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• Re: Westy safety
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 01 Oct 1996 13:05:54 +0100
  I can send you pictures of crash tests (Vanagon and EV) offered by VW. Is it that you are looking for? Helmut '80 Camper...
• Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kurpius
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 10:18:53 -0800
  ...If anyone has the gas tank on their van pressure tested, please post your experience. Jim K. 84 westy aka "brown van" SF, CA
• California standards question
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 20:10:12 -0800
  ...On the older vehicles in CA you are sometimes required to go a "test-only" smog station. Apparently older vehicles are picked at random...
• Re: Green Cylinder O-rings
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Tue, 23 May 2000 21:58:37 EDT
  Marshall, I confirmed by gasket failure and the compression gas in the coolant with an "block tester"... you can get one of these at...
• News about Trasco & acidity testing
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 10:54:53 -0800
  Dear Everyone, After I sent an email to Trasco, I just got a personal phone call from Trasco regarding the acidity testing. The good...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:40:26 -0700
  Total emissions are never part of smog tests in the US. Thus a legal big engine can put out more total pollutants than a...
• Re: You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:41:35 -0400
  ...Decreases the accuracy of emissions testing (we have had cars that never passed the old idle emissions test, pass the dyno test!) 3. Increases...
• Test/ Hello
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:34:04 +0000
  Hello out there; I am trying to see if my posts are posted.  Last test garnered only one response.  My hopes are high, but...
• Re: testing for email delivery
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 3 Feb 2020 15:15:23 -0500
  ...Stephen Mobile > On Feb 3, 2020, at 2:41 PM, Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@IP-SOLUTIONS.NET> wrote: > > testing...
• Testing script
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 08:57:02 -0400
  > Roger >Testing to see if my posts are readable I found that composing in Word or some such would put in some garbage, even...
• Testing, testing -- is this thing on?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 08:08:01 -0800
  Squirrel to Vanagon community, this is Squirrel calling the Vanagon community. Do you read me, Vanagon community? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia...
• I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - The Buslady
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 22:10:37 EST
  ...YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEHHHHHHAAAWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (that was the scaryiest thing ive ever done in my life...the drivew test is harder than a class 'c' test) the buslady
• Re: Testing fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 22:49:09 -0500
  I have tested the injector spray on an 82 air cooled by pulling the injector and aiming it into a plastic jar. This was...
• Re: Running rich.....me too
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:40:12 -0400
  ...Once you know that's ok, then do the flow test for the injectors per Bentley. Doing these tests will point out 99% of...
• Re: [Syncro] VC Rebuilder Interviewed
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 16:10:44 -0400
  ...These tests won't tell much about the proper test with the VC when it is installed inside the vehicle. I think the Jim...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:29:10 -0800
  One of the list members has one of each, Testarossa and van, and I tried to talk him into combing the two. But he...
• Re: 85 Vanagon Blowing Smoke
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 01:16:18 -0400
  ...For sure you have an internal coolant leak, do this test: http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/pressure_test.htm We will see after this...
• more idle calcs...test fuel supply
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:08:22 -0800
  One thing about testing this theory with a small reservoir of fuel: The Digijet system (like L-Jet) recirculates the fuel at a fairly...
• Re: Vanagon's and Carburetors - Again
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:49:34 -0700
  Volks, There are even locations in California that don't have emissions testing! The problem is ... there are still emissions! Kim ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:51:46 -0500
  ...when do we see photos frm the Keys trip 06. *************************************************** http://pages.infinit.net/eurokit/floride2006.htm (sexy pictures of me included) Compression test...
• Re: California law (smog)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:15:53 -0500
  ...All gasoline vehicles up to 1975 are EXEMPT from the biennial (every two years) smog test and smog test for vehicle ownership transfer. Up...
• Re: Battery overheating
  Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 19:26:38 -0400
  ...Huh? > > > >It starts right up, and I saw that the battery had 14.3 on one test and 15.3 > >volts on another test...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:21:59 -0700
  On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote: > While emissions tests suck their main purpose is to...
• Re: Enhanced Auto Emissions Test in NJ
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 08:51:48 EST
  ...Thankfully my van was due for inspection only a month before the test was initiated, but after the new contractors started. During this time...
• Re: You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 09:10:24 -0500
  ...Decreases the accuracy of emissions testing (we have had cars > that never > passed the old idle emissions test, pass the dyno test!) > 3. Increases...
• Re: To test a Thermo time switch, air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
  Sat, 10 Dec 2016 01:32:22 +0000
  ...Hi to all, It is an old air-cooled engine.  Has starting trouble cold.  I am to test the Thermo time switch.  I can...
• compression and leak down test
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:35:29 -0500
  ...Am I supposed to test at tdc or bdc? I also made a pressure cap to test my coolant system. It seems to have...
• Re: Emission Testing.....PASS!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 19:53:22 PST
  ...the readings: >> >> HC (ppm) CO (%) CO2(%) Minimum > >> Test Max 0220 01.20 04.0 >> >> Initial Test readings 0022 00.00 05.5 >> ^^^^^ >> Inspection Result...
• Re: Uniform Tire Quality Grading, was: Michelin MXT Specs.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 14:44:54 -0400
  ...Wear rating tests are conducted on a specific 400-mile course in Texas, and use the "NHTSA Course Monitoring Tire" to adjust for day...
• Re: test to see if list is working
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 13 Jan 2025 18:29:45 -0700
  I haven’t checked for a couple weeks but did receive Your test ~ > On 9 Jan , 2025, at 7:59 AM, Mark McCulley <mark...
• Brake resonse post appears to be blocked,
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:34:06 +0000
  As a test, pull up hand brake and then try. If pedal firms up with brake pulled, then problem is in the brake set...
• Re: Testing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 21 Mar 2022 22:06:24 -0400
  ...Eric Caron > On Mar 21, 2022, at 5:57 PM, Rowan Tipton <rowan@DRAGONHOME.ORG> wrote: > > I did... > Quoting ddbjorkman@verizon.net: > >> Testing 123...
• How to do compression test--85 vanagon? (and EGR valve)
  Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:18:08 -0400 (EDT)
  Listers, Could someone write up for the list how to do a compression test, for someone whose never done it before!?!? Also, where is...
• Re: Typical Tune UP
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Wed, 19 May 2004 21:14:45 EDT
  Chris You should ~~~~~~~~ Readjust the valves // Not For The Average do it yourselfer Run a compression test to see how each lung is doing...
• did anyone else get "test only" smog checks this year in CA?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 08:44:15 -0700
  "test only" were the only kind of renewal notices I got for the last 2 or 3 renewals that required smog checks on my...
• Re: Compression test - cold vs hot?
  Historical mailing list - steve d
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 17:04:02 -0000
  If the engine is a non-runner then relying on a hot compression test is going to be hard so you just got to...
• Re: California Smog Test 2008
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 21:33:06 -0700
  ...http://www.smogcheck.ca.gov/ I think you are referring to the low pressure fuel evaporative test which you can find out about here...
• Re: Use Fuel Pressure Tester to Test Cooling System Pressure? (engine running)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 21 May 2017 16:53:54 -0400
  ...If you remove the rubber from an old valve stem, the brass tube inside gives you a fitting to attach your tester to an...
• Re: compression testing... on the bench
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:35:51 -0600
  ...Has anybody >>>bolted a bellhousing and starter to a longblock on >>>their workbench and tested the compression? (i know it >>>is a cold test...
• Re: Failed emission test
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:19:18 -0700
  ...I failed the first emission test because the idle RPM was above 1200 during the idle test. The HC reading was only 56 and...
• Re: 86 Camper: Voltage light sending unit; fuel pressure emission test; for sale in California
  Historical mailing list - Silvia Carranza
  Tue, 8 Sep 2009 06:18:01 +0000
  ...Voltage light sending unit; fuel pressure emission test; for sale in California Sent: Sep 7, 2009 7:46 PM --snip-- 1) I believe that...
• No Juice to ECU?
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:04:06 -0800
  ...I order a new ignition coil before any testing cause of time and my old one was pretty trashed. Still no start. So this...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 22:38:00 -0400
  It would be helpful to give us the test readings and the requirements. The major difference in the Federal and CA versions for that...
• CA Smog Check Waiver ( was Re: emission ethics)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:29:40 -0700
  ...Vehicles in Smog Check I counties are not dyno tested, just idle and 2500 rpm no load test. Smog II which comprises of most...
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Mon, 3 Aug 2015 13:14:52 -0700
  ...85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test. > > > > Would lesser experienced testers not take into account that the charcoal > > canister normally allows air to vent out...
• 87 Cruise Control troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:07:41 -0800
  ...I went through the Bentley troubleshooting diagram with a test light and passed the first several checks, including the tests for the clutch and...
• Re: Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 10:33:14 CDT
  ...the bentley test (as i remember) is >> 'if it hummms/vibrates, it's working'. ? >That's an interesting test. I can just see the...
• Pressure testing the Propane tank on a westy
  Historical mailing list - steve delasalle
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 00:22:16 -0700
  As my propane tank is 20 years old and looking quite tatty I'm going to get it pressure tested. Can anyone tell me...
• Re: Bench Testing switches
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 13:28:26 -0400
  ...Bench Testing switches I have been suffering for a while with the fact that my dash pod lights are not working. I checked the...
• Re: Fuel Line replacement - Fuel pressure test?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:36:11 -0700
  there are fuel pressure tests outlined in the Bentley requiring the use of a fuel pressure gauge. One of these tests is for residual...
• Re: How does a leak down tester work???
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:56:16 -0500
  ...A leak down tester applies a regulated pressure to the cylinder > under test and the resulting pressure in the cylinder is read as a...
• Re: Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:14:27 -0500
  ...when do we see photos frm the Keys trip 06. >> >> *************************************************** >> >> >> http://pages.infinit.net/eurokit/floride2006.htm (sexy pictures of me >> included) >> >> Compression test...
• NC 80 Vanagon Emissions testing concerns
  Historical mailing list - David Rankin
  Wed, 6 Dec 95 11:48:18 -0500
  Could anybody in the state of North Carolina tell me how your Vanagon (mine is a 1980) is dealing with emissions testing. I called...
• Re: O2 sensor testing
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:27:40 -0800
  ...O2 sensor testing I'm a big fan of replacing it at the least sign of trouble. If you haven't replaced it in...
• Re: Compression test
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 May 1997 16:45:33 -0400
  ...a tsp of oil to the cylinder and repeating the compression test. > Think compression will go up with oil if it is the rings...
• Testing coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:48:25 -0400
  ...I put it in water and test the continuity between the two probes. Current should flow between the two probes. Yes or no? I...
• Re: 85-H20 loss of coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:31:01 -0700
  'Stant' brand cooling system testing tools and products sells an adapter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Newhouse" <travisnewhouse@gmail.com> To: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel...
• Re: Super high HC on smog test - help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:41:57 -0400
  ...Super high HC on smog test - help Hi - Just took my 83-1/2 water cooled westy in for smog test. I'm in...
• Re: Battery testing solution
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:52:07 -0500
  ...Battery testing solution I like your test, good idea. Won't the resting voltage of the battery tell you it's state of charge...
• Re: Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:10:56 -0700
  Our vans would have to go to Test stations with "the highest performance ratings" whatever that means. Which means there would be fewer places...