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• Re: Wire Damage from Rodent(s)
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:52:47 -0500
  ...taillight ( vanagons ) > on my chevy truck I keep one on the intake manifold. > > this works really well. > if you see the blue pellets scattered...
• '84 Wasserboxer won't start -- update
  Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
  Sat, 9 Dec 1995 17:28:56 PST
  ...pump and die when I plug it back in? Is the intake manifold awash in too much gas? Is it likely to be OK...
• Re: last minute checks
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 10:02:08 -0700
  ...Distributor (in case my CD ignition poops out) distributor cap and rotor intake manifold gaskets, exhaust gaskets 6 quarts oil brake fluid misc electrical...
• Re: My Eurospec conversion problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 17:26:57 -0700
  ...did the conversion by tweaking some adjustments and switches. > >2) The intake manifold was hitting the frame when I decelerated and/or >turned right...
• Re: CS diesel block with turbo-charger
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Dec 1996 02:06:46 -0500
  Gary, to answer your questions > Do I understand you correctly, that you have added Quantum > intake and exhaust manifolds together with the turbocharger, to...
• Trailer hitch, other Parts For Sale...
  Historical mailing list - CC
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 11:10:40 CDT
  ...Also intake manifold. 1.9L Waterboxer flywheel Exhaust parts-- 1.9 crossover pipes, collector, cat. convertor,tailpipe. 2.1 crossover pipes and collector, muffler...
• Re: SVX conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 13:09:40 -0400
  ...The only thing that I see is more complex is that intake manifold is a tight fit with the firewall. This took a little...
• Re: Engine swap conversion details are now online!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 26 May 1999 18:18:40 -0700
  At 21:21 25/05/1999 -0700, you wrote: >David wrote regarding pre-heated air intake: > >>On the complete systems that I provide yes...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 13:53:26 +1000
  ...in mind you'd have to fabricate a suitable intake >system as the stock manifold would probably not hold the pressure, find a >place...
• Re: What motor specs do you have/ was Turbo muffler
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 03:40:00 EDT
  ...I tried to get the 1.9 head and modify my intake manifold to fit but at that time Eurospec wanted about $500 more...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 04:47:11 +0000
  ...Golf/Jetta/Cabriolet and on the intake manifold of a 16V Golf/Jetta/Scirocco and on the intake plenum of a Digifant Vanagon. 16V...
• FS: CDN 91 Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 18:40:15 -0800
  ...The Weber Carb sits atop a proper VW (European) coolant jacketed, air intake manifold. You may take this carb news as positive or negative...
• Re: TDI Problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:29:18 -0700
  ...and 99 TDI" Do you suppose it's suffering from the intake manifold being pretty clogged up with goo, from the EGR system ? That...
• Re: Tiico Parts Availability?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Brown
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:18:15 -0800
  ...Unique to > this engine is the Manifold Absolute Pressure (MAP) > sensor, intake manifold, exhaust manifold, ecu and > custom wiring harness, throttle cable and the...
• Re: Replacing the Head Gaskets (Maybe the Head)?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:24:39 -0400
  ...Countless engines have been ruined by simple things such as intake manifolds dumping coolant behind the intake valves. Even in non VW's stuff...
• Re: Vanagon exhaust diameter? + Custom exhaust fabrication questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:02:43 -0700
  Phillip K Smith's The Scientific Design of Exhaust and Intake Systems. http://www.amazon.com/Scientific-Exhaust-Systems-Engineering-Performance/dp/0837603099 Order...
• Re: Low idle, hard cold starting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:28:12 -0500
  ...Pull the injectors and if needed pull the manifolds off the heads and check for build up or signs of oil. Oil here indicates...
• Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion engine, long..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:26:02 -0400
  ...is being overfilled cuasing excess carry over >through the breather system into the intake manifold. Excessive piston blow >by can also cause this. > >Dennis > >
• Re: Oil light problem
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:40:11 -0600
  ...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: Tiico Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:30:53 -0700
  ...I gave CARB to part # for the intake manifold and the referee looks at the casting number, they are not the same. This is...
• Re: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 96 11:05:25 PST
  ...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: Help needed with engine running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:35:12 -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...
• info needed on crancase ventilation systems (mostly I4)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:04:51 -0500
  ...engine by a hose running between the valve cover and the intake manifold. Saab does it like this. 2.) On most VWs the vent...
• Re: Followup to fridge troubles--success!
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 23 May 2015 08:49:40 -0700
  ...http://tinyurl.com/n76os7f shows a bit of how the intake/exhaust manifold should seal. I think there's a real tendency to misalign...
• Re: Diesel replacement - Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:19:23 -0800
  ...You'll be using the 1.6 intake manifold and injection pump, I assume. Time the pump somewhere around 0.85 mm. BTDC to...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:00:14 -0700
  ...pour some fresh gas down the throttle body or into > the > intake manifold....... > if that makes it go VROOM................then you know that with...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:14:46 -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...
• installing muffler and cat questions
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 01:49:20 -0400
  ...logic would dictate the triangular flange with three botlt holes and the extra supports welded to it in the intake and mounts to the...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:31:43 -0400
  Look for the massive vacuum leak such as a cracked or disconected intake boot or the hose connection for the brake booster or auxilary...
• Re: Gas Smell When Tank Full
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:32:57 -0500
  David Schwarze <des@teleport.com> writes: > >Pat Walsh writes: >> >> On a '78 I know that if you take the intake system off (in my...
• Re: WHAT JUST HAPPENED???
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:11:26 -0800
  ...WOT > >caused three things to occur; it dropped the intake manifold vacuum to > >retard the timing closer to normal, fooled the ECU in thinking...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:45:06 -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: Digijet rough/wandering idle and bucking at slower speeds
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:30:26 +0000
  ...I have new intake manifold hoses ( the four shorties), but I don't have clamps on them. Thinking about that, though I don't...
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 25 Mar 1999 10:54:55 -0500
  ...Guilford VW SPEED EQUIPTMENT, Holly Bug Spray carb and intake manifold, new, $250. (203) 270-7516 . Newtown 69-70 VW PARTS, NOS and used...
• Re: Torque Curves(more comments and Subaru Results)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 13:59:19 EDT
  ...velocity, mass, gearing, tire design and inflation, cam shaft timing, intake manifold design etc, etc. I have found this information for a window from...
• Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 00:24:53 -0400
  ...22% leak down on #1, could hear leakage all three places, but exhaust and intake were louder than the dipstick, with the exhaust being...
• 133 mph WB?? BUNK!
  Historical mailing list - James Cohen
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 03:37:31 -0500
  ...stock 2.8l to 3.0, new cams, chip, and schrick intake manifold to 140mph. And it's half the size, half the aerodynmic...
• Re: I-4 conversion begins
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 7 May 2001 22:19:20 -0700
  ...make some headway, parts wise at least! I aquired an intake and exhaust manifold from a 82 Quantom wagon also. so now it's...
• 85gl 1.9 running rch with the cold snap plugs black ??
  Historical mailing list - Rich Bennington
  Thu, 30 Nov 2006 08:40:25 -0800
  ...for best guess here ? >>>>> TC, I would look for intake(AFM connections)/exhaust manifold leaks. It may be that at cold temperatures, something is...
• Re: FS: 2.1L in northern CA. *$550* No ship!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 23:28:14 -0700
  ...C pump >No P/S pump. >No engine wiring harness > >Includes, intake manifold, all injection parts, >AFM, airbox, etc, including ECU. (But no wiring...
• Re: Fuel Pump Alternative
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 17 May 2010 22:06:54 -0400
  ...The diaphragm leaks and the next thing you know the intake manifold and cylinders are filled with fuel. The pumps can become intermittent usually...
• fun road trip for free parts
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jul 1996 11:04:19 -0500
  ...which it will now have, and Dan's bug gets an intake manifold. Other potentially useful stuff was some beetle turn signals, knobs, and...
• new westy tent, '66 progress
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 12:05:14 -0700
  ...The used dual-port cylinder tin I bought and had sand-blasted showed a few cracks around the intake-manifold holes so I spent...
• Special Hoses or NOT 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Wed, 22 Apr 1998 21:37:58 -0400
  ...Also worth looking at is the condition of the intake manifold - mine was quite rusty and mechanic said he's seen them at the...
• Re: Vanagon fuel injector cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 14:37:49 -0400
  ...done off the vehicle with the injectors plugged into a spare intake > manifold and fed fuel pressure. > I haven't killed any injectors yet...
• Re: Fan belt noise
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Fri, 12 May 2000 14:30:45 -0700
  ...The WD-40 trick is kinda like squirting carb cleaner at an intake manifold looking for vacuum leaks; it helps pinpoint the problem, but...
• Re: Digijet rough/wandering idle and bucking at slower speeds
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Fri, 27 Sep 2013 02:44:57 +0000
  ...I have new intake manifold hoses ( the four shorties), but I don't have clamps on them. Thinking about that, though I don't...
• Re: Ignition Switches and Hot Start Relay and Starter Motors (long)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 8 Sep 2016 18:43:35 +0000
  ...plug wires) which in turn is bolted to the cast aluminum intake manifold on the driver side of the Subie engine.  Interestingly enough, this...
• Re: '89 Vanagon Not Starting
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:43:44 -0800
  ...If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and > hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If > none of these...
• 87 Vanagon hesitation continues
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 01:40:45 -0400
  ...Vacuum test (intake manifold) at idle 14.5 in. at 1500 rpm 17.5 in., at 2000 and up 20in. Hg (Live in Florida...
• Re: Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 16:07:31 -0400
  ...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: Strange loss of Power 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 3 May 2003 20:18:19 -0700
  ...And check the ground point on the cylinder head, near the intake manifold and under the AC compressor. There should be a brown wire...
• wasserboxer tune-up report, part 1
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 08:56:44 CST6CDT
  ...i also have some false air leaks at the rubber+fabric manifold connectors to the intake runners. more than likely we all do. on...
• Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 01:43:52 EST
  ...However I'm looking into the cost of a Eurovan intake manifold, ECU and wire harness to see what the cost would be, I...
• Re: 133 mph WB?? BUNK!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:20:09 PST
  ...stock 2.8l to 3.0, new cams, chip, and schrick intake manifold to 140mph. And it's half the size, half the aerodynmic...
• Re: 133 mph WB?? BUNK!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 20 Jan 1999 17:15:25 PST
  ...stock 2.8l to 3.0, new cams, chip, > and schrick intake manifold to 140mph. And it's half the size, half the > aerodynmic...
• Re: Diesel to In-Line Gas Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:41:56 -0500
  ...One of the biggest time wasters on my conversion was getting the intake manifold clearanced so the it fit in the engine bay and...
• Re: Dropping Aircooled Engine
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 13 May 2002 14:33:16 -0400
  ...Remove the rubber intake manifold (from the AFC to the throttle-body. Loosen the bolt on the front motor mount (Tranny nose) so it...
• Re: 10/16 ORIGINAL POST is here ... Fw: 10/15 Need Advice AND Repairs (1991 GMC Vandura) in BERKELEY, Calif.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 23:10:34 -0400
  ...It is somewhat common for the intake manifolds to be leakers especially on the V6. If not caught really early there is often some...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 06:59:29 -0400
  ...Golf/Jetta/Cabriolet and on the intake manifold of a > 16V Golf/Jetta/Scirocco and on the intake plenum of a Digifant Vanagon. 16V...