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• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - steve delasalle
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 04:59:14 -0800
  ...TEST #2 Start the engine cold with no pressure indicated on the gauge. The pressure in the cooling system builds to aprox 7 lbs...
• Bench Testing an L-jetronic Fuel Injected engine
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:01:13 -0500
  ...I hate working outside in the cold, and I don't want to do any more work outside than I absolutely have to. I...
• Bleeding the damn coolant system! part 2
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 01:26:03 -0500
  ...This list is great and I hope to do my share to help other in the future� (I already started I think) http://www3...
• Re: How to convert to 134?
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 6 May 2008 13:10:22 -0700
  ...If it does put out cold air then > > just use it until it starts losing it's charge again. If you want to > > find...
• Re: AC Conv: R12 to R134A, long, Larry A.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:28:16 -0500
  ...Back to FLAPS for a tapper valve. Since the compressor may not come on at all with no pressure in the system, I put...
• Re: Just back from the mechanic, HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 9 May 2000 07:44:57 -0700
  ...Cold start valve leaks?? > > All told its $1000 for labour and between $500-$1000 for parts. I am VERY tempted to use a $170...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:30:25 -0500
  ...cold - engine starts and idles well. > >>> > >>> Conditions - ISV disconnected due to Idle issues > >>> O2 Sensor Disconnected to put ECU in default mode. > >>> > >>> Cold engine...
• Re: High idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Rene Ditton
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:30:31 -0700
  ...though one thing worried us. > >It's hart to start. When it's cranked cold, it has a bit of a delay before kicking...
• Re: Vanagon Hot Shower on Demand
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Feb 2023 14:20:10 +0000
  ...run back and turn Ball Valve off and on.  So, via Amazon, I > got one of those motorized valves, and I found a switch...
• Re: Auto Tech Computer disk for Vanagon- Any good?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:48:59 -0500
  ...It even made reference to a PCV valve, an EGR >>valve, and a cold start valve and we all know that an '85 doesn...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:36:54 -0500
  ...feel > the heat (front, havent checked the rear) its blowing cold until I > start moving again. Weird and wacky to me. No coolant leaks...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:18:40 -0800
  ...First time was with cold engine, the next few times with warm engine. Is that hard start? Did this last year a few times...
• Re: Water & Oil idiot lights fixed? Or at least getting better...
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:59:47 -0500
  ...known good guage? A cold engine, (overnight cold) > should start off with oil pressure high against the relief valve at 50 psi+. > After warm...
• Re: Urban Legend RE: NO starting when cold and Gasahol?(long)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:30:30 -0500
  ...NO starting when cold and Gasahol?(long) > >Troops: In my never ending quest to figure out why my vanagon won't >start below 10...
• Re: Suburban Heater
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 28 Nov 2003 07:31:40 -0600
  ...manual start unit in my motor home, as I recall, was a piezio-electric start type. I think it had a pilot valve that...
• Re: Gas in Oil fill
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 11:47:59 -0500
  ...valves to mix gas with the oil when shutting down in very cold climates. The gas would thin the oil temporarily for easier starting...
• Re: '89 Auto 2.1 Digijet stalling when pulling away (sometimes).
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Bowen
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 16:56:23 +0100
  ...It really is like someone has turned the ignition off! It starts again perfectly and happens when the engine is hot and cold. I...
• Re: Water & Oil idiot lights fixed? Or at least getting better...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:27:56 -0400
  ...known good guage? A cold engine, (overnight cold) >> should start off with oil pressure high against the relief valve at 50 >> psi+. >> After warm...
• Re: Fw: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 9 Oct 2004 09:48:25 -0700
  ...At start up the cold engine will run 60-65 psi. My recommendations: * change to Synthetic motor oil every 3000 miles * Only use the...
• Re: no power: running lean (i think)
  Historical mailing list - Seth F Gordon
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 19:37:57 -0400
  ...gas mileage. >> >-It seems to run ok when i first start it cold in the morning, but as it >> >warms up and the temp...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:23:21 -0400
  I agree with the LOGIC of the thermostat not opening with cold water being run through it, but I don't know about the...
• Antifreeze and general
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 18:50:03 -0500
  ...along with a new valve. I also replaced the thermostat and both temp. senders. The 91 has been running cold since I got it...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:59:38 -0500
  ...As I >> mentioned, the paperwork I have shows a longblock, does not show >> source. >> This thing only started leaking when cold weather arrived. Some...
• Re: jackstands vs. ramps
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 22:37:57 -0600
  ...so make SURE you get a jack where the valve is opened/closed by simply twisting the handle!!! that is critical to your liking...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:35:32 -0400
  ...spring >tensions in the valve body relative to hydrualic pressure ...you >start seeing it gets pretty complicated. > like the valve body is a Anologue...
• Repair nightmare on vacation! (long)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:26:53 -0400
  ...The van, which had started and run fine when he pulled it in, now wouldn't start at all. The mechanic pulled out a...
• Getting a Westfalia (need other suggestion for my site)
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:32:52 -0400
  ...They are expensive. -Ask if the owner could start the van cold, just to hear if the hydraulic lifter are noisy (more than 1...
• FS 87 Wolfsburg NYC $2,500
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Mon, 7 May 2001 15:58:57 EDT
  ...hot to cold requires getting under the front of the van, getting the spare tire down and moving the heat off valve by hand...
• Re: Overheating problem 91 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 08:08:03 -0500
  ...from ever warming up in very cold weather. Instead of drilling a hole, open the bypass valve on top of the thermostat housing. This...
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:44:10 -0400
  ...a periodic drop in vacumm might indicate just one or two bad cylinders, but must eliminate valves as cause. classic oil smoke is bluish...
• Re: Oil pressure -- normal range?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 9 Apr 2011 17:45:17 -0500
  ...I'm hoping that holds true when the temps start hitting upper 90s and above a 100 F, now that the oil cooler is...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:42:49 -0400
  ...I got it back, it has developed a problem when cold. Today I start the van, let it idle about a minute and back...
• Re: Fuel pump folly (little Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:57:23 -0400
  ...weather to improve, and that's when the new Vanagon heat valve started >> leaking. So, the breakdown was fortuitous, since I likely would have...
• Re: Maybe some VC
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:04:01 -0500
  ...sounds like your engine thinks it is always cold and hence is very difficult to start when hot.� Check the sensor and also check...
• Re: repost - basic a/c hose connection question.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:08:04 -0400
  ...The vanagon uses a expansion valve system. ERic.... no time to kill Woten, Rodney wrote: >isn't it the CONDENSOR (not the evaporator) where...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:11:28 -0700
  ...Sure, low compression and fuel injection issue come > in 2nd and > 3rd, but I don't have hot and cold start issues which > both...
• Re: do we have a vacuum leak?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 08:44:54 -0400
  ...I adjusted my valves over the weekend as per Boston Bob's procedure. Excellent so far. Quiet valves and more power. Also, cold starts...
• Re: The King's English
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:33:04 -0500
  ...It could be an option if you decide to try it. #7) After adjusting the valves your engine may be hard to start. Give...
• Sad story - HELP please (idle)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 10:09:40 -0500 (EST)
  ...Lapped the valves good, plpaced the heads on glass plate with WetOrDry 320 saturated with WD 40 and made those babies as flat and...
• Re: head gasket leaking exhaust into cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:22:55 -0800
  ...It already looks like I'm having head gasket problems (rear coolant tank is overflowing), but I wonder if the rear heater valve is...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 10:58:54 -0600
  ...cold - engine starts and idles well. >>>> >>>> Conditions - ISV disconnected due to Idle issues >>>> O2 Sensor Disconnected to put ECU in default mode. >>>> >>>> Cold engine...
• Re: Intermittent no start problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 19 May 2014 16:21:23 +0200
  My no start problem only appeared when engine hot. Found out that the ground cable from battery to chassis had bad contact. Cold: all...
• Re: Refrigerator: Fup...Fup............Fup
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:16:39 -0400
  ...It got nice and cold, no issues, and all was well. > > I ran it again tonight. After two false starts, it finally lit. About...
• Re: Hydraulic Lifter Adjustments
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:55:42 -0400
  ...As I understand it the engine should be warm when you do the valve adjusting. This should allow the lifters to pump up to...
• Re: Diagnosing Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 22 Jan 2003 06:03:49 EST
  ...Idle is still erratic at cold start up but fine after temp needle starts to move. I've been busy in the shop with...
• Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - James Eaton
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:01:42 -0500
  ...Cold start. Back out from garage, down driveway to road. Pause, then take foot off gas and turn steering wheel hard for 90 degree...
• Re: TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 12:13:59 -0500
  ...TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold? Well, i've gotten a step closer to solving the running issues, i believe. Yesterday i found the temp...
• Re: Gas in oil? UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 3 May 97 12:45:42 EDT
  ...So, you need to pull your injectors and test for leaks, I'm betting you have leaky injectors or a leaky cold start valve...
• Re: Clicking noise (was Vanagon Puzzler)
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Wed, 2 Jul 1997 01:08:45 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Lately I have been noticing a singular click right after a cold start when I barely rev the engine. Its just one click just...
• Re: Preemptive water pump replacement? Miscellaneous Chatter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:06:44 -0800
  ...My point is that the proper oil for >> real cold weather use should not be taken lightly. Proper startup and >> warming procedures need to...
• Re: FW: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 29 May 2020 07:26:21 -0700
  ...avoid a shock of cold oil suddenly > coming back. Properly designed and installed they work as a mixing valve. > The sandwich adapter thermostats tend...
• 80-83 Tranny / engine / Fuel Injection FS
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 May 2002 19:23:41 -0500
  ...body) Air distribution manifold with cold start valve Part # 0.280.170.026 (will not have EGR valve, it will be blocked off) 4...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:42:36 -0400
  ...WAY smoother since I had the shop > adjust the valve last to 0, cold, according to Bob Donalds' specs. > And it hasn't been...
• Re: Failed Smog Test
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 15:35:41 -0800
  ...Where to start? Ideas? If I remember Dennis Haynes post about smog (now in the files archive on I think gerry.vangon.com). You...
• 87 idle CO/richness adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Steve Blackham
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 21:05:04 -0600
  ...I've wondered about a bad cold start valve, but a 2.1 doesn't have one. My overall mileage was down this winter...
• GOT IT! was Re: 83.5 1.9L WB Timing
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 13:18:44 -0500
  ...Replace any vacuum line I haven't already and the air hoses for EGR and cold start (need to get better ones soon). Loosened...
• update: Re: major problems?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:50:52 -0600
  ...cold last >night, I went out to warm up the van ('87 Vanagon), it started up, >idled and then the coolant light started blinking...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 3 Nov 2012 18:03:21 -0700
  ...www.bobistheoilguy.com/motor-oil-101/> is a great place to start then Google, "When Good Cams Go Bad" for contradicting information. Spend an...
• Fuel pump folly (little Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:21:23 -0700
  ...weather to improve, and that's when the new Vanagon heat valve started leaking. So, the breakdown was fortuitous, since I likely would have...
• Re: Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 5 Nov 2010 13:36:36 -0700
  ...Isn't there when engine cold first started. I just found a low profile oil pan (closes up so can be used as a...