever form , is the one that feeds coolant to the water pump...
• Re: W.B. Turbo?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 15:58:14 -0600
  ...I'm also taking a close look at the compression ratio as well. By going to a 1.9 head instead of going back...
• Re: Update: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Sun, 29 Sep 2002 23:20:24 -0400
  ...I redid the compression check today with a better compression gauge (old one had a leaky valve) and observed the following: #1 130-140...
• Re: Feedback on rebuilt 2.1L AVP Engine Performance
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 17:26:02 -0400
  ...Checked cold > Cyl 1 - 140 psi > Cyl 2 - 135 psi > Cyl 3 - 135 psi > Cyl 4 - 140 psi > > Compression after 868 miles ... ... Checked cold...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:04:17 -0500
  ...Due to > high compression ratios and the excess air, diesels make a lot of NOx. An > awful lot. This is a primary contributor to...
• Re: Made the mistake of checking compression
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Sep 2012 19:45:16 -0400
  ...Worn bearings will often show up as low oil pressure. If the low compression is due to ring or valve damage then you have...
• Re: syncro wierd idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 07:06:08 -0400
  ...I usually use one of the fuel pressure regulator mounting screws. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: NVC-Was: Driving on Air
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:34:13 -0500
  ...the pressure runs >> lower they are using fuel to run a heater to raise the temperature of >> the air to raise its compression. The...
• Re: Coolant going from expansion into refill tank and overflowing refill tank
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:44:27 -0600
  ...I watched the pressure when I started the >> engine. It didn't soar immediately. A compression test shows >> >> Cyl # Jan 2004 Jan 2005 >> 1...
• Re: Propane and refrigerator success
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:33:52 -0400
  ...The compression cycle moves about five times as much heat per unit of input energy, but it requires a motorized compressor. Ammonia gas is...
• Question about Transmission Stutter
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:32:54 +0000
  ...My old 1.9 was on its last leg with low compression and oil pressure and just figured it was not keeping up well...
• Re: AC Compressor to inflate tires, etc?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:50:07 -0800
  ...Mine had some kind of tiny piston inside that was propelled by the compression stroke of the motor so that it pumped fresh air...
• Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:41:19 -0700
  Doktor Tim, The compression is (in cyl order) 130, 128, 132, 98-100 (most likely rings). Fuel pressure is good per test I watched...
• Re: questions putting in turbo diesel
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:04:03 -0700
  Before you write the engine off, consider doing a compression test. This will tell you if it really is the rings. I have a...