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• Re: How Cold Is It? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:07:58 -0600
  ...It was so cold that sound had stopped, trapped in the cold. Yessir, that was a winter to remember. It was so cold we...
• Re: Back on heating
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 5 Feb 95 09:54:53 gmt
  > When I start my engine from cold the heater boxes are still cold (well > barely hot anyway) after 5 minutes. Don't forget they...
• Rough idle on cold start
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 21:36:03 -0600
  <html><head></head><body>In this cold weather we are having, my engine runs really rough on a cold start. Sounds like running on...
• Temp gauge on hot at cold startup
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Sat, 26 Feb 2005 18:58:19 EST
  My temp gauge needle is shooting all the way up on cold startup. Also the red dummy lite is blinking on and off. I...
• Re: Understanding AFC fuel injection--question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 19:52:52 -0600
  ...What I do not get is the process when it is starting cold.....air flows thru the AFM, and if the motor is cold...
• ? Curious- Fan runs when lights on, even cold.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 10:09:36 -0500
  Just noticed this yesterday - the front cooling fan runs when the lights are on, engine off, even when cold. ? James Glenn
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:06:52 -0500
  Sean writes: > > > Paul writes: > > The cold idle circuit of most Bosch fuel injection systems incorporate > > an "auxillary air regulator". When you start the engine...
• Screeching when cold
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 08:07:27 -0600
  With the onset of colder weather here in WY, my van has taken on a new ailment. When I first start the engine and...
• Re: Okay, How Cold Is It? Vanagon Content
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:15:07 -0500
  ...These temps are around 10 F colder than usual for mid December, but are nowhere near records. My '91 Campmobile started and ran fine...
• A/C question
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 11:00:43 -0400
  ...I get my system recharged and it will blow cold for awhile but as soon as I get on the highway it will stop...
• Re: Temp sensor II
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 14:10:13 -0400
  >help! my 88 vanagon stalled during cold start and runs fine when warm. is >it temp sensor II? please advise. Good possibility. Check the...
• Re: Trip Report. I-5 Portland to So Cal.
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 1 Jan 2013 21:11:25 -0800
  RE: Temperatures I't cold to very cold all over the west coast, near freezing to well below in many area.
• Re: ECU Wiring Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 18 Apr 1998 10:15:16 -0700
  ...On mine, the blue connector goes to the cold start valve. Can't really see the connector for the thermo-time switch. :-) On Sat...
• Re: removing air conditioner without spilling the freon
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:52:18 -0800
  ...the cold air flows to the front and we receive the blast of cold air on our head... so I remove the 2 front...
• Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Won't Start in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 12:50:42 -0700
  ...It was an icy cold January day in Tucson, with the thermometer barely poking its head above 70 F. At first I thought the...
• Re: just how COLD is it where u are.. - 3 here...w/ -35 WCF
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 07:43:15 -0800
  ...Only because it is easier to break >things, that don't want to move easy. > ERic The cold is hard on machinery, I guess...
• cold hesitation
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 18:47:49 -0400
  My 1990 2.1 has a hesitation only when cold and only does it when I first start out and then is OK. Any...
• Re: heat (will this thread continue til next april?)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 08:57:04 -0400
  ...they have pretty cold winters in Germany, don't they? Yes, they have cold winters but not like ours. Their cold is a nasskalt...
• Re: Just how cold...the PS pump was crying
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 22:15:11 -0800
  ...Not for the cold (it doesn't get that cold here), but to preserve the expensive rack & pump. A clogged filter could also lead...
• Re: coolant leak when cold
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Feb 1996 19:24:14 -0500
  ...uakron.edu (Anthony Luscre) writes: >86 Vanagon >When it is very cold I end up with a puddle of coolant under van after >driving...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:28:04 -0400
  ...Both the ALH and the earlier AHU have cold start injectors. Not quite the same as a gas cold start valve, but similar.
• Re: subject Re: bURNINGvAN
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 5 Jan 2009 10:38:40 -0800
  Somehow cold in SF is colder than cold other places. See Mark Twain for confirmation of that. mike On 1/5/09 10:13...
• Re: cold run problems
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:09:00 -0500
  James, I know you said various temperatures but have you checked temp two sensor when it's stone cold? Also is it possible the...
• Re: whumpity-whumpity on cold tires
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:29:45 -0800
  ...whumpity-whumpity on cold tires > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Monday, December 5, 2011, 9:13 PM > ---- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> > wrote...
• Re: Cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:38:53 -0600
  ...mcneely ---- Annie Anderson <lsandrsn@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Hi folks. > > Having some trouble with cold weather starting problems. Every time the weather gets cold, the...
• Re: warm hard start
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:11:46 -0700
  hello The aux valve create a small vacuum leak when the temp outside is cold to move up the idle.I think aroud 300...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture) A new angle...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:33:29 EST
  A simple way to enrichen the mixture is to make a switch that can be flipped to simulate a cold engine. The ECU thinks...
• 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection cold start valve voltage
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 04:14:40 -0800
  Is there any info on the voltage a cold start valve operates at on a 1982 Westy air cooled fuel injection system?
• Re: Pfeiffer facilities
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 16 Nov 94 13:13:50 PST
  So Alex Skovronek says: > > What type of temperatures can be expect during January? Day time > highs of ? and night time lows of ? ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ cold colder...
• Re: just how COLD is IT?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 14:53:56 -0800
  ...tim in cold cold cold san jose > >It was 1-2 degrees F her this morning in Boston with 15-30 MPH winds! > >It...
• Re: Auto Transmission Fail (Pics)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:37:52 -0700
  So it is a lot higher when cold... thanks, that's what I needed to know. (I've never checked it cold, of course...
• Re: 91 runs rough cold
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Wed, 27 Nov 1996 22:25:03 -0700
  ...91 runs rough cold > Date: Wednesday, November 27, 1996 5:09 PM > > Greetings - > A friend called this evening from Connecticut re: his 91 vanagon...
• Re: Cold weather, short trips
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:08:36 -0600
  ...there is the old extreme cold weather trick of cardboard in front of > the radiator. > If it's super cold, sometimes vehicles like that.
• poor cold start 80 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 14:42:22 +0200
  Just after returning from a 3-nites camp trip (Murphy was a pessimist) we got a cold start problem. Required endless cranking before firing...
• Re: vanagon winter maladies
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:01:42 -0800
  yup, the rubber and metal interface parts seem to fail more often in the cold (duh?). I mentioned the clutch master and slave as...
• Re: TIRE PRESSURE SURVEY
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:13:57 -0700
  ...1356 lbs@ 44psi PSI cold F/R empty: 40/40 PSI cold F/R loaded: 40/40 Year: 1986 Model: Westy Weekender Tires: Yokohama...
• Re: 81 aircooled won't start when cold
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 23 Dec 2004 10:56:42 -0500
  Air colded Vanagons do have a cold start injector. The 2.1L 86-91 (digifant) does not. I don't no about The 83...
• re:What kind of bus do I have?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 18:20:27 -0500
  On Tue, 7 Nov 1995, Michael Heron wrote: > > actually you are looking for a coldbox not a fridge! > Joseph F. Fournier II wrote: Would...
• Re: Compression Test
  Historical mailing list - robot .
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:56:46 PDT
  ...I found a cold test pretty useless also. tim o'brien > >1. Engine will be cold because I plan on reinstalling plugs and going...
• Re: Comments wanted on this portable fridge
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 16:41:33 -0700
  ...The amount of "cold" contained in that cold air is a tiny tiny tiny fraction of the amount of cold "stored" in the food...
• Cold start problem.....still....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:40:03 -0400
  84 (1.9 early version, page 24.24 in Bentley) cold start problem saga. Well, the temps 2 was NOT the only problem..... the...
• Cold Stumble
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Sun, 6 Jun 1999 12:32:08 -0700
  Can running badly when cold (watercooled) including stumbling and even an occasional backfire be cause by a malfunctioning temp sender? I just grounded the...
• Re: TIRE PRESSURE SURVEY
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Lubin
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:02:19 -0400
  ...106/1045 PSI cold F/R empty: 44/48 PSI cold F/R loaded: 44/48
• Re: Running cool (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Michael D. Dower
  Sat, 1 Mar 1997 18:26:38 -0500 (EST)
  ...Driving from Phoenix to Flagstaff in a snowstorm my bus started running cold. Really cold. In Flagstaff the next day it still ran cold...
• Re: just how COLD is IT?
  Historical mailing list - Jayson Adams
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:17:37 -0600
  ...just how COLD is IT? It was 11 deg C here this morning. Coooold! brrrr.... tim in cold cold cold san jose > >It was...
• crank, wont start
  Historical mailing list - John Thiessen
  Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:38:31 -0500
  Stan, If you have an aircooled Vanagon, have a look at your Cold Start Valve (5th injector). Just last week mine had same symptoms...
• Re: slow cranking in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 12:56:41 EST
  ...If the weatherman starts using the phrases "cold snap" and "teens", its time to start considering letting your battery sleep in the house. Rich
• Re: Urban Legend RE: NO starting when cold and Gasahol?(long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:49:09 -0500
  ...During the winter I use Castrol Syntec 5W 50 oil and the engine starts, idles and runs fine, even when cold, with outside temperatures...
• Re: Voltage regulator or some other electrical issue??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Dec 2011 19:39:25 -0600
  Hi Melissa, After living for 30 years in Alaska, I can tell you from experience that the onset of cold weather will "out" a...
• Re: just how COLD is IT? - Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:07:31 -0600
  ok Cali people, lets talk in Farenheit!! :<) you guys dont know what cold is!! :<) chris in pa where its currently 5 degrees F. ---------------------- Clip...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:24:48 -0700
  ...I have AHU and ALH diesel engines in my possession and don't see any cold start injectors on them. Mark diesel head, multiple...
• Re: just how COLD is IT?
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:41:13 -0800
  I'm not sure of exact degrees here in CT, what I do know is that it's TOO COLD!! I wish cold for...
• Re: D'OH (metic) fridge
  Historical mailing list - James H. McCarthy
  Wed, 24 Sep 1997 09:05:56 -0400
  Would it make sense to start the cool down by placing containers of ice in the fridge, then replacing them with the cold food...
• Re: Water tank
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:47:37 -0700
  ...Of course, what I was trying to understand was how > cold does it have to be outside to get cold enough in the van...
• Re: Diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:59:32 -0600
  ...The cold-start setting changes the "normal" timing to improve the cold-start characteristics. Just have your mech hook up the cable and time...
• Radiator Cover on Vangon
  Historical mailing list - Tony Schiebel
  Fri, 8 Dec 1995 10:00:15 -0700 (MST)
  Greetings, As most of you already know, it is *REALLY* Cold up here in "The Great White North". I have installed a front cover...
• Re: cold start problem - 89 GL
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:39:41 -0500
  Water Boxers don't have a cold start valve. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Chris Agh [mailto:chris.agh@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 30...
• No fast idle when cold -- '84 Vanagon with 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Mon, 15 Dec 2014 13:56:03 -0500
  Generally fast idle when cold is not a problem as most nights my '84 Vanagon sleeps in a heated garage. It spent this past...
• Mercedes Benz FI Question (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 26 Nov 1999 17:28:01 -0700
  ...Apparently it doesn't want to start in the colder morning temperatures this time of year. We're in Phoenix, so colder means about...
• Re: Vanagon Heat Vents.....
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 02:38:02 -0500 (EST)
  I had an 87 camper with cold air out the vents, an 87 Syncro camper with cold air, and now have a second 87...