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• Re: more fuel problems!!!!
  Historical mailing list - brad barcom
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:29:07 -0500
  ...Could it be that it is merely the time that you turn the car off to tap the fuel pump is really what is...
• Re: frequently dying
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 07:44:44 -0500
  ...Check with fuel pressure gauge on tap provided on fuel rail between #3 & #4 injectors. G. Matthew Bulley Director Bulley-Hewlett & Associates www.bulley...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:33:20 -0700
  ...Tap the relay with power on and the relays work, fuel pump > cycles. Then, I tried to start the van as usual after and...
• FW: Help again!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:29:56 -0400
  ...the fuel pump hums, relays clicks, battery terminals cleaned, hammer tapped on the starter... now whats next?
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:58:48 -0700
  ...Tap the relay with power on and the relays work, fuel pump > cycles. Then, I tried to start the van as usual after and...
• Re: Vanagon running on vegetable oil
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:15:40 -0700
  ...Lot of tape of them scrounging fry oil behind burger joints. In the Seattle area there are, at last count, two locations with bio...
• Have Factory Training VHS Tapes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 May 94 01:11:58 EDT
  ...description of each segment): ------------------------------------------------------- Tape #1 1:24 mins 8 *FT Vanagon Throttle Switch Adjustment 21 *FT Digifant Fuel and Ignition System (excellent!) 20...
• Van Storage, mothball, mothballing, long-term storage
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 22:14:41 -0400
  ...Completely fill the fuel tank, adding STA-BIL, (or following step #3, completely drain it). 2. If draining fuel tank, blow compressed air through...
• engine running rough
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 29 May 2003 11:48:03 -0700
  ...I've run Marvel Mystery oil through the system and I've used fuel injection cleaners twice. I've recently changed the fuel filter...
• Need a fuel expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:46:29 -0500
  Hi volks, I replaced my fuel breather lines on Sunday, and as I was pulling a particularly difficult one off my driver's side...
• Re: Bluestar =?windows-1252?Q?project=85no_start_yet?=
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 May 2013 18:08:25 -0700
  I suggest cover those cracks in the insulation with Liquid Electrical Tape .. great stuff .. it's brush-on vynyl I think.. comes in black...
• vdo gauge
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 12:11:41 -0500
  ...the Fuel pressure regulator (in my 85 this has a number of lines coming and going as I remember). Where do you tap in...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:37:36 -0400
  ...fuel pump, voltage regulator, belts and an ignition switch. The rest are repair items like hose couplers and clamps, rubber tape and duct tape...
• Re: fuel tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:48:05 -0500
  The Bus reserve tap knob was discontinued, as was the Bug's, in 1961 with the addition of the fuel gauge in the bug...
• Re: '87 Westy: New fuel pump started crying on first day after fill up.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:59:58 -0700
  ...but he sure as hell knows how to wrap a package- did you know you get a free roll of used duct tape with...
• Re: Alternative Fuels - Salt Water
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:15:57 -0500
  ...Alternative Fuels - Salt Water > > > > Hmmmm ... one would think that if salt water could be made into a viable > > fuel that the Navy would have...
• Re: More fuel to the fire(was mail header suggestions)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 00:47:50 -0500
  ...These backup tapes should be kept for 3 years each in seperate safe deposit boxes, then sent to the library of congress for archive...
• Re: help my bucking Westphalia!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Williams
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 12:41:01 -0700
  ...like someone is > tapping on the brakes. I don't know how to tell if > the condition is spark > or fuel delivery related. I...
• Plug Over Fuel Mixture Adj Screw on AFM, '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 12:16:45 -0700
  Volks, I have not been successful in removing the silver metal (aluminum?) plug inserted on top of the fuel mixture adjustment screw on the...
• Re: Dirty Fuel and Poor Performance
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:38:39 -0800
  ...I drained the gas tank completely and replaced the fuel filter but > it's still spittin and sputtering. I've started to remove the...
• VIN Location
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 20:23:33 -0500
  ...of tape but it is stamped into the frame. I just happened to notice it one day while I was inspecting my fuel lines...
• Re: '87 Westy: New fuel pump started crying on first day after fill up.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:05:31 -0700
  ...New fuel pump started crying on first day after fill up. To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 4:24 PM...
• Re: fuel tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 00:39:55 -0500
  ...The tap actually actually has an upper drain for most of the fuel. When it ges to a certain level, you have to turn...
• Re: help my bucking Westphalia!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 22:19:40 -0500
  ...like someone is > tapping on the brakes. I don't know how to tell if the condition is spark > or fuel delivery related. I...
• Re: Tappet adjustment, was Brake booster woes.
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 23:39:58 -0400
  ...BTW I have no tappet noise. Like you I plan to replace my fuel pressure regulator. David's post was a nice job, wasn...
• Re: Fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 13:52:55 -0500
  ...reverse by reversing the leads.) Al Brase Vanagons Mike Miller wrote: >Taping the pump makes it work again for a while. The whiles keep...
• Re: GAS HEATER Re: Smoke coming from under the van
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:27:59 -0800
  ...an Eberspacher BA6 model. [...] it taps gas out of your gas >tank, so it never runs out of fuel, unlike propane heaters. Never ever...
• Re: Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 22:17:11 -0700
  ...I tried "jumping" the starter by > shorting the contact and I still get nothing except for the fuel pump. > > Is my "new" starter bad...
• Re: Hitting a Milestone - sort of
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 09:48:15 -0500
  ...Split fuel hose in a place where I could not cut off and refit. So, after scrounging some electrical tape, a ball point pen...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:48:13 -0700
  ...Tap the relay with power on and the relays work, fuel pump > cycles. Then, I tried to start the van as usual after and...
• Re: Good AND inexpensive tire pump, where to find?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Sat, 23 Nov 1996 20:15:38 -0500
  ...Make certain you disconnect the fuel injector for the cylinder you're going to tap into otherwise you'll be loading your tire wire...
• Re: Gas Heater Plumbing
  Historical mailing list - Joseph J Helwig
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 09:26:51 -0600
  ...fuel pump? The Eberspacher gas heaters (yours is probably a BN4) should connect directly to the top the gas tank, via a tap with...
• Re: Friday NVC: British Carburettor hilarity
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:05:29 -0700
  ...544's , maybe 122's also .. > the tapered needle that withdraws from the jet, ( so more fuel is sucked > in > the higher the needle...
• Re: VW tool numbers (?!)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 4 Mar 2000 02:23:05 +0100
  ...a VW8630 is a fuel > pressure gauge calibrated in kPa designed to be tapped directly in to > the fuel rail. FWIW, Hazet of Germany...
• Re: Fuel Gauge quit and annoying squeak
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:20:14 -0800
  ...Antony, what about a lick of tape [elec,duct] where the spring clamp grabs the column? maybe rework the clamp for more tension? ... --- On...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 14:52:32 -0700
  ...Spare diesel fuel line. Electric wire, tape, something to splice wire. small multimeter (Volts amp resistance). Duct tape 1/8" multistranded wire. (For temporary...
• Still need help!
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 13:18:32 -0500
  ...No signs of fuel leaking anywhere, but when I am under the van by the fuel pump and filter I can smell a slight...
• Re: fuel tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:19:18 -0800
  ...and no fuel gauge! > > Neil. It's not exactly a reserve tank. The tap actually actually has an upper drain for most of the...
• Fuel Pump or Vacuum Leak?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Oct 1997 12:55:10 -0500
  ...After some stalling problems, I acertained that I either had a fuel pump problem or a vacuum leak. Of course I found that the...
• Frequency recommendation to replace Vanagon fuel gasoline lines
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak
  Sun, 8 May 2016 11:46:07 -0400
  ...Will taping the ends of the gasoline fuel lines slow up the splitting of the rubber? Could this be caused by a fault with...
• 85 Vanagon w/non-stop blinking LED
  Historical mailing list - Jen Egan
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 13:51:02 -0700
  ...To fix the problems, they have suggested replacing the fuel pump (which worked just fine before), and sticking tape over the LED. Here is...
• 1984 Vanagon For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon For Sale
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 02:50:30 +0000
  ...Red/White Exterior Beige Interior 7-passenger FACTORY SUNROOF ~131,000 miles 1.9L Waterboxer Automatic Transmission Dual Heaters Cassette tape deck, 4 speakers...
• What a great thing the Vanagon List is...saved me a big hassel today...long boring story
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 2 May 2010 18:55:12 -0700
  ...put a chafe guard on a fuel line hose...It seemed to work. I figured...Have that tape in the van, along with a...
• Re: Pools of fuel
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 21:53:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...This thing goes in where the little fuel tap (that screws onto the bottom of the tank) goes. Thom -- > Change is inevitable, except from...
• Horn don't toot
  Historical mailing list - Donald Welch
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 16:14:58 -0600
  ...the tape from around this relay where the power appears to come from got the number and it seems this is a fuel pump...
• Re: ground straps
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 22:52:04 EDT
  ...I had to drill and tap a new place to connect it, as the old connection was totally corroded. Make sure you clean the...
• Re: Advice on 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:20:13 -0500
  ...I dont think the fuel pump is overheating.When the pump filter gets plugged up, the pump will groan. When it runs for a...
• Re: French Fry Exhaust, Was: biodesiel
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 04:54:48 EST
  ...the Tappet Bros. suggested the composition of the fuel lines in the Vanagon most likely made them uncompatable with the properties of the biodiesel...
• Re: electrical problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven G Wacker
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:09:19 -0800
  ...I tapped it and reinserted it and got the head lights working. Now all that remains to fix is the temp and fuel gages...
• Cow magnets?? was: Backup halogens?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 08 Apr 1996 08:20:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...just like |taping cow magnets on your fuel line..... ******cow magnets on the fuel line? what is that rumored to do?***** | |-dan (moo-oo) |
• Re: Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 21:22:17 -0400
  ...The fuel pump pressure should be checked at the fuel loop tap with the engine running. The nominal pressure at idle(with the vacuum...
• Starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Dan Eggert
  Thu, 10 May 2001 21:40:45 -0500
  ...Could it be because I disconnected everything? I also put in a new section of fuel line right before the fuel pump where the...
• brake line fix but safe
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:36:47 -0500
  ...Problem it is over the fuel tank. can i run a new line and tap into the old line where i can reach it...
• Re: Excel Spreadsheet for Vanagon Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:14:09 -0800
  ...here an example *07/22/2016 *at 207068 miles after Vancouver Island Trip - oil change - 20W50 HiZinc Lucas - oil filter - clean air filter - fuel...
• Re: '86 Westy cranking trouble
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:53:16 -0700
  ...Tap the relay with power on and the relays work, fuel pump > cycles. Then, I tried to start the van as usual after and...
• Re: The Otter Has (CRASH) Landed!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:28:21 -0500
  ...Air-Cool. -""Fuel lines leaking fuel. Siliconed and held by electrical tape""", BS!!!, there is over 30PSI of pressure in there, tape won't...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving (Almost)
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:35:14 -0700
  ...Hmmm, was the intake screen detached from its base and above fuel level? But why does the tank seem empty when I tap on...
• Re: VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 16:06:02 -0700
  ...I have it permanently mounted in the engine compartment attached to the fuel pressure testing tap. It works reliably for me. I like it...
• Re: fuel pump +Mom problem
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 13:53:34 -0600
  ...I'd get a >>pair of vice grips ( needle nosed ones are best, wrap the jaws in a bit >>of duct tape/fuel hose...
• Re: First road trip, what parts should i upgrade??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:50:28 -0800
  ...Pick up a roll of "Rescue Tape" for roadside repairs. It is a silicone self bonding stretch tape(non adhesive) you can use on...