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Re: warm hard start
Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:11:46 -0700
hello The aux valve create a small vacuum leak when the temp outside is cold to move up the idle.I think aroud 300...
Re: Low idle, hard cold starting
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:28:12 -0500
...Low idle, hard cold starting Hey all, I have another exasperating cold start/idle problem with my '84 1.9. Cold starts hard, with...
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: [DIESEL] [Diesel] Injector Pump is leaking...
Historical mailing list - Milo
Sat, 20 Oct 2001 13:25:43 -0500
...The most common leaks > seem to be at > the cold start lever and the junction between the pump body and the fuel > valve block...
Re: hard start problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:26:11 -0400
Temp sensor, leaking injector or cold start valve, defective or improperly wired thermal time switch for the cold start valve. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
Re: Eratic idle?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 21:10:10 -0500
With engine off, disconnect the idle stabilizer valve. Start the engine, and with the engine warm, set the idle speed to 850 rpm (or...
Re: 82 Diesel Question - Seal around Cold Start Valve?
Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
Thu, 18 May 2000 22:32:50 -0400
...82 Diesel Question - Seal around Cold Start Valve? > Here is what needs to be done. You need to remove the fuel pump from the...
Re: 82 Diesel Question - Seal around Cold Start Valve?
Historical mailing list - J. Kelly
Thu, 18 May 2000 22:21:06 -0400
...82 Diesel Question - Seal around Cold Start Valve? > Here is what needs to be done. You need to remove the fuel pump from the...
Re-Adjusted Valves Again
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:00:26 -0400
...and the engine ran way better--power, cold starts, idle. My only complaint was slight valve train noise, kind of like an OHC engine...
Looking for AC cold start valve and Thermo-Time switch/wiring
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:32:03 -0600
...It involves retro fitting an old school thermo time switch and cold start valve to the engine to give it the extra fuel it...
Cold Start Valve
Historical mailing list
Sun, 12 May 96 12:09:32 EDT
...a) cold start valve - not sure what the connection might be here; b) aux air intake - it is either not closing or closing too...
Re: To test a Thermo time switch, air-cooled
Historical mailing list - den jolliffe
Sat, 10 Dec 2016 01:32:22 +0000
TTS sense air temp below the plenum to have the cold start valve function on start-up for more fuel when the engine ic...
Re: Cold start issue [BACK AGAIN]
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:45:48 -0400
...cold starting and rough cold running. Of course engine condition is a big one. Poor compression, bad valve guides, bad lifters holding valves open...
Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:11:16 -0700
...Used as a cold starting aid in VW diesel engines beginning in the 90s, including TDI engines. Commonly known as a cold start valve...
Re: 81 aircooled won't start when cold
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Thu, 23 Dec 2004 07:44:13 -0800
Does the vanagon waterboxer have a cold-start valve, or is the increase in fuel controlled purely by the ECU? I know that there...
Re: defeat
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Fri, 10 Sep 1999 22:09:50 -0600
LAWS HOME wrote: > > I must admit that I haven't found a "cold start valve" on my "84 vanagon > waterboxer" nor a cold start...
82 fi electrical question
Historical mailing list
Thu, 8 Feb 1996 13:59:08 -0700
...John Huguenard posted a note last month about reversing the electrical connections between the auxilary air valve and cold start valve. His symptoms sound...
Re: Fuel injector operating voltage
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 8 Dec 2010 19:49:49 -0500
The cold start valves are battery voltage devices. The air cooled injectors are current operated devices. 3 ohms at 12 volts = 4 amps. They...
Re: 82 AC Westy running troubles (longish)
Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 13:16:21 -0500
...What temp do you mean when "cold?" The cold-start valve/thermo-time switch isn't used below 68 F. That is, above 68...
Re: no power to auxiliary air valve
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 13 Aug 2005 22:15:18 -0400
If you are only getting power with the starter engaged, then you swapped connectors with the thermo switch or the cold start valve. Cold...
82 AC vanagon cold start problem
Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:42:21 -0500
...The main suggestions I received regarding this problem were to check that the auxillary air regulator (AAR), cold start valve, and thermo time switch...
Re: Do you have one of these?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 02:00:23 -0400
...Do you have one like that? Chris, I'm wondering if that isn't a cold-start valve or summat. I see it's...
Re: 82 Diesel Question - Seal around Cold Start Valve?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 18 May 2000 21:58:03 EDT
...Sometimes you can put the cold start valve in a certain position and this will stop it from leaking as well. Let me know...
Pulsating Idle when cold
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:11:56 -0500
...It also starts perfectly when hot or cold. But when it is cold, it starts fine then slowly idles down until it stalls or...
Re: Cold Start Chug and Warm Stumbling
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Fri, 23 Feb 2001 09:28:17 -0500
...Cold Start Chug and Warm Stumbling <The Temp II gets blamed for a lot of problems and usually is responsible for a bunch. Extra...
Re: Engine Dies when cold
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Tue, 1 Feb 2005 16:06:37 -0800
...Just > recently it started dying when first started when > cold. It has always run perfectly up to this point. I > thought at first it...
Re: Aux Air Valve Officially Obsolete
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Thu, 7 Sep 2006 14:45:23 -0700
The Auxilary Air Valve functions to introduce additional air to the fuel mixture when the engine from a cold start. I like to compare...
One of those days
Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
Sat, 24 Mar 2001 09:27:36 -0800
...While I was looking I noticed a fuel leak at the hose connection for the cold start valve. No big deal I will just...
Maintenance database Was Re: Auto Tech Computer disk for Vanagon- Any good?
Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
Mon, 7 Mar 2005 10:37:58 -0600
Mike Collum wrote: > It even made reference to a PCV valve, an EGR > valve, and a cold start valve and we all know that...
Re: It's not the way to do it ...
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 13 Dec 2016 03:06:20 +0000
...So, I made my own plug for the Cold start valve, getting straight power from the Starter solenoid and the other wire to Ground...
Re: Idle control valve and very cold weather?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:23:37 -0800
...control valve prone to problems during cold weather? I > replaced mine with a new one last fall..and today it again started doing > the...
Re: Digifant electrical/fuel problem; kinda long.
Historical mailing list - David Bayer
Sat, 18 Apr 1998 13:14:01 -0700
...I think the same thing is happening now, but I see no mention of a >| cold start valve in the Bently, There isn't...
more missing
Historical mailing list
Sat, 20 Apr 1996 13:46:02 -0500
...3) Its either my cold start valve or my injectors. 4) Becuase all 4 foul out, its probably my cold start valve. 5) I...
Re: Starts day, won't at night ...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 4 May 2010 10:08:57 -0700
Here's how I like to operate the cold start valve on any old system like this one... - by manual push button. ( they operate...
Re: Haunting/Hunting idle
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:09:56 -0500
...If it is steady, you have a stabilizer valve problem most likely, though it could be the stabilizer control. On a cold start the...
Re: . Idle Control System Explanation, please?
Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:45:44 -0600
...Any gasoline engine (save maybe for those direct fuel injected) requires a rich mixture to start cold. This because the gasoline portion of the...
Re: warm hard start
Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
Sun, 26 Apr 1998 19:33:08 -0700
...I should be having cold start problems and not warm start problems. Any ideas. Earl from Sunny Sooke 84 ex-California Vanagon
Re: Cold starting oil report Mobil 1 15w-50
Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
Tue, 26 Jan 2016 13:15:39 -0500
This probably means the viscosity of the cold oil is allowing the pump to overwhelm the pressure relief valve that's suppose to limit...
Re: Re[2]: 82 fi electrical question
Historical mailing list
Fri, 9 Feb 1996 20:29:39 -0500
...The heater and surrondinf temp determine how long cold start valve will operate. Incorect wiring will cause valve not to opoerate or cause engine...
Re: Cold Start Valve
Historical mailing list
Sun, 12 May 1996 20:21:19
...I haven't yet run a diagnostic test yet >but am guessing one of the following: > >a) cold start valve - not sure what the...
Re: 86 vanagon high idle
Historical mailing list
Thu, 4 Apr 1996 06:14:27 -0500
...to > pinch off the idle stablizer valve. After I did that the only problem > was, at cold startup It won't idle at all...
Re: Idle control valve and very cold weather?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:35:22 -0800
...control valve prone to problems during cold weather? I >> replaced mine with a new one last fall..and today it again started doing >> the...
81 aircooled won't start when cold
Historical mailing list - Anthony Zygmunt
Wed, 22 Dec 2004 18:21:37 -0800
...Bad cold start valve? Thanks, Tony Zygmunt __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com
Re: FIRE!! How did it happen? How to fix?
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:36:09 -0700
...Any thoughts on how the fire started? The obvious answer is the hoses at the cold start valve began to leak, but I don...
Re: idle problems
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:09:30 -0700
re cold start valves .............?? there isn't one, or any, cold start valves. very commonly on 1.9 wbxr's .. people have the timing...
Re: Fuel injector operating voltage
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 7 Dec 2010 10:35:10 -0800
...or at least, I can say I have operated hundreds of injectors and cold start valves on 12 volts and never hurt one. ----- Original...
Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Won't Start in cold weather
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:59:27 -0500
...Air Cooled Vanagon Won't Start in cold weather Here in Toronto it is -4C or -10C with the wind chill, I am not...
Re: No "Flicker", what to do?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 9 May 2018 11:57:09 -0700
...24.6 in Bentley? Maybe the cold start valve timer has failed? If it was me, I'd clean the 50 connection at starter...
Re: cold start problem - 89 GL
Historical mailing list - Chris Agh
Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:25:06 -0800
What about the cold start valve? I don't think the water-cooled digifants don't have this valve as I didn't find...
Re: Idle control valve and very cold weather?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 20:15:30 -0800
...control valve prone to problems during cold weather? I > replaced mine with a new one last fall..and today it again started doing > the...
Re: Computer Problem?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:10:39 -0700 (PDT)
...The cold start valve is powered only when the starter is turning over the engine. Once you switch from "Start" to "Run" the cold...
Re: Aux Air Valve Officially Obsolete
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Thu, 7 Sep 2006 22:38:41 -0400
...Essentially, the Aux Air > Valve is a necessary component for starting in cold to mild weather. > > Gary Malick from the Type 2 List pmailed...
Hard start when cold
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Tue, 11 Aug 1998 10:30:41 PDT
...I've noticed recently that the van doesn't like to start easily when it's cold. By cold I mean around 60-70...
Re: 88 GL - Idle Stabilizer System - Was Distributor Woes
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 3 Jan 2014 08:52:53 -0500
...When I do a cold start with the ISV connected - the engine over speeds. Not good right from a cold start. Should come up...
Re: Starts day, won't at night ...
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 3 May 2010 22:18:05 -0700
...In cold weather (nights, mornings) under a certain ambient temperature (Bentley shows this and how to test one), it activates the cold start valve...
Cold start
Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 15:40:51 -0400
Hi all, A couple of days ago there was a question about a part number for a cold start valve or sensor. I must...
Re: Tool US 1076?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:19:59 -0700
...Apply power to cold start valve and pressure should drop as cold start valve opens. You can use a vacuum pump attached to the...
Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
Wed, 17 Sep 1997 05:59:06 -0500
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: Do you have one of these?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:54:18 -0700
re "cold-start valve " on a 1.9. to nitpick you probably mean 'auxiliary air valve' ......... there's no 'cold start' device The comparable...
Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:24:48 -0700
...Not quite > the same as a gas cold start valve, but similar. > >