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• Plug fouling & gas in oil problem....
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:03:00 -0800
  ...My VW mechanic informs me that his motor rebuild is complete. He has established that the original problems that done in my motor in...
• Re: Vanagon running on vegetable oil
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:32:06 -0400
  ...Chris Car hums on used vegetable oil Gary Clark's vehicle smells like french fries but that's a small price to pay. BRIAN...
• Re: heater core change-out
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sat, 20 Jun 1998 17:00:48 -0700
  ...As to the "tee, " it has been suggested to me that the VW boxer has enough weak spots in its contrived-to-fit-an...
• Ok...still running rich problem....
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Mon, 8 Dec 2003 22:18:10 -0500
  ...I can smell it. I am sure that my hard starting of the van if it stalls before warmed up is related to a...
• Re: Brake question......
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:45:08 -0700
  ...one foot on the brake the whole way...not noticing the smell of hot....Could also happen in a stick shift, I guess...Some...
• Re: Diaganosing Fuel Injection Systems
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 08:56:59 -0500
  ...Also I believe your engine has a cold start valve, that's probably where you're getting the smell from. But by the same...
• Re: valve cover and vacuum question -1.8 Gas conversion
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:47:17 -0400
  ...Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler 92-Jetta GWC www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/vw4x4.htm On...
• Re: Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 3 Jan 2012 23:06:12 -0500
  ...Gas Vapors >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> I noticed today where the fuel smell is coming from. Just under my seat >>>>>>> where the tank under me I saw today...
• Re: Campfire coffee, was: Heater for Winter Camping
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 23:29:31 -0800
  ...We got ours at a small shop in Bath, England while traveling through Europe in a VW camper last year. But I'm told...
• Replace Engine After Burn?
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:02:35 -0800 (PST)
  ...When I opened it up, it looked mostly like pluming steam, though I smelled burning stuff similar to rubber. It took about five minutes...
• Re: mysterious running problem on 84
  Historical mailing list - John Flaherty
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 20:03:49 -0500
  ...It's apparently getting too much fuel, it pukes and smokes > > and > > smells like gas, it just gradually (and quickly) loads up till it...
• Re: Stuck in Alturas with electrical mystery
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:45:46 -0400
  ...somehow? The >exhaust smells fine at >idle, not rich..but I have caught a few whiffs of exhaust that smells a bit >"musty" at...
• Gas mileage / emissions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 13:13:01 -0400
  ...Anyway, it has about 6000 miles on a VW remanufactured longblock. The water temperature sensors have been replaced, along with all of the tune...
• Corvalis Or. person looking at syncro in Spokane Read this!!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 14:10:21 -0800
  ...GEX engine (Not VW factory rebuilt)... I can keep going, but will stop here. If you want to know more, please feel free to...
• Re: Classified Ad Sources for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:35:04 +0000
  ...The ad was days old, but I emailed the seller who promptly replied it was still available and sitting at a VW shop (engine...
• Re: 22.5 Gallon Winkler Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 12:19:16 +0200
  I have no experience with the winkler gas tank, but it is imported from VW of South Africa, where this tank is used stock...
• Re: propane valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 07:51:50 EDT
  ...When I went out to the garage this morning I could smell propane. Tightening my fingers around the blue plastic cover of the control...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:08:45 -0400
  ...Tailpipe smelled very rich. We applied this method: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=356377&highlight=afm+adjustment to adjust the...
• Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 09:30:55 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I can smell gas when I'm > >>backing out of the driveway. > >>first or second try. The second is that there's something screwed...
• Replace Engine After Burn?
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:06:26 -0800 (PST)
  ...When I opened it up, it looked mostly like pluming steam, though I smelled burning stuff similar to rubber. It took about five minutes...
• Proofing a Heater Core
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 00:05:34 EDT
  ...it's made by the same manufacturer who supplies them to VW. Sure). It must have taken a few thermal cycle to open the...
• Re: NO spark 2.1L Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 17 May 2003 05:49:50 EDT
  ...I smell fuel > but no start. I have power to coil. Coil tested good, replaced anyway and > still no spark. I am running out...
• Solution Found -- !! Help Needed DC - Baltimore Area, '81 AC Westy Won't Start !!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 21:04:57 -0600
  ...He said he smelled gas but the van didn't crank after turning it over with the fuel pump disconnected then reconnected afterwards (it...
• Re: 84 westy front seal leak
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:04:46 -0700
  I hope your mechanic verified that it was engine oil leaking, and not transmission oil - check the oil for a sulphur smell, usually present...
• Bostig's first e85 powered Zetec was: E85 in vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 21 May 2007 16:56:22 -0400
  ...Dave Mari [mailto:vw4x41987@YAHOO.COM] Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 2:58 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: E85 in vanagons...
• Re: Aux Battery Blow Up
  Historical mailing list - MissVeeDub
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 09:12:14 -0700
  ...Custom w/Ford 2.6 '81 Yamaha XS400 Special II http://vw.blue-skywebdesign.com/ -------------------------------------------------------- "Well-behaved women seldom make history." - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
• Re: Unfortunately have to say goodbye to the list
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Thu, 9 Sep 1999 10:32:02 -0700
  ...This will clear out the muck & ensure that damp smells won't appear. Pull out the upholstery, wash it down & leave it out to...
• Running Trouble
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 13:08:45 -0800
  ...It smells rich and vibrates like a dead cylinder, but then it will smooth out and run great again. The problem is most common...
• Ok....Still having rich running problems....anyone with a warm garage close to York,PA?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sun, 7 Dec 2003 19:01:46 -0500
  ...I can smell it. I am sure that my hard starting of the van if it stalls before warmed up is related to a...
• Re: In praise of VW inline fours
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:58:16 -0700
  ...All VW knew to build > were aircooled-VWs. The waterboxer was the > last 'horrah', the last true VW engine from the > VW corporation. It...
• 85 Vanagon:Replace Engine After Burn?
  Historical mailing list - James Cook
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:31:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...When I opened it up, it looked mostly like pluming steam, though I smelled burning stuff similar to rubber. It took about five minutes...
• Re: soundproofing and seat tracks, ad nauseum
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 15:53:25 -0700
  ...once it is done offgassing i think we'll be in good shape...but i am already used to the smell and it's...
• Re: help me understand US emissions control strategy.(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:02:48 -0700
  I could be wrong, but I believe VW was selling TDI diesel cars all along, in the 'other states' besides the 5 states that...
• Re: Diesel Powered Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 07:35:26 -0700
  ...But I've still not heard of any cam bearing failures on VW I4 engines, and we've had more than a dozen in...
• Re: 80 d Thermostat rocks
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:32:18 -0400
  ...And now the last mechanic (a good guy but not a VW specialist) said it had a "funny smell" but didn't think he...
• gas prices and a wonderful place to visit
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 6 May 2006 20:19:09 -0500
  ...There are lakes, too, warm enough to swim in at the moment, and at this time of year the whole place smells like honeysuckle...
• Re: Ohh those VW gods...billowing blue smoke.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:05:40 -0700
  ...Ohh those VW gods...billowing blue smoke. | |and..... |of course, |it's not that likely that all 15 of the other studs are fine...
• Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 7:46:36 PDT
  ...If it stalls though, it is very hard to restart and > > >sometimes there is the faint smell of gas. Is it possible for it...
• Fright Night!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 Mar 2001 21:06:23 -0600
  ...I reached out and touched it, smelled it. GAS!! Puzzled, I got a flash light and looked up underneath, and as I was watching...
• Re: Electronic Rustproofing?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:27:18 -0700
  ...As an employee > of a VW dealer during high school, the new VW Beetles came from > Germany with this wax sprayed on them so...
• Re: gas in the oil
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 13:36:32 -0500
  ...that nice smoke in the back in the morning with a nice breeze of fuel smell! Leaky mean they leak slowly, like overnight, it...
• Re: fuel tank source
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:52:43 -0700
  ...Although VW went to a 11mm tank outlet late in production, I question the wisdom in eliminating the pre-filter setup done say around...
• Re: Car-top carrier advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 04:19:50 +0100
  ...top of a vw > bus/vanagon/eurovan. Although it wouldn't be a bad idea for carry all our > wet smelly paddling gear after...
• Re: ADVENTUREWAGEN molds - further update
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Sat, 5 Feb 2005 14:39:58 -0700
  ...The rest is labor - it's dirty smelly work. A proper fiberglass shop has the cost of eviromental considerations and regulations. A guy doing...
• Hesitation - temp 2 FIX Done Revise - Computer Resetting?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:23:42 -0400
  ...it ran great good power solid take off smooth on accel and decel didnt have the raw fuel smell that its been known to...
• 87 thermostat replacement
  Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
  Tue, 28 Oct 1997 11:12:21 -0800
  ...We drive over to the local VW guru, no he doesn't have one, phone the local VW wrecker, no he doesn't have...
• Re: fuel leak, '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 27 Nov 2011 08:23:46 -0800
  ...its connection to the tank. > > I have never noticed a gasoline smell after filling up, and I have never had a > leak (overflow?) like...
• FW: Euro-Drive: FIX 80 Volkswagen vanagon, No-start
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 08:54:18 -0400
  ...Ecu looked good, smelled ok, but would not ground the injectors. A used one did the trick. Dr. Dave. ____________________ ORIGINAL MESSAGE: _____________________ van towed to...
• Re: Repairing Front Heater Core
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Wed, 13 Nov 2002 18:03:43 -0700
  a cheap but highly unrecommended by vw is to use a radiator stop leak solution. i have heard of the stuff causing problems in...
• Re: In praise of VW inline fours
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:16:52 -0400
  ...All VW knew to build > > were aircooled-VWs. The waterboxer was the > > last 'horrah', the last true VW engine from the > > VW corporation. It...
• Euro-Engine: FIX 86 Volkswagen Vanagon, Cooling, Overflow tank
  Historical mailing list - "Michael Aiu Taber (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 21:13:07 -0400
  ...Only VW phosphate free anitfreeze has been used since then. Water pump replaced at 77000 miles. The problem with the van is that the...
• Re: '85 Westy problems -- already.
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 08:11:55 -0700
  ...Gave AAA a call and had her towed to Merrillville VW, Audi & Suzuki where we were greated ("Top 'o' the morning to ya.") by...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 12 May 2004 16:28:39 GMT
  ...With biodiesel, they even smell better than >gas exhaust. Not so - I wish it were true: Not trying to pick a fight, but diesel...
• Re: NVC Re: VW, honour, and culture
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Tue, 29 Sep 2015 19:07:01 -0600
  ...noise, smell and > health affects. > > And I'd sure make them so they can't idle more than say 4 minutes .. > VW car owners...
• RE: '83 Vanagon woes
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 02 Jan 1996 08:46:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Steve Maher smaher@gi.com '80 V6anagon '71 VW Transporter
• Re: Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Mon, 10 May 2004 21:26:16 -0400
  ...defective? I many attemps to start the motor, I didn't smell any gas odor. > > So once the distributor cap, the rotor and the...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:10:17 -0700
  ...I recall the smell of tube radios, with their phenolics and waxes, and remember trailing Dad to the local drugstore to test tubes. If...
• Re: T/S blown head gasket
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 20:59:18 EST
  ...Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe P.S. What is robot works? On Wed, 15...
• Looking for new adoptive parents in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Aurora Laing
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 22:49:09 -0800
  ...Well his heart is from a 1990 VW Fox. Only about 60k or so on the motor I think. Strong runner, with lots of...
• Re: Running Trouble
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:21:50 -0500
  ...Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "VW Addict aka The Bus Nut" <solomon_scott@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001...