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• Idle Air valve
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:06:14 -0500
  ...Main issue was that if accelerator is punched can stall. When working with GW mechanic tried repeatedly to get engine to stall for assessment...
• Re: VANAGON GEARING
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:53:00 -0700
  ...Appx 20 mpg highway, 19 city (I'm light on the accelerator). Cruise @ about 75mph. I have noticed little, if any, greater fuel economy...
• Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 7:46:36 PDT
  ...Sometimes the engine will stall, so I press the > > >accelerator slightly to keep the speed up. After a minute or two of > > >running, it...
• Fwd: Fuel System or Electronic?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Pinnell
  Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:16:14 -0500
  ...When we came back out, it was a very rough start and again had to push/pump the accelerator to keep her going. As...
• Re: Engine hesitates upon take off
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:22:35 -0400
  ...If you car has a rough idle or is unable to idle without use of the accelerator pedal, you should inspect this valve for...
• Re: how is the gas pedal affixed?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:24:49 -0400
  ...top it off, when pulling out of > the > > gas station, the accelerator pedal didn't work. On inspection, the pedal > > had come loose from...
• Replacing head? Seal 1.6 na diesel injection pump on the road
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:18:45 -0600
  ...mm allen for cold start bracket a 10mm socket for the accelerator cable bracket a crescent/ round it wrench for fuel sol. A 13...
• Re: Spares list (was Spare ECU)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:08:47 -0800
  ...In > descending order of priority: > > (My list is for AFM) > > Full suite of bulbs and fuses (new) > Female spade connectors (new) > Belt (new) > Accelerator...
• Re: Clutch alignment tool? and Lapping compound ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 5 Sep 2010 06:36:15 -0700
  ...the column) with a centrifugal overdrive..you would lift off the accelerator in any gear and when the tranny "wound-down" it would 'clunk...
• Re: Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:56:46 -0700
  ...The movement in the drivetrain would pull on the clutch cable and most likely, the accelerator cable. I would have to jerk the drivetrain...
• Re: Gas pedal woes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 10:15:41 -0500
  ...Tell them to make sure to save you the old part, and hope they don't have a vanagon with a broken accelerator cable...
• Scarlett's New Battery Update ;-)
  Historical mailing list - PB
  Thu, 3 May 2007 10:06:59 -0700
  ...The sound will go away by itself within 30-60 seconds, or if I press the accelerator. Is this sort of thing normal with...
• Problem Solved: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Tue, 7 Jul 2009 14:15:19 -0400
  ...The sound (metallic squeal) happens if I > accelerate to about 3000 rpms and the sound briefly occurs there and when I > release the accelerator...
• Re: How bad is it to have dual carbs instaed if the FI on an 84
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:58:44 -0400
  ...little individual air filters and a connecting rod connected from the > accelerator linkage to a long pivit rod that connects both carbs. Im not...
• They Only Write When They're In Trouble...
  Historical mailing list - Tom & Phyllis
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 00:23:00 -0600
  ...Cruised at 50 mph, slowed to stop, accelerated to 15 mph, accelerator failed to produce power. Engine stalled and I re-started, accelerated to...
• Re: 1.9 hot weather issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:46:19 -0400
  ...If you play gently with the accelerator it will catch and pull strong until you shift, when it behaves like there is no fuel...
• Re: Is it Calming to Drive a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:17:40 EDT
  ...that he might wreck it if his right foot pressed the accelerator more than 1/32 of an inch. He was going about 40...
• Re: Thanks for another great BusBoo
  Historical mailing list - Brien Dews
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:56:10 -0400
  ...I found Rachael and Tim broken down a couple of miles from the campground with a broken accelerator cable. After towing them back to...
• RE: '83 Vanagon woes
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 02 Jan 1996 08:46:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...If it were a carb, I'd say you were running rich, due to a misadjusted float, leaking needle valve, or overenthusiastic accelerator pump...
• Re: coil over springs / V6anagon chronicles
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 04:14:45 -0500
  ...For the accelerator cable I used the cables from a 10 speed bicycle shifter and fabricated a couple brackets. It works great and i...
• Re: Problems searching the archive
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 15:54:55 -0800
  ...just now did a "search" and "getpost" for information about stuck >accelerator cables (thanks to Tom Neal, who knows how to spell vangon) and...
• Re: What should I hear if I pressurize my intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:40:32 -0700
  ...up and instantly die, if I hold my foot on the accelerator, it > will run, very rich and very rough. > > I have tried two...
• Re: What can go wrong.....
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 15 May 2017 11:35:20 -0400
  ...I took my foot > off the accelerator > and was able to coast off on a exit and right into a gas station. By the...
• Re: Trip report Atlanta to San Diego and back
  Historical mailing list - luke sponsler
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 11:39:39 -0700
  ...How to drive with my left foot on accelerator duty. That if you don't have ac you should wait till night to drive...
• Re: Any ideas, my van runs terrible, HELP!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 01:03:17 -0800
  ...Bogs >down when I step on the accelerator. Almost dies. Sometimes backfires. > >Once I am patient and get to speed on the freeway, seems...
• Re: '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Karen Bailey
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 11:27:22 -0800
  ...Also, >| if you hit the accelerator too fast after a full stop, the >| engine jumps and stalls. Check (or have someone check) the 3...
• Re: It Lives
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 22:11:09 -0500
  ...However, many hours, a > temporary > > > pieced together accelerator cable, new fuel lines, several fabricated > > > pieces, and a new starter later I was able to...
• Re: 1990 Carat...Overheating Saga that won't end....Help????
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 07:37:18 -0400
  ...When I > do this the vent by my right foot (above accelerator) > blows cold....but will suddenly start blowing hot > air...and the engine...
• Idle stabilizer control unit
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Fri, 17 Jul 1998 22:44:55 EDT
  ...The van would do 50 MPH foot off the accelerator. I unplugged the idle stabilizer valve. This, at least allows me to drive it...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 20 Oct 2021 02:25:33 +0000
  ...I put on the GW lift springs > recently. > > Except…. > > > > Why would it stop make the sound when I take my foot off the accelerator? > > > > >
• Re: A weird thing that took me forever to solve
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 16 May 2011 19:04:46 -0700
  ...Floored the accelerator then <whump> noise plus now had what looked like a pair headlights in my mirror. Both manual mirrors had slapped against...
• Re: Interpretting Compression Values- 88GL?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 13:49:42 -0500
  ...145 psi (10 bar) > Test done per Bentley, car fully warmed up, accelerator floored. Test tool >was a universal compression tester from NAPA (not...
• Re: Vanagon power loss
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:54:36 -0800
  ...After I >begin driving again (15-30 minutes later) as I drive, van looses power (ie, >accelerator pedal does nothing when pressed) and will...
• 1.9 loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:56:54 -0400
  ...I tried going along a flat area to see what would happen if I just kept the accelerator pedal to the floor. It goes...
• Re: It Lives
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 19:38:27 -0500
  ...However, many hours, a :::temporary :::> > pieced together accelerator cable, new fuel lines, several fabricated :::> > pieces, and a new starter later I was able to...
• Re: Friday NVC: British Carburettor hilarity
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 15 Oct 2010 18:33:19 -0700
  ...On my Bugs all I ever needed to do with > them is clean and sometimes replace the accelerator pump diaphragm (and > gaskets) Easy stuff...
• cruise control - aargh!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Fritz
  Fri, 18 Jun 1999 10:43:55 -0500
  ...Turn it on and you can feel it pull the accelerator away from your foot. Unfortunately it won't hold speed. I set it...
• Re: warm idle prob.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 22:28:35 -0800
  ...And sometimes if I drop the accelerator pedal suddenly, it will return to normal....nworble? Could there perhaps be a problem in the vast...
• Re: Rented an '87, heard same 2nd gear thump
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:59:23 -0700
  ...This thump is best heard when on a quiet, smooth street, when the transmission is in 2nd gear, the accelerator pushed down enough to...
• Re: MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:35:52 -0500
  ...I see them > popping out into the interior around the "accelerator" pedal, the far > forward part of the centre console covering on the floor...
• Re: rear wheel/axel clunk
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 09:12:53 -0400
  ...You can sometimes make it > clunk once by goosing the accelerator (while moving, it won't do it when > stopped). It sounds "free" to...
• Re: More Energy Saving schtuff...VLVC
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:58:54 -0500
  ...On the highway, keep your foot out of accelerator and keep the top speed down. Don't floor the accelerator, ever, and don't...
• Re: Rented an '87, heard same 2nd gear thump
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:10:35 -0700
  ...This thump is best heard when > on a > quiet, smooth street, when the transmission is in 2nd gear, the > accelerator pushed down enough to...
• More fun with mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 2 Apr 2011 09:10:23 -0700
  ...speeds on flat surface streets and take my foot off the accelerator. Previous mechanic, here in Bend, Ore. (p-mail me if interested, not...
• Re: More fun with mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 07:09:05 -0700
  ...thunk" > sound > > whenever I'm > > cruising at low speeds on flat surface streets and > take my > > foot off the > > accelerator. > > > > > > > > Suspension bushing(s) maybe? > > >
• permanent fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 17:56:48 -0500
  ...If I let > up on > the accelerator it will die. When restarted it will continue to do > this for > 1-10 minutes, then all...
• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:18:41 -0600
  ...performance 2.5 liter engine, finds themselves trying to push the accelerator pedal through the floor without realizing it. So: Always run premium in...
• Re: Help Needed on Manual to Auto Trans wiring problem.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:11:22 -0800
  ...I provided all the parts except the accelerator cable. Shop provided labor and anything else needed in exchange for my dead 2.1 engine...
• Re: stalling after highway
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 11:47:07 -0400
  ...2. Very reasonable gas mileage. 17mpg city. 19-20mpg highway. > 3. Accelerator cable or pedal sometimes sticks. Very stressful. > Can't see how that...
• Re: Rare "not my fault" van break down..
  Historical mailing list - Greg Childs
  Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:05:59 -0700
  <html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>My accelerator cable broke in the engine compartment. Vice grips saved...
• Re: Failure to Start - 91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 25 Sep 2011 17:05:32 -0500
  ...fuel. > Much like with a carbureted engine that is fuel starved. > Accelerator pump charges the engine, the engine starts, then quickly dies. > > I disconnected...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Mon, 7 May 2007 10:52:24 -0700
  ...A small tip on the accelerator to bring the engine at about >> 2800 stops the buzzer/warning light. Going then back to idle no...
• Re: The joy of driving is back! 1991 Vanagon GL with 1995 Subie 2.2L engine
  Historical mailing list - John H. Lauterbach
  Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:17:22 -0500
  ...One advantage of the Subie engine is that the van can move > out of itsown way without two-feet on the accelerator pedal. Much...
• Vacuum leaks...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Jun 1996 23:47:03 -0500
  ...When the problem occurs, it runs fine *until* touching the accelerator, after which the RPM drop to about 500. Now the brakes (power-assist...
• Re: First Long Drive, some observations
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 1 May 2006 22:19:08 -0700
  ...It just does not feel > smooth feeling when pressing down on the accelerator compared to modern > cars. It this something I need to get...
• Re: 86 intermittently cuts out -MN
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rovere
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 09:50:03 -0500
  ...Either the ignition switch on/off or full accelerator switch will clear the problem up for a few miles. The VW dealer ($168....no...
• Re: MICE: points of ingress in cab area?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:34:11 -0500
  ...I see them > popping out into the interior around the "accelerator" pedal, the far > forward part of the centre console covering on the floor...
• Re: engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:14:11 -0700
  ...I haven't worked on this part of the van yet, so I'm not > familiar with how the accelerator cable hooks up and...
• Re: Only in America...?? Only in a Vanagon??
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Wed, 8 May 2002 09:17:24 -0700
  ...my case, of course, "cruise control" is a brick on the accelerator, but I've had no trouble yet. I also like to get...
• Re: jerking, bucking, stalling...
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:51:07 -0400
  ...By jerky it is essentially (regardless of gear) choking back when > the accelerator is pressed - causing stalls. If the van is restarted, > this clears...