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• Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 23 May 2005 13:24:10 -0600
  ...temp for the heads or release points for valve seats. Short quick runs on a cold engine should have minimal effect. However a hot...
• 85 westi problem found
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 31 May 2004 09:28:40 -0400
  ...so i did the game what cylinder is cold trick. ( start motor for 3 minutes and shut off then lightly touch each exhaust pipe...
• Re: Going back to fuel injection...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:45:23 -0500
  ...body) Air distribution manifold with cold start valve Part # 0.280.170.026 (will not have EGR valve, it will be blocked off) 4...
• Re: Idle speed, racing engine
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:24:36 -0500
  ...There is an idle stabilizer control (ISC) and an idle stabilizer valve (ISV) for the engine. When the engine is cold, the ISV which...
• Re: lack of power when cold
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 21:09:00 -0500
  Volks, I drove the van today, starting it up this afternoon after it had sat for 36 hrs. Started up fine but the idle...
• Re: idling probalems
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 12:40:55 -0700
  ...idling probalems > > i'm having some problems with my idle when i start the gan form > cold. it > drops and sometimes drops too low...
• warm up time, battery blankets, I live in snow
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:53:05 -0600
  ...It gets cold sooner, stays cold longer, gets more snow sooner........etc. All my life I grew up with Block heaters. If you were...
• Re: Wondering about coolant physics
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 1 Jan 2016 22:49:06 -0500
  ...This is from cold, no starting or running whatsoever. > > How can this be? There's obviously a small leak somewhere around the reservoir, maybe...
• Re: Crazy intermittant rich running finally solved!
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 09:27:57 -0500
  ...I e-mailed the list about this a while back and most of the suggestions centered around the cold start valve, thermo time switch...
• Re: The 2.1 coolant system bleeding links
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 3 May 2004 08:51:43 -0600
  ...Next, start the van with one person at the bleeder valve and at least a full jug of pre mixed coolant at your side...
• Re: Advance Auto AC recharge kit
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 14:05:38 -0400
  ...To charge the system start the engine, put the ac on full blast. Now screw the end of the hose with the valve onto...
• Re: 84 Westy strange compression readings
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 02:38:44 -0500
  ...TEST #2 Start the engine cold with no pressure indicated on the gauge. The pressure in the cooling system builds to aprox 7 lbs...
• Re: Eng. off/cold; brake pedal goes to floor. Eng. on/pump pedal; pedal height ok.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 8 Oct 2006 12:52:48 -0400
  ...Cold in the morning engine off; brake pedal is > easy to > > push to floor. Pumping doesnt' seem to bring up > pedal > > height. After starting...
• Re: How to convert to 134?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 6 May 2008 14:07:33 -0400
  ...If it does put out cold air then just use it until it starts losing it's charge again. If you want to find...
• Re: Tips on replacing Temp 2 sensor The easy way!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:02:35 -0500
  ...I was not able to > start the vehicle with the temp 2, O2, and idle control valve all > unplugged, > but plugging them in I...
• LPG Pressure, furnace and fridge observations, Was: Propex heater
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:56:54 -0600
  ...Did you notice if it attempted to open the gas valve? Fired the lighter/ignition spark? The times that the Truma didn't start...
• Timing
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 15:20:34 -0500
  ...Seems to run fine, although on the cold mornings that we have had recently the initial start up has seemed a bit rough (erratic...
• Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:37:46 -0800
  ...Noisy Valve lifters >> >> Sitting for long periods often contributes to noisy lifters for a little while after you start it up. >> >> I have also...
• Re: 2.1 lifter replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 08:26:09 -0500
  ...the engine is started cold (and some times not so cold) the lifter is "out of adjustment" --- i.e., the valve train clearances are...
• 2.1 fuel injection problem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 06:13:48 EDT
  ...At cold startup it seems to be running perfectly, no black smoke, when the engine warms up, you can hear it change rhythm, the...
• Re: High idle at stops
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 26 Aug 2017 13:51:54 -0700
  ...after replacing the coil in our 86 2.1L. > > At a cold start, the van will idle at around 1000 rpm. After a few...
• Re: 91 GL Running hot still...what next?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Hotchkiss
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 08:16:15 -0400
  ...cold engine, remove the coolant tank cap, start engine, turn the valve on the thermostat housing to the left, rev the engine up to...
• Re: Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 11:10:03 -0700
  ...The many very crappy engines that I rebuild always have a little valve / lifter noise on startup. Stan On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08...
• DIESEL starting and other general questions
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:31:34 -0800
  ...It smokes a good bit upon cold start, but hot or warm starts no smoke at all. So I would cloud the driveway in...
• Re: Air Fuel Mixture Logic
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:40:14 -0600
  Not unusual to need to run the engine faster on a cold start ----- if the idle stabilizer system is not working properly. However, to...
• Re: HELP QUICK! NOT STARTING
  Historical mailing list - andrew swingler
  Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:27:02 -0800
  ...At zero degrees F she sat for 4 days, i couldnt get > her started and charging didnt help. > > starter? loose wire or cable? Please...
• CIS problems AGAIN!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 1996 19:01:10 -0500
  ...Last week on my way to Shrewsbury,MA for the LiMBO meeting the van started skipping again. It's been running crappy since. I...
• Re: AC Compressor on r134a system
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:36:35 -0700
  ...Attach the charging hose to the can, screw the valve down to break the seal, and attach the other end to the port. Start...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Sat, 11 Sep 2010 19:47:27 -0400
  ...spring > tensions in the valve body relative to hydrualic pressure ...you start > seeing it gets pretty complicated. > like the valve body is a Anologue...
• Re: Query - Idle Stabilier Trouble Shoot
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 08:26:15 -0400
  ...connect it back up since 1) it stabilizes the engine on cold > starts, 2) boosts the rpm when the power steering limit switch kicks...
• Re: Different Kind Of Valve Adjustment Question?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:34:52 -0700
  ...Should the valve clearances/preload be the same regardless of > whether the engine is hot or cold? > 3. Outside of sporadic driving of the...
• interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 22:40:36 -0400
  ...is this with the engine cold or >> hot/warm? the valves do >> not chatter now and havent since they shut up on its maiden...
• Re: Good local mechanic worked on my 85
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 May 2010 23:34:51 -0400
  ...Cold air being able to rush back into the back of the exhaust valve can cause the valve to warp. Gas vapors escaping during...
• Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:42:14 -0800
  ...The cold start valve would have to be >wired the same as the old rabbits (thermo time switch receiving power from the >start circuit...
• Re: 1.9l-strange throttle response
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 06:11:11 -0800
  ...your problem is in the > cold-start/cold-idle > part of the system. > and there are three major components ... > - the coolant temp sensor. my...
• Re: 91 GL Running hot still...what next?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:31:07 -0600
  ...cold engine, remove the coolant tank cap, > start engine, turn the valve on the thermostat housing to the left, rev the > engine up to...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:00:32 -0700
  ...think how hot the exhaust valves run.. that's in the many hundreds of degrees F. aluminum, as in pistons ..starts to melt at...
• Re: Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:50:00 -0700
  ...It could be an option if you decide to try it. #7) After adjusting the valves your engine may be hard to start. Give...
• Re: New engine question revisited
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Jan 2004 03:40:47 -0600
  ...it virtually eliminate the infamous :Vanagon Syndrome" for me....ie clacking valve lifters on start up. Of course you ar eaddressing low oil pressure...
• Re: Engine Oil Pre-Luber
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 12:03:54 -0500
  ...The engine has to have a pressure relief valve. When you first start the engine up and it is cold, the oil is not...
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:12:21 -0400
  ...If you just unplug the Electronic Idle control valve that's on top of the engine ... then start the engine cold, and it's...
• Re: Idle Control System Explanation, please?
  Historical mailing list - Craig C Forney
  Fri, 13 Mar 2015 21:06:38 -0700
  ...Then I swapped in a known working idle control module (behind the > right tail > light) and boom, the idle control valve starts vibrating. > > However...
• Re: Engine warm-up troubles
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:28:04 PDT
  ...a 91 Carat and it exhibits identical cold idle symptoms. I have >replaced the idle stablizer valve, both temperature sensors, fuel >injectors, fuel pump...
• Re: Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 1 Nov 2010 16:42:33 -0700
  ...hotter weather. > > The starter wiring is fine. It spins real good with the thinner oil. > Only spun slower when dead cold w/15w40. > > NEil...
• I'm stumped! (misfire)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Schmedlin
  Sat, 23 May 1998 05:23:33 -0700
  ...The cold start valve is fine. 13. The EGR is disconnected and plugged. 14. I did have a problem with a lifter which was...
• Re: AC High Side - line leak - rubber hose
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:54:30 -0400
  ...The ice starts to collect at the opening of the expansion valve and eventually blocks the opening completely. The system shuts down. Water also...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:44:33 -0800
  ...I switched mine > over and it starts WAY better in the cold humid foggy days up here on > Vancouver Island. > Take care, > courtney > > ----- Original...
• Re: Automatic Transmission sometimes has to wake up...
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 01:27:36 -0400
  ...But... > > Sometimes, on cold start, when I put it into drive, > nothing happens. At first I revved to get a response, > but soon realized...
• Re: Bubble in cooling system? '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jul 1996 09:02:16 -0700
  ...Coolant starts to run out of the radiator valve bleed > nut (a bit bubbly but seems to subside), but no water which I added...
• Help ongoing '78 problems
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 2 Oct 95 21:16:47 EDT
  ...decel valve, aux air regulator, and thermotime and cold start valve all seem good by Bentley test. Hydraulic lifters were badly out of adjustment...
• Re: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 12:02:46 -0700
  ...When cold I have to depress the accelerator pedal and pump a tiny bit to get the van to turn over. When hot its...
• Re: An Auxiliary Air Regulator puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:32:16 -0700
  ...Then start the engine (the engine must be cold). If you cover the hose (during warm-up), the engine should slow down. After several...
• Re: I need help, please
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 2 Dec 2022 11:56:03 -0800
  ...It starts fine, > idles fine, revs up fine. But recently when it reaches operating > temperature it stumbles, almost dying not willing to go up...
• no power: running lean (i think)
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 15:47:24 -0600
  ...gas mileage. -It seems to run ok when i first start it cold in the morning, but as it warms up and the temp...
• Re: Vangon Fan Housing
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 2 Aug 94 9:22:13 PDT
  ...at startup doesn't mean that your main bearings are okay, or even that the pump is okay. When the oil is cold and...
• Re: Tips on replacing Temp 2 sensor The easy way!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 16:12:45 -0800
  ...I was not able to start the vehicle with the temp 2, O2, and idle control valve all unplugged, but plugging them in I...
• Oil changing engine damage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:15:15 -0800
  ...And as far as synthetics and quick cold starts, what about mixing Redline with Kendal. If my understanding is right, Redline is a type...
• 88 Newbie makes trouble for self
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:17:53 -0400
  ...unsteady at that RPM, though) With the stabilizer valve and all else reconnected, it cold-starts at 2K and drifts down to the RPM...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:49:30 -0800
  ...I replaced mine and my little Mouse-motor started behaving again. Since the symptoms were so specific...I typed "Idle Control Valve"...thinking "Ah...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:23:11 -0700
  ...It is unlikely a lifter will not yield to the strong valve springs. Once the engine is started the lifters will self adjust within...