← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum

Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 3+: 60 results shown for Pressure Regulator.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

FS: Bosch Fuel Pressure Regulator - on eBay
Historical mailing list - Derek Krueger
Wed, 15 Jan 2003 12:33:23 -0600
In case any of you are interested, I have posted for sale on eBay, Bosch Fuel Pressure Regulator - Used ~16,000 Miles. Current price...
Re: power steering
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:10:22 -0400
...If you removed the fuel pressure regulator you'd simply have about one liter per minute of fuel flowing from the tank around and...
Re: dumb fuel injection question
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:13:35 -0400
...by the fuel pressure regulator ) Actually the fuel pressure is *not* a variable, since the function of the fuel pressure regulator is not to...
Re: fuel pressure
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Sun, 24 Dec 2000 16:36:08 +0000
...If the gauges holds pressure or the loss of pressure is slowed the regulator is the problem. If not pinch the hose just before...
Where to buy/order fuel pressure regulator
Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
Wed, 17 Jul 2002 17:06:27 -0400
According to much diagnosis on my mechanics part, I need a new fuel pressure regulator. He is an hour away however, so I'd...
Gas Pressure Gauge
Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
Wed, 1 Nov 95 12:31:03 PST
Hello VWers, I would like to get a pressure gauge to measure the gas pressure after the fuel pump and before the pressure regulator...
Re: Fuel Pressure Question...
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 7 Sep 2004 19:58:56 -0500
...going > If the regulator is working properly and there is enough pressure from the pump, you should see the pressure rise when you suddenly...
Re: City water hookup
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Thu, 7 Sep 2023 11:10:11 -0500
...Almost bought a pressure >> regulator too (I like gadgets!) but then I thought maybe I can just open >> the tap a crack rather than...
Re: Lake Trip Report and fuel pressure question
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:49:06 -0700
...I notice that if I use the old pressure > regulator, the pressure is higher... I threw away an older pressure > regulator about 2 weeks...
Re: Fuel Lines/Hose Clamps
Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 14:22:48 -0500
Fuel pressure for Digifant Injection System Ref: Bentley 24-55 approx. 2.0 bar (29 psi) with vacuum hose on pressure regulator connected approx...
Re: westy propane pressure regulator
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:02:03 -0400
...Purpose of the vent is to provide atmospheric-pressure reference for the second-stage regulator. First-stage regulator has a pinhole in the cover...
Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
Historical mailing list - ROBERT O UELTZEN
Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:10:26 -0800
The problem with sticking the hose in the temporary fuel tank or beaker of gas is that the fuel pressure regulator is returning unused...
Re: fuel pressure regulator fix?
Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
Sun, 30 Dec 2001 16:00:37 EST
...year auto parts supermarket might have in stock an adjustable fuel pressure regulator made by Mr. Gasket or Holley or whoever else caters to...
Installation of 2-stage regulator
Historical mailing list - Moritz, Thomas W NWW
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 15:47:59 -0700
...The problem is the spring dome on the low pressure regulator interferes with the tank. Rotating the regulator 45 degrees either way does not...
fuel pressure Question
Historical mailing list
Wed, 31 May 2000 10:56:54 -0700
...I had my fuel pressure checked and it was 32psi at idle w/ vac hose on regulator, 36psi w/o vac hose on regulator...
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: What are symptoms of a bad auxillary air regulator
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Fri, 25 Aug 2006 12:20:30 -0400
...This morning,I replaced the fuel pressure regulator and auxillery air regulator. No difference.It seems like a large vaccum leak?When I did...
Fuel pressure regulator (was filthy stinking rich)
Historical mailing list - Carl Krucke
Sat, 26 Feb 2000 14:09:35 -0500
...Fuel pressure regulator Rico; I can not speculate from those symptoms. Your best bet is to put a gauge on it. I permanently connected...
Re: YES - fuel pressure regulator fix?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sun, 30 Dec 2001 09:35:51 -0600
...to all that have responded to mt questions reguarding the fuel > pressure regulator problem! Too many to thank personally, but know > that all of...
Re: LP gas regulator leak.
Historical mailing list - John Haddad
Sat, 15 Sep 2001 19:05:46 -0400
...I don't have a thorough understanding of the regulator, but it just steps down the tank pressure to a pressure that is copasetic...
Re: buzzing fuel pump - additional info
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:04:39 -0800
The fuel pump doesn't regulate the fuel pressure - the fuel pressure regulator does. The Vanagons fuel pressure regulator will keep everything in check...
Re: 11 in. pressure = how many Bars????
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:01:00 -0800
...propane pressure is in the Bar > measurement?? > > I was able to get the stove to work with a regulator of > unknown/unlabled pressure, the...
Re: Fixed Propane Fridge
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Fri, 29 Aug 2003 01:46:30 -0400
...Yah, that sure seems to be a pressure regulator issue. Drat. On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 12:09 AM, Robert Keezer wrote: > The...
Re: 2nd propane regulator?
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Sun, 10 Jan 1999 09:19:35 -0800
...Maybe calling what I'm looking for a 2nd propane regulator was a mistake. Maybe we should call it an adjustable propane pressure reducing...
Re: Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:57:42 -0700
...Then test fuel pressure before > and after manually applying a reasonable known vacuum pressure to the > regulator vacuum connection. > > Mark
No Start Belgium Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Thu, 18 Jan 2001 10:06:11 -0700
...The Pressure Regulator can be restored to use by applying a pair of needle nose pliers over the return hose, watch the fuel pressure...
Re: Fuel pressure regulator/hesitation off idle
Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
Wed, 4 Jun 2014 07:47:56 -0500
reading on van-cafe about fuel pressure regulators... 1. Fuel pressure regulator - Very uncommon but we have run into this one a couple of...
fuel pressure regulator questions
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:31:09 -0700
...I checked the fuel pressure regulator per Bentley and here is what i got @idle: the spec is 28 w/ vac hose connected and...
Re: LP regulator question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 5 Dec 2003 06:19:28 -0500
...No leaks! Except at the pressure regulator. Each tank has a regulator, they are connected downstream of the regulator on the original tank (basically...
Re: Let's fix our Dometic refigerators
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 22 May 1999 22:24:06 -0400
At 18:34 5/22/99 -0700, Mark Drillock wrote: >know how I can measure the pressure of my regulators? I have a Westy...
Re: [Syncro] setting propane pressure
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Wed, 23 Oct 2002 10:42:38 -0700
> I'm curious why you want to set your propane pressure? I know some > regulators are adjustable as far as I know all of...
Re: Propane regulator questions opinions
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Mon, 19 Apr 2004 21:58:21 -0400
...I always thought the reason for the double regulator was safety...something about keeping the full tank pressure from getting into the vehicle if...
loud fuel pump
Historical mailing list - J. Eric Pitman
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 18:27:13 -0400
...checked fuel pressure way to high, my pressure regulator took a shit and was letting the pump run at full speed all the time...
Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 8 Jan 2007 13:08:11 -0800
Did you actually measure the propane system pressure coming from the regulator? Until you do so you are just messing around. Set the pressure...
Re: Regulator pressure
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 1 Jul 2007 08:51:09 -0400
11 inches of water column. Mike Paul Chubbuck wrote: > What is the proper manometer pressure for a Westy? > > Paul >
Re: Where to buy/order fuel pressure regulator
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Wed, 17 Jul 2002 17:44:57 -0400
...Where to buy/order fuel pressure regulator According to much diagnosis on my mechanics part, I need a new fuel pressure regulator. He is...
Re: propane pressure in severe cold
Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
Tue, 7 Mar 2006 17:34:03 -0800
...The nozzle becomes chilled when high pressure gas expands across it into the regulator body. This chilling action is more severe in single stage...
Re: Fuel Lines/Hose Clamps
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 11:10:45 -0800
...the fuel pump put out about 40 and the regulator knocks it down to 30 for the injectors. If the pressure is too high...
Re: fuel pressure regulator and manifold vacuum experiment
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:08:10 -0500
Hi, I posted a few weeks ago about my new fuel pressure regulator being too high just like my old one. The new Bosch...
Re: WANTED: fuel pressure regulator
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:05:04 -0800
...fuel pressure regulator i have determined that the fuel pressure regulator on my '86 westy is leaking slightly from the folded-over flange seam...
84 Vanagon Westy - Fuel Pump Noise
Historical mailing list - John Brown
Mon, 1 Jul 1996 09:53:51 -0700 (PDT)
...With the old pump it seems like it ran intermittently, like the pressure regulator was turning it on and off. Could this problem be...
Re: Favorite Modifications
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:34:56 -0500
...Adjustable fuel pressure regulator, 50 Psi and love the throttle. >Mileage is unchanged at 21 hwy. and 19 city. What is an 'adjustable fuel...
Re: leaky injectors
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 27 Feb 2004 07:12:18 -0800
...Place inline, to the left of the pressure > regulator was handy for me. > The system should hold pressure for at least a half > hour...
Fuel Pressure regulator...
Historical mailing list - Finn Runyon
Sat, 29 Dec 2001 21:32:54 EST
Dear List, Stranded in Annapolis! With the help of David Beierl , I have isolated my problem, a failed fuel pressure regulator. My new problem...
Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:02:10 -0700
...my fuel pressure regulator be the source of my low fuel pressure? > > Your fuel pressure isn't low, your pressure regulator is working > correctly...
Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Thu, 10 May 2001 12:22:08 -0500
...The vacuum produced by the engine also affects fuel regulator pressure, because the strength of the vacuum is what keeps the fuel pressure LOW...
Re: Water Hose pressure regulator...
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Mon, 17 May 1999 17:15:08 -0600
Kirk and Becky Stock wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone uses or recommends using a > pressure regulator when hooking the westy directly to > city...
Re: Propane Regulator
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:34:56 EDT
...Has anyone installed this regulator? Doug, that may be the over pressure valve relief hole. If you just filled your tank and it was...
Re: LP pressure way too high--help request
Historical mailing list - Thor Svenson
Sun, 1 Jul 2007 13:53:37 -0400
...My regulator > is marked "Model 290-01" (definitely not 260). This regulator came with a > tank I got from GoWesty 2003, so I presume...
Help! Brake bleeding and Brake pressure regulator
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 14 May 2006 15:31:38 -0400
...Bentley talks about pushing the lever on the brake pressure regulator toward the rear axe while bleeding. I think that instruction is from another...
adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator?...anyone tried one with Digifant?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 27 Aug 2013 21:59:43 -0700
...They would do a pull then "add three flats"(turn the adjuster nut) to the fuel pressure regulator setting and do another run...after...
Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 18 Nov 2016 06:50:55 -0500
...the not-running reading, as the regulator regulates to 2.5 bar over whatever the manifold pressure is. I'm not experienced with high...
Re: 2.1L ignition/FI woes!!
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Tue, 29 Nov 2005 17:04:20 -0500
...you have fuel pressure problems, the test is to pinch the fuel hose as it leaves the fuel pressure regulator.Check the vacuum hose...
Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 10 May 2001 21:18:34 -0400
At 07:38 PM 5/10/2001, Robert Lilley wrote: >I disagree. > >The amount of Vacuum present at the Fuel Pressure regulator (FPR) does...
Gary Thaxter: Re: Hwy Hesitaion
Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
Sat, 31 Oct 1998 01:45:00 -0800
...After that there is no way to check it > unless you have a fuel pressure guage, or a working regulator to replace it with...
Re: Propex and outside temperature
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:52:13 -0500
...That is -43 F. > > The Vanagon propane tanks have a two stage regulator to better > control pressure in cold temps. If there is moisture...
Extending your stay
Historical mailing list - Pensioner
Fri, 2 Nov 2007 10:30:36 -0800
...regulator, then anything downstream of the regulator is used to running on regulated 11 inH2O pressure. One can buy an 11 inH2O regulator that...
Re: Propane regulator question
Historical mailing list - Wes Neuenschwander
Tue, 7 Oct 1997 07:32:47 8
...Most regulators have a valve designed to vent excessive gas pressure that may result from a failed regulator valve. The purpose is to prevent...
Checking Pressure Regulator
Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
Wed, 25 Aug 1999 07:02:27 GMT
Hi List, Tonight I was checking the pressure regulator in my 87 Syncro, and had a question regarding the residual pressure. My pressure checked...
Re: Fuel pressure regulator/hesitation off idle
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Wed, 4 Jun 2014 10:48:42 -0700
If the fuel pressure regulator diaphragm is broken, it's possible fuel could be leaking past the diaphragm. With regulator removed, shake it to...