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• Re: Low idle, hard cold starting
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:12:33 -0500
  ...Oil here >indicates bad valve guides. An oil scraper ring can be installed on the >intake valve stems to stop oil from being sucked...
• Re: Trying to light fridge!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:55:17 -0700
  ...But the fridge just doesn't seem to want to light. > I have checked the air intake and the exhaust pipes and they are...
• Re: Carrying a large outboard in a Vanagon (plus some NVC outboard motor 2 stroke vs 4 questions)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:29:17 -0400
  ...Dennis H is correct in that the two strokes are much simpler...they're pretty much carbureter(s), reed valves, and an ignition pack...
• Re: Positive Crankcase Ventilation
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 20 Aug 2023 09:54:17 -0500
  ...The diesel, on the other hand, has a diaphragm valve that qualifies it as a "positive" crankcase ventilation. On the waterboxer it is technically...
• Re: ABA 2.0L 15 degrees
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 8 Nov 2007 09:30:10 -0800
  ...intake manifold. Quite the surgery job and if you have an OBD-2 > ABA engine you need to transfer over the throttle valve which...
• Re: Enigma: where's the oil going?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 May 2012 17:53:02 -0400
  ...The cylinders being on their side, consumption through the intake valve guides, fuel dilution causing burn off al can have an effect. One also...
• Re: CO adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:07:53 -0500
  ...hoses, bleeder and mixer valves etc. without much success. Eventually I discovered a big vacuum leak in the intake area and after I fixed...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:09:42 -0700
  ...They will keep oil from getting sucked down the intake guides. >>>> >>>> and that would help prevent the valves and cylinder getting filthier? >>> >>> >>> You need...
• Re: Head Gasket sealant sorry 1 more time
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:51:15 -0800
  ...of them, the two valve head, the ports, all that .......the ports might be bigger and double on the intakes of course, but the...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:02:40 -0700
  ...They will keep oil from getting sucked down the intake guides. >>>> >>>> and that would help prevent the valves and cylinder getting filthier? >>> >>> >>> You need...
• Re: 2.1L Cylinder barrel rebore (Wow!)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 13:42:48 EST
  ...heads clean ports up, match to your intake runners and exhaust. Get the cam from Webcam Ratio rockers. Unless you want to save them...
• Re: CA smog situation 84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:42:48 -0400
  ...Possibly an ignition issue but I'm more suspecting a small intake leak or sticky or bad valve. I do have a misbehaving lifter...
• Re: SA van images
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:41:34 -0800
  ...I have all sorts of web sites bookmarked for either vacuum or electric powered 5/8" coolant flow valves and airflow diverter servos. I...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:08:41 -0700
  ...and since the idle valve and control unit are 'stand-alone' add-on things to a 2.1 harness....... I bet I can get...
• Boxer rebellion revisited (Tii content, kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - se7en
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:13:28 -0700
  ...But it is the one with the larger intake valves (yeah!) and the higher compression ratio. Sure, this is going to cost me a...
• Re: Continuity question plus
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sat, 3 May 2003 09:07:32 -0400
  ...I tested it on my > > multimeter (from the wire end coming from the valve) and the continuity > > reading said 4.9 - I don't...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:26:22 -0800
  ...Whooopie!! I don't know why there was little compression in number 1, and why it was sucking through the exhaust on intake, but...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:56:22 -0600
  ...mcneely > > ---- Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > I've never been clear about what the heck an anti drain back valve does > on an...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 04:47:11 +0000
  ...Idle Stabilizer Valve that is round and sits on the valve cover for a Golf/Jetta/Cabriolet and on the intake manifold of a...
• Re: Weird engine noise update (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 18:17:00 -0500
  ...Also, on compression stroke, listen to exhaust, the intake. That will tell you about valves. Drain oil through a fine paint filter and look...
• Fuel Injectors On 83 w/c
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Tue, 10 Sep 96 19:47:10 UT
  ...did not detect, and the intake manifold gaskets were backwards. They also got rid of that scary valve tapping noise I introduced with the...
• airboxes? we don't need no steenkin' airboxes!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 5 Jul 2001 09:10:28 -0700
  ...Digifant I4 in vanagona and iarbox location my conversion ('92 18008V digifant in '82 westy, transplant done in spring '94), has the throttle valve...
• cams and lifters and more power wasRe: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:23:01 -0500
  Stan wrote Unless you're going to run big valve heads and want to run your engine at higher than normal rpms, I'd...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:16:28 -0700
  ...which is not a traditional intake manifold leak, as those occur between the throttle plate and the intake valves ) Scott turbovans ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:05:21 -0700
  ...of intake and exhaust is designed by > > formula starting with the cam . The pressure > wave > > is timed to return to the valve just as...
• Re: [Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve]
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fortino
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:52:43 MDT
  ...Idle Stabilizer Valve > At 12:36 AM 4/26/2001, John Clavin wrote: > >The idle speed on my '85 GL is "hunting" (revving up...
• Re Experiment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rogers
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:54:58 -0700
  ...If for some reason your injector/s or water valve fail or leak at all and too much water is allowed to enter the...
• 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Osterwald, Ray
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 14:17:56 -0600
  ...of needing a valve adjustment�..the thinking being that if the exaust was too wide it might �backfeed� into the intake and mess up...
• Refrigerator: Fup...Fup............Fup
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Fri, 1 Sep 2006 22:31:52 -0400
  ...After cleaning the refrigerator combustion chamber and intake / exhaust tubes of the fridge about a month ago, I was able to get the propane...
• Reply, [syncronized] Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:37:53 EST
  ...One can of Lubro Molly valve cleaner (ventile sauber is written on the can, it german made) slowly sucked in the intake manifold through...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:10:55 -0400
  ...2.0L, superior intake manifold and head to the early 1.8L engines, superior exhaust manifold to the 1.8L group, readily adaptable to...
• Re: Identified the lifter, now what? :-)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 29 Feb 2004 17:36:30 -0500
  ...valve was making the noise. Didn't take me long as my first "guess" was the right one: cylinder #1 on the intake (the...
• Message for Stan
  Historical mailing list - Thompson, Michael
  Mon, 6 May 2002 12:59:42 -0600
  ...intake system from the heads? ......... Yes if you're going to get to the head bolts. Lower four bolts are inside the Valve Covers...
• VW Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Roger Lippman
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 01:13:21 GMT
  ...109 601 4 Intake valve 40 HP Brazil 113 109 601B 4 Intake valve Brazil 311 109 601 1 Intake valve 1500-1600 Brazil...
• Re: [DIESEL] High Idle Problem Fixed! (I hope)
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:08:42 -0400
  ...This morning, I disconnected the breather from the intake at the >"T" fitting above the valve cover. I started the beast up, let >it...
• !985 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lyle Lathem
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:17:46 -0600
  ...I have checked the one way valve from the intake manifold going to the brake booster, it is right. I have tight brakes and...
• Alternative engine swaps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 21:39:09 -0700
  ...I'd take an 8 valve, 105hp GTI motor with the radiator in half the rear trunk- take air in the stock grille and...
• Re: COLD START PROBLEM!!!!!!!!! anyone!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 22:08:49 -0400
  ...kind a feel a it's flooded! injecting brake cleaner in intake to start the van as a boost is the only way to...
• Re: There's a New Wheel in Town... Almost
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:45:29 -0600
  ...tried everything, but they are still covered with crud from the intake valve. aaron '87 syncro gl -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• VW parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Roger Lippman
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 21:47:59 GMT
  ...109 601 4 Intake valve 40 HP Brazil 113 109 601B 4 Intake valve Brazil 311 109 601 1 Intake valve 1500-1600 Brazil...
• Re: vanagon 1.9l diesel oil blow by in air filter issue?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 20:05:11 -0800
  ...Did you check that the breather holes in the intake manifold are not clogged ? Blow by is supposed to be drawn into them and...
• Rebuilt 1.9L Wasserboxer possibly for Sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:56:25 -0400
  ...That will be just about turn key, with exhaust (minus muffler), some intake parts and new clutch and machined flywheel. Bob Donalds generously helped...
• Re: ECU Digital
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 17 May 2022 06:59:33 -0700
  ...Carbon in the intake ports and back of the > intake valves can also cause running problems. > > > > Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 13:40:07 -0700
  ...They will keep oil from getting sucked down the intake guides. >>> >>> and that would help prevent the valves and cylinder getting filthier? >> >> >> >> You need...
• Re: Zetec Using oil
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:12:51 -0500
  ...Did you also check > to see if you have oil in your intake hose? Might be coming out of the > vent in valve cover...
• Re: sputtering on start up..?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:04:09 -0400
  Don idle stabilization valve on the top of the valve cover that normally hums could be sticking. also look for air leaks and check...
• Re: GEX update (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Douglas
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 22:44:19 -0700
  ...The > > intake vlave seat on number was not dropped or dislodged by pushed > > in a fraction. There was exhaust etc from where the head...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 24 Oct 2013 16:05:49 -0500
  ...They will keep oil from getting sucked down the intake guides. > > and that would help prevent the valves and cylinder getting filthier? > > > > You need...
• Re: problems with "ping" noise regardless of timing
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:22:02 -0500
  ...Wiped off spark plugs >(they were black (dry black) from the seafoam I think), > >The intake valve on # 2 took twice as many turns...
• Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:46:20 -0400
  ...Some fuel injection > systems use a valve to bypass air around the throttle plate for idle, > and the working end of this valve can...
• Re: Intake Questions on a '74
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Feb 1996 13:24:50 -0500
  ...When the engine is running, the combination of engine vacuum,(that valve on the air cleaner), and the cooling fan, send these vapors into...
• Snorkel Hose Ram-Air Configuration Possiblities 87GL
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 01 Jul 1997 22:15:37 -0500
  Volks, I am considering fabricating a plenum from composites to cup the backside of the L/H rear air intake vent (the one that...
• Re: My poor MPG, compression tests results
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:26:44 +0000
  ...Low compression in one cylinder usually indicates a bad exhaust valve. Low compression in two adjacent cylinders typically means you have a bad head...
• Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - madvws
  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:05:36 +0000
  ...intake runners and the fuel/air mixture waits in each runner until it gets sucked into the head when the corresponding intake valve opens...
• Vrroom!!!! Performance upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:23:35 -0700
  ...Anyone using the big intake valve heads available now or the 1.25 rocker arms? 2. Any case improvements needed? Should studs with any...
• Re: 88 Vanagon gl "issues": replacing fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Chris Lisica
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:26:19 -0800
  ...Bad > >> > injectors, vacuum leak, valves, etc can be the problem. The idle > >> valve > >> > simply stabilizes the idle speed by opening a bypass around the...
• Re: Strange Idle behavior: Cause found
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:03:13 -0500
  ...simply clamp off the small > inlet hose, between the intake and the idle control valve, with a pair of > vicegrips. This might make the...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Mod Update
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:29:14 +0000
  ...blew out intake/exhaust/drain tubes, added check valve > to pump, reamed out pump outlet, added extra pump inlet hole, wrapped > intake and exhaust...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - byron nemela
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:08:35 -0700
  ...of intake and exhaust is designed by > formula starting with the cam . The pressure wave > is timed to return to the valve just as...
• Re: my bucking/lurching running issue - solved?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:19:40 -0700
  ...No fuel leakage from vacuum hose to intake. > > I took a chance and guessed that the little ball valve in the FPR was not...