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• '73 Westy twin Solex rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 1996 08:51:36 -0700
  ...a central location and then split through tubes to the two intake manifolds. I assume the purpose of this is to make it easier...
• re: thermostat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 14:00:18 -0500
  ...Not only don't I have a thermostat, the heat risers (tubes going from the exhaust pipes to the intake manifold) are cut off...
• Re: Mud Flaps, Trailer Hitch, Diesel Exhaust, and other Parts For Sale!
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:34:13 -0400
  ...Also intake > >manifold. > > > > > >1.9L Waterboxer flywheel and Air Flow Meter > > > > > >Exhaust parts-- 1.9 crossover pipes, collector, cat. convertor,tailpipe > > > > > >2.1 crossover...
• articles: turbo diesel with AC, aftermarket kit.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 26 Jun 95 20:15:37 CDT
  ...The line that feeds the boost gauge is then connected to an existing hose at the intake manifold by cutting the hose and inserting...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:56:48 -0500
  ...The compression and power strokes sort of cancel each other out, but the intake stroke has to try to pull air into the cylinder...
• Re: Diesel engine/trans question
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 12:30:06 -0500
  ...also I've seen at least 1 image of a Jetta TD into a camper and the air intake rubber coupler tube sits VERY...
• VW Inline 4 motor 'revise and re-install' update, (long)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:28:32 -0700
  ...http://www.spdexhaust.com/ The Jetta III head has a dual outlet exhaust manifold that is said to deliver significantly better power than the...
• Re: 1.9L-still no cold idle-looking for ideas-long
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:58:38 -0500
  ...the 4 hoses that attach the >the air runners to the intake manifold, and the >gaskets that hold the air runners to the heads...
• Re: High Idle on 87
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 May 1997 06:44:40 -0400
  ...People spray a squirt of soapy >solution, or starting fluid at the intake manifold connetions, to either >see bubbles or a rise in the...
• Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 02:24:26 -0700
  ...Everything I've read ties a low reading to things like an intake manifold leak, late valve timing, brake booster leak. A head gasket...
• Re: Replacing heads, engine still in the van
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:13:08 -0400
  ...remove the bottom tin, then disconnect the wiring, then remove the intake manifold. Once you're down to the top side engine tin, it...
• '75 top-end rebuild (cont'd)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Nov 1995 12:27:25 -0600 (CST)
  ...In fact, the sensor goes where, previously there was a tin screw, right by the intake manifold. Indeed, one of those holes is larger...
• Re: Dometic Fridge: Bah Humbug! <grin>
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:47:57 -0700
  ...way. (but not in way of exhaust & > intake openings I think) > > Re flue assembly. I aligned manifold to the body. pic: > http://tinyurl.com...
• '81 Westy FS
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 18:43:06 PDT
  ...throwout bearing crankshaft main seal (flywheel end) vacuum hoses intake manifold boots intake manifold to cylinder head gaskets fuel injector seals voltage regulator OTHER...
• Re: Ever have one van job that leads to another?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 25 Jul 2020 21:12:53 -0400
  ...injector seals ( little ones that go on pintle cap, seating in intake manifold) and the injector rubber bushings that press against the securing bracket...
• Re: Re: � � � Experiment
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 17:21:54 -0400
  ...fun) with doing water injection, such as a > mister into the intake manifold. Can any harm be done in trying this? I > can't...
• Re: TD/TDI noise?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:30:43 -0500
  ...Awesome engines--just clean out the >> intake manifold, or better yet, trick the 'puter into defeating the EGR >> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at...
• Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:05:41 -0700
  ...I don't believe you have considered intake manifold leaks as a source of rough idle. Does it run normally and strongly throughout the...
• Expert Comment on the Turbo Oil Drain Delimma
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:24:22 EDT
  ...I am using the original Audi 3A high flow intake manifold, and an exhaust manifold from a VW Quantum 1.6L TurboDiesel. I have...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:11:53 -0700
  ...s never ever thought > about ) There is an (IAT) intake air sensor on the manifold. > you could drive it with a fuel pressure guage...
• Re: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:15:26 -0700
  ...Too, it may mean that it has the Rabbit intake manifold which does not clear the body. As far as how many... all of...
• Re: '88 GL - Gradual Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:24:34 -0700
  ...Muffler, cat, manifold fuel pump, fuel filter, Fuel pressure regulator plugs, wires, cap, ECU� o2 sensor, temp 2 sensor, air filter, AFM etc. � AND...
• Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:30:03 -0700
  ...much, and the throttle body is in the corner of the intake manifold ? Wiring harness done yet ? Ecu going under the back seat ? I...
• Re: AVP / Repair
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:43:34 EDT
  ...One seeped coolant from >around the intake manifolds (was real hard to pin down - the leak was >under the tube and only happened when...
• Re: Port-a-potty and storage box prototype
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 22:25:39 -0600
  ...Cliff Clavens (Cheers) just cooks his hot dogs on the intake manifold but I think you could make improvements; making some type of pipe...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 22:11:24 -0400
  ...Getting the intake manifolds out of the way to get to those two center bolts on top is not that bad. Cut or loosen...
• Re: Help needed with engine running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:20:58 -0800
  ...Air intake boot � swap - sucks plenty of air just fine > 7. Throttle body cleaning and new seal > 8. New vacuum rubber hoses > 9. Air...
• Re: Addition engine cooling thoughts and ramblings...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 13 May 2002 22:38:23 -0700
  ...The problem was that expensive intake manifold I had machined - it leaked as it moved the runner holes up too much. Discovered it by...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:01:05 -0800
  ...But instead of the air being at normal atmospheric pressure, it sucks on the intake manifold/plenum, which is at around 11'' Hg of...
• Re: engine stalls when oil cap is off, is this normal?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 29 May 2001 23:58:43 -0500
  When you take the oil cap off you are letting a lot of unmetered air into the intake manifold via the crankcase vent. In...
• 2.1L Rebuild Progress - Week 2
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 14:24:51 -0800
  ...I cleaned the throttle body and painted the intake "manifold". I spent 2 hours getting oil off of the flywheel side of the engine...
• Re: Turbo diesel motor in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 20:04:52 -0400
  ...The Jetta TD exhaust manifold points the turbo towards the front of the engine, placing the wastegate right were the driver's-side engine...
• Re: Has anyone saved a burnt engine?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:23:41 -0500
  ...K > > 1982 Westfalia > > > > > > > > The alternator, AC comp, PS pump, airbox/afm, intake manifolds, injctors > /fuel rails, everything above the case was toasted. > But no...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:38:00 -0500
  ...Theres a > >valve flap in the exhaust manifold they close and the pistons > have to > >compress air against that on the exhaust stroke. On...
• Re: o/t scooters
  Historical mailing list - Mark Vermillion
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:47:54 -0800
  ...i'm trying to come up with a way to avoid the two 90 degree bends in the manifold...maybe some custom cutting and...
• Re: Requesting Feedback on EVWPARTS.com - Joe the owner has a rebuilt engine for me $1500 plus core return
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:43:52 -0700
  ...deal. > > What are your thoughts? > > I wanted to take off the intake manifolds and sand them down and spray some > Black BBQ paint on...
• Re: Ignition Switches and Hot Start Relay and Starter Motors (long)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 8 Sep 2016 13:45:42 -0600
  ...Interestingly enough, this metal bracket was painted black; and there was paint on the contact surface where it meets the aluminum intake manifold, and...
• Re: Help needed with engine running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:38:05 -0800
  ...I have found up to 10 tiny vaccum leaks on the entire intake system from throttle body to intake ports. ..on one engine. re...
• Head/Engine rebuild lots of questions
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Sat, 25 May 2002 23:01:13 -0400
  ...The engine was mostly assembled, with a box in the passenger compartment holding the injectors, timing belt cover, valve cover and intake air box...
• Re: Nitrogen and tires
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 23 Oct 2015 21:26:00 -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...
• My Eurospec conversion problem
  Historical mailing list - SKP
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:16:37 -0700
  ...2) The intake manifold was hitting the frame when I decelerated and/or turned right. Apparently there are shims that can be placed at...
• Re: Requesting Feedback on EVWPARTS.com - Joe the owner has a rebuilt engine for me $1500 plus core return
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:08:37 -0700
  ...deal. > > What are your thoughts? > > I wanted to take off the intake manifolds and sand them down and spray > some Black BBQ paint on...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:38:37 -0700
  ...clearance the intake, and the > exhaust > system was welded after the end of the manifold flange in a crude manner. > The intake from the...
• FS: For 2WD I-4 conversion - 2.0 16V engine, complete, running, includes '91 Passat!
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 14:01:37 -0400
  ...Also, the intake manifold is quite sizeable and I believe requires some modification to the frame if installed at 50 degrees. I was going...
• The TriStar TDI Syncro lives! :-)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 18:55:52 -0800
  ...Right now I have a custom piece of aluminium joining the output of the turbo and the intake manifold with the G72 sensor and...
• Re: Replace Heads or Engine? I-4.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:02:30 -0800
  ...height mod required to engine lid was to use a different intake manifold like this http://tinyurl.com/34bn56p This might help but it...
• Re: Engine fire... again!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 16 May 2008 12:57:03 -0700
  ...And there are two fuel hoses, feed and return, that go to the fuel rail connections on top of the intake manifold of course...
• Re: Seeing Red
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 5 Jul 2020 13:41:51 -0700
  ...I immediately began working on replacing the manifold intake > hose / boots. This included repainting the manifold, cleaning the top of > the block, inspecting fuel...
• 1.9L-still no cold idle-looking for ideas-long
  Historical mailing list - Scott W.
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 10:54:40 -0800
  ...the 4 hoses that attach the the air runners to the intake manifold, and the gaskets that hold the air runners to the heads...
• Re: Not quite a backfire . . .
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:39:29 -0700
  ...Unburned fuel got into the exhaust manifold and >> ignited there, causing the mild explosions we heard. > > Yes....backfire like sounds can be from fuel...
• Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:10:02 -0700
  ...much, and the throttle > body is in the corner of the intake manifold ? > Wiring harness done yet ? > Ecu going under the back seat ? I...
• Re: Radiator Fan runs constantly 84 vanagon camper
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Thu, 28 Oct 2004 14:13:28 -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...
• Re: Help needed with engine running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:49:56 -0500
  ...After a while I noticed the intake runner for that cylinder was warm while the other three were cooled by the air going through...
• Re: Superchargers?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Jul 2011 00:26:52 -0700
  ...Sure, you need an exhaust manifold > and > exhaust plumbing- throw in another $200. > Either way you need an intercooler, intake piping and management. > > A...
• Re: Where's Waldo? (Something is missing?)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 23:05:07 -0500
  ...The part on the manifold in picture #2 is the EGR valve. A pipe connects there, goes to a filter/cooler under the left...
• Continued >>>oil in gas and plug fouling.....
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:43:26 -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: New adapter plate: DIY Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:10:08 -0400
  ...All I'll be out if it doesn't work right is an intake manifold, cheap. I don't want to go with one...
• Re: Oil light problem
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:26:50 -0800
  ...I then bring the tube up and using two hose clamps the sensor can be mounted to one of the intake manifold tubes. A...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 16 May 2013 17:35:17 -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: omni engine...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 20:36:00 -0500
  ...Fuel intake was the Holley Progressive 2 barrel (looks like a Weber) mounted on a water heated manifold. In 81, O2 sensor trim was...