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Intake Runners 2.1L
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 31 Jul 2021 17:11:21 +0000
Have another van here with rust holes in the intake runners (Manifold). Anyone have runners they want to unload or any source for new...
Re: Golf motor with Diesel Mounts intake manifold questions
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 03:54:38 EST
...As part of this cache, I have an intake manifold from an 87 CIS Golf, two Audi 3A intake manifolds, two 3A exhaust manifolds...
Re: intake gasket?
Historical mailing list - Grungy
Sat, 12 Mar 2011 14:16:20 -0600
...intake gasket? > >>Injectors out - d'oh! - that was easy. >>FLAPS should have seals this afternoon. >> >>Old intake manifold gasket appears to be glued to...
Fwd: air intake snorkel hose
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Mon, 25 Jun 2012 14:39:45 -0700
I shoulda sent this 'reply all' as this subject comes up sometimes, looking for intake ducting hose. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail...
Re: 85 Intake Boot Time
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 4 Oct 2007 11:58:30 -0700
...If the intake boot on the WBX is similar to the intake boot on the air cooled engine (I believe it is) you can...
hose size for 1.9 intake boot
Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
Sun, 28 Apr 2024 11:34:08 -0500
Is the hose size for the plastic nipple attached to the intake boot 14mm ID or 13mm? Mine is kinda chewed so can't...
Re: Air intake
Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
Wed, 21 May 2008 07:13:32 -0600
Why not manufacture a flange that seals off the snorkel cavity from the engine compartment? Then run the intake through this flange, with the...
Re: port matching intake manifolds to heads
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:28:43 -0800
mmmm.........i'm looking at some heads I took off a 1.9, and the relief, or pocket, for the intake valves goes right...
Cold Air Intake
Historical mailing list - Mark Milby
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:52:43 -0400
With what seems to be the easiest horsepower gain, I continuously wonder and search for a good cold air/direct air intake. Has anyone...
air intake system
Historical mailing list - Jose Rivero
Mon, 15 Mar 1999 11:03:25 -0100
...This weekend I have installed the air intake system of MSDS and a sunroof Webasto Top-slider, I hope to make pictures and to...
Re: Removal fo FI injectors
Historical mailing list - Ben huot
Mon, 18 Mar 2002 18:36:45 -0500
My site is partially up, there is a complete section on the injectors and intake system, removal & maintenance. Here it is: http://www3.sympatico...
Re: Fwd: air intake snorkel hose
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:27:00 -0500
The hotter the intake air, the less dispersed fuel it is capable of holding. Under normal circumstances I don't suppose we'd notice...
Fuel in intake boot?
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 01:13:06 EST
...So, upon removal of the intake boot I discovered gasoline in the intake boot, and in the throttle body intake. Can you tell me...
Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:13:17 -0700
...Also, the hot intake valve and intake port surface of the head very much "encourage" gasoline to stay vaporized. This is one reason why...
FS: 2.1L Airbox, Intake Boot and brand new K&N Airfilter (never used)
Historical mailing list - Jason Denton
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 15:21:31 -0600
I recently bought a 2.1L airbox, intake boot, and new K&N airfilter for an upgrade on my 1.9L van. During the...
Re: Welcome to Turbonator.com !
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:10:54 -0400
...LOL Mike Tim Demarest wrote: > Ah-ha! So I need four teeny little ones inside each intake runner!!! > > It *must* be for real, I...
Re: Intake Runners?
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:57:16 -0400
...Intake Runners? > Dear list, > > > I started to take apart my engine and I need the runners for the intake > manifold. This is the part...
Re: Nasty intake pics
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 29 May 2009 10:50:13 -0700
I was expecting intake ports blocked about 80 % by dark black crud from you description, but ........sure there's a coating of junk, but...
Re: Cleaning intake manifolds
Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
Fri, 11 May 2001 13:39:11 -0700
I have a solution for ya (did the same thing on my intake pipes). I used some solvent and a large L-bent bristle...
Re: A Newbie question on Changing Air Filters
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 14 May 2000 15:45:28 -0400
At 15:24 5/14/2000, Marshall Ruskin wrote: >However, the lid is still attached to the intake boot and associated >plastic. Said intake...
oil inside intake boot
Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
Tue, 2 Nov 2004 15:32:09 -0800
Hi All, I've got a fair amount of oil (not puddles, but wet) inside of the intake boot; apparently heading in from (what...
Re: Nasty intake pics
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Thu, 28 May 2009 18:56:12 -0700
That's major hydrocarbon deposits in the intake runners. Pretty much outside my experience ie I've never seen that. I wonder if that...
Re: Fwd: air intake snorkel hose
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:28:49 -0500
...That said, my air intake is inside the pillar, because it is used to cool an external oil cooler. For that purpose, I can...
87GL A/C Condensate Drain Tube ?
Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
Sat, 28 Jun 1997 09:26:51 -0500
...My condensate hose just goes through the sheet metal and into the RH rear intake at the top. The tube is very short, only...
Vanagon Syncro snorkel and dirt trap
Historical mailing list - vwghost
Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:59:03 -0500
...rubber boot, dirt trap, baffle, isolated intake hose, intake end. I have one in my 88 Vanagon I-4 conversion.I am asking 75...
Re: Syncros(fording)
Historical mailing list
Sat, 18 May 1996 18:10:05 -0500
...Aren't the air intakes >approximately 5 feet off the ground? Does ignition get flooded out 1st? > >Russ The exhaust would be under before...
85 Intake Boot Time
Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:41:29 -0700
In tracking down a vacuum leak I'm suspecting my intake boot is not long for this world. It's got visible cracks, doesn...
WTB: 2.1L intake boot
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:02:12 -0400
I need a non-syncro 2.1L intake boot that goes between the throttle body and the air filter. Reasonably priced, please. I can...
K&N cone filter
Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:57:41 -0600
...I noticed that the original layout is piped to the right side intake grille of the vanagon. Do I have to pipe the cone...
Vanagon Diesel Intake Water Trap on eBay
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:56:18 -0400
I spotted this Vanagon Diesel Intake Water Trap on eBay. Don't see these too often. Thought I remembered someone lamenting that they did...
Re: Vanagon Diesel Intake Water Trap on eBay
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:01:52 -0400
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Maynard Southard wrote: > I spotted this Vanagon Diesel Intake Water Trap on eBay. Don't see > these too often...
Air intake snorkle: was K&N dirty filter
Historical mailing list - Stebbins
Sun, 6 May 2001 10:27:22 +0300
...This is now very much a homemade Syncro air intake set-up. If you believe that a picture is worth a 1,000 words...
Re: Golf motor with Diesel Mounts intake manifold questions
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:17:08 -0800
...As part of this cache, I have an intake manifold from an 87 CIS Golf, two Audi 3A intake manifolds, two 3A exhaust manifolds...
Re: WTB: 2.1 Intake Parts
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Mon, 13 Nov 2023 08:08:57 -0500
...them: > - 2.1 throttle body > - 2.1 intake plenum > - 2.1 3 groove pulley > - 2.1 intake boot > - 2.1 air box > - 2.1...
Re: [tiico] Re: vibrating tiico engine
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:19:13 -0700
David Brodbeck wrote: "Others have gotten a substantial noise reduction by putting a snorkel on the intake to muffle intake noise." No muffling. It...
Re: WTB: Syncro intake boot
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:50:45 -0700
...Syncro intake boot Posted this before... lost the reply I got, so here it goes again: I need a Syncro intake boot that goes...
Re: Cold Air Intake
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:34:28 -0400
The Waterboxer from the factory already has a cold intake, from the vent area on the side of the engine compartment. As for a...
Re: Part search request for assistance, 81 - 83 air coolled Vanagon
Historical mailing list - neil
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:43:32 -0500
...If you're referring to one of the smaller fabric boots that connects the air intake distributor to the intake manifold, these should be...
'86 injector seals - where to buy?
Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
Wed, 10 Jun 1998 10:53:40 -0400
ANyone have a good source for the little rubber seals that go around the injectors where they poke into the intake. Also, how about...
Re: Golf motor with Diesel Mounts intake manifold questions
Historical mailing list - Pat
Sun, 24 Feb 2002 12:10:20 -0500
...some day i will start the rabbit conversion in my van and will try probably all the intakes i have laying around. if you...
wtb: Air Intake Boot
Historical mailing list - Kevin McLean
Tue, 29 Apr 2003 08:34:29 -0700
I need the air intake boot that goes between the pre-filter and the main air filter housing on a 1987 Syncro. Does anyone...
Intake Runners?
Historical mailing list - eric luebbers
Wed, 5 Apr 2006 20:05:14 -0700
Dear list, I started to take apart my engine and I need the runners for the intake manifold. This is the part that contains...
Re: 2.0L Intake question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 7 Jun 2010 14:03:03 -0700
...I have I just redid my intake/ fuel rail all prety and new clamps and hoses. So now my question is are both intake...
Question about air intake - trying to solve Vanagon Syndrome
Historical mailing list - John Hawk
Sun, 6 Jan 2002 18:24:48 -0600
...I think I saw someone on the list mention that they had cleaned the intake or something. What's going on with the intake...
Wanted: Diesel air intake snorkel
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sat, 29 Mar 2003 15:57:05 -0500
I'm looking for the air intake snorkel that goes in the left rear vent pillar on a diesel Vanagon. I'm missing the...
Re Re: bizarre vanagon westy on ebay.....
Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
Wed, 3 Mar 2004 17:13:18 -0500
...the metal rear air intake scoops were only on the '80 vanagons.. -------------------------- I have to correct you on that one: some '81 also had...
Re: Engine worries return
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:01:49 -0700
...new intake manifold gaskets, maybe new cork valve cover gaskets, maybe new boots between each intake runner and intake plenum if yours are old...
Re: Plugging leaks in intake manifold
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:13:23 -0400
Mike, I would suspect air leaks are coming from someplace other than the intake manifold. I probably have some leaks on one or more...
Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:12:12 -0700
It's funny, in my mind's eye I see a pic of custom made intake runners (plain tube) running I into plenum. A...
Re: CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:26:55 -0700
...air intake leaks from TB, to plenum, to > intake runner boots, to the the heads. > > one MUST chase down any and all intake leaks...
Intake air flow, improvement possible?
Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
Sat, 27 Nov 2004 15:53:59 -0700
The recent discussion about possible improvements to the intake air flow chain in the vanagon got me to thinking. Here are my theoretical assumptions...
Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:10:48 -0700
...Intake air flow, improvement possible? Depending on the type of engine and valving and a few other points, increasing air intake does improve response...
Air Filter Intake Assembly
Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
Fri, 09 May 97 17:29:00 PDT
...There used to be an air intake plastic pipe that connected to the air filter assembly. As I recall, it was a rectangular piece...
air intake elbow for an 85 1.9L needed
Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:56:00 -0400
just thought I would ask if there was anyone out there that has an air intake elbow for an 85 1.9l engine in...
Re: 2.1 WBX Push Rods. Make Sure They're Seated! Was: 2.1 wbx rocker, pushrods
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 19 May 2017 18:12:30 -0700
...There may be a thinner wall socket that would clear the intake gasket or other better tool to do this job, but I tried...
Re: port matching intake manifolds to heads
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Mon, 21 Jan 2008 09:31:36 -0500
...My intake manifold openings are smaller than the gasket openings (gasket between the intake manifolds and the heads) which have openings that are slightly...
Re: Bostig intake hose
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Sun, 3 Aug 2014 12:46:51 -0400
...com> wrote: > Does anyone have any idea if the enormously long intake hose used in Bostig conversions can be bought separately? Is there a...
Re: Exhaust Design
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:04:41 -0800
...Then look at the plenum area and intake runners. The subaru plenum area is nicely cast into nice, large, 'swooping' cast aluminum intake runners...
Oil leaks from tower and air intake
Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:48:20 -0500
...Between the air filter box, AMF, air intake tube and the throttle it doesn't seem to align perfectly. The intake tube (hard rubber...
Re: Cold Air Intake
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 13:39:37 -0700
...1 WBX already uses a high flow filter and cold air intake > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:52 PM...