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• Blown Wasserboxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - Dave Woolridge
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 11:31:15 -0330
  ...It still turns over but only at high revs and amps. It is a complete engine and a candidate for rebuilding. I am looking...
• Re: Tire trivia
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 06:37:48 -0800
  ...11.75" = 858 revs/mile > Yoko Y370 195/7R14: 11.75" = 858 revs/mile > BFG AT KO 27x8.5R14 = 12.625" = 799 revs/mile...
• 84 Westy stumbles off idle
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Wed, 5 May 2010 09:57:32 -0400
  ...the engine revs nicely -- but if I trounce the pedal too abruptly the engine stumbles. I can recreate the problem in the driveway just...
• Re: Recommended Breakin method for new engine
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Thu, 20 May 1999 10:18:08 -0700
  ...Recommended Breakin method for new engine > > Vary the revs and load on the motor while keeping both at less than 70% of > maximum. NO...
• Re: low rpm flat spot
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Nov 1994 12:28:49 -0400 (EDT)
  ...If you have a leak, the revs will go up immediately. Also, do this while the engine is cool. Not that you will go...
• Bouncing idle......
  Historical mailing list - mike g.
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 00:02:10 -0800
  ...stop the revs hang up into the 1500 range and slowly comes down. I have been having to rev the engine to make it...
• Re: MORE 12v fridge not working info
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:20:40 -0700
  ...So, you increase revs, more volts flowing and alt light goes out. Makes sense. More revs/volts and LP light glows on refer. Correct...
• problems with bosch platinum spark plugs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 96 18:16:09 EDT
  ...seems i back fire a little when i first start the engine. i push down on the gas , the engine revs, then it wants...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:28:18 -0400
  ...Now you can >base maintenance on number of revs rather than miles or time. There you go! Like the engine hours indicators on small...
• Re: westys & climbing mountain roads
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:20:31 -0800
  ...That's what 2nd gear is for :) Keep the revs up so as not to lug the engine. And if the knocking in the...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 16:01:57 PST
  ...If the paddle is completely released while the engine is still at high revs (higher than 1500 RPM), the switch tells the computer to...
• Re: Battery and oil pressure lights acting wierd
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 9 May 2005 16:15:58 -0400
  ...off again depending on engine revs. The odd thing is that the light > will come on at high revs, which I'd assume would...
• Re: Audiovox cruise control/Subaru engine
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 28 May 2010 08:45:42 -0700
  > I have an EJ22 Subaru engine in my automatic, 89 vanagon. I am using > Audiovox CSS -- 100. I have some questions about the hookup...
• [FIX]auto tranny experts HELP!(little long)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Noll
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 13:56:53 -0400
  ...If I put lever in 2nd it doesn't engauge the engine just revs. When on the road and I kick it down, won...
• Re: 87 Syncro Engine dying & Seattle Mech reference
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 18:02:57 -0500
  ...Last week, after running > fine for a little over an hour, then engine could not maintain its revs and > died out. (It died coming...
• Surging at Idle (2.1 Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 18:35:14 -0400
  ...When I first start the engine, the revs first go to about 1500 rpm and then promptly drop to about 1000 rpm where it...
• Re: Highway hesitation in 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 08:24:12 EST
  ...moisture perhaps? Anyway, a couple of bigtime revs of the engine while in neutral usually eliminates the problem. One other time, I did get...
• Re: spark, stumble, and misses...
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:30:54 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the engine dies, whereas if i take > the wire plugs from 2 or 4 (or both), the engine doesn't change revs > at all...
• Engine reving?
  Historical mailing list - Sonia Johnson
  Sun, 6 May 2001 17:02:53 -0700
  ...Problem is when I start the engine, it revs up to about 3500 to 4000 and wants to stay there. I'm driving with...
• Re: Loss of power at low revs
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:43:12 -0500
  ...For instance if I pull away from >a stoplight the rev's just hover somewhere around 800 but then the >engine "kicks in" and...
• Gear ratios for Syncro 16"
  Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:54:15 +0200
  ...The engine has an Oettinger intercooler and it gets something like 90 HP. The engine revs too fast : 100 km/h at 4000 rpm...
• Re: Transmission repair options
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:39:28 -0400
  ...Engine revs like > crazy, clutch in and it goes back into gear and runs > again. Mechanic tightened the linkage between stick > and transmission but...
• oil pressure switches
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 20:22:03 -0400
  ...Mine is closed with the engine off, opens when the engine starts and never closes again as the engine revs up. Is that at...
• 90 Vanagon Engine Woes
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 00:15:47 -0400
  ...Once running, engine always stutters and sputs at idle while tach drifts up and down by several hundred revs. Gets really bad with a...
• Re: Bogging 1.9
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 17:32:18 -0600
  ...when you try to accelerate from a stop the engine bogs down and has a hard time gaining any revs. Once it speeds up...
• Re: Loss of power at low revs
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:53:48 -0800
  ...For instance if I pull away from >a stoplight the rev's just hover somewhere around 800 but then the >engine "kicks in" and...
• Re: Audi problems/driving
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 17:59:07 -0400 (AST)
  ...Matches engine revs/trans/wheelspeed nicely, letting you double clutch and land in the desired gear with the engine on the boil, all while...
• Re: bent pushrods... overheated...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 9 May 2006 19:39:33 -0500
  I associate bent pushrods more with too-high revs than with overheating. If an engine overheats to the point that the lifters stick, then...
• Re: westys & climbing mountain roads
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:38:09 -0500
  ...Going up those VA mountains I HAD to drop it down into 2nd to keep revs up. The engine knock this past summer was...
• Stuck again !!
  Historical mailing list - Sam P
  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:49:58 -0800
  ...I found that if I go into the engine compartment and pull on the rather large linkage rod I can reset the revs but...
• Re: '87 Westy water pump/fridge relay ?
  Historical mailing list - David Garth
  Sun, 25 Jun 1995 20:56:45 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Its > the thing that turns off the radio, lights, fan etc when you crank the engine. > I didn't know that there is an...
• bubbles in the coolant overflow tank on 82 diesel westy
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 23:51:02 +0100
  ...out hat if I rev the engine, & hold it - no problems. If I then let the revs drop back to idle - I get a...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:31:43 -0400
  ...Evenutally enough is in manifold for engine to start. That excess air is allowing for the high engine revs. After that fuel burns, since...
• Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:15:46 -0400
  ...The condition presents with the engine warm, and the engine under load. I have tested fuel pressure at the T and it is at...
• Re: Now what? Engine idles then revs up
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:20:53 -0500
  ...Bentley 24.59, left column* *Worn throttle bodies may require some compromises, but bottom line is that with the engine idling and throttle allowed...
• Re: How I got home from work (broken clutch cable)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 00:35:46 -0600
  ...You just gotta get the revs of the engine just right (so that the rpms of the engine match the rpms of the tranny...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 14:46:02 -0700
  ...it triggers a lamp every time the engine >> passes TDC. An "engine running" indicator? > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca > > '88 Westy http://tinyurl...
• Re: Battery and oil pressure lights acting wierd
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 9 May 2005 13:48:41 -0700
  ...off again depending on engine revs. The odd thing is that the light >will come on at high revs, which I'd assume would...
• 82 won't idle when hot, hard hot start
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:12:34 -0400
  ...The engine starts fine and idles OK for a few minutes and then the idle slows down and then revs back up and then...
• Re: Slipping Auto Tranny after fluid change
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:11:59 -0500
  ...By "slipping", do you mean that you give it gas and the engine revs up readily but the tranny is sluggish to catch up?
• Re: Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:14:13 CDT
  ...F >-----u-----------------R >When setting the timing (Temp Sender II disconnected, revs at 2000 rpm) >which notch gives the required 5 degree ahead of...
• Re: 1987 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 15:48:28 -0600
  ...Got to side of road and engine not take revs then all cleared > up- > clogged fuel filter? > Help? > Sid Vicious > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno...
• Re: no power to tranny??
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:35:01 -0700
  ...and then no power from the engine to the > tranny in any gear > engine seems fine > clutch feels normal > I think is sound like...
• Re: [W] The Drive to Dublin. W stands for waffle.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Thu, 19 Jan 1995 16:06:06 -0700 (MST)
  ...Ever notice the way that a diesel > > loosens out after 50 or 60 miles? And that it revs better with > engine just runs *better...
• Engine warm-up troubles
  Historical mailing list - AL Ferguson
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 15:31:14 -0500
  I am having a little trouble in the morning with warming the engine of my '87 Westy (gas). It starts fine and even revs...
• Inline 4 - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Wed, 30 May 2007 12:59:29 -0700
  anyone out there running an inline 4 with a regeared 4th? I've an 1800 Jetta engine, a DK transmission. I'm replacing the...
• Re: 85 Vangon revs drops, revs drops, revs drops, and then dies after a few minutes of this cycle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:30:48 -0600
  ...Nobody checks it - they just drive until the engine sputters and quits - then they "holler for the calf rope!" Good luck. John Rodgers Clayartist...
• Re: Air-cooled, gas, diesel
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:13:38 -0500
  >> While we're on the subject of engine types, what about diesel vs gas powered? Besides the obvious lack of power. << Steve, you wouldn...
• Captain's chair Allen wrench size?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 09:51:51 -0400
  ...are the advantages and disadvantages of doing this? > > What is the effect on top-speed, engine revs and on the accuracy of the > speedometer?
• Another Vanagon Throttle Question ('87 Wolfsburg)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Turner
  Tue, 3 May 2005 14:01:47 -0400
  ...When I slow the van down, and come to a stop at an intersection, the engine revs up to about 2000 rpm and sits...
• Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:36:57 -0700
  re "If this Westy has the original diesel Vanagon tyranny, you may find the gearing too high. (engine revs higher than needed. Especially at...
• Re: Bad heads and a noise
  Historical mailing list - TBill
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 16:49:30 -0800
  ...s a badd tapping sound that keeps time with the revs of the engine. > Speculation has been that the valves are getting hit by...
• Sad and depressed
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 20:18:29 -0400
  ...This winter replaced engine oil, diff oil and gasket and coolant as well as threw in some atf. Just moved the van. It revs...
• Juddering clutch in 1982 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Wed, 16 Oct 1996 22:39:51 +0100
  ...When there are enough revs and take up is slow its OK but when you are trying for a quick getaway in 1st or...
• Re: Stalls when hot. won't restart. 1.9 wbx
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 11:00:04 -0600
  ...Coming off a stop light, the >> engine bogged down and struggle to build revs though it did have power >> once i got the revs...
• Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:05:12 -0700
  ...Evenutally enough is in manifold for engine to start. That excess air is allowing for the high engine revs. After that fuel burns, since...
• Re: oil pressure diagnosis.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:55:30 -0400
  ...Usually these engine will run fine on 10w-40 unless you are getting things really hot form hi revs or high load. Also be...
• strange idle
  Historical mailing list - Merrick B. Richmond
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 04:04:44 -0700
  ...rpms, then revs to 2k, then back down again. rrrrrrrRAUrrrrrrrrRAUrrrrrrrrrRAU etc. rrrrrr=1k, RAU=2k. It seems to occur when the engine is cold...
• Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 13:54:00 -0700
  ...1990 Vanagon Camper Stock 2.1 engine Manual transmission The symptoms: Hesitates just after shifting while accelerating. Hesitates when changing pressure up on the...
• [Q] Decreasing gear ratio
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 16:44:44 -0700
  ...for my tranny to lower the revs at 60 mph? It seems criminal to make that poor engine turn 4000 rpm at 60 when...