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• Re: Help, stranded. Van won't exceed 55mph
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:48:30 -0500
  Dan, The common links between all the electronic bits you've already replaced are the ECU and the harness, and engine vacuum. Some things...
• VDO Vacuum Guage Installation 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Sat, 6 Dec 1997 12:43:28 -0400
  ...VACUUM HOOKUP- Finding a Vacuum source. I decided on using a "tee" in the vacuum line that supplies the fuel pressure regulator. This gizmo...
• Re: Low - LOW - gas mileage !?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 10:20:59 -0800
  ...When I got it home, I found I > had a massive vacuum leak, the port coming off the air box was > disconnected. A check...
• Re: Digijet timing
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:59:55 -0400
  ...On my 84, the second vacuum line retards the spark to lower the emissions at idle. Once it looses it's vacuum the spark...
• A/C 4-position fan speed selector problem
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:51:33 -0700
  ...In November I replaced the condenser and pulled a vacuum on the system for five days. Then I disconnected the A/C gauge set...
• Re: cruise control - aargh!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:08:58 EDT
  Sounds to me like Jim might just need a vacuum bottle installed in his system to get this thing to work properly. Ken Wilford...
• Vacuum leak/throttle body seal thread
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:15:39 -0800
  Hi: Could the list memeber who posted the part number for the throttle body seal send it to me again? I've had a...
• Aux air reg hose-needs replacing
  Historical mailing list - Baja Leo
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 09:12:19 -0800
  ...Any suggestions re OEM style or rubber vacuum type hose? Leo Lipert San Juan Capistrano, CA '84 Wolfsburg Westy with Leaky Heads "La Villa...
• Re: Vacuum forming
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 2 Nov 2003 09:01:28 -0500
  I second the idea about rain deflectors for the side windows. Not only would they keep out rain, but they cold reduce windoise when...
• Re: My 1st Vanagon Road trip
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:30:43 -0700
  ...Congrats on the purchase! I'd check for vacuum leaks in regards to the high idle. Chris. --------------------------------- Pinpoint customers who are looking for what...
• Re: '83.5 westy starts, runs well, stalls, won't restart
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:17:17 -0400
  ...If its diaphragm is bad, fuel can enter the vacuum system. Mike
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Sun, 4 Oct 2020 20:12:49 -0500
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are >> >>> vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering >> column, >> >>> vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• Re: Super fast idle
  Historical mailing list - Dustin Fitch
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 23:00:40 EST
  ...Turns out I had two cracked vacuum hoses under the air filter housing. Boy what a difference. As I went around and checked every...
• Re: Where do I stick this?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:19:52 -0400
  Chris, Is this a Syncro only part? Vacuumm for a rear locker? Just a WAG. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Digijet rough/wandering idle and bucking at slower speeds
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 15:33:58 +0000
  ...Wondering about a vacuum leak, timing, O2 sensor, fuel filter, fuel pump, ECU. I can put my hand on the problem but never my...
• Re: Unleaded Regular or Unleaded Premium?
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 10:17:33 -0800
  ...Thanks for the very informative post, David. -Dana- David Marshall wrote: ... > all done using a 1982 Rabbit Distributor with vacuum advance and vacuum > retard...
• The Truth About Timing Your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 18:25:31 -0500
  ...Call the dealer to get the numbers....but I know that I have green and red near the distributor vacuum advance.....and the vacuum...
• Re: Gas tank leaking
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 07:32:08 -0800
  ...grabber fitting on one side to go into the plastic tube, grommet fitting on the second side to go into the tank, and vacuum...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 19:09:14 -0400
  ...In fact if you calibrated your vacuum gauge in psi and put the two next to each other, you'd see that the two...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:49:07 -0500
  ...On gasoline engines it's > > >actually VACUUM braking, i.e. the pistons are pulling against a vacuum in > > >the intake tract. The big air...
• More Vacuum leak Qs 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 03:57:44 -0400 (EDT)
  ...More Vacuum leak Qs 83 Westy Date: 97-06-30 03:55:30 EDT >From: Oxroad To: vangon@lenti.med.umn.edu Hello again...
• Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:50:07 +0000
  The vacuum hose would probably go up in to the cab and connect with a vacuum switch on the brake and clutch pedals. Assuming...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 22:49:10 -0700
  ...Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> I think tencentlife had a vacuum switch out before GW did. I thought about buying his but stalling...
• Fuel Overflow, Vacuum leaks, the pressure is getting to me???
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 21:19:59 -0400
  ...I can hear what I think is a vacuum leak somewhere near the upper left side of the engine compartment when running and one...
• Re: 85 gl still running rich at vw shop.
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:04:07 -0500
  ...Unplug that vacuum > line from the pressure regulator and check for the presence of any fuel. > There should be NONE. Plug the end of...
• I-4 rough idle question....
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 09:22:57 -0800
  ...air and vacuum lines look good. When the timing light is connected to #1 , there's a nice steady flashing- every time the plug...
• Re: Cold idle mystery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 09:48:36 -0700
  ...Eventually, I discovered that the previous mechanic had not tightened the throttle body bolts to the intake manifold (leading to a massive, intermittent vacuum...
• CV Joint Bolts in Portland OR
  Historical mailing list - C B
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 17:47:04 -0700
  ...rubber boots, bushings, etc., also in Portland? Anyone have a hydraulic clutch/brake vacuum bleeder they're selling, or can loan for a day...
• vanagon symptom
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 12 May 2017 16:36:35 -0700
  ...We check the throttle body switch, check for vacuum leak.. but it still has the hiccups... what else to checK? thanks dan
• Re: Rear Washer Reservoir Cap Needed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 15 Apr 2015 09:14:08 -0700
  ...The cap needs the vent in it so that you don't pull a vacuum when the pump runs. So OEM is needed. Or...
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 07 Sep 1995 09:25:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >You could check out the vacuum advance membrane for >leakage, if this leaks it would allow the fuel mixture >from the manifold to come...
• cleaning carpets
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:28:06 -0400
  ...Took it to one of those coin-op car washes and used their vacuum/ soaper but it left a musty (pretty gross) smell. Is...
• RE: Important?
  Historical mailing list - matt
  Wed, 25 Sep 1996 12:13:47 -0700
  ...matt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >...computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh >only 1/2 tons." -- Popular Mechanics, March 1949
• RIGGING FOR A CARB
  Historical mailing list - Green, Ronald CPO
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:35:33 -0500
  ...if so will you please give me some basic info? what type of distriutor? mech / vacuum or 009? where do you set the timing...
• Re: Diff lock question
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 20:12:59 -0400
  >Can anyone tell me where the vacuum bottle is mounted for the diff-lock on >a syncro ? A photo would be particularly helpfull. Todd...
• Curtain Rod Cover Picture Needed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 13:08:39 -0500
  ...I will take a look and if it is do-able on my vacuum forming machine. Dimensions would help. Length width and thickness. Regards...
• HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
  Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:19:01 -0700
  ...One of the vacuum hoses runs directly to the front of the car. (I think the vacuum canister is actually up there near the...
• Re: '88 Vanagon Cruise Control question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 5 Mar 2012 09:31:46 -0500
  ...Check it with a vacuum tester and if it doesn't hold vacuum then adjust it until it does and you are golden. If...
• Re: 85 vanagon throttle body swap... top mounted vs bottom mounted TPS ????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:42:38 -0500
  Oh, one other thing, the vacuum hose arrangement is different from early to late 1.9s. One of the throttle bodies doesn't have...
• Re: Rough/nonexistent idle
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:12:34 -0500
  Sounds like a vacuum leak to me. Have you checked for this? I would first suspect the lower injector seals (cost $.25 each), and...
• Re: Wire fire in the Engine Room
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:01:03 -0400
  ...Melted off the ICV vacuum line and the fuel pressure reg. vacuum line too. This is just a WAG, there's no way to...
• Vacuum question. Another continuing saga.
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 5 Apr 2010 17:49:46 -0400
  ...I unplugged the retard vacuum hose from the distributer as Dennis suggested to test and the idle became normal. Plugging it back in left...
• Re: When the O2 sensor cools down...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:50:30 -0400
  ...Yes, engine > braking is caused by vacuum, not compression. > What I meant to ask, is whether the ECU still shuts off fuel to the...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 May 2012 14:41:57 -0700
  ...of course ) you'll see...low vacuum applied to FP regulator = higher fuel pressure. higher vacuum ...= lower fuel pressure. when you open a throttle...
• Re: A/C Success (long)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 26 May 2003 21:37:48 -0400
  ...On Monday, May 26, 2003, at 06:28 PM, lauterba wrote: > I went out and purchased my own vacuum pump. It is a two...
• Re: Last question of the night
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:29:21 -0500
  ...As the Vanagon regulator has a vacuum fitting, I would hazard a guess that like the Isuzu, it utilized vacuum to regulate or in...
• Re: bmw brake booster "upgrade"
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 04:39:24 -0600
  ...in that, unlike gasoline engines with a throttle plate and usually abundant engine vacuum to power a brake booster ... DV's have an engine...
• Re: here's a trick you seldom get to use ......bleeding clutch slave
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 14:31:18 -0700
  ...Didn't you ever grab vacuum off a running car to test a vacuum controlled device of some sort, something not associated with that...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:08:39 -0500
  ...On gasoline > engines it's > > >actually VACUUM braking, i.e. the pistons are pulling against a > vacuum in > > >the intake tract. The big air...
• Re: 1987 2.1 WBX oil buzzer comes on after hiway usage...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 4 Mar 2015 11:21:44 -0800
  ...If not, you check the systems by pinching off the fuel or vacuum lines. First, pinch line from pump, then move to the regulator...
• Re: 2.1 idle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Brooks
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:40:09 EDT
  ...If I do have a vacuum leak, do I really want to suck water into my combustion chambers? I would think carb cleaner, or...
• Homemade pressure bleeder links
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:28:41 -0800
  ...http://www.actron.com/product_detail.php?pid=16292 Besides testing vacuum lines, it can also be used to bleed both brake and clutch...
• Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:02:35 -0700
  ...the > pressure fall as manifold vacuum increases at idle, and rise as the vacuum > falls under load. > > Manifold vacuum and MAP (manifold absolute pressure...
• '81 compression update & questions
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 22:10:50 -0400
  ...I had recently replaced the small vacuum hoses on my air-cooled engine and last night I replaced the larger vacuum hoses (which were...
• Re: Mileage ?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 19:52:02 -0800
  ...I also use a VDO vacuum gage to monitor my driving and the engine. This greatly overlooked diagnostic tool also allow a careful driver...
• Lost Power Breaks..uh-oh HELP!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Oct 95 08:28:44 EDT
  ...figured the vacuum hose slipped off cuz that's the last think i fixed recently and it was a tad bit short. luckily had...
• Re: brake booster
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 16:31:14 -0500
  ...They either fail to provide assist or worse, become a massive vacuum leak to the engine. Or they apply so much assist that the...
• Re: Diff lock in a 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:23:06 -0500
  ...Would it be > possible to simply use a cable mechanism rather than the > vacuum control? I'm not familiar with the details of the...
• Re: Nice WBX....
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:44:39 +0000
  ...mdrillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> > A highly questionable endeavor, that one. > > Mark > > Todd Last wrote: > > He is also offering a vacuum controlled throttle switch to...
• Progress with the engine RPM problem but not repaired yet
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:41:14 EDT
  ...the injector seals on all four injectors, the rubber connectors which join the intake manifolds to the central air distribution plenum, the vacuum line...