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• Re: Auxiliary REAR underseat Behr AC -- was 'Scored brand new Behr but missing switches'
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 17 May 2010 08:04:20 -0400
  >>...put it in a Westy and get cold back of the neck and cold feet at the same time!!! << Cold feet in the front...
• Re: Fridge Help?? won't light when cold outside??
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:49:44 -0400
  I understand (I've heard, anyway) that there are different formulations of LPG for cold or hot weather use. Could you possibly have the...
• Okay, How Cold Is It? Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 15:10:39 -0700
  ...At least that's too cold to snow. On 9-Dec-09, at 2:47 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Date: Wed, 9 Dec...
• Re: 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:39:14 -0500
  ...1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage Is there any info on the voltage a cold start valve operates at on...
• Re: 87 AFM Cold weather problem
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 10:35:06 -0400
  I have a similar problem in cold weather, but mine is much colder in northern NH. There is a known Vanagon problem with the...
• 85 westy w/2.1L idles rough when cold
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:20:32 -0500
  ...85 westy w/2.1L idles rough when cold anyone know if the idle should increase above 1000 RPM when engine is cold. It...
• Re: No fast idle when cold -- '84 Vanagon with 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:40:00 +0000
  ...The first thing I would do is check the aux air valve.  If it is not opening when cold, you will not have fast...
• Re: Cold start woes
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 14:59:07 EDT
  I dont think I can help with your cold idle woes except to suggest that you check the water temperature sensor as this is...
• Re: We went to Mammoth Lakes for a few days too....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 31 Jul 2011 00:52:04 -0700
  I also had some cold start/rough idle problems there when cold, along with poor power at 9000 ft. I know I don't...
• Re: Installing new defroster/heater fan INSTRUCTIONS
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:42:20 -0700
  And all this time I thought that it never got cold in Southern California! You guys get tired of that 60F weather just send...
• Minnesota Vans
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 28 Jun 1995 10:11:07 -0500 (CDT)
  On Wed, 28 Jun 1995, Sergio Derada wrote: > What about the cold wheather and VW vans (maybe all VW's) ? Both of my Vans...
• Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  October 29, 1987
  Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between the engine block and the oil cooler thus creating an oil leak: * An improved...
• Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold
  October 29, 1987
  Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between the engine block and the oil cooler thus creating an oil leak: * An improved...
• Re: just how COLD is it where u are.. - 3 here...w/ -35 WCF
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 09:01:00 -0800
  ...Its so cold in fact that Oil is like concrete, I know of > three vanagons that blew out oil seals. I dont drive mine...
• Re: defeat
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:10:09 EDT
  There is no cold start valve on an '84 waterboxer. The cold start enrichment is provided by the coolant temperature sensor. Also there is...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 22:02:10 -0700
  > however, cold starts are a pain, because the Idle Stabilizer Valve (ISV) keeps I haven't noticed cold start problems with the idle stabilizer...
• Re: Okay, How Cold Is It? Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:56:02 -0500
  ...My >> westy has squared tires and sits forlornly under 18 inches of fresh >> snow. �Looks like an adventure wagon. >> >> >>> �Okay, How Cold Is It...
• Fw: heat (will this thread continue til next april?)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Sun, 1 Oct 2000 14:20:05 -0500
  Our Canadian prairie winters can get to -40 Celsius and colder. It's not unusual to have weeks of -30 Celsius weather with high...
• Re: [T2] Air Cooled Vanagon Won't Start in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:20:25 -0800
  ...A cold engine needs *more* fuel (i.e. a rich mixture) to get itself started. There's 3 devices explicitly involved in the "cold...
• Re: Cold start tranny squeal...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:18:26 -0500
  ...When its cold it doesn't flex as easily and hence is probably spinning a bit at the crank. You can tighten it up...
• cold.....trany not shifting..?
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 06:54:13 -0500
  ...If it is cold outside and I let the van warm up while I have it in gear with the emergency brake on it...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Casey
  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:06:42 -0700
  2.1 WBX already uses a high flow filter and cold air intake Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:52...
• Cold Engine Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 23:39:45 +0000
  Hi Dave, You said the engine essentially has a delay in throttle response when cold; and the last cold engine experience was not a...
• How long to get your water temp up to "normal"???
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 18:58:12 -0700
  ...out?) ??? Or does it get up to normal at all when its that cold?? I'm trying to determine if my thermostat is bad...
• Re: Diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Zach Kaplan
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:03:08 -0800
  > It's the "cold start knob" - I'm told it changes the amount of fuel or = > timing of fuel as it goes into injector...
• Re: Major oil leak help!
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:58:34 -0800
  ...Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme cold Model(s): Vanagon waterboxer, all Model Years Extreme cold weather can harden and split the seal between...
• Re: Compression test - cold engine or warm engine?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 2 Jun 2013 07:25:24 -0500
  Air craft engines were always tested hot because of loose cold clearances. I would think any compression test would be done with engine warm...
• RE: cool running = poor mpg
  Historical mailing list - Stephen T. KIRBY 610-454-3941
  Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:25:00 -0400 (EDT)
  Pat, a cool running engine will have more fuel condense out on the "cold" metal surfaces. This condensed fuel will get sucked into the...
• Re: LP gas question--does this happen to you?
  Historical mailing list - Stew
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:25:33 +0000
  ...Up here were on a longitude slightly north of Goose Bay, Canada, and it gets pretty cold up on the moors. I friend of...
• Re: Okay, How Cold Is It? Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:23:31 -0800
  ...Really short trips and cold operation - vanagons don't like that, in very cold temps. btw, having the heater off for the first few...
• Re: Installing new defroster/heater fan INSTRUCTIONS
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 22:27:20 -0400
  Joel Cort wrote: > Hi Jeff and other Listees, > > You DAWG! it is not even cold yet in SO CAL but you need to get...
• Re: low compression\rough cold idle-1.9L
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:23:14 -0800
  Does opening the idle bypass screw on the throttle body make it idle fast enough to stay running when cold? Also I imagine you...
• Re: Okay, How Cold Is It? Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:01:03 -0800
  ...Between 0 digress F and freezing is nothing if you know what real cold is. when you live where it's below zero a...
• Cold weather issue - super high idle
  Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
  Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:50:14 +0000
  I've got a cold weather issue going on. When I start the car and it's cold (around freezing) the idle hits 2500rpm...
• Re: Carver P4 won't start when very cold
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 13:32:39 -0800
  ...I think they are all a special mixture to burn hotter and better at altitued and cold temps. But in high altitude and cold...
• Re: Oil: 10w30? 20w50?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 08:39:10 -0400
  On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Wesley Alden Pegden wrote: > speaking of cold weather, is it worth swapping out my tranny fluid for > something like...
• Re: No cold start and the shaft from the shop (long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:34:35 -0600
  ...It is probably the cold start valve or the cold start temp switch. Bet you couldn't even get an ECU for less than...
• Re: My van runs like crap when it's cold.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:36:53 -0500
  ...If the FPR is > leaking (pressure too low), the resulting mixture may be to lean to > start/run cold, but seem fine when warm. >
• Another Cold Start Question.....need help
  Historical mailing list - Jason Denton
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:15:20 -0500
  I too have the dreaded cold start problem. I have read all your posts (thank you) and sometimes get a little confused about how...
• Re: Engine Oil and Cold Weather
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Tue, 6 Nov 2001 08:35:28 -0500
  ...I live in southern Ontario Canada where it doesn't >get that cold (maybe at most -15C). I'm currently using 20W50. Would it...
• Compression test - cold engine or warm engine?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 22:00:26 -0700
  What is the consensus on taking a compression test? With the engine cold or warm? Todd '88 Westy
• Re: cold starting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 21:46:47 -0600
  ...Allow the engine to get cold. Restart cold and observe the behavior. To me this would be the start point for the process of...
• Re: '90 Westy 2nd gear
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 17:37:32 -0700
  > Hey everybody, > With the cold weather we've been having here in central PA, i've noticed > some really hard shifting into 2nd gear...
• Re: Napa Brand
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 21 May 2003 11:15:48 -0400
  On Wed, 21 May 2003, David Brodbeck wrote: > so I can't remark on the Redline's cold weather performance, but as far as...
• Re: Substitute for the RM182B
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:48:38 -0600
  ...Don't know about more efficient, but I've been told chest type freezers are better because all the cold doesn't spill out...
• Re: whumpity-whumpity on cold tires
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 20:13:43 -0600
  ...Yup - interesting what cold weather does. Back in the day, we all had that whumpity-whumpity experience in winter. Tires had nylon cords, and...
• Re: New to list..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 19:11:15 +1200
  ...It will slow your engine's warmup time, so the engine will run "cold" for a longer period after cold-startup. This is unlikely...
• Re: Cold idle mystery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 16:35:13 -0700
  ...So on the theory that I'm not getting enough air through the valve when cold, I adjusted it to be open more when...
• Re: 82 AC vanagon cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 11:23:51 -0600
  ...The only time mine does this when cold, is very cold at high altitude--below 20 and above 10,000'. Then it will flood...
• Re: Okay, How Cold Is It? Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:27:22 -0800
  ...You can always turn on a heater and dress for the cold. But over time the interior of the Westy, being colder than a...
• Re: New to list..
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 09:28:12 -0400
  On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > This is a common remedy for overheating, and is probably only > dangerous in really cold climes...
• Screech
  Historical mailing list - Colin A Moran
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 12:33:50 -0500
  On 10/1/97Stephen Jones <sjones@TETONDATA.COM wrote >With the onset of colder weather here in WY, my van has taken on a...
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 10:27:29 EDT
  > > Dan, > The cold idle circuit of most Bosch fuel injection systems incorporate > an "auxillary air regulator". When you start the engine, this valve is...
• Re: 81 aircooled won't start when cold
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 11:45:58 -0600
  ...If you disconnect the wire from the end of the ISV, you can try a cold start to how a cold start without it...
• Re: Syncro Transmission Removal Advice?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:31:50 -0800
  ...I got a nasty chest/head cold after lying on cold concrete in colder weather for way too many hours. Cold (infection) was so...
• Re: diesel vanagon owners - cold start knob -
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Mar 2017 13:26:28 -0500
  ...the knob isnt the typical green gas heater knob that says "temp" it looks like a cold start knob.. that's why i was...
• Re: UNWANTED cold air from BEHR AC unit
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:01:34 -0600
  Someone might have knocked ff the R/H dash vent hose, and it's letting the cold air in--- Fred
• Re: Cold Start Chug and Warm Stumbling
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 23 Feb 2001 09:28:17 -0500
  ...air line should make the rpms drop when cold and should make no difference once hot. No? Jay '85 Westy
• cold start strategies
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 09:43:01 -0600
  ...This cold snap is expected to last well into next week, so I am soliciting advise from experienced cold-climate listees. What are some...
• Re: Rough starting in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 10:12:11 -0700
  ...Not specifically familiar with waterboxers, but most Bosch fuel injection systems have "cold start injector," another (5th) injector that only operates at cold temp...