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• Re: Miss at idle?
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 13 May 2016 14:07:39 -0700
  ...Intake valve issues are very > common. You can discount the O2 sensor and with the engine running ground > the sensor input lead briefly. This...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Mod Update
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:48:49 -0700
  ...blew out intake/exhaust/drain tubes, added check >> valve >> to pump, reamed out pump outlet, added extra pump inlet hole, wrapped >> intake and exhaust...
• Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 08:38:33 -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: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:39:59 -0700
  ...I can of course change the valve timing by adjusting the valve pulley. I didn't loosen it now assuming I would get the...
• Re: diesel-gas conversion problems solved! (mostly)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:48:05 -0800
  ...Residual pressure will be none as there is no check valve - never seemed to be a problem for me as when you turn the...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 19:49:07 -0500
  ...the pistons are pulling against a vacuum in > > >the intake tract. The big air valve in the throttle body provides the > seal > > >when pressure...
• Re: Fuel econmy and VW Camper Family
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Nov 2012 22:27:28 -0500
  ...Burned valves, intake and exhaust and missing EGR components take away from performance and can cause issues. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: what to do when you have the fridge out?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:43:02 -0500
  ...the intake and exhaust tubes. 6. Though I can't say for certain, I seem to remember that when installing the check valve update...
• Re: A3 engine in Westie, Engine is in!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:25:08 -0700
  ...Would it hurt to have a welded steel tube intake manifold? It >doesn't carry fuel so I figure it shouldn't make much...
• Re: vanagon 1.9l diesel oil blow by in air filter issue?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:26:44 -0800
  The newer in line 4s have a baffle under the valve cover to prevent the oil from reaching the oil breather tube is that...
• RE: VW-71 BUS-CHECKING FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD VACCUM LEAKS
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 09 Oct 1995 09:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...At least, my 30PICT-3 did. >5) What is that little round connector on the vacuum line? A one-way valve, that lets the...
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:30:42 -0700
  ...The button opens a valve in the propane line. This button/valve has a small return spring that wants to turn the gas back...
• Re: <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:06:38 -0500
  ...Whooopie!! I > don't know why there was > little compression in number 1, and why it was > sucking through the exhaust > on intake, but...
• 84 1.9 lifter collapse & CA smog - HC's issue (sorry it's so long)
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Anthony
  Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:19:50 -0700
  ...So I pulled the valve cover off and sure enough the intake valve on #1 had a huge amount of play. (I suspect this...
• Re: resealing heads: now another questions...
  Historical mailing list - benoit
  Sat, 24 Dec 2005 09:56:19 -0500
  ...in the valves intake or exhaust portion of the head, at the same time, you can have a look at the valves, seat, guide...
• Re: Intake Questions on a '74
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 04 Feb 1996 17:42:26 -0600 (CST)
  ...When the engine is running, the > combination of engine vacuum,(that valve on the air cleaner), and the cooling > fan, send these vapors into...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture) A new angle...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 07:46:59 EST
  ...SImply put, it is a non-moving fan blade > that you put in your air intake plenum. As the air passes though it ( with...
• Re: How long does it take your Vanagon to warm up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2005 21:23:17 -0400
  Another cause is poor injector spray pattern and deposits on the back of the intake valves. The deposits absorb some of the fuel causing...
• Re: HELP in Riverton, WY - Engine Flooding
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 03:42:16 +0000
  ...up >> the intake to let it air out. His first guesses would be coolant temp >> sensor, AFM, and cold start valve. I replaced temp...
• CA smog situation 84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Anthony
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:06:52 -0700
  ...Possibly an ignition issue but I'm more suspecting a small intake leak or sticky or bad valve. I do have a misbehaving lifter...
• Re: FrontFire?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Sun, 21 May 2006 19:29:49 -0700
  ...possible something is seriously wrong with the engine (sticking/ > broken/misadjusted intake valve) and take it back to the shop that > did the rebuild...
• Re: Cold Start Chug and Warm Stumbling
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Thu, 22 Feb 2001 17:09:32 EST
  ...or the ISU maybe the Warm Air Valve (squeeze the fat braided hose going into the intake boot with a pair of plyers when...
• Re: Spark Plug Failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 21:01:17 -0400
  ...Carbon build up on intake valves can also cause mixture imbalance. Good luck, Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: Won't start cold
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:34:37 -0400
  Could also be the air bypass under the afm intake area, Hard to get to. Also has elec contact make sure it works. My...
• Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:27:52 -0800
  ...The intake from the stock Vanagon air cleaner is made from large aluminum sprinkler pipe, but it works fine and the whole beastie has...
• Re: quick and dirty head swap
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 22 May 2013 07:49:59 -0700
  ...gasket between throttle body and intake plenum is NLA up here. Looks like a job for some sealant. - valve adjusters - the threaded feet on...
• Re: RECIPE FOR PERFORMANCE
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sat, 10 Jul 1999 11:22:55 -0400
  ...It worked fine. > > > > Get a set of AMC heads from AVP and trade your old in for price > reduction. > > USE GERMAN VALVES NOT THE...
• Inline gas VW Jetta motor swap. Progress, update.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:10:51 -0700
  ...60k of my own miles since I bought this van, already converted) It was a '92 1.8liter, 8-valve, gas Cabriolet/Golf/Jetta...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 19:15:35 -0800
  ...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: Westy Gutless Until Warmed Up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 08:09:42 -0400
  ...delivery-spray patterns, excessive carbon deposits > especially behind the intake valves or leaking valves, or an engine > with compression problems leave their indications during...
• '78 Correct oil pressures?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 6 Sep 95 0:46:08 EDT
  ...Power is still off as well, but Techron concentrated valve cleaner seems to have equalized compression, It's now at #1-120, #2-140...
• Re: Low compression, more test results
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 08:35:58 -0700
  The lash caps were added, so I was told (and from what I remember) because there was not sufficient turn in the valve adjuster...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:30:18 -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...
• Plug fouling & gas in oil problem....
  Historical mailing list - Alan Cady
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:03:00 -0800
  ...Fuel Injection Control Unit Intake Air Sensor Auxiliry Air Regulator Full Throttle Enrichment Unit Residual Fuel Pressure Unit Throttel Valve Switch Vacume Regulator I...
• Re: Vacuum System Parts on 1.9 - "Y's" and Constrictors...
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 17 Oct 2014 12:08:04 -1000
  ...vacuum leaks ..I have found up to 10 very tiny vacuum leaks at the plenum and intake runner connectors and gaskets .. that one for...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:44:28 -0700
  Keep in mind that Cold Start Valves are on Air Cooled Vanagons, not on Wasserboxer models. Dunno why they discontinued them when they went...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:10:49 -0600
  ...Just removing the spark plugs and doing this should only take about 15 minutes and I'm betting on a dropped valve seat. This...
• Re: Cool modified DOKA
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:10:07 -0700
  ...The SVX subaru engine - opposed 6 ......right on the plastic engine cover it says "H6 24 valve" . Personally, I like 'horizontally oppossed' over "H...
• Re: model 235
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 08:38:23 -0700 (PDT)
  ...valve covers (only if you use "bastard" heads) 28PCI carb. (manual chock) intake manifold (only if you use "bastard heads) distributor. VJR 4 BR25...
• Re: Westy sink water pump
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Sat, 17 Jul 2004 09:06:32 -0500
  ...The ball valve on my faucet was jammed closed so the pump would work but no water would come out. New faucet solved that...
• Re: Tips on replacing Temp 2 sensor The easy way!
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 19:02:35 -0500
  ...Since the #1 intake runner was getting > warm I started there. I removed the rocker cover and there was the intake > valve spring lying...
• New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 10:12:19 -0700
  ...And I have a spare 2.1 block, with heads that have inter valve cracks. And I have a 2.2 legacy in driveway...
• Re: Small Changes to the WBX that add up to a REAL HORSE POWER INCREASE...
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 13:34:31 -0500
  ...porting intake and exhaust adds 1 or 2 > Ceramic coatings adds 2 or 3 HP (probably more...) > Increasing air flow around valves. > Adding 95...
• Re: vanagon 1.9l diesel oil blow by in air filter issue?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:36:38 -0500
  ...So, then I took it into a shop and had them look it over, they said that maybe it need the valve and cam...
• Complete I4 engine conversion kit for sale!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 22:01:59 -0700
  ...with injectors and fuel lines, intake and exhaust manifolds, 2 into 1 downpipe, cruise control linkage with vacuum pot, sensors, extra injectors and wire...
• Re: 81 won't start in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:29:16 -0600
  ...didn't start. > > There is fuel coming from the little test valve. We can smell gas and the spark plugs are wet after we...
• Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:49:48 -0800
  ...So at 950 rpm at 185 degrees F (or whatever) the voltage from > the AFM, the O2 sensor, the Temp II, the intake air...
• Re: No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 25 Apr 2020 18:47:29 -0600
  ...Normal blow by from the rings usually don’t have much O2 but a piston-ring problem or bad or sticking intake valve can...
• Re: Gas - Cheap vs Expensive
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 May 2015 15:49:59 -0400
  ...The carbon build up and stuff that is often referred to with fuel injected engines comes from the fuel vaporizing behind the intake valve...
• Re: High idle
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 23 Apr 2016 09:09:54 -0700
  ...High idle Well I unplugged the Idle control valve and my rpms dropped to about 900, and I've been able to drive without...
• Re: Valve cover oil leak..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:52:19 -0600
  ...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: Van questions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Apr 1994 08:35:04 EDT
  ...valve settings for those cylinders (mabye already done), especially after removing the rockers. Air hissing is also a symptom of a loose intake manifold...
• Re: CA smog situation 84 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:38:16 -0700
  ...Possibly an ignition issue but I'm more > suspecting a small intake leak or sticky or bad valve. I do have a > misbehaving lifter...
• [Fwd: Re: Wind]
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Oct 1999 13:19:00 -0500
  ...The head is in fair shape, that is, the chambers are fine with no pitting; the valves look fine; the face isn't too...
• Re: It continues - Engine RPM Hunting 200-500 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Oct 2010 18:32:46 -0700
  ...intake leaks, intake leaks....can't have any, anywhere. Spray around with carb cleaner ( engine running ) looking for idle to change or be affected...
• Re: ThreadJack: MY Rebuilt Engine is another saga...
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:57:04 -0500
  ...One thing that rebuilders do sometimes to gain efficiency is replace the valves with bigger valves, this can allow the system to breath more...
• Re: problems with "ping" noise regardless of timing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:30:05 -0600
  ...Wiped off spark plugs > (they were black (dry black) from the seafoam I think), > > The intake valve on # 2 took twice as many turns...
• 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...
• Followup: sucking gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:31:03 -0500
  ...The other is the air intake system. The check valve allows air to flow through it, but only when a vacuum is applied to...
• Re: Throttle Switch Thrombosis
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:26:37 CST6CDT
  ...also, there is a convienient connector ontop the #4 intake manifold that you could put a continuity tester on to check this. they do...