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• Re: Beat the heat portable AC unit for vanagon $77 bucks
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 18:12:16 -0400
  ...110vt 530 watts. $77 BUCKS! > > > It was running and the ice cold air sure felt good. I lifted it up > to see how heavy...
• Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
  Mon, 17 May 2021 11:44:45 -0600
  ...How would this manifest in a compression test? Hot/cold engine? > > Think of stuck EGR valves on other vehicles. This combination can give > faulty...
• Re: idle surge diagnosis?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 18:15:36 EDT
  ...Make a mark on it so you know where you started in case you want to set it back. The Air Bypass Valve is...
• Re: Coolant Leak INSIDE my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:46:42 -0700
  ...The leak it turned out is not the heater core but rather the valve. Check the valve assembly. The little plastic level and stem...
• Re: High idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:22:13 -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: air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 9 Jan 2008 13:01:19 -0800
  ...temp gauge about 1 mnute after start up. Idels about 1100 rpm right now, but still cold. hanks, Michael 2.1 91GL 'Gringo' Scott...
• thermostat soup too
  Historical mailing list - Warner, Jeff (DSIO)
  Fri, 14 May 2004 12:17:04 -0400
  ...Three years ago our '87 GL started overheating. I noticed that the distribution valve was cracked and leaking so I parked it because we...
• Great info: Vanagon head leaks and Fuel injection problems
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 17:44:43 -0700
  ...When it gets wet and fails your idle will bounce erratically, may refuse to start cold or run hot, may idle at 1800-2500...
• Re: lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 13 May 2004 11:29:49 -0700
  ...If you still have the clattering on startup after all that, then you have problems in the valve train and the cold valve clearance...
• FS: 85 GL Westy, $7000 Rebuilt engine and trans.
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 17:03:30 -0700
  ...5k mi on rebuilt 2.1 l (Yes I upgraded from the 1.9 l), 5k mi on new water pump, starter, belts and...
• Re: lifter question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Tue, 27 May 2008 20:43:29 -0700
  ...noise after the engine is up to temp, but not at cold > start" > > I responded with oil questions, 20/50 and a VW filter...
• Re: Help! '87 Westy won't start...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:56:15 -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: air cooled still flooding
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 11:43:19 -0800
  ...Van Till <rvantill@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Did you check that the cold start (fifth) injector isn't leaking? > > > On Jan 5, 2008, at 12...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 3 Sep 2012 (#2012-132)
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 07:51:02 -0700
  ...Cold start is not a problem. No problems at all. If I = drive about 20 miles and go in a store, when I return...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 19:11:36 -0800
  ...That is why there are winter fuel blends and we >> need enrichment to get cold engines started. If the CO is in limits, the...
• tune up
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 14 Jun 97 14:00:27 CDT
  ...3000 miles: - adjust valves (cold engine) <yours has hydraulic lifters so you do NOT need do do this> - check fan belt tension. - check timing...
• Re: I am scared of my Dometic 182B on LP mode
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 11:14:18 -0400
  ...It staid cold for a few hours and I shut it down. It did start back this morning easily without the fridge being primed...
• Re: Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 11:10:10 -0700
  Spoken as a true Tribiologist ! Oil pressure relief valve is supposed to bleed off excess oil pressure cold of course. ( or any time it...
• Re: Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:47:53 -0700
  ...you warm it up for the test, every time you start from > cold you're going to be gushing for a bit till light...
• Re: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:35:30 -0400
  ...warmed-up, cold, doesn't matter? Counting number of strokes -- is that the number of wuh-wuh-wuh sounds the starter makes? -- Mike "Rocket...
• Re: 1.9L-still no cold idle-looking for ideas-long
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 00:58:38 -0500
  ...Some stuff I did: - replaced auxiliary air regulator (helped at first, then problem recurred) - adjusted valves (kind of helped, but problem still occurred) - replaced...
• RE:'87 High/wandering Idle-a solution???
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 7 Mar 1997 01:47:03 -0600 (CST)
  ...Dead cold morning start: starts and idles fine until as long as you >>don't touch accelerator pedal. >> >>2. As soon as you start...
• last call before classifieds-87 Wolfsburg NY
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Wed, 9 May 2001 12:49:26 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: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 16:34:08 -0800
  ...the time it >> takes for the temp gauge to start moving from the cold pin (Mrs >> Elliott's Subaru comes up a lot sooner...
• New head replacement, bad gas mileage...
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lee
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:30:20 -0700
  ...The vanagon start well, idling fine and smooth. I smell a little gas when start cold for a short ride but did not find...
• Re: Refrigerator gasket and flame goes out remedies
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Tue, 7 Aug 2012 07:40:02 -0700
  ...that isn't cold yet.� Because the temp hasn't reached a cold enough point where the flame will start cycling down.� Just leave...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 21:47:56 -0800
  ...On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:35 PM, alfred bagdan <abagdan@shaw.ca> wrote: > If you have the rear heater valve open, most...
• Re: Powerwashing FAIL
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 12:34:48 -0500
  ...puzzles me though is why I can get it to start from cold with a >>> little >>> throttle. I then have to hold it at...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 9 Dec 2001 17:28:44 -0500
  ...But getting water out of the radiator >bleeder doesn't mean that you have flushed the radiator. > >The radiator loop starts at the coolant...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 22:54:39 -0500
  ...That is why there are winter fuel blends and we >> need enrichment to get cold engines started. If the CO is in limits, the...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:39:58 -0600
  ...I suppose it make sense, it actually does seem to run good for several more minutes if its started cold...? > >> On Fri, Feb 27...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 20:16:06 -0800
  ...fast > enough when the engine is cold to keep the engine idling. (Scenario - Vanagon with automatic. > Cold start. Back out from garage, down driveway...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:24:15 -0800
  ...not particularly cold >>> (mid >>> 30's [F]). >>> >>> On more than one occasion the engine ran like poo-poo after being >>> started. >>> Was gutless; and...
• Re: refrigerator update
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:37:39 -0700
  ...It started ok, but would never get really cold. I understand that the fins on the outside of the unit should get quite hot...
• Re: I'll try this again - Idling issues
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 9 Dec 2017 11:01:11 -0800
  ...So you unplugged the idle stabilizer valve but left the idle control unit in front of the passenger side tail light connected? The ICU...
• Re: I'm back . . .
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 9 Apr 2012 14:36:05 -0700
  ...Jim Thompson and Airhead are starting to branch into Vanagon stuff. > Last question:� Why is the vanagon.com site down? 'Cause it's broke...
• Re: Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 4 Nov 2010 17:10:38 -0700
  ...hotter weather. > >> > >> The starter wiring is fine. It spins real good with the thinner oil. > >> Only spun slower when dead cold w/15w40. > >> > >> NEil...
• Aux coolant pump for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 21:10:01 EST
  Hello I started doing a search for an aux coolant pump and I found a listing for one that was used on an 85...
• Re: Need AC chart expected measurements...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 23:58:05 -0400
  ...Also the low side metal pipe coming out of > the compressor will start to get cold and stay cold when the system is > about...
• fuel injection/gauges
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 29 Aug 1994 10:51:37 -0500 (CDT)
  ...if it goes bad, the computer never knows that the engine is cold. that's the gizmo that controls the cold-start valve (the...
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:19:46 -0400
  ...just the cold engine. �So today I drove it >> until it was completely at operating temp quick thoughts on where to >> start or what...
• Re: I am scared of my Dometic 182B on LP mode
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 10:23:00 -0500
  ...It staid cold for a few hours and I shut it down. It did start back this morning easily without the fridge being primed...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:56:51 -0400
  ...As hydraulic lifters came about the oil pressure had to be reduced otherwise all the valves could float open especially on cold engines. The...
• Re: TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE/Running Cold?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 15:15:45 -0500
  ...I have put some injector cleaner in the gas, and it has been pointed out to me that the starting issue could be a...
• High Idle 1987 GL
  Historical mailing list - brad barcom
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 17:35:29 -0500
  ...850 +/- 50 range that Bentley suggests and started idling around 1200 RPM's during the colder months of the year. At that time, however...
• Re: 20 psi oil pressure on freeway. Worry?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:20:20 -0500
  The oil pressure relief spring/plunger does the following things; 1) At cold start up it relieves pressure on the Oil Cooler (If you...
• Re: gas milage on a 75 fuely
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Sedgmen
  Thu, 8 Feb 96 15:27:11 EST
  ...If my kombi started performing like this, I would: Check the valve clearances Inspect, regap points and do the timing Regap or replace sparkplugs...
• Strange noises from engine (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 21:08:53 -0700
  ...Then I removed the valve cover and started the motor and the noise got louder. It was coming directly from the rocker arms. I...
• Auto tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:10:02 EST
  ...What seems to be occurring is that it will not shift up into top gear from cold start until it has been fully warmed...
• Re: Coolant change
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:38:11 -0500
  ...A fast start and cold drive-off will many times leave you with a light that will blink for the next forty miles. Can...
• Re: Tips on replacing Temp 2 sensor The easy way!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 26 Jan 2015 14:36:53 -0700
  ...So, with these last two items I'll have > replaced almost everything: > > Starter (Go Westy gear reduction) > Alternator > Alternator wiring to starter (Go Westy...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 11:58:27 -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: diagnosis--blown piston ring?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:06:59 -0500
  ...Checked the oil, fired up the engine, oil started running out from under the valve cover gasket. Stuck a new gasket in, fired it...
• Re: Problem with 1991 Vanagon cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 9 Sep 2011 08:25:20 -0500
  ...valve mishap was probably due to the fact that my daughter added water on a cold night, and then coolant, but didn't start...
• Re: Converting Coleman Catalytic Heater to LP tank?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 15:07:48 -0500
  ...Jim On Oct 10, 2004, at 2:37 PM, Parker Beeson wrote: > Starting to get really cold again in Montana and I was thinking...
• Re: High Idle 1987 GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:57:47 -0600
  ...850 +/- 50 > range that Bentley suggests and started idling around 1200 RPM's during the > colder months of the year. At that time, however...
• RX7 Oil cooler the real skinny
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:48:51 -0600
  ...http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/portp.jpg Apparently the Mazda generates over 100psi on cold morning startups and runs at approximately 60 PSI at...
• Re: Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 May 2012 19:20:05 -0700
  ...Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend? Spoken as a true Tribiologist ! Oil pressure relief valve is supposed to bleed off excess oil pressure cold...
• Re: Hard starting 84 vanagon - stumped
  Historical mailing list - Brian Keese
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:58:58 -0500
  ...When cold and fully warmed up it runs fine. I never worried much about this because it would always just start right back up...
• Re: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:58:50 -0700
  ...Allow to get cold for a > cold start. Start engine, ISV should kick up rpm to 1000-1200 rpm and > then drop back to...