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• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 25 Jun 2020 22:03:21 -0400
  ...the vent line > manifold; > -nylon clamp plier to pinch-off the LH head vent, disconnected from the > vent line manifold. > > Thanks, all, for your...
• Re: Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 15:27:41 -0400
  ...2.2 >bar HUH? If the engine was running at the time, not ok as it's connected directly to manifold pressure. You should...
• 1.9L Engine parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kenneke
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:58:06 EDT
  ...Airbox Airflow meter Exhaust headers Throttle body ECU Distributor Intake manifold Fuel Injectors If anyone is interested in any of these parts, contact me...
• Who sells exhaust manifold studs?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:24:28 EDT
  This is really about changing my exhaust on my 1984 Vanagon. A follow up question of sorts. I saw some very rusted studs holding...
• Induction air flow rates
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:38:53 -0500
  ...intake flow rates that go to the engine through the intake manifolds. What would be the volume of air going into an engine at...
• Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:12:51 -0500
  ...So, Oettinger turned the intake manifold > > by 180 degrees. > > > > Does someone know, how this would be possible? > > Or, is the intake manifold from a...
• Re: Oil pressure wire rubbed bare?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:23:53 -0800
  ...wires must blow around when going down the highway and get on the exhaust manifold. I routed my replacement wires up through the valve...
• Re: '88 Exhaust help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 20:56:48 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '88 Exhaust help Hi gang, I recently had to replace my header pipes and 2-1 manifold. I'll...
• Potential bad Brake Master Cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:29:18 -0400
  ...goes from the brake booster to the intake manifold, plugged the hole in the intake manifold (Mercedes Benz Wheel Lugs work perfect for this...
• Re: Manifold measuring - is this right?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:28:25 -0700
  ...Bentley's doesn't give >> a procedure for checking intake manifold vacuum so I'm winging it. I let >> the engine warm up so...
• Re: 1997 EV/Winnebago
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Sep 1996 10:03:55 +0200
  ...Check http://www.thepoint.net/~bwhite/corrado/faq/vr6engine.html I don't know what this variable inlet manifold will do with the EV...
• Re: 83 x-over or collector pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Sun, 1 Dec 1996 22:31:21 -0800 (PST)
  On Sun, 1 Dec 1996 RFulg65717@aol.com wrote: > Anyone know what the exhaust pipe is called that goes from the exhaust > manifold to...
• fuel leak repair cost 1 penny
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT A COPICH
  Mon, 17 May 1999 08:04:09 -0400
  Well as I was driving through rural PA my fuel rail broke sending gas all over the exhaust manifold. No help in sight. I...
• Re: Broken manifold bolt
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 07:57:07 EST
  Rick, I don't know what damage other damage may have been done. When I had my rear exhaust pipe replaced, there was a...
• Interesting Diesel Power Boost?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Lynch
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:46:17 EST
  ...There's an article on injecting regulated amounts of propane into your intake manifold to increase the efficiency of the combustion cycle. Supposedly increases...
• Re: 1.9 exhaust manifold repalacement
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 14:56:23 -0500
  At 02:18 PM 2/6/2002, DOUG ELLEDGE wrote: >well. I did need to throw in an oil change as there was no...
• Interesting yard sale find: Freon
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:45:47 -0400
  ...Ran across a really interesting yard sale this weekend, and for $5 ended up with a nice AC gauge manifold and hoses, and 18...
• Re: Overland TDD conversion details
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 17:27:39 -0500
  ...Vacuum pump vacuum increases with RPM, manifold vacuum is related to the throttle opening. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "Everything is...
• Re: engine swap muffler solutions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Woolridge
  Mon, 5 May 2003 14:49:37 -0230
  ...My mechanic says that by using a diesel exhaust manifold of a vanagon I could get the old muffler back on. However, my attempts...
• Putting exhaust back together--question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:30:04 -0600
  ...At the big flange between the cat and the manifold pipe, there is a iron ring gasket, and three bolts go through the mating...
• Re: What Do I Put In The Sugject Line?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 6 May 2011 15:01:08 -0700
  ...I had a new throttle body gasket, new > manifold boots, new intake manifold gaskets, and sections of new vacuum > lines. I tore it all...
• Re: AFM Voltage Ratios
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 14:11:49 -0500
  The relationship between manifold absolute pressure (or vacuum) is not directly related to airflow. Yu can low air flow and high vacuum, high airflow...
• Re: The idle speed controller is not in the ECU on the 2.1
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 May 2010 12:59:24 -0400
  ...The ISV is rubber-mounted on top of the manifold, and the controller and its socket and wiring are forward of the right taillight...
• Re: 1966 Split Bus - What Carb ?
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 09:35:55 -0700
  ...The holes for mounting a 28 & 30 to the manifold are different. The manifold may have been changed also! For a 30 PICT-1...
• Re: Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:25:45 +0000
  ...Why not use the stock manifold? You have to bash the body panels in anycase, and have the throttle valve at the rear of...
• Re: Turbo question Water Jacket Seal failure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Kellerf
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 08:51:08 -0700
  ...Very nice work on the Honda Turbo manifold. How would you suggest that a Vanagon turbo mount be constucted? My concern is that the...
• Re: EGR on '81 Vanagon Westie
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 19:01:59 -0700
  ...requisite exhaust > components to tie the egr tube from the intake manifold to the exhaust pipe. > So the way it is set up, the...
• Re: Throttle valve positioner
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:26:15 -0500
  ...One is bigger, I think that this goes to the manifold for >vaccum. the other goes to the carb? There are 2 hose connections...
• Vaccum Source For Fuel Pressure Regulator.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 22 May 2001 23:15:43 -0800
  ...brake booster on the engine's driver side of the intake manifold. I believe that is the only true vacuum port available. I inserted...
• WANTED: 5 spoke 15" VW alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - bryan duggan
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 01:17:10 -0700
  ...at $695, would consider less for it. 2. Fuel injection parts: manifolds air cleaner air flow meter 3. Used heads (50,000 miles) 4...
• Re: A kinky Subi picture
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:01:43 -0700
  ...more sexy, bare metal, > those shinny intake, that "dirty" big manifold /4 in 1.... > > :-) > Ben > > Sudhir Desai wrote: > >> That's so clean!!!! I'm...
• 2.1 wbx oil tower, vent, function
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 23 Aug 2023 08:59:23 -0700
  ...In short, my understanding is… the crankcase vapours are allowed to travel up thru the tower and then into the intake manifold when there...
• Re: Antifreeze Removal
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:01:41 -0500
  ...To remove the shield I would need to loosen one or more of my > studs to the exhaust manifold. Is there a quicker and...
• exaust removal woes
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:32:45 -0400
  ...The goal was to replace the manifold gasket at cylinder 1, so the manifold had to come off as the studs were damaged. Of...
• Need mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Bart Holmquist
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:39:56 -0500
  ...The exhaust manifolds both need replacement but the muffler shops here in Lincoln, NE want nothing to do with it. I would try but...
• '71; brake vacuum hose substitute
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Covington
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 17:26:19 -0500 (EST)
  ...vacuum hose that runs from the master servo to the intake manifold? What's on there has stuck me with its protruding wire for...
• Re: Waving (Was: Van reactions)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:19:28 -0700
  ...naw dude, i have a key stashed above the left exhaust manifold and a couple rubber hoses running from just above it |o) heats...
• Re: weber help anyone? FIXED
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:35:00 EDT
  ...The carb is a year old, and was running just fine until it suddenly died and started spewing gas onto the manifold. It had...
• Re: Requested suggestions - cleaning crud (carbon deposits) from valves / ports in cylinder head
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:32:22 -0800
  I'm no expert, but I have heard (on this list I think) of putting diesel fuel in the intake manifold and reving the...
• Re: It is pretty easy to work on, that Inline 4 transplant motor...
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 4 May 2007 03:31:39 -0400
  a tool to take the exhaust manifold c-spring clamps off can be made from a regular exhaust system U-clamp. take the nuts...
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  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 16 Oct 2017 09:57:12 -0400
  ...One of the toilet bowl clips is missing as is one exhaust manifold stud. I replaced studs and used brass nuts previously. I would...
• Re: Diesel Westy oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:10:32 -0800
  ...I notice a small amount of back pressure when I blow into the hose when it is connected to the intake manifold, which seems...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 10:29:43 -0700
  ...I should mention that I have several carb sets for sale; Dellorto FRD 34's with both single port upright and type III manifolds...
• Re: Eurovan engines...was: Re: Which is it?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:18:05 -0800
  Scott, The '95 2.0 liter engine in my 82 Westy is using a 1.8 Golf-Jetta intake manifold and head, 2.0...
• Re: sometimes it just won't go...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 09:25:37 -0600
  Tried the propane, and the engine did speed up when it was applied near the obviously-cracked intake manifold hose. Bought four replacement hoses...
• Re: Where to adjust Gas Pressure on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 Jun 2000 22:32:23 -0400
  ...to a fixed pressure of 2.5 bar (36 psi) over manifold pressure. It is not adjustable and must be replaced if it fails...
• I-4 conversion begins
  Historical mailing list - John \"Shaggy\" Donovan
  Mon, 7 May 2001 19:16:57 EDT
  ...headway, parts wise at least! I aquired an intake and exhaust manifold from a 82 Quantom wagon also. so now it's time to...
• Re: Last question of the night
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 00:49:35 -0500
  ...you should see the regulated pressure of 2.5 bar over manifold pressure -- about 36 psi I think with engine stopped. If you're...
• Re: AC Compressor Mount Bracket Removal - 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 19 May 2004 16:24:01 -0500
  ...Unfortunately, the two towards the front of the car are under > the manifold runner, so you will need to remove that if you want...
• Vacuum from Brake Booster?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:37:45 -0700
  ...it comes out of the throttle body just behind (rear is rear) the #4 cylinder's intake manifold, then swings forward and through the...
• Re: Rust removal.
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:27:45 -0400
  ...Lots of work to do say a exhaust manifold.Best for small areas.
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:37:17 -0700
  ...I was thinking I might remove the oil breather, alternator, coolant > manifold if required. The engine runs but I might end up parting it...
• Re: do we have a vacuum leak?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Harris
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 21:10:58 -0400
  ...My conclusion from my test was manifold > vacuum should be 15". Yet no one has stepped up to the plate and said > they're...
• Cracked exhaust manifold on '84 -- 1.9
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 24 Jan 2002 10:57:38 -0800
  ...Cracked exhaust manifold on '84 -- 1.9 > Hello List > The engine noise was getting louder over a period of a month. I thought it...
• Help! 1.9 idle/ stalling problem !!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 06:50:20 -0700
  ...When I got to work I lifted up the engine hatch and low and behold one of the intake manifold boots (the drivers side...
• Re: Fridge flame box gasket?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Wed, 10 May 2000 10:58:36 -0700
  Hi temp RTV sealant? I've actually used it on V-8 and V-6 exhaust manifolds with success. Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro...
• sealing exhaust parts
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:27:41 EDT
  ...but the leaks are at both ends of the "J " pipe and at the exhaust manifold. Small leaks that I can feel at these...
• Re: Welcome to Turbonator.com !
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:10:54 -0400
  ...the swirling mass of air do when it >> reaches the intake manifold? It stops swirling as >> the four intake runners draw air from both...
• Re: fridge combustion chamber--cruddy
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:33:27 -0400
  ...the inside and will rust 365 days a year.Maybe POR15 manifold grey will coat t his pipe on theinside.Good to 1400degrees F...
• Re: TD/TDI noise?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:22:02 -0800
  ...Awesome engines--just clean out the intake manifold, or better yet, trick the 'puter into defeating the EGR On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at...