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• Driver's side fuel expansion tank rollover valve nipple orientation
  Historical mailing list - Mike South
  Sat, 11 Nov 2017 16:09:35 -0600
  My rollover valve's grommet was rotted on the driver's side fuel expansion tank. Got new grommet, but not sure which direction the...
• Re: Vortex Valve(tm)
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:01:05 +0100
  ...amazing Vortex Valve(tm) is made in the USA from the highest quality > materials made right here in the USA. > > Drive Safe and Save...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:10:06 -0700
  ...down to the heater valve,removed the hoses and dropped the valve assembly with hoses and cable onto the driveway to work on it...
• Leaking valve covers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 16:00:16 -0800
  ...the left valve cover so that you can determine if they are leaking simply by smelling the burning oil as you drive down the...
• Noisy valve (?)
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Sat, 5 May 2001 22:41:35 -0700
  ...Periodically (often after the van hasn't been used for awhile) I get a knocking sound from near the valve cover on the driver...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - ron johnson
  Mon, 27 May 2024 16:26:27 -0700
  ...Pinch off >>> the hoses with harbor freight hose clamps so you don’t lose coolant. >>> Lower the whole valve assembly to the driveway and...
• Re: Front drivers heater - cut off valve installation guide
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 15 May 2007 18:24:27 -0700
  On 5/15/07, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net> wrote: > > Terry Kay offers such a valve which can be seen on this page (scroll...
• Re: Stalling at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:01:59 -0400
  ...Stalling at stop lights With the engine warm, diusconnect the idle stabilizer valve. Drive it a bit and see what happens. I had an...
• Re: rear heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 11:28:06 -0400
  ...garden tractor or whatever, to operate >the >rear heater valve from somewhere near the driver's seat (beneath?) I don't >think it'd...
• propane on/off valve source
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:39:11 -0700
  ...a whole new tank incl valve? I have had this Westy for about 1 year and only driven it in the past month, I...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:25:59 -0500
  ...New heater valve and careful realignment and lubricating the control cable solved it. mcneely ---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > I need to install...
• ETKA and the Vanagon AC system
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 10:49:57 -0500
  ...t seem to have two valves?? Thanks John -- John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com
• FYI - Use Detergent Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:35:30 -0800
  ...on to customers who have experienced driveability problems that may be caused by carbon deposits on intake valves or fuel injectors. The following are...
• '91 GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:42:57 -0400
  ...the port screw, just a big flat head screw driver? I assume the valve will not be disturbed by this procedure. Do I assume...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:15:44 -0400
  ...Ps...be sure to watch it run in the driveway a few minutes to see any valve cover leaks!!!!!! >
• Cylinder head repair question
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 12:56:59 -0800
  ...My question is valve guides? Can these be changed by me, at home? I have no shop press. Can they be driven out and...
• Re: Leaky Valve? 85 1.9L Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 30 Jan 2015 09:20:23 -0800
  ...You can probably drive it okay, but you will lose your core if the valve breaks. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: O2 sensor stuff
  Historical mailing list - Holly and Chris Mills
  Fri, 9 Mar 2001 21:05:15 -0600
  Has anyone checked their EGR valves - my Honda Accord used to have an erratic idle caused by the EGR valve leaking. Discovered this after...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 25 May 2024 17:40:16 +0000
  ...F...I simply turn off rocker, valve closes, and after setup at campsite after a long drive I am good to go for a...
• Valve guide seals.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 27 Sep 1998 15:39:10 EDT
  Greetings and salutations; Are valve guide seals available for the water cooled flat fours? Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW...
• Re: where is the expansion valve for A/C located
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:51:48 -0500
  Gary, on my van it is in the overhead compartment between the drivers seat and the middle seat and on passenger's side. John...
• Re: Front heater valve external leak
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:23:25 -0300
  ...I put the old worm drive clamp on. No luck. I'm thinking of just putting the old valve back on tonight, but because...
• Re: Vanagon speeds
  Historical mailing list - david kao
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 20:57:59 -0800
  Driving your vanagons up to 85MPH will actually present a risk to valve tips. I once drove my 84 vanagon to Las Vegas and...
• Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:00:28 +1200
  ...Sudhir's idea is possible, with either a motor-or-cable-driven valve.
• Re: Minor Oil pump leak and minor valve cover leak
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:14:30 -0500
  ...Take a big screw driver and insert it between the valve cover and the hold down spring. Then just slide it up over the...
• hydraulic problem
  Historical mailing list - David White
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 09:13:02 -0800
  ...i haven't even started it since it was driven into my driveway, so i can't give you compression data, but it does...
• Re: valve adjustment proceedure
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Aug 1996 22:21:38 -0400
  ...again 180 for #4 (these are on the driver's side). Now close up the valve cover. Its easier to complete one side at...
• Loose Valve Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:55:51 -0400
  ...So, after going through all that on the driver's side (cylinders 1 & 2) I finally got to check the valve adjusters. WOW! The...
• Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Sat, 17 Oct 1998 16:40:48 -0700
  ...now need to get ahand figuring out how to get my valves re-adjusted properly. If there is anybody out there that could give...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:16:30 -0700
  I have the "83.5 to 91Acccessory Front Heater Shut Off Valve" installed in my van: http://community-2.webtv.net/VanStuff/VanagonWestfalia/ On...
• Re: Compression, Valve Adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:08:25 -0400
  ...Use screw driver to lever vlave slighty open. Lifter should expand and take up slack, hold valve open slightly. Watch valve. In a minute...
• Symptoms of Bad Lifters?
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Sun, 16 Feb 1997 21:44:16 -0500
  Hello, I have an 85 Vanagon Camper which experienced low oil pressure around idle and loud valve noise. The power would diminish as the...
• Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 06:46:56 -0500
  I need to install a summer shutoff valve on the hose to the front heater core. I just cannot get the heat valve to...
• Bent Valve Part II
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Sun, 9 Aug 1998 18:30:59 -0400
  ...In order to get the van the one mile back to my drive way, I took out the push rod to the stuck valve...
• friday humor (i thought it was funny)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 00:59:44 -0500
  ...drive an >audi 5000 turbo daily, and it has 150k mi and never even had the valve covers >off... . I know one valve cover...
• Re: A/T was run with low oil too long ...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:20:58 -0400
  ...tight when in drive, I would suspect that the body of the trans is still good, or good enough. The valve body directs the...
• Re: Stalling at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:15:10 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver (with Idle Stabilizer Valve - both of us!!!!) :-) Dennis Haynes wrote: >No pot stirring! >86 was the first year...
• Re: fuel pressure gauge--Sears
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 11:14:23 -0800
  ...the Sears Schraeder valve fitted hose end. > > Robert -- Stuart MacMillan Seattle '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1 '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969) '74...
• Re: interference engines.....was Re: How much would this cost
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:55:40 -0700
  The valves, when open, occupy the same space as the piston top does when it is at the top of it's stroke. If...
• Re: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:27:25 -0500
  > If you're talking about the front heater valve, search the archives for a detailed article I submitted. If you can't find it...
• Re: Hydraulic Valve Lifters
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Mar 1996 01:02:56 -0500
  ...adjusting it only to remove any valve gap (as it was when I bought it) - and >have driven it for 5000 miles or so...
• Re: Front differential lock with a non-VC Syncro - valve safety question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 16 May 2004 15:08:34 -0700
  ...valve has a constant vacuum that comes from the vacuum reservoir that is in the mid section of the vehicle next to the drive...
• Re: VW VR5's (Was Re: VW V6 ?'s)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 00:18:21 -0800
  ...The VW web page > said it's a 20-valve VR5 with the same 5-valve/per cylinder head design > like the Audi's...
• Re: Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:10:31 -0400
  ...Maybe I have a faulty valve, assembled incorrectly at the factory??? Commentary is invited. TIA, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: driving w/ bad valve, was Death Valley
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:22:40 -0800
  If you had to drive the van with a bad valve seat and you really really didn't want to find the valve itself...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 09:54:08 -0400
  ...valve that shuts off all flow to both heaters in my 2.1. It is installed in the heater hose near the driver's...
• Re: Gear driven, timing belts, chains, etc. NVC
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:46:58 -0400
  ...desmodromic valve train..One tower shaft driven gear >> between the cylinders with some kinda linkage to both open and close >> each valve...no springs...
• Re: Front drivers heater - cut off valve installation guide
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 15 May 2007 21:30:31 -0400
  ...I don't have any trouble with my OEM valve shutting completely off so I've never considered an add on. Mike John Bange...
• Re: Getting a handle on Idle problems..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:35:13 -0600
  ...Rodgers 88 GL Driver Robert Lilley wrote: >>>>i have to disagree here ... >>>> >>>> > >I disagree with your disagreement... > ><<<the idle stabilization valve ><<<- is not a...
• Re: Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:52:25 -0500
  ...But it may be worth a try on your vehicle before tearing into it for a valve job. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: oversized valve guides?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 19:12:42 -0500
  A special driver and hammer is the way these seals are normally installed. You should also use a sleeve over the valve stem to...
• amc heads / soft valve problem ??
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 14:00:47 -0500
  ...The rocker would hit the valve spring assembly. Some of recent posts about soft valves and thinking about this and having recovered from the...
• Re: Front drivers heater - cut off valve installation guide
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 15 May 2007 12:04:34 -0400
  Terry Kay offers such a valve which can be seen on this page (scroll down a little). It includes verbage on the installation: http...
• Re: rebuilding your own heads
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:34:08 -0600
  ...Have this hand lapped to the point that when the valve is just dropped into the guide, the weight of the valve alone - no...
• Drinking Water Dump Valve
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Oct 1994 11:52:20 -0400
  ...driven, and hence not warming the water. The valve would open and dump the contents of the tank. Do you think your Granger valve...
• Re: idle air control valve?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 15 May 2022 15:21:02 -0700
  You could disconnect it and drive... I can't find one and it's OK driving without it. On Sun, May 15, 2022 at...
• Re: valve adj.: lower compression, valvetrain noise remains
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Sat, 19 May 2012 23:44:48 -0400
  ...When I opened the valve covers, some of the adjustment screws were pretty far from the end of the valve stem -- I could move...
• Re: Driver's side fuel expansion tank rollover valve nipple orientation
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 12 Nov 2017 11:14:00 -0700
  ...3:09 PM, Mike South wrote: > My rollover valve's grommet was rotted on the driver's side fuel expansion > tank. Got new grommet...
• Re: True cost of AMC heads for 1.9L and 2.1L: bare for $240 to$216!
  Historical mailing list - Greg K.
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:11:41 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Dave Baker wrote: Sodium-filled valves. There's a neat concept. Can anyone tell me why they would want...
• Re: Vortex Valve(tm)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 16:22:24 -0500
  ...amazing Vortex Valve(tm) is made in the USA from the highest quality >materials made right here in the USA. > >Drive Safe and Save...