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• Re: rough running
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:12:51 -0400
  Did you have the mixture set with an exhaust gas analyzer? I had the same symptoms as you're describing, slight misfire around 2500...
• Re: Source for Exhaust Analyzer bung?
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 23:06:24 -0400
  ...since most exhaust gas analyzers "sniff" > after the cat they have taken this port out of most cars. i ended up > taking the car...
• Re: Uh-oh, cooling system way pressurized
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 08:58:51 -0700
  Take it to someone with a three gas analyzer and have him "sniff" the coolant tank. That will tell you immediately if you have...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:43:24 -0700
  On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 13:43 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: <snip> > > there was recently a post giving a link to adjusting...
• Re: WBX Digitool/ Digital Engine Analyzer
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:00:40 -0700
  I've used both. My Boehler tool was set up for Digijet. The VC tool is for Digifant. VC more nicely finished, and easier...
• Re: mixture adjustment without gas analyzer
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 01:47:12 EDT
  In a message dated 98-08-02 22:57:52 EDT, young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU writes: << monitoring the voltage output of the sensor...
• Stebro analyzer port....
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 12:59:00 -0500
  Hey Frank, What is the "exhaust gas analyzer port" thing? Do you also sell the cat or who do recommend I get it from...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 12:17:35 -0400
  ...Oil Analyzers is one and > Cleveland Technical Center another. Check the web to see if there are > others who do this. Thanks for the...
• Exhaust gas analyzer needs home
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:11:25 -0500
  I've got one of the Massachusetts state inspection analyzers from the '80s, a Hamilton Test Systems VTS 700. It needs a home. The...
• Re: Mysterious plug in '85
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 21:02:17 -0400
  ...Maybe some kind of CA emissions thingamabob? > > Thanks, > > John Haddad Hi John, It's the connection for the VW dealer ignition analyzer supplying TDC...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:03:48 -0700
  Pretty much perfect for a WBX - the advance is all in long before that, isn't it? On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10...
• Idle Stabilizer and related stuff P/N
  Historical mailing list - Chayan Srisawat
  Wed, 2 Feb 2000 10:38:34 +0700
  ...Engine type DJ w/o catalyst converter and oxygen analyzer installed ECU Digijet - P/N 025 906 021 F Idle stabilizer - P/N 251...
• some tool suppliers (long) ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 21 Jun 96 08:48:30 CDT
  ...5- and 4-gas analyzers, oscilloscopes, 1420 North Meacham Road sensor-simulators, engine analyzers, Schaumburg, IL 60173 module testers, boroscopes (708) 519-0900 (708...
• Central VA, where's a GREAT engine installer?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:22:47 -0400
  ...Vanagons, knows how to tune them well, has an exhaust gas analyzer, fuel pressure tester, and, naturally, a multimeter. It would be helpful if...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 12:03:13 -0400
  ...Oil Analyzers is one and Cleveland Technical Center another. Check the web to see if there are others who do this. TEMiller ----- Original Message...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:43:43 -0700
  ...Engine analyzer/tach recco? Hi Scott, There are plenty of cheap ones on the market, but I was looking for a recommendation for one...
• Re: Anyone tried "LubriCheck" yet??
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:02:20 -0800
  ...Oilyzer > > Cheers, > > Jeff > > >> >>> On 1/23/2014 3:22 AM, Max Wellhouse wrote: >>> >>> Apparently there's a $43 oil analyzer out now that will...
• Re: burned Bosch rotors and tune-up question
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:13:25 -0800
  ...Do I hook up like the Bentley shows for the computer analyzer? I have never tuned up an ECU-equipped car before (just my...
• Re: 2.1 exhaust test port?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 9 Oct 2006 21:52:37 -0700
  ...For the 1.9 and 2.1, this is a test port for the Exhaust Gas Analyzer, often at dealerships. If it's missing...
• Re: ??? Time for Head gasket ?????
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Aug 1997 13:55:54 EDT
  ...My friendly neighborhood mechanic used hie exhaust analyzer to sniff my overflow tank for hydrocarbons. This would be the confirmation. As it turned out...
• 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: Idle Speed Adjustment - 1988 GL
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:49:06 -0700
  ...I've avoided making idle adjustments on my engine as you really should have an exhaust gas analyzer to do this properly. Once the...
• digitool readings help needed
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:43:27 -0400
  ...volts..........now with new one, it is reading around -.20 volts .............what the? I have an exhaust gas analyzer, and cannot get the mixture...
• Re: Aftermarket Electronic Ignition
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Serafin for Malek
  Tue, 9 May 1995 11:30:58 -0500
  In response to my suggestion that home brew exhaust analyzers cost more than ~$50 John wrote: >$250??, now not to sound crazy but dad...
• Re: Expanshion Tank cap
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Mon, 28 Oct 2002 10:27:57 -0800
  ...Another > method is to head > to your local smog station and have them put their > emission analyzer > probe near the removed radiator cap. It...
• Re: Inductive Tach for tuning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Dec 2013 20:54:45 -0500
  ...I have an old Sears engine analyzer in which the tach has always worked - but today it decided to die on me. So - I...
• Re: Vanagon de Graff generator?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 09:13:16 EST
  ...Maybe if I cancel the purchase order for the portable spectrum analyzer and rely on my wife's interpretation of Karma, someday while I...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:11:49 -0400
  At 03:20 PM 3/24/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Truth is, I have one of those. > >But it, my digital one, and...
• Re: mixture adjustment without gas analyzer
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 21:09:03 -0700
  At 7:37 PM 8/2/98, Tom Young wrote: > On the L-Jetronic systems with the O2 sensor, you can get a close...
• Re: My Coolant Runneth Over
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 22:22:23 EST
  ...Take the van to a shop that has an exhaust gas analyzer and get them to "sniff" your expansion tank. If there are exhaust...
• Re: Hail
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:55:26 EDT
  ...7'6" tall. >> I didn't put this on the bullshit analyzer yet, but my brother-in-law, who hails from sunny Fort Worth...
• Re: Head Problems (87 GL) How bad is it.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 20:02:55 EST
  ...A trip to your friendly mechanic(as I did) who can use his exhaust gas analyzer to sniff the overflow tank for hydrocarbons. Our...
• Re: rough running
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:09:03 -0400
  ...At least as I understand it--experts care to chime in here? You cannot do this properly without an exhaust gas analyzer. The old...
• Re: 85 Westy cooling system
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 15:38:36 EST
  ...If you mechanic has an emissions analyzer he can stick the wand in the overflow tank and sniff for combustion gasses. First have the...
• Re: Inductive Tach for tuning
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 26 Dec 2013 20:16:47 -0600
  ...I have an old Sears engine analyzer > in which the tach has always worked - but today it decided to die on me. > So - I...
• Re: Westy stalled/wont start
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 17:10:16 -0800
  ...they said that they adjusted the idle and a few other miner things and will run it through an engine analyzer and drive/ stop...
• Re: Anyone tried "LubriCheck" yet??
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 23 Jan 2014 14:16:13 -0800
  ...On 1/23/2014 3:22 AM, Max Wellhouse wrote: > Apparently there's a $43 oil analyzer out now that will test your oil...
• Re: Need help re Cylinder Leak Test
  Historical mailing list - Carter
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 13:27:35 -0700
  With help from a long retired mechanic and his old Sun shop analyzer, we did a compression test and a cylinder leak test on...
• Re: Help Educate Me
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 09:39:05 -0800
  ...the Bentley, they tell you to measure the CO with an analyzer, something most of us don't have. -- Stuart MacMillan Seattle '84 Vanagon...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:20:16 -0700
  Truth is, I have one of those. But it, my digital one, and the dash tach all give different readings. Was hoping to find...
• Re: Air Getting into Cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 17:58:19 -0800
  I would recommend taking to a shop with a exhaust gas analyzer and sniff the coolant tank for hydrocarbons which is tell tale sign...
• Re: Analyzer question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Wed, 23 May 2001 23:17:38 -0600
  ...Analyzer question I am considering buying a exhaust analyzer. There is one at JC Whitney MDL #12ZX5486B that I am thinking about. Anybody have...
• Re: runs lean / runs rich ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 May 1995 20:00:57 -0500
  ...We use an exhust gas analyzer to determine this problem. Don't rule out a tired motor.I've seen too many premature carb...
• Re: engine woes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 15:14:12 -0500
  Mark checking manifld vacuum would be a good idea and setting the CO with an exhaust gas analyzer would be a big help have...
• Re; unsmoggable 81 Westy...solved!
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:31:06 -0700
  ...at a time is the perfect way to diagnose individual cylinder issues, for those so inclined, and with an emissions analyzer. Happy trails, Jack
• Need help isolating pulsing engine problem
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sun, 9 Mar 2003 23:35:31 -0500
  ...Can a dealer connect this model vehicle to an analyzer and isolate the problem? There is some type of plug on the alternator that...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 16:05:25 -0700 (PDT)
  ...So you might not notice significant differences in the seat of your pants, but the exhaust analyzer gives you a "pass" instead of a...
• Trip Update - Matthew
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 23:06:09 -0600
  ...He was kind enough to loan me the interface cable so I can finally do something about running a vag com analyzer on my...
• Re: rough running
  Historical mailing list - Pat Little
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:36:49 -0700
  ...rough running Did you have the mixture set with an exhaust gas analyzer? I had the same symptoms as you're describing, slight misfire...
• Re: burned Bosch rotors and tune-up question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 5 Nov 2003 07:16:24 -0800
  ...Do I hook up > like the Bentley shows for the computer analyzer? I have never tuned up > an ECU-equipped car before (just my...
• Re: WBX Digitool/ Digital Engine Analyzer
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:01:32 -0400
  I have one of Daryl's tools and it is great for me since I am diagnosing these systems all the time. For someone...
• Re: WBX Digitool/ Digital Engine Analyzer
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:16:49 -0400
  Hi John, I like my digitool. It is one of Darrel Boehler's original hand made versions so it is relatively old. Can't...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  96-05-09 14:14:39 EDT
  ...It has dual carbs which are basically impossible to tune unless you have an exhaust gas analyzer. Runs great. Also has new CV joints...
• Re: Anyone tried "LubriCheck" yet??
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 23 Jan 2014 09:20:03 -0800
  ...Anyone tried "LubriCheck" yet?? Apparently there's a $43 oil analyzer out now that will test your oil and then rate its usefulness within...
• Re: Frustration: 85 Vanagon Cooling
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 23:39:26 -0700
  ...By "sniff" I'm referring to the use of an exhaust gas analyzer, inserted into the fill opening of the overflow reservoir immediately after...
• Re: Fwd: cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Mon, 10 Sep 2001 02:24:43 -0700
  ...laying about.>> You mean a $3000 (very cheap version) 5 gas analyzer? Or go for the nice $75,000 + Bar 97 Smog machines .... Hmm...
• Re: VW Camper Cooling problems
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 08:01:04 PST
  ...He (the mechanic) would use his exhaust analyzer to "sniff" the coolant expansion tank for HC(always for free). The presences of hydro-carbons...
• Re: Gas in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:21:44 -0700
  ...Take the van to someone with a three gas analyzer and check out the mixture through a range of rpms. I have no other...
• Re: Maximum engine power and Performance Chip disscussion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:25:31 -0800
  ...Real world value were 50 ppm unburnt hydrocarbons present at .5 volts were the readings on a 4 gas analyzer.. The .84 volts range...
• Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 19:01:14 -0800
  ...a correctly adjusted system CO output (as measured by a gas analyzer) will be just about the same with the O2 sensor connected as...