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  • More information -- van in DeLand
    Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
    Sat, 3 Dec 2011 07:12:40 -0500
    ...I called Ron before heading north yesterday. #1 intake valve suck in the valve guide. Ron has head off and will go to machine...
  • Van Parts for sale
    Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
    Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:55:22 -0800
    ...control parts Exhaust system, muffler, mounts Engine cradle Engine support bar Intake runners Injectors Temp 2 sensor Plus many more... Make me an offer...
  • Re: 2.1 L Wasserboxer Rebuild/ New air intake system
    Historical mailing list - Daniel Bey
    Thu, 22 Oct 1998 22:32:25 EDT
    In a message dated 10/22/98 9:10:34 PM, KENWILFY wrote: <<Oil additives are for the birds. Slick50, and the teflon treatments...
  • for sale
    Historical mailing list - Bob Kelly
    Fri, 4 Aug 2000 20:09:47 -0700
    ...Car is in super shape Engine 1.9 TD with the "D" port head modified intake. H.D. clutch and the list goes on...
  • removing slider window catches
    Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
    Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:01:39 -0400
    ...and painted all the door handles/bumper strips/corner gurads/air intakes a nice bumper black, the ugly faded window catches really stand out...
  • Re: can anyone look up a part# on ETKA for me?
    Historical mailing list - jbange
    Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:15:01 -0700
    >i need to know if 025 129 615 B air filter intake hose for '84/'85 vanagon >transporter/truck is still available? local dealer...
  • Re: Sorry about the error on 1.9l intake boot
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
    Mon, 5 Dec 2005 19:35:53 EST
    In a message dated 12/5/2005 12:29:08 PM Pacific Standard Time, THX0001@AOL.COM writes: I see no reason here to...
  • RIGHT REAR CORNER DAMAGE.
    Historical mailing list - Stephen DeMocko
    Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:44:48 -0700
    ...quarters of the way up between the body and the air intake. Is that corner welded on? Will the area have to be unbolted...
  • Re: 2.1L WBX intake plug question
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 1 Aug 2008 01:47:12 -0400
    At 12:56 AM 8/1/2008 -0400, Chris S wrote: >Where does the wire to this plug go? Is it part of the...
  • help. no start after head gaskets replaced
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Chasteen
    Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:00:55 -0800
    ...it also backfires throught the intake when it tries to start. help me please i need to get her back on the road � jonathan...
  • rebuild again? - update, goodbye
    Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
    Fri, 27 Sep 1996 08:46:50 -0400
    ...assuming intake valves are not seating as air can be heard coming out through the intake on the leakdown test, also assuming this is...
  • Re: From rags to westy in a week.
    Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
    Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:57:40 -0700
    ...Since the intake > and exhaust are open only on the ends where they penetrate the wall of the > van, and are otherwise sealed, this...
  • Re: WAS: Starter Motor... Failure: NOW: 50 Circuit Weirdness. ECU Related?
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 15 Dec 2012 23:34:35 -0800
    ...to intake snorkle'. > On 12/15/2012 11:31 AM, neil n wrote: > cable strapping the ICU (on its side) to the intake snorkel...
  • Re: Bent push rod jammed into rocker and damaged valve
    Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
    Fri, 7 Aug 1998 19:09:55 -0700
    ...I found that the >| push rod for the number four cylinder intake valve had come loose and >| jammed in-between the rocker and the...
  • Re: Intake Questions on a '74
    Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
    Mon, 5 Feb 96 12:34:00 gmt
    >Today I was looking at my bus (1974, non-FI) and noticed some weird >things in the airscoops. There seems to be some metal...
  • Re: intake air for cis van
    Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
    Wed, 7 Jul 1999 11:16:50 -0700
    Hi Eric It will sit at a 15 degree angle, I believe thats what David said. It should sit the same as in the...
  • availability of metal cooling lines?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
    Thu, 17 Feb 2000 09:50:55 -0500
    ...Specifically, the metal line with the welded on clamp that bolts to top the intake manifold.....when I get to my repairs I'm...
  • air flow?
    Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
    Sun, 11 Feb 2001 14:48:54 -0500
    ...The one on the passenger side obviously ends up in the air intake system but how about the drivers side? Is there a natural...
  • Re: Air intake elbow
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Tue, 8 Jul 2003 15:20:28 -0400
    TRy this link http://www.westcoastmetric.com/vanagon.php?Section=Engine%20compartment%20rubber%20and%20plastic Greg Marshall wrote: >Hello, > >I'm having trouble tracking...
  • Raising idle?
    Historical mailing list - Matt Faust
    Thu, 4 Mar 2004 16:33:43 -0800
    ...What is the proper way to raise the idle? - I've replaced all vacuum hoses and intake gaskets, so I believe the vacuum is...
  • Re: T-Pipe at the gas intake
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:09:14 -0800
    RE: Overflow Crossover If you are talking about the plastic crossover piece with the little plastic 'Y' shaped fittings at each end, there is...
  • Re: Replacement AFM technology
    Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
    Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:46:19 -0400
    ...The tricky spot > with doing the intake is that unless you tune it just right, you'll get a > nasty loud humming resonance, which...
  • Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
    Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
    Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:52:45 -0400
    ...Is this >> something to do with non-functioning vents? Cold air in winter? Bees/ >> Insects getting in? The cloth in the parts van intake...
  • Vacuum guage
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 13 Oct 1996 10:28:58 -0500
    ...I have read that one of the tools used to analize intake funtion is a vacuum gauge and the book stated that a fluttering...
  • Re: Digifant, barometers, and the AFM
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 1 Nov 1999 14:26:34 -0500
    ...type AFM sensor..."Second, the sensor vane measures volume of air intake, but the engine burns weight, or mass of air. Colder air is...
  • Re: aircooled intake elbow - Speedo Cable
    Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
    Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:01:58 -0700
    ...aircooled intake elbow On 10/5/04 9:37 AM, "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote: >> I am also looking for a good...
  • Re: idle and black tower
    Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
    Sun, 30 Apr 2006 00:45:16 -0400
    ...i re-routed blow-by direct to intake manifold, essentially with a T fitting on the vacuum side of the auxiliary air regulator. engine...
  • Re: air intake boot repair
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Sun, 3 Sep 2006 00:10:39 -0400
    ...Cheers. --- Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Howdy, > > I have made a few attempts at repairing my Air > Intake Elbow Boot (rubber > pipe between...
  • Re: Experiment
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
    Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:54:45 -0500
    ...This would go far to cool the intake charge. We also know that in many forms of drag racing (or all (?), I'm not...
  • Re: Blog post about 85 doka
    Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
    Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:21:28 -0700
    ...Think foot well intake, rear exhaust. > > Wysłane z iPhone'a > > Dnia 26 mar 2015 o godz. 15:32 Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> napisał...
  • Re: Distabator wobble
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 7 Feb 1995 01:59:54 -0400
    ...is going on???? > sticking vacuum advance plus air leaks on the intake side maybe, leading to irregular advance. Bad valves cause vacuum fluctuation also...
  • Re: Let's fix our Dometic refigerators
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 22 May 1999 23:28:13 -0400
    ...Could this be related to not having enough >p Look for spiderwebs in the air intakes -- and don't forget that the yellow flame...
  • VR6 178hp
    Historical mailing list - Klender, Jeffry A.
    Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:12:57 -0500
    ...It is very narrow at the bottom, but wide at the intake manifold. I was thinking of laying it over and trying to fit...
  • Re: 1.8T inline 4 into a vanagon??????
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Fri, 10 May 2002 08:19:21 -0700
    ...however I wonder about his choice of air intake location. Oh, and you'd think he'd host his pictures on something better than...
  • Re: westfalia stove burner
    Historical mailing list - Paul Retherford
    Thu, 29 May 2003 10:27:17 -0500
    ...Blow some compressed air through the intake opening next to the burner dial on front panel. Clean everything and reassemble. If the fridge works...
  • Re: breather hose sensor thingie
    Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
    Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:04:01 -0600
    ...What is this thing? Also, can the intake air temp sensor be > replaced > without replacing the entire air flow meter? Thanks.
  • Re: Help diagnose Cinco
    Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
    Mon, 7 Nov 2005 07:57:34 -0800
    ...TDC, but on on the intake stroke rather than power stroke). The distributor drive runs at 1/2 crank speed, yes?
  • Part number needed..
    Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
    Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:45:42 -0500
    ...The second hose goes from that "heater" to the air intake boot just before the throttle body. Thanks in advance. Ric
  • Re: Some Info & a Question
    Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
    Sat, 13 Jul 2002 18:51:03 -0400
    ...Last night when I changed my > intake manifold gasket, I took off the injectors from the intake > manifold and loosened the manifold a bit...
  • Re: WAS: OBD Reader.... NOW: High and Low Voltage Wires. Problem Solved??
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:49:59 -0700
    ...I'd go for things like intake leaks.. worn valve guides or seals, carbon deposits on the top side of the intake valves .. things...
  • Re: Air Intake Beyond K&N in WBX
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Tue, 25 Jun 2002 14:53:16 -0500
    ...run > some nice large-diameter hose up to the passenger-side intake. > Inside the > mouth of the intake, fashion some kind of funnel which...
  • Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
    Historical mailing list - byron nemela
    Mon, 20 Aug 2007 17:08:35 -0700
    ...I truly appreciate it! Byron --- Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > Neil, > > The main reason for going with a 1.8 head and > intake...
  • Re: Bosch metal fuel filter - made for same or different fuel line diameters?
    Historical mailing list - Karl M.
    Sun, 17 Sep 2000 22:04:53 -0400
    ...The filter's 'intake' line from the tank, however, appears > to be 5/16" while the 'exit' line to the fuel pump is larger...
  • Re: Performance Cams.....to cam or to ratio rocker....that is the question
    Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
    Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:34:41 -0500
    ...Let me make a list of the restrictions muffler baffles, cat converters, exhaust pipe size, intake pipe, throttle body size (The 1.9 intakes...
  • Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 3 Feb 2015 19:52:42 -0800
    ...Seafoam or other intake valve cleaners will make a big difference in a hurry. VW engines are infamous for carboned intake valves - in the...
  • high idle issue after driving for awhile 1.9
    Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
    Fri, 6 Jun 2003 08:35:15 -0700
    ...I brought it to my mechanic (vw phriendly) months ago, and after checking just about everything, he came to the conclusion that my intake...
  • Re: Stalling at stop lights
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:07:37 -0400
    ...Deposits on the back of the intake valves will also cause idle problems due to the carbon absorbing the fuel during cold operation or...
  • Re: Plugging leaks in intake manifold
    Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
    Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:40:54 -0400
    >> Mike, >> >> I believe a good test of the air intake system is to measure the manifold vacuum you are generating. I combed the archives...
  • Re: No idle/odd running.
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Tue, 9 Oct 2007 21:56:29 -0700
    ...All intake rubber is clamped, sealed, > tight. I cannot figure out why Totoro won't idle or stay running. I tried > starting it with...
  • keeping critters out--fastening screen to/in the heater box itself?
    Historical mailing list - Mike South
    Sat, 16 Mar 2013 14:05:24 -0500
    Has anyone put the screening on the heater box itself? I was thinking I could put screen across all the intakes, I guess fasten...
  • Re: long term parking on hills
    Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
    Sun, 27 Jan 2013 11:25:14 -0800
    we watch our intake grilles as much as traffic ahead and to the sides � � =(;D) � � � � � �mike, couldn't resist ________________________________ From: Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@GMAIL...
  • Re: location of vacuum hose????
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 15 May 94 20:08:51 PDT
    ...couldn't find where the other end goes! Somewher near the > intake air manifold/distributor, I think. Regardless, my EGR has been > disconnected from...
  • Cracks in cylinder heads
    Historical mailing list - Walter E. Stephens
    Wed, 8 Jul 1998 16:57:52 -0700
    ...I have have found a crack that runs from the intake valve seat to the exhaust valve seat, in narrow portion. All four cylinders...
  • Re: Air intake "scoops"
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 14 Dec 1999 00:23:19 EST
    i dont imagine these would be hard to make. in high school shop class, we made various objects out of "lexan" plastic, by shaping...
  • Wading depth & a question
    Historical mailing list - Greg Morrison
    Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:37:16 EST
    ...The same Syncro manual also refers to an "intake air preheater valve located on the right behind the maintenance flap" and the need to...
  • Re: grill above ashtray
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 9 Nov 2001 09:33:45 -0600
    ...doesn't > seem to > be an air output, is it an intake? > > thanks, > > greg. > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM...
  • Re: Is it the new T5?
    Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
    Thu, 29 Aug 2002 13:53:16 +0200
    ...It will be to expensive to modify the intake system of the old concepts. I guess the purpose of the test vehicle is to...
  • Cold start problem.....still....
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:40:03 -0400
    ...the only way i can get that van going is by forcing "Brake-Cleaner" into the intake plenium... giving it a boost (old trick...
  • Re: How Deep Can a Vanagon Go
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:59:40 -0800
    ...water, as long as it gets no water in the air-intake. Am I wrong?? m __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
  • Re: '85 fuel probs
    Historical mailing list - Tom Altman
    Mon, 13 Sep 2004 04:34:01 -0500
    ...When it is wet, open the engine bay and see if the rubber intake boot collapses when you rev up the engine. It so...