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• Re: was: 3 Questions Now: Speedo, brake, and headlight questions.
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 18:33:36 -0600
  ...there's 13.0 + volts at the lights with the engine running) you could get some good quality e-code replacements with higher wattage...
• Re: Vanagon ?Previa?
  Historical mailing list - chris and/or ruth
  Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:45:01 -0700
  ...Nissans are incredibly durable.� V-6 engine of course.� That Quest is 'made by Ford for Nissan' ..........so it's a Ford body, but...
• Re: DOKA VIN Decoder mystery
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 23:51:53 -0300
  ...Position 7&8 seem correct as 24 is the code for pickup (which makes me > wonder about my question about position 3. > > 6. Position...
• Re: Factory Hose Clamps
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 09:24:44 -0700
  ...THE FUEL HOSE ATTACHED TO THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION RAIL ON THE ENGINE MAY SHRINK BEYOND THE CLAMP FORCE OF THE FUEL HOSE CLAMPS, ALLOWING...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan w/ inline 5-cylinder--a good deal??
  Historical mailing list - DennisHaynes
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:21:19 -0400
  ...1993 Eurovan w/ inline 5-cylinder--a good deal?? Howdy folks- I am an 89 westy owner and have little experience with the engine...
• Re: 1551 emulator
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 10 May 2002 09:50:09 -0700
  ...The INjector Shop is a good place (look'em up on the web). #2) the left engine mount cradle is wrong. it has a...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:03:58 -0400
  ...I don't believe that VW engineers took a step back in this case. I went from this: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7...
• Engine fires..metal lids...Re: Yesterday's Engine Fire in Rockefeller Center NYC
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 03:54:28 EST
  ...i wondered why you asked those questions about engine fires yesterday.. a tad late i guess.. that really sucks.. i know you were looking...
• Re: Touch up paint in spray cans?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Sun, 8 Jun 2008 21:31:40 -0700
  ...used a rattlecan of PaintScratch Ivory (L567) basecoat to do the engine > compartment in my '80 just last week. > > The color match seems perfect...
• Re: cheap diesel singlecab on samba..in calif
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 13:31:14 -0700
  ...real engine work. I could even move toward doing mainly inline 4 gasoline ones ... though I think the 100 hp RV code 8 valve...
• Re: Friday: Bosch MAF (mass air flow meter)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 1 Jul 2017 00:04:22 -0400
  ...I could > tie strap it but... > > Fire the truck up, code cleared and has not come back after a month of > use. I've...
• Re: Tornado Red OR Metalic black?
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:03:02 -0500
  ...it reminded my of my Yamaha R1 (well with maybey exception of 130 bhp per litre of engine LOL) It had a grey interior...
• Re: premature battery death or just not enough use? Flat spot on starter?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:58:22 -0500
  Since the battery is inside, away from engine heat and the outside elements, Vanagon batteries tend to last a long time. 6-7 years...
• Re: Help needed: ABA conversion has spark and fuel but won't start.
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:08:04 -0700
  ...Thanks, BenT On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > sounds good Ben. > if the engine...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:15:44 -0800
  ...Tiico > > engine, > > but I thought it was the same procedure I used > previously with success. > > 6. I connected my OBD II code reader. > I...
• Re: Parts, Case Codes, head studs/nuts
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 1996 09:14:03 +0100
  ...I don't have a book or my d-base at hand for more info regarding these engines. I think that (and I would...
• Re: Mobil 1 winter oil alternative and sale
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 14 Feb 2024 13:59:23 -0500
  ...With the lower cold viscosity the oil pressure when cold drops sooner than with the 15w and the engine just seems to crank and...
• B. Bobs 2.1 main bearings info
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 15:51:56 -0400
  Fellow vanagon types and so forth mores With all the talk about main bearings color codes I think I can clear the air on...
• Re: How to's?? What happened to them?
  Historical mailing list - tonyd
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 10:07:45 -0600
  ...is you paint code? > How to smuggle wine and Cigarettes into Canada? > Where to rent Westys > Aux. battery madness > Engine Conversions > Starter woes > Which...
• Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:15:20 -0800
  ...engine case have a DH code on it ? > > you can't really tell visually which it is unless you see the case engine > number...
• reading VIN & stuff
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 28 Dec 94 10:56:53 CST
  ...Want to know the birthday of your beloved Volkswagen? Need to know the original factory color? Want to check the original engine serial number...
• Re: oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Tue, 9 Dec 2003 21:00:34 -0800
  ...i am in the process of replacing the oxygen sensor on a engine >from a 99 golf 2.0 liter engine code AEG. the...
• Re: I-4 coversion developing power troubles
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 27 May 2009 16:32:55 -0700
  ...I believe in that engine the timing is fully controlled by the ECU ...........so there isn't much that the distributor actually does ...... not...
• Re: Golf diesel hybrid... car electronic troubles
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:04:37 +1300
  ...Did you know that many new Engine Computers >(ECUs, ECMs, the Brain, whatever you like to call it) are coded to that >particular car...
• How can I tell what year - Replies
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sat, 27 Sep 1997 21:47:32 -0400
  ...91 Kombi || |||| | Y - 1980-91 Bus (Vanagon) || |||| | Z - 1980-91 Camper || |||| | Engine Series ---------------------------------------x| |||| | A - 4-Cylinder Gasoline (Air-Cooled) | |||| | B - 4-Cylinder Gasoline...
• Re: What's considered good compression on a 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:44:42 -0800
  ...Thursday, December 11, 2008, 3:06 PM > for regular gas engines, 100 psi has traditionally been > considered > borderline. > With luck your engine will have...
• Re: Make Best of Synthetic Oil?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Sep 1993 13:27:09 GMT
  ...This has caused problems in diesel engines, but fewer polymers are better for all engines. The wide viscosity range oils, in general, are more...
• AutoSpiel Update (Victoria, BC)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 3 May 2000 13:33:44 -0700
  ...I spent a lot of time reading up on API GL codes last night, and have no doubt that MTL meets the factory GL...
• Waterpump replacement on '84 Westy 1.9L is coming! Thermostat Question For You.
  Historical mailing list - Leslie Shiaman
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 19:10:23 -0700
  ...But now I am seeing the used t-stat with the code: 2.112.80 My new one says 2.112.87 So it...
• Re: Debunking GoWesty!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 10:07:55 -0400
  ...I am curious about the e-code lenses, but am not about to sink alot more money into lights than I already have. I...
• Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine / Digifant / AC Detail
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 12:07:48 EDT
  ...I used the 508 compressor and brackets from the original donor car ('90 8V GTI - RV engine code). I bought (from a junkyard - Russ...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:12:57 -0700
  ...four engine installation. I don't think this theory is quite it . would be nice if it is. hope about checking for codes since...
• Vanagone
  Historical mailing list - Townsend, Michael D
  Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:33:50 -0500
  ...While the rear-engine design may have contributed to the oversteer condition, I'll have to admit the body and frame design did an...
• Friday Philosophy: On Documentation
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Fri, 8 Feb 2013 14:55:54 -0600
  ...As such, building codes have been on my mind, and specifications in general. Keeping things to spec goes a long way towards making my...
• Re: [VW-TDI] HELP - I keep going into limp home mode (00575)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 4 Apr 2004 21:22:48 -0700
  ...When the engine goes into to "limp home mode" you can hear a rapid clicking in the engine compartment. When you clear the codes...
• Re: Digifant help!!! - NEW CPU?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 17:55:59 -0800
  ...There is nowhere for any fault >>codes >>to go. When the ignition is turned off the power to the ECU is turned off >>too...
• Re: California law (smog)
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Paquette
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 09:05:33 -0800
  ...now with a Turbo, Frankinstein engine, improved FI, maped > ECU... > >modified exhaust? i have to put back a stock engine every 2 yers! > > > >Or...
• Re: 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:46:09 -0700
  ...1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams > Hello again, > > I happen to own a 1990 2.1L digijet fuel injection > wasserboxer, engine code...
• Re: Bilstein Shocks Vs. Stock
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:07:32 -0700
  ...Put another way, don't > override the factory > engineers. If Bilstein shocks and stock shocks have the same travel distances then i dont see...
• Re: Oil Buzzer advice
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 5 Oct 2015 09:57:20 -0500
  ...But most likely is that they build stuff as a compromise among what their engineers want, what their marketers want, and what their financial...
• Re: Walmart Batteries
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 13 Oct 2013 09:39:43 -0700
  ...Seven years ago (plus a month) as > two of us were headed into Glacier National Park my engine battery quit, > going dead, wouldn't...
• for the record water is not corrosive
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:32:27 -0700
  ...I think more effort should be placed on what will keep the engine cool and the waterpump lubricated. I was impressed that the orange...
• Re: Westy on CL Vancouver. $500
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 18:10:15 -0800
  ...but my conversion project is literally in the way of any engine swapping shenanigans right now! Neil. On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1...
• Re: DOKA VIN Decoder mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 19:21:49 -0700
  ...Position 7&8 seem correct as 24 is the code for pickup (which makes me > wonder about my question about position 3. > > 6. Position...
• Re: Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 25 May 2011 23:20:18 -0400
  ...You should be > able to hear it click each time the throttle is opened when the engine is > running. > > > > I never have heard any...
• Re: Fixing the glass bumpers(long)
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 11:43:48 -0800
  ...Paint code for gray fiberglass bumpers > > >>Does anyone know the paint code for 87+ gray fiberglass bumpers? This >>is on an 87 Wolfsburg, the...
• Re: Headlight Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 21:50:39 -0500
  ...I'm using it along with the most excellent Cibie e-code headlights. On 12/4/08, Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@gmail.com> wrote: > I...
• Re: A good ham setup
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:51:56 -0800
  ...sales@fastforward.ca Phone: (250) 992 7775 FAX: (250) 992 1160 - Vanagon Accessories and Engine Conversions - Vanagon, Transporter and Iltis Sales and Importation - European...
• Re: Recommend a Lawyer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:11:33 -0500
  ...engine light, are both likely related to the speed sensor becoming misaligned after the install. This is easily checked via the SCT code scanner...
• Re: gas, spark, still no love
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 04:20:17 -0800
  ...Gas motor is CIS (not CIS-E) >from 1986 Golf (engine code GX). I turn the car over and every now and >again get...
• Re: Troubling warning lights
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Aug 2018 09:56:55 -0400
  ...I'm thinking I will check engine fault codes. > > > Dave B. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> > To: ddbjorkman@verizon.net <ddbjorkman@VERIZON...
• Re: B. Bobs 2.1 main bearings info
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:06:23 -0700
  ...the # 2 splitshell bearing is not the same in the WBX 2.1 engines as the type 4 or the 1.9 engines. the...
• Re: 2000 Eurovan at local dealership
  Historical mailing list - A & C Grobey
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 09:28:05 -0800
  ...Forest Green with the VR6 engine and fully loaded (only option as far as I can tell is the power sunroof which this model...
• FW: Euro-Drive: 90 Volkswagen Vanagon, Poor-idle/Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:00:46 -0400
  ...Run engine from cold just befor full temp the problem occurs (the customer says it is very random hot cold and then will not...
• Re: Speedo Cable question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 06:35:13 -0500
  ...But in a modern car it would definitely be tied into the computer somehow, like the computer would set a code for not ‘seeing...
• Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:10:55 -0400
  ...Given the noisy state parks I'm encountering. ;) Heat, engine load (long grade), small tank outlet not withstanding, my Jetta engine management operates the...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Arnold Schultz
  Sat, 22 Mar 1997 02:10:43 -0800 (PST)
  ...When an engineer says that something can't be done (a code phrase that means it's not fun to do), some clever normal...
• Re: hankook ra-08 copies
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 7 May 2016 09:41:25 -0400
  ...Their claim of using "Hankook technology" is based solely on the fact that their technical engineer used to work for Hankook. Given that employees...
• Re: stumped
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:20:16 -0800
  ...Tiico > engine, > but I thought it was the same procedure I used previously with success. > 6. I connected my OBD II code reader. I...
• Re: Golf Alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:07:58 -0700
  ...Alternators & 65amp (068 903 025 T/060 903 017) Alternators for Engine Codes DF, DG & EY thru 1985. 65amp (AL25X/AL26X) was installed as...