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• Re: Low compression, more test results
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 08:35:58 -0700
  The lash caps were added, so I was told (and from what I remember) because there was not sufficient turn in the valve adjuster...
• fastest headjob on the list
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:35:46 -0800
  ...you set your valves to zero lash you can check the compression without hooking up the intake or the exhaust. If your compression is...
• Re: Dometic frig question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:41:41 -0700
  Would this explain why it would run with the bypass valve button pushed by not otherwise? Mike On 8/12/06 9:29 PM...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:51:40 -0500
  ...into the >>> Exhaust system - Could be head gaskets, cracked heads. >>> >>> Blue or Blue-white Smoke - Usually an oil problem - rings, bad valve >>> guides, scored...
• Subaru transplant versus Ratio rockers and wasserboxer upgrades
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:46:15 -0800
  ...for mods...... > 6) larger valves, not too large to affect the amount of material between > intake and exhaust valves...... > 7) extrusion honing of intake...
• Re: Replacing heads, engine still in the van
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:13:08 -0400
  ...I fired it up, and a valve stuck open. I learned the hard way to make sure the valves and valve guides are really...
• Update: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Fri, 27 Sep 2002 22:55:16 -0400
  ...Any suggestion on solving backfire problem when decelerating? The deceleration valve passes the Bentley's test. Not a large backfire and may be caused...
• Need advice: Dad must part w/ his '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dave Ware
  Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:49:23 EDT
  ...and at least one valve is burned. So he needs a new engine. He also needs a new exhaust and will not pass Monday...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:25:56 -0800
  ...situations: >> (A) the intake valve (2nd from front) is opening and the exhaust >> valve (frontmost) is closing. (B) both valves are closed. In >> my...
• Re: What's Wrong With my Compression?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 3 Jun 2007 19:09:04 -0400
  ...For instance, the exhaust valve might be going out of >> round. >> >> Ken Lewis >> http://neksiwel.20m.com/ >> Vanagon mods, tech info and O2 sensor...
• Re: Need advice: Dad must part w/ his '86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:32:36 -0700
  ...and at least one valve is burned. > So he needs a new engine. He also needs a new exhaust and will not pass > Monday...
• Re: still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:19:47 -0800
  ...White smoke from the exhaust, and from the intake distributor when it > backfires, but nothing more. > > If any of you very knowledgeable people can...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 06:50:22 EST
  ...My other bet is that if an IS valve shorts, it will blow the transistor. How many folks out there have a *bad* IS...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 8 Jan 2012 14:33:04 -0500
  Gregg, Was the head leaking really bad before you changed it? I've had exhaust systems with enough coolant dumped inside they take a...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:56:29 -0700
  ...not tune them right, never have the exhaust gas > analyzed, ball park > the timing, adjust the valves incorrectly, and low and behold > there is...
• Re: Compression losses
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Wed, 6 Jan 1999 10:33:38 -0600
  ...intended to address how valve overlap, tuned intake port effects, dirty paper filters vs. K&N foam filters, exhaust system restrictions and resonances, rpm...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 08:47:38 -0500
  ...heads around the > exhaust ports where all that hot gas is rushing past the valve and > out. Aren't exhaust gasses 1300F+ degrees? The...
• Re: HELP in Riverton, WY - Engine Flooding
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 03:42:16 +0000
  ...With so much > gas that it came out the exhaust, you probably got a fair amount past your > rings and into the crankcase. > Good...
• Re: Location of EGR vacuum hose
  Historical mailing list - jesse lee reynolds
  Tue, 17 May 1994 21:32:19 -0500 (EST)
  I wrote: > > > I accidently dissconnected the vacuum hose from my EGR valve on my 76 van. > > I looked, but I couldn't find where...
• Re: Head temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:26:02 -0700
  Francoix, Not that high! The Type 4 VW engine is prone to dropping exhaust valve seats at high temp/high mileage. According to my...
• strange resolution to my drivability issues
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 16:15:07 -0800
  ...replaced muffler, O2 sensor, fuel filter, valve adjustment and lots of head scratching..... The good news is that I needed all those parts anyway...
• Re: can you chip a DigiTool ECU?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:07:02 EST
  ...This is the set-up I have on my 2.1 Boston Bob Big Valve engine since 3 ~ 4 years now. Works fine. Cheers...
• Re: Main Engine Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 5 May 2002 16:05:15 -0700
  ...I have taken apart over the years have some >comon problems exhaust valve seats that are pounded is one I think to much >sustained...
• Re: conversion -Opinions Please
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:26:33 -0500
  ...One head was corroded so bad an exhaust stud > fell out. Head done with engine in van. Worst part was the exhaust system. I...
• Re: Head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - "Paul Lindsay,Summit Resources/Triad Sportswear"
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:56:01 -0600
  ...that sounds more better. :) and the valve cover gasket is gonna have to come off (well ... the valve cover, anyway. and the gasket comes...
• Re: Slight over run popping from exhaust..84 (inline VW with Digifant )
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:28:27 -0700
  ...Slight over run popping from exhaust..84 (inline VW with Digifant ) I have two "Exhaust systems" possibles. Could be that, since the PO who...
• Re: Blue slider vents in doors? 84 GL...wazzit these supposed to do?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:22:17 -0800
  ...Don Hanson On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 10:21 AM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>wrote: > Sliders forward - Exhausts the air from...
• Is this the cause of my engine compression problem?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:25:07 -0700
  ...My cylinder heads are in excellent shape (tight vlave guides and no damage to valves and seats), But these heads are rebuilt heads from...
• Re: Cold Start Chug and Warm Stumbling
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:09:32 EST
  ...Replacing the leaky exhaust and O2 Sensor will probably fix the warm stalling problem but check the condition of the plug wires if they...
• Re: Spark Plug Failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 21:01:17 -0400
  ...Backfiring through the exhaust had me thinking burnt valve. Yesterday I took the time to start digging and find out what was going on...
• Re: The '85 needs a diaper
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:19:01 EDT
  ...Motor Oil - you need new valve cover gaskets. AND, same story as above, ALL surfaces must be straight clean & smooth ! USE Loctite Ultra Copper...
• Re: She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:20:40 -0400
  The lifters pumped up well and I made the final valve adjustment. It's shocking how much that quiets down and smooths things out...
• Re: seizure
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 23:46:46 EDT
  ...I am inclined to think it's the ECU/wiring, not the valves. the valves would have meant little or no power if not...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 19:59:44 -0400
  ...Throttle Valve Switch > I'm hoping I phrase this properly. I have an 84 Vanagon, 1.9 > I bought it running very poorly, exhaust...
• Re: GEX Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 21:27:40 -0600
  ...2.0 liter bus and vanagon engines dropping valve seats, and getting cracks in the exhaust port area. Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@lear.csp...
• Thermostat housing bolts, 91 westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hawkins
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 19:59:02 -0400
  ...Next the bleed valve is stuck shut. So I buy a new unit from Ken W. Low and behold the two Allan bolt heads...
• Re: Thoughts on running Mobil-1 Synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 3 Oct 2007 06:06:11 EDT
  ...1 15W 50 or 5W 50 in my Boston Bob Big Valve engine right from the beginning, after break-in. Now at 86,000...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:24:22 -0700
  ...The pressure > > wave > > > is timed to return to the valve just as it > > opens > > > or closes. > > > > > > Incorectly tuned exhaust will lower hp . > > > > > > The Tiico...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:35:44 -0800
  ...Injection duration opening signals are provided based on the following inputs: • Engine speed • Intake air volume • Coolant temperature • Oxygen content in the exhaust gas...
• Re: WOW! That's a lot of smoke!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:46:25 -0500
  ...and it was oil burning back from the exhaust-ish area. > > Just had the valve gasket jiggy-mabobs (that IS the technical term, right...
• Re: 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 15 Aug 2005 19:32:56 -0400
  ...took it home and checked and fixed a small air leak and exhaust leak. * went on the camp trip of 40 miles each way...
• Plug fouling & gas in oil problem....
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:03:00 -0800
  ...Fuel Pressure Unit Throttel Valve Switch Vacume Regulator I need this van drivable really bad. I have just about exhausted the bank on very...
• No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 20 Apr 2020 14:53:13 -0400
  ...All looking good. - Timing good - Temp II sensor tested good - Throttle switches work fine - tested. - Idle control valve buzzes - O2 heated sensor produces voltage...
• Re: Brand new leaky rocker covers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:41:05 -0700
  ...I have one valve cover amoung my many that will not seal ... it's just faultysomehow. I'd try the old ones back on...
• Leak down test
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Tue, 27 May 1997 20:17:56 -0400
  Hey guys, Just did a leak down test on cylinder # 3, the exhaust valve leaks a little. That's a minor problem...here's...
• '74 Bus FS $500 NJ
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:48:59 EST
  ...It comes with a 2000 cc engine that needs assembling and a new exhaust valve on No. 3 cylinder. Because this van's body...
• Re: Dometic won't light troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:14:08 -0700
  ...that the > heat produced in the exhaust pipe from the 120 volt heater rises up that > exhaust pipe causing a convection current that inducts...
• Re: Missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 28 Sep 2015 16:44:33 -0500
  ...And finally, if a tiny leak only occurs when the engine is warm, and mskrs it's way to the exhaust somehow/somewhere, it...
• Re: The Head is Off, Assume Cracked?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 7 Apr 2014 10:52:03 -0500
  ...I did manage to get the passenger side head off, going slowly > and carefully and with the expected pain points (exhaust system, etc.). The...
• Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 11:19:40 -0700
  ...4) Matched port the exhaust elbow and the twin pipe inlets. (My ports were off center about 5mm off on one side of port...
• More rebuild/new engine questions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 May 94 00:32:56 CDT
  ...I told him that there is a piece missing from the head around the exhaust valve seat, and he said that that would not...
• Vanagon Parts for Sale
  Historical mailing list - John Philcox
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 09:45:50 -0400
  ...25 2.1 idle stabilizer valve $65 2.1 thermostat housing, complete with thermostat $10 2.1 exhaust pipe crossover pipes (both sides) and...
• Re: Does this bus go to my office?
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 07:54:43 PST
  ...Is there something similar to a PCV valve or EGR valve on it? My Bentley manual hasn't arrived yet and I'm finding...
• Re: She runs!!!!! Finally
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:32:43 -0400
  If its oil the problem is the rings or intake valve guides. If its coolant bad internal head seals or cracked heads. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Exhaust Systems: Which One?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 06:23:48 EST
  In a message dated 11/10/2002 12:13:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > Exhaust Systems: Which One? > My...
• Re: 1.9L TD update,`82 D-Westy conversion!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Sat, 19 Jul 1997 12:01:12 -0700
  ...The unit came with a factory >> exhaust pipe which will have to be cut and redirected but no problem, >> just >> having the flange was...
• Re: Billy won't run
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 12:02:26 -0500
  Warren from your description the engine is running to rich and you have gas fouled the plugs, O2 sensor and the exhaust system. I...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve - Later UPDATE: problem *NOT* solved!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 25 May 2006 05:57:18 EDT
  ...Idle stabilizer valve, 2.1, 1695, 025 906 457 A - $275.00 CAD Idle stabilizer control unit, 2.1, VDO 412.202/015/007...
• Re: diesel engine question. Little Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:48:30 -0800
  ...Opening the valve at the bottom allows accumulated water to drain. I drove a Chevrolet diesel that had a full fuel/water separator. Every...
• Re: high nox
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:22:46 -0800
  ...From what I understand we have no egr valve or exhaust recirculation to cool our combustion chambers. I have farly low compression so what...