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• Re: In Defense of Simple Systems
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 15:56:12 -0700
  PSavage wrote: > My system gives clean, quiet, & dependable security combined with > a fool proof, inexpensive power system. > I hope you have been enlightened! Phaedra...
• Seattle area AC shops
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 17:20:42 EDT
  ...The Behr system needs to have fill ports tapped in somewhere in the system, and O-ring, flushed, replace reciever/drier,etc. The 85...
• Re: automatic extiguisher wasRe: Yesterday's Engine Fire in Rockefeller Cente...
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 22:11:15 EST
  ...We discussed using even a Halon system. Trouble was the unenclosed space. See archives for complete details. Probably under "onboard fire suppression system". BenT
• Re: A/C woes - LONG
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:10:45 -0400
  ...Didn't mess with the A/C system till it began warming up again this year. Current status: Entire system has been flushed with...
• Re: Effectiveness of cooling system flush and clean products?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 19:51:16 -0700
  ...Effectiveness of cooling system flush and clean products? Keep in mind that all that water is now waste and should not be allowed into...
• re: exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 19:35:44 -0800
  ...exhaust system > ditto here too :-( > > tony > > ---------- > > From: Tim Smith <smitht@unb.ca> > > To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > > Subject: Re...
• Re: Subject: Aftermarket AC solution for Westfalia?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:22:52 -0500
  ...They have many model specific systems. > JC... > I'm a man, > but I can change.... > if I have to > ...I guess.
• Re: Peanut oil on exhaust system?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:59:36 -0700
  ...Peanut oil on exhaust system? > How about slathering a new exhaust system with peanut oil, every time > you drive it, until a coating, not...
• Re: Filling the coolant reservoir...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 10 May 2016 17:56:53 -0500
  Anyone know the actual range of coolant system pressure our vanagons run at. The coolant absolutely expands and contracts, as the engine heats and...
• Re: On I4 and TIICO Exhaust Fixes
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:58:03 EDT
  ...When the whole exhaust system is bolted/welded up, the rigidity of the system reduces the distance the muffler will bounce. What that tells...
• Re: Snorkle on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 10 May 1999 10:54:53 PDT
  Syncros have a snorkle system similar to what you describe. You might try to find a wrecked one and salvage the air intake system...
• A/C question '89 Wolfsburg
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Fri, 31 May 2002 10:31:02 -0500
  ...I always carry the Bentley to the A/C guy since the system holds more than what most are accustomed to and this helps...
• Re: A/C in a Doka
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 20 May 2006 12:40:36 -0700
  ...I > > find > > the prospect of a having a contemporary system more appealing. > > > > Having suffered the horrors of driving through 109degF heat in an un...
• Re: metric system
  Historical mailing list - Richard Smith (Smirby)
  Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:17:26 -0700
  ...I thought I had a link to an opinion piece about >> the metric system and Canadians dislike of it, but it seems to have...
• Re: vanagon AC
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 07:00:29 +0000
  ...I don't think you can legally charge an R12 a/c system.. at least in Canada. The systems have to have an evacuate...
• Re: A/C, R-12 to R134 Conversion
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Sun, 5 Jul 1998 11:52:22 -0700
  Hi Lund, I converted my system to R134a. I also replaced all the o-ring seals with those new green-colored R134a compatible ones...
• Re: 85 AC problems...pressure too high with small amount of refrigerant
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:05:14 -0400
  ...Drained and vacuumed the system, added an "oil charge" can plus 134 and it workee workee...low pressure on low side, high pressure on...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:05:20 -0800
  ...From the GW page: "New software system with OBDII-like diagnostics with full ScanGauge compatibility" Hard to know what they mean by "OBDII-like...
• Re: Switching a/c in 81 vanagon to r-134...how much compressor oil?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 26 Aug 2001 16:04:58 -0500
  If you haven't installed a new drier / filter and evacuated the system; you need to do that. (most of the old oil will...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - honemastert
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:44:14 -0700
  The previously described workings of the AC system are correct. Low and medium speed dont result in an A/C compressor shutdown.. only when...
• Re: ATF mixed with Power St. fluid
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 21:36:22 -0700
  ...There was Power steering fluid filled into the reservoir of the power steering system, and the guy only found out later that it was...
• Re: AC Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:39:36 -0500
  ...A local shop tells me that what they do is > evacuate the system and put in R134 and if the system is ok it...
• Re: Leaking power steering fluid
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 10:37:24 -0800
  ...If you isolate the leak, repair it, then flush the system out and top it up, you should be cool. :) Best of luck, Sam...
• help with new clutch MC
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 14:50:17 -0700
  ...I heard once about needing to use a pressure bleeder system to bleed the system, versus the pump-hold-open-close-release-pump system...
• to add or to flush-n-fill
  Historical mailing list - Mark Brush
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:56:18 -0400
  ...So any thoughts on weather I should just go ahead and drain the whole system and refill, or would it be o.k. to...
• Unsgtable Idle
  Historical mailing list - Dan Fleming
  Mon, 03 Feb 1997 15:18:33 -0800
  ...Any suggestions out there as to possible causes? I am not very familiar with the "parts" on this system yet. Ignition parts are new...
• Re: Fire Suppression Systems
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 09:48:34 -0700
  All this discussion of fire suppression systems makes me wonder - Why not just replace all the rubber bits which have the potential to fail...
• Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delasalle
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:35:51 -0600
  I've asked for a cooling system pressure check on a water cooled van that I'm considering to see if there's any...
• Re: Engine overheating and no heat from front heater
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:24:55 -0400
  Sounds like a classic case of air in the coolant system. Check the standard methods to bleed your system. On Oct 19, 2005, at...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:14:45 -0400
  ...I haven't taken the system off for inspection.... yet. > >Also, my exhaust system has a dent in it right after the O2 sensor...
• Re: Recommended Exhaust System for '88 Vangon
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 13 May 2008 11:53:46 -0400
  Todd, of course the best system out there is OE. I sell this system. The pipes are Dansk made in Denmark while the muffler...
• Re: Have you replaced the Receiver/Drier in your A/C?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Dec 1996 06:08:23 PST
  ...On a catastropphic failure like >this, the system will not hold any pressure. That is not what >happened. The system will hold some pressure...
• Re: disconnect 02 sensor
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Feb 1997 15:47:40 -0800
  ...This whole closed-loop system is actually much simpler than *any* similarly efficient carb system. Most carb systems just waste some extra fuel rather...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:22:17 -0700
  The later 2.1 cooling system is pretty much self-bleeding. If you do a basic bleed, the air will come out through the...
• Re: muffler repair in Chicago area
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:12:57 EDT
  ...This will insure it's the last time you have to have your system replaced. The labour to change an exhaust system on a...
• Re: electrical systems
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Thu, 19 May 1994 15:20:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...fine tuning electrical/12 volt systems ------------------------------------------------ Those who are in the marine/yachting/sailing field often know a great deal about optimizing 12 volt...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:15:58 -0700
  ...I haven't taken the system off for > > inspection.... yet. > > > > Also, my exhaust system has a dent in it right after the O2 sensor...
• Re: AC Output Temp
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 16:11:38 -0700
  It is possible that there is too much freon in the system, thereby not allowing proper evaporation (in the evaporator...where else?) to occur...
• Re: Cooling System Comments
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:52:33 EDT
  ...1) The system pressure doesn't rise sharply as the engine heats up in the morning. 2) Minimum cold overnight pressure doesn't go...
• Re: bleeding coolant solution?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 10:54:13 -0400
  ...How do I know the system is truly properly bled? >Are there characteristics of this tangle of plumbing that I'm overlooking >that would...
• Re: purchase advice sought
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 11:28:51 -0700
  Stuart wrote: "The 2.1 Digifant uses a "hot wire" airflow monitoring system. Outside of better accuracy for pollution control I see no real...
• Re: Is a Battery Charger to run 12V systems from 120V OK?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:47:58 -0600
  ...It fits under the driver's seat nicely along with an inverter and 2 relays that switch the system on/off when plugged in...
• EGR Purpose in Life
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 06:06:08 -0500
  ...This is done through the Exhaust Gas Recircula= tion system, (EGR). The EGR system fills some of the cylinder space with= a small amount...
• Re: Ignition? Constant Duty or Constant charge
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 17:37:22 -0400
  ...At low rpm the system would trigger multiple constant charge sparks, as rpm increased the number of sparks per ignition stroke would decrease until...
• Re: AC - Again! '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:51:57 -0500
  ...I have to replace th receiver dryer and need to flush the system. What do you recommend to flush it with? John On Jul...
• Re: Electrical System Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:14:26 -0500
  Yes, the systems that you say are not working sound much like the systems that would be cut out by the ignition switch during...
• Cooling System Nightmare. Sorry for the Old Thread
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Rutland
  Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:25:42 -0500
  ...Replaced with AVP rebuild (37K miles on it) and bled cooling system. All systems normal. Temp gauge on top of LED as usual. Fan...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 09:45:58 -0800
  Below is a list copied from the GW web page showing parts used in their new system. Last January GW got the CARB Executive...
• Re: R12 to R134a Air Conditioning Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Campbell
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:12:44 -0700
  ...Other than that, the system was flushed, and a good vacuum was pulled on the entire system. My van spent the week in the...
• interesting subaru problem
  Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:14:49 -0800
  ...is recommending > that a special conditioner be added to the engine cooling system of > certain 1999 through 2002 model year Subaru vehicles equipped with...
• Bleeding cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 Jan 1995 18:45:15 -0800 (PST)
  Has anyone tried modifying a coolant resevoir cap to allow pressurization of the cooling system? Maybe a bicycle floor pump and presta/schrader valve...
• ekta's hardlock.exe
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 10:16:33 -0600
  What operating systems work with the Ekta parts CD? I can't get the hardlock.exe to run - it seems to become a 'not...
• ETKA Missing Cooling system diagrams???
  Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:28:02 -0400
  Volks, correct me if I'm wrong, but I cannot find any reference to the cooling system in the ETKA What's up with...
• Propane gas system checkup
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:39:36 -0700
  ...a place near San Francisco CA to check the propane gas system and make sure everything is in working order. Does anyone know of...
• Intro again
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Sanders
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:26:27 -0800
  ...What years and models came with the ceiling mounted a/c system? I've seen a few vanagons with this system, and I really...
• Re: Temperature Gauge Going Crazy...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 20 Jul 96 17:46:01 CDT
  ...3052 Affected Model Order Affected Model Years Number Component Subject ------------ ------- -------- ----------- ----------------------------- Vanagon ALL 90-90-02 Electrical Instrument Indicator Lights System Malfunction ALL ALL 90...
• Re: Over heating problem
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 18:05:23 EST
  If exhaust is getting into the coolant system it should be building up alot of pressure in the tank and blowing water out of...
• New digifant parts
  Historical mailing list - Martin
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 23:52:56 -0600
  I was considering changing engines in my 87 Van to get rid of the constant problems with my fuel injection system. Then I considered...
• Re: Broken New Engine, What is fair resolution?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 13:11:43 EDT
  ...where is the coolant which has been displaced by the air bubble going? Is your reservoir tank filling up? Also, a system pressure test...
• Re: My first post to VanagonWiki
  Historical mailing list - T.M.
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 21:59:12 -0400
  OK Volks, I've posted another article titled "Idle Stabilization System": http://www.vanagonwiki.net/index.php/Idle_Stabilization_System including a page for...