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• Braided coolant hose - red strip - where to get it??
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 6 Jun 2017 06:08:47 +0000
  Hi all! The Vanagon has lots of braided coolant hoses - i believe they are 7mm - in the engine compartment.  They used to be made...
• Re: Engine compartment lid
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:18:41 -0700
  this... http://www.autozone.com/sandpaper-and-body-repair-tools/heat-shield-material/thermo-tec-36-x-60-in-super-sonic-mat-for-sound...
• Replaced Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Fri, 13 Aug 2010 18:33:37 -0400
  Vanderers, For those who appreciate such news, I replaced the engine compartment fuel lines today. Later this weekend I'll move forward with new...
• Battery placement in 69 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 07 Jul 1996 16:17:58 -0400
  ...the passenger side of my 69 bus to the drivers side engine compartment, other than the fact I will have to have longer cables...
• Re: no power in 4th
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Isn't there a vacuum line(s) running from the distributer up to a small box attached to the top of the engine compartment...
• Motor Mount Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:29:04 -0700
  ...to get to the nuts that are accessible from inside the engine compartment (as opposed to the bolts that are easily accessible from underneath...
• Re: location of bleeder valve
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:17:15 +0200
  Jeff and Deb wrote: > My 85 Bentley manual shows a picture of a coolant bleeder valve in the > engine compartment. The problem is that...
• Got AC Belt, now to put it on
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:23:27 -0400
  ...I'm staring into the engine compartment and it looks like I have to pull off that hose to the upper coolant reservoir. It...
• Re: Cheap mechanics
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 16 Jun 2005 19:58:05 -0700
  In a Syncro, that fuel tank sender ground point is back in the engine compartment, below the ignition coil, on a bolt with some...
• Re: protect your van from fire!!! metla engine lids FS
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 04:48:32 EDT
  ...That's how I met my Vanagon Westfalia-I rescued it from a junkyard, cleaned and painted the burnt engine compartment (oven cleaner helps...
• GTI Swap
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 8 Aug 1999 09:06:08 -0500
  ...Where exactly is it located in the engine compartment and I'll tell you if I have it. PS. I wanted to get my...
• Re: Vanagon w/ Olds V8 in VW Trends
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:41:53 EST
  ...The one engine tiny engine compartment PIC in the magazine article looked like a mid-engine installation with a 423ci (?) IIRC. MSDS installation is...
• Re: 87 HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 06:35:56 -0800
  ...Part >(again I thought) is at top of coolant expansion tank in rear corner of >engine compartment. New part doesn't look like old...
• Re: 1.9 no start (flooded)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:34:46 -0500
  ...by the time I crank it and then get back to engine compartment, >I'm not sure of true reading. It's showing about...
• Re: Alternators correction!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 15:21:00 -0700
  ...places on engine compartment wall >>> 14.23-14.25 > > There's your half volt drop right there. Alternator to engine, engine to transmission, transmission...
• engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 23:36:03 -0400
  ...with how the accelerator cable hooks up and works in the engine compartment. Thanks for any insights! Mark -- Mark 1990 Westy (2.1 - manual)
• Re: 84 VVanagon GL: Coolant stays in Round Coolant Reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 19:59:42 -0800
  ...the more-spherical, >less squarish-one on the corner of the engine compartment near the left rear >blinkers). When the coolant gets hot it...
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 12:56:32 EDT
  ...Have someone slowly depress accelerator pedal while you listening engine compartment. As the linkage starts to move you should hear the switch click. If...
• Re: Preventing a fire in your vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sun, 23 May 2004 02:36:08 -0500
  ...of retaining any fire in the engine compartment. The standard plastic cover just melts and allows the engine fire to spread and consume the...
• single/doublecab rear decklid locking latch?? same as late bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:38:12 EST
  ...it was nice to be able to lock the engine compartment so nobody would futz around with the engine.. does anyone know if the...
• Re: Exhaust banging on startup:'87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:01:52 -0700
  ...Sometimes > when I start the engine, I hear a thump from the engine compartment. When > the engine "catches" the torque causes the engine to...
• Re: vanagon spotted on TV
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 13:49:51 -0600
  ...Then they >>> hotwired it under the steering column with no attention to the steering >>> wheel lock. >>> The shots of the engine compartment looked realistic...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 1 Oct 2010 14:36:37 -0500
  ...And the precautions that are recommended in jump starting instructions are given for vehicles with engine compartment battery placement. BTW, just due to no...
• Re: VR6 in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Mon, 9 Jun 1997 09:42:32 +0000
  ...I found an article in 'VW Scene'. > Not very technical, but there is a picture showing the engine inside > the engine compartment. It extends...
• Re: Engine overheating
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:58:43 EST
  ...around the top of the engine compartment) to the top of the thermostat housing. When I replaced my engine and all hoses last year...
• Re: Door vents
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 1 Sep 1997 10:18:22 EDT
  ...I don't believe that this ductwork goes into the engine compartment to be used for heat, especially since I can still get the...
• Re: Blinking temperature light
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:16:42 -0700
  ...the answer was replacing the sensor at the tank in the engine compartment. Cleaning it provided temporary relief, a new sensor fixed the problem...
• Water from a/c dripping everywhere!
  Historical mailing list - Gordon C Smith
  Wed, 30 Oct 1996 08:30:03 -1000
  ...The a/c works well, exept that lately there is a lot of water pooling on the rug and over the engine compartment. I...
• Re: South African Secrets Revealed (Ken comes clean!)
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 09:54:47 +0100
  ...German Westies are shipped with these as an option for additional storage room on top of the engine compartment. Helmut '80 Vanagaudi
• Re: Pictures
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 00:37:57 EST
  ...just a storage compartment.. the gauges are on the dash of karl mullendore's syncrowesty with the TD engine.. chris
• Re: cruise control doesn't
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:31:55 -0700
  Check the fuses and then look for a loose wire in the engine compartment. Check the Bentley wiring diagram, my aftermarket unit hooks up...
• Clean those ground connections!
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 11:08:54 -0500
  ...Finally I cleans the grounds in the engine compartment (not the tranny to frame ground...yet). All those issues seem to have disappeared, like...
• Re: Digijet Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:12:53 -0400
  ...front of the coil on the l/h side of the engine compartment. > That would be my *guess* Some of those little green boxes...
• purpose of fuel hose sleeves
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 7 Nov 2008 15:10:03 -0500
  Are the white plastic/vinyl "sleeves" on the fuel hose in the engine compartment there mainly for protection against abrasion, or as heat shields...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:16:28 -0700
  ...His solution is to use space in the engine compartment, in front of the right tail light, for the battery. I don't know...
• Re: '89 Vanagon 10 years of Curiosities and Observations
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:11:51 EDT
  ...effecting engine performance could be caused by bad plug wires, bad distributor cap, rotor, plugs, or bad grounds in the engine compartments. Your window...
• Re: Van Dies, Relays clicking...
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 12:11:03 -0800
  ...He hears relays clicking >several times(like the two in the engine compartment) while he is turning it >over. Then cranks it again with...
• 81 Westy Break/Engine qusetion
  Historical mailing list - Mike Lawrence
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:15:18 -0800
  ...I have replaced almost all the vacuum & fuel lines in the engine compartment, put in new plugs, point, condenser & a new BugPack header & muffler...
• Re: FIRE!! How did it happen? How to fix?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 19:18:43 -0400
  ...Pics at > > http://home.comcast.net/~tomyoung1/Engine_compartment.jpg > http://home.comcast.net/~tomyoung1/engine_compartment_lid.jpg Hi. This is a late...
• fuel hose sizes from tank to after pump
  Historical mailing list - Ed Duntz
  Fri, 3 Nov 2006 16:33:47 -0500
  ...to 7mm out of pump to another connection and off to engine compartment. CA models and '86 and up had the following: 2.1...
• Any Vanagons in or around Indianapolis whose engine wiring I could take a peek at?
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:43:39 -0500
  If I could take a look at your engine compartment and take a few pictures I might be able to sort out some missing...
• Re: [vanagon] Aux. Battery in Engine Caompartment?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 09:48:28 -0500
  ...an Optima then I should consider installing it somewhere >in the engine compartment. Sounds like a great idea to me. I've been Hey...
• WTB: Vanagon with auto transmission (bus, weekender, westy, syncro)
  Historical mailing list - k1cajun
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 07:44:49 -0500
  ...bed, including the cushion for over the engine compartment. I really prefer the 2.1liter engine, for the extra horses and familiarity, but might...
• Re: I win!!! the worse ever "westy part" picture...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:53:13 -0600
  ...tubing ejecting the heat helps to cook the engine and every thing in the engine compartment. One might sacrifice the tubing by insulating it...
• Re: Battery Location - Rear Behind RR Taillight
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:17:14 -0700
  ...If you are inside the >> engine compartment, then the backside of the taillights would be facing you. >> Then the outside of the taillight where...
• Re: Idle Vanagon Question - upgrading engine
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:53:39 -0700
  ...It > fits in the engine compartment like it was made for the vehicle. > Several places do the installs, if you don't want to...
• Re: battery in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:48:01 -0500
  ...battery in engine compartment How to start.. well all of the Diesel vans put the battery on a shelf in the engine compartment for...
• Re: A/C question...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 09:03:06 -0400
  The high pressure fitting is not in the engine compartment on the newer vanagons. It is located under the plastic cover that hides the...
• Re: Rear hatch vibration Why all vanagon sound alike
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:30:07 -0400
  ...It covers most of the steel area of the rear hatch and seems > to work fairly well at reducing vibration noise and engine compartment...
• Re: cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:25:02 -0800
  <<i was thinking the same thing - but wont drawing in warm air from the engine compartment reduce HP? isnt cold air more dense, and...
• 1.9l waterboxer Engine Complete FS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:50:20 EST
  ...It comes with pretty much everything that is in the engine compartment (it was removed for a engine conversion and I just unhooked everything...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 00:47:16 -0400
  ...rotary engine in person it was on the Mazda RX8 (never saw the engine compartment on the RX7 or other wankel engined vehicles). I...
• '66 progress, timing question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 10:27:10 -0700
  Hi all, Well, I finished painting my engine compartment yesterday. I had hoped to do it Friday or Saturday but it was very windy...
• Re: FUNKY-SOUNDING VANAGON ENGINES!
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:54:02 -0500
  ...rack in the Vanagon's engine compartment that will >enable the mounting of one or more Harley 1200cc engines, directly fed >into the tranny...
• Re: 1.9-idle probs&mixture
  Historical mailing list - Scott W.
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 06:19:51 -0800
  ...it is in the right hand corner towards the front of engine compartment if i know what im talking about, and i have not...
• Re: Burnt Wires!!-Please look and advise
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:36:14 -0700
  ...The engine compartment wiring harness was melted together, from right side engine compartment to left, beginning at one of these two wires that go...
• Re: Do you know that your vanagon air duct may be clogged?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:59:24 -0400
  ...in the driver's side? I believe the plastic cover is to prevent heated engine-compartment air from entering the air intake. Yours, David
• Engine compartment door hinge
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 06 Sep 94 13:20:53 EDT
  Anyone know of a good way to effect repairs on a hinge whose mounting holes have stripped out? (the ones in the body, not...
• Re: Temperature Gauge Going Crazy...
  Historical mailing list - Nancy E. Dodge
  Sat, 20 Jul 1996 17:27:17 -0700
  <<I suggest checking the cleanliness/secureness of a few connections in the engine compartment.Two things can cause the light to flash:>> Thank you...
• Re: Block Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 09:33:16 -0500
  ...sells the electric "block heaters" that install in one of the engine > compartment coolant hoses? Karl & Kristina Bloss - Trexlertown, PA US West Trip, Nov...