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• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Tue, 9 Aug 2011 21:49:03 -0700
  ...Here�s a picture of the left rear or my > engine compartment, showing the coil, ECU, and green idle > stabilizer. Its just for reference...
• Re: vanagon spotted on TV
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 18:32:32 -0700
  ...Special Victims Unit On 14 Jan , 2015, at 11:14 AM, Paul wrote: > I saw that too, when they opened the engine compartment the...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:44:13 -0500
  ...Kinda seems like placing it in the engine compartment would be less > than optimal, though. Almost as inconvenient as under the passenger seat. > > Hmmm...
• Re: air intake snorkel hose
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:38:54 -0700
  ...Syncros have a snorkel arrangement that > allows them to ford streams, but all of them have the intake closed > off from the engine compartment...
• Re: Air in cooling system
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Apr 1995 17:20:12 -0300
  ...engine by the cylinder heads, or blue white encrustations in same area, or on the cylinder head nuts visible in the engine compartment. If...
• Re: vanagon engine lid
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 24 Feb 1997 17:19:15 -0800
  ...the engine compartment? I have a chance to >buy one Check your 87 Westy closely, you probably already have a plastic engine lid. My...
• Head gasket FIX!!!
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Sat, 12 Jul 97 20:29:00 -0500
  ...THINK ABOUT THIS !!! Many cars today have engine compartments that have very bad air flow for cooling. When the car is stoped and engine...
• Attention Diesel Owners with Ohm-meter
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sat, 7 Jun 1997 17:11:24 -0500 (CDT)
  ...resistance of their Temperature sender -- this is the sensor in the engine compartment that drives the dash temperature gauge. This is the one piece...
• Help wiring
  Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 22:02:45 -0700
  ...the 3 moduals and relays on the drivers side of the engine compartment. Maybe someone deleted it before reading it. Help bob Calkins, Placerville...
• strange white wire...
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:31:07 EDT
  ...It leaves the engine compartment and then dead ends underneath the van. I discovered it while replacing the heater cable on the passenger side...
• Re: Brass Coolant Connectors = Failure?
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 4 Jul 2012 12:31:02 -0700
  ...I have one or two in my engine compartment. I also have copper pipe in my cooling system. Hole in rubber hose, cut out...
• Re: source for spring clamps for fuel lines
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:11:04 EST
  ...for the spring clamps for replacing my fuel lines in the engine > compartment. Not the screw type. Anybody have a lead on those? > Edward...
• Re: Oil Seal Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:01:01 EST
  ...Question is, if the leaks are small (getting some spray in the engine compartment?) can those seals have a sudden, complete failure and really...
• Re: Some Comments on Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. non -
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:33:42 EST
  ...The '90 GTi engine throttle body faces the rear of the engine compartment. I cut a rubber air hose (connecting the AFM to the...
• Wrap exhaust pipes with fiberglass?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:33:37 -0700
  ...He said he used to own a Vanagon and said I can reduce heat in the engine compartment by 70% if I: Wrap the...
• Re: rear defogger wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Dec 2011 08:53:14 -0800
  ...Bentley says it is in the left side of engine compartment, but having >>> no luck finding it (supposed to have black wire in and...
• Re: intermitent starting problem, help
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 00:37:09 -0500
  ...is heard from the engine compartment, but no starter >selenoid click or starter crank, just silence when the engine is cold, the >List seemed...
• Wire in engine compartment.
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:10:29 -0600
  ...Good buy! I had the engine top compartment open and was cleaning, checking everything and I found a wire with a plug end that...
• RE: Need help identifying ground wire in engine bay
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Wed, 9 Jul 97 01:07:58 UT
  ...The other end of the strap is bolted to the side of the engine compartment just in front of and below the coil. Tom...
• Re: Wrap exhaust pipes with fiberglass?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:18:05 -0500
  ...If you want to reduce the temps in the engine compartment, use one or two of those electric fans that people used to mount...
• Re: Built-in Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:15:01 -0700
  ...that world for exactly that an engine compartment fire suppression device dont think resturant .. thank marine engine which requires flood of fire suppressent in...
• Re: F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Sun, 18 May 2003 19:43:29 -0500
  ...the engine and transmission disconnected, I've got the engine supported (by a chunk of wood and a chain in the engine compartment), I...
• Re: Dumb Question - Remote Start Switch
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:02:30 -0400
  ...You may be able to reach it from the engine compartment depending perhaps on whether you have a MT or AT and how much...
• Re: Rear Cushion
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 14:30:17 EST
  ...is normally found in the rear of a Vanagon above the engine compartment? >> i dont have a grey one, but i have a tan...
• Re: 2.1 L highway bogging blues
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 14 May 1999 22:25:31 -0400
  ...wrote: >> $60.oo diagnostic includes only a visual inspection of the engine >> compartment! (as if, in the rare occasion I let someone else work...
• Re: where are the air-con connectors?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:50:56 EDT
  One connector is in the engine compartment. The other is in the pillar that runs up to the overhead A/C unit (evaporator) on...
• Re: Loose engine compartment lid
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 06:05:40 EST
  The rear hatch opening is also a likely source of noise. There are round adjusters at the bottom corners, twisting them moves them in...
• Re: strange Clicking Noise from engine compartment (??)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:07:15 -0700
  ...strange Clicking Noise from engine compartment (??) I just was driven around with the engine cover open looking for noises and didn't have any...
• Re: Anyone have a good rear heater core for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 11 Dec 2013 09:42:23 -0800
  > I'd like to "sort-of" have > the hot water > stored in maybe separate containers in the engine compartment toward the > side > walls away...
• Oil Pump Replacement Diesel...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 95 11:08:50 PST
  ...pan be easily dropped when that same engine is shoe-horned into the cramped Vanagon compartment? any ideas? md ------------------------------------- Matthew R. Drahzal Rational Software...
• Re: Wire in engine compartment.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 23 Jan 1999 13:27:24 -0800
  ...On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Eckie Prater wrote: > I had the engine top compartment open and was cleaning, checking > everything and I found a...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:52:27 -0500
  ...The metal firewall behind the > rear seat kept the conflagration away from the passenger compartment. > After > the engine wiring and all engine compartment plastic...
• Re: It won't even start.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 17:46:09 -0600
  ...When nothing happens I just >go back to the engine compartment and wiggle all the connectors and find >none loose and tap all the...
• Re: Accelerator cable extras?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:34:46 -0700
  ...ask about another problem... > >I have a frayed cable in the engined compartment. I don't know what it does and can't find...
• Re: power steering line in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:09:59 -0400
  ...of ATF through a corroded power steering > line located in the engine compartment: specifically, the > lower/rightmost of the two steel lines which run...
• Re: Gas Tank Conversion - Finale
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 14 Apr 1995 21:27:18 -0700 (PDT)
  On Fri, 14 Apr 1995, Thom Fitzpatrick wrote: > > I also insulated the entire top of the engine compartment with this > stuff called "THe Insulator...
• Re: <F> Offroading VW
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 13:16:42 +0200
  ...show any pictures of the engine compartment! :) with > those dual carbs, there's probably no cover on the engine ... as i recall > from my...
• Re: The New Rear-Engined VW UP!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 22:38:40 -0400
  ...Hope they make the engine compartment big enough for a friggin v8 this time. JC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET> To...
• Re: Removing the rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:24:35 -0400
  ...the engine > compartment? Ideally, I'd just put a nice tight loop of hose which wouldn't > need to enter the passenger compartment. > > Thanks...
• Re: new series 48 Odyssey battery
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:05:53 -0700
  ...battery smart charger (1) in the secret compartment next to the water tank keeps the engine and deep-cycle happy. When driving, the deep...
• Re: cleaning engine, tins and other dirty stuff
  Historical mailing list
  12 Jul 95 08:33:55 EDT
  ...Used it on the engine compartment and the engine too. --- As Ms. Moneypenny was getting a new clutch last night (last leg until I...
• Re: Do you know that your vanagon air duct may be clogged?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:52:11 -0700
  ...s enough positive pressure in > the engine compartment of a 2.1l to lift up an engine cover that's > merely covering the hole...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:32:52 -0500
  ...In my opinion these do work at getting more cooler air air >to the engine compartment. You can see the temp sensor drop qiuckly...
• backup light wiring
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:23:12 -0600
  ...I'm looking in the big black box in the northwest corner of the engine compartment. Mine is full of Subaru wiring, but I...
• Cardboard isolation plates at the air intake & radiator
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:50:55 -0500
  Can someone point me to a diagram or photos of the air isolation plate in the engine compartment? I need to cut out a...
• Re: Two 2 Liter engines...
  Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 17:50:49 -0700
  Where are you located? On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 05:40 PM, zolo wrote: > Two air cooled 2 Liter engine are for sale...
• Re: Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:49:36 -0700
  ...front of the coil on the l/h side of the engine compartment. That would be my *guess* Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Diehr...
• Re: Wanted: Engine cleaning tips
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 07:53:45 -0400
  ...Then I spray clear engine paint over the entire engine compartment. This ends up looking like a new car engine. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4...
• Spotted on eBay--check out the plumbing
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 18:38:30 -0400
  ...Or is it a bleeder? Also, I was trying to figure out what the yellow lever controls in the engine compartment. Note that it...
• S. African Type2 article
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 10:15:12 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Included is a photo of an Audi 5cyl crammed into the engine compartment. If anyone wants a photocopy of it...send me a stamped...
• Re: black smoke pouring out exhaust?!?!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Feb 1995 16:06:04 -0500 (EST)
  > A good friend of mine traced billowing black smoke out the exhaust to a bad > ground connection in the engine compartment. There is nothing...
• lotsa light
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 16 Jun 95 20:59:26 CDT
  ...or whatever, so that the backup light is reflected into the engine compartment. out in the darkness, you'd be surprised how much it...
• Fuel line sleeves
  Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 05:53:46 -0800
  ...and noticed they have special plastic sleeves on them in the engine compartment area. I'm wondering if this a standard setup for the...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:13:28 +0100
  ...Yes, but if you direct more air into the engine compartment than your motor can consume, what then? Where goes the air then? Nowhere...
• Re: 2nd request, where's my fuel pump relay?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 11:31:05 -0800
  ...but on my 90 there is an electric box above the coil on the left side of the engine compartment... the box contains two...
• fuel tank vent lines
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:27:50 -0800
  ...Are the small lines the same ID as the vacuum lines in the engine compartment? This is what I was told & they look a...
• Re: Rare Green Van ?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 May 2001 22:00:59 EDT
  ...just a little FYI - that gas heater is a BA-6, not a BN-6. "BN" models were mounted in the engine compartment of...
• Re: Positive story
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 19:49:48 -0500
  > > i went inside the > > engine compartment and started pulling straw out of line feeding air to > the > > filter and when i was finished i...
• Large green wire
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 20:11:48 -0700
  I have a large green wire in the front left of my engine compartment in my 1980 CA Westy. It exits the wiring harness...
• EJ22 in a bug (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Richards, Andrew
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:03:58 -0700
  ...Got passed on the freeway yesterday by a 70's bug with what looked like a Subaru EJ22 in the engine compartment. The person...