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• Re: 3 probe plugs
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 10:53:32 -0700
  ...The life of the electrodes is increased by a factor of 3 (for the 3 electrode plugs) because they trade firing duty. As one...
• Re: vanagon storage
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:29:28 -0400
  ...The advantage of pulling the plugs >is that your "dry" bearings are not under compression load or firing >load until they have a protective...
• Re: Points Glazed hard starting 81
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 21:50:48 -0600
  ...If the points were bad, the coil would not have been firing. Did you perhaps replace the rotor or cap also? Larry A.
• Cylinder Numbering
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 13:19:59 +1100
  ...Can someone tell me which cylinder is which? (I took off the plug leads and according to Bentley the firing order is 1-4...
• Re: More cylinder numbering
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 13:23:40 +0200
  ...The firing order, which is stamped on a sheet thin in the engines compartment, is 3-2-1-4. Do I check the manual...
• #3 late timing.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 19:43:59 -0800
  >that when timing a 1965 or later Bug, you will find that #3 >cylinder is late firing while the other three seem to check...
• Firing order for 2.0 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 19 May 2004 08:14:16 -0700
  Don't have my Bentley today... Anyone know the order, I would guess its the same for Water-cooled too. Please pmail, I am...
• Valves adjustment in Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:41:42 -0700
  ...By next cylinder, do they mean next, as in 1-2-3-4? or next, as in firing order 1-4-3-2? Jim...
• Tips 'n' Tricks - cold cylinder check
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:00:54 -0600
  ...Trying to find the cylinder not firing? Mark the exhaust stacks just outside the cylinder with a wax crayon, The hot cyinders will burn...
• Re: Friday: Firing Up The Beast of Turin
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 11:38:42 -0500
  ...it already, it's a nice little video clip > showing the firing up, for the first time in 100 years, of an amazing > Fiat...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:31:43 -0400
  ...Mis-firing > >I had exactly the same symptoms. The Bentley ECU pin test revealed that #1 >fuel injector was not firing and pointed to...
• Re: OK, I've had it! What now?
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:17:39 -0400
  ...So it is possible that the injectors are not firing. Mark K 1986 GL/2WD/4SPD On Sep 23, 2009, at 12:03 PM...
• Re: blinker fluid and other sundries
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:49:52 -0700
  ...Holding down the awning Try the military suplus sites, they usually have a good supply of used firing line, quite rugged and works just...
• Re: Scrambling for an answer ~ bear with me didnt search archives... sticky injector issues
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 5 Dec 2010 18:43:59 -0500
  ...my van sat for 6 days while I was on vacation and now the injectors are not firing right. I just dumped some berryman...
• Backfire vs Afterfire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:39:25 -0500
  ...Faulty valve timing and ignition timing being the primary culprits triggering firing backwards through the intake system. The engine mechanic instructors were quite adamant...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:03:12 -0500
  ...Somebody let me know if the rest of the sequence is >> anything but the firing order. >> >> Bentley says two turns of the adjusting screw...
• timing the 1.9
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:42:03 -0500
  ...However, we cant seem to find the firing order or which cylinder is #1. FLAPS told us #1 is passanger side front. Is that...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:28:55 -0700
  I decided to start the diagnosis over since Ive been at it in increments for a long time. Fuel pressure YES Spark From the...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 15:18:12 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal My Bentley manual shows that ECU pin #1 gets the signal from the coil. This signal from one of the terminals...
• Re: More cylinder numbering
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:12:42 +0200
  ...The firing order, which is stamped on a sheet thin in the engines compartment, is 3-2-1-4. Do I check the manual...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:09:16 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal do you know how to check continuity with a volt-ohm meter ? essential to checking wiring harness continuity. the less expensive...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:12:33 -0700
  Re testing with a noid light... Thats a incandescent bulb my voltage light is an LED doesnt it take much less energy to light...
• Re: Surging 1.9 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Henry
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 11:13:46 -0400
  ...but I guess > that's because I have had it idled higher to avoid the mis > the two injectors not firing was causing. Once...
• Re: Cylinder Numbering
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:31:03 +1000
  ...Can someone tell me which cylinder is which? (I took off the > > plug leads and according to Bentley the firing order is 1-4...
• Re: Grrrr.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:14:25 -0500
  ...dead cyl.? Bad plug? Possible cause Means that cylinder is not firing. Could be anything from bad plug, fouled plug, bad plug wire, lack...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:53:02 -0400
  At 04:28 PM 10/10/2008, B.J.R. wrote: >HOW DOES A SINGLE WIRE SIGNAL DETERMINE WHICH INJECTOR WILL FIRE?? >IE: 1...
• Re: Engine Rebuild questions
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 01:04:51 -0400
  ...Can someone talk me through what I need to do to get this thing >properly "timed" prior to firing it up.I have a...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 09:18:24 -0700
  ...Mis-firing I had exactly the same symptoms. The Bentley ECU pin test revealed that #1 fuel injector was not firing and pointed to...
• Re: No Power Under Load - '85 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 21 May 2014 10:44:18 -0400
  ...I'll check that vacuum line to - I had a big back fire when I was firing her up so it's possible something...
• Re: Emissions
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 00:08:25 -0500
  ...You either have a plug or two not firing or a cylinder with no compression. Dennis.
• Re: VW Engines and Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:52:37 -0600
  ...It could be a dead injector or mis firing injector causing that feeling of stress you're geerting in your engine at highway speeds...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 13:56:22 -0600
  Don't let the waterboxer guys mislead you. In a waterboxer, the fuel pump runs for a few seconds when the ignition is turned...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 13:43:03 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal >I swapped a igniter one time, van would not run for anything. > that one white wire going to the ignitor had...
• Odd Engine Performance
  Historical mailing list - jon durham
  Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:16:50 -0600
  ...But after going about a half mile, the engine begins to barely run, sometimes back firing, This goes on for about 3 minutes but...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 14:36:36 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 11:04 AM > I do not know. > > Could you be more...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:14:48 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal You may want to check the two relays that are often the cause of this kind of problem, i.e. no...
• Dist Driveshaft Installation ?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:26:26 -0800 (PST)
  ...plug wires (on the dist cap) to compensate for the new firing order ? That is move the #1 plug wire to what would normally...
• Re: Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:03:12 -0800
  No of course not its for the firing of the glow plugs. Silly. Mike On 1/10/05 2:35 PM, "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan...
• Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:21:14 -0500
  ...Somebody let me know if the rest of the sequence is anything but the firing order. Bentley says two turns of the adjusting screw...
• Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:46:45 -0500
  ...Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI) > > Valves are adjusted relative to position of the TDC mark on the pulley -- > nothing...
• Re: Bosch 009 on T4?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:59:34 -0400
  ...Number 2 and number 4 cylinders are not firing. I have checked the intake, points, spark plugs, plug ------- I had a 009 distribtor on...
• Re: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 11:43:31 -0400
  ...Is it firing at ALL? Are you sure you are getting fuel to the injectors? Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
• Re: symptoms of running rich?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:08:40 -0400
  Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET> writes: > When hot, needs to crank for a few seconds before firing. It helps if > I let the fuel...
• Re: [Re: Which cylinder isn't firing??]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 19:57:56 MST
  Bradley Flubacher <flubach@HOME.COM> wrote: > I thought this was a no-no as per the bentley manual. It has warnings about > not disconnecting...
• Help! Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 17:45:52 -0800
  ...I have my Digitool hooked up and it shows that the Injectors and the coil aren't firing. Did I forget something? I've...
• Re: Diaganosing Fuel Injection Systems
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 08:56:59 -0500
  ...With this information it adjusts the duration of the injector firing for proper mixture. The coil wire is only to tell where the distributor...
• Re: AFM intermittancy result?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:02:40 -0700
  ...When that happens, the AFM's wiper will swing to another part of |the track, causing the ECU to start firing the injectors again...
• Re: Sorta Scary Event
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:11:15 -0500
  ...if the tach drops like a stone while the engine is still turning, then firing impulses are not reaching the spark coil primary, since...
• Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 13 Jan 2011 06:48:08 -0800
  compression good? fuel pressure good? making spark? timing close? firing order right? injectors spraying? is the exhaust/cat plugged or blocked? Should at least...
• Re: Friday: Firing Up The Beast of Turin
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 10:08:22 -0600
  ...it already, it's a nice little video clip > showing the firing up, for the first time in 100 years, of an amazing > Fiat...
• firing on 3 cylinders.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:15:43 -0500
  ...However, we wanted to rule out that one of the cylinders wasnt firing, so while selectively removing the plug wires from the cap, we...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:32:11 -0400
  ...Mis-firing > > I had exactly the same symptoms. The Bentley ECU pin test revealed that #1 > fuel injector was not firing and pointed to...
• Re: Injectors not firing ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:16:58 +0000
  ...Injectors not firing ? To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Hey everybody > Well, I bought another one ( never heard that before huh? ) > > I have a 91...
• RE: Newbe Fridge Question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 04 Jan 96 16:53:25 -0500
  ...Just keep on clicking it as rapidly as possible, keep firing away until it lights. Mine never works on one click, but always fires...
• Re: FI help needed
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 05:44:18 -0400
  ...van back on the road! >> Don, have you made sure the firing order is correct, and the distributor is geared correctly?If it is...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 18:39:10 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 6:09 PM > Here IS A diagram of the system > > http...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 10:55:29 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal > To: dtkao0205@yahoo.com, vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 8:14 AM > thanks David. > But that is...
• 84 Westy emgine missing/fuel starved
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Sep 1996 08:21:40 +1000
  ...While in Hood River, OR she started miss firing and hesitating intermittantly. It got worse but not so bad that we had to do...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:14:16 -0400
  The throttle switch isn’t keeping it from firing. Since the switch is closed, (on), with the throttle fully closed or open why would...
• Fridge, keeps blowing out and backfires durring ignition
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:43:31 -0700
  ...My fridge keeps blowing out, hard starts sometimes and some back firing.. I had it out and did the valve upgrade.. It seems to...