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• Re: Bleeder valve Function?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 9 Oct 2001 21:27:53 -0400
  Peter; When tyou open the valve any air is forced out the top small hose to the resevoir where it will be bled out...
• Re: Aux Air Valve becoming available as reman
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 12:20:30 -0700
  ...The Aux Air Valve was dropped when the 86 2.1 models were introduced. The Aux Air Valve introduces more air into the plenum...
• Diesel Heater Core Leaking?
  Historical mailing list - - Jeff & Kim Prudhoe
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 00:41:47 EDT
  ...Is it safe to say the heater valve is failing? (not shutting off the flow to the core) Do these valves leak externally? Is...
• Re: Propane autostop valve question
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 09:55:52 -0400
  ...there really doesn't seem to be anything "auto" about the auto-stop valve. The bleeder will always allow propane to escape if it...
• Re: Valve adjusting--What am I doing wrong?
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 12:09:57 -0400
  ...Your valves should both be closed at TDC so they should appear even with the valve cover off. I'm not sold on the...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Jan 2017 05:14:02 +0000
  That air through the valve is metered by the air flow meter. Has the same effect as opening the throttle. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Oil Filters: Fram vs Others?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 08:26:00 -0800
  ...The by-pass valve and the "anti-drain" or anti-flow back valve is critical to our engine. 1. The by-pass valve. You...
• Re: propane leak?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 07 Feb 1997 23:22:38 -0800
  ...I'll just screw the flex hose to the 3/8 flared valve, open the Van valve and open the Tank valve. Likewise when...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:54:53 -0700
  ...Either it is a valve that hangs (broken valvespring?) I guess, or a lifter. Any ideas on diagnose? /JJ At 18:22 12-07...
• Re: Low compression, more test results
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:31:13 -0700
  ...Dennis" I thought valve rotation was essential to keeping valves from burning. I had a bad experience with burned valves in an air-cooled...
• Re: AMC valves, Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 26 May 2009 12:15:22 -0700
  So if you install brand new AMC heads out of the box, or your mechanic does, how long before the valves let loose? � Robert...
• Re: Weird coolant leak question
  Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
  Sun, 1 Nov 1998 22:36:47 -0800
  <What is the function of the gray valve at the top of the rear heater core? Is this an emergency shut off? Or some...
• Re: (compression problems)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 16:01:42 EST
  Compression is normally either lost around the rings or past the valves (although in Vanagons you can sometimes loose it into the coolant system...
• Re: valve lash adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:04:21 -0400
  ...Is not there something to do with the release valve? Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Johnson" <wrey45@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Compatibility of A1 Rabbit/Jetta Autotrans
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:42:04 -0500
  At 08:29 PM 12/13/2009, Karl Ploessl wrote: >the declutching valve, build into the kickdown valve is opened by the >accelerator cable...
• Re: 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:39:14 -0500
  ...1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage Is there any info on the voltage a cold start valve operates at on...
• WESTY - new manchester LP tank valve question
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:04:53 -0800
  ...I can't seem to find a left threaded reducing bushing to go from the tank valve to the regulator. Also, the nipple was...
• Re: propane valve?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 27 Feb 1999 13:56:08 EST
  In a message dated 99-02-26 12:54:06 EST, jseitz@FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU writes: << Does anybody have a propane valve for my...
• oil pressure relief valve washer
  Historical mailing list - Michael Y. Feng
  Sat, 25 Sep 1999 21:44:32 -0400
  ...Anyway, I took out the oil pressure relief valve, and the washer looked pretty chewed up. However, I put it back in hoping it...
• wanted: propane tank fill valve
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bauermeister
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:45:26 -0500
  ...Apparently there's something wrong with the fill valve. Anybody know a source for this part?(new or used) The local propane and RV...
• Re: valve hanging up
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 07:19:25 -0400
  ...Click, click, click, I think it's a valve hanging up. 5000 miles on a newly rebuilt 2.1 watercooled engine. It of course...
• Need Raleigh area propane fixture work done
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 17 Oct 2016 10:54:52 -0400
  Hi all, I'm looking for a place in the Raleigh, NC area that can replace the main valve and filler valve on my...
• Repairing the propane turn on valve
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 23 Nov 2013 15:16:31 -0800
  ...Any thoughts on replacements, this is the on off valve not the filler. Pensionerd.
• How to do compression test--85 vanagon? (and EGR valve)
  Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 10:18:08 -0400 (EDT)
  ...for someone whose never done it before!?!? Also, where is the EGR Valve, and what is involved in replacing it? Thanks bunches, David Bradshaw
• Re: FW: Green coolant hurt engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 01:54:44 PDT
  >Bleeder valve thingy broke and lost all my coolant. No damage. Fixed leak, was that the bleeder valve of the rear heater?? how did...
• Oil Pressure and bypass valve
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 08:37:57 -0700
  ...I always thought the valve was closed at below 20PSI, routing the oil away from the filter at low pressures, rather than the reverse...
• Re: start - won't start
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:43:44 -0400
  ...My advise would be to adjust the valves. I read somewhere that if the valves are mis-adjusted, once the engine is hot, the...
• Wanted: Valve Cover Retaining Clip (Bail) for 2.0L engine
  Historical mailing list - jeremyp
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:22:40 -0500
  I need the wire retaining clip that holds the valve cover on a 2.0 L Type 4 engine in my 82 Vanagon. I...
• Re: idle stabilizer: valve, control unit or both?
  Historical mailing list - Wolfgang Ziegler
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 23:30:57 -0400
  ...No power, the >valve is thight closed, with power, the valve open (No humming because the >ISCU is the solid state unit which can...
• Re: Clakity-Clack
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:20:23 -0500
  ...Most oil filters have two valves. One of > them, the non-return or anti-drainback valve, is usually a rubber, EPDM, > plastic, or neoprene...
• Re: EGR valve info.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 15:39:44 CDT
  ...Carment said: >This question is directed to those with EGR valves bolted to the throttle ... >a) ensure proper startup and acceleration without stumbling and...
• Re: 85 1.9, won't idle in traffic
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:18:47 -0500
  Check your Idle Stabilizer Valve. Warm the engine, then shut it off. Disconnect the wire to the valve at the valve itself. With engine...
• Re: Zero valve settings
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Apr 2015 08:41:44 -0400
  ...Zero valve settings Hello to the List, I had to set my valves with zero turn onto the lifters, because they kept on coming...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Apr 94 15:53:49 PDT
  I was told some years ago to "not bother" about valve adjustments in the Diesel unless there were "obvious" problems, since the adjustment is...
• 74 valve clearance?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Joseph Petrini
  Thu, 8 Jun 1995 14:51:07 -0400 (EDT)
  hello volks, i have been adjusting my own valves since i bought my bus in november and have not had any problems but recently...
• Re: New 2001 EV details
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:28:40 -0700
  ...from 12 to 24 valves, > > Due to its oddball SOHC design, the VR6 cannot be fitted with 4 valves per > cylinder unless it uses...
• Throttle Valve Stop Screw Adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:38:53 -0700
  ...When idle stop screw is set correctly, should the throttle valve be blocking the EVAP (canister purge) hole in throttle body? I removed a...
• Re: Idle gremlins still at play
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 27 Jul 2021 13:48:14 -0700
  *What's the impact of running with the power to the idle control valvedisconnected while I await a new one?* None... I have been...
• Re: Problem w/GEX engine, and a question
  Historical mailing list - al brase
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:17:38 -0500
  ...I'd be really concerned about why a 28,000 mile valve snapped off its head. Possible reason: 1. Valve was not new 28...
• Oil in Valve Covers Air Cooled Type IV
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 17:32:23 -0500
  ...My last valve adjustment inspection was at 1000 miles and all seemed fine. After warming the engine (it had slight cold lifter noise after...
• Re: replacing rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 18 Mar 2018 15:41:13 -0400
  When I replaced the rear heater core and valve I got the parts from Van Cafe. The valve was a newly created all metal...
• Re: Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 10:33:14 CDT
  >> what the idle valve (seems like there is another name for it) does is to >> keep a pipe closed when cold, and open up...
• unplugged idle stab valve
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Thu, 30 Jul 1998 00:23:55 EDT
  ...I have been running the van for quite a while with the valve unplugged. I have traced the problem to a fried component of...
• Re: $%@#% autotrans. got oil in the ATF. help
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 15:11:53 EST
  ...at the minimum, you will need to check and retify any final drive bearing "slop" and SHOULD overhaul the valvebody and maybe the whole...
• uh oh ! rear heater bleeder screw broke off.
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:07:11 -0800
  ...I think I have an extra valve with a bleeder screw.Havent checked yet.Maybe a valve without a bleeder screw I have.Anyway...
• AMC Heads
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:43:12 -0700
  ...But they will need 4 new valves and 4 new seats and probably guides. I'm deciding what brand of valves to get. Got...
• Re: Brake bleeding tools
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:48:13 -0500
  ...I made >> a pressure bleeder like this: >> >> 1) Get spare brake fluid reservoir LID from junkyard >> 2) Get a tire valve with a nut...
• Re: Puzzling valves...
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:24:00 -0800
  Can I guess that by "nowhere left to go" you screwed out the valve adjusters until the tops of the rocker arms wouldn't...
• Re: PS Pump switch high idle question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Jan 2017 21:12:25 -0800
  ...The modulation is based on providing a pulsed current to the valve coil. The duty cycle is increased to open the valve further. >> >> Dennis...
• Re: 2.1l vacuum readings?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 21 May 2009 22:27:08 -0600
  ...Low vacuum readings may indicate intake valve, manifold, or carb gasket leaks including internal or external manifold leaks. Spray carb cleaner around suspected areas...
• Re: replacing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:55:53 -0500
  ...There would be gaps of 5 minutes or >more when nothing but air (no fluid at all) would come out of the valve, >then...
• Re: sodium valve idea
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:34:01 -0800
  ...sodium valve idea No way... TRW had the first sodium valves.. although VW did introduce the first compound curve multi layer PCB with surface...
• New Heads and gasket kits
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 08:18:19 EDT
  ...I would have the shop remove and replace these valves with some TRW valves (which is what the exhaust valves are so the whole...
• Re: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 12:33:37 EDT
  ...N air filter, ratio rocker arms, Rhino swivel valve adjusting screws, 3 angle racing valve job, full race engine balance, match ported intake, exhauset...
• First Valve adjustment: report and questions.
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sat, 14 May 2005 08:01:04 -0400
  Hi Folks, In doing my spring time pre-emmissions test tune up (filters, plugs, cap, rotor), I added on a valve adjustment. No problems...
• Idle control valve
  Historical mailing list - C Snyder
  Mon, 17 Jun 2019 15:46:23 +0000
  ...I am in need of a idle control valve for my 1987 Vanagon tin top 2-wheel drive. If anyone can hook me up...
• Zero valve settings
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sat, 4 Apr 2015 20:02:38 -0700
  Hello to the List, I had to set my valves with zero turn onto the lifters, because they kept on coming back with no...
• Blue pressure cap, 1 valve or 2?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sat, 24 Aug 2013 18:36:38 -0400
  ...Cap that's on there now has one valve in the center. I picked up a spare from a local mechanic and it has...
• Re: Split Bus Piece Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Jul 1996 01:19:36 -0400
  ...I need one of the little levers that goes on the early reserve valves. I can't seem to find my old valve, and...
• Valve noise
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Mon, 15 May 2000 09:55:46 -0400
  ...Back off or in congested traffic no valve clacking. I am at the end of 3,000 mile oil change. Any suggestions - oil break...