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• Re: Lack of power problem - advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:55:06 EST
  ...writes: > * Exhaust seems to be free flowing okay. > Laurence, are you sure the exhaust is free flowing ? I have seen this condition before and...
• Re: noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 00:29:37 -0700
  ...BTW, the fuel pump is cooled by the fuel, if the flow is restricted it will shorten the life of the pump considerably. Don...
• Re: Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:32:57 -0700
  ...http://www.docinjector.com/ They put them on a rail and test for flow and pattern and leaks. Then they put them in an...
• Re: Testing coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:30:11 -0700
  ...Current should flow between the two probes. Yes or no? I don't have any current flowing. Is the sensor good? Best regards. Gilles...
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  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 11 May 2013 18:27:22 -0400
  ...I > SEE GAS FLOWING, I HAVE SPARK, I DON'T HAVE SPARK, I DON'T SEE RETURN FLOW, > I DON'T HAVE A PRESSURE...
• Aerodynamics and the Westie luggage rack, etc..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:31:05 -0700
  ...No rain gutters now..Smooth flowing headlights now..All in an attempt to smooth the air flow to reduce turbulence, to cut drag. If...
• Re: New life for worn out air flow meter
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 95 10:31:28 PDT
  ...Any details--I have never removed or looked inside an air flow meter before. What does the substrate resistor look like? How is it...
• Re: Oil pump filters [T1]
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 96 12:05:30 +0200
  ...The pumps leak between pumpbody and case, they have flow problems due to the small area in which their designers had to fit all...
• Re: what controlls the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 10:35:19 -0400
  FWIW, On my 1980 Westy, the air-flow meter controls the pump via a relay. If I manually move the air-flow meter, the...
• Wanted: AFM
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:54:30 -0500
  Anyone want to sell an air flow meter that has smooth resistance for an '84? Mine looks like it's in bad shape. cleaning...
• Re: Fuel Injection Question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 14:02:28 -0500
  ...The flow rates are different. That > cylinder is probably running lean. > > Dennis > Lean running cylinder equals burned valves, scored cylinder walls, burnt pistons! My...
• for sale: 2.1L ECU and AFM
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 02:00:29 EST
  ...vanagon 2.1L ECU and also Air Flow meter. would like $200 for the ECU (tested, works fine) and $85 for the AFM both...
• Vanagon-Syndrome-Air-Flow-Meter-fix
  Historical mailing list - Alain Thibault
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 22:12:38 -0700
  Sorry to come back with this again, but could someone tells me if there is a difference between harness 025 906 302 and harness...
• Anything like this for 1.9L?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 26 May 2011 22:52:36 -0700
  Looking for a diagram like this but for the 1.9L Vanagon: <http://www.benplace.com/cooling_system_flow.htm> -- RJS (Reference to the...
• Re: Help Needed -- replacing fuel pump -- no gas flow
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:42:26 -0700
  I assume the only way to correct that is to drop the tank, reach in and clean it? This may break us on this...
• Re: The propane filling question tested...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 22 May 2005 13:10:48 -0600
  ...How did you measure flow through the >>> hose? Are you sure there was no flow? It might have been slow... >>> Edward >>> >>> At 12:55...
• Re: oil temp problem/solution
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:07:53 -0700
  ...http://www.vanagondiesel.info/index.php/Conversion_Related#Cooling_System Apparently in the normal config, the oil heat exchanger only gets flow when the...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 12:31:16 -0600
  ...I'm considering cutting most of the opening face off to open it up more for more air flow due to the increased motor...
• Re: home-made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:18:15 -0600
  ...Does the front/rear equalizer restrict the flow? Larry A. On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 7:59 PM, aatransaxle <daryl@aatransaxle.com> wrote...
• ??? Time for Head gasket ?????
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 10:22:07 -0400
  ...Over flow tank is over flowing. Coolent system Bleed numerous times. Bars leak added. New expansion tank cap. 2. Over heats and spews coolent...
• Re: Removing the rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 21 Apr 2000 17:41:05 EDT
  ...Before installing the new hose I inserted into the hose a marble to block the coolant flow. Being glass it is not subject to...
• Re: What's this pump?
  Historical mailing list - Darren
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 18:33:16 -0500
  ...Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Flowers, Robert O Mr (CPF N69RF) Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:25...
• Re: 84 wet weather problem
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:23:19 -0800
  ...distributor cap and rotor and spray the >ECU and Flowmeter plug and inside the Flowmeter. > >After sputtering and blowing out carbon the van seems...
• Re: Performance Cams.....to cam or to ratio rocker....that is the question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:34:41 -0500
  ...Then the valves making the airflow around these is tricky and the one place we want to influence the air flow the most. The...
• Re: Questions from a Vanagon Newbie-switchoff timer?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 00:25:26 +1200
  ...The VW is a horrible cooling design as there is no natural >convection flow. What happens is that you have very hot engine and...
• Re: Inside the Air Flow Meter / AFM
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:33:10 -0800
  ...Inside the Air Flow Meter / AFM The guys at gowesty, with the help of folks splitsecond in orange county, have engineered a system that...
• Re: AC Ducts Repair
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:41:43 -0400
  ...The plastic material of the center air flow duct, which is fastened by two mounting screws to the ceiling of the passenger compartment, can...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:16:19 -0500
  ...I realize the two symptoms you describe would cause flow > >> into the expansion bottle, but this happens in a correctly working > >> system too....or...
• Re: Removing the rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 16:58:50 PDT
  ...The heater you pulled out has a flow restrictor to limit the flow through the heater when the valve is opened. When the valve...
• Re: Winters in the van...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 15 Nov 2002 21:28:24 -0500
  ...I have heard of this upside down flower pot on the stove heating scenario. What I picture is something like a 5 pound coffee...
• Re: Oil cooler installation 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:15:20 -0700
  ...The flow direction through the cooler has no effect on cooling (just think about this for a minute). Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Exhaust solutions for inline convert
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 26 May 2012 18:14:12 -0400
  ...x-flow head. 50 degree. > > Stock twin downpipe manifold doesn't foul motor mount but it's > uncomfortably close. So besides Don Hanson (who...
• Re: Governors (i.e.-rev limiters)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 3 May 1996 12:31:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...When it flows enug, the vane swings out and slows down the flow, and slows the motor. There is a spring with a set...
• Re: Long, but true, saga of Galley Space
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:44:23 -0500
  ...A circuit breaker limits the total current flowing through the circuit so you don't burn up the wiring. A G.F.I. limits...
• Re: Jetta 2.0L conversion
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 09:09:51 -0400
  On what type of vehicle? If you are really concerned about "getting better flow" one of the listees has an DIY oil filter study...
• Re: Anyone have a good rear heater core for sale?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Dec 2013 22:45:47 -0500
  ...I think they should be looped, any opinions? All you do by looping is reduce the flow to the front heater. Yrs, d
• warranty
  Historical mailing list - Sergio Derada
  Fri, 7 Jul 1995 15:22:49 -0500
  Does anyone know what the warranty on an air-flow sensor part is ? I had mine changed 8K miles (6 months) ago and seems...
• Re: groovy flower stickers
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 26 Oct 2002 21:24:51 -0400
  I think Rocky Mountain Motorworks sells magnetic versions, for people who want a less permanent solution. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org...
• Re: OT: Gardening
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 05:36:36 -0700
  ...t?" Check/clean the grounds. "Why do my 'pot-o'-gold's produce a million buds and no flowers?' CO2 sensor is bad. Robert
• Re: Vanagon/Westy theme board games? Cards?
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:30:57 -0500
  ...http://www.dealclick.co.uk/product/12084875/VW-Camper-Haynes-VW-Camper- Flower-Playing-Cards.php Miguel
• Re: Fridge go POOF!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 5 Jul 2013 00:05:16 -0500
  Must have been air! I disconnected the tube from the tank to the pump and water flowed (slower than I expected but still flowed...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care! - more b-l blurb
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 00:54:41 +0100
  ...Downstream, where the laminar flow has become > > > turbulent, the air flow quickly dries the dew. > > > ============================================================== > > > STOLEN MATERIAL ENDS > > > > > > Since the further you move away...
• Re: Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:43:52 -0600
  ...The air mass meter obviously has to > > flow > > > better ........since the air does not pass through a small squareish hole > > , > > > like it does in...
• Re: Use Air Cooled Fuel Pressure Regulator on WBX?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 20 May 2012 03:26:07 -0400
  ...The only possible (not likely) issue I see with using a tee is turbulence/noise/restriction where the two flows are constricted, meet, and...
• Re: CO Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 28 Feb 1995 15:29:32 CST6CDT
  ...seems to be a function of high miles on the engine and an aging air flow meter. but don't run out and replace...
• Syncro running terrible
  Historical mailing list - TkJa
  Tue, 12 May 1998 01:06:42 EDT
  ...We swapped out the air flow meter, no difference. We swapped the ECU, no diff. We unplugged the O2 sensor, no difference. We didn...
• Re: flow to radiator from water pump How fast should it be?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 18:20:26 -0500
  ...Unlike the radiator there's no flow in this location to create dynamic pressure. -- David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 VW Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic...
• Re: flow-through muffler -> cool cat -> FAILS emissions
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Wed, 9 Apr 2008 10:25:47 -0500
  ...Apr 2008 10:15:54 -0500 > From: aarondpearson@HOTMAIL.COM > Subject: flow-through muffler -> cool cat -> failes emissions > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > my...
• Re: rear ventelation question
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 17 May 2018 18:54:48 -0700
  ...I have always considered the channels in the door to be blind passages, as I have never known air to flow from them regardless...
• Re: Oil Cooler Install
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 10:20:17 -0600
  ...The cooler is in a decent air flow area that can have improved air flow with just a metal flap to direct the air...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:45:21 -0500
  ...There are results that show enhanced flow as well as reduced flow when compared to the stock system. The primary issue often comes down...
• Re: Oil cooler installation 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:58:04 -1000
  ...during warm up, when main coolant flow is blocked ( except for heater circuit ) coolant flows through the oil cooler ( but not main circuit ) to...
• Re: Missing Problem on Ljet Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 21:17:18 -0500
  ...After cleaning them ultrasonicly, and flow testing them, the injectors flowed within 3% of each other. I installed them this afternoon and voila, the...
• Re: What does an Air flow meter do?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 21:44:57 -0500
  ...tell you what the air flow meter > (which I'm assuming is the same thing as the air flow regulator or air box) > does...
• Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 23 Apr 2018 10:20:53 -0700
  ...Could the alternator voltage regulator be blocking positive flow to fuel pump 30 while engine is off and while the starter turns the engine...
• Re: my own coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:51:41 -0500
  ...Coolant is always flowing in the Westy (at least for the 2.1). Lost of pressure cause overheating. Same for the oil cooler, it...
• Re: waterboxer overhaul and coolant problem fix?
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:26:07 -0700
  ...Another option to reduce hotspots is to increase even flow. This can be done through polishing and maybe also through some coating as well...
• Re: Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 19:16:02 -0400
  ...interesting without some kind of controller to adjust > fuel flow to match the air flow. It depends on the car, I think. A lot...
• Re: Path of coolant in radiator
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:58:50 -0300
  ...Go to Ben's Site: > http://www.benplace.com/cooling_system_flow.htm > > Tom > http://tomrowsell.com > > On 6/23/05, tabe johnson <xtabe...
• Water filters
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Sun, 2 Sep 2007 19:03:00 -0700
  ...Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms...