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• Re: High RPM Misfire
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:55:07 -0400
  At 23:26 9/19/99 , Gary Basey wrote: >Strangely enough >there was no change in engine idle when I pulled the number 2...
• Re: plug heat ranges?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 00:12:34 -0400
  ...To hot plug burns gap increase, and misfires. All of this ove time. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh, PA...
• Re: Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 06 Jan 1997 12:45:05 -0800
  ...It starts right up, even on the coldest > mornings, but when it has warmed up, it starts to misfire, running too rich, > black smoke...
• Re: Temp sensor removal
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 22:16:05 -0400
  ...After a thousand miles or so the vibration would start to loosen it and I'd get an intermittent misfire when the engine was...
• Re: TIICO EMISSIONS
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 20:00:08 -0400
  ...The HC reading is indicating a misfire or valve problem. A vacuum leak or bad injector can also cause a cylinder unbalance/miss-fire...
• Re: Carbon Tracking??
  Historical mailing list - Allen Hill
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:06:53 -0500
  ...They are simply little gray tracks inside of the distributor cap that cause misfires which are mostly noticed under a load. Looking on the...
• Re Turbo Muffler, Jacobs ignition, don't work
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 02:12:43 EDT
  ...wouldn't fire some of those marginal charges that might otherwise misfire? Think about it. Our Vanagon is quicker. My butt does not lie...
• "enough" vs "too much" monitoring, was: permanent fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 16:58:13 -0800
  ...my little O2 sensor gauge allows me to watch my engine misfire subtly but regularly, explaining my low gas mileage... Look in the cockpit...
• Re: 87 Misfires when damp
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:27:25 -0400
  Waste of money.... plug wires, cap. rotor, would not fix themselves by cycling the ignition. robert shawn feller wrote: > how old are you plug...
• Missing/Misfire
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 9 May 1999 08:39:01 -0700
  I took my syncro out yesterday to drive 1 1/2 blocks to meet the latest arrival in the neighborhood: a white 1990 syncro...
• Re: I'm stumped! (misfire)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 23 May 1998 09:09:58 -0500
  ...I'm stumped! (misfire) >Hello Everyone, > >I have a problem that has got me stumped. I have an >82 Westy which has a misfire...
• Re: Misfire when coasting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:38:27 -0400
  At 07:07 AM 6/30/2011, miguel pacheco wrote: >That TPS can click to heaven, but that doesn't mean the switch is...
• A mystery
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 21 Aug 2022 15:32:39 -0500
  ...erroneous signals which in turn causes the engine to jerk like misfire or improper or inadequate fuel mixture. The carrier bearing problem will be...
• Re: Air-Fuel Ratio fluctuation
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:56:07 -0700
  ...If the cylinder > misfires, the O2 goes to the exhaust where it's interpreted as lean, when > in > fact the A/F is unchanged...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What about the t...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:03:39 EDT
  ...The likelihood to have a misfire is greatly reduced and increases in power because all the plugs fire. I have already posted this, was...
• Re: 89 Vanagon engine misfires, coughs, backfires, won't idle
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sat, 18 Aug 2001 23:52:24 -0400
  Greg; Sounds like you have some bad gas. I would try dry gas additive and a high test fill up. Drive out that tank...
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:56:15 -0400
  ...The will prevent misfires when striking the start button. All you can do is lubricate that plunger shaft to ease it up.
• Idle stabilizer (was Wet Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Mike D.
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:13:00 -0700
  ...But it still runs rough at idle, misfires a bit and smells gassy. If you rev it up at all it smooths out, and...
• Re: RE : Gerry Skerbitz's fuel pump problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 8 Aug 1996 17:11:52 -0400
  ...and the vehicle doesnt misfire, that there is no compressible air in the line.The air would cause a misfire and corrupted spray pattern...
• Occasional Rough Running '86
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 11 Nov 94 13:27:28 PST
  ...again. ------------ Tale of woe deleted ------------------- This sounds like the old intermittent misfire problem that according to the bulletin 92-01 happens to Digifant engines...
• Points Glazed hard starting 81
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 20:29:36 -0600
  ...If you're experiencing low rpm misfire you may want to include this visual check in your testing routine. Stan Wilder ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS...
• Re: intermittant misfire
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:55:28 -0400
  I found a failure inside the resistive end cap of the wire. The rubber boot between the outer metal case and the resistor developed...
• Re: Help strange misfire - Update
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 7 Oct 2012 08:34:32 -0500
  ...41 PM, Donna wrote: > > > > Van runs fine but have had violent misfire every few miles on trip. Ideas? Got back from shop 3 weeks...
• Re: low rpm flat spot
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 10 Nov 94 21:01:44 CST
  ...Digijet System Injection Vanagon 1986-91 24-92-01 Engine Intermittent Misfire w/Digifant <See also TB 24-92-02> Injection Vanagon 1983-91...
• Re: '81 air-cooled engine stall (increase idle speed)
  Historical mailing list - al sinclair
  Fri, 25 Sep 2020 09:53:08 -0700
  ...that allows the fuel pressure to > drop too much or for too long on initial acceleration, leading to a > lean misfire. I'll post...
• Re: Misfire when coasting?
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:48:07 -0600
  I've used the S&S header, currently 399.95 US dolares at Cip1.com, and had good success, for the money. The fit...
• Misfiring Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Dec 1997 17:34:42 -0500
  ...Got up there and the next day it started to misfire. It did it the whole trip home. Here is what it does. When...
• Re: Adding on gauges
  Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
  Sun, 26 Jan 1997 10:19:22 +0100
  ...The guy just changed the spark plugs caps, not even the wires, and the van ran like a dream! I had these misfires for...
• Re: Stumblin' and misfiren'
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jul 94 9:25:35 PDT
  > check the little microswitch on the throttle housing. if that thing is > mal-ajusted, it can make the engine thing the throttle is not...
• Re: missing info on my 88vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 29 Oct 2004 07:04:38 -0500
  ...and hopefully removing any water related misfires. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Rajesh Injety wrote: >thanks Dawn... >well yes it did sit for...
• Re: safety chain!! Was 89 Vanagon engine misfire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 10:45:55 -0500
  "Horace K. Sawyer" wrote: > It was the last time I used such a device, and never will > again. Period. With a top heavy vehicle...
• Re: Is this the dreaded "bucking"???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:54:39 -0700
  It seems like a bunch of different things can cause the "dreaded bucking", as the FI system misfires or the ECU freaks out. I...
• Re: '81 air-cooled engine stall (increase idle speed)
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Sat, 26 Sep 2020 18:46:51 -0700
  ...that allows the fuel pressure to > > drop too much or for too long on initial acceleration, leading to a > > lean misfire. I'll post...
• Re: Vexing Subtle Misfire Issues
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:48:47 -0400
  John, Sounds like your luck is changing for the better. Glad to hear it. You did not mention if you took care of the...
• '88 Westy Vacuum leak diagnosis input
  Historical mailing list - Matt Drew
  Tue, 3 Sep 2024 10:12:57 -0600
  ...Noticed it was running rough a while back, initially thought it was a timing/misfire issue. New plugs, cap, rotor, ignition wires all needed...
• Disconnecting the Oxygen Sensor
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 13:38:33 -0400
  ...It would get worse and puff black smoke, misfire, etc. pretty fast, except at full throttle. So not knowing enough to disconnect the oxy...
• Re: Misfire when coasting?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Lapp
  Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:58:11 -0500
  Well, you're right about that. I looked on cip1 and they are out of stock. The Bus depot kit is cheaper than I...
• Euro-Drive-OBD2: 97 Volkswagen Jetta, No-start/Cuts-out/Misfire
  Historical mailing list - "Don Kerr (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 08:08:01 -0500
  ...No Start, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on Occurs: Intermittently More Info: Test results & repair history included below ____________________________________________________________ Just when I thought I was...
• Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  Feb. 29, 1992
  Condition: After driving for 1/2 to 2 hours at a constant speed, vehicle experiences lack of power, cuts-out or stalls, often accompanied...
• Re: Rough idle, coil question??
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 03:50:39 -0400
  ...I thought maybe the hesitation was caused by a misfire. I felt the coil and it was really hot. Much more so than the...
• Westy Sink Pump Inop
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Mon, 2 Jul 2001 10:48:20 -0400
  ...Also, does anyone know how to properly gap the three prong spark plugs? I've got a misfire somewhere and want to clean and...
• Van Update and fuel pressure gauge report
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 14 Sep 2004 01:03:26 -0700
  ...I've still got a slight misfire and now my exhaust is making strange noises. Sounds like part of the catalytic converter may have...
• Re: 87 Westy Stuttering?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:34:05 EDT
  ...Technical Bulletin Group:� � 24 Number:�� 92-01 Date:� �� February 29, 1992 Subject:� Vanagon Intermittent Misfire Model(s): All Vanagon Digifant Fuel Injection Engines CONDITION...
• Re: When in Doubt - Temp 2 - thanks to Digitool
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:15:50 -0700
  ...Now I have a whole box of good-used parts that AREN'T the cause of my intermittent misfire, just waiting for my NEXT...
• Re: The Thing I Hate the Most About My Vanagon Is..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:27:49 -0500
  ...Look for little inconsistencies, I was missing the spring under the distributor and it caused erratic idel and misfire. Corrected it worked great. If...
• Re: Points Glazed hard starting 81
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 21:50:48 -0600
  ...it runs great once more. > If you're experiencing low rpm misfire you may want to include this > visual check in your testing routine...
• What next? ... GREMLINS STILL OCCUPY 80 CA VANAGON
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 13:01:56 -0800
  ...It shuts off like I've turned the key off-no misfires, sputters nothing it just shuts down, the alternator lights doesn't even...
• I'm stumped! (misfire)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Schmedlin
  Sat, 23 May 1998 05:23:33 -0700
  ...I have an 82 Westy which has a misfire, both at idle and at rpm. I have a GEX (rebuilt?)engine. My van has...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome/AFM Mounting Orientation?
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:40:33 -0800
  ...because there's air (and fuel) in the exhaust from a misfire. When the ECU is closed loop and hesitation occurs, the mixture temporarily...
• I'm stummped-Update
  Historical mailing list - Eric Schmedlin
  Sun, 31 May 1998 06:55:41 -0700
  Hello Volks, Spent the past week trying to track down that misfire. Thanks for all the suggestions. This week I re-sealed the entire...
• coolant temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 10:28:12 -1000
  ...Occasionally she will misfire terribly, lose almost all power, spitting and coughing. Letting up on the gas usually helps. Once she gets over this...
• Gas mileage is Waaaaay down,,, Please help!
  Historical mailing list - Debi Webi
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:58:27 -0700
  ...3) Does the engine miss or emit black exhaust? I do hear a slight misfire, I think, but it's not obvious. : 4) Does...
• Re: plug heat ranges?
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 13 Jun 2004 07:48:12 -0500
  ...style then the plug will tend to carbon up and cause misfires (a fouled plug), if the plug is to hot the tip will...
• Engine Misses
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:19:36 -0800
  ...The other miss is the lean or rich misfire. Vanagons are known for the lean idle misfire. This is really a CO adjustment, throttle...
• Re: Re(2): Re(2): Rough running when Hot
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 11:43:01 PDT
  ...wondering if this would depend on > engine temperature, since it only misfires when hot. Does that make sense? > Charles, Elecrtical connections can be very...
• Re: vanagon misfiring after 30 mins
  Historical mailing list - William Ward
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 08:17:10 -0500
  ...run fine for about 20 mins and then it ><<starts to misfire > >Years ago, I had a similar problem in an 81 air cooled...
• Re: coolant temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 23:55:29 -1000
  ...Most of the time it did not send out a big cloud of black smoke (just lost power and misfired like crazy), although thankfully...
• Re: '87 Westy running problems solved-OBD comments
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:53:27 -0500
  ...cylinder balance testing to make sure you don’t have lean misfires or other fuel delivery problems. More than one engine has been destroyed...
• Re: Another Vanagon Stall?
  Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
  Sat, 7 Jan 1995 09:37:46 -0800 (PST)
  ...then you are referring to Technical Bulletin # 92-01 Vanagon > >Intermittent Misfire which is for all Vanagon Digifant Fuel Injection > >Engines. > > > Paul > puusital@adobe...
• FW: Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:23:21 -0700
  ...Vanagon Intermittent Misfire > Model(s): All Vanagon Digifant Fuel Injection Engines > > CONDITION: After driving for 1/2 to 2 hours at a constant speed...