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• Re: Read carefully (fuel hose)
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:53:25 -0700
  ...fuel line you use. Only > use the high pressure version (we sell it). It is rated at 900 psi > (kinda overkill since the system...
• Re: purchase advice sought
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:36:14 -0500
  ...The Digijet is a simpler fuel injection system with an air >flow meter design that has been reliable for me, absolutely no problems >with...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:51:03 -0400
  >There's a sticker beside my fuel cap than says minimum octane to put into >the tank is 91. I think its time for...
• 87 automatic- acceleration off idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:07:46 -0800
  ...I could walk you through it or you can look at related posts on adjusting the fuel injection system. The first check is to...
• Re: V'gon been sittin...Want to start her up again...recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Ben S
  Fri, 5 Aug 2005 11:18:34 -0700
  ...this procedure is documented in bently under fuel injection system tests in the section regarding flow volume testing of the fuel pump. Ben.
• Re: Recalls
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 00:12:15 -0400
  ...presume >> the AC was "done" because the whole system was replaced in fall, 2006. I'm >> wondering about the fuel line recall. >> >> Thanks. >> Patti
• Re: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 21:34:37 -0400
  ...Yes, the newer sequential timed injection systems are both more fuel efficient and have lower emissions, and as a bonus, higher power output! Mike...
• Re: Fuel additives...
  Historical mailing list - Victor Montgomery
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 08:47:52 EST
  ...smog regulations, so who cares?? Not only do we clean our fuel systems, but always put the van upwind from the house and barn...
• Re: 87 SynroGL-No start
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:42:38 -0400
  ...They were closing up, but > from > my description he said it could be the Pre-pump in the fuel system . > Do our > vans have...
• Re: '88 Westy Bucking / Stalling - Link to GoWesty Noisy Fuel Pump write-up
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Tue, 25 Aug 2020 12:43:50 -0400
  ...educational about the Vanagon Fuel Systems. Thanks to GoWesty for publishing this!!! https://www.gowesty.com/tech-article-details.php?id=115 Jack -----Original...
• Re: Use Fuel Pressure Tester to Test Cooling System Pressure? (engine running)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 21 May 2017 16:53:54 -0400
  ...tire pressure gauge around but.... > > Can a fuel pressure gauge be used to test the cooling system pressure > with vehicle running? > > Does the gauge...
• Re: 2.0L swap from Air-cooled Vanagon to '73 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 20:52:35 -0700
  > would like to install 2.0L engine complete with F/I system from the >Vanagon into my '73 (I Like Fuel Injection<<G>>), but...
• Re: VW Vanagon ProTraining Fuel systems Type 2 Book on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sat, 27 May 2000 15:51:12 -0400
  ...00 9:04 AM >List, I have a VW Vanagon ProTraining Fuel systems Type 2 Book on Ebay for >bid. Low reserve! This is...
• Re: Changing fuel injection temp sensor
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 11 Jul 2003 12:40:19 -0700
  ...If you are really fast at this you still have to purge the system. If you pre-clamp the hoses all around it will...
• Fix tank expansion system without a complete rework?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:00:20 -0800
  Can one access the expansion tanks for the main fuel tank without removing the whole thing? If there's a halfway measure I could...
• Re: fuel type for bus...
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 15:39:43 -0400 (EDT)
  ...time computer > eggheads ? any suggestions ?? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ Having a job requiring to be on a computer system all day helps. ;-) Jonathan jdove@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu
• 2268cc engine wasserboxer engine 80 stroke and 95mm bore, smog legal and 9.3 to 1 compression and 120HP
  Historical mailing list - Bergin, Richard
  Sun, 18 May 2003 17:29:23 -0700
  GoWesty is advertising these, I wonder who makes them, if they work with existing electronics and fuel systems. Anybody heard of these or have...
• Re: Update on Waterboxer vs Transplant Power Options
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 21:27:19 -0800
  ...fuel > efficiency based on experiments I did over our latest 3000 mile adventure on > the US Interstate system. But to summarize, the actual fuel...
• Re: more Q's on the TDI
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 11:48:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...the fuel system > must be bled (sp?) out of it, just like a brake system, some cars > have a handpump on the fuel filter...
• Fast idle and stumble
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:22:59 -0400
  ...Reporting back still not solved running issue on 2.3 with 1.9 fuel management. Many steps still not done as friends are busy...
• Re: Fryday: '85GL Pay it Forward Update
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 5 Sep 2008 19:46:31 -0700
  ...tank installed and got the fuel system put back together (still > have to replace all of the fuel lines). Just for kicks we threw...
• Re: reccomendation for fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 22 Jul 2005 14:56:43 -0500
  ...reccomendation for fuel pressure gauge i am about to finish with my fuel delivery system overhaul. i installed new hoses all around and sent...
• Re: engine crank but no start
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 27 Sep 2018 12:48:30 -0700
  ...One wire carries all of the electricity used by the fuel injection system. The other wire comes from the starter motor circuit 50 to...
• Extra fueltank
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 5 May 2000 10:35:18 +1200
  ...No hope of getting a used Syncro tank here in New Zealand! Need to fit an extra fuelgauge and also, and a valve system...
• Re: Redux on the Gas Return line bypass
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 May 2010 16:07:24 -0700
  ...other than the fuel tank ???? why ? Stock system is basically flawless. There are advantages to returning fuel to the fuel tank. I don't...
• Re: replacing brake lines
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 11:49:00 -0400
  ...fuel line stuck on the bleeder valve, as i can aim it into a container, rather than it dribbleing everywhere. Flushing the system is...
• Re: Idle goes to 1,800 in Park
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:46:43 -0700
  ...Idle goes to 1,800 in Park >> >> Does it have the full 'full' 2.1 fuel injection system ? >> or does it still use 1...
• RE: Fuel Injector Cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 8 Mar 1997 01:41:19 -0600 (CST)
  ...have >never had any work done on any of my fuel injection systems. >--- On Fri, 7 Mar 1997 12:35:46 -0600 Kelly Bauman...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:29:27 -0500
  ...use electric fuel pumps and fuel injection so you need some electrons anyway. If you want to ditch the ignition system, buy a diesel...
• Re: New fuel line disintegrates
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sun, 2 Nov 2008 10:31:24 -0500
  ...that is disappointing. > Times and fuels have changed and we must make changes in our selection > of fuel system components to keep our buses...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 09:01:47 -0800
  ...also using their new proprietary fuel injection system on them. They are not yet offering that new FI system so pricing isn't certain...
• Re: '82 Westy Diesel Intro + Injector / Timing Belt / GeneralQuestions
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:40:49 -0700
  ...The rubber in the return line end plug breaks down and eventually leaks fuel everywhere. ======================== Shawn Wright Computer Systems Manager Shawnigan Lake School http...
• Re: NEW - SERIOUS FUEL PROBLEM - I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:45:56 -0400
  ...system in >general keeps filling up with fuel and then - I am back where I started. I >did nothing to the electrical system and...
• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:49:07 -0800
  ...I haven't confirmed where the fuel filter is yet nor what type of fuel injection system was installed in the conversion. I'll...
• Re: No injector pulse 81 AFC vanagon
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:17:10 -0500
  You are sure it isnt the ignition system? Did you hook up a fuel pressure gauge during the testing, this would verify fuel is...
• Re: Bluestar =?windows-1252?Q?project=85no_start_yet?=
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 May 2013 14:32:12 -0700
  ...Fuel that flows is clean. > > I have run the pump to pressurize the system. I see no fuel on the return side of the...
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 17 May 2020 11:43:14 -0600
  Patrick The Relay that resides Beside the FuelPump Relay in the BlackBox is the ECU Power Relay not the ICU Relay ~ There is no...
• Re: Hot Starting (a) vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 09 Aug 94 21:02:12 CDT
  ...electrical (ie coil) or the FI system (lack of fuel)? Thanks in Advance -DC change the fuel filter. do it anyway. also check all...
• Re: fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 15:22:59 -0800
  I've always carefully removed the injectors as a pair and the carefully sliced the old fuel hose off the injector barb, by getting...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:34:42 +0000
  ...3 wire ISV like the Golf/Jetta Digifant fuel system? > > >The only Vanagon Digifant fuel system I've ever > > >seen has a 2 wire...
• Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP-water in fuel
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:37:51 -0600
  ...wrote: > Mark, > > Your troubleshooting seems you can rule out the mechanical fuel system > including water in the gas or diesel in the tank. What...
• Re: 83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 07:49:44 -0700
  Lisa, The buzz you hear is your fuel pump turning on and pressurizing the FI system. I'd check the fuel pump relays. Karl...
• Re: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:57:13 -0500
  ...If they are off, then the ECU will go to "Rich" for the fuel injection. I don't know where to tell you to...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:00:26 -0800
  ...I don't think there'd be much fuel economy penalty if such a system were to work. I don't think it would...
• Re: UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:11:23 -0600
  ...Just completed 1700 trouble free (till now) miles on new fuel injectors, fuel lines, plug wires, plugs, cap and rotor. Fuel filter has about...
• Re: permanent fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 18:58:05 -0500
  ...In general, the fuel system will work or it doesn't. When it fails, it is usually sudden and you will still have to...
• Re: Always Look Under a Bus!
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Thu, 30 Sep 2010 09:31:37 -0400
  ...Hardly ever disassemble the fuel system. Pete '79 Westy "Aardvark" '87 Westy "JoesVan" WWW.Busesbythebeach.com On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 8:45...
• Re: SERIOUS FUEL PROBLEM - I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:48:22 -0500
  Vanagon fuel tanks always hold about 1.5 gallons of gas that you can't get to or drain out the fuel discharge line...
• Re: buzzing fuel pump - additional info
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:04:48 -0800
  Yes, they can do up to 125 PSI, but the fuel pressure regulator in the Vanagon "bleeds" off the pressure to the 50 or...
• Spare Parts List - Input
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 06:57:30 -0700
  ...ECU, Plug Wires, Oil/Water/Fuel Pumps - New CV's - New Exhaust System Current Parts List - Alternator - Fuel Pump - Water Pump - ECU - O2 Sensor...
• Mythbusters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 14 May 2006 23:24:32 -0500
  ...Said to better atomize fuel and thus get a better burn on the fuel and thereby increase gas mileage. Fraud! Abolutely didn't work...
• Re: Halon Extinguishers, etc.
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 14:25:16 -0800
  ...the fuel pump continues to feed > >the fire. > > So a something would have to be worked so that when the Auto system > discharges it...
• Re: Rough Idle / motor mounts
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:27:07 -0700
  ...I've found that it sometimes helps to run a bottle of Techron or other fuel injection cleaner through the system. This doesn't...
• Re: CA 81-83 air cooled Fuel Injection & Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:51:19 -0400
  ...CA 81-83 air cooled Fuel Injection & Ignition System > Not a matter of having to, but wanting to try to get better mileage (if...
• Re: Firewall fuel fitting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:01:41 -0500
  ...You just use a length of fuel hose long enough to reach to the proper place on the fuel distribution system on the engine...
• Re: 30-50 challenge
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:27:14 -0400
  ...K&N air filter, stainless steel exhaust system Trans: 4 speed manual Trans mods: stock Fuel tank: 1/2 full Tires: Michelin Hydroedge 215...
• Re: gas prices- a canadian perspective
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Sun, 6 Mar 2005 21:29:10 -0800
  ...Raise the CR, or run boost, reduce coolant system related parasitic losses. There are ways to mitigate the lower fuel mileage. Besides the down...
• Re: Locked fuel Pump - how to free up?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:28:29 -0400
  ...cleaner; that product is designed to help remove deposits from your fuel system. Fill inlet end of the pump with solvent, then flip it...
• Fire Suppression Solutions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:58:12 -0500
  ...Tied to this system would be a fuel shut off of some type- automatic or manual. This entire thing could be automated, if one...
• Re: [vanagon] New found AC Refrigerant
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 00:33:24 -0700
  ...Many A/C systems have been charged with Butane / LP Fuels when Freon became a Gold product. The butane / propane / other LP fuels have...