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• Re: Neil's motor..
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:16:38 -0700
  ...The ducting from air > > intake plenum to air box may end up being a combination of hard and > > flexible materials. This would enable me...
• Re: I'm getting the FAS Gen 5 and info
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 18 May 2012 09:16:31 -0700
  ...My thoughts toward a lower profile intake for the stock ABA, mounted 15�, were inspired by images of short runner intakes. Cool to see...
• 82 Westy, Hesitant acceleration, in spots
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:02:23 -0700
  ...In preparation for that I had completely sealed the intake boot and all the other standard tune up specs. Plugs, wire, cap rotor, oil...
• Re: fresh air cabin filter
  Historical mailing list - TonyCollin
  Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:12:17 -0500
  ...Many vehicles have the filter on the outside intake. Most heating and AC systems have filters to keep stuff from getting into them. Dennis...
• Re: 84 Vanagon GL Intake Air sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 00:20:41 -0700
  ...84 Vanagon GL Intake Air sensor? > > Hello all, my name is Chad I'm new to the list and to the world of > vanagons...
• RE: 25hp and 36hp Motors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jan 1996 12:55:22 -0500
  ...The rocker arms >are the same for both the intake and exhaust. In the later engines >the rocker arms are made at different angles...
• Re: New member's starting problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Dec 94 14:20:11 EST
  ...air intake is malfunctioning - easy to test - check the Hayne's or Bentley's. DC -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa...
• Re: RE> Excessive Oil Usage/15 Inch wheels
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 15:32:51 -0400
  ...valves aren't seating well, or a hiss at the intake side if inlet side. tim s.
• Re: VW I-4 Engine Blowout (this is the last one I promise)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:34:44 -0700
  On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > 1.9 Turbo Diesel Longblock (normal intake ports) > $1450 > Also the definition of Longblock is...
• 1.9L Engine parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kenneke
  Wed, 25 Oct 2000 09:58:06 EDT
  ...Airbox Airflow meter Exhaust headers Throttle body ECU Distributor Intake manifold Fuel Injectors If anyone is interested in any of these parts, contact me...
• Re: It Runs! It Runs!!
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:01:40 -0400
  ...And there is more intake noise than I expected, but it is a "sporty" note. I still have to go to the shop to...
• Blowing Smoke
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:10:35 -0600
  ...My concern relates to taping off the front fresh air intake screen behind the grill. Over the years I've seen the squirrel cage...
• idle and black tower
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:31:08 -0400
  ...to finish, i'll have to use a long 3/4" hose to conduct fumes out of engine compartment, and plug the intake port...
• Re: Engine Bay Negative Strap Questions. 1988 Westy. PICS.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 8 May 2012 16:41:11 -0700
  ...On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > Hi.. > I'd spray anything on the intake...
• Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:12:51 -0500
  ...So, Oettinger turned the intake manifold > > by 180 degrees. > > > > Does someone know, how this would be possible? > > Or, is the intake manifold from a...
• Re: 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:35:01 -0700
  ...PM, Simon Reinhardt wrote: > You should be able to put an intake manifold from an '85-'92 Golf or > Jetta on the Fox motor...
• Re: keeping critters out--fastening screen to/in the heater box itself?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:02:50 -0700
  ...anatomy of the Vanagon, I think mesh at the fresh air intake "holes" would do the trick. Neil. On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at...
• Re: Possible funky smell solution.
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:02:35 -0700
  ...On > highway it is much less efficient because cold air is > still getting in past newspaper and duct tape on fresh > air intake "scoop...
• Potential bad Brake Master Cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:29:18 -0400
  ...that goes from the brake booster to the intake manifold, plugged the hole in the intake manifold (Mercedes Benz Wheel Lugs work perfect for...
• Re: found some hidden vacuum leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:33:52 -0500
  I've seen the intake manifolds rust through just above those castings that bolt to the head. The vapor recovery system can be a...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:20:38 -0400
  ...I put a 2.1 into my '85 Westy and I used a complete 2.1 intake system ... from the snorkel in the D...
• Re: ZOINKS! Itsy bitsy Spark Plug pieces dancing in my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hooper
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:53:34 -0500
  ...had a jet come loose, travel down the intake manifold and into the cylinder through the intake valve and bounce around in there for...
• Re: PCV/pre-heat hose? 83.5 1.9 wbx Canadian
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 11 May 2004 22:47:00 -0400
  ...black "tower" on top of the engine casing to the air intake system. I have had conflicting opinions as to the proper condition for...
• Re: 1.9L Vanagon Engine Turn Key Weight (HELP!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:59:35 -0700
  ...The engine will be shipped complete- intake, exhaust everything. I am going to pull it, put it on a pallet and ship it. So...
• Re: VW I-4 Engine Blowout (this is the last one I promise)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Avrea
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 14:13:45 EST
  ...AOL.COM writes: << 1.9 Turbo Diesel longblock with 1.6 intake ports (for putting 1.9l TD into the diesel Vanagon) $1500 >> I...
• Interesting Diesel Power Boost?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Lynch
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 00:46:17 EST
  ...There's an article on injecting regulated amounts of propane into your intake manifold to increase the efficiency of the combustion cycle. Supposedly increases...
• best scoop idea yet
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:05:55 EDT
  ...Behind the oil cooler, put in a fan connected to a turbo pump to increase intake pressure. Behind that, a fan connected to an...
• Re: Air Filter Maintenance
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 00:37:17 EDT
  ...same goes w/ automobiles and air getting to the intake/and FI performance. chris
• AC Cleaning the core on a 90 Carat?
  Historical mailing list - HOTZE, BRETT C [AG/1000]
  Mon, 10 May 2004 14:34:48 -0500
  How do you get the wire screen off the air intake on the AC unit on a 90 Carat. I tried removing the side...
• Re: Fridge problem... which thing is malfunctioning?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 May 2015 16:40:20 -0400
  ...Ensure the baffles-separator plates outside are >installed correctly and that there is no leakage-blow back from the >exhaust to the air intake...
• Re: How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:40:14 -0800
  Would you like me to post some e-photos of the Weber carb that I have in my van???? :-) malcolm --- Roger Sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO...
• It's not about scoops, really
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:10:19 -0500
  ...In the OLD Splittie buses the engine compartment was cavernous, and the flow from the side vents to the intake fan was a circuitous...
• Re: The idle speed controller is not in the ECU on the 2.1
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 May 2010 12:59:24 -0400
  ...You need to take air from after the AFM and before the throttle (easiest way probably to use a 2.1l rubber intake elbow...
• geek heater info for watercooleds
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 13 Feb 1995 12:42:04 CST6CDT
  ...but -and this is key- I also cover the fresh air intake grill. I've found that with it uncovered, too much air comes...
• Re: Air intake elbow; was Re: Clutch Chatter...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 16:29:51 -0800
  ...On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Ray Hunnam wrote: > Looking at a copy of the West Coast Metric Water Cooled catalogue, the > Air Intake Elbow...
• Re: glad to meet you
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:59:02 -0800
  ...Anyhow - as one machines down the intake manifold the intake runners move with respect to the bolts that held it in place. To make...
• Re: 1.9 wasserboxer pic?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 17:23:28 -0700
  ...the fuel lines from the forward injectors go on top of the intake runners, to the fuel pressure regulator. I like to wire tie...
• '81 compression update & questions
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Sun, 7 Jun 1998 22:10:50 -0400
  ...While I'm in there, are there any other possible vacuum leak sources I should check out? What about the intake air pipe - to...
• Re: Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 19:38:41 -0800
  ...When the vehicle is running, the vapors are pulled out of the canister by the engine's vacuum, into the intake manifold where they...
• Re: Black smoke running rich
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Wed, 12 May 2021 21:02:03 -0700
  ...Air intake snorkel has not been discussed for awhile and I recently learned mine was junk when I thought I’d been keeping track...
• Re: Crankcase Breather tower ~ It comes apart !!!
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 1 May 2012 23:00:36 -0400
  ...As I understand it the tower takes the oily air from the crankcase, baffles it through the tower and routes it into the intake...
• Re: Dual Webbers on a 2.1 water cooler
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 21:54:04 -0400
  ...With no manifold heat water would condense on the intake runners even at 80 degrees F, until the engine got hot enough to cook...
• Re: platcat heater
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:10:51 EST
  ...It also calls for the intake air to come from the door panel fresh air intake. How does one insure that the air being...
• Re: FrontFire?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Tue, 16 May 2006 12:09:48 -0700
  ...noises as if one of the cylinders is "frontfiring" up the intake pathway. Also has trouble keeping the idle speed up when in gear...
• was: co/propane RE: propex
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Wed, 29 Nov 2006 09:21:15 -0800
  ...One vent is connected to the hot air outlet and the other lets cold air into the space where the heater intake is located...
• Re: Crumbling Flue Vent Cover
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:50:48 -0400
  ...If I were to convert to a compressor fridge (Norcold, or > whatever) then I would want to seal off the vent/intake port > completely...
• Re: Actual burn times with Mr Buddy MH9B (Little Buddy)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 15:46:29 -0700
  ...gas intake! Karl Wolz |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of |Angus Gordon |Sent: Tuesday, November 09...
• Re: Hoo Boy! (1990 - engine transplant)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 18:03:26 -0500
  ...I got a picture of this conversion BTW that 6 cly cast aluminum intake plenum looks REAL COOL. John
• Re: The case of the missing brake fluid.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 16:58:23 EST
  This sounds reasonable, but the fluid seems to go just as far as the intake tube for the clutch master possibly ruling out (I...
• Re: Need some help.
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:43:29 -0700
  ...I'm >surprised you didn't notice it sooner. > I suspect that the cat crawled into the intake side, probably chasing one of those...
• Re: Ottawa area forsale
  Historical mailing list - Rusty Johnson
  Wed, 10 May 2000 16:28:51 EDT
  ...Ogden Utah, USA '80 Westy -- 75000 miles on the original Air-Cooled Hamster (Treadmill cleverly disguised as the cooling fan and intake screen)
• Vaccum Source For Fuel Pressure Regulator.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Tue, 22 May 2001 23:15:43 -0800
  ...power brake booster on the engine's driver side of the intake manifold. I believe that is the only true vacuum port available. I...
• Refrigerator FUBAR Followup
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sun, 1 Sep 2002 15:14:14 -0500
  ...when i was reinstalling the fridge, i was paying far too much attention to the exhaust/intake pipes. I didn't even notice that...
• Re: Air intake elbow
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 13:30:52 -0500
  I got some spares from Ken at Vanagain. He has them! >>> Greg Marshall <earthboy@ROGERS.COM> 7/8/2003 1:09:18 PM >>> Hello...
• Re: fuel line kits -NAPA is junk
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:38:05 -0700
  ...i put some NAPA fuel line from the fuel pump to intake > tube in my dad's chevy caprice, and 6 months later it...
• Re: A kinky Subi picture
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:01:43 -0700
  ...more sexy, bare metal, > those shinny intake, that "dirty" big manifold /4 in 1.... > > :-) > Ben > > Sudhir Desai wrote: > >> That's so clean!!!! I'm...
• Re: Air intake
  Historical mailing list - Philip Zimmerman
  Wed, 21 May 2008 08:35:35 -0700
  Jeff from San Anselmo wrote: I have a Subie 2.2 in a Syncro and I have the Syncro snorkel tube attached to the...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:24:46 -0400
  ...after (belt) end, has a fattish hose running forward to the intake plenum. -- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon...
• Re: New Member Intro and Air Flow/Vent Q
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:24:36 -0500
  ...You can take a screwdriver and remove the headlight mask/grille assembly and see the air intake, I THINK. someone can verify. You probably...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 18:55:14 -0600
  ...33 lbs. > The intake manifold about 10 lbs > > Lets add it all up and say this cylinder head, the intake man, and > all that...