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  • Re: Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:57:54 -0700
    ...2014 2:12 PM >>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem >>>> >>>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Wed, 26 Feb 2014 01:12:10 -0700
    On 26 Feb , 2014, at 12:05 AM, phishman068@gmail.com wrote: > Just do it. > Run the right stuff. There ShouldBe NoQuestion that that...
  • Re: Which Optima for starting battery?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 21 May 2002 18:04:39 -0400
    For engine starting, I think the Optima is a higher price-lower performing alternative to the proper group 41 battery. Being deep cycle does...
  • Food for thought
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:48:36 -0600
    ...However I always use only the smaller ID rigid lines on any Westy I restore and it often improves engine starting and performance. I...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Sat, 1 Mar 2014 21:33:33 -0600
    ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem Yep. I blew out a filter on startup at about 17 degrees with 20w-50...
  • Re: Leaky Valve? 85 1.9L Waterboxer
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Fri, 30 Jan 2015 09:20:23 -0800
    ...Does it do that? How many miles are on it? I'd factor in the cost of a new engine, starting around $3000. You...
  • Mark Stevens Article
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:25:11 EDT
    ...end up with a reliable engine and had a 1.8 engine starting point and planned on rebuilt Stevens heads anyway, aren't we...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:09:19 -0800
    ...2014 2:12 PM >>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem >>>>> >>>>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem The buzzer!
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 1 Mar 2014 09:26:16 -0500
    ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem I don't know about the Mann filter's ability to alter or improve the...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:49:32 -0700
    ...2014 2:12 PM >>>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>>>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem >>>>>> >>>>>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:50:47 -0600
    ...2014 2:12 PM > >>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >>>>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem > >>>>> > >>>>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:57:32 -0600
    Alistair, Most around here in these southern parts don't function well with ice crystals in their blood! LOL! John On 2/26/2014...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Wed, 26 Feb 2014 01:14:04 -0600
    ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem While I agree the anti drain back feature of out favored black filters seems irrelevant...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:28:54 -0800
    ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem My van sits a long time between starts. How would this filter help and would...
  • Re: fuel line problems still
    Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
    Mon, 21 May 2001 16:34:48 -0500
    Paul, is the engine flooding? You mentioned the engine starting briefly when you kink the hose. Chris. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
  • Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:53:42 -0600
    ...No problems recently until the other day, couldn't downshift into 1st w/o turning off engine & starting w/ clutch fully depressed. Thot it...
  • Re: Guess That Sound!!!!!!!
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 15 Aug 2002 21:38:34 -0500
    ...After the noise stops, > avoid short cycling the engine, (starting for short periods of time such > as moving it in driveway) and you should...
  • Re: Optima Batteries - Red Yellow or Blue?
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Sun, 16 Oct 2005 12:07:05 -0600
    ...Here is the deep cycle page. > http://www.trojanbattery.com/Products/RecreationalVehicle.aspx > > And here is the engine starting or commercial page. > http://www...
  • Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:12:05 -0400
    ...My motorhome had the alliance group 31 engine starting batteries, (2). I purchased the rig April 2004 and I replaced them in 2012. The...
  • Re: Then I'd suggest refilling with a lighter weight oil.
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Tue, 28 Dec 2004 05:58:06 EST
    ...Your causing a lot of undue wear and tear on the moving parts of your engine starting it up at very cold temps using...
  • Re: new engine & bleeding
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:29:38 -0400
    ...Is there no harm to the engine starting it up dry? Does the > water pump circulate the coolant so fast as to make my...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:44:54 -0700
    ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem > > Tom Hargrave wrote: >> No brand of oil filter will fix this but thicker oil will...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:56:22 -0600
    ...2014 2:12 PM > > >>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > >>>>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
  • Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:21:34 -0700
    ...My motorhome > had the alliance group 31 engine starting batteries, (2). I purchased the > rig April 2004 and I replaced them in 2012. The...
  • Re: Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
    Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:00:32 -0600
    ...2014 2:12 PM > >>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >>>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem > >>>> > >>>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:31:23 -0800
    ...2014 2:12 PM >>>>>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:33:32 -0600
    ...2014 2:12 PM > >>>>>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >>>>>>>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
  • Re: Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
    Thu, 27 Feb 2014 10:15:14 -0500
    Back to the original issues for a moment, while i was working through this I found that Bus Depot has new OEM 1.9...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
    Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:05:55 -0500
    ...2014 2:12 PM >>>>>>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 1 Mar 2014 22:37:51 -0500
    ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem This year I blew out the oil heater seal on Volksiebus - my 1988 Transporter - starting...
  • Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:40:17 -0600
    ...No problems recently until the other day, couldn't downshift into 1st w/o turning off engine & starting w/ clutch fully depressed. Thot it...
  • Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 12 Mar 2013 22:45:54 -0700
    ...My motorhome > had the alliance group 31 engine starting batteries, (2). I purchased the > rig April 2004 and I replaced them in 2012. The...
  • Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Sat, 1 Mar 2014 13:19:13 -0800
    Yep. I blew out a filter on startup at about 17 degrees with 20w-50 on my '84 with a fresh rebuild in it...
  • Re: Emisson Control unit question
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 11 Jun 2003 08:53:31 -0700
    ...The ECU then runs the pump for a few seconds to bring up the fuel pressure in anticipation of engine starting. From that point...
  • Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sat, 1 Mar 2014 19:35:17 -0800
    ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem > > This supposed correlation of the new dynamic oil warning system with > some weakness in the...
  • Re: Optima Batteries - Red Yellow or Blue?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 16 Oct 2005 21:17:32 -0400
    ...Here is the deep cycle page. > http://www.trojanbattery.com/Products/RecreationalVehicle.aspx > > And here is the engine starting or commercial page. > http://www...
  • Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Wed, 30 May 2001 22:27:49 EDT
    ...Instant engine starting (bump of the starter) results in longer starter life. Smooth running from 1200 rpm to 5000+ rpm. Power band from 1800...
  • Nice Feature With Surepower 1315 Seperator
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:29:16 -0700
    ...For those not familiar with the Surepower Battery Separators they are a relay controlled device that separates the engine/starting battery from the auxiliary...
  • Need Help with Electrical / Engine Starting Problem
    Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
    Sat, 21 May 2005 00:48:58 +0200
    Hello Listees: I have an intermittent electrical problem with an '85 Vanagon, which prevents the engine from starting. Normally, when I turn the key...
  • Re: Fuel Pressure Regulator Bad?
    Historical mailing list - Jack R
    Sun, 29 Nov 2020 18:56:48 -0500
    ...following a fill up at a major name brand gas station, it started giving me issues with the engine starting to cut off at...
  • Re: optima the one for starting battery?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 21 Aug 2005 10:18:13 -0400
    ...For large engine starting and occasional deep cycle use, try this. http://www.trojan-battery.com/Products/Commercial.aspx Here is the list of...
  • Re: Clutch/Shifting issue?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:07:02 -0700
    ...No problems >> recently until the other day, couldn't downshift into 1st w/o turning off >> engine & starting w/ clutch fully depressed. Thot it...
  • Re: 2.1 heads
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:08:05 -0700
    ...betta electronic engine management. > Waterboxer fuel injection is quite crude compare to > say .........what Subaru > has with their 2.2 engine starting in 1990.
  • Engine stops, then restarts itself ... sometimes
    Historical mailing list - Scott Burchill
    Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:14:51 -0500
    ...The starter cranks, no problem, but no engine starting. I have been stuck anywhere from a couple seconds to 45 minutes before restarting. When...
  • Re: Oil Pan Heater VW Vanagon (Block Heater)
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Wed, 29 Sep 2004 17:56:20 -0700
    ...An Oil Pan Heater "heats" the complete engine starting at the bottom. The hot oil heats the crankshaft, which in turn heats the connecting...
  • Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:45:21 -0400
    ...My > motorhome had the alliance group 31 engine starting batteries, (2). I > purchased the rig April 2004 and I replaced them in 2012. The...
  • 82 Diesel Westy re-power project status and other musings (long)
    Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
    Sat, 04 May 96 13:44:30 -0700
    ...I was able to keep the speeds in the triple digits for about 20 minutes before I felt the engine starting to lose power...
  • Re: Shore batteries
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Tue, 7 Aug 2012 08:39:29 -0700
    ...The alternator can't charge it properly, being set up to charge the engine starting battery which is of a different design and has...
  • Re: Temp II Sensor, Engine Hot.
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Tue, 24 Sep 2013 16:49:41 -0700
    ...Based upon this from the Digifant Pro training manual: ------ "The coolant temperature sensor provides correction during engine starting and warm up." ..... The resistance signal...
  • Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 1 Mar 2014 19:58:01 -0800
    ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem >> >> This supposed correlation of the new dynamic oil warning system with >> some weakness in the...
  • Re: Winterizing Newbie Question
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:06:12 -0500
    ...Makes engine starting ever so easy. You only need one grade lighter wt oil if using a good block heater. 5) Park outdoors only...
  • Re: Which Optima for starting battery?
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 21 May 2002 17:47:06 -0500
    ...Stan Wilder 83 Westfalia Air Cooled On Tue, 21 May 2002 18:04:39 -0400 Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET> writes: > For engine starting...
  • Re: starter spins, doesn't engage?
    Historical mailing list - jimt
    Sun, 29 May 2005 17:38:19 -0600
    ...starter (shielding wires from shorts) Remove coil wire (don�t want engine starting while you turn it over manually) Have person slowly turn the...
  • Re: Alliance Deep Cycle? (Grp. 27) Wire To Alternator?
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:21:24 -0400
    ...My motorhome > had the alliance group 31 engine starting batteries, (2). I purchased the > rig April 2004 and I replaced them in 2012. The...
  • Re: 2.1 heads
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:38:33 -0700
    ...betta electronic engine management. >> Waterboxer fuel injection is quite crude compare to >> say .........what Subaru >> has with their 2.2 engine starting in 1990.
  • Re: No start '87 Digifant WAS fuel lines R & R
    Historical mailing list - Detroit Bus
    Sat, 1 Jan 2005 20:21:25 -0500
    ...There was no *hint* of engine starting at all, just chugga-chugga-chugga-chugga on the starter. This problem was somehow caused by my...
  • Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sat, 1 Mar 2014 23:17:01 -0500
    ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem >> >> This supposed correlation of the new dynamic oil warning system with >> some weakness in the...
  • Re: optima the one for starting battery?
    Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
    Sun, 21 Aug 2005 12:24:47 -0700
    ...Economy trickle chargers do not help. > > For large engine starting and occasional deep cycle use, try this. > http://www.trojan-battery.com/Products/Commercial...
  • Re: Engine stops, then restarts itself ... sometimes
    Historical mailing list - zolo
    Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:33:23 -0700
    ...The starter cranks, no problem, but no engine starting. I > have been stuck anywhere from a couple seconds to 45 minutes before > restarting. When...
  • Re: Optima Batteries - Red Yellow or Blue?
    Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
    Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:32:43 -0600
    ...Here is the deep cycle page. >> http://www.trojanbattery.com/Products/RecreationalVehicle.aspx >> >> And here is the engine starting or commercial page. >> http://www...