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• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 14:39:00 -0400
  ...week: > - changed O2 sensor > - changed fuel pressure regulator, fuel pump, fuel filter > - took apart entire air intake system, changed the air intake >distributor box...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulator Vs Auto transmission
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:37:27 -0500
  ...prime the system if needed. to be sure it's the FPR, you now need a Fuel pressure tester. I have 3 auto in...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:43:14 -0700
  ...Problems with the feedback system (the system that regulates the fuel being added to the engine based on the amount of oxygen in the...
• Re: 86 running problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:48:47 -0500
  ...I would check all of the electrical wires that control the fuel injection system. If you can, purchase a good book on Bosh fuel...
• Re: NVC Fox fuel management system
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:32:36 -0700
  ...I'm trying to find what type of fuel management system it uses... > > Anyone know? > Thanks. > > > > Rob > > becida@comcast.net > Western Washington State, USA >
• VW cars vs. 1991 Vanagon fuel systems
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:56:52 -0700
  Hi VW fans, Which cars made by VW would have the same fuel management and ignition system as my 1991 Vanagon Carat? I'm...
• O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 17:39:24 -0700
  ...What I'm interested in list members understanding that adjusting the fuel injection system is done open loop. It is important that the o2...
• Re: Fuel leak ruin trip to San Jose (FIRE HAZARD)
  Historical mailing list - SBate82659
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 21:47:42 EDT
  <The fuel system has a fuel pump, I think, so the lines are under slight pressure when the car is running. A. ALWAYS keep...
• Re:Help, my bus has fallen and can't get up!!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 13:03:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...the entire Fuel Injection system with emphasis on the fuel system. But don't slack off checking continuity in the electrical system. When's...
• Re: RV recall on fuel injectors on Vanagon 1990 Multivan Westie
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 17:34:21 -0400
  ...This system runs at around 40psi pressure, and engine fires from fuel sprays are a definite problem, usually destroying the vehicle. All work on...
• Re: Diaganosing Fuel Injection Systems
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 08:56:59 -0500
  Fuel injection is actually a very simple system. Although troubleshooting it can sometimes get difficult. The ECU relieves information from the temperature sensor, oxygen...
• Re: Kill Switch Delay - any electronics experts?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Aug 2005 13:35:00 +1200
  >Similar systems have been built into some commercial vehicles security >systems. Don't know exactly how they are implemented but have seen some >operating...
• Re: Can later AFM be used ...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:56:10 -0400
  ...The AC Vanagons used the L-Jetronic fuel injection system. The AFM for that system has a switch inside that turns the fuel pump...
• Fuel Injection Discussions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:43:28 -0400
  In the recent discussions about fuel injection systems and diagnosis mention was made about using WD40 or some other silicone spray on fuel system...
• Re: fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 24 Dec 2000 16:36:08 +0000
  Hi J, Essentially what happens is the fuel system is supposed to stay pressurized after the fuel pump runs for its intial second or...
• Re: No Start 83.5: Fuel pump test?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:12:24 EDT
  ...Should this "open system" squirt fuel out of either or both of these openings? Yes, fuel should squirt out. I think when the engine...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:35:44 -0800
  ...all the functions of the fuel system and ignition system and provides both the actuation signal for the fuel injectors and optimum ignition timing...
• Re: fuel system
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 11:13:09 -0400
  ...Now we have yard art. > > I am thinking the problem could be the fuel pressure regulator, but I am > suspicious that the fuel system...
• Re: buzzing fuel pump - additional info
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:04:39 -0800
  ...Rabbit fuel injection systems lower the system pressure to about 25 PSI when the engine is stone cold and the fuel pressure regulator builds...
• Re: Running FI engine empty
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 1 Sep 95 16:03:56 PDT
  On Fri, 01 Sep, Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu> responded: > many (not all) of the fuel injection systems use bosch fuel pumps, and...
• Re: duel fuel westy, LPG/propane or gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 07:46:02 -0700
  ...Gary < > > > I finally got around to installing a propane fuel system on my 1987 syncro > > westy. Its a duel fuel system so the original...
• Re: power steering
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:10:22 -0400
  At 03:26 PM 7/11/2012, Pat wrote: >Thinking about it, other hydraulic systems do the same thing. >The fuel pump has the...
• will not start
  Historical mailing list - Darrel
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 12:29:20 -0500
  Digifant system have power at injector conector have fuel pressure have air have spark have no fuel in cylinders Darrel Combs 1988 Vanagon With...
• Re: Can't find a 1.9 fuel injection problem?
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:31:46 -0400
  >some other thoughts: > >fuel system pressure > >throttle switch (full throttle enrichment) on the throttle shaft-thingie= =2E > >evaporative emissions system ... might be leaking. > >good...
• Re: 1987 Westy Fuel Line hoses inside diameters
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:56:11 -0400
  ...All other fuel system hoses in the engine compartment . The hoses are all shown as N 903 397 02 (fuel hose, 56 cm long...
• Re: Fuel system cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 08:15:14 -0700
  Sta-bil dissolves the crap that coagulates in fuel systems. I tried all the other stuff you mentioned and then a friend told me...
• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 11:28:13 -0800
  ...sure , closed fuel system with evap system on it ..yes, but I personally wouldn't quite say they 'hold pressure.' And some high quality...
• Re: Sugar In The Fuel Tank-Again
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:15:03 -0500
  ...The specific system he was showing me had a hole for the fuel that is only .017, really small, in fact I couldn't...
• Re: New-Spark-Plugcebo Effect
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:25:48 -0700
  ...for injector cleaning ....and general fuel system care .. like SeaFoam ...or Lucas .. or even Marvil Mystery Oil..says right on the bottle ..'fuel system...
• Re: Fuel filter redux once more again repeated etc
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:43:08 -0700
  ...Haven't had any vaporisation issues with the fuel. I'm running an I4 conversion with CIS, so it is a high pressure system...
• Re: More capacity questions, fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Mon, 28 Jun 2021 10:23:27 -0400
  ...gas gauge system? With the flat tank and sender float at a corner, the gauge moves around a lot as the fuel sloshes around...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:48:26 -0500
  ...One was getting the fuel delivery system >> working again. This included opening it up, and flushing all the old >> fuel and junk from it...
• Fuel pressur gage
  Historical mailing list - Lee Spear
  Mon, 15 Apr 2002 17:48:10 EDT
  That's Right me again Over the last week I've the fuel system well. From the inside of the tank to the injectors...
• 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?
• FI systems query
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 20:44:56 CDT
  ...this is what the VW Service manual, Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems, #WSP 521 148 00, says: Fuel Injectors A.F.C. fuel injectors...
• Re: black box above coil
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Tue, 22 Apr 2003 19:55:50 -0400
  ...That means to depressurize the fuel system, pulling that relay won't work. You need to pull the fuel pump ground wire and then...
• Re: Vanagon Gas Tank/Fuel System measurements
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 11 May 2010 11:48:11 -0400
  ...Essentially going with the '86+ designed fuel system. Thanks again everyone! -Craig Cowan On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 11:29 AM, craig cowan...
• Fuel flow senders
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:20:07 -0800
  ...The main reason why we dump fuel back into the tank is it makes the system self bleeding system by removing air bubbles. Air...
• Re: Cost of fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Thu, 26 Jun 1997 08:40:20 +0000
  If you're messing with the fuel system anyway, measure the output of the fuel pump. 500 cm3/30 sec = 1 liter/min minimum...
• SAE Fuel hose rating
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:16:30 -0400
  ...have not found a minimum rating for our Vanagons, fuel hose or cooling system. Can anyone shed some light on these spec.'s? thanks...
• Re: Diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:25:36 -0700
  When the pump is dry it can take a minute of cranking to bring fuel into the system. Did you do a total of...
• Re: fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 10:24:12 -0800
  ...there is no real advantage between the NAPA special and the VW 1318 when it comes to a fuel rail based FI system. David...
• Failed Ca Smog due to Evaporative leak
  Historical mailing list - KKALnSF
  Mon, 2 Apr 2012 20:19:28 -0700
  ...We were told the evaporative systems containment is leaking on our 87 Syncro. We discussed the results with a local VW mechanic. He said...
• Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:51:46 -0600
  ...It appears that the stock FI system was unable to compensate for the additional air flow. It seems that the Air/Fuel system either...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:40:30 -0800
  ...Listen > to the fuel pump. When you turn the key to the on position the system > pressurizes. It sounds like weeee-rrrrrrrr. The rrrrr...
• Re: I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 8 May 2001 01:24:13 EDT
  ...high pressure fuel pump module. The details are different for CIS, CIS-E and digifant implementations, but all are two pump systems. Use the...
• Bad Fuel? (long)
  Historical mailing list - John Franklin
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 11:32:23 +0000
  ...fuel injection systems. I know the Alfa becomes very sputtery and unhappy with lower octane/detergent fuel (it too has Bosch electronic fuel injection...
• Re: Diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:24:55 -0700
  ...I use a vacuum pump to fill the system with fuel and avoid the 1min cranking needed otherwise (exessive cranking taxes injection pump and...
• Re: My '84 1.9L has two fuel filters!
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 08:51:16 -0500
  ...The system forms a big loop and the purpose is to a) simplify controling fuel pressure and b) to help prevent vapor lock by...
• Re: CV Joints-DONE! Next! Fuel tank.
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:02:23 -0500
  ...does anyone consider pressure testing the > fuel tank vapor recovery system? A good way to avoid fuel related > surprises. Especially important for those that...
• Re: 84 not refiring , still flooding ?
  Historical mailing list - Hans Vanhethoen
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 14:57:39 -0500
  Dave, I have no fuel coming out of that vacuum line. Tomorrow I will pressure test the fuel system. I strongly think that one...
• Re: engine dies while driving - possible causes?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:12:28 -0800
  ...I really like to have a fuel pressure gauge on the fuel system for any intermittent dieing issues., and keep it on there until...
• Fuel tank 'smut'
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 9 Apr 2010 15:50:43 -0700
  One thing that works well for getting clogged up fuel systems cleaned is that Sta-bil fuel gas 'storage' stuff. Learned this from a...
• Re; 85 GL Loss of power
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:19:05 -0500
  Doug, Could very well be the fuel pressure regulator, the fuel pump, or your evaporator system is leaking. I would start at the regulator...
• Re: Fuel system cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:27:04 -0700
  ...re 'soak 3 vehcile's worth' of fuel system parts .. I am not always sure that some massive 'do everything to the max, max...
• FS: Digifant Fuel Injection System
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:50:23 -0500
  Howdy From Texas, I have a Digifant fuel injection system for sale. It is suitable (I believe) for all '86 and up Vanagons. These...
• Re: Fuel pump/filter
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 6 Dec 2014 11:54:16 -0800
  ...the evap system, (the "hiss") I'm curious if altitude affects a marginal part in the evap system and-or fuel tank. Neil. On...
• GDI
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:20:10 -0400
  ...As part of the project, Siemens Automotive is developing a complete direct fuel injection system with speed-based engine control and exhaust treatment. For...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving (Almost)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 3 Apr 2018 02:07:27 -0400
  ...However this has little effect on the total volume of fuel pumped through the system and back to the tank. Yrs, d
• Re: Hi-Speed Exhaust System
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 30 Sep 2013 08:16:55 -0700
  ...In my experience, exhaust systems are an excellent modification to gain performance from most motors. I've almost always gained HP and fuel economy...