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Re: Distributor Woe's continue!!!
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:31:16 -0700
Got gas in the tank? If you spray starting fluid into the intake will it fire? Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On...
Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Thu, 20 Dec 2001 08:09:06 -0800
...rate of larger valves with higher lift. Don't forget how very critical a matching exhaust flow will have. Custom intake requires custom balanced...
Re: Pulsing Idle- Digijet
Historical mailing list - Jerry Hart
Sun, 7 Dec 1997 20:21:43 -0700
...valve in the air flow sensor sometimes gets gummed up. Sure enough, I cured it by thoroughly cleaning the pivots inside the intake air...
Re: 1.9 Head replacement (was lifter collapse / smog issue)
Historical mailing list - Mike
Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:43:53 -0400
...The valve adjuster tip (intake, cyl 1) sheared off so > I > replaced it and adjusted the valves. > The exhaust valves on 3 & 4 failed...
Re: Questions for the Engine Builders Re: high lift rocker arms
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:13:00 -0400
...Fuel pressure regulator > Lightened valve train > Ratio rockers > Use of synthetic oils > Friction reducing coatings > Throttle body > Match porting intake and exhaust > Air filter...
Re: Idle stabilizer
Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
Sun, 11 Oct 1998 11:55:06 +0200
...Check by "chinking" the rubber tube going from the air intake to that valve. If the idle goes back to normal, check, clean, replace...
Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
Wed, 26 Feb 2014 02:05:55 -0500
...The filter has an anti drain back valve. So do a lot of other quality filters, and some that are not so good, at...
Re: If You Have A Flat Spot in Acceleration...
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:30:15 -0500
All concerned should remember that the first symptom of my #1 intake valve beginning to stick in the valve guide was a flat spot...
Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 3
Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:35:07 -0700
...I pulled off the air cleaner and then the valve cover. The oil that remains around the cam looks clean. That's good, because...
Re: Does Idle Stabilizer Constantly Stay On?
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sat, 19 Apr 2003 12:47:15 -0700
...Just warm the engine, disconnect the idle > stabilizer valve (ISV) and adjust the big slotted screw near the contol > on the air intake system...
Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:56:08 -0700
...might be worth looking at the condition of the mechanical part of your intake... On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Larry...
Re: Valve Adjustment
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Fri, 6 Jun 2003 17:50:00 -0700
...I adjust the first #1 intake and exhaust valves to one turn after the rocker arm just touches the valve stem. Or use Bobs...
Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:35:43 -0500
...Even in the winter, it wouldn't be impossible to have overheated the motor, burned a couple valves, and have little to no compression...
Re: off with her heads
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 14:13:14 -0700
...They will keep oil from getting sucked down the intake guides. >> >> and that would help prevent the valves and cylinder getting filthier? >> >> >> >> You need...
Re: [subaruvanagon] Why reduce engine speed -- vacuum guage -- small car header
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Sat, 20 Jul 2002 11:46:08 +0100
...represents a force trying to pull the engine backwards when the > intake valves open. This is a big reason diesels are so efficient -- no...
Re: Better MPG or snake oil - baking soda voodoo
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:13:06 -0400
...The intake valves are closed during the compression, combustion and exhaust part of the cycle. So, are you building this contraption? Chris. On Tue...
Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 8 Sep 2012 08:53:49 -0500
...Valves were zero lash or 1 turn in, no valve noise, timing dead on > > 2. Manifold vacuum is 12 Hg with ±1 tick (should...
Re: 2.1WBX running rich
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:11:39 -0600
...Check that your idle control valve is humming, and then find an ICU > to borrow, they are expensive. If it fixes it find a...
Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched Compression test results.
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sun, 3 May 2015 09:27:14 -0700
...also be the dreaded crack in a head between an intake and > > exhaust valve. > > Thanks. I'll search up on that possibility. > > Shameful part...
Re: 84 running issue solved?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Tue, 31 May 2022 11:37:06 -0400
...Carbon in the intake ports and back of the intake valves can also cause running problems. > > > For the Waterboxer, getting a smooth, nice sounding...
RE: Computer Problem?
Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
Sat, 9 Aug 1997 17:39:24 -0700
...of the hose. (The hose running from the decel valve to the large > intake hose on my bus had such a leak, although the...
Re: Tips on replacing Temp 2 sensor The easy way!
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 26 Jan 2015 15:52:40 -0800
...Since the #1 intake runner was getting warm I started there. I removed the rocker cover and there was the intake valve spring lying...
Re: sorry, (need conversion 1.8, etc)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:56:28 -0700
...You must also connect the Vanagon air box somehow to the intake of the Cabriolet motor..mine is done with some aluminum agricultural sprinkler...
Re: I-4 conversion begins
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 7 May 2001 22:19:20 -0700
...Same IF system, just bigger valves make up the difference. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J...
Re: performance mods for wbx
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sun, 3 Jun 2001 23:26:06 EDT
...When you increase lift you also need to increase valve spring pressure to keep from going into valve float, but when you do, you...
Re: Moral question
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:37:12 -0700
...As to the leaking intake valve possibility - I don't buy it. An intake valve that was seating poorly enought to affect idle is...
Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:45:15 -0700
...of intake and exhaust is designed by > > formula starting with the cam . The pressure wave > > is timed to return to the valve just as...
Re: 1.9 L Head needed
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Sat, 7 Jul 2007 14:02:23 +0000
...stem not the valve seat and they never crack to the point that they leak > coolant into the exhaust or intake ports > send it...
Re: A bit rough idle, running. Unbalanced injectors?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:05:41 -0700
...Some fuel injection > systems use a valve to bypass air around the throttle plate for idle, > and the working end of this valve can...
Re: HELP in Riverton, WY - Engine Flooding
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Fri, 2 Oct 2009 19:26:33 -0400
...up > the intake to let it air out. His first guesses would be coolant temp > sensor, AFM, and cold start valve. I replaced temp...
Re: Gas in oil? UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
Sat, 3 May 1997 11:05:56 -0700 (PDT)
David, Does yours have a vacuum controlled fuel pressure regulator? It could be that the diaphragm leaks fuel into the intake manifold through the...
Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 20:36:41 -0400
...of intake and exhaust is designed by > > formula starting with the cam . The pressure wave > > is timed to return to the valve just as...
Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:31:34 -0800
...the most basic ones are 1.8 8 valve ( or the common 2.0 block with 1.8 8 valve head on it ) .. and...
Re: Isolating an idle problem?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:43:31 -0500
...valve is seeing dust I hate to think what the engine is ingesting. Same for any oily deposits or good. Oil in the intake...
Re: rebuilt 2.1 runs like crap - can't figure it out
Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
Tue, 20 Apr 2004 16:59:49 -0400
Make sure the intake manifold gaskets on the heads are lined up properly. They can suck air if they slipped while attaching the manifold...
Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
Historical mailing list - Markus Benne
Thu, 1 May 2025 17:54:08 +0000
...intake runners and the fuel/air mixture waits in each runner until it gets sucked into the head when the corresponding intake valve opens...
Re: why does #3 pist/cyl always go bad first?
Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
Tue, 25 Aug 1998 20:32:03 -0500
...The fact that all Fuel Injected type IV engines have asymetrical > (un-equal > >path lengths from exhaust valves to tail pipe) exhaust systems can...
Re: 83-85 vanagon rear bleeder screw housing mod or repair?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 26 Nov 2012 17:31:21 -0800
hiTony and all, I don't believe the bleed valve closes off the flow in the nipple . I've seen them repaired all kinds...
Re: RECIPE FOR PERFORMANCE
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sun, 6 Jun 1999 11:28:13 PDT
...It worked fine. > > Get a set of AMC heads from AVP and trade your old in for price reduction. > USE GERMAN VALVES NOT THE...
Re: my bucking/lurching running issue - solved?
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:59:49 -0700
...No fuel leakage from vacuum hose to intake. >> >> I took a chance and guessed that the little ball valve in the FPR was not...
Rough Idle - how I fixed it.
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:39:38 -0400
...vacuum lines and intake areas with carb cleaner. I found a tiny leak at the base of the idle control valve. No change after...
Charcoal Canister Dangers and Docs
Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
Wed, 19 Jan 2011 10:35:40 -0500
...the carbon canister to this valve. 6. One of the smaller hoses routs the air into the engine intake air for combustion, and the...
Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:39:00 -0400
...apart entire air intake system, changed the air intake >distributor box, and most rubber hoses. > - changed temp sensor II > - adjusted valves > - looked for exhaust...
Re: Carb conversions?
Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
Thu, 17 Aug 2006 08:43:47 -0400
...generous to call it fuel considering its still burning when the intake valve opens the next time around. Sounds like it was part camel...
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Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Mon, 14 Aug 2023 08:36:28 -0400
...It is basically an open vent leading to the engine intake between the air flow meter and throttle. The job of the tower is...
Re: SA van images
Historical mailing list - Mike
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:20:38 -0500
...I have all sorts of web sites bookmarked for either vacuum or > electric powered 5/8" coolant flow valves and airflow diverter servos. I...
Vacuum gauge install
Historical mailing list
Sat, 12 Oct 1996 13:35:25 -0700
...I started by removing the oneway valve that is just in front of the front engine tin. I replaced the valve with a piece...
fuel injection/gauges
Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
Mon, 29 Aug 1994 10:51:37 -0500 (CDT)
...that's the gizmo that controls the cold-start valve (the '5th' injector, up in the intake manifold 'box'). if you can't find...
Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
Historical mailing list - T.M.
Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:02:29 -0500
...The only way I can think of is an electronic thermoswitch coupled with an electrical gas valve (which I don't think is an...
Re: lifter problems
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 13 May 2004 12:46:43 -0500
...A lifter that is flat results in a valve that opens late and closes early. Thuswith an intake valve, you have a reduced charge...
VW Parts and equipment for sale (fwd)
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
Fri, 13 Dec 1996 12:23:22 -0800 (PST)
...109 601 4 Intake valve 40 HP Brazil 113 109 601B 4 Intake valve Brazil 311 109 601 1 Intake valve 1500-1600 Brazil...
CS diesel block with turbo-charger
Historical mailing list
Sat, 7 Dec 1996 03:24:25 -0700 (MST)
...Do I understand you correctly, that you have added Quantum intake and exhaust manifolds together with the turbocharger, to your 48 horsepower, CS diesel...
Re: 84 running issue solved?
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Thu, 2 Jun 2022 10:11:58 -0400
...Carbon in the intake ports and back of the intake valves can also cause running problems. >>> >>> >>> For the Waterboxer, getting a smooth, nice sounding...
Re: 7 to 22 hp gain at wheels!?
Historical mailing list - jbange
Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:24:03 -0700
...I guess if you trick the ECU into thinking it's getting colder air it runs richer? Advances the timing? Frangles the spidnik valves...
Re: Low compression, more test results
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 12:22:08 -0400
In order for there to be so much clearance that the adjusting screws can't reach the valve stem one of two things has...
Requesting Feedback on EVWPARTS.com - Joe the owner has a rebuilt engine for me $1500 plus core return
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:49:58 -0400
...The case has been cracked, cams have been rebuilt, heads have been bead blasted, resurfaced, pits have been removed, 3 point valve and adjustment...
Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sat, 22 Jan 2000 10:10:47 EST
...I increased the valve lift, but rather than going to heavier valve springs I lightened the weight the spring has to push to prevent...
Re: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
Historical mailing list - dr
Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:09:21 -0400
I am not sure how they determine that the valves are bad, by just disconnecting the plug wires. It could be the injectors in...
Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans! Traveling far from home!
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 20:17:09 -0700
...engines valve wear, seating, > guides and cylinder head sealing are the weak links that often require > attention. Many engines with coolant carrying intake manifolds...
Re: How does a leak down tester work???
Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:11:20 EST
...a exhaust valve is leaking you will have air coming out the end of the muffler .// I f the intake valve is bad you...