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• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:30:59 -0500
  ...The compression and power strokes sort of cancel each > other out, > but the intake stroke has to try to pull air into the cylinder...
• Re: Audi Turbo motor swap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 19:05:48 -0700
  ...There are turbo's incorporated into the exhaust manifold on some late vw/audi engines.........don't see how you could re-index one...
• Re: [Syncro] Help needed with engine running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:36:51 -0800
  ...I have found up to 10 tiny vaccum leaks on the entire intake system from throttle body to intake ports. ..on one engine. re...
• Re: LVC: Cutting Metal (sheet, plate, box, tube)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 2 May 2014 13:12:47 -0700
  ...It would be fun to > learn of things like intake manifold alterations, copying diesel > vanagon carriers, etc. > > Thanks much, > > Neil. > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: tubaneil...
• Re: Vanagon exhaust diameter? + Custom exhaust fabrication questions.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:29:38 -0700
  ...My > >> plan: > >> > > >> > Short run of 1 5/8" 90 degree pipes from manifold to collector, then a > >> > "J" pipe forward, around, and back to...
• More Power to the Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 13:57:07 -0700
  ...The stock has a collector pipe that bolts to the manifold and the CAT that allows for the engine movement with the use of...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:09:46 -0400
  ...The fuel will sort of puddle in the manifold. Can we say flat spot? > Oh, no intake air preheat either. You drive along for...
• Re: What's the easiest way to drop a stock engine?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:24:03 -0700
  ...And removing the intake manifold and plenum before the alternator makes removing the alt. easier, and makes the engine less tall yet. scott www...
• Re: plan for oil pressure gauge install- opinions wtd
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:43:35 -0500
  ...the top of the engine with the sender clamped to the intake manifold. Now at 223K, I have yet to have a problem with...
• Re: turbo?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:43:06 -0700
  ...across the > > back of the compartment to stuff it into the intake manifold. Simple > > and effective, and safe too, in that all the ECU...
• Re: Requesting Feedback on EVWPARTS.com - Joe the owner has a rebuilt engine for me $1500 plus core return
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:12:31 -0400
  ...What are your thoughts? I wanted to take off the intake manifolds and sand them down and spray some Black BBQ paint on them...
• Re: Seeing Red
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 7 Jul 2020 10:04:34 -0600
  ...I immediately began working on replacing the manifold intake >> hose / boots. This included repainting the manifold, cleaning the top of >> the block, inspecting fuel...
• Re: Parts suppliers for "Half Liley"?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 07:02:42 -0500
  ...pick up a little > more power > by port matching the intake and exhaust manifolds. > > Chuck > '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road Buffalo' > Smoothed ceramic...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 running rich???
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 18:20:18 -0500
  ...Laurence Smith wrote: > It is the brown ground wire that attaches to the head - driver's side. > It is hidden under the intake manifold...
• Re: Carb Conversion Question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:24:32 -0700
  ...for later models one needs to get a REAL euorpean air intake manifold and a Weber DFAV/DFEV carb works great on my 91...
• Re: Questions re. Audi 3A engine swap (after searching the archives)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Thu, 6 May 2004 00:41:34 -0400
  ...From what I've read in his other posts most of the noise comes from inflexible exhaust system mounts and inadequate intake manifold muffling...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:04:29 -0400
  ...clearance the intake, and the > exhaust > system was welded after the end of the manifold flange in a crude manner. > The intake from the...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:01:13 -0700
  ...The fuel will sort of puddle in the manifold. Can we say flat spot? > Oh, no intake air preheat either. You drive along for...
• Re: Requesting Feedback on EVWPARTS.com - Joe the owner has a rebuilt engine for me $1500 plus core return
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:13:20 -0400
  ...deal. > > What are your thoughts? > > I wanted to take off the intake manifolds and sand them down and spray > some Black BBQ paint on...
• Re: Ever have one van job that leads to another?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 25 Jul 2020 19:22:48 -0700
  ...injector seals ( little ones that go on pintle cap, seating in intake manifold) and the injector rubber bushings that press against the securing bracket...
• '66 progress, question about full-flow oil filter
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 16:11:07 -0700
  ...is missing the little boxes that cover the place where the intake manifold pre-heat pipes join the muffler. :-( Fortunately, at noon I visited...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:12:48 -0500
  ...But > instead of the air being at normal atmospheric pressure, it sucks on the > intake manifold/plenum, which is at around 11'' Hg of...
• Re: Cold Start Chug and Warm Stumbling
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:09:32 EST
  ...Temp 2 sensor, Injectors, Front Manifold, and O2 sensor (it's overdue anyway). Could it be anything else? I could not find any vacuum...
• Re: Spark Plug Failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 21:01:17 -0400
  ...Check injector seals and manifold boots. Carbon build up on intake valves can also cause mixture imbalance. Good luck, Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 11 Feb 2011 14:34:26 -0800
  ...910184 is for 1.9 liter > > > The only difference I can think of is the intake manifold. 2.1 liter is > 30mm wide, 1...
• Re: '88 GL - Gradual Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:36:52 +0000
  ...I could not > get going in 3rd and 4th gear bearly hitting 50 MPH. > I have changed every component, some twice: > Muffler, cat, manifold...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:44:26 -0700
  ...s never ever thought > about ) There is an (IAT) intake air sensor on the manifold. > you could drive it with a fuel pressure guage...
• Re: troubleshooting intermittency
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:42:04 -0800
  ...Some time later when troubleshooting another in the ongoing adventure of vaguely discomforting problems, it was noticed that beneath the intake manifold, was a...
• Re: Going back to fuel injection...
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:23:08 -0600
  ...The biggest pain of working on the standard FI setup is when you have to pull the the intake manifold stuff in order to...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:47:58 -0400
  ...can lower compression when the engine warms up and can lower intake manifold vacuum taking on the appearance of a fuel injection related problems...
• Re: My Eurospec conversion problem
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:57:14 -0700
  ...did the conversion by tweaking some adjustments and switches. > > 2) The intake manifold was hitting the frame when I decelerated and/or > turned right...
• Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:05:12 -0700
  ...Mis-firing Look for the massive vacuum leak such as a cracked or disconected intake boot or the hose connection for the brake booster...
• valve cover and vacuum question -1.8 Gas conversion
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 16:52:48 -0700
  ...on the top of the valve cover that connects into the intake manifold. (I hope that makes sense.) In the interest of science, I...
• Re: Rough running till warmed up
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:15:08 -0700
  ...Check air leak at the joint of intake manifold and cylinder head. 3. Check air leak at the throttle body connection to intake manifold...
• Re: Belly Pans for speed or MPG
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 18 May 2008 19:12:21 -0700
  ...No swirl for example..........there is a LOT that goes into combustion chamber shape on modern engines, intake manifolds that induce swirl ( VW tdi...
• Re: New motor selections for vanagons.
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Mon, 18 May 1998 19:48:54 -0400
  ...I have an early metal engine lid that will have to be cut to accomodate the intake manifold. The motor is in for a...
• Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:56:04 +0000
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > So the hose from the intake manifold that the booster pump is teed in to is > a brake vacuum line...
• Re: Hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor? reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:37:21 EDT
  ...Vacuum test (intake manifold) at idle 14.5 in. at 1500 rpm 17.5 in., at 2000 and up 20in. Hg (Live in Florida...
• Re: Update on stalling '87
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:16:30 -0700
  ...Check for air leak in the intake system, especially between the AFM and the actual >> intake manifold. My 83 and 84 will idle even...
• Re: Ratio rockers was (dyno results from Boston Bobs) or true con fessions of a gear head
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:35:01 -0600
  ...I am now porting the manifolds and matching the intake ports in the heads to the manifolds while the heads are off. I will...
• '80 aircooled power loss follow-up - long
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:52:13 -0500
  ...to leak), replaced small & large fuel injector seals, replaced manifold boots, replaced afm intake boot (old one was for water cooled vanagon - poor fit...
• Re: VW inline four-bangers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 14:24:02 -0700
  ...some adapter needs to be made - carb to intake manifold. personally, 'I wouldn't'...........EFI is infenitely superior to carbs, and once dialed in...
• Electrical Ground Connections / Temperature Sender; '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Thu, 12 Jan 95 10:45:16 PST
  ...running from the wiring harness to a nut underneath the #3 intake manifold tube. I couldn't get at it the connection, so I...
• Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Oct 2008 20:07:52 -0700
  ...One is a yellow stick-on sticker on the top of the block, left and forward, under the intake manifold runners there, that says...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 02:24:08 -0500
  ...It's hard getting at the stuff under the intake manifold > > with it on the engine, but it would be interesting to deactivate it...
• Re: A new project..inline 4 VW van
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 6 Jun 2010 19:57:49 -0700
  ...It has the whole intake, the AC is > complete, the PS pump is mounted, alternator, IAC valve in place, almost > new > silicone plug wires...
• Re: refrigerator update
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 30 Jun 2017 11:25:05 -0700
  ...If I recall correctly, with either the exhaust or intake sealed off, air can be pushed into the other tube to test for leaks...
• Re: Digijet rough/wandering idle and bucking at slower speeds
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollins
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 22:35:54 -0400
  ...I have new intake manifold hoses ( the four shorties), but I don't have clamps on them. Thinking about that, though I don't...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:49:07 -0500
  ...The compression and power strokes sort of cancel each > other out, > but the intake stroke has to try to pull air into the cylinder...
• Ratio rockers was (dyno results from Boston Bobs) or true confessions of a gear head
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 09:15:51 -0500
  ...I am now porting the manifolds and matching the intake ports in the heads to the manifolds while the heads are off. I will...
• Re: 1982 EGR valve
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 11:13:43 -0400
  ...the hell with it! I will block the hole in the intake manifold and that it, I won't feel bad for a second...
• Re: Buick V6 powered Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 2 May 2008 15:11:26 -0700
  ...A new intake manifold improved breathing while a redesigned cylinder head featured larger valves and a higher compression ratio. The result was 205 hp...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:27:19 -0700
  ...clearance the intake, and the > > exhaust > > system was welded after the end of the manifold flange in a crude manner. > > The intake from the...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:08:39 -0500
  ...The compression and power strokes sort of cancel > eachother out, > but the intake stroke has to try to pull air into the cylinder > past...
• Re: 5 cyl conversion mail list
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Thu, 12 Nov 1998 02:02:12 EST
  ...The Eurovan intake manifold would have to be used for the injectors. The cold start valve would have to be wired the same as...
• Regarding an implant of the 1.8liter inline four...From the thread off the digest..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:55:16 -0700
  ...mentioned, there is a bit of cutting involved to make the intake fit...very minor.. I don't agree about the diesel 5sp trans...
• Re: whistling engines again (was RE: GET BACK ON TOPIC!)
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:18:38 -0400
  ...The capacitor massages an uneven, minute, :::electrical signal at various speeds and causes an evening out of the :::airflow :::volume into the intake manifold...
• Re: Best way to access upper head bolts to fix leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 10 Sep 2007 14:31:29 -0700
  Assuming you are talking waterboxer vanagon, You'll have to remove the intake manifold, Or at least the 'runners' or tubes on each side...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:27:05 -0500
  ...Remove intake and exhaust, pull the heads, pull the jugs/cylinders and pistons and you are halfway there. New jugs/cylinders, pistons/rings and...
• RE: '71 with Kadron Carbs
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 19:49:13 -0700
  ...It comes with a fresh, stock engine (Tom Noble) and a pair of nearly new carbs, presumably Solex, sitting on Kadron intake manifolds. The...