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• Re: Bleeding coolant without a second person?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:49:11 EDT
  ...Is there a way to do it without a helper? A screwdriver judiciously placed in between the throttle body stop and throttle body lever...
• Re: Surging 1.9 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:41:06 -0400
  ...Have you tried turning in the idle set screw? That's the dime sized screw that sets flush in the throttle body. Ken
• Re: purpose of throttle valve adj.
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:36:28 -0500
  ...purpose of throttle valve adj. > Here is a question for those who've delved more deeply into the mysteries of > the throttle valve and...
• Re: Aftermarket Cruise Control on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Tue, 5 May 1998 02:40:18 EDT
  ...This would be the throttle actuator. It is a vacuum driven device which has the ability to pull the throttle open with a cable...
• Re: Idle question
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 11:07:08 -0700
  ...The > idle > > > > > stabilizer vibrates with key on and prior to start up and the throttle > > body > > > > > "clicks" in the low throttle and higher throttle...
• Re: Vanagon jerking in stop and go traffic
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 21:31:41 EST
  ...Now the throttle switch closed in idle. However, now the idle has become unstable (pulsating)....Unfortunaltey, there seems to be no noticeable difference. ___________________________________________________________________ You...
• Re: Tips and Tricks Requested - Starter Change
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:09:03 -0500
  ...that if the air filter box and the AFM (not the throttle body - but AFM) is removed, both the top retaining bolt and the...
• Re: Throttle Body swap later 2.1 off a late 1.9 into early 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:51:18 EDT
  ...it work well on a throttle body to reduce wear ? There are only TWO places on the throttle body that wear is a problem...
• Re: Fuel consumption
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 10:22:32 -0700
  ...A little help, please. > > > >Dave in KC > > Dave - > > It means Wide Open Throttle, when you have pushed the throttle all the way > to the...
• Re: HELP in Riverton, WY - Engine Flooding
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 5 Oct 2009 20:45:43 -0700
  ...It probably was the throttle switch. It apparently tells the ECU to go to full rich. When mine failed, I used 12 gallons of...
• Re: digijet tool need help
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 18 Jul 1998 16:30:41 -0500
  ...digijet tool need help >---------------------- > I need to know what voltage the digijet ecu 83.5-85 supplies to the >idle and full throttle switches...
• Re: 84 Vanagon: Would you fix if it yourself (if you were me?)
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 21 Oct 1996 23:11:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...sticking throttle valve ($6.00 cleaner & brush, 118.00 labor) > Q: Can just anyone find this throttle valve and clean it? How > hard is...
• Re: advance mechanisms on digijet distributor?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 07:49:32 -0700
  ...When i installed the new engine in my van, i went with the larger later model throttle body with only one vacuum port. This...
• Re: 84 running issue solved?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 31 May 2022 12:16:16 -0400
  ...84 running issue solved? > > Eric, > The GoWesty replacement throttle body is a repair and upgrade part. Bearings, seals, and larger throttle opening. The 2...
• Re: 91 Carat - Auto Tranny - 2.1L WBX - RPM Hunting
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:29:54 -0500
  ...How is it that the throttle position switch is involved? If it was the switch, I would think there would still be problems.with...
• Re: Trottle body switch- What is it for?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:39:04 -0800
  ...The switch is used to signal closed and full throttle to the computer. It allows the engine to go into open loop when you...
• Re: Throttle cable for 1.9 auto 85 with Mcquiver story bonus
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:46:52 -0500
  Actually you would have better luck searching for wire rope. McMaster has quite a bit. OK cheeeeeep skate question anyone know where to buy...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:54:12 -0700
  ...It would be interesting to have a switch to turn off all for injectors on closed throttle decal with good rpm happening.....and see...
• AFM
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 20:22:39 -0400
  ...With the throttle closed, I had the same 560 OHMs that I had across 3 & 4. A slight opening of the throttle, (about 1...
• Re: Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:26:00 -0400
  ...not necessary 3.5 HOLD the throttle completely open 4. fine 5. NO, don't floor it. see if it will fire with throttle...
• Re: 85 Uneven idle again
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:34:50 -0800
  ...I can only back it out. > Could the idle speed adjusting screw/throttle valve housing be my > problem? Is a 1.9 throttle housing...
• Re: Subtle changes in 85GLs with in 5 month production dates
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:53:33 -0500
  ...Subtle changes in 85GLs with in 5 month production dates My 85GL produced in 9/84 has the two switches on the throttle body...
• Re: Emergency fuel line repair
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:28:07 -0500
  ...Just to look at the top of the engine all you would see would be the hose well separated from the throttle cable end...
• Re: Misfire when coasting?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 14:40:27 -0700
  I don't use any feeler gauges to adjust the throttle switch. your goal is .. it closes as close to zero throttle as you...
• Re: Are all 2.1 engines digifant?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 4 May 2014 20:45:11 -1000
  does the idle switch make contact at idle ? does it click when you just barely open the throttle by hand, at the engine, ( engine...
• Throttle switch testing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Holmquist
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 17:01:36 -0400
  Thanks for the responses to my question about peculiar bucking a few weeks ago, most pointing to the throttle control switch. I finally got...
• Re: Idle question
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 10:52:47 -0700
  ...The idle > > > stabilizer vibrates with key on and prior to start up and the throttle > body > > > "clicks" in the low throttle and higher throttle...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Solved, finally!
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:36:38 -0500
  I found, after many hours over several months, that my zero throttle/fullthrottle switch had fallen off of the bottom of the throttle body...
• An intro and Throttle Body leak question
  Historical mailing list - Susie Ingham
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:58:03 -0400
  ...now in order to get it running relatively well, Hubby had advanced the timing-- otherwise the throttle body response was very slow. There seems...
• Re: Lead on a Chassis -- now spiralmax
  Historical mailing list - Yann Buchanan
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 06:56:14 -0700
  ...Is a metal insert fitted just before the throttle body, acting as a vortex/velocity stack for air intake. Supposedly improves air/fuel mixture...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light and Alarm after oil change
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 07:10:18 EST
  ...Particularily when backing off the throttle onto an onramp. If I blip the throttle it usually goes away. This is the way the dynamic...
• Re: I need help, please
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 2 Dec 2022 14:18:27 -0600
  ...cap and rotor > - NGK BP6ET are recent. > - Throttle body switch checked fine > - Idle screw on throttle body cleaned > - A good fuel pressure regulator was...
• Re: Throttle Switch, Geology, and Happenstance?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:40:29 -0500
  ...power loss and surging issue, > I thought to look toward the throttle switches. > Here's what we found: > > do you see it? Image > > http...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - John Haddad
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 21:59:09 -0400
  ...to remedy crap fuel mileage I took a look inside my throttle > valve housing (I've done everything else I could do..........replaced the...
• Re: 2.1 Upgrade for '85 Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:48:56 EST
  ...With your late 85 throttle switch setup you might try to find a 2.1l Vanagon Throttle body as well. These are actually larger...
• Re: Throttle body
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 17:03:06 -0700
  Plastic faced or rubber mallet. -Dick- On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 4:30 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Help! It's...
• Re: What symptoms from leaking AFM boot?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 20:12:36 -0400
  <snip> What symptoms would one likely see from a crack in the rubber boot between the AFM and the throttle body? <snip> We're...
• part needed
  Historical mailing list - Mary Creasy
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:24:30 -0500
  ...This is the later version with one throttle switch. I would also like an ECU for the same. TIA Dave 85 Westy 78 Westy...
• Carb conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:16:16 -0400
  ...Throttle Dashpot or positioner! When the throttle is closed for idle, direct vacuum is used to draw a fuel mix through the idle circuit...
• Re: irregular idle speed
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:55:31 +0000
  ...I had this and set it back a bit (big screw on the throttle body). Another possible problem is that your idle enrichment switch...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 17:04:18 -1000
  ...Senses air intake temperature, ( and coolant temp ) there can't be ANY air leaks anywhere..downstream of the throttle and between throttle plate and...
• Re: Auto tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:11:31 -0500
  ...I just didn't mention throttle adjustment since the shifting is OK after warm up. The real critical adjustment is the rod between the...
• Re: Running without a cat...?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:49:38 -0400
  ...I installed a new > o2 sensor, checked my blue temp sensor and made sure my throttle position > sensor was working properly. In my opinion...
• Re: Rebuilt Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:34:57 -0700
  ...I purchased a rebuilt throttle body directly from a maker. It works, and is certainly better than the worn out part, but I wasn...
• Re: 87GL, Cold Engine Problem
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Tue, 6 Jun 2000 11:37:21 MDT
  Mark, There is a switch under the throttle housing on the engine that can cause this problem. My 86 had similar symptoms along with...
• Just as I pulled in the driveway, the Alternator light came on....
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:11:56 -0400
  ...So I turned on the lights and heater fan, blipped the throttle ( the same thing happened to my 86 GTI years ago), and the...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:22:38 -0400
  ...to remedy crap fuel mileage I took a look inside my > throttle > valve housing (I've done everything else I could > do..........replaced the...
• Throttle Valve Switch: What the...?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:05:21 -0400
  ...The aforementioned throttle valve switch, after all of my loving care, took a complete crap on me. The switch doesn't click on at...
• Re: Help-crazy bouncing idle
  Historical mailing list - john
  Sat, 29 Aug 2015 20:44:33 -0400
  Depending on the age of the Vanagon, it could need a new throttle body. I had similar problem a number of years ago on...
• Re: cold start skipping
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:25:26 -0800
  ...I'm finding *many* vanagon throttle switches not making contact at idle. I'm finding the later type switches ( where it's one switch...
• " you fixed it with what?!"
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:50:45 -0800
  While hurrying to pick-up his girlfriend from work in his '73 Beetle, my brother snapped the throttle cable. Rummaging around in the trunk...
• Re: coil over springs / V6anagon chronicles
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 27 Dec 1995 11:10:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I still haven't got the throttle linkage quite right. Had it working quite smoothly, but then it heat-formed itself into a strange...
• A pesky air leak
  Historical mailing list - Matt McKeon
  Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:41:19 -0400
  ...Like, the original throttle body, a few of the other hoses (like the brake booster line), no change, same noise. At the recent suggestion...
• 1.9L throttle body leaks - overhaul questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:08:00 -0800
  ...I took the throttle body out. Things don't look too good here. First, a small (~1/8" dia.) hole has been drilled through...
• Engine Surging
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 21:24:59 -0400
  ...You propably need to adjust the throttle switch. It is located just below the throttle housing. It can be adjusted by turning the two...
• Re: '87 2.1L way beyond red line
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Sep 1996 13:57:35 -0400
  ...ahead for - run 'er up to 75+ in 4th, maintain full throttle until the speedo is down to 50; downshift & run back up to...
• Question about air intake - trying to solve Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - John Hawk
  Sun, 6 Jan 2002 18:24:48 -0600
  ...I notice that the lever on the spring around the throttle area sits in entirely different positions between the two buses. The one that...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:09:28 -0700
  Have you checked the throttle position switch adjustment? Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Oct 16, 2015, at 4:42 PM, Steven...
• Re: Gas in the Oil
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Lisa Arnott
  Sat, 29 Nov 1997 21:43:15 -0700
  ...When my '83 did that, it was a failed "full throttle switch." Mileage went to about 5 mpg. You might want to check it...
• Re: digitool: normal readings?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:04:03 -0400
  Bill Davidson wrote: > <snip> Throttle Switch LED: on with key and stays on at all times unless the > gas > peddle is pressed... always off...