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Re: Idle control valve and very cold weather?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:35:22 -0800
...riser' exhaust circuit > under the intake manifold ? > If you have ever felt the bottom of the intake manifold on a VW bug engine > while...
'66 progress,parts,powder coating?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 17 Apr 1996 10:47:15 -0700
...I got the heat risers in my intake manifold fully cleaned out thanks to a proceedure outlined to me by Bob Hoover, just have...
Digifant, barometers, and the AFM
Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 11:03:58 -0800
...air rushes past to fill the low pressure spot in the intake manifold... The Probst Bosch FI book details it nicely and is a...
Re: emission failure, HC 229 @ idle (ok @ 2500 rpm)
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:56:22 -0400
...As the vans get older, the poorly > designed intake manifold and injector differences will cause some > cylinders to have the mixture slightly out of...
Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:32:31 -0700
...The second tee's off > into a pipe running from the intake manifold forward (sorry not sure what > it > does). When I start the...
Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:40:44 -0700
...way. (but not in way of exhaust & intake openings I think) Re flue assembly. I aligned manifold to the body. pic: http://tinyurl.com...
Engine Vacuum Gauge Diagnotics Uses.
Historical mailing list - mark keller
Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:43:14 -0400
...leak in the carburetor, I'll add injector O- rings too, intake manifold or gaskets. LEAKING HEAD GASKET- If the needle fluctuates regularly between...
Re: Missing engine ground strap
Historical mailing list - Scott
Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:25:52 -0400
...two small bolts - 10 mm hex heads.<BR>  - under the intake manifold a bit.<BR> the ground strap goes to either of those...
Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:57:07 -0600
...Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"? >> >> >> So the hose from the intake manifold that the booster pump is teed in >>> to is >>> a brake vacuum...
Carbs on my '91 Westie Syncro---"The Story"
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Tue, 24 Mar 1998 20:45:41 PST
...He told me that he had to cut down the intake manifold a bit so that the carb and air cleaner would fit under...
Re: Bad intake valve @ 30,000 miles????
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 4 Jul 2003 09:01:58 -0500
...On the low cylinder only I heard obvious >leakage at the intake manifold. So the leak is through the intake valve. >I >tried to...
FS Lots-o-stuff!! [SVC]
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Fri, 28 Nov 2003 20:37:30 +0000
...and #4 100$ 40mm 16v A2 intake manifolds X 3 upper and lower 50$ each 42mm intake manifold A2 and B3 upper and lower...
Re: Cooling Intake Air?
Historical mailing list - Arnold Schultz
Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:26:51 -0700
...exhaust manifold. Note: if the OAT is already below freezing you should not use carb heat as this will bring the intake air temp...
Re: LVC: Cutting Metal (sheet, plate, box, tube)
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Fri, 2 May 2014 17:17:52 -0400
...It would be fun to > learn of things like intake manifold alterations, copying diesel > vanagon carriers, etc. > > Thanks much, > > Neil. > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: tubaneil...
Re: Wasserboxer Performance
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 27 Feb 1998 18:02:37 -0800
...system, and the long runner intake manifold, these engines should be good for alot more than 100hp and still be reliable. Do these seem...
Re: Friday NVC: Bad writing: carbs & bosoms
Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:48:46 -0700
...highly functional yet pleasingly formed, > perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, > aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps > of the oil...
Re: Shopping list or kit for Molotov fuel lines?
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 3 Dec 2014 13:51:32 -0800
...I'm surprised to see you still have the original intake manifold tubes, they usually rot and leak by now! Those are ancient braid...
Re: why swap engines
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 7 Aug 1998 14:13:44 -0400
...Due to the design of the intake manifold, fuel and air distribution is poor which causes a lousy idle and poor response during low...
Longitudinal Oil Pan Tilt
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:26:40 -0700
...if I were to do the further clearancing needed for the intake manifold and installed the carriers using the upper sets of holes in...
Spotted a I-4 conversion for sale
Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:16:14 -0700
...Custom-made intake manifold. Air filter behind right tail-light. Owner says van can go 80 mph, and cruises comfortably at 65 mph. Had...
Re: Parts needed to install new engine
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:33:49 -0700
...3.5 Intake manifold gaskets (might come with the engine). 4. Fuel injector o-rings, four large and four small. 5. New o-ring...
Re: POR15 pictures of parts/ go with por20!!!
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:49:41 -0800
...Many are parts > that I sent to the list last week,only they haddent been painted. > > The intake manifolds are3 form Vanagon 1.6...
Re: "Orange" antifreeze / Dex-cool problems?
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Tue, 9 Jan 2007 22:34:26 -0800
...I have had a > mechanic tell me that the intake manifold gasket has a history of failure > and that my car is starting to...
Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:30:10 -0800
...then transfer all the goodies over to the new head > and intake manifold. Quite the surgery job and if you have an OBD-2...
Re: So my stepson asks . . .
Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:17:55 -0500
...Every belt, each coolant hose or pipe, intake and exhaust manifolds every which way, electronically controlled fuel injectors in different time zones� search the...
Re: Update: 81 Air-Cooled Vanagon Stalling at Warm Idle
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 07:13:14 -0400
and the crankcase vent to the intake manifold, causing a major vaccum leak thru the crankcase. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z...
Re: [subaruvanagon] Why reduce engine speed -- vacuum guage -- small car header
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Sat, 20 Jul 2002 11:46:08 +0100
...a relatively small opening...that manifold > vacuum represents a force trying to pull the engine backwards when the > intake valves open. This is a...
Re: omni engine...
Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:47:53 -0500
...the fix is to modify the intake manifold or make an adapter so that the carb sits in the correct position. jonathan On Thu...
Re: Vegemite & Oreo cookies (F)
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Tue, 20 Oct 1998 20:07:48 -0400
...Oreo cookies, could the resulting gas be passed back into the intake manifold?? My Friday's 2 cents worth. Malcolm S > Vegemite (correct spelling...
Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:21:19 -0800
...air/fuel per intake cycle. > But > > instead of the air being at normal atmospheric pressure, it sucks on > the > > intake manifold/plenum, which is...
Diesel Vanagon Acquired!!! Need engine Stuff
Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:31:10 -0500
...I already have a 1.6 Turbo charger and the turbo pump Seems like it will be difficult to get intake and exhaust manifolds...
Re: Fail air are
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 2 Mar 2014 23:35:19 -0500
...Un even fuel delivery such as a bad injector or a vacuum leak at an injector seal or other place in the manifold will...
Gerbil engine replacement, part IV
Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
Sat, 06 Jul 1996 23:42:20 -0600
Today I went out to the garage with the intention of putting on the intake manifold and clutch, and then assembling the thermostat and...
Re: Nitrogen and tires
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 23 Oct 2015 14:58:00 -0500
...with an Israeli-made > fuel filter, Austrian intake manifold.... > > James > Ottawa, ON > > > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:08:53 +0000 > > From: fonman4277@COMCAST...
Re: Part search request for assistance, 81 - 83 air coolled Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Tue, 28 Nov 2006 17:49:55 -0800
...a tube that goes from the air flow meter to the intake manifold (fuel injection type system) , my original is torn open, 81 - 83...
Re: Bostig Zetec kit...WOW...
Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng
Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:44:07 -0400
...000 of them in which case we'd make a new intake manifold). Unless the metal is in the path of lot's of...
Re: leaking fuel hoses
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:33:31 -0400
...shifting the injectors shut off to save fuel and prevent high intake manifold vacuum from sucking too much fuel through the injectors. Since this...
Re: [Fwd: Intake manifold vacuum?]
Historical mailing list - Peter Zendzian
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 21:29:54 -1000
...Intake manifold vacuum?] >Hello Kai. > >I'm running a vacuum gauge from the line off the pressure regulator up to >the dash. At idle...
Low compression, more test results
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:52:17 -0700
...22% leak down on #1, could hear leakage all three places, but exhaust and intake were louder than the dipstick, with the exhaust being...
Vanagon Diesel Parts and Motor FS $800
Historical mailing list
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 09:54:39 EDT
...wiring harness, distributor, computer, fuel injection setup with fuel distributor, intake, and exhaust manifold (you can have the diesel one and the Jetta one...
Re: Re: � � � Experiment
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:55:48 -0500
...fun) with doing water injection, such as a > > mister into the intake manifold. Can any harm be done in trying this? I > > can't...
Re: Alternator vibration -
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:27:07 -0700
...Also looked at my main intake manifold hoses - the 4 short stubby hoses that connect the intake air distributor and they look ready for...
Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions! - 3A Comment
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:19:48 -0400
...2.0L, superior intake manifold and head to the early 1.8L engines, superior exhaust manifold to the 1.8L group, readily adaptable to...
Re: Gas in oil? UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
Sat, 3 May 1997 11:05:56 -0700 (PDT)
David, Does yours have a vacuum controlled fuel pressure regulator? It could be that the diaphragm leaks fuel into the intake manifold through the...
Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 00:56:23 EST
...The Eurovan intake manifold would have to be used for the injectors. The cold start valve would have to be wired the same as...
FS: 2.1L in northern CA. *$550* No ship!
Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
Tue, 17 Jun 2003 16:28:36 -0700
...No engine wiring harness Includes, intake manifold, all injection parts, AFM, airbox, etc, including ECU. (But no wiring harness) Complete exhaust system including muffler...
Updated list of PARTS FOR SALE
Historical mailing list - mathew Bennett
Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:41:02 -0400
...oil cooler (great shape)(sale pending) *Rubber air intake boot from air filter to intake manifold (great shape)(sale pending) *Power steering pump bracket...
Re: If you are putting the alternator back in........ lesson
Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
Wed, 14 May 2014 09:33:43 -0500
...Wiring harness, throttle body, intake manifold (well paint anyways...), alternator, distributor seal, I took notes, wrote thing down and had it all back together...
Re: Carb conversions?
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:45:04 -0700
...was before I had the coolant plumbed into the proper air intake manifold. No problems since then. I'm not denying your experience, but...
Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
Historical mailing list
Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:48:31 -0500
...The compression and power strokes sort of cancel each other out, but the intake stroke has to try to pull air into the cylinder...
Re: FP Regulator Life Expectancy?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:50:01 -0500
...The usual failure is a ruptured diaphragm causing the fuel to flow directly into the intake manifold through the vacuum line. They fail without...
Re: Fuel Additive
Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
Mon, 3 Oct 2005 07:38:58 -0400
...The intake manifold had a couple of runners that were almost 2 feet long.The fuel had more time to vaporize and mix with...
Re: Subaru Conversion Comments
Historical mailing list - John Fleming
Tue, 16 Nov 1999 19:42:23 -0800
...no problems. > Much quieter engine with 5 mains, overhead cams, cast intake manifolds > and cast valve covers. > Estimates his total cost at about $3200...
Re: Shopping list or kit for Molotov fuel lines?
Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
Thu, 4 Dec 2014 13:32:08 +0000
...anyway. > > I'm surprised to see you still have the original intake manifold > tubes, they usually rot and leak by now! Those are ancient...
Re: Losing valve lash just after adjustment-why?
Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 07:21:13 -0400
...Van > >has ran pretty well since them but lately I have developed a lumpy > >idle and low manifold vacuum (10-12). I researched everything...
Re: My first time doing the heads
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:38:46 -0600
...The procedures say to take off the intake manifold. I did, I > don�t > see why I shouldn�t have just taken off each...
Re: Tips on reducing HC during emissions test
Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
Wed, 26 Aug 1998 17:43:04 -0400
...New plugs and or plug wires might help as could adding some injector cleaner to the gas (or right into the intake manifold, just...
"Sunny" in the shop for a TDi transplant!
Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:19:38 -0500
...from the outlet from the turbocharger and the inlet to the intake manifold). <bold>What I need is a MINI-RADIATOR! Something that will...
Re: High and low pressure zones on a Vanagon - ideas for my intercooler anyone!?
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 8 Jun 2001 02:48:24 EDT
...This was to ensure that the hot engine compartment air would not be drawn into the intake. Haven't had a problem in years...
Re: Groovey Pulley (long)
Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:38:56 -0800
...Try HELP. >>>>> intake manifold, including an alternator and starter. The shop was >>>> Unknown command - "INTAKE". Try HELP. >>> Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP. >> Unknown command...