Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 19+: 60 results shown for Pressure.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Coolant with Zero Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:45:10 -0400
  ...You add 2 degrees per pounds so if you got a pressure rad Cap of 16 pounds you add 32 degrees the boiling point...
• Re: Drowning 85' vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:01:30 -0500
  """Fuel pressure regulator tests good.""" I have seen 2 fuel pressure regulator failure, not pressure wise but internal breakdown/vaccum side, by that i...
• VDO Oil Pressure Gauges and BusBoys
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda's Personal email
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 22:08:07 -0700
  Hello, first, I want to thank the following people for giving me advice on my low oil pressure light problem, G.M. Bulley, William...
• Re: Pressure Tester/Adapter for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 13:50:56 -0500
  ...Tuesday, January 01, 2008 11:31 AM Subject: [VANAGON] Pressure Tester/Adapter for Vanagon > Hi, > > Before I buy a new motor for my 87...
• Re: 91 Vanagon, oil pressure anomaly
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 May 96 12:50:32 EDT
  ...It turned out to be the oil pressure relief check ball was sticking causing chronic low oil pressure. The pressure was always low, but...
• Clean drinking water
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 21:21:50 -0400
  ...The problem is that the ceramic filter requires more pressure than the Westfalia water pump can provide. We bought a Shurflow pump and pressure...
• Tires, Load Range and Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sat, 19 May 2001 04:57:21 -0000
  ...Why is that? In a word, pressure. The load capacity of a tire is specified at maximum pressure. A 185R14 C tire with a...
• Re: Silicone tape = rescue tape, was Pesky Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 16:10:55 -0400
  ...And winding tension is a big part of success both in bonding and in resisting pressure from within. Each additional layer incrementally adds pressure...
• Re: Oil pressure question 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:01:02 -0400
  ...Oil pressure question 2.1 I am considering a craigslist vanagon in the next state, a bit of a drive for me. The owner...
• Re: EXPERTISE NEEDED! oil pressure woes con't. part 4
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 08:56:26 EST
  ...To remove this uncertainty, I would connect a mechanical pressure gauge, which is known to be good, directly to the oil pressure port. Then...
• Re: TIICO oil pump / Logical Circle Jerk of the Day
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 5 May 2003 12:57:54 -0700
  That is due to the function of the 'oil pressure relief valve', generally found in the oil system between the pump and the filter...
• Check tire pressure in the dark
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 13:18:10 -0600
  Talking, digital tire pressure gauge On sale now for $9.99 (at least around Chicago) at Radio Shack cat # 63-1115 Larry A.
• Re: 2.1L Engine: Oil Pressure Senders faulty reading
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 17:36:17 -0500
  Based on the description of the symptoms, you either have the incorrect high pressure oil pressure switch, (very likely) or you have an oil...
• Re: Spooked!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:30:09 -0400
  It is quite common for the oil pressure warning to sound during some circumstances. It is also possible and common for the oil to...
• Re: oil light
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 01 Nov 1995 23:58:19 -0600
  ...The oil pressure sender >is really quite amazing on the Vanagon. It consist of two pressure switches >that must respond in the correct sequence...
• 1.9 turbo diesel oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 05:16:44 -0400
  I'm having trouble with the oil pressure light and buzzer coming on. I'm wondering if the collected wisdom of the list might...
• Re: 88 Vanagon - oil pressure alarm
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:46:58 -0800
  ...That's to check the >>> actual oil >>> pressure with an oil pressure gauge. You would read that at the sender >>> that's on the...
• Re: I hate to get a tire discussion-air pressure.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:11:34 -0400
  It is the air pressure that defines how a tire "feels" and responds. Stiffer sidewalls make little difference. How much a tire deflects under...
• Re: home-made pressure bleeder
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:57:38 -0400
  You only need 5 to 10 psi to bleed using the pressure bleeder. As you have suggested, the plastic brake fluid reservoir and the...
• Re: FP Regulator Life Expectancy?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 19:24:00 -0600
  ...Fuel pressure was dwindling day by day after I made a better ground connection. Hit the ignition switch and a whopping 14# showed up...
• Re: R12 or R134 - How to distinguish?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:21:50 -0400
  ...Also a pressure/tempature relationship exists for all refrigerants.When at a certin tempature, the pressure is supposed to match , on a pressure/temp...
• Re: oil pressure problems, still
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:11:19 -0400
  Just keep in mind that this adapter is placing the pressure switch before the filter, close to the pump outlet. The highest pressure point...
• Re: A Yukon gal and her Westy need help
  Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 21:03:39 -0700
  Yukon Gal - Put fuel filter in after oxygen sensor and before fuel pressure regulator. The filter is cheaper than the pressure regulator. Before replacing...
• Re: Was Failed emissions testing, now is testing a good thing
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:11:24 -0600
  ...One quibble: >the car owners often won't > that's why they have Tire Pressure Monitoring on new cars how ...car > owner/operators are...
• Re: Idle and Timing
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 13:45:45 -0600 (CST)
  ...It idles really rough, and I snip >Mike Plickys >1987 Syncro one quick thing to check is your fuel pressure. I had the regulator...
• Tire Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
  07 Oct 94 21:42:09 EDT
  ...Now I need to know what the correct tire pressure is. For the 185's VW recommends 39 psi front and 48 psi rear...
• Turbo Effects
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 07:34:02 -0600
  ...Will they maintain sea level manifold pressure at altitude, or are they set up to just boost pressure for more HP from a small...
• Re: Filling the coolant reservoir...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 May 2016 19:54:38 -0400
  Darrel Boehler (inventor of the Digitool) swears by coolant pressure as the best real-time indicator of system trouble. Yrs, d At 07:37...
• Re: Head gasket, cracked head, or more?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 21:18:08 -0700
  ...there will be no oil pressure .. so if you turn on the key, see the warning light, and unplug the oil pressure switch .. the...
• Re: oil pressure problem
  Historical mailing list - Arlen & Edie
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:11:45 -0700
  ...Still no pressure. I know its not the > sender because > the hyd. lifters clatter when the pressure is down. > So.......my question; I have...
• Re: .5 Bar ? VDO oil pres Sender okay?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 06:17:41 EDT
  ...You have two oil pressure sensing switches. The low pressure switch (4.4) must open between 2.2 and 6.5 psi. It is...
• Re: No fuel pressure options?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 09:56:18 -0600
  MW If you are getting Gas' @ the TestPort when the Pump is running then I would try Clamping the ReturnHose from PressureReg' to Tank...
• Re: High pressure tire valves - do I need 'em?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:57:21 EST
  In a message dated 3/21/02 4:47:59 PM, chris_hinkle@HOTMAIL.COM writes: << Discount Tire recommends getting high pressure valves @ $4...
• Re: understanding tire sizes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:32:56 -0700
  ...It is a pressure chart. All tires listed between a pair of horizontal lines are set at the same front and rear pressures. There...
• Re: Oil Pressure Gauge Kit
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 7 Mar 2018 12:19:32 -0800
  ...Oil pressure is lost along the crankshaft, and drops > with wear. > > > > What you want the gauge for is to monitor trends in oil pressure...
• Re: Radiator wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 15:20:42 -0700
  ...They don't clog easily, that story from my grand mother. > But they do loose pressure, that is a fact, when they do loose...
• Re: Correct Air Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:48:23 -0700
  ...I will ask again. > > What is the best pressure for this tire installed on a Vanagon GL, given > the specifics of the tire itself...
• ac pressure question
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 16:26:41 -0700
  Gary, > Is it safe to assume that your r134 pressure is > neither too low or too high if your high speed > radiator fan cycles...
• Measuring fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:09:30 -0700
  ...Analog Electric Oil/Fuel pressure sender (a commonly available unit used in some car), connected with adaptor to the fuel pressure test point and...
• Re: Oil Pressure Gauge Kit
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 10 Mar 2018 18:48:53 -0700
  ...Oil pressure is lost along the crankshaft, and drops with wear. > > > > What you want the gauge for is to monitor trends in oil pressure...
• Re: Replacing pressure A/C Pressure switch w/o losing Freon
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:24:29 -0500
  ...Replacing pressure A/C Pressure switch w/o losing Freon > > > > > > > > > > Can I take the pressure switch off the high pressure line in the DS...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:19:17 -0300
  ...Nothing complicated, just a garden sprayer modified with pressure gauge and fluid reservoir cap with bulkhead fitting . > > Some years ago I noticed in one...
• FS Gauges - Picture up.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:53:52 -0500
  ...oil temp, oil pressure, volts (gages read in Bar and Celsius) Oil Temp to 150 Celsius. Oil pressure to 5 bar. from 90 VW...
• Re: trip computer - Excellent Solution
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 20 Apr 2003 14:51:33 EDT
  ...The serial input is excellent for reading the actual boost pressure (differential pressure manometer head following manifold pressure vs. outside air pressure) and fuel...
• Re: Oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 10 Nov 2014 07:31:52 -0800
  ...1986 and newer vans have 2 oil pressure switches. Only 1 of the switches can trigger the buzzer. It is the pressure switch by...
• Re: what clues about engine health can I get...
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 May 2012 19:54:52 -0700
  ...wrote: > Factory oil pressure spec is based on 3 data points: engine speed, temperature and pressure. 2000rpm, 80C, 2 bar. If you're not...
• Re: AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:55:17 -0700
  ...It turns the radiator fan up to high, and if it still >> can't >> lower the pressure the compressor will turn off until pressure...
• Re: propane gauge?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 10:05:15 +0300
  In Germany we have to make use of a propane pressure gauge. But this is only good for checking the propane system for leaks...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 07:55:15 -0500
  ...Anyway, the idea is that you should see the pressure come up at startup and run higher the faster the water pump spins with...
• measuring pressure inside of a propane tank?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 12:04:15 -0800
  My thermodynamics says that you can measure the pressure by mass. Weight an empty tank and a full tank. The difference is the mass...
• Re: LPG Pressure, furnace and fridge observations, Was: Propex heater
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:32:04 -0600
  Thanks for the US pressure spec. Since the Truma's that were offered with European market T2 and T3 campers are 50mBar, one might...
• Re: Re- Air in the Life
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 07 Oct 95 00:19:47 CDT
  ...not so? anybody seen an accessory for a shop air compressor that would turn it into a "pressure washer"??? i sure could use something...
• Re: warm hard start
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 02:05:30 EDT
  ...check your fuel pressure hot and your Rest fuel pressure. Your rest pressure should hold steady. Check you engine ground and clean you ECU...
• oil pressure at startup in diesel swapped inline 4
  Historical mailing list - the Zezoffs
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:36:39 -0700
  ...50% of the time at startup it takes about 1 minute for the oil pressure light to extinguish. The other half of the time...
• Re: Oil pressure light 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:04:00 EST
  In a message dated 2/12/04 10:08:15 AM, vwelkers@SYV.COM writes: << The oil pressure light in my 1987 Vanagon blinks...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - moritz schmid
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:53:54 -0400
  Do you guys think it is worth adding an oil temperature gauge also or just stick with pressure? On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at...
• Re: (TIICO) ridiculous oil pressures
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:13:02 -0700
  ...What could be causing this high pressure? And can high pressure cause valve clatter? If anyone else has figures to offer, please write back...
• Re: permanent fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 09:23:31 -0500
  ...Max proposed running a 1 inch high pressure fuel line from the T in the fuel rail to the electric sending unit. Just 1...
• Re: Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 20:06:01 -0500
  Recommend having an oil pressure and oil temp gage installed in the very near future. They will help keep your engine healthy! John On...
• Re: Tires - Why oh why NOT?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:02:34 -0400
  ...The tire manufacturer specifies the maximum cold inflation pressure, and the maximum load at that pressure. The vehicle manufacturer specifies the minimum tire specs...