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• Hissing sound at throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:45:15 -0700
  Mellow Yellow has developed a hissing sound which seems to come from where the throttle body connects to the air distribution manifold. I heard...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:40:20 -0800
  ...is there a specific advantage of the MAF sensor over a Manifold Air Pressure sensor? I know next to nothing about the specifics of...
• Re: Best method for remove seized exhaust nuts?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:07:44 -0800
  ...It it held on > to the manifold with three 13mm nuts, these nuts go on to studs which go > into the manifold. I really...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:00:02 -0700
  ...A wood dowel can be used to tweak the manifold so it lines >> up. You want 12-6, �3-9 o clock correct and...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 16 Aug 2011 (#2011-666)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:46:17 -0400
  John et al, all manifold gasket I have ever installed here have been installed using Loctite Ultra Copper High Temp RTV Silicone Sealant. Both...
• Re: Need Sender Advice (Step 1)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 21:38:24 -0500
  ...Does anyone know of a electrical manifold pressure gauge and sender setup (All I can find is mechanical). 3. Has anyone ever used the...
• FI Vacuum leak 83 Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 04:45:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...There is a slight exhaust manifold leak which I am in the process of correcting. Since the manifold is attached with only one bolt...
• Re: A3 engine in Westie, Engine is in!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:25:08 -0700
  ...Would it hurt to have a welded steel tube intake manifold? It >doesn't carry fuel so I figure it shouldn't make much...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:44:20 -0700
  ...Air "popped" back out when released) > Stuffer 'er back in, aligned manifold to body and gasket, applied RTV > between manifold, gasket and aluminum plate...
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  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:25:01 -0400
  ...Look into AEG exhaust manifold. With minor clearancing it mounts to a 1.8 head. I had a collector made by Maik Jankord. Using...
• heater boxes, exhaust, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 1994 10:08:51 -0400
  ...The heater boxes, exhaust manifold and muffler are all badly rusted. There is no way I can justify buying new boxes, but I really...
• Re: Turbo overpressure
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:16:22 -0700
  ...TDI and most other modern turbo > engines uses a MAP or Manifold Absolute Pressure sensor. So, in an > absolute vacuum the ECU will see...
• Exhaust leaks and failed tests
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:18:29 -0500
  ...With the exhaust pipe pressurized, and using a spray bottle filled with a dish detergent mix, start at the manifolds and spray every connection...
• WBX Front Heater Core Mystery Sheet Metal
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Wed, 7 May 2014 11:01:20 -0700
  ...Inside the heater box, sandwiched between the core and the blower manifold openings, is a piece of sheet metal that doesn't quite cover...
• Re: Removing Rusty Exhaust System
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:36:45 -0400
  ...I've been using stainless bolts on those manifolds for years and still no corrosion or problems removing them. I replaced the head studs...
• Throttle valve positioner
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 08:48:39 +0500
  ...One is bigger, I think that this goes to the manifold for vaccum. the other goes to the carb? There are 2 hose connections...
• Re: Broken Exhaust Manifold Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Jim A
  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 09:25:23 -0700
  I suspect that that's how the factory did it. I've got an 83.5 and an 84. Both have bolts on the...
• Re: vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 23:24:16 -0500
  ...vacuum and the fuel pressure regulator? > It correlates manifold vacuum to fuel pressure. High vacuum (idle), low > pressure; low vacuum (open throttle) high pressure.
• Re: Odd engine smell?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:33:18 +0000
  Since I've started to dry my laundry on the intake manifold..... My Vanagon has started to take on a kind of home boy...
• Re: Need Sender Advice (Step 1)
  Historical mailing list - shawn a. zenor
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 20:06:45 -0700
  ...Does anyone know of a electrical manifold pressure gauge and sender setup >(All I can find is mechanical). >3. Has anyone ever used the...
• Re: More Rabbit expertise needed
  Historical mailing list - Will Morris
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 23:07:48 -0400
  I have been told you have to use a special tool -- an "exhaust manifold clamp spreader" -- or risk really hurting yourself. The clamps are...
• Re: Exhaust manifold to heads - Studs or Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:41:56 -0800
  ...05 and 35-08) > > My engine has BOLTS holding the exhaust manifolds > to the heads. This is NOT the preferred method, > right? I will...
• Re: Honest question for the group
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 6 Jun 2014 18:58:39 -0400
  I believe the manifold issue was resolved in '95 by redesign. I don't know if they are interchangeable. 5-cylinder engines are tough...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 16 May 2012 07:28:42 -0700
  ...So instead we talk about MAP or Manifold Absolute Pressure. > > Engine vacuum says how much less pressure there is in the manifold > than in...
• Dometic Exhaust O Ring
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:52:13 -0700
  ...In refitting the exhaust/intake manifold on my 182B, the exhaust O ring broke. Likely I should replace the ring on both the exhaust...
• Re: $1100 engine?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Feb 1996 20:20:26 -0500
  ...It included the throttle body, intake manifold, complete exhaust system, flywheel & clutch. Jim Davis 87 Syncro 88 Wolfsburg
• Re: Mice
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 12:11:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...system? Even if they get stuck, they'd >smell no worse than the diesel :-) :-) Try my popcorn-in-the-heater-boxes trick (see "Manifold...
• 1.6D to 1.6TD
  Historical mailing list - Eren Berberoglu
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:43:53 PDT
  ...so is it possible to install the turbo on with just having manifolds turbo and diesel injection pump ? did anyone do this or heard...
• Re: Exhaust manifold to heads - Studs or Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:29:53 EST
  In a message dated 2/22/05 8:55:06 PM, rrecardo@webtv.net writes: << Please elaborate Mr. Goof, how to massage the exhaust...
• '87 puzzle
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Nov 1995 20:50:36 +0500
  ...I had also mentioned that I found the bolts that attach the intake manifold to the cylinder head loose, especially on the driver's...
• FS 71 bus San Jose CA area
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Collins
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 21:36:42 -0700
  ...I bought distributor, 34 pic 3 carb and dual port manifold like it's supposed to have and replaced the same- 2 barrel Weber...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 15:50:29 -0700
  ...looks unbalanced, except mine does, as it has a Jetta intake manifold that reaches the left firewall.But I think it's just an...
• Re: 2.1l vacuum readings?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 21 May 2009 19:41:21 -0700
  ...On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:43 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > Can someone remind me what sort of manifold pressure...
• rust on a longblock oops shortblock and more
  Historical mailing list - Steven E. Broomhead, Sr.
  Mon, 28 Apr 1997 19:19:26 -0500
  ...systems, 2 intake manifolds, 2 complete set of gaskets, and more. I have yet to put on the head. The problem is that some...
• 1.6l TD engine fs $600 complete
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 22:19:10 EDT
  ...The engine is complete with turbo, intake, exhaust manifold, injectors, lines, turbo injection pump, timing belt and gears and even the alternator. He is...
• Re: ebay Diesel turbo unit: how much work?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Thu, 8 Nov 2001 23:44:40 -0500
  ...I have 3 of them sitting in my garage with the intake and exhaust manifolds. Even have an exhaust mani off a diesel quantum...
• Why Headers Crack
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 23:25:10 -0800
  ...Why did they crack? Fatigue, heat differentials (is the temp between the manifold and cold air blowing buy under the car too much temp...
• Anyone tried coating/painting the pitted head surface?
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Woo Kim
  Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:02:45 -0800
  ...I have in mind those high-temp spray paints they have at FLAPS for exhaust manifolds. Any thoughts on this issue? For the sealant...
• Re: A kinky Subi picture
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:33:40 -0600
  ...more sexy, bare metal, >> those shinny intake, that "dirty" big manifold /4 in 1.... >> >> :-) >> Ben >> >> Sudhir Desai wrote: >> >>> That's so clean!!!! I'm...
• Re: '88 Exhaust help
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 21:33:16 -0700
  ...To prevent confusion after the fact, the 2-1 manifold I refer to is the cast iron elbow that joins the front and rear...
• Intake Manifold Porting
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 21:35:15 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I have a question about the intake manifold. It has EMPI cast into it. It has a couple of copper or orangish cooled pipes...
• Re: Exaust Woes- REVISITED
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 09:41:17 -0500
  ...All i know is THERE ARE > STUDS WHERE THERE SHOULD BE STUDS! AND......the manifold should be back on > and it should be running...
• Re: Vanagon exhaust diameter? + Custom exhaust fabrication questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:48:49 -0700
  ...from the collectors down? You said "90 deg pipes" plural from > > "manifold " to collector... are you referring to primaries from the > > exhaust flange to...
• Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 10 May 2001 19:38:12 EDT
  ...The position of the throttle plate butterfly determines the speed at which air enters the manifold then on to each piston. There are two...
• Re: another coolant leak and solution
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 20:00:17 -0800
  ...Anyway the fix was to drain the system, remove the hose, I found this by accident when I was replacing the coolant manifold, which...
• Re: stranded in san francisco...need watercooled westy tech help (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:04:32 -0700
  ...a spark at the plugs, since you spray fuel into the manifold and still got nothing. Z --- Andrew Fox <afox@CNR.COLOSTATE.EDU> wrote...
• Re: headers are headed south (TIICO)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 12:17:17 -0700
  ...Where the pipe attaches to the 'manifold' part, > it has separated at the weld and is leaking. Apparently, the pipe overlaps > the manifold a...
• Digijet Aux. Air Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:53:59 -0700
  ...Pulled this regulator from a Mk1 intake manifold. Images of part https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/6312850273737187841#6312850272291741570 It looks similar to a Digijet...
• Diesel parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 9 Sep 1998 06:28:47 EDT
  ...4-speed transmission $250.00 Intake manifold $25.00 very good, working furel pump $200.00 almost new damaged cylinder head $200.00 (has...
• Re: Cost of Ownership
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:14:16 -0700
  ...Then US$: 'new' intake manifold, new front and rear heater core, new apolstery for rear seat, new sliding door panel. work to be done...
• wvo pnw
  Historical mailing list - Dan W.
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:50:16 -0800
  ...I really want to fabricate a heat exchanger that utilizes exhaust heat from the manifold/downpipe, but it seems regulagating the heat would be...
• Re: '88 Exhaust help
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 21:06:41 -0700
  ...Manhandled the > header pipes until they were as aligned as I could get them. > Reinstalled 2-1 manifold and gaskets using high temp copper...
• Re: Exaust Woes- REVISITED
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:49:36 -0400
  ...the last time I had a broken stud on a friend's mazda it was either 4 hours to pull the turbo and manifold...
• Re: the saga continues...any ideas??? (86 west syncro running rich)
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:27:11 -0400
  ...You can see it if you look straight down between the AC compressor and the intake manifold. It attaches to the head. Fix this...
• Re: AFM Voltage Ratios
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 10:40:04 -0800
  ...You're right, there must be SOME > concrete relationship between manifold pressure and AFM output voltage, but > no one seems to know what it...
• Re: Should I Buy this Synchro?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 15:21:47 -0300
  >> The kicker is this, brand new 2.1 Wasserboxer, dealer installed, with >> new clutch etc and new front exhaust manifold at the same time...
• Re: Electric Supercharger/Been there, Done that...
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 08:12:01 -0500
  ...Return on Investment not worth it (Lo HP increase)!! Out of curiosity, did you ever check your Manifold Pressure increase on this unit before...
• Re: studs or bolts on exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:52:24 -0400
  ...I was >wondering whether it is okay to replace those >exhaust manifold studs with bolts. Why are bolts >used on some head connections and...
• Re: Heat exchanger for hot showers
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:53:27 -0400
  I thought of doing this some time back, but using copper tubing wrapped around the exhaust manifold rather than the heater hoses. Advantage would...
• Re: help here please
  Historical mailing list - Chris Jackson
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:20:55 -0000
  ...tutbo 1=2E6? My son might have an extra Quantum >exhaust manifold and turbo for you. FYI this is similar to the >configuration used...