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• ECU: manual vs auto
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 13:05:01 -0500
  Hey Listers, Can anyone tell me if the ECU's for air cooled Vanagons differ between the automatic and manual transmissions? Thanks, Jake 82...
• FS: 83 Air-cooled Manuals
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hooper
  Mon, 23 Jan 2006 18:10:51 -0500
  I have the following to offer: $20 + shipping 1983 Vanagon Owners Manual 1983 Camper Supplement 1983 Warranty & Maintenance Booklet Hayes 1980 thru 1983 Aircooled...
• Re: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:30:44 -0700
  ...Nothing but > trouble were air-cooleds for me, except the venerable Bug. > If your air-cooled has been running that long or longer , less...
• Re: Van idle over winter
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 22 May 2011 08:38:34 -0700
  ...At the bottom of the air intake - (the suction pipe which draws air in toward the filter), there is a clear plastic fitting which...
• Re: Fridge air pump question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 06:51:46 -0700
  ...My question is regarding the "air pump". I removed the little > plastic hose that connects the air pump to a hard line. The pump...
• Re: Pulling air filter box from Dodge Caravan. Anything else worth pulling? (...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 1 May 2008 13:21:54 -0700
  ...I pmailed a diesel head about which Caravan air filter box to use, but got no response. On Alistair Bells' website, I found a...
• Air flow meters.
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 16 Nov 1994 10:50:39 CST6CDT
  Here's some info on airflow meters, for better or worse. I made a $180 mistake a couple years ago by convincing myself my...
• Refrigerator Madness
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 02 May 94 16:31:28 EDT
  The most common cause of the fridge not lighting is stale air left in the combustion chamber--usually air that has propane still in...
• Re: Heat front dash vents
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:09:23 -0800
  I don't believe those vents have a source of warm air, only outside air. I could be wrong, according to BenT I'm...
• Re: Air Dam Paint
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Apr 1997 15:20:46 EDT
  << Has anyone had experience painting or treating the flexible air dam on the bottom front of a late model Vanagon? Mine is a 90...
• Part# Air-intake behind panel
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 17:56:00 +0200
  Hello, sorry to waste the bandwidth, but I can't remember who asked me for the part number of that air-intake manifold which...
• Re: who runs synthetic in their aircooled van?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 20:04:18 -0400
  ...who runs synthetic in their aircooled van? >i've always used Mobil 1 synthetic 20-50 weight in my watercooled cars... >anyone run it...
• Re: air bubble that is stubborn
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 10 Feb 2001 12:06:03 -0500
  dawn wrote: > I have an air bubble in the tank to the far left that just will not > come out !!! The possible causes are...
• Re: Middle (top to bottom) vent question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 26 Oct 2006 00:19:43 -0400
  ...When traveling, my wife likes to keep the van warmer that I would and being able to direct cool air on my face keeps...
• Re: air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:43:05 -0600
  ...The reference to "solid coolant" means no air, just liquid. Jim On Jan 3, 2008 2:14 PM, James Henry <jch@jchgis.com> wrote...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 31 Jan 2019 to 2 Feb 2019 (#2019-28)
  Historical mailing list - Roman Haag
  Sun, 3 Feb 2019 13:59:12 -0500
  I’ve had this fresh air vent DIY bookmarked for a while...https://intrepidoverland.com/shop/cabin-air-control/ On Feb 3, 2019, at...
• Re: Heater core and airbox Q.& A
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:15:54 -0400
  ...All the air going through the air box is unheated outside air. You need contact time with the core and to direct the air...
• Diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rogers
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:11:25 -0700
  ...I have however been involved with the air cooled since 1956 & used to finance my motorcycle racing by rebuilding air-cooled engines. I have...
• Re: Block heaters for Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 23:53:12 -0700
  ...Block heaters for Air Cooled > >> At 11/6/2014 12:43 PM, Jamie Fitterer wrote: >>> Anyone know of a block heater for the air...
• Re: aircraft engine NVC
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:32:13 -0500
  ...Piston type aircraft engines don't typically have >> torque curves useful in automotive applications. Still, there may be >> interesting possibilities. >> >> John Rodgers >> 88 GL...
• air in clutch hydraulic system '84 Vanagon ?puzzled?
  Historical mailing list - Leo Lipert
  Mon, 25 May 2009 14:44:05 -0700
  ...Well, I saw air and dark fluid come out so I figured I didn't get it bled very well when I changed the...
• Air Conditioning Changeover?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
  Sun, 27 Nov 1994 16:18:29 -0800 (PST)
  I have an '86 Westy with what I have been told is an "after market" airconditioning system, although it appears to be the standard...
• Re: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Jun 1996 23:18:39 -0500
  ...Oil is better that air. Specific heat is the ability of a substance to absorb heat, as relative to water.. Air = 0.241 BTU...
• Re: inadequate cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Sep 1996 01:10:37 -0400
  ...Engine should coool properly with no airflow in compartment at all. The Vanagon cooling system is actually oversized and I have personally driven in...
• Re: Auxilary air regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Thu, 31 Dec 1998 12:21:36 -0600
  ...This is an auxillary air valve, not an idle air valve, which is completely controlled by the ecu. 85 and older vanagons use these...
• A cause for Increased Oil Consumption with Ratio Rockers (and those without)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 9 Jul 2002 07:08:39 EDT
  ...Rockers increase the airflow and with a bad breather, could increase oil consumption. Plus if you have a stock restrictive air filter, this could...
• Re: Air in Cooling System/ 89Westy
  Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 18:16:56 -0700
  ...air line fitting on the end to allow this. >Bring engine up on TDC firing position for cyl#1, insert compression tester, >attach air...
• Re: Please help me . . . / Cold Van
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 18 Jan 2004 10:40:46 EST
  ...The rear heater recirculates cabin air while the front heater gets its make-up air directly from the great outdoors. The front heater eventually...
• Re: Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:22:17 -0500
  ...The air mass meter obviously has to flow > better ........since the air does not pass through a small squareish hole , > like it does in...
• Re: K&N air filters
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:09:00 -0800
  ...If the air and oil filter can't get it bearing wear is next. > > Filtration is much more complex than obvious. The K+N...
• Re: oil temps- was Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:43:36 -0500
  ...3.0) I know now that the >intake air temp >at the sensor just above the throttle body, is a few degrees above >the...
• Re: A/C ducting
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 17:15:31 EDT
  ...This would require cutting a hole in the rear A/C distributor and in the fresh air ducting and then connecting them with a...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:16:49 -0400
  ...IIRC, the scoops in question are being made by Mark to send air through an external engine oil cooler, and a turbo intercooler. Mounted...
• Re: 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Hartmut Filc
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:24:52 -0500
  ...81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where? > I'm helping a friend fix up an 81 air cooled Westy. > > The air cooled motor...
• Re: Oil cooler in 1980-1982 aircooled buses?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 19:15:50 -0700
  I've had two air-cooled Vanagons (one of them purchased new in 1981) and know for sure that there's no oil cooler...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture) A new angle...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 07:46:59 EST
  ...Cold engines make more power, as the air density is higher, and you have more air to assist that extra fuel. This won't...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 05:31:52 -0600
  ...The volume of air required by a gasoline engine is directly > proportional > to RPM. > The higher the RPM, the more air needed. A gasoline...
• Re: EV Winnebago Defrosting - LACK OF
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 1996 12:14:58 +0000
  ...Using the heater draws too much damp air from outside, which doesn't help to dry out the air inside that's wet from...
• Re: Air in my coolant - '86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - quoton
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 20:28:34 -0700
  Felix Martel wrote: > > I have a strange problem: > > My '86 Syncro Westy tends to accumulate air in the cooling system. I > regularly have to...
• Fw: Re: Cheap front AC for an 86 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 21:54:05 -0500
  ...Like most of us, the air needs some guidance, which is what the foam tubing does. After inserting the tubing, the air has much...
• Re: Just wondering
  Historical mailing list - simon glen
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 12:52:55 +1000
  ...In the early days of steamships it was discovered that, when a ship was under way, air inside the hull flowed from the stern...
• Re: Pressure Bleeding the Clutch slave/master
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 23 May 2005 11:40:14 EDT
  ...Any reservoir which can safety contain air at as little as 10 psi will do and any source of compressed air (even a bicycle...
• Heat
  Historical mailing list - john gebhardt
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 08:00:10 -0800
  ...Might also have to adjust the fresh air vents. You want this blowing through the heater, as opposed to just coming in cold through...
• Re: Air intake
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Wed, 21 May 2008 20:08:14 -0700
  ...Air intake I've a Subi engine in my Vanagon and on recent trips in VERY dusty conditions found the air filter collected too...
• airbag rant
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Tue, 5 Jan 1999 22:15:08 -0800
  Is there an airbag guru among us who can tell me how to temporarily disable them? My wife's TD passat has a faulty...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - David Robertson
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 13:19:11 -0400
  Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote: "...I pretty much figured I'd be the only one to recommend Air over Water..." I'll join...
• Re: Who is making those new front AC units?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 30 May 2007 09:13:23 -0700
  It looks from the photos as though you could easily still have fresh air capability on separate vents by screwing a vent hose flange...
• Re: Almost no front heat but my rear heat is OK... why?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 4 Jan 2008 15:17:09 -0900
  Chris, Is this a recent development, or has it always been this way? Is the ambient air temperature affecting it? Is the problem one...
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:08:28 -0700
  ...when it is 105 F ambient temperature, one does > not want hot air coming in competing with the air conditioned cabin > air. mcneely One...
• Re: Need some aircooled parts
  Historical mailing list - cesar quiros
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:49:41 -0800
  ...Need some aircooled parts > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I need three aircooled parts: the two bottom plates (left and right) > for the cooling...
• FS: Aircooled.net Tube Bumpers
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 13:56:51 -0600
  ...http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=EXG0005&cartid= http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2=EXG0006&cartid= $500.00...
• Re: Pare tire at 42 psi?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 16 Jun 95 21:01:27 CDT
  ...my thinking is that (1) tires leaked air. period. so hopefully, by the time you needed the spare, it still had at least the...
• Re: RE Fuel Injection problem found
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Jul 1996 10:57:38, -0500
  ...air reg. (should be open when cold),, double relay, pump contact in intake air sensor (must close to keep pump running), cyl head temp...
• Vent shades/wind deflectors Helmut, pls read
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Fri, 3 Apr 1998 08:43:45 EST
  i forgot, here's the German (letsee, Germany...that's in South America??) adress for Clim Air the makers of the OEM ventshades for...
• Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 May 2001 14:27:16 -0400
  ...Together they >would be mass air flow. > >Unlike the later Bosch Mass Air Flow Meters with the hot wire in them that >send the...
• Re: FW: Air conditioning keep it or leave it?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 19:47:17 -0500
  ...I have, and use, air conditioning in all four of my vehicles and one is a 1984 7 passenger automatic and another is my...
• Re: Strange Vanagon airfoil sighting
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 13:33:05 -0700
  ...This looked just like > one of those air foils on tops of the cab of a semi-trucks. It was painted > the same color...
• Syncro air cleaners
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 Jan 1997 00:10:38 -0500 (EST)
  Kyle - I just got my Syncro air cleaner today, it is awesome. It puts the wimpy 2wd ones to shame. Needless to say the...
• Re: Aux. Oil Coolers
  Historical mailing list - DThies1008
  Sun, 17 May 1998 19:17:28 EDT
  ...On an aircooled motor if temp is higher than normal check to make sure the engine compartment is sealed hot air from the cylinders...
• Re: Portable Air Conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:02:43 -0600
  ...Portable Air Conditioner Ran across this site which I found to be interesting. Small, portable. Larry http://cloudtops.com/airconditioning.htm