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• Re: HELP in Riverton, WY - Engine Flooding
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:07:12 -0700
  ...intake to let it air out. His first guesses would be coolant temp > sensor, AFM, and cold start valve. �I replaced temp sensor a...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:08:04 -0700
  ...not stopped at all. > > the exhaust being off is OK...........O2 sensor is not involved in cold > starting. > OBD-I or OBD-II........? > if...
• When the lights went out in GA. (engine too)
  Historical mailing list - Todd Thompson
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 16:43:30 EDT
  ...cleaned that off. (no start) 2) check the air flow sensor. not too familiar with it but it moved ok but dirty. (no start...
• Re: '88 Westy Vacuum leak diagnosis input
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Sep 2024 09:51:15 +0000
  ...Noticing a sucking sound coming from the general area of the airflow > > sensor. > > - It runs rough every time I start up, but eventually smoothes...
• Re: Different Kind Of Valve Adjustment Question? NOW What's next?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:18:38 -0700
  ...The > Haltech coolant temp and air temp sensors are only 3 months old, so I > don't suspect them. The timing is right on...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Wed, 27 Nov 2013 06:33:47 -0800
  ...do, as the amount of air being > admitted is only a small fraction of the total air intake when the > waterboxer is working.) Thanks...
• Re: 25 MPG Wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:45:42 -0400
  ...The O2 sensor was disconnected. I haven't accurately checked the gas mileage since getting here as I've been using the air conditioner...
• Re: sometimes it just won't go...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 7 Mar 2011 13:59:58 -0800
  ...a crack in the rubber hose between the intake pipe on #3 > and the air accumulator on top of the engine, but it doesn...
• Re: Tiico: a2 fuel rail installation HOW TO
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 19:23:13 -0400
  ...The map sensor (on the bottom of the tbody) will be snug agains the end of the fuel rail. Put the air-intake elbow...
• Vanagon Winter Storage and or annual inspection
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Fri, 8 Oct 2010 14:16:37 -0400
  ...ends? ___ _____ Visual check air intake system, AFM, check electrical connections? ___ _____ Vacuum Idle: _______ 4000 rpm: _______ ___ _____ Tune up parts Cap, Rotor, Plugs, Air Filter, distributor, coil...
• Re: The "Other" System: Motronic (long)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 12:12:12 -0700
  ...Hot wire intake air measurement: No moving parts eliminates the vane-type AFM. Better compensation at high altitude. Crankshaft position timing: More precise timing...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:18:37 -0700
  ...the gas escapes and goes into a >> tube into the air flow intake system. Now I am explaining this in the >> most rudimentary way...
• 85 cuts out/dies when hot - HELP! stranded in Pueblo, CO
  Historical mailing list - William Grace
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:28:58 -0700
  ...the first time, the hose from the crankcase breather to the air intake boot (about 1 inch diameter hose) was sucked flat in the...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 21:52:41 -0500
  ...poorly designed intake system. Over advanced > ignition timing will also add to this as the advance timing will require > much less air and fuel...
• Re: Propane Conversion for Vanagon--head north!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:43:07 -0800
  ...A weak mixture was to be avoided to prevent back- >firing at the air intake. After this period, it was re-tuned >which produced...
• Re: strange idling behavior ? (long post with plenty of diagnostic hints)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:30:08 -0800
  Did you do a careful visual inspection of the engine, and ALL hoses and fittings in the air intake system ?? if it uses an...
• Re: Intermittent Ignition miss, no start,or rich running, need help!,LONG
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:57:26 -0400
  ...The air temp sensor also responds correctly with a negative temp coefficient, and appropriate resistance. The coolant temp sensor measured correctly, although I didn...
• Re: '88 Westy Vacuum leak diagnosis input
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:29:16 -0700
  ...Noticing a sucking sound coming from the general area of the airflow > >> > sensor. > >> > - It runs rough every time I start up, but eventually smoothes...
• Saturday adventure
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 18 Apr 1998 18:09:47 EDT
  ...for Charlie's brake booster hose, where it connects to the intake air distributor. Gus came along as we rode in my '81 -- I...
• Re: 85 westi FS for a 78 westi
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:14:05 -0500
  ...from Radiator to tail pipe new OX sensor, exhaust header, muffler,intake seals,air filter tune up stuff. raised the rear end from sagging...
• Re: review: reno area van shop for those desert breakdowns
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:51:58 -0700
  ...They wanted to swap out my throttle body and intake manifolds, telling me I would have more power if I did so. I never...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 18:28:11 -0800
  ...poorly designed intake system. Over advanced > ignition timing will also add to this as the advance timing will require > much less air and fuel...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:43:31 -0500
  Why should the idle valve see any substantial amount of dust? That is what the air filter is for. If the idle valve is...
• Re: Not quite a backfire . . .
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:39:29 -0700
  ...Where does the thermal sensor for the dash gauge sit w/r/t the thermostat? engine side or rad side? Gotta be the engine...
• Re: No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 25 Apr 2020 18:47:29 -0600
  ...air. Normal blow by from the rings usually don’t have much O2 but a piston-ring problem or bad or sticking intake valve...
• Re: Aircooled Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 18:49:20 -0500
  ...his bus sucked a shopping bag into the engine compartment of his 1973 westy and it wound up blocking his fresh air intake. When...
• Re: It's ALIVE!!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 17:44:35 -0700
  ...gauge ist working? Possibly more air to bleed out of the system. >>> Now to build exhaust and intake >>> >>> >>> Velma 82 na diesel westy >>> On...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:34:08 -0800
  ...heads, and under the intake manifold. The waterboxer vanagon engine has no part thing of course. The vanagon guage sensor is located right near...
• Re: 85 cuts out/dies when hot - HELP! stranded in Pueblo, CO
  Historical mailing list - Bob McMain
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:06:46 -0700
  ...When I looked at the engine after it died the first time, the hose from the crankcase breather to the air intake boot (about...
• Re: Fuel System or Electronic?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:26:57 +0000
  ...In the Bentley I found instructions for measuring electrical resistance on what I believe is an air intake temperature sensor. I can't remember...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:38:07 -0400
  ...Can we say flat spot? > Oh, no intake air preheat either. You drive along for 10-15 miles and the > engine just stops. You...
• Re: air cooled flooding
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
  Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:55:51 -0800
  ...all grounds for EFI weirdnesses. > I happen to have a used double relay for a > non-california air cooled > vanagon, btw. > It 'might' be...
• Re: '88 Westy Vacuum leak diagnosis input
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Fri, 20 Sep 2024 08:55:00 -0600
  ...Noticing a sucking sound coming from the general area of the airflow >> > sensor. >> > - It runs rough every time I start up, but eventually smoothes...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 11:47:31 -0500
  ...You idle problem may only be that the idle adjustment screw (that really big slotted screw on your air intake) needs some adjustment. However...
• update on diesel-gas conversion
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Sun, 26 May 2002 13:50:18 -0700
  ...The first order of business was to cut the hole to make the intake manifold fit. Unfortunately, my little dremel with cut-off wheels...
• Re: Q: Porsche 914 engine compatibility with Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:02:08 -0500
  ...the 2.0 has the added difference of somewhat different heads that use only 3 bolts to hold on the intake manifolds. Seems like...
• My little Road Trip (Letting sleeping Dogs Lie)
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Thu, 1 Jul 2004 18:11:14 -0400
  ...Checking that bag of tools at the airlines was another wonderful story... I think that Syncro wanted the heck out of Florida. My son...
• Re: A pesky air leak
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 26 Sep 2024 11:01:52 -0400
  ...I recently removed the intake runners and plenum to replace both the intake gaskets and the runner boots (also went with a new GW...
• Re: Engine log, part 100
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 11:12:32 -0700
  ...intake, which can generally run more timing. 78 x 90.5 means bigger cylinders which as a rule, generate more heat. Oil temp sensor...
• Update on my engine swap (very long)
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 22:54:31 -0600
  ...16V airbox, and a section of the plastic tool tray that used to be attached under my roll-around stool. Its intake will be...
• Need some assistance to see if my mechanic is overcharging me...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:16:54 -0400
  ...engine core with the heads on it, intake runners, with the all the proper temp sensors in place. He had to put all the...
• Re: Rough Idle after replaced heads/piston rings... 91 Carrat
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 22:52:54 +0200
  ...result of the auxiliary > parts being close to warn out (air intake sensor is the only item I > remember out of about five he...
• Re: Aircooled Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:11:57 -0500
  ...his > bus sucked a > shopping bag into the engine compartment of his 1973 > westy and it > wound up blocking his fresh air intake. When...
• Re: A pesky air leak
  Historical mailing list - Matt McKeon
  Sun, 20 Oct 2024 21:47:07 -0400
  ...I recently removed the intake runners and plenum to replace both the intake gaskets and the runner boots (also went with a new GW...
• Re: 1.9 ECU wanted
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:57:09 -0700
  ...by their owners, whereas the Air Cooled variety are usually parked after they've dropped their first intake valve seat, sometimes for years as...
• Spring Maintenance...(long)
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 08:12:08 +0000
  ...Our van was garaged, well waxed, and detailed with all hinges, and rubber seals lubricated, and a Dri-Z-Air container in the van...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:15:35 -0800
  ...Oil in > the intake track is a sign of excessive piston blow-by or a crankcase > venting problem. > > As for the idle going down...
• On Exhaust Cracking, Vibration and Noise (not short) for Converted Vgons
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 03:03:51 EDT
  ...effected by the location of the O2 sensor, leaks in the exhaust system, intake air leaks, air flow pattern between the air flow sensor...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:06:45 -0700
  ...Not >> as smooth, burns more gas....but still runs all right. >> Air intake boot ..if I have one of those ...I carry that. >> and...
• Re: Not quite a backfire . . .
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:00:33 -0700
  ...When we hit the flat Mrs Squirrel >> pressed lightly on the gas pedal, which would start gas going into the >> intake. Any cylinder with...
• Re: What Do I Put In The Sugject Line?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 6 May 2011 19:28:54 -0700
  ...time ..And the various sensors talk to the ecu to tell it what to do. The 'air part' ....intake leaks, throttle body and switch...
• Lifter Update
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 07:32:14 -0400
  ...My experienced air cooled buddy and mechanic, Gil actually did the adjusting while I eagerly observed, taking mental notes for later adjustments. Under the...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:28:54 -0800
  ...I've gone over it with a stethoscope and it seems to be >> loudest at the driver's side of the intake air distributor...
• Re: Aircooled Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:09:58 -0800
  ...his bus sucked a > shopping bag into the engine compartment of his 1973 westy and it > wound up blocking his fresh air intake. When...
• Lake Trip Report and fuel pressure question
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 10:09:52 -0700
  ...throttle body and the intake manifold collector - fuel consumption and black smoke gone since I swapped the O2 sensor and ran the engine for...
• Re: Vanagon Winter Storage and or annual inspection
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:23:29 -0700
  ...ends? > > > ___ _____ Visual check air intake system, AFM, check electrical > connections? > > > ___ _____ Vacuum Idle: _______ 4000 rpm: _______ > > ___ _____ Tune up parts Cap, Rotor, Plugs, Air Filter, distributor, coil...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 22:52:42 -0500
  ...heads, > and under the intake manifold. The waterboxer vanagon engine has no part > thing of course. > The vanagon guage sensor is located right near...
• white clouds out of the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:57:36 -0700
  ...Oil leaking onto the intake manifold. Took it to the shop. They found it overheating, replaced two temp sensors on radiator, replaced valve cover...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:23:29 -0700
  ...You idle problem may only be that the idle adjustment >screw >(that really big slotted screw on your air intake) needs some adjustment. >However...
• Re: Timing Question
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:58:01 -0500
  ...intake boot needs to be in good shape and not collapsed. Try these things and let me know.....It sounds like a temp sensor...