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• Re: Can O2-sensor make engine run too lean?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:46:53 -0500
  ...fuel-air delivery, ignition, and exhaust. 1) Compression and leak down test. I would be leery of a valve problem on the other side...
• Re: Lowering Coolant Pressure for Headgaskets
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 19 May 1998 20:52:39 -0700
  ...spot 'flash' boiling that occurs inside the coolant passages, usually near exhaust valves, which reduces cooling because the gas (steam) is a lousy conducter...
• 10 year anniversary
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 22:07:43 -0700
  ...cam shaft end seal new exhaust manifold (old one was still usable) exh man gasket intake man gasket valve cover gasket crankshaft seal distributor...
• Re: unexplained power loss - help!
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:18:32 -0700
  ...Does that mean you checked the compression numbers? This sounds a lot like when the number 3 valve seat "dropped" in my 1980. Jon...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 19 Jun 2011 to 20 Jun 2011 - Special issue (#2011-505)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:27:13 -0400
  ...Open both heater valves to MAX. In the engine compartment, open the bleeder on the thermostat housing. Attach an old cap to the main...
• Re: A question about PTO's engine picture
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:18:26 -0700
  ...Owsianowski wrote: >> >> Just had to report: >>> >>> Been soaking a stuck head bolt on and off waiting for a valve press to >>> be >>> delivered. Got...
• 1982 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Jan 95 21:55:22 EST
  ...of adjustment would eventually (the dealer says) result in unevenly worn valves and also lots of diesel smoke out of the exhaust... good luck..
• Re: 85 Westfalia Weekender fails Evap test.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 Jun 2015 17:44:15 -0400
  ...On the vanagon the common leaks are the vent and vapor lines above the fuel tank and gravity vent valves, seals on top of...
• Re: Engine Disassembly, EGR, Air Pump
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 2 Nov 94 11:14:13 PST
  ...heads not used becuase of egr ports) '74 (larger) valves, sodium-filled for the exhaust 2-liter crank, rods, pistons, and liners 1.8...
• Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:43:03 -0800
  ...However, I think one of the symptoms was the smell of rich exhaust, so I'd still bet my 25 cents on the AFM...
• Re: Serious question
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 18:45:19 -0500
  ...hotter than the other cylinders and was prone to dropping the exhaust valves as a result. Ric At 03:29 PM 1/25/02...
• 2.1 Head Replacement for Dummies
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 07:13:34 -0700
  ...what surrounding parts to take off in what order, besides the valve cover, splash guard, manifolds and fuel rail. I understand that this sounds...
• Re: What do folks do when replacing Calforina Air Cooled Vanagon Exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 24 May 2003 09:10:29 -0700
  ...We have the parts for the federal air cooled >exhaust system (which includes a cat and egr valve but no place for an >oxygen...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 31 May 2011 16:52:24 -0700
  John, I have had the Danish exhaust pipes on both my 1.9 and 2.1 with no issues at all, so I'd...
• Re: Vanagon motor modifications
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 19:43:18 PST
  ...exhaust, heads, air runners, oil pump, throttle body, racing valve locks, racing clutch bolts, five speed tranny with locking diff and .70 fifth gear...
• Re: Oil pressure Light and appropriate oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 07:05:27 EST
  ...At least one other filter from each of these companies will fit, but it doesn't have the anti drain back valve and therefore...
• Re: cylinder heads for my 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:07:52 EDT
  ...If the valves are leaking they will reseat or replace them. I have new AMC heads listed on my _Vanagon Items Forsale_ (http://members...
• Propane Filling
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 17:24:15 -0600
  ...2) No hot exhaust parts near the area where the transfer is going on. 3) Ignition switched OFF - no accessories or anything else on...
• Re: VW recall (exhaust/heat components) 82 Westi
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 19:05:18 +0000
  > When I asked what parts are to be replaced, he went on about possible > PO"s repairs to the exhaust and heater systems. I...
• Re: FRIDAY for sure: Fried wire--the possible Vanagon recipes don't stop there
  Historical mailing list - Dake Collins
  Fri, 1 Nov 2013 08:37:46 -0700
  ...Valves Lithium Grease Cake Fall-offel with P.I.T.A Bread Crusty No-bake Floor Pan Nuggets Frozen Blower Rear Hatch Drops Exhaust...
• Get 80-83 Air Cooled before they go to Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:55:09 -0500
  ...21) Two left side exhaust headers for California Only Vanagon $60.00 each. #22) One each California Only Exhaust Cross Over Pipe $ 80.00...
• Odds and Ends-Before the crusher
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 08:18:25 -0600
  ...Heater Boxes, cables, flapper valves, ductwork. #2. * Heat shield above the muffler, exhaust crossover pipes or complete exhaust systems. #3. * Drivers side rear corner...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:36:02 -0700
  ...I usually find at least one exhaust >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> valve >>>> >>>> >>>>>> leaking. >>>>>> Then I have a machine shop do a valve job. >>>>>> >>>>>> And what I wanted to...
• Re: Dead and dying WBX- What's a Subie transplant cost?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:02:40 -0700
  ...It's basically the racing > Cosworth, dual overhead cam, 16 valve engine. Good torque and HP and is > VERY > tuneable with the Bostig Kit...
• Strange noises from engine (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Sat, 17 Apr 1999 21:08:53 -0700
  A couple of months ago, I wrote in about a strange rattling noise from the engine...which I thought was exhaust or maybe just...
• Low compression -- cause located
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 21:21:14 PDT
  ...When I pulled that one I also found a few cracks and I also found that the #3 exhaust valve seat appeared to be...
• Re: Some dometic notes
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 2 Jul 2019 08:10:39 -0700
  ...The owner's manual actually states that the vehicle should not be driven with the propane valve open. mcneely On Tue, Jul 2, 2019...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - davidb
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 08:38:45 -0700
  ...on the exhaust system flanges at the head (My new exhaust had welds that restricted flow). > > 4) Matched port the exhaust elbow and the...
• 85 Westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Tue, 9 Nov 1999 13:51:09 -0500
  ...I replaced the entire exhaust system and a couple of AC hoses. The engine developed a slight head leak last spring, and I let...
• Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 09:46:45 -0700
  ...Valves were zero lash or 1 turn in, no valve noise, timing dead on > > 2. Manifold vacuum is 12” Hg with ±1” tick (should...
• Re: No compression
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:18:52 -0800
  ...Figure, maybe, around $30-$50 for incidentals (exhaust and intake gaskets, pushrod tube seals, valve cover gasket, some new hardware for the head and...
• '81 Engine work
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 16:30:18 -0700
  ...When he pops the valve cover bail off of the left side it hits >the catalytic converter and won't let him get the...
• Fwd: GEX International
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Aug 1997 09:30:59 -0400 (EDT)
  ...series 2.0 with Mahl pistons and Cylinders, 44mm intake - 38mm exhaust valve heads (oversized), Torque special cam,new hyd lifters,resurfaced flywheel, steel...
• Head Repair continues
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Sun, 15 Nov 1998 18:33:50 +0000
  ...with the exhaust system (i never took it apart..maybe I should have). Now I'm up to adjusting the valves. Some of the...
• Re: Engine installation book times
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 06:32:55 EDT
  ...Remove cylinder ridge, grind valves and tune engine minor". Air cooled Vanagon, 80-83, 16.9 hours. "Where AC interferes, add 1.0". "Auto...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....long
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 22:03:44 +1200
  ...and torque output. Valve size, number & angle, combustion-chamber volume & shape etc are just as important. So are inlet tract & exhaust diameter, shape, length...
• Engine Removal
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:13:49 -0500
  ...In addition, after last summers exhaust issues ($500 in labor to have them screw up and 'fix' their screwup after breaking a drillbit off...
• Re: Take a second look at the Dyno Tests Kyle provided ....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:56:28 EDT
  ...stress only reduced stress on engine... > > > > > >Heads > >Cam > >Exhaust > >Crankshaft > >Flywheel > >Fuel pressure regulator > >Lightened valve train > >Ratio rockers > >Use of synthetic oils > >Friction...
• Re: Valve seat drop on 81 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:50:47 -0700
  ...The VW Type 4 engine is notorious for dropping exhaust valve seats at either high mileage or when severely overheated. However, normal operation should...
• Re: Question about 2.1 cylinder and head question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:14:38 -0600
  ...If the valves > and guides are good, bead blasting or a good cleaning with those > abrasive wheels will do. A product called the "Right...
• '90 Carat Runs Rough...the epic continues...help??!!
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 17:20:08 -0700
  ...sooty exhaust. I forwarded the mechanic suggestions from the list... He swears he has checked and re-checked the grounds, adjusted the valves, new...
• Re: 89 Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 3 Feb 2014 05:29:23 -0800
  ...of > > removing the exhaust pipes and intakes from the cylinder heads, > > followed by loosening all the cylinder head bolts, removing valve > > gear, pushrods and...
• Re: Throttle body/idle stabilizer woes...
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:36:15 -0400
  ...So I got a good used idle stabilizer valve - it was working and you could hear it trying to do its job, but it...
• Re: need I -4 stuff
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 00:25:58 EDT
  ...Just finished a valve job (with the turbo, I don't want to take this apart again). I found that the cam followers/hydraulic...
• Re: Parts quality question
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 5 May 2005 11:27:56 -0600
  ...I saw Federal-Mogul bearings and PEP > intake and exhaust valves (from Israel, distributed out of Las Vegas). > > I questioned the owner about the...
• Reply, [syncronized] Question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 00:37:53 EST
  ...During the whole episode, the exhaust smells rich. Disconnecting the cold-start injector didn't help (didn't make it worse, either). If I...
• Re: What are these Parts for?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 02:45:02 -0700
  ...However, IIRC, I wound up using the flat copper washers on the two studs that the valve rocker assembly bolts to- I don't...
• Re: PLEASE HELP!!!.... TIMING ISSUES ON NEW ENGINE
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:25:57 -0700
  ...At one point the piston will be at TDC with the exhaust valve open. At another point the piston will be at TDC with...
• Re: Help... Engine troubles, rapid backfiring under load.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 29 Jun 2005 05:12:55 -0400
  ...lifter(s) as valves won't hold adjustment very well. > > Please god don't tell me it's: > Burned valves, cause I'm just...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:04:21 -0600
  ...Anything any further is going to need valve work. With the correct valve work and intake and exhaust work you can add as much...
• More stuff I found.
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 24 Mar 2001 10:17:49 -0600
  ...Engine-Cylinder Head-Valve Drive Engine-Lubrication system Engine-Lubrication System Engine-Cooling System Fuel Supply Fuel Injection, AFC System Exhaust System- Emission Controls...
• Small Changes to the WBX that add up to a REAL HORSE POWER INCREASE...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 11:55:05 EST
  ...intake and exhaust adds 1 or 2 Ceramic coatings adds 2 or 3 HP (probably more...) Increasing air flow around valves. Adding 95 mm...
• Re: Why no bolt-on HP upgrades to the 2.1 WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2012 01:05:27 -0400
  ...As a comparison my 1992 600 SEL has EGR, Air injection reaction (air pump into the exhaust), 4 valves/cylinder with variable intake cam...
• Excess Coolant Diagnosis Work Order
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 20:41:18 EDT
  ...Test for exhaust gasses in the coolant. If yes, compression test cylinders to determine which head is leaking. Could heads need re-torquing? Any...
• Re: Failure to return to idle
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 31 Dec 2006 07:14:58 EST
  ...After that I would go looking at the setting of the throttle body idle control switch, the operation of the ICV (idle control valve...
• Re: 2.3L WBX replies... (pretty darn long - again)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:34:36 -0500
  ...7) the combustion chamber was ceramic coated (heads, >piston tops, exhaust valves, and exhaust port), but no >friction-reducing stuff addedd. Unfortunately, there >was...
• Re: wrench/socket (nut and bolt head) sizes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:45:38 -0700
  ...7, 8, 9, 11, 12, or 14mm > wrenches or sockets on a Vanagon? (Besides possibly bleeder valves or > exhaust nuts on some applications). > > Ed
• cooking on the road in your VW
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Aug 1994 11:45:04 +0800
  ...Guess that Mess Exhaust Surprise Friday Night's Mystery Dinner: Dragged Bag 'n' Gag Special Happy motoring and bon apetite!! :)
• Major Hesitation and Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Sat, 08 Feb 1997 22:45:05 -0500
  ...The engine would become loud, not in exhaust note so much as in piston and valve train noise it seemed, as the rpm climbed...
• Re: Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
  Mon, 17 May 2021 17:24:29 -0600
  ...Not clear on what the combination is nor how such might > > affect the exhaust gas composition at the O2 sensor. > > > > Same for leaking valve...