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• Carb problems (34 PICT 3)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 05 Sep 1995 18:52:11 +0600
  ...I'm almost sure that this is due to a real rich mixture, as all that gas is just sitting there. Anyone got any...
• Re: Emissions shuffle - quick fix for test
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 13:55:08 -0700
  ...I ameliorated it a little this morning by fiddling with the idle screw and the mixture-control screw. . .should be okay till next Tuesday...
• Re: '85 Westy Camper: What to watch for?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 19 Aug 1998 08:49:52 -0400
  ...Interestingly, if the coolant mixture is wrong enough that it no longer conducts sufficiently, this too can cause the light to flash. And of...
• Carb problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 20 May 2003 14:55:20 -0700
  ...It smoothed out when the 2nd barrel opened proving a richer mixture. I just used some form-a-gasket to try and seal it...
• Re: O2 sensor output voltage test
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:25:11 -0700
  ...Mine reads fairly steady at .91 > volts, I believe this is a working sensor reading a rich mixture, correct? > Thanks
• Re: manual thermostat / heaterflap control?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 21:45:33 -0600
  ...Engine load, rpm, ambient, FI mixture. Am I forgetting anything? Al Brase Dennis Haynes wrote: >If the flaps need to fully open in cool...
• Re: all my R12 is gone..? (bummer)
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 25 May 2005 16:21:50 -0400
  ...one chemical..A blend will act kinda like a water-oil mixture. The lightest chemical will leak out first(all a/c systems leak...
• Re: how many quarts of fluid go into the cooling system?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:21:15 -0700
  ...The mixture of anti-freeze/coolant to water is up to you and your environment (read the bottle). Ciao -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 14:04:35 EST
  ...advance the curve, richen the mixture or a combination; believe that is > > not crucial but nevertheless a problem. > > > > One solution - glancing through Bentley's...
• Tiico / Vagcom / Mileage - Kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 31 May 2002 14:07:37 -0700
  ...00561 Fuel Mixture Adjustment 14-10 Adaptation Limit (add) Exceed - Intermitent 00525 O2 Sensor (G39) 03-10 No-Signal - Intermittent At this point, I...
• Re: Failed emissions for third time
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:42:02 -0400
  ...The place I took it to said it was running rich and they adjusted the timing and mixture. Then th
• Re: Bus queries/hot start
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jul 95 12:25:33 EDT
  ...Usually I associate a hard starting hot engine with an overly lean mixture - but everything seems ok in that respect.... TIA DC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 17:16:28 -0700
  ...Oil Pressure Gauge Oil Temp Gauge Coolant Temp Gauge Head Temp Gauge Exhaust Temp Gauge Oil Level Gauge Air-Fuel Mixture Gauge Remote Tire...
• Re: WTB A/C gauges and vacuum pump
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:08:11 +800
  ...I will use a propane/butane mixture which is totally legal and more effecient that R12 or R134A >Grace Audio Engineering wrote: >> >> I am...
• Re Gunning's stab : '85 Westy/ Wild Surging @ Idle
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Wed, 12 Jul 2000 17:03:05 -0700
  ...As to the fuel/air mixture, I'll check it out. Being all fire & air myself, I know that's always a challenge. And...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 23:25:53 -0500
  ...Repeat one hundred times: "Voltage comes from having oxygen on one side and not on the other, hence a rich mixture that burned up...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 20:21:03 -0800
  ...This is due to slight differences in mixture >>> >>> >> amongst >> >> >>> cylinders with the leaner one failing to "light up". This is that crazy >>> intermittent miss...
• Re: Cold Engine Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 09:53:27 +0000
  ...On > > a cold engine the computer assumes the fuel pressure is set and gets no > > feedback if the mixture is too lean or to...
• Re: Dometic Fridge experts: help!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 23 May 2002 03:48:26 -0400
  Sounds like a rich mixture -- gas pressure too high, orifice too big, holes in side of burner tube blocked somehow. But--that would show...
• oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:43:09 -0500
  ...You seem to indicate the number of times a minute the mixture changes rich to lean or oxygen sensor voltage goes above and below...
• Re: 15" wheels/gearing and the Ti engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:39:10 -0800
  ...As far as the mixture goes, the ECU is smart enough to adjust the injector firing time to compensate for the lower fuel pressure...
• Re: At Idle: AFM Flap, CO Screw Relationship. Explanation Found
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 8 Jul 2012 03:54:24 -0400
  ...that air bypassed this flap >and that the mixture was controlled by adjustment of air only, via the >CO screw. Not true it seems...
• Re: My van runs like crap when it's cold.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:45:58 -0500
  Steve, what year is your van? It could be temp II not enrichening the mixture when it is cold. More likely it is that...
• Re: low idle, let's take some bet's!
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:42:03 -0600
  Sometimes the throttle body plate is worn, allowing an incorrect air/fuel mixture, resulting in idle problems. Warren in Santa Fe 88 Westy "Billy...
• Re: Won't run
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 07:29:21 -0500
  ...The thermo time switch sounds like one possibility, or a bad head temp sender (which could be leaning the mixture out too much once...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:09:14 -0600
  Hi Mikey, When you see the light show be happy, your van is burning a perfect mixture. Darrell Boehler ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Ray...
• idle surge solved?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Whitby
  Mon, 13 May 2002 08:42:17 -0700
  ...The last two things I tried were Fiddling with the mixture screw on the AFM while adjusting idle speed Put an extra ground on...
• Ron in Europe 8/6-8/116 - Cropredy?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:35:39 -0400
  ...Incidentally, this trip is a mixture of business and pleasure, and we (myself, my wife Evon, 4-year old Haley, and another couple with...
• Re: About coolant
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:28:31 -0700
  ...has a higher specific heat than does glycol or glycol/water mixtures. However, the glycol raises the boiling point significantly, and *that* is the...
• Re: Super high HC on smog test - help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:41:57 -0400
  ...Mixture screw only effects idle but if you can change the mixture, then O2 sensor not working properly. Fuel system pressure and injectors Exhaust...
• Re: THE DIRTY WORK
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  30 Jun 1995 09:51:14 -0700
  ...diesel ) just results in a mixture that has two separate volatility components. Sorry to shout but this could be the difference between having a...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:19:14 -0700
  ...there was recently a post giving a link to adjusting the mixture screw >> on the air flow meter.. >> it was quite good.. >> semi-involved...
• Re: Adding Anti-freeze
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 11:27:02 -0700
  ...Is that a problem? Should I > add some in? what is the mixture (water to coolant)? > > Thanks. > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > COGBOX is a flex-service advertising agency...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 15:09:47 EST
  Fellow Suffragons; I have a hard time believing the O2 sensor only affects 1% of fuel management. I know for a fact that a...
• automatic transmission adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:05:10 -0700
  ...The selector to linkage part just above the spare tire was incredibly dirty with a dirt and grease mixture. So dirty, that I couldn...
• Re: gas prices- a canadian perspective
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 22:36:33 -0500
  ...alcohol/FAQ.htm > , ethanol burns cooler ONLY if you adjust the mixture and timing > accordingly. when if you pour oxygen-rich ethanol into an...
• Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 18:55:35 -0400
  ...just dial it up a bit and cram > > more air/fuel mixture into the cylinders... > > Don't think so. The speed of a belt...
• Re: 79-83 CA exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 08:10:33 -0600
  ...I run an 81 California van L-Jetronic system on my 78 westy and love it, always a near perfect mixture. No more fiddling...
• Re: [Syncro] Dometic Fridge experts: help!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 23 May 2002 00:11:04 -0700
  Carbon in the combustion chamber would indicate faulty fuel/air mixture or impurities in the gas. This may be related to your blowing out...
• Re: little green box
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 18:06:09 +0200
  ...Yes, No, Maybe so? This is obviously the O2 sensor, it measures the fuel mixture and tell the ECU how to adjust the fuel...
• Re: NOx high
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:05:57 -0600
  ...When timing is right both will be at a good pass reading (your mixture may have to be adjusted a tweak if you don...
• Re: Replacing Propane Regulator Advice?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:55:16 -0500
  ...The required air mixture range for propane is a lot wider also. There is a reason propane is not allowed in many tunnels and...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor HELP.....
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:39:24 -0700
  ...I have been told a rich mixture tends to wash the lubricant off the cylinder walls increasing ring wear. At least do some Google...
• Rare sighting/speed stickers
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Bebb
  Tue, 08 Jul 1997 23:32:44 +0100
  ...So it could have several, with a mixture of MPH and KPH - just to confuse you. Regards, -- Malcolm Malcolm Bebb bebb@embetech.demon.co...
• Re: need 1.9l digijet FI website/info
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 29 May 2001 13:24:40 -0300
  ...It will stumble a bit a lower RPM's/light throttle, due to rich mixture I suspect. tx to all, I've now seen...
• Re: Loss of power at altitude
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 08:48:45 -0800
  ...At 8K ASL, you will have significant power loss even though the ECU/Lamda/O2 sensor system is providing the correct fuel mixture. Now...
• Re: it will actually freeze
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 10 Oct 2003 09:38:37 -0400
  ...ASF6/680.html> is a fairly good visual of the temperature:mixture ratio at the point where the ethylene glycol will not have the...
• Re: Not a propane-craving spider? (Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:00:53 -0500
  ...what else can that fellow do to fix the > air/fuel mixture on his right burner? > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 71 VW Type...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:22:35 -0700
  ...it in my mind that when the full throttle switch closes it just > puts the system into open loop thereby enriching the mixture. > > Mike >
• Re: Weird "idle" problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:34:52 -0400
  ...a slightly over rich mixture and/or over advanced timing is giving you the slightly high idle until the mixture leans out again. With...
• Re: testing Westy prop tank w/o propane?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Mar 2012 20:48:21 -0400
  ...If there is any liquid in there adding compressed air cam make the mixture inside flammable. It is very rare for the tank itself...
• Other problems for today: Lots of smoke
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Thu, 20 Jul 1995 15:15:51 -0600 (MDT)
  ...It can also be related to the mixture screw on the back of the fuel pump. But, what is not clear is why would...
• Re: spark plug orientation affects performance?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:41:15 CST6CDT
  ...However, depending upon combustion swirl in the combustion chamber, the front of gas/air mixture may actually approach the plug from the rear. I...
• Re: EV Screens
  Historical mailing list - Drew B. Farenwald
  Tue, 25 Mar 97 13:16:21 EST
  ...our MV? Is it engine timing? Tires? Richness > of fuel/air mixture? Any thoughts? We usually get 14-15 around town in the > winter...
• Re: High Idle with A/C on
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:51:55 -0700
  ...idle is higher because a cold engine needs a richer fuel mixture to combust properly (or so i think) so i don't believe...
• Re: gutted catalyctic
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:51:25 -0700
  ...Will leaning the mixture >screw cure this? I thought the ecu did this automatically through readings >from the co exhaust sensor. Any advice other...
• Re: Cleaning Seats
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 21:56:52 -0500
  ...BJs and Cosco I think, add a little to your detergent mixture. This stuff really works! You will want to vacuum it again when...
• E Check
  Historical mailing list - John Patton
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 01:21:46 -0400
  ...If you drove across country excessively rich, your catalytic converter could now be damaged as a rich mixture overheats the cat. A non-functioning...
• Re: First South African 2.6 engine conversion done!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:08:03 -0700
  ...1) check your mixture (use an exhaust gas analyzer) 2) check your injectors and fuel pressure 3) check your ecu (swap it out see...
• Re: O2 Sensor Idea (long)
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:28:28 -0400
  ...Leaning the mixture might give you ten. Who knows.