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• Compression Test how to??
  Historical mailing list - Heath Vogt
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:30:00 EDT
  ...if I'm going to go look at a vanagon tomarrow and I want to do a compression test to make sure all four...
• How to test the Temp I Sender?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 07:11:51 EDT
  Does anyone know how to test the Temp I sender for a 1.9L or Syncro engine? It's the single pin type. Is...
• Re: Was: Re: John Wessels Glori's --- Now: California Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 15:42:26 -0700
  After the lab test, the vehicle goes to a referee for final labeling and entry into the DMV system. A copy of the lab...
• Re: Coolant cap tester
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 16:53:27 -0400
  For testing the cap really needs to be threaded-installed like it is actually used. The valve set is a separate part that needs...
• Re: Testing for power draw on battery?
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Mon, 4 Apr 2005 10:03:23 -0600
  ...You can test for current draw by removing the fuse and putting the multimeter across the gap. Any current flowing without the switch on...
• Re: Oil Change. Zetec
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 7 Dec 2012 10:55:06 -0600
  ...But since you enjoy doing it that way, I encourage it (regarding the oil testing). For me, that is more trouble than it is...
• Re: Gas Caps
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 08:35:08 -0500
  ...After a few months Vinnie and I were summoned for his emissions testing. They tried various adapters on their computerized gas cap tester but...
• Fuel Inj Testing
  Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
  Tue, 16 May 95 9:44:14 PDT
  ...I have hooked up a test light to the fuel injector, no light flickering when I start. I have checked the voltage at the...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:30:19 -0700
  ...The test would not pass HC at idle, everything else passed. No amount of fiddling try-this try-that would get it passed. Compression...
• Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 15 May 2021 02:25:22 +0000
  ...Found screw free of carbon build up; Test: Ensure the above findings do not exert undue influence upon testing; Disconnect the Idle Stabilizer - as...
• Re: Is there a way to test the heater fan>
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:11:25 -0400
  ...Is there a way to test the heater fan> > Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 11:34:24 -0700 > > I think, the old motor has...
• Re: dissappearing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:47:40 -0600
  ...The easiest way to find it will be to have the system pressure tested. You could pressure test it yourself but the kit costs...
• Re: Test message
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Wed, 3 Mar 2021 16:13:48 -0800
  ...So this is a test to see if a new message makes it to our > list. > > Eric Caron > 85 GL auto > So close to...
• AC Electrical troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:05:08 -0700
  ...I found a way to test the resistor here: <http://tinyurl.com/24aak3j >. I hope it tests OK because it's expensive and out...
• Re: GPS
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 13 May 2000 15:07:55 +0200
  ...This is of course not a problem for any of us, but it was stated in a German car test, the navigation system lost...
• Syncro vs Touareg test?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 3 Jun 2004 22:07:30 -0700
  I've seen mention in several places of a German test which pits the Syncro Vanagon against the Touareg, but I can't find...
• Re: Leak Down Test
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:55:24 -0700
  re I did hear leaking at the throttle body, and at the adjacent cylinder to the test. On the face of it, that would...
• vanagon burns - insane person testing - do not attempt to duplicate
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 13:00:52 -0700
  As I am currently very busy with a cutting torch on a vanagon I decided to run some tests on flammability and how easy...
• Re: Group 41 Battery at Wal-Mart
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:30:44 -0800
  ...They told me that since they got this tester three months earlier, they did not have to excahnge or refund for any batteries. � The...
• Re: Bad coil? Car dead at walmart
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:08:35 -0700
  ...I had an inductive spark tester in the car, > and it showed no fire at all. The car was running perfectly on the way...
• Re: Cooling System Project (Tools)
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Mc Blain
  Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:26:41 -0700
  Bill, Thank you for your thoughts, I just started looking into testors. It's good to know that most all pressure testor kits available...
• Yipee! TiiCo Passed CARB Test (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 4 Sep 2003 15:09:14 -0700
  ...His test results were incredibly clean compared to the requirements for light trucks. I've been holding off actually installing my TiiCo, but now...
• Re: diesel compression testers
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:26:31 -0800
  ...As long as the injectors are out I go ahead and test their spray pattern and pressure specs with my Bosch diesel injector tester...
• Re: New member intro and prepurchase ???
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:46:15 -0400
  ...A leak down test is something you do because the compression test came bad. You don't want to go there. I have a...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 18 May 2004 (#2004-473)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 19 May 2004 09:23:26 -0600
  ...I have tested the sensors, the air intake > plate, the > deacceleration switch and the full throttle enrichment switch, and > they test > good. Tested the...
• Re: NVC Re: VW, honour, and culture
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 20:37:28 +0200
  And the results are not in yet? I doubt it is VW´s crappy engineering that fails emissions tests. All other OEMs certainly fail...
• Re: digifant test adaptor improvement suggestions =>> Long
  Historical mailing list - kenstich
  Thu, 25 Jun 1998 23:27:46 -0600
  ...These resistors are called current limiting or test point protection resistors. In the aerospace industry, we protect virtually all test points and still manage...
• Re: fan speed (How-to Test your fan setup)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:51:03 EDT
  ...Radiator fan test that I gave would allow you to know if your fan was coming on and working properly in response to coolant...
• Re: FRYDAY: RE-OPEN VANAGON ASSEMBLY
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 31 May 2006 15:25:59 -0700
  ...There are exceptions for vehicles brought in as > show/display, race, for testing, etc. Jeff, we don't all know everything. I certainly don...
• Re: front direction signal work, park lights don't -- 84 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 20:58:57 -0700
  ...all a person needs is a 12 volt test light, and some jumper wires .. and know who to test a bulb on a battery...
• Re: RE; EV Diesel Westy - emissions testing
  Historical mailing list - Kevin and Heather
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 15:04:21 -0600
  ...at least thats what I thought they >were saying... > > >>They are testing diesels in Nevada. They test my Mercedes. >> > >> > Right now, the only state...
• Smog checks, how do you dyno smog a Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:38:45 -0700
  ...I have an AWD Jimmy; it has an underhood sticker specifically stating that it is to never be tested on a dyno: static test...
• FW: oxygen tester in 86 vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 12:04:35 -0700
  ...oxygen tester in 86 vanagon? I was having my van serviced in a service station. Can you help me with finding an answer to...
• Re: Was failed now passed CA smog test
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:49:54 -0800
  ...It would be great info to have! Thanks, Matt > I passed this time, I was below the average on all the tests except the...
• Re: test of system
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 3 Aug 2016 09:01:20 -0400
  ...This is just a test. > Steve
• pressure testing cooling system
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Dec 1995 23:15:00 -0800
  Is it worthwhile to own a tool for pressure testing wasserboxer cooling systems? I came across one today for $89 + $30 for VW/Audi...
• Re: Test 1
  Historical mailing list - R. A. \"Pete\" SELLERS
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 05:55:07 -0800
  ...The last thing I need showing up in my mailbox are a buch of "Test" letters. Pleas DO NOT send this type communication to...
• compression test
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:16:09 -0700
  Hello! Can I use the older style compression tester with the rubber cone which is held tightly in the spark plug hole or would...
• test for radiator fan working?
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 07:34:07 -0700
  ...What's a good way to test to see if it the fan, the sender, and/or anything else involved? Thanks, Jim
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:12:33 -0700
  Re testing with a noid light... Thats a incandescent bulb my voltage light is an LED doesnt it take much less energy to light...
• Re: Alternator works.....
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:17:56 -0800
  The tester at the FLAPS must have the correct set of jumpers for the way a Bosch alternator is set up. If it is...
• Re: Mexican buses
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Fri, 14 May 1999 09:37:48 -0400
  ...If some eccentric Vanagon > millionaire wants to foot the bill for importing a SA Vanagon only to have it > crash tested by the DOT...
• Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Brassaw
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:14:06 -0700
  ...82 Failed CA Smog Test- help! 82 Vanagon Westy. 89K on original engine. Took it to a local garage that is certified to smog...
• Re: Project Vanagon Dyno Results & Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sun, 24 Oct 2004 12:54:09 -0400
  ...That's why I use a G-Tech and on-road testing. Every good tuner uses dyno testing combined with road testing to get...
• Moderator all read please Re: Sorry about the test post...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:19:17 -0500
  ...wrote: >Sorry about the test post everyone I'm having gerry trouble. >I sent an Em[a]il to the list >which gave me...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:29:30 -0500
  ...This is > why the dyno tests were needed as an engine has to be loaded to produce the > NOx in order to test the...
• Re: 88GL - Intermittent Failure to Start Continues
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 8 Jun 2014 19:56:53 -1000
  ...then TEST ....say test fuel pressure ..or run with a timing light showing where you can see it ... so you can catch if ignition...
• Re: Compression tester question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:54:35 -0800
  ...Do a dry/wet > > pair of tests on each cylinder. (test dry then squirt some oil into > > the cylinder and test again.) If a...
• Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Part III
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:21:58 -0500
  Part III Air Conditioning - (this test is for vehicle with both manual and automatic transmissions) ___ Engine idling, turn on A/C while observing multi...
• Re: Broken New Engine, What is fair resolution?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 02:05:18 -0400
  ...Test the radiator, a real professional test. Also, flush the entire system and put new PF coolant. Are you overheating, are you sure!!! (Check...
• Re: Hall Sensor TEst 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 WBXs
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 20:33:50 +0000
  Hi Sidney, The VW 1115 is just another German over-engineered testing device. A Hall effect sensor can be checked with a simple, inexpensive...
• Calif 2008 emissions fuel tank pressure testing?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:10:08 -0800
  ...a new law now requires that [t]he fuel tank vapor control system pass a pressure test as part of the regular smog test...
• The propane filling question tested...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 21 May 2005 16:04:16 -0600
  ...Less than a half fill. ////second phase of testing//// Set up for test two Took several cooled 1 pounders and my adapter and bleed...
• Leak Down Test
  Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
  Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:34:42 -0600
  ...I have checked the cat which you can see daylight through, and today did a leak down test with a borrowed tester. The short...
• Re: Testing Vanagon Headlight Switch
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:33:40 -0700
  ...When testing between > terminal > 30 and 58 I see continuity when I press the switch to its first detent, as > expected. When testing between...
• coolant pressure tester recommendations? WAS: Coolant pressure test... video.
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:01:54 -0900
  ...I'm looking to pick up a pressure tester, any recommendations? Maybe the Stant Inc. 12270 Cooling System and Pressure Cap Tester Set? I...
• Fuel pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:22:18 EST
  ...Would it now be appropriate to test the operation of the regulator by applying a test gauge to the line? I am searching for...
• Re: moving to LA, will I pass smog test?
  Historical mailing list - t
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 23:37:04 -0700
  ...He goes down and tweaks it as the smog guy does the tests off line. You can request that the smog test be done...
• Re: test
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 17 Feb 2019 03:34:02 -0800
  ...Best way to test the status of the list is by sending a message to: listserv@gerry.vanagon.com Type “thank you”. You should...
• Re: [Syncro] Test equipment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:14:41 -0700
  > I would like to poll the list for which test meter is suitable for > troubleshooting the electrical/electronic systems. I see the following > gradations...