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• Coolent Leak
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:11:34 -0400
  ...It is not a big leak but, I do want to get it stopped. any I am beginning to wonder if maybe some how...
• strange cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Wed, 26 May 1999 08:53:41 -0400
  ...First, the coolant temp gauge goes wacko, showing high temp, then swings down to cold temp, then back to high temp, sometimes stopping at...
• Re: Hit&run: by a BUS!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:10:12 +1200
  ...plate number first, *then* decide if I'm >going to stop? I'd stop, laugh, tell them WHY I'm laughing, then drive off...
• intermittent shutdown
  Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 06:18:53 -0700
  ...on the freeway it seems, and then coming to a stop...tollbooth, stoplight, etc. the van is shutting off. She restarts usually np...but...
• Re: Afghanistan - PLEASE STOP THESE THREADS
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 18:36:26 -0700
  ...tim > >Please stop these threads. There are other forums on the internet that >is > >for this. Lets stick to vanagon-like things, like brakes...
• Re: Engine stop in 20 sec
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 23:33:30 -0500
  ...2008, at 7:40 PM, The Westy man wrote: > I was trying to find out why the engine stops after about twenty > seconds... > Zoltan
• Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:35:05 -0800
  ...The brakes mostly work ok driving around but if I put the tranny in neutral as I slow for a stop the brakes will...
• Re: Gas Filler Line in your Fill Tube while driving
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:17:43 -0500
  ...and then you find out that was an > expensive pit stop... Happened to me twice so far... been paranoid ever > since... > > > > What would be...
• Re: 89 syncro westy backup 12 volt
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 14:03:29 -0700
  ...thus the stopping kills the average temperature inside the fridge... especially on a hot day.... actually I find the 12 volt cooling is quite...
• Re: rear hatch STRUTS on '90 Westy stopped working
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:06:58 -0700
  ...rear hatch STRUTS on '90 Westy stopped working > > > > > > > The back hatch struts on my '90 Westy stopped holding the hatch up > > > yesterday. It seems...
• Re: Need help w/ Diagnosing Brake Problem - Need to pump brakes to get stopping power
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:17:09 -0400
  ...I really have to pump the brakes a > couple times to get any stopping power and it doesn't hold long before it > feels...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:27:41 -0700
  ...I drive my Vanagon to the gym a couple of times a week, and I make that 5x 4 way stop signs (and 2...
• rear wheel bearings
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 22:23:22 -0800
  ...As I was stopped with my left turn single on we were rear ended by someone who did not try to stop. The left...
• Re: Vanagon in the GE Commercial?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:25:09 -0700
  ...I stopped it at 13 seconds to take a good look at the inside of the psgr door. No vinyl panel, white paint and...
• Re: Where's rear wiper switch on '87 GL
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 20 Nov 1996 15:17:43 -0800 (PST)
  ...You have to hit it just right or it won't stop. You need to tap it just at the end of the initial...
• 1985 westy acceleration problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 19:34:18 -0500
  ...Most of the time runs great but sometimes after the engine is good and warm and I need to sit at a long stop...
• Slow Syncro Braking Noise
  Historical mailing list - David Bogle / Architecture
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 22:42:25 -0500
  ...Starts and stops with the application of the brakes. Since that's where the transaxle is, it could be in there or maybe from...
• Re: FS Tires
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 21:46:28 -0700
  Please stop responding to this post as the tires are sold, thankyou, Bill -----Original Message----- From: BILL <billv2@prodigy.net> To: >Any listmember in...
• Re: New York State Motor Smoker Law
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 11:45:33 +0200
  ...you want to use the phone, pull over > and stop. This will happen soon here in Norway, too. A hands-free set for your...
• head leaks- any stopgap measures?
  Historical mailing list - Alan Brase
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 23:23:48 -0500
  ...Or have they come up with better antifreeze since then? Has anyone out there had any experience with stop gap measures, such as scraping...
• Re: Walmart parking
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:48:21 -0500
  ...I consider them an upgrade from the highway rest-stop. They do have the cheapest jugs of drinking water, motor oil, French Onion Sunchips...
• vacuum servo question
  Historical mailing list - Craig
  Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:57:12 -0700
  Hello all, I can't STOP buying new components for my braking system on my 81 van with a hydraulic clutch. Ok, I have...
• Re: Start-Stop Syndrome Returns
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:04:18 -0500
  My daughter's 91 exhibited much that same. Pulling the tank and cleaning it thoroughly fixed the problem. Jim
• friday - another aircraft pic - T-28
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Dec 2010 12:55:52 -0800
  I drove the vanagon and stopped to take pic of a T-28. http://shufti.wordpress.com alistair
• Re: for those who use wireless on the road ... opps who knew
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:16:41 -0600
  That will never stop me. Besides, the airwaves are free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gracias, Miguel
• Re: Mystery Loss of Power At Startup
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:36:57 -0400
  ...First, when coming to a stop or starting from a > stop there is slight shudder to the van just as it stops moving, just...
• Re: WAS Change fuel hose from tank to pump NOW stopping smaller lines
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 12 Oct 2013 15:32:58 -0500
  ...A better way of stopping brake fluid leaking from > brake and clutch fittings has been on my mind lately, having encountered a > bunch of...
• Re: Photo ticket at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:34:10 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] Photo ticket at stop lights > > > On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Sean Garrett wrote: > > > My ? is how do I keep from getting one...
• Re: Bucking/misfire on the Freeway.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 09:23:50 -0500
  ...Sometimes this behavior will continue > until I stop the car or may simply stop the behavior on its own. > > The only discernable pattern is...
• Re: Stalling at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:15:10 -0500
  ...But over the weekend, while stopped at stop lights, over the >>> >>> >>> >>> >>course >> >> >> >> >>>of 20-30 seconds, the rpm's decline, engine runs rough, engine...
• Engine fire NOT extinguished by 10A5BC extinguisher!
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:43:20 -0400
  ...We stopped just after he had pulled over, but the hood was already too hot to be fully opened. It could be popped to...
• Re: Gas tank vacuum
  Historical mailing list - Richard Kunkel
  Sun, 10 Feb 2002 19:24:44 -0800
  ...The buildups stopped when a repair shop eventually cleaned the charcoal canister. For years, everytime I removed the gas cap, there was a huge...
• Re: Are pop-up tops really necessary??
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:41:27 -0700
  ...Hmmm, that leaves out a lot of fun? > > At rest stops, some good advice is to stop before you get there (at a gas...
• Re: (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:19:47 -0400
  At 12:01 PM 3/14/2012, Dave Mcneely wrote: >Mods, can this be stopped? mcneely No, it can't. The only way to...
• Re: AC compressor
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 09:50:33 EDT
  Bud; When you say high blower do you mean evaporator fan or radiator fan? The compessor is supposed to stop when the radiator is...
• It simply stopped running, please help
  Historical mailing list - Hans Roos
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 21:30:20 -0800
  Hey Guys and Gals, I was driving my 89 Syncro home today and it simply stopped running. It was as if I had turned...
• Re: Walmart parking
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 17:56:21 -0500
  ...Well...someone on the Type2 list was killed not all that long ago in an interstate rest stop. I don't blame you for...
• Yahoo Vanagon Goups Help
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:58:34 -0800
  ...They're claiming a I purchased a Vanagon from them and paid with a cashiers check that I stopped payment on. Obviously, they're...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:10:04 -0600
  ...Coming to a stop sign you may hear, >> click, click, click as you slow down. >> >> Ken >> >>> On Tue, Oct 19, 2021 at 5:44...
• Fw: Westy stalls and won't start
  Historical mailing list - John Russ
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:46:04 -0400
  ...Once it stops it will not start for 20 minutes. It won't even fire once. After 20 minutes it will start and go...
• Fuel Tank Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Erikson-Coyne
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:13:42 -0600
  ...I tried releasing fuel through the fuel inlet on the opposite side (not fuel filler hole) and had the same flow-dribble-stop pattern...
• Re: Problems after 1.9 head change
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 6 May 2002 12:28:48 -0400
  ...When stopped at a stoplight, then trying to move from stop, engine will not accelerate for 1-2 seconds. Have not yet installed digitool...
• Re: 84 westy - how to stop clock battery drain?
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:17:24 -0600
  ...It stops under 60F >> (prolly >> still pull juice though). Garbage and gunk after many years of use >> gathers >> in the movement and someday (or...
• Re: Catastrophic failure of coolant level sensor
  Historical mailing list - Steven Smith
  Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:58:02 -0700
  ...If this stops the occurrences of the blinking then the problem simply MUST BE in the coolant level circuit. If this does NOT stop...
• Re: Blinking stops, relay out ...
  Historical mailing list - The Westy man
  Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:18:55 -0800
  ...Blinking stops, relay out ... > At 04:24 PM 11/5/2008, The Westy man wrote: >>Hi to all, >>After not using the car for...
• Re: Heater not stopping problem #
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 3 Aug 2000 22:11:57 -0400
  ...Heater not stopping problem # > > > Hello Volks, > > My front heater doesn't stop heating even with the valve closed. I suspected > it's the cable...
• Re: New Starter Stopped Working requires the RI wizard
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:05:04 -0500
  In your original post you said that the starter, "stopped working." What happens when you turn the key? Does it crank even a little...
• Re: propane valve -- manual or autostop?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 Aug 2006 23:59:03 -0400
  The Auto stop valve is actually an over fill protection device. When working properly, venting or leaking after a fill is the sign that...
• venting about irresponsible drivers
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:53:15 -0700
  ...I stopped at a stop sign that controls entry from a ramp into a Y where two other roads enter. Both of those other...
• Re: Stopping the oil buzzer under the dash
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 18 Jul 2009 15:56:07 -0700
  ...no change. >>> >>> Can anyone tell me how to just stop the infernal buzzing? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Jim >
• Re: Odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 09:00:23 -0500
  ...Odometer stopped Joseph, When my odometer stopped, it was the hub on the left front wheel that was the problem. There is a little...
• Re: Sorta Scary Event
  Historical mailing list - Gary Anderson
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:49:27 -0600
  ...All the annunciator lights > came on as I coasted to a stop on the side of the road. I turned the > ignition off, then...
• in defense of grits!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Dec 94 00:15:58 EST
  > > Hmmm. > > In this part of the VWorld, grits are spread on the road by the > County Council to stop you from skidding on ice...
• Re: LPG Tank, Fill Valve
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:33:19 -0700
  ...Mark Neil2 wrote: > So I've seen a thread or two on the modern 'float' or 'Auto-Stop' valves > and it appears the new...
• Re: HELP!: radiator fan is loud
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 29 Aug 1999 19:53:25 -0700
  ...So if your trip > is highway speed you're ok but I'd avoid stop & go operation. Having > said that just remember that using...
• Re: can 85 westy pull boat?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 19:21:48 -0800
  ...If you do whats it like as far as handling, stopping > and esp backing the trailer in and out of the launch. Any info...
• Re: Anyone have Airlift pictures?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 23:47:55 -0600
  ...suspension stop.>>> A picture isn't necessary----- The top of the bag uses that "post" which actually is the rubber suspension stop, to support...
• AC converted to 134
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:31:36 -0700
  Oh, I forgot to mention that sometimes when I push in the clutch pedal in when coming to a stop, the engine will die...
• oil usage
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:22:09 -0400
  ...I checked it every fuel stop, and added maybe half a quart every other stop to keep it between the add and the full...
• Both rear brake lights out.
  Historical mailing list - David M
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:26:56 -0800
  Obviously I'll check the bulbs, but what else could cause both brake lights to stop working? -David (1987 Wolfsburg)