Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 18+: 60 results shown for Injection Valve.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• My fool injection
  Historical mailing list - Brent Jarvi
  Fri, 3 Feb 1995 09:00:18 EST
  ...Turns out I lost two valve seats on seperate cylinders. remedy rebuild or replace. Well I wanted to put a larger motor in and...
• preventive hose replacement
  Historical mailing list - Tim High
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 00:49:47 -0800
  ...It finally quit when one head melted around the exhaust valves killing all compression. The smell of burning aluminum is not one of victory...
• Re: Eurovans future (now-vw does not make sportscars)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 20:04:48 -0400
  ...access for repair, a crude mechanical fuel injection system, and solid lifters that required regular valve adjustments, not needed on other cars it competed...
• Re: Running on Tap Water - attempt at de-confuscation
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 16:55:04 +0100
  ...Running on Tap Water > My understanding that water injection was a mix of water and methonal. > Water injection was used in supercharged WWII fighters...
• Re: coolant leak story
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:04:40 -0800
  ...I have the 2.0l ABA block (93 Jetta) with a 1.8 8-valve head (92 Jetta, etc.) running Digifant injection in my...
• VW Parts and equipment for sale (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 12:23:22 -0800 (PST)
  ...Part # Quantity Description Comments 111 101 483 2 Valve cover gaskets 36 HP 113 101 483 2 Valve cover gaskets 40 HP 3 Self...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:17:28 -0700
  ...Sure, low compression and fuel injection issue come in 2nd and >>> 3rd, but I don't have hot and cold start issues which both...
• Re: Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:39:03 -0700
  ...Engine Removal > > > > When I was much younger and inexperienced I sent a BMW 2002 head to a > > machine shop for a valve job. They...
• Re: Another operating temp question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 24 Dec 2001 15:42:11 -0500
  ...0 air-cooled engines is limited to stock displacements, fuel injection and stock valves sizes. I would be hard pressed to change my ways...
• Re: newbies questions...
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 01:33:22 -0700
  ...After replacing/checking every component in the fuel > injection system, my mechanic finally called Bosch.. They told > hime to do the > things he had...
• Re: 1st Most important specialized waterleaker measurement device
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 06:44:26 EDT
  ...the days that some list member isn't describing a fuel injection >problem that the digitool would probably identify quickly, someone >else is >describing...
• Re: Did I adjust my valves/lifters right?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 14:06:34 -0600
  ...to fit the 091 > vanagon > case? > 72 bus converted to fuel injection? 73 412 SW converted to 4 > speed?Nissan > diesel to Land Rover...
• Re: 1st Most important specialized waterleaker measurement device
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 04:16:20 -0500
  ...the days that some list member isn't describing a fuel injection >problem that the digitool would probably identify quickly, someone else is >describing...
• 2L 914 into '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Paul Schiemer
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:51:32 -0400
  ...We took out the injection and brain, replacing fuel supply with a Weber 2 bbl (32/26). The clearance for the carb was about...
• Re: Vanagon Acceleration Times
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 00:57:49 -0500
  ...figure I'll explore a later model injection system with more air flow capacity on the intake side. Alternate would be big Webber Carbs...
• Re: LVC: TDI Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:30:23 -0400
  ...the left side of the inlet manifold.????? There is the EGR valve with a can looking diaphrigm on the top at the entrance to...
• Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:28:19 -0800
  ...Of course diaphragm pumps only had to be protected from the bug stuff that could jam a valve or actually bloc a line. That...
• FS: CDN 91 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 18:40:15 -0800
  ...CDN$25,950 The first thing you need to know about this van is that it has a (new) Weber carburetor, not Fuel Injection...
• Re: oil pressure problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 18:14:42 -0400
  ...So, my diagnosis is that > the oil pressure relief valve is probably at fault. > > Question 1: do people on the list agree with my...
• Re: B. Bobs day at the dyno and the importance of fuel air ratio update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:11:38 -0500
  ...past week and looked over the fuel injection system in my 84 camper with the big valve engine. As I previously reported I inspected...
• Re: Preparations for Rough Roads
  Historical mailing list - Jeanne Maly
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 22:18:24 -0700
  ...Unfortunately for me, it was pre-fuel injection and > pre-syncro. So, I'm attempting to settle on a list of parts - this being...
• Da 2-liter boat (and tech help?)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 19 Sep 1995 12:57:21 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The pistons on this 2 liter are dished, and the valve train is hydraulic. I'm going to use the stock '73 Solex dual...
• Re: YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil... [follow-up]
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:16:39 -0700
  I sure would like to have seen the oil pressure relief valve that was plugged in the closed position. The design makes it much...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bel
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:01:19 -0700
  ...compression temperature has > been lowered through early closing of the intake valve and the expansion > cooling that brings. > > Thanks to these improvements, VW claims...
• Re: Upstream Fuel Filter dissection results
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 07:04:08 -0700
  ...However, with Electronic Fuel Injection, maybe the "brain' would know enough and compensate the mixture if the fuel source got restricted, and you would...
• Re: vanagon syndrome plus poor gass economy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:08:28 -0400
  ...The idle valve does nothing when you are not at idle. Let me know if I can help you, Ken Wilford John 3:16...
• Re: STP Gas Treatment
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Mar 2011 21:58:01 -0800
  ...the can develope fuel injection problems of course ....which need to be corrected properly. That's what really goes wrong on them in terms...
• Re: Why no bolt-on HP upgrades to the 2.1 WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2012 01:05:27 -0400
  ...As a comparison my 1992 600 SEL has EGR, Air injection reaction (air pump into the exhaust), 4 valves/cylinder with variable intake cam...
• Re: Bio Diesel Vanagon Photo Booth
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:06:05 -0800
  ...For anything 'prior to' electronicallay controlled direct injection TDI's ...the AAZ is the way to go. ( you can get a purly mechanical injection...
• Re: Dollar a gallon ethanol production?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:52:12 -0500
  ...Bromberg at MIT(they are the ones behind the post valve closing direct ethanol injection research going on there) they were impressed/interested that...
• Re: Fuel leaks/fuel lines/clamps, etc., 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 May 1999 09:57:08 -0400
  ...Fuel leaks/fuel lines/clamps, etc., 82 westy Hi Volks, I am having a dilemma with fuel injection leaks around my connections that is...
• Re: Engine question just curious (long winded reply)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:49:33 +0000
  ...Pulled the engine out of the bus for a valve job before I even had a learners permit. That was 1976. Dennis Sent from...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 26 Nov 2013 16:49:07 -0800
  ...My Vanagon >>>>> can't be used because it doesn't have the Digifant injection system. >>>>> >>>>> So, we need either: >>>>> >>>>> Someone with an oscilloscope or...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 14:48:37 -0500
  ...I must confess that my instinct would have been to remove the r/h valve cover and check the valve positions on #1 but...
• Re: oil pressure problem
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 19:32:06 -0400
  ...So, my diagnosis is that > > the oil pressure relief valve is probably at fault. > > > > Question 1: do people on the list agree with my...
• Re: Replace 1.9 with a 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:34:18 -0800
  ...auxiliary air valve and hoses can connect as before. use your 1.9 distributor and igniter with your 1.9 fuel injection system...............I...
• Re: Mazda RX7 oil cooler on Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
  Fri, 22 Feb 2002 13:39:50 +0800
  ...I'm wondering about a stuck relief valve, ie, when I put the thicker oil in, if it pushed the relief valve down into...
• Re: Fuel Injection Cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 10:58:23 +0000
  ...this > hose consists of a threaded adapter to go on a can of 3M cleaner, an > on/off valve, and a brass fitting at...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 20:07:07 -0700
  ...Our conversion kit is complete and comes with a new >2.0 liter, 8 valve zero mileage engine, "plug & play" wiring harness, ECU, >manifolds...
• Re: hesitation from a stop and replacing afm
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:15:28 -0800
  ...Terminal coolant leaks, rods flung through the side of the block, non-stop fuel injection problems, people afraid to take their families anywhere off...
• Re: white clouds out of the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:24:24 -0700
  ...blocked oil >> pressure relief valve- high oil pressure- hydraulic lifters- open valves- >> no >> compression. Nothing to do with the parts I paid for. >> >> #3...
• Re: Thermostats especially in colder weather
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Sat, 27 Jan 2018 14:17:20 -0700
  ...The Vanagon > > system makes its operation critical as it really is a mixing valve set up > > and in colder weather with all of that...
• Re: WESTFALIA ADVICE NEEDED! (Long) (Bus Summary Included)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 1 Feb 1995 12:59:10 -0800 (PST)
  ...time or the valve timing won't be quite right. I believe that many of the bugs in the fuel injection were worked out...
• How far is this Vanagon insanity going to go?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:19:14 -0600
  ...The volume of moisture isn't sufficient to render you engine non-functional but could account for engines racing slightly from water injection in...
• Re: More new parts for your winter projects!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 2024 17:49:22 +0000
  ...13 on the chart. | | | | | | This is a brand new crankcase vent valve but it is only for the air cooled 1600cc carbureted Vanagon that...
• Re: question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 07:34:35 -0400
  ...Far better to do this a as a "pre-emptive" strike, than wait for a valve to drop and wreck the whole works. There...
• It Pings...It Pings...finally
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 06:39:26 -0700
  ...After struggling with the fuel injection system on my '80 Vanagon for the past two weeks I think I finally got it fixed. It...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:28:51 -0700
  ...there are two kinds of fuel injection it could have ..one is CIS easily identified by numerous braided fuel lines running 'everywhere' almost ....bit...
• RE: 87GL A/C Condensate Drain Tube ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Sat, 28 Jun 97 15:54:58 UT
  ...I removed the "duck-bill" check valve and used some 1/2" vinyl tubing to run through the air intake chamber - notched out the...
• Re: New Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 18:40:33 -0400
  ...The new 2.4's also have variable valve timing which is supposed to improve mileage by 8-15%. It also has internal twin...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:05:21 -0700
  ...For fuel injection > system > > > you > > > > can use CIS, CIS-E, DIgifant 2, Motronic. > > > > > > > > I find Digifant 2 the esiest fuel > injection. > > > > ('88-'92 Golf...
• Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:06:43 -0800
  ...Not so many on a diesel. > > Mark > > > Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > > Yes and when your injection pump needs rebuilding I will cost the equivalent...
• Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:22:16 -0500
  ...Carburetor instead of fuel injection, > > ignition timing, Valve timing, O2 sensor, compression ratios, even gear > > ratios. All these items can have an effect on...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 09:45:58 -0800
  ...MAP Sensor Power Steering Connectors Idle Air Control (IAC) Valve Connector [Uses Original IAC Valve] On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 9:15 AM...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Re: For Sale: Volkswagen LT35 in SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 04:13:41 +0100
  ...To give you an idea of build quality, the current LT35 TDI > diesel has an all-gear valve train drive so there's no...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 09:40:30 -0700
  ...compression temperature has > > been lowered through early closing of the intake valve and the expansion > > cooling that brings. > > > > Thanks to these improvements, VW claims...
• Diesel and Gasoline facts (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Tue, 26 May 1998 10:43:33 -0700
  ...burning pistons or valves. If the mixture is too rich you end up with an increase in carbon deposits. In Gasoline engines there are...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:56:01 -0700
  ...For fuel injection > system > > > > you > > > > > can use CIS, CIS-E, DIgifant 2, > Motronic. > > > > > > > > > > I find Digifant 2 the esiest fuel > injection. > > > > > ('88-'92 Golf...
• Re: distilled water & wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 02:59:07 EST
  ...I noticed substantial corrosion at the heater control valve after removing the heater hose. Said I: When did you change the coolant last? Said...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:09:51 -0600
  ...I know it would do better with a regular turbo injection pump and a different exhaust, but I like the clean aspect of it...