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Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 9 May 2013 23:34:09 -0400
...Fun Bus does run Mobil 1, 15w-50 and usually 7,500 mile change intervals. I also have a very effective oil cooler system...
Re: Clutch change?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:08:42 -0700
...engines wear, yes ...and if you changed the oil every 2K miles ( a very, very general interval ) the engine would wear much more slowly...
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 09:47:34 -0500
...Re: (rear) cv joint > > > > When I was at skip barber, we rebuilt the cv's in all the cars at > > regular intervals as they...
Re: A damn OS question again, yea!!! now i need some help, it's my turn....
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 9 May 2002 02:16:54 -0400
...rate and ECU update >rate synchronizing or beating together for an interval. For example, at >times I see something pretty close to the expected...
Re: A response from Prestone about Stainless Steel Pipes
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:11:21 -0700
...Of course you should continue to monitor the state of your cooling system and refresh your coolant at regular intervals. That is just good...
Re: GPS speed accuracy
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 8 May 2013 22:45:56 -0400
...If you want to see it, set your receiver to track movement with a recording interval as often as possible and leave it in...
Re: towing with a vanagon in an emergency.(NVC) . .
Historical mailing list - Lee Kirstein
Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:21:18 -0400
...than basic tune up parts, fluid changes, timing belt at > > proper interval, and an occasional valve adjustment, they will run for a > > long time...
Re: 85' 1.9 still running rich help :-(
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:13:56 -0500
...When it does, sensor voltage will alternate between roughly .2 and .7 volts at roughly equal intervals (given constant speed and load). The period...
Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:52:28 -0800
...Diesel > maintenance costs may be higher than gas engines (older diesels had > about 5000km filter/oilchange interval). The exhaust is messy and the > oil...
Re: CV joint maintenance/replacement question.
Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
Wed, 26 Apr 2017 22:02:43 -0700
...Although years have gone by "new" axles should not have to service at > 20K mile intervals. At $85 for anew shaft you got junk...
Re: Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:10:30 -0700
...not enough to warrant needing to add oil between oil change intervals, there are maybe 1 or 2 drops of oil on the ground...
Re: Friday LVC: lubing old electric motors
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 20 Sep 2015 10:06:04 -0400
...for this situation to get the most "revive time" between service >> intervals?Â I assume the bearing is actually worn and not fitting >> correctly...
Re: Upon seeing bostig's handiwork
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:35:22 -0700
...not slack and allow it to run for twice the normal interval like so many people(including me) are likely to do. But other...
Re: GPS speed accuracy
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Thu, 9 May 2013 11:58:08 -0400
...If you want to see it, set > your receiver to track movement with a recording interval as often as > possible and leave it in...
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 10:16:23 -0500
...Re: (rear) cv joint >>> >>>When I was at skip barber, we rebuilt the cv's in all the cars at >>>regular intervals as they...
Re: I am not alone
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:57:26 -0500
...Having to perform some type of major maintenance at 60k intervals is not all that unusual. Go price a timing belt, water pump, and...
Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:53:02 -0700
...new generation of vehicles sporting 100,000-mile spark-plug > change intervals, why would you expect a kid nowadays to want to learn > that...
(f)Long 2000 Vanagon Westfalia Project cancelled by VW
Historical mailing list - Matthew
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 23:57:40 -0500
...cam rode in special bearings that required replacement at random, unpredictable intervals. It would have been fantastic. It is a shame that Westfalia had...
Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
Tue, 15 Feb 2005 00:37:34 -0500
...let me tell you), and changed the oil at the recommended intervals. The new engine has never really had much power, not even as...
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sun, 5 Mar 2006 10:45:13 -0500
...Re: (rear) cv joint > >>> > >>>When I was at skip barber, we rebuilt the cv's in all the cars at > >>>regular intervals as they...
Fwd: Fast German will fix the broken rebuild
Historical mailing list - zampano
Thu, 16 Jan 2003 08:57:20 -0800
...Disappears again, appearing at >>> intervals talking on the phone or otherwise >>> looking busy. I keep on chatting with the >>> tech, not giving any clue...
surging, missing under acceleration
Historical mailing list - Brian T.
Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:46:19 -0800
...I drilled small holes at intervals > along it and screwed in very small > screw-eyes. Then I strung fishing line back and > forth from...
Re: Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
Historical mailing list - Ry
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:15:45 -0500
...not enough to warrant needing to add oil between oil change >>>>> intervals, >>>>> there are maybe 1 or 2 drops of oil on the ground...
Re: Rubber...Our best friend...Our worst enemy
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 19 Dec 2009 09:52:44 -0600
...Review each of the examples you listed and if they are each >>> maintained at reasonable intervals, >>> there are no failures, let alone catastrophic failures...
Re: A response from Prestone about Stainless Steel Pipes
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Tue, 2 Nov 2010 11:31:13 -0400
...Of course you should continue to monitor the state of your > cooling system and refresh your coolant at regular intervals. That is > just good...
Re: Thanks RE: Photo ticket at stop lights
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Fri, 13 Dec 2002 21:41:29 -0800
...But the yellow lights switch to red at different intervals, which is why so many of these cases are dimissed. A more accurate way...
Re: surging, missing under acceleration
Historical mailing list - joe brown
Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:28:13 -0800
...I drilled small holes at intervals > along it and screwed in very small > screw-eyes. Then I strung fishing line back and > forth from...
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Tue, 7 Mar 2006 23:12:11 -0500
...Re: (rear) cv joint >>>>> >>>>> When I was at skip barber, we rebuilt the cv's in all the cars at >>>>> regular intervals as they...
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Tue, 7 Mar 2006 23:01:11 -0500
...Re: (rear) cv joint >>>>> >>>>> When I was at skip barber, we rebuilt the cv's in all the cars at >>>>> regular intervals as they...
Re: How To Choose YOUR Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - neil n
Thu, 20 Sep 2012 11:58:06 -0700
...Initially the fuse blowing happened between long intervals, so made no sense. I assumed it was an issue with fuse box. Wrong. My point...
Repairing Stone Chips
Historical mailing list - PSavage
Fri, 11 May 2001 11:41:18 -0700
...One can use successive blots with the toothpick, waiting 1/2 hour or so between intervals. (NOTE - If you have a CLEARCOAT finish, just...
Re: Does GREG'S Import Motor's Suck?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 23:08:18 -0400
...of the piston. (They should be spaced out at 120 degree intervals). > >The oil scraper rings were installed with the expansion "springs" >overlapping, so...
Re: Milestone
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:03:57 -0700
...I generally change the oil at 7,500 mile intervals. > Sometime around 2006 coolant was changed to Global Final Charge. > > It is soon coming...
Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 4 Oct 2014 12:40:52 -0500
...two pieces of metal, one bumping the other at a constant interval like someone keeping time to music. I had switched to mid-grade...
Re: Repairing Stone Chips
Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
Fri, 11 May 2001 12:48:44 -0700
...One can use successive blots with the toothpick, waiting 1/2 hour or so between intervals. (NOTE - If you have a CLEARCOAT finish, just...
Friday moderation discussion - Starting point
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:58:24 -0400
...6) That if no new moderator is found, a further attempt is made at three-month intervals until one is. 7) That there is...
Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Mon, 14 Feb 2005 22:59:21 -0700
...let me tell you), and changed the oil at the recommended > intervals. The new engine has never really had much power, not even as...
Re: VW gutless & unreliable? Another perspective...
Historical mailing list - Steve Overmyer
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 17:27:23 +1000
...Since 1992,I have done nearly 250,000kms and have NEVER been stranded by the van.I do adhere religiously to all servicing intervals...
Re: (rear) cv joint
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 8 Mar 2006 05:23:12 -0800
...Re: (rear) cv joint >>>>>> >>>>>> When I was at skip barber, we rebuilt the cv's in all the cars at >>>>>> regular intervals as they...
Re: CV joint maintenance/replacement question.
Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
Sun, 23 Apr 2017 13:01:00 -0400
...Although years have gone by "new" axles should not have to service at 20K mile intervals. At $85 for anew shaft you got junk...
Re: 094 5 Speed Kit Diesel Conversions
Historical mailing list - Jason
Tue, 3 Jan 2017 21:55:11 -0500
...I > have customers that don’t want to deal with brake jobs at 4 to 5 year > intervals never mind engine repairs. I just...
Re: How To Choose YOUR Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Thu, 20 Sep 2012 23:54:04 -0400
...Head gaskets are more likely to reoccur at less than the original interval or stress level of failure as a result of it having...
Re: oil loss connected to power loss?
Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (Certifiable VW mech)
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 21:55:08 +0000
...Items that should be replaced at certain intervals should be replaced, in the order of a tune-up. These items would include: *cap & rotor...
Re: Milestone
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 26 Jan 2019 15:07:01 +0000
...I generally change the oil at 7,500 mile intervals. > Sometime around 2006 coolant was changed to Global Final Charge. > > It is soon coming...
Re: Fast German will fix the broken rebuild / Fix?
Historical mailing list - zampano
Thu, 16 Jan 2003 23:37:00 -0800
...I know that I didn't, and used a 50-70% mix of phosphate free Prestone, checked at regular intervals. My other car is...
Re: I am not alone
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sun, 23 Feb 2014 18:26:16 -0600
...Having to perform some type of major maintenance at 60k > intervals is not all that unusual. Go price a timing belt, water pump, and...
Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
Historical mailing list - Richard Green
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:47:14 -0500
...new generation of vehicles sporting 100,000-mile spark-plug > change intervals, why would you expect a kid nowadays to want to learn > that...
Re: Replace Hydraulic lifters with solid lifters?
Historical mailing list - d spence
Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:50:27 -0700
...18,000 mile change recommended! Yes, it is a long change interval but with lowered sulfur levels and the elimination of lead and many...
Re: Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:09:13 -0700
...not enough to warrant needing to add oil between oil change |>>>>> intervals, |>>>>> there are maybe 1 or 2 drops of oil on the ground...
Bus Trek Vol IV (NM)
Historical mailing list - Richard Alexand Palmer
Fri, 2 Aug 1996 16:11:40 -0400
...The day was rather hot, and we were taking it pretty easy on the busses, stopping at intervals of less than 100 miles. We...
Re: Friday Story
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Fri, 25 May 2007 23:44:36 -0400
...If it is not an oil level, what >is it? Every owners manual says check oil level at xx00 mile interval. >It also says...
Re: How To Choose YOUR Engine Conversion-Engine Management
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:34:56 -0400
...Head gaskets are more likely to reoccur at less than the original interval or stress level of failure as a result of it having...
Re: How my engine rebuild is going
Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
Sun, 16 May 2004 17:58:56 -0700
...heads and i would definitely like to do that at various intervals to give it the best shot at staying together. That would also...
Re: CV joint maintenance/replacement question.
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 23 Apr 2017 10:07:06 -0500
...Although years have gone by "new" axles should not have to > service at 20K mile intervals. At $85 for anew shaft you got junk...
Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:18:56 -0700
...new generation of vehicles sporting 100,000-mile spark-plug >> change intervals, why would you expect a kid nowadays to want to learn >> that...
Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:15:09 -0400
...new generation of vehicles sporting 100,000-mile spark-plug >> change intervals, why would you expect a kid nowadays to want to >> learn >> that...
Re: Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
Historical mailing list - Ry
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:26:20 -0500
...not enough to warrant needing to add oil between oil change > |>>>>> intervals, > |>>>>> there are maybe 1 or 2 drops of oil on the ground...
Re: Oil leak since rebuilt 2.1l installed
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:37:39 -0700
...not enough to warrant needing to add oil between oil change >>>>> intervals, >>>>> there are maybe 1 or 2 drops of oil on the ground...
Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:27:26 -0500
...Yes, I use Mobil Delvac 1 and I do the oil testing to extend the drain intervals. BTW- Antifreeze is also tested and supplemental...
Re: Turbo question Water Jacket Seal failure
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Fri, 6 Sep 2002 00:24:08 -0700
...so that the pulse impact on the impeller is at consistent intervals.. It appeared that the issue was that the length of pipe to...