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• Re: Halon Extinguishers, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 14:30:46 -0800
  ...I imagine it is possible to get one of the connections wrong... > Unless you have raw gas pumping into the engine compartment That is...
• Re: Engine Degreasing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Sat, 22 Jun 2013 22:49:06 -0700
  Everything inthe engine compartment is not waterproof.. and one of the best ways to cause problems on an old electrolytically fuel injected engine is...
• Re: Battery placement alternatives
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:28:38 -0400
  ...Kinda seems like placing it in the engine compartment would be less > than optimal, though. Almost as inconvenient as under the passenger seat. > > Hmmm...
• Distinguishing between 68-70 busses
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 12 Jul 95 15:58:33 PDT
  ...I used to think that a '68 could be recognized by the lack of a metal partition between the engine compartment and gas tank...
• Vanagon coolant hoses!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:37:13 -0500
  ...worth of hoses in your engine compartment, did you? And I didn't even replace the radiator hoses up front or the hoses to...
• Re: Friday fun.. Vanagons on fire
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Dec 2010 10:40:02 -0500
  ...Unless you have an extinguisher handy opening the engine compartment with fire present will usually make things worse especially if the fuel source (oil...
• Re: Mexican VW Van Trannys
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 18:17:54 -0800
  ...It has a poor picture of the engine compartment, but I think the engine is lays over like a diesel. It is a 1800cc...
• Re: Placement of BlazeCut tubing '91 GL passenger
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:40:50 -0400
  Years ago, I repurposed a small haylon cylinder (originally from a marine application) into the engine compartment of the ’66 - figuring I would be...
• conversion
  Historical mailing list - Larry V. Brown
  Tue, 10 Aug 1999 12:47:56 -0400
  ...The alternator seems to sit a little high, may have to put a dent in the engine compartment lid to close it down. The...
• Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:02:50 -0500
  ...and have that part of the motor stick up into the engine compartment hidden within your existing rear mattress without raising the rear mattress...
• 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:52:30 -0800
  ...the passenger compartment. What usually leaks oil on these beasts? Pushrod tubes? Rear crank seal? (rear of van, front of engine) Oil pump seal...
• Re: Battery and Battery compartment
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 13:17:33 EDT
  ...This is not a DPO Conversion - this is factory on ALL Vanagons, except Diesels, where the battery is in the engine compartment. Not the...
• Re: Dumb Question - Remote Start Switch
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 21 Jun 2014 21:23:10 -0500
  ...You may > be able to reach it from the engine compartment depending perhaps on > whether you have a MT or AT and how much...
• Is anybody still on this list?
  Historical mailing list - Goetz Aust
  Sat, 14 Mar 2015 12:55:19 -0600
  ...able to identify and mitigate some problems by looking at the engine compartment drive train etc rather than just reading the manual and watching...
• Re: size and pitch of grounding bolt in battery compartment and a FLAPS replacement for idle air elbow
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford
  Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:01:08 +0000
  What year and engine? Ken Ken Wilford at vanagain.com On Mon, Apr 30, 2018, 8:55 AM mike riley <mkriley1@hotmail.com> wrote...
• engine compartment lid (finally something I can help with!)
  Historical mailing list - Fuhrel, Robert
  Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:22:35 +0000
  I bought a roll of silver insulation at Home Depot on the advice of a friend who has an '82 Vanagon; I have an...
• burning paper smell
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 18:21:10 -0400
  ...Anyone with a rodent problem discover it in this manner? Nothing in the engine compartment seems to be burning, so I'm guessing it...
• GTI Motor into Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 17:02:30 -0500
  ...Has anyone done this? Do differential gears have to be changed? Any mods to engine compartment. I was told no mods at all and...
• Digijet Diagnostic Aide
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:22:17 -0500
  I am thinking of running a cable with 4 or 5 leads from the engine compartment to the front so I can monitor the...
• Re: air flow?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 16:53:50 EST
  ...BRIGHT.NET writes: << Is there a natural flow down into the engine compartment and out the back muffler area during driving and then a...
• Bucking, hesitation between 1500 and 2500 RPM when hot
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:49:26 -0600
  ...The brown wire on my 2.1 02 sensor goes into the engine compartment harness which runs along the front of the engine deck...
• Bye bye AC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:08:30 -0700
  ...Living in the Pacific Northwest, I never noticed the AC except when 1) messing around in the engine compartment, I always had to work...
• Re: Fwd: air intake snorkel hose
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:39:49 -0500
  ...All automobiles? My Honda Accord has the combustion air intake immediately over the battery in the engine compartment, a really dumb arrangement, I would...
• Installing inline4 firewall clearance Q
  Historical mailing list - Carolyn Kitzmann
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:15:07 -0500
  ...So basically I just want to know who much does the intake protrude past the side of the engine compartment, 1/4 inch? So...
• Re: Fire Suppression Solutions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 23:42:43 +1200
  >The chemical cylinder would need to be big enough to >completely flood the engine compartment sufficiently so that even with >the chemicals that would...
• Re: Battery or Charging System Help Please
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:42:04 -0800
  ...Left forward corner of the engine compartment. There is a threaded stud inside where several red wires come together. I have seen several of...
• RE: Troubleshooting Overheating...
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 11:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...they aren't, the engine will draw VERY warm air from around the muffler, up into the engine compartment, and try to cool itself...
• Re: Oil cooler installation pictures...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 23:01:39 -0400
  ...was enough excess pressure in the engine compartment (going down the highway) to lift the (plastic) engine cover if it wasn't latched down...
• Re: Engine reving?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 May 2001 21:58:36 -0400
  ...stabilizer" located on the left side to the front of the >engine compartment. It's the second "box" from the front that has 2...
• Engine temp problems/was thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:07:09 -0800
  ...He said I'll bleed it again first because the top and bottom radiator hoses in the engine compartment were different temperatures [of course...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 9 May 2002 15:53:06 -0600
  ...engine lids, however, you will notice the same construction as the barndoor engine lid, just "cut down" to fit the smaller engine compartment." Now...
• battery explosion
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Sat, 8 May 1999 22:26:31 -0700
  ...We have two batteries in the rear engine compartment, separated by a manual switch. (The idea is that you always have enough power to...
• Re: Last gasp: low compression exhaust valve can't pass smog
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:15:26 -0700
  ...Thinking about it, I haven't had them open the engine compartment in about 20 years. Karl Wolz | |The spec sticker on my 85...
• Is there a rust 'disolver' that works?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 08:55:33 -0400
  ...Doing some engine compartment cleaning-up and just wondering if anybody has any advice on a rust treatment that actually works. There are certain...
• Vanagon VIN locations
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 00:25:55 EST
  ...wipe off undercoating w/ solvent) -VIN plate in drivers side battery box under drivers seat -VIN on firewall in engine compartment any others??? chris
• Re: Slow thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 03:42:27 -0800
  ...the engine compartment). Replace the ECU temp sensor > (blue) while you're at it. > > Austin Thanx for the tip, but I want to change...
• 3rd bleeder valve rear heat exchanger
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 20:16:56 -0400
  I noticed that besides the coolant bleeder valve on top of the radiator and the one in the engine compartment, there is also one...
• Re: Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:27:24 EDT
  ...I have a kit to replace all of the fuel lines in the engine compartment, which includes German hose, and stainless Swedish clamps, and...
• My Burnt 93 Eurovan Lives On!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 17:11:03 -0500
  ...find on my 93 Eurovan (the one that had the massive engine compartment fire)... To my surprise, someone in Salem NH apparently bought it...
• 84 vanagon DOES NOT idle up and down
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 22:51:36 -0800
  ...and decided to just repace all vacuum line's in the engine compartment.Voila!!!It idle's like a champ. Until next problem, Stephen...
• PARTS cars
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:46:31 -0700
  ...So he has an '85 with a burned out engine compartment, everything else is available except for what I get. And he has many...
• coil test
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:26:37 EDT
  ...coil on some wires and a connector against the drivers side engine compartment. Can someone outline how to check coil, the bently is not...
• Re: F.S. '88 Westy, 53K orig., $8,500
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 4 Nov 2004 21:53:40 -0500
  ...Looking at the front of engine compartment, at what I >think is >the torque conv., there is an opening in the top, about 4...
• Engine and tranny out!
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:25:30 -0600
  ...Now I'm excited to begin working on cleaning the engine compartment, replacing fuel, water, and vacuum lines, install a new radiator, and on...
• Re: kombi on fire
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Thu, 5 Oct 1995 11:22:16 -0400 (EDT)
  ...he opened the engine compartment this white fog rolled out, and he very carefully and swiftly got away, no fire though. Just thought I...
• Re: Wonderful Paint Job - No Start
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:27:23 -0400
  On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Larry HIMLI wrote: > The engine compartment was completely coated with dust from the body work. > I figured that it...
• automatic extiguisher wasRe: Yesterday's Engine Fire in Rockefeller Center NYC
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:46:16 EST
  ...the list, but what's a ball park figure of an engine compartment fire extiguisher kit--the type that activates automatically in the event...
• Gypsy is gone...
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:48:51 -0500
  ...I am thankful that my dogs were not with me, their crate area is right over the engine compartment. Just thought I�d pass...
• Re: Burp tank mounting..?
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 13:30:01 -0500
  ...there is nothing at all in my engine compartment it could sit on..? I may have to build a shelf or something, to screw...
• Re: intake manifold hose
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:32:41 -0500
  ...Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ ----- Original Message ----- > Looking things over in the engine compartment, I noted that one of the > short rubber hoses...
• Re: VR6 in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"luke\" Lukey
  09 Jun 97 07:33:57 EDT
  ...Not very technical, but there is a picture showing the engine inside the engine compartment. It extends about 20 cm above the bay lid...
• Re: Ramona Rests (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 10:49:03 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Pop off the back bumper...does yours still have one? Then remove the four bolts that hold the rear engine compartment section in place...
• Bluestar project progress
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:56:57 -0400
  ...between the fuel injector areas and the inside wall of the engine compartment. I am missing these plates. How important are they? Do they...
• Re: Alternate Air Cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:34:23 -0500
  ...All watercooled vanagons have a cardboard divider to make sure that the intake air did not come from the engine compartment. VW would not...
• Re: Random Instant Shutdown
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:26:58 -0700
  ...If this is your problem no amount of parts swapping in the engine compartment is going to fix it. From the ignition switch a...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Tyrone & Marilyn Greene
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 17:15:53 -0400
  ...All engine tin > is in place. The engine compartment seal is in place. No crap in fan > or blocking the fan grille. Timing is...
• Two Fuel Pump Relays?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Johnson
  Mon, 12 Mar 2001 08:46:13 -0800
  ...It is rather confusing, as the Bentley seems to directly refer only to the engine compartment one, while most FLAPS and national parts suppliers...
• new subscriber problems 86 westphalia digifant
  Historical mailing list - aj
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 19:05:42 -0800
  ...problems that have reared their ugly heads? 1} Where in the engine compartment do I find a hot spot to attach the positive wire...
• Re: Cold stalling...exhaust smells like fuel
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 19:38:32 -0400
  ...With the engine off, stick your head over the engine compartment and listen as someone else presses and releases the gas pedal. You should...
• Re: cruise control troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 15:05:18 -0500
  Gregory, Besides the vacuum lines in the engine compartment, there is a long rubber line that goes to the driver's compartment to switches...