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• Re: Intermittent running problem.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:04:51 -0600
  ...I would test for this by pulling each pair of injectors out of the intake without disconnecting the hoses or wires and using a...
• Re: Intermittent poor performance at light throttle ('84 1.9L automatic transmission)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 May 2011 11:26:41 -0700
  ...He > looked for smoke coming out of air intake system. > > alistair > > > On 27-May-11, at 10:08 AM, neil n wrote: > >> Assuming this...
• Doing a 1.9l to 2.1l swap
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 May 2000 22:19:59 EDT
  ...I swapped over the exhaust system, waterpump, thermostat housing, coolant lines and intake pipes from the 1.9l. I ran into a problem with...
• followup: won't start, 1984
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 16:47:00 -0800
  Thanks to all who replied to my "won't start, 1984 Vanagon!" I did spray some starter fluid into the intake boot, the black...
• Re: fresh air intake(s)
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Fri, 8 Nov 2013 22:48:37 -0800
  Dennis, et al ; I didn't completely block the intake - just shielded it from excessive water/snow ingestion. �I had to drive through an...
• Re: rear heater core in front, was: New thermostat funky?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:50:56 -0900
  ...First you have to devise a way to block the outside air intake, then you need to provide a passage for recirculating air back...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 10:38:21 -0500
  ...2) Match port the intake runners to the intake opening.(The runners ID was about 2mm smaller than the intake opening ID- to improve...
• Re: Charcoal canister on 2.1 digifant engines?, page 20.33
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Salicos
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:28:52 -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: d pillar air intake hose
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 19:46:01 -0500
  Ah, good suggestion! Thanks, Edward At 03:00 PM 3/8/2012, TJ Hannink wrote: >Get a section of 3" corrogated aluminum dryer hose...
• Re: Images of South African van on website
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:25:53 +1300
  ...Yes, the intake is just below hatch level. Shame... a lower deck (ie German) would've been better. > Is it? I haven't measured...
• '71; brake vacuum hose substitute
  Historical mailing list - Mitch Covington
  Mon, 6 Nov 1995 17:26:19 -0500 (EST)
  ...reliable vacuum hose that runs from the master servo to the intake manifold? What's on there has stuck me with its protruding wire...
• Re: 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 22:40:52 -0700
  ...the fuel >lines >> with stainless braided AN hoses, and paint the intake runners and >plenum. >> >> Colorful spark-plug wires are easy, too. >> >> >> >> OH NO...
• Re: New (used) Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stratton
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 13:54:53 -0400
  At 09:43 AM 1999-04-12 -0700, Rich Durant wrote: >Flipping through the Syncro manual, it shows an air intake tube that you...
• Re: A rod bender?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 2 May 2000 15:47:43 -0400
  ...punctured, fuel will squirt through the vacuum hose straight into the intake plenum...you knew that, you just forgot. david David Beierl - Providence, RI...
• Re: Requested suggestions - cleaning crud (carbon deposits) from valves / ports in cylinder head
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:32:22 -0800
  I'm no expert, but I have heard (on this list I think) of putting diesel fuel in the intake manifold and reving the...
• Re: cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:46:17 -0500
  eliminate box and run a fat round duct to the cold air plenum, where the cone filter is attached. I wonder if any significant...
• Re: 1980 TD on ebay question
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 07:45:15 -0700
  >My 1980 model vanagon has the solid (sort of) metal rear intake >louvers.. > >when did they go form metal body louvers to removeable plastic...
• Re: '87 Westy Weekender owner needs help!!!!!! 2.1L wbx running rich??? ideas??
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:56:57 -0400
  ...some are related to "grounds" problem, short in wires, AFM, bad seal at throttle body, air leak at intake... some when cold, some only...
• Re: bought a smoker's car (LVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:04:00 EDT
  ...i dumped a cup of listerine into the fresh air intake for the blower, and no more smell.. chris ************************************** Get a sneak peek of...
• Re: Intermittent running problem.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 28 Apr 2016 09:31:53 -0700
  ...I would test for this by pulling each pair of injectors out of the intake without disconnecting the hoses or wires and using a...
• Re: Intermittent poor performance at light throttle ('84 1.9L automatic transmission)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 May 2011 10:08:07 -0700
  ...I've read that spraying starter fluid or even WD40 (WD40 safer to use?) on suspect vacuum hoses, intake boot can be revealing. Idle...
• Re: Diesel Westy oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:10:32 -0800
  ...I notice a small amount of back pressure when I blow into the hose when it is connected to the intake manifold, which seems...
• Re: squishy rocker arm? / adjusting hydro valves
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 22:17:52 -0700
  ...on it. > > > I did the exhaust and intake on #1, then turned 180 and did the intake > on #2, but when I got to...
• Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:37:26 -0800
  ...Block off fresh air intake, (or make flap to control fresh air intake at ram outside.Difficult I know....), remove fresh air ram flaps...
• Re: 89 backfires, sputters when warm. MYSTERY problem!!
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:28:53 -0400
  ...Just as it gets warm it starts > coughing and backfiring through the air intake when you press on the gas like > if you would...
• Rollin' yer own-- air leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 08:40:03 CST6CDT
  ...Here's a tip for finding some of those irrascable air leaks in the intake system, unfortunately, this requires an aircompressor with a regulated...
• VW I-4 Engine Blowout (this is the last one I promise)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 12:36:27 EST
  ...1.9 Turbo Diesel longblock with 1.6 intake ports (for putting 1.9l TD into the diesel Vanagon) $1500 1.9 Turbo Diesel...
• Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:59:09 -0500
  ...Air intake "scoops" re: Are these really functional as air scoops or are they merely cosmetic? I've always questioned whether any horsepower gained...
• Re: Running on Tap Water - attempt at de-confuscation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:57:00 -0500
  ...Their intakes design and then > efficient compressors can (easily) make up the pressure, especially > when > starting with very low temperatures. > > Clive Smith > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET...
• Re: Help! 1.9 idle/ stalling problem !!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 07:24:26 -0700
  ...SStones , Tracy Bonin It's the boot located on the intake air distributor. There are 4 boots all together. The left lower one is...
• Re: Ground wire woes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:34:18 -0500
  On the driver side forward on the engine and nearly hidden undeer an intake runner and air intake plenum is the long case bolt...
• Re: Just replaced the throttle switch and am having drivability issues
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 4 Feb 2006 16:03:44 -0500
  ...I removed the intake runners and fuel injectors from the intake ports, but not from their hoses.Any more ideas what could be the...
• Re: diagnosing by smell - maybe brake problem?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:40:00 -0700
  ...I make it a habbit almost to smell in the upper air intake grills at the rear of the van. Espeically the left one...
• Re: Propex install near water tank
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:55:21 -0400
  ...I don't think that it senses that as I had the exhaust tube going out the side of the van and the intake...
• Re: d pillar air intake hose
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:40:08 -0600
  This is a follow-up to my post of 3/8/2012. I got the 2.5" flex hose and reworked how my snorkel...
• Re: Dometic fridge works out of the van, but not in it.
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:54:38 -0600
  ...prevents venting would also prevent air flow, and so cause poor combustion just as a blocked air intake would). So, maybe check that? mcneely
• solar question
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 19:19:37 -0400
  ...I was thinking the air intake at the rear of the van. Any one have any ideas? Also if anyone has any experience with...
• Re: rotary swap
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Dec 1995 13:03:30 -0800
  ...By the way, Kennedy Engineering is in Los Angeles area and "Bridgeport" refers to the modification of individual intake ports to merged ports, a...
• Re: 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 11:18:36 -0700
  ...The other best ways to dress the compartment are to replace the fuel lines with stainless braided AN hoses, and paint the intake runners...
• Re: no power;stalls
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 22:05:37 -0400
  > Any suggestions? > > Thanks again, > Bill M > Mystic, CT > 84 Westy bill, check your gas, maybe some water in it? then check that the intake...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 01:44:09 +0100
  Bulley wrote: > Perhaps you haven't seen/felt the unbelievable amount of suction the type 2 > motor's cooling fan produces at 3,500...
• I-4 conversion begins
  Historical mailing list - John \"Shaggy\" Donovan
  Mon, 7 May 2001 19:16:57 EDT
  ...to make some headway, parts wise at least! I aquired an intake and exhaust manifold from a 82 Quantom wagon also. so now it...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 18:08:24 -0600
  ...air through the front heater plenum by covering the outside air intake screen. I use cardboard and duct tape. This keeps cold air out...
• Vacuum from Brake Booster?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:37:45 -0700
  ...it comes out of the throttle body just behind (rear is rear) the #4 cylinder's intake manifold, then swings forward and through the...
• Re: Fuel rail orientation?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 4 Aug 2011 01:09:29 -0400
  ...Looks like I swapped the intakes, which >leaves the fuel rails pointing the oposite direction shown in the manual >(flat end forward instead of...
• Re: Tire Technology vs Actual weight of loaded Van
  Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 14:57:35 -0700
  ...front heater motor , by simply blowing oil into the front air intake, or permanently repairing water coolant lines with a quick coat of JB...
• Re: snorkel routing ??s
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 11:05:39 EST
  ...box. > > you know ALL '86-'91 vanagons have the "snorkel" air intake that runs from the right rear scoop down to the aircleaner......both...
• Re: Strange problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:29:28 -0800
  ...In port fuel injection, which vanagons use, the fuel is sprayed into the intake port right in front of the intake valves ....it's...
• Repost: Air Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Sat, 17 Jun 1995 08:36:41 CST6CDT
  ...Gawd I love this > list. > > Here's a tip for finding some of those irrascable air leaks in the > intake system, unfortunately, this requires...
• Help, Overheating Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Sun, 2 Feb 1997 23:13:03 -0800 (PST)
  ...When I got home (turned the vehicle off), I noticed small "traces" of steam like smoke exiting the air intake gills (rear upper sides...
• Re: Diesel Westy Engine Replacement Suggestions Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Brent Taylor
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 22:54:45 -0700
  ...The intake roar of the diesel is loud and the stock system has a fabric pipe with sound baffles on the inside of the...
• aircooled intake elbow
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 10:05:57 -0500
  Looking for the intake elbow (boot) for a 1980 air-cooled vanagon. Part# 071 129 967 (afm to throttle body) The elbow has been...
• Re: idle and black tower
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Thu, 4 May 2006 03:06:07 -0400
  ...if hose carrying blow-by exhausts into usual intake port, then crankcase pressure has to be much higher than if hose exhausts into intake...
• Re: Leak down test----what do I need, I already have the spark plug-s chraeder valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 8 Mar 2002 07:25:55 -0500
  ...Check for air entering the exhaust, intake, and the crankcase. Remove air filter the check the intake and breather. If you can not hear...
• Re: Alternator vibration -
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:53:01 -0700
  ...Tighten to 6ft.lbs and the belt is properly > tensioned. > Van café also offers silicone intake boots. > https://www.vancafe.com/Vanagon-Intake-Manifold...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:35:14 -0800
  ...We lucked out and stumbled across an intake design that > kills the hum... I welded up an aluminum intake piece just to get the...
• Re: Air recirculator
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 31 Jan 2019 16:34:14 +0100
  ...the link.� This system puts a new door over the air intake behind the front grille and has you install a new hole in...
• Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 10:52:09 -0700
  ...I'm tempted to shoot some WD-40 into the intake, but I'd probably regret it. Stuart
• Cardboard isolation plates at the air intake & radiator
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:04:29 -0500
  Can someone point me to a diagram or photos of the air isolation plate in the engine compartment? I need to cut out a...
• dagnab varmits
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 02 Oct 1996 21:54:19 -0700
  ...Anyone have any experience varmit-proofing a Vanagon? The only possible entry points I can think of are the fresh air intake and the...