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• preparing for engine rebuild or replacement
  Historical mailing list - Trina Lindal
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 13:46:00 -0800
  ...as few people as possible! I'm not heavy on the revs otherwise. So, my questions are: 1. How many more miles am I...
• UPDATE - RE: [VANAGON] 87 Runs Super Rich 20 Minutes After Cold Start - Why?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:05:10 +0000
  ...It starts right > up, but I have to keep the revs up to 2000 so it will 'idle'. > > Even at 2000 rpm, it misfires...
• Hidden ATF leak, strange shifting behavior.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Smythe
  Sat, 31 Dec 2005 07:53:01 +0000
  ...When you braked completely to a stop, the tranny would seem like it had gone into neutral, the revs would come up, and then...
• Re: New Engine - No Power
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 08:13:38 -0400
  ...The engine revs ok when I pull the accelerator > linkage. Sometimes I hear a sort of thump when I shut the engine down. > > I...
• Re: Raining-no cruise control
  Historical mailing list - ian Butler
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 13:55:05 -0500
  ...easily detect road slip unless it's extra-smart and watches revs. The last car I drove with cruise was a 1995 Econoline, and...
• cv joint/boot and idle/ac questions
  Historical mailing list - Jenny Fontaine
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 14:12:20 -0500
  ...When I turn on the a/c, my idle revs up to at least 2500 rpms. I have also noticed that when I am...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 19:39:12 -0700
  ...Two days later when we were leaving LRP, I started the engine and the revs went from 800 to 1500 to 2000 to 2500...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:05:42 -0600
  ...Step on > the gas and it revs freely up to about 2500 then the van takes off > with a thud. For about the first...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 09:23:39 -0700
  ...Thousand Islands on the Saint Lawrence River. > > I generally keep the revs at about 3500 and rarely go much over 4000 the > exception being...
• Re: oil pressure trouble far from home
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 13:33:58 -0700
  ...There is no problem with >idle, but alarm goes off immediately when revs exceed >2000). After I finish typing this message I am going...
• Re: AAAAAAAHHH !!! i cant make up my mind! subaru or 1.8l vw 4cyl
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:01:04 -0400
  ...the choices are drivinng me > > nuts! the only reason i consider the subaru is that it is a balanced flat 4 > > and revs high...
• Re: Mystery Loss of Power At Startup
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 20:57:44 -0400
  ...Once rolling, but accelerating very slowly, and the revs get to about 2k, everything is great, runs fine, plenty of power. If I had...
• Re: Diesel - too much oil saga
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:07:21 -0700
  ...Max revs, > first a blue cloud and then a black one, and then she finally stopped. > > Now she's very hard to start, appears...
• At long last protype waterbox bleeding, draining and purging installed and operating
  Historical mailing list - Jonc
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:35:24 -0400
  ...when the revs again were raised to 4000 to 4300 the temperature dropped to 20% of gauge... These tests extended over several days and...
• Re: Billy won't run
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 11:15:42 -0600
  ...This morning > when I > tried to start it, it starts, revs up, then immediately dies. No > way to > keep it running. I pulled the...
• Re: Distributor Nightmare
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:24:09 -0600
  ...Usually, I pull over to a safe spot, a gently > coax her back to running normally by alternately running up the revs > and then...
• Re: FW: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:53:35 -0500
  ...starts very rough, sputters, and misses, but I can now get >revs up eventually, and once at operating temp, will idle roughly at 900rpm...
• Re: GEAR UP! 15" rims 75 series?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Sat, 3 Apr 1999 12:45:35 EST
  ...Sawyer wrote: > The idea being to lower my final drive ratio a bit (is this right > terminology?) and make the motor turn less revs...
• Re: Break-in.......new engine (your opinion?)
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 10:02:43 -0700
  ...Then I change the oil and filter and keep the revs under 3/4 redline (4000 RPM or so) for the next 400 miles...
• Tire sales-people (rant + info .... long)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 8 Nov 2008 19:27:49 -0800
  ...25.5 Revs/per Mile: 824 Fits in Stock Clamshell: Yes Meets Specifications: No " Oddly, I didn't see it on the Canadian Michelin...
• Re: SMOKE! After I turn off my BA6 Gas Heater
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 20 May 2002 15:11:16 -0400
  ...Now this could be completely unrelated, but my van is REALLY Hesitating at low revs all of a sudden, and the brake light also...
• Re: Fuel injector test results
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 18:29:24 -0700
  ...my '87 westy runs rich > and has little power until the revs get up to 2-3K RPMs. I've fixed/tested > a lot...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:00:41 -0500
  ...806 revs per mile on the spedo, 185x14 Agilis Tries. Tranny type 91. I haven't sat down to calculate an rpm at 70...
• Re: engine conversion Nissan more info
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 06:20:25 -0800
  ...It freely revs to 7K like it's nothing, and will easily last to 250,000 miles with little other than regular oil and...
• Re: Sad and depressed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 22:20:03 -0700
  ...It revs really high. Like 3500 high before it > moves. It feels like it's stuck in a high gear. Usually it clunks a...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:45:56 -0400
  ...the full wet sleeves for cylinders and of course the high revs all help these little engines accomplish so much. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Towing with an '81 2.0?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 17:25:59 -0400
  ...No problems. > >The aircooled VW is not the ideal towing vehicle but with some practice - >careful anticipation of hard stops and keeping the revs...
• Re: MORE 12v fridge not working info
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:22:43 -0500
  ...the alternator light doesn't go off until you get the > revs a little about idle, then the light goes out and stays out...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 11:03:14 -0800
  ...My mechanic revs the engine up to bring the level down, add > the coolant and put on the cap presto.. > -- m.
• Re: Audible Coolant alarm opinions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 1 Mar 2018 22:56:53 -0500
  ...I can pretty much hear the speed of my engine revs and guess my tachometer. If I get a audible oil temp and presure...
• Re: Oil Pressure Advice
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 19:58:35 -0700
  ...When cold It idles at 45psi and revs up to 55psi. Back in the aircooled days I would run 50W in my 69 stroked...
• Re: Questions re. Audi 3A engine swap (after searching the archives)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Thu, 6 May 2004 00:41:34 -0400
  ...Anyway, as the revs increase, every engine went through a noisy band and then smoothed out to a silky very balanced hum. So if...
• Re: Common problem, I think
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 01:14:41 -0500
  ...I can >feather the revs til it smooths out at about 1700 rpm but it will not return >to idle.This is, of course...
• Re: oil pressure trouble far from home
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 14:41:19 -0700
  ...There is no problem with >idle, but alarm goes off immediately when revs exceed >2000). After I finish typing this message I am going...
• Re: Back in Sac ... was Stuck in Redding
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 4 Apr 2011 10:42:22 -0500
  ...job -- one to add coolant >and the other keep the engine revs at about 2K rpm -- while the relief valve >at the top of...
• '84 California water-cooled fuel probs
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Tribble
  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 00:07:59 EDT
  ...After doing this a few times (about 5-10 good revs in both 2nd and 3rd gear), the acceleration became clean and fine. I...
• Re: Tire Question (not the dreaded tire thread at all)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:55:45 -0400
  ...Hondas also like the high speed indicator. > A > 185/14 tire needs about 825 revs per mile. Note the speedo says 805. > > Dennis > > > From...
• Fuel System or Electronic?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pinnell
  Tue, 13 Nov 2018 17:04:47 -0500
  ...and I had to pump the accelerator pedal to keep the revs up to get her to a parking spot. When we came back...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 12:59:26 -1000
  ...a loping idle and off idle bog but > runs decent at revs. Certainly not the strongest but it gets me to the > campground an...
• Re: Sad and depressed
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Tue, 5 Apr 2016 18:47:06 -0400
  ...It revs really high. Like 3500 high before it moves. >> It >>> feels like it's stuck in a high gear. Usually it clunks a...
• Two possibly related symptoms?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:28:23 -0700
  ...It revs fine in Park or Neutral, but when in gear it won't rev and can barely move the van. Then after a...
• Re: Odds and Sods, too long
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Jul 94 23:53:28 ADT
  ...You can balance the revs to let the coolant in the coke bottle be re-inhaled, minus bubbles. I cycle the coolant level in...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light Flickering
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:15:08 -0800
  ...is intermittently shorting out on something with high vibrations > from high revs. Your situation is the opposite of worn bearings. > > Add an oil pressure...
• Re: For Aircooled crowd only...Revs to MPH + crusing spd
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:47:06 -0500
  Hi Nathan, Hi Nathan, VW had a warranty program in place during the aircooled era. If a gauge had been a cost-effective method...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Jan 2018 to 4 Jan 2018 - Special issue (#2018-7)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 18:06:49 +0000
  ...This is about 795 revs/mile. The reading between > the tachometer and speedometer does not change with tire size, only how f= ar > or...
• Re: FS: 5 Speed Diesel Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:50:08 -0500
  ...it's time for the next gear - power drops off, and revs are > high........but .....shoot ! 'I've been in 4th gear since about...
• Michelin XCA
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 18:50:52 -0700
  ...Overall Diam. <http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.html#overalldiameter> Revs Per Mile <http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/tirespecskey.html#rpm> Michelin...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:42:52 -0500
  ...My mechanic revs the engine up to bring the level down, add > the coolant and put on the cap presto.. > -- m.
• Re: Ranting and Raving
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Mon, 19 Mar 2001 16:36:37 -0500
  ...That > did not help, when I get the revs up or the motor is warm it stops, water > pump??? No water leaks, but must...
• Re: '80 air-cooled power loss
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 11:20:54 -0500
  ...van idles and starts up great, revs up really good and returns to idle. Engine sounds good and runs good, no missing. When I...
• semi-urgent auto transmission question, update
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:45:07 -0400
  ...Step on >the gas and it revs freely up to about 2500 then the van takes off >with a thud. For about the first...
• Autotrans as a stall converter!
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 15:00:41 -0400
  ...You'll also notice that the engine quickly revs to about 3100 RPMs and the won't go any higher even with a lot...
• Re: Engine swap
  Historical mailing list - James
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:26:11 -0400
  ...4700 rpm than 2500 rpm, the odd time I let the revs get that high (Appalachian mountain grades are hard for little engines pushing...
• Re: Neil's Engine Conversion. Progress Update.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:20:43 -0700
  ...Quite quiet in spite of the shorter exhaust run, > idles steady, revs up nicely, though I think the lack of air filter is > affecting...
• Re: Standard to Automatic...Yes !!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:48:17 -0700
  ...Plus the added strain on the braking >> > system, >> > plus the higher revs on the engine. I guess that's the price you pay >> > for...
• Re: Haka CS- gearing effects of larger tires
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sat, 10 Jun 2006 15:31:59 -0400
  ...Be sure to get the "revs per mile" specs from the manufacturer for the size tire you are considering. With a Subaru 2.2L...
• Re: [Syncro] Feedback on gearing options, TDI converted vans
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:04:04 -0800
  ...what are the optimal operating revs for your engine - comparable to the green area on the stock 2.1 tachs? Thanks --- Karl Mullendore <groups...
• Re: Sad and depressed
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 1 Apr 2016 09:37:58 -1000
  ...It revs really high. Like 3500 high before it moves. It >> feels like it's stuck in a high gear. Usually it clunks a...
• Re: Digifant timing/tuning help needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 May 2010 05:47:23 -0400
  ...It's spot on at 2K rpm but as the revs increase the timing stays rock steady at 5 degrees BTDC. According to http...
• Fridge relay technical question
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:52:46 -0500
  ...I can hear the relay kick in as the engine revs so I am guessing the alternator light problems is after the "T" for...