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• Re: LPG Regulator Leaking?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Vickey
  Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:10:14 -0400
  ...Since your leak stopped when you closed that valve, I suspect you have a faulty seal on the valve, not the regulator. Not an...
• Re: auto stop valve rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 14 Oct 2005 05:50:41 EDT
  ...That auto stop valve is JUNK ! And will stop working again just when you need to fill your tank ! Use a standard fill valve...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:35:02 -0700
  ...three out >four times an injector fires at a closed intake valve? And the fuel >pools >up or something until the valve opens and...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jan 2017 03:43:45 +0000
  The PS pressure switch is an input to the idle valve controller. There is also an input for the AC compressor clutch. The idle...
• leaking valve cover gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Ufer
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 12:26:54 -0500 (EST)
  Hi everybody, I did a major tune up on my Camper ('76) and noticed that the valve cover gaskets on both sides were leaking...
• Re: Heater Valve Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:40:13 -0400
  ...Heater Valve Replacement > Don't know who said it, but they were right. It is a BEAR to get to that > heater valve up...
• Re: Type IV Porsche and VW the same case ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:01:59 -0400
  You know how some beetle cases have dual oil pressure relief valves? Well, under that bolt is the oil pressure relief or actually the...
• Auxillary propane tank
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:05:03 -0600
  ...They offered a solution which requires a valve and splitter be installed in between the shut-off valve and the OPD valve, but that...
• Re: Where do I stick this?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:07:07 -0400
  ...in the above picture is that there's a "Kanuter > > Valve", a valve of unknown function to me, that is plugged into a T...
• Re: Calling John Bange
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 22:10:41 -0800
  ...I have control issues. > Unfortunately, that project is kinda stalled on the idle valve control scheme. Not having any test equipment more complicated than...
• WTB; valve adjusting tools for diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:20:49 EST
  I need to adjust my valves on my diesel. Does anyone have the necessary tools for sale that they no longer need? TIA Ken...
• Rear bench seat heater, joint leaks.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Sun, 3 Aug 2003 08:21:45 -0500
  The joint next to the heater right after the valve leaks if you move the hose at all. (Don't move the hose, I...
• Re: Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Johnson
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:35:17 -0400
  Thanks Nate for that very useful bit of info on adjusting valves 1 & 2, then 3 & 4 instead of having to go from side...
• Re: Decel Valve.....Yikes!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:54:14 -0400
  On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:35:11 -0600, vanagonvw <vanagonvw@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >I am led to believe that my deceleration valve is...
• Re: How do you fill the propane tank? and re:Starter woes
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:04:50 -0400
  ...Where is the !0% valve? and what is that button ahead for the fill valve for? (Told you you didn't have to worry...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 24 May 2024 06:24:11 -0500
  ...I went through about three of those before ordering the then-$70 Gowesty upgrade valve and installing it. Even then it failed after two...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Jan 2017 19:50:36 -0800
  So it's as I guessed, the pulse cycle is biased towards more ICV valve open time when PS switch closes. But hold on...
• Re: propane filler valve
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:17:48 -0700
  ...Removal of the cap resulted in a slow stream of vapor, not with enough force to hiss, from the valve. Looking into the valve...
• replacing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:08:33 -0400
  ...First of all, I couldn't find the valve screw in the engine compartment, so only had the valve on the radiator opened. It...
• Re: Replacing pressure A/C Pressure switch w/o losing Freon
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:04:31 -0400
  BE VERY CAREFULL! This is a really hazardous thing to do if you do not know for sure there is a Schrader valve behind...
• Re: Loud clackety sound on start up?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:33:11 -0700
  I've been inspired to check the valves on my AC engine. One thought, if not already mentioned. For me, it's worthwhile to...
• Re: front heater valve troubles?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 29 Jun 2020 14:55:39 -0700
  I put up with a stuck open heater valve for 2 year. That was a mistake considering how easy it was to replace. Clamp...
• Re: ERG Light, stall outs and another road trip
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 3 May 2012 08:36:50 -0600
  > he > said I needed to replace the ERG valve and that I should go ahead and order > it, but Autozone says my van doesn...
• RE: Help: electro magnetic cut off valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 08:12:26 -0700
  I think you could run without the cutoff valve as long as you plug the hole in the intake header. Otherwise, you have a...
• Re: Rear heater valve O-ring size?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:20:00 -0700
  ...Rear heater valve O-ring size? Can anyone tell me whether the rear heater valve O-ring for an '88 Vanagon might be a...
• Re: lifter noise?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:47:39 -0600
  ...Hope its just a valve adjustment issue > > On Apr 25, 2011 10:25 AM, "Susie Ingham" <dingham605@aol.com> wrote: > > > > We finally got th...
• Re: Front heater never shuts off
  Historical mailing list - ron johnson
  Sat, 25 May 2024 09:10:17 -0700
  ...Amazon ahs a number of 12 volt valves available at reasonable cost. This even allows for some automation. Add a thermostat switch. Consider for...
• Re: R134a in 88 Weekender.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 14:42:22 -0400
  ...You need to turn the valve fully counter clockwise to retract the piercing pin away from the can. Then you screw the valve tap...
• Re: valve adj.: lower compression, valvetrain noise remains
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 19 May 2012 12:41:36 -0700
  I hesitate to answer on the valve adjustment, but was curious about typical WBX engine sounds. (I now own a WBX Vanagon) Youtube.com...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:25:59 -0500
  ...New heater valve and careful realignment and lubricating the control cable solved it. mcneely ---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote: > I need to install...
• Re: "windage tray" and other I4 conversion comments
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 04:47:48 -0800
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=538625006 -Dana- T Berk wrote: > > -Dana- > > The upper rubber valve cover gasket is...
• Re: Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:50:12 -0500
  ...Make sure you have that cutout positioned over the valve, otherwise the valve can prevent the hubcap from seating properly and make it easier...
• Re: valve adj.: lower compression, valvetrain noise remains
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 19 May 2012 16:20:45 -0700
  ...On 5/19/2012 11:07 AM, Dan Barrett wrote: > Folks: > > I'm adjusting the valves on my ten year old Boston Bob 2...
• Head Repair, valves and success
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:36:58 -0400
  ...My valves are still clicking away and the exhaust valve on the #1 cylinder was hung up and not seating correctly, but with that...
• cleaning/testing idle control valve
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:40:29 -0500
  ...One thing that I hadn't done yet is to try to clean the idle contol valve. When I turn the ignition on, the...
• Re: Clakity-Clack
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 08:26:19 -0700
  ...Most oil filters have two valves. One of them, the non-return or anti-drainback valve, is usually a rubber, EPDM, plastic, or neoprene...
• Re: Propane Tank Filling
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 06:29:04 -0700
  M, I had the same problem on my 82 Westy, the valve for filling propane is stuck, you need to remove it and clean...
• Losing valve lash just after adjustment-why?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 20:38:37 -0500
  ...Followed his instructions and adjusted the valves to .006 inch valve lash. I adjusted both intake and exhaust when engine cold. Just to be...
• Re: Second Request for Help - Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:07:41 -0600
  ...If you plugged into a similar plug (auxiliary air valve?) the wires may have gotten more than their prescribed 5 volts. I can remember...
• Re: Fed up with Auto-fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 19:16:14 -0400
  There is really nothing special about the auto-fill valve. It is standard fare in the RV world. Maybe yours is defective. It can...
• Re: Valve/tappot clatter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:50:42 -0700
  ...Valve/tappot clatter > Hello list, > > > > > > About 5 or 6,000 miles ago, I had new heads and valves installed on my > 1987 2-wd...
• Re: Rear Seat Heater Core Control Valve needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg S
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:22:52 -0400
  ...just need the valve. thanksI can get a new valve for 70$C and will do that if I cant find a used one...
• Re: 1987 High Idle
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 May 1996 18:20:30 -0400
  ...I've switched out the Idle Stabilizer Control Valve with one >known to be good and had the same problem. Next I disconnected the...
• RE: Tornado air
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 19 Aug 97 11:12:00 -0500
  ...If strange vortexes hung around my intake valves I would have them arrested for loitering. Is the increased pumping loss caused by the added...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sat, 4 Nov 2006 20:09:07 -0800
  I have to offer sincere thanks to Greg Potts for his scary Halloween pic -re sunken valve seat. I got my rebuilt case back...
• idle air control valve?
  Historical mailing list - Jennifer Rabbitt
  Sun, 15 May 2022 14:46:32 -0700
  Hello Volks, Looking for an Idle Air Control Valve for my ’90 tin top. Found one on e-bay but was hoping to wait...
• Re: 1983 Westy Propane Tank Question
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:47:45 -0700
  ...Stuck Propane Filler Valve BTDT, not on my rig but on another Westy I was traveling with at the time. It took a replacement...
• Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 2 Nov 1998 20:23:37 -0800
  On the rear heater, there is a valve with a gray lever, and a white bleed screw. Bentley gives no explanation of the function...
• location of bleeder valve
  Historical mailing list - Jeff and Deb
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:59:27 -0700
  My 85 Bentley manual shows a picture of a coolant bleeder valve in the engine compartment. The problem is that I have an 86...
• Re: WBX gauge value
  Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 14:00:04 -0700
  <<Consequently exhaust valve burning and loose seats don't happen>> Oh, I don't know about that. My 86 westy 2.1L dropped a...
• Re: Another Newbie With Heads Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:31:07 -0500
  ...Were they mushroomed out? What about the corresponding valve stem? Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/..... > -Replaced all of the valve adjusters. Two were...
• Re: ARCHIVES: Propane fill valve repair
  Historical mailing list - Unclejohn
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 10:56:15 -0500 (EST)
  Thanks for that info.....reminds me that my tank is leaking slightly at the on/off valve. Doesn't leak when fully open or...
• Re: WAS:trip out west-NOW: Heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:57:52 -0700
  ...Heater valve To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 2:09 PM Might help to pinch off the heater hoses with...
• Re: Filler Valve, standard � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � �
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:30:32 EDT
  ...The service valve can only leak at the stem or the over pressure relief valve. If it's leaking any where at full open...
• Re: drip drip rear heater core continued
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 4 Jan 2015 17:43:52 -0800
  These valves do leak, but at the shaft. It can be difficult to tell where the drip is coming from. After 30 years, it...
• 89 Vanagon valve clatter
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 21:22:16 EDT
  Yesterday I think I heard a little valve clattering, not sure. everytime it was revved the clatter sped up along with the revs.it...
• Re: AMC Heads (My views)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:08:50 -0400
  Actually this all boils down to a valve issue. What valves are the folks using? Here is your statement: "My AMC 2.1L heads...
• Re: AMC Heads (My views)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:14:39 +0000
  ...They are not the same valves as the ones being installed by Marnal. How do you know? What valves are in the heads that...
• Re: driving w/ bad valve, was Death Valley
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 13:22:40 -0800
  If you had to drive the van with a bad valve seat and you really really didn't want to find the valve itself...
• noisy valves?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:28:44 -0700
  ...Yesterday i hop in her to run to drive a quick errand and once i started the old-girl up her valves where chattering...