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Re: troubleshooting Audiovox Cruise Control
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 4 Nov 2012 07:23:16 -0500
...model vanagons have a vacuum pump rather than stealing from the intake manifold. I owned a '91 for a number of years before I...
Re: Backfiring. How to proceed?
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:15:25 -0500
...When you're coasting with your foot off the pedal, the intake manifold vacuum is quite high and it can "suck open" a small...
Re: Update on stalling '87
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Thu, 5 Jul 2007 10:24:45 -0700
...Check for air leak in the intake system, especially between the AFM and the actual >intake manifold. My 83 and 84 will idle even...
Re: Alternator vibration -
Historical mailing list
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 22:21:28 +0000
...also offers silicone intake boots. >> https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vancafe.com%2FVanagon-Intake-Manifold-Hose-s%2F3280...
87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature senders [long]
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 28 May 1996 23:13:10 -0700
...I used plastic tie-wraps to secure everything to one of the intake manifold tubes. Once I had all of the fittings tight, I...
Re: "Smoke in the Cockpit!!!"... Vanagon Drama in Real-life, Part , Deux
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:54:47 -0700
...a burning hot pipe running through the motor compartment to the > intake manifold. That pipe can be hotter than the muffler of the van...
Fwd: Westy 1.6L diesel oil leak
Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
Fri, 14 Jul 2000 15:05:23 -0700
...to the intake manifold. Is >there danger of the engine running away? The oil mist from the oil filler >feeding the intake? Another way...
Re: making a little headway but need advice
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sat, 7 Dec 2013 11:10:17 -0800
...Beware of Corrosion and Time... ;) With each bolt off, each pair of injectors comes away the intake manifold. At the very least, replace the...
Re: need I -4 stuff
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Thu, 12 Jul 2001 00:25:58 EDT
...the port diameter at the intake valve opening. Almost theoretical charge filling! Anyway, I would use the Audi manifold with the Digifant injectors (I...
Continued: Plug fouling gas in oil problem....
Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:19:41 -0800
...Not leaking gas into the intake manifold through the vacuum hose. Ken How would I verify this? 3. Not leaking down (bad injector) when...
Re: The madness begins (VW inline 4 cylinder swap)
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Fri, 26 Aug 2016 19:51:05 -0400
...The downside > to that for the 2wd > is that the engine lid has to be modified, or raised, to accommodate > the intake manifold. > One...
5cyl EV engine in Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
Mon, 21 Sep 1998 14:17:32 +0200
...The intake manifold on EV goes more up than the Audi, in other words, it will show out of the Vanagon decklid (see my...
Re: vanagon turbo-diesel
Historical mailing list - Martin Jaegersand
Thu, 16 May 1996 00:57:27 +0200 (MET DST)
...What did you do about the intake? Not much room on the left side for both intake manifold and air filter, ducts etc. -- What...
Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:46:20 -0400
...This is nice because you can pressurize the rail and check for leaks with the injectors removed from intake manifold. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities ***** Just 1 old guy thoughts!
Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
Tue, 14 May 2013 08:40:41 -0500
...air intake with the Fuel Distributer. The only thing I farmed out was tying in the exhaust, I used the Rabbit exhaust manifold and...
Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:27:55 -0500
...My intake air temperature measurements, initially taken at the inlet to the intake manifold, always gave the temperature of the ambient outside air or...
Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 15 May 2013 08:04:00 -0700
...I think a custom intake manifold would simplify things greatly for a proper ABA install such as what FAS has done. I would like...
Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:12:50 -0800
...then transfer all the goodies over to the new head and intake manifold. Quite the surgery job and if you have an OBD-2...
Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 15 May 2013 09:18:25 -0700
...I think a custom intake manifold would simplify things greatly > for a proper ABA install such as what FAS has done. I would like...
Re: '83 Vanagon woes
Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
Tue, 02 Jan 1996 10:45:49 -0700
...get to -- looks to me like you have to pull the intake manifold stuff to get at it. I'd recommend testing those bits...
Re: 1.9 to 2.1 running rich???
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 10:31:12 -0400
...It is hidden under the intake manifold. On a 2.1 digifant that is running rich this it is first and easiest thing you...
Re: whistling engines again (was RE: GET BACK ON TOPIC!)
Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:40:04 -0400
...Actually, the two are fairly closely related, as they both deal with proper fuel flow and air mixture prior to the intake manifolds. Your...
Re: If you are putting the alternator back in........ lesson
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Wed, 14 May 2014 08:54:41 -0700
...Wiring harness, throttle body, intake manifold (well paint anyways...), alternator, distributor seal, I took notes, wrote thing down and had it all back together...
Re: 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM (kind of long)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 6 Jun 2012 19:10:35 -0400
...Fuel starvation is also usually accompanied by back fires through the intake manifold. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Tue, 14 May 2013 12:20:41 -0400
...The 3A head has a significantly upgraded intake manifold, injection port and intake port configuration. In the archives, I have given the details of...
On Exhaust Cracking, Vibration and Noise (not short) for Converted Vgons
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 03:03:51 EDT
...manifold depends on the air/fuel ratio, the ignition timing, the camshaft timing, the exhaust system flow and to a lesser extent the intake...
Re: Nitrogen and tires
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 24 Oct 2015 05:28:20 -0500
...with an > Israeli-made > > > fuel filter, Austrian intake manifold.... > > > > > > James > > > Ottawa, ON > > > > > > > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:08:53 +0000 > > > > From: fonman4277@COMCAST...
Re: Overheat thought
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 17 Feb 2000 16:35:37 -0500
...head and the (water-cooled) exhaust manifold, or if a plastic bag gets sucked onto the intake screen, or if we heel over too...
Re: 82 vanagon - I need a new engine - questions
Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:07:22 EDT
...1.9 and you will need to modify your 1.6 intake manifold to match the 1.9 ports. Get hold of Scott Foss...
Re: External oil cooler, Help overheating
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:51:22 -0500
...My 79 loaf engine was balanced, ported big intake vale heads from FAT,, had a thermostatically controlled mega oil cooler on it and dual...
Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:56:46 -0600
So the hose from the intake manifold that the booster pump is teed in to is a brake vacuum line then? Any idea what...
Re: Van down -- DeLand, FL, trobleshooting data obtained to date
Historical mailing list - Tom Torrella
Fri, 25 Nov 2011 07:29:28 -0500
...am seeing are any good. > > Fuel pressure regulator -- disconnected line to intake manifold and sealed off > end of that line so vacuum connection on...
Re: blow-by to the limit ... what limits?
Historical mailing list
Wed, 30 Nov 94 9:09:44 PST
...the valve cover, and the third end attaches to the air intake manifold. This little gem cured the run-on problems I had. However...
Inline gas VW Jetta motor swap. Progress, update.
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:10:51 -0700
...I am combining the 1.8 liter's head and all the intake components with the 2.0 bottom. The 2.0 liter ABA...
Re: 1986 Diesel Crew Cab Dropside Pickup (Transporter)
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Mon, 2 Jun 2003 15:21:57 -0600
...If there were, can someone give a synopsis of the difference? Look on the side of the block under the exhaust manifold, you will...
Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 5 Feb 2007 20:39:47 -0500
...You will probably need the later intake manifold center section. Then everything else would bolt up. You can choose to upgrade the cooling system...
Re: Carb conversion?
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 17:22:40 -0700
...c-ya Jonce >> >> >www.CIP1.com has some air intake manifolds & carbs for the >> air-cooled. I've been told that these >> >do not...
Re: CL ad: 1896 Camper. 1.9 WBX w/Carburetor?
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:00:08 -0700
...bought it, and got my hands on a REAL European carb intake manifold and then bought a Weber progressive carb and had an adapter...
Re: Leakdown and compression test results
Historical mailing list - Mike
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 07:57:25 -0400
...If it's a valve, you'll hear it at the air intake manifold or exhaust (tailpipe), depending on which valve is leaking. Attempt...
AW: On I4 and TIICO Exhaust Fixes
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:51:23 -0700
...intake manifold is now too close to the firewall and I need to see if I can adjust the engine over to the right...
Re: Fuel flow regulator
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 23:57:03 -0500
...is a vacuum line to the intake > >>>> manifold. The purpose is to adjust fuel pressure to match manifold > >> absolute > >>>> pressure, aka vacuum. > >>>> > >>>> Dennis > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -----Original...
?Bad generator bearings-lifetime expectancy?
Historical mailing list
Mon, 1 Jul 1996 01:05:17 -0500
...Looks like it'd be easier to change by just pulling the engine out and pulling the intake manifolds. Seems to me I replaced...
Re: FS: 85' Digijet computer, throttle body, basically everything off the engine
Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
Sun, 18 Feb 2001 10:05:05 -0500
...still have the injectors if anybody needs them? Intake and the exhaust: airflow meter, manifolds and an intack but slightly rusty exhaust, No CAT...
Re: '89 Vanagon Not Starting
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:33:29 -0700
...If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these...
Re: 85 questionable mpg
Historical mailing list
Tue, 29 Apr 1997 12:58:55 -0700
...Test the injectors by removing the one bolt that holds the assembly in the intake manifold. Disconnect one of the electrical plugs and aim...
Re: subaru head leaks - more info from subaruvanagon list
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Thu, 13 Jan 2005 11:06:48 -0500
...The crossover tube is the aluminum coolant tube that lives under the intake manifold. It's rectangular in shape and the main coolant hose...
Tiico: a2 fuel rail installation HOW TO
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:25:42 -0700
...The bottom fuel line (supply line) is very close to a sharp edge on the intake manifold. I did two things here- 1) i...
Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:22:56 -0700
...or someone has the time.... > > Assuming: > > at higher engine RPM's, (intake) manifold absolute pressure rises, > more vacuum applied to diaphragm side of FPR...
Radiator Fan runs constantly 84 vanagon camper
Historical mailing list - Jeff Sprague
Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:44:57 -0500
...performed some TLC on it, replaced the intake manifold boot, and did an oil change about 1,000 miles back. This morning in the...
'72 Westie engine teardown
Historical mailing list - Randall Carpenter
Tue, 9 Jul 96 18:50:29 -0500
...Carb comes out, distributor, intake manifold, generator and fan, support stand, fan shrouding, exhaust manifolds (damn), muffler (damn). Since I went though all this...
Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:08:01 -0700
...Many > engines with coolant carrying intake manifolds also suffer from leaks of > coolant into the intake path and the combustion are next. Engine failures...
Help needed with engine running poorly
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:07:06 -0800
...at Watkins, who know more than me, to check the air intake, the fuel pressure or I may have a plugged muffler/catalytic converter...
Re: vdo gauge
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sun, 2 Jan 2000 14:17:33 -0800
...The one you want will lead to a fitting on the intake manifold system. The fitting will be before the intake runners split, but...
Re: digijet EFI on digifant engine - throttle switch in particular - the answer
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Mon, 4 Aug 2003 16:27:34 -0700
...in the horizon. > I > > am planning on using the 2.1 intake > > manifold/runners/throttle body as they are > slightly > > larger to handle the...
Re: Van questions
Historical mailing list
Fri, 15 Apr 1994 08:35:04 EDT
...Air hissing is also a symptom of a loose intake manifold, a real engine killer. Exaust nuts are usually a good place to check...
Re: Great Engine test stand event, part 2
Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:37:14 -0600
Stan, Your system sounds like it's doing the trick, but if you want to improve the manifold setup, I've found that the...
Re: valve cover and vacuum question -1.8 Gas conversion
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Sun, 8 Jun 2003 21:47:17 -0400
...on the top of the valve > cover that connects into the intake manifold. (I hope that makes sense.) > > In the interest of science, I...
Re: Carb conversions?
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:43:47 -0400
...The fuel will sort of puddle in the manifold. Can we say flat spot? >> Oh, no intake air preheat either. You drive along for...
Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:07:27 -0700
...or someone has the > time.... > > Assuming: > > at higher engine RPM's, (intake) manifold absolute pressure rises, > more vacuum applied to diaphragm side of FPR...
Re: Sealant necessary for coolant hoses?
Historical mailing list - M. Jade
Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:52:08 -0800
...I already had an incident that the little hose from the top of the intake manifold to the plastic air bleeder suddenly went off...