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• Groovey Pulley (long)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 18:36:56 -0400
  ...Anyway, the Vanagon 1.9 was new, not rebuilt, and complete from exhaust to clutch, from oil pan to intake manifold, including an alternator...
• Re: diesel gas conversion - fourth day
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 5 May 2002 21:19:42 -0700
  ...Now for the cutting to fit the intake manifold, fuel system and electrics. Does anyone have any advice on the best tool to use...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:11:38 -0500
  ...source the engine and acessories (alternator, power steering pump and exhaust manifold) that are necessary for the swap from local auto recyclers. I beleive...
• '57 Deluxe Update!
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 09:45:39 MST
  ...Apparently the problem is finding an intake manifold with the two intake holes. He says the Webber will help the 1776cc out a _lot...
• Re: It continues - Engine RPM Hunting 200-500 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:23:40 -0400
  ...Bad intake valves are worse than vacuum leaks. Compression/leak down! For vacuum leaks inspect the manifolds if any signs of rust. They can...
• engine conversion Tii - from the horses mouth
  Historical mailing list - Peter B
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 16:18:37 -0700
  ...That is the most important to me. - the plugs in the intake manifold are put in at the factory. None have blown out in...
• Replace 1.9 with a 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:11:30 -0800
  ...It came with all the intake manifolds, fuel injectors, fuel lines, fuel pressure regulator, water pump, thermostat housing, all 3 mount harness for alternator...
• Re: HELP- Oil light blinking
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 14:26:43 -0800
  ...The brown wire runs along the engine by the waterpump and below the intake manifold. Check that wire as well and that the connection...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 14:44:28 -0700
  ...Evenutally enough is in manifold for engine to start. That excess > air > is allowing for the high engine revs. After that fuel burns, since...
• Re: 89 Syncro Westy - Finally running right - Thank you
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:20:34 -0700
  ...the Vanagon Syndrome capacitor soldered into the AFM plug) 6.     Air intake boot – swap - sucks plenty of air just fine 7.     Throttle body cleaning...
• Re: Update on stalling '87
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 5 Jul 2007 13:28:32 -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: vanagon golf engine conversion problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 19:41:55 -0800
  ...new one), all the grounds, vacuum lines, any connections to the intake manifold and airflow sensor, cold start system, coil, rotor, cap, various electrical...
• Re: Fuel pressure regulator/hesitation off idle
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Wed, 4 Jun 2014 07:47:56 -0500
  ...I look >> around >> and push it back on a nipple on the bottom of the intake manifold. Almost >> immediately I notice the car hesitates...
• RE: M.I.C...K.E.Y....
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 16:18:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...All of >these seem symptomatic of bleeding threads (Animal drivers, >Diesel, Manifold Destiny, FFFRIDAY, etc.). Horrors! Fifty lashes for each of us. >As for...
• Re: Diesel advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Eren Berberoglu
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 03:54:53 PST
  ...some hoses to install the intercooler between the turbo and the intake manifold , when U install that the boost pressure drops than U have...
• Re: Has anyone saved a burnt engine?
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:38:16 -0800
  ...K > >1982 Westfalia > > > > > > > >The alternator, AC comp, PS pump, airbox/afm, intake manifolds, >injctors >/fuel rails, everything above the case was toasted. >But no...
• Re: Low compression, more test results
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 07:56:16 -0700
  ...22% leak down on #1, could hear leakage all three places, but > exhaust and intake were louder than the dipstick, with the exhaust being...
• Re: Cool modified DOKA and BRM
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:06:06 -0700
  ...ll use 4 cylinder subaru injection, we'll weld up an intake manifold, and we'll put 4 injectors in a central location ....... a...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 16:23:10 -0400
  ...Mis-firing > > Look for the massive vacuum leak such as a cracked or disconected intake > boot or the hose connection for the brake booster...
• Re: fun road trip for free parts
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Sun, 07 Jul 1996 12:09:52 -0400
  ...which it will now have, and Dan's bug gets an intake manifold. > > Other potentially useful stuff was some beetle turn signals, knobs, and...
• Re: Not quite a backfire . . .
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:13:48 -0700
  ...And that these mild coughs I heard when one cylinder's worth of fuel popped mildly a few times in the exhaust manifold is...
• Re: Unreal oil consumption on diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 02:39:27 UT
  ...The oil would flow up the vent and fill the intake manifold. Sometimes to the point that the could would not slow down when...
• Re: TD/TDI noise?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:03:13 -0800
  ...Awesome engines--just clean out the >> intake manifold, or better yet, trick the 'puter into defeating the EGR >> >> On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 20:49:50 -0700
  ...I had my Syncro since > new and had them do that tightening. > Getting the intake manifolds out of the way to get to those...
• Web Cam update After market cams for the 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 20:06:01 -0500
  ...Let me translate The engine at Idle might load up with one of these cams and run rich or the intake manifold vacuum signal...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:29:16 -0800
  ...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: mystery parts again
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:07:14 -0700
  ...shaft that comes up vertically from the butterfly flap in the > intake manifold (that silvery spider-looking arrangement, with 'legs' > that go to each...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:13:49 -0500
  ...If you can only lift about 21 inches, take off the alternator, intake manifold and the thermostat housing. This is WITH a furniture dolly...
• Engine Replacement or Gasket Fix?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:24:28 -0400
  ...This engine also fits 83-85 Vanagon waterboxers with a small modification to the center intake manifold plenum (ask for product circular)... Comes with...
• RE: gassy oil
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 03 May 1996 09:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...conceivably have a smallish river flowing from the carb, down the intake manifold, into the cylinders, past the rings, and into the case. It...
• Re: Dometic Exhaust O Ring
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 2 Aug 2009 09:49:22 -0700
  ...neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > Hi all. > In refitting the exhaust/intake manifold on my 182B, the exhaust O ring > broke. Likely I should...
• VW bits & Engine for sale ('79 2L, FI)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 1996 08:38:15 -0400
  ...The engine is complete from intake manifolds to heater boxes (no FI gear, no muffler). I am asking $600.00, but will listen to...
• Subaru transplant versus Ratio rockers and wasserboxer upgrades
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:46:15 -0800
  ...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: Idle issues...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:42:23 -0700
  ...kinds of 'weird' and I found about a dozen intake leaks in the intake manifold area. Made a huge difference fixing those. the 'adapter...
• Re: Seeing Red
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 7 Jul 2020 12:12:14 -0700
  ...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: Alternator hum or whine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:32:21 -0700
  ...Turned out to be a vacuum whistle from the intake manifold behind > the alternator. A quarter of a turn on the big bolt fixed...
• Re: Intermittent smoking and rough running.. Inline 4 conversion engine, long..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:43:43 -0400
  ...overfilled cuasing excess carry over through the breather system into the intake manifold. Excessive piston blow by can also cause this. Dennis >From: John...
• Re: Superchargers?
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:41:45 -0400
  ...Sure, you need an exhaust manifold > and > exhaust plumbing- throw in another $200. > Either way you need an intercooler, intake piping and management. > > A...
• Re: rear hatch won't open
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 23:39:32 -0600
  ...The piping from the turbo to the intercooler and to > the intake > manifold will be aluminium and I will reuse the rubber bits that...
• Head Gaskets: A Rite of Passage : A Prayer
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Sat, 16 Feb 2002 07:30:52 -0500
  ...Rust is front and center on our stage! A real star! After almost two hours, the intake and exhaust manifolds are off and I...
• Re: LVC: Cutting Metal (sheet, plate, box, tube)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 2 May 2014 11:51:35 -1000
  ...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: mice and chewed wiring?
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 20:16:51 -0400
  ...nesting materials to completely plug the air intake system. Dragged them all the way into the manifold. Hell of a job to clean out...
• Re: Breather for 1.9 Diesel connversion question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 21:05:28 -0700
  ...happens is they usually dump fuel into the very hot exhaust manifold to create a back fire when the clutch is in - thus keeping...
• Re: A question for those smarter than me about Fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:49:20 -0800
  ...it's a 'calibrated restriction' at the end of the fuel rail on the engine, that also varies a little by intake manifold vacuum...
• Re: VW Inline 4 motor 'revise and re-install' update, (long)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:35:13 -0700
  ...spdexhaust.com/ > The Jetta III head has a dual outlet exhaust manifold that is said to > deliver significantly better power than the single outlet...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:38:23 -0400
  ...you can only lift about 21 inches, take off the alternator, intake > manifold and the thermostat housing. > > This is WITH a furniture dolly underneath...
• Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:51:37 -0400
  ...This engine also fits 83-85 Vanagon waterboxers with a small modification to the center intake manifold plenum (ask for product circular)... Comes with...
• Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dana Showers
  Sat, 10 Sep 2005 13:08:08 -0400
  ...an NA diesel with a fancy airpump tacked onto the intake and exhaust manifolds. Good for reducing emissions, but does nothing to enhance powah...
• Re: Cold Idle Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sat, 9 Sep 2017 14:54:41 -0400
  ...After an engine is started the > combustion chambers warm up real fast along with the intake manifold near > the head and fuel can vaporize...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 12:09:20 -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: [VW gas I4 Conversions] The Charcoal cannister, Digifant EFI..if it leaks, what?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Apr 2011 11:57:12 -0700
  ...and when the engine is started, the fumes are sucked into the intake manifold and burned in the engine. usually you never think or...
• Re: F/Friday: New Vanagon Engine Idea: JB Weld Block & Heads
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 09:57:34 -0500
  After 11 years of ownership of an MG Midget I can endorse JB weld for intake manifold repairs, plastic parts repairs, casting your own...
• '66 progress, timing question
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 10:27:10 -0700
  ...I have my doghouse fan shroud, the center section of my intake manifold, and my heat exchangers getting hot tanked today. I have a...
• Re: Radiator Fan runs constantly 84 vanagon camper
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:59:13 -0700
  ...performed some TLC on it, replaced the intake manifold boot, and did an oil change about 1,000 miles back. This morning in the...
• Re: Now it starts: racing idle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:17:26 -1000
  ...Try disconnecting the Air Idle Valve or whatever you want to call it, on top of the intake manifold area .. that is often the...
• Re: Low compression, more test results
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 20:05:29 -0400
  ...22% leak down on #1, could hear leakage all three places, but >> exhaust and intake were louder than the dipstick, with the exhaust being...
• Re: Tiico Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 21:58:10 -0700
  ...I gave CARB to part # for the intake manifold and the referee looks at the casting number, they are not the same. This is...
• Re: Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:20:01 -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: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:58:32 -0700
  ...Try plugging the vacuum line near/at where it comes off the intake manifold if you want to eliminate it as the source of...
• Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 08:53:49 -0500
  ...22% leak down on #1, could hear leakage all three places, but > exhaust and intake were louder than the dipstick, with the exhaust being...