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• rear heater core bypass; Volvos
  Historical mailing list - Carol Sussman
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:29:05 EDT
  I solved the leak problem in the on/off valve by removing the whole unit. (Lives under the rear bench seat) Fortunately a friend...
• Leaky front heater valve?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:02:20 -0700
  ...drive when hot out just from the air coming out of the vents with the fan off. I recall others commenting on this valve...
• Re: '91 GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:37:07 -0400
  ...the port screw, just a big >> flat >> head screw driver? I assume the valve will not be disturbed by this >> procedure. Do I assume...
• Theft protection
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 20:36:56 -0600
  ...Except the solinoid would actuate a fuel valve, shutting off or opening the valve as required. The added hassle of trying to figure out...
• Re: Leaky front heater valve?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 09:03:50 -0500
  ...drive when > hot out just from the air coming out of the vents with the fan off. > > I recall others commenting on this valve...
• Hydraulic valve lifter noise on '85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Capra
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 16:52:24 -0700
  ...My valves often will make a very loud, hard, knocking noise for the first 20 (or so) minutes of operation. The valve noise is...
• Re: TDC ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 20:30:31 PST
  ...TDC >(especially as it relates to being in proper position to install the >distributor driveshaft and adjust valves). >What am I missing ? > >Cheers, Chris > > >
• Re: '81 compression update & questions
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 08:41:47 EDT
  ...I'm trying to find out why. <SNIP> >to be indicates that I have a somewhat serious valve-related problem. >I'm beginning to...
• noisy wasserboxer valves, what to do?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Mar 96 08:52:16 EST
  ...As I type this it sounds like the head gasket leaked after the long drive, but would that cause the valve clatter? I've...
• Re: The automatic tranny on vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:16:27 -0400
  ...The aluminum automatic, proper, and the final drive. They attach toegther and make one unit.EZ to see this. Looks weird. The final drive...
• Re: Front drivers heater - cut off valve installation guide
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 16 May 2007 10:04:16 -0400
  ...Leaving the rear heater valve shut off for long periods has not > caused me any problems with the core. It's the same one...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:26:24 -0500
  ...I have driven that motor about 500 miles (from the fresh rebuild) and haven't had a problem with valve timing. As for the...
• Re: valve cover gasket
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 05:13:58 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver dawn wrote: > In the last 3 months I have replaced the same valve cover gasket .I > have used the...
• Re: How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:36:33 -0800
  ...valve on the radiator, then drive down the > road until the low coolant warning light comes on. Stop, fill the tank, > then drive some...
• Re: valve clatter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 6 Jul 2002 09:51:00 -0500
  ...I drove it around and > to the gas station and back home and the valves are still clattering on the > drivers side. Will this...
• Diesel valve cover oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Sylvain B
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:40:31 EDT
  ...It will probably (surely) make the valve cover removal a little difficult next time but at least my engine and driveway will stay clean...
• Re: Leaky Valve? 85 1.9L Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 31 Jan 2015 09:58:34 -0500
  Most likely a leaking valve showed up during a compression or leak down test. Leaking intake valves are common and one can cause all...
• propane filler valve
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:48:23 -0500
  ...to drive several hundred miles and camp in the outback. He said he would go. I asked if he would replace the valve first...
• oil pressure relief valve
  Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 17:26:44 +0200
  For my 80 camper I used my largest screw driver bit inserted in the right socket driven with a torque wrench. All that I...
• Heater?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 11 Oct 2018 18:58:02 -0700
  How does a Vanagon heater fail? Mine doesn't leak, the dash lever moves the valve just fine and hot coolant gets to the...
• Everyone must read! Re: Valve Noise
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 17 Nov 1996 21:37:54 -0500 (EST)
  ...the correct height, however the valves > are loud quite abit on start-up and sometimes needs to be driven at least > half an hour...
• Re: Leaky front heater valve?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 29 Aug 2006 07:50:31 -0700
  ...drive when > hot out just from the air coming out of the vents with the fan off. > > I recall others commenting on this valve...
• Re: propane leak from tank
  Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
  Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:06:58 GMT
  Sam, you didn't mention the location of the leak, but if it was the auto-stop fill valve, I can recommend an easy...
• noisy valves?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 27 Apr 2000 09:28:44 -0700
  ...Yesterday i hop in her to run to drive a quick errand and once i started the old-girl up her valves where chattering...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:49:59 -0400
  ...often well we need to adjust the valves? > > > This was fun and if anyone wants to drive a Frankenstein's monster that > kicks ass...
• Re: Haunting/Hunting idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:09:56 -0500
  Warm the engine, shut it down, disconnect the idle stabilizer valve, start the engine, check the rpm. If it is steady, you have a...
• Coolant hose replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:54:13 -0400
  ...Should I relieve pressure by the valve with light blue cap over the valve? Etc. Dennis Jowell Scotch Hollow Farm Newbury, Vermont
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:39:51 -0400
  Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes: > I adjust the valves with the rotor pointing to that cyclinder. > conveniently, if you turn the engine...
• Re: Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 19:13:49 -0400
  ...That way you can adjust the two on the passenger side then the two on the driver's side. If you rotate clockwise you...
• Re: Heater?
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 12 Oct 2018 02:45:10 +0000
  Either you have an air bubble just before the heater or your heater valve has failed.  The arm may be moving but not the...
• Re: fuel pressure gauge--Sears
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 08:44:19 -0800
  ...Just cut off the Schraeder valve and slip the hose end over the fitting and use a clamp. The clear hose is connected to...
• Re: valve hanging up
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 11:28:23 -0400
  ...Click, click, click, I think it's a valve hanging up. 5000 miles on a newly rebuilt 2.1 watercooled engine. It of course...
• Re: A/T was run with low oil too long ...
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ewing
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:49:08 -0500
  ...tight when in drive, I would suspect that the body of > the trans is still good, or good enough. The valve body directs the...
• Re: Front differential lock with a non-VC Syncro - valve safety question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Sun, 16 May 2004 23:41:22 -0400
  ...valve has > a constant vacuum that comes from the vacuum reservoir that is in the mid > section of the vehicle next to the drive...
• Valve cover gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dave Weaver
  Fri, 14 Aug 2020 12:32:25 -0400
  Have a minor oil leak around the valve cover on my 1988 2.1 GL vanagon 2wd. It’s on the driver’s side...
• Re: Adjusting valves on '91 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 10:07:30 -0400
  ...What gives? Tom to get the push rod into the lifter socket you need to lift the push rods with a screw driver as...
• Re: Questions About Buying Diesel Westi
  Historical mailing list - mdstockr
  Sat, 8 Feb 97 20:25:27
  ...for: >> have someone drive it (hard), and follow behind. Too much >> diesel smoke may mean at the very least neglected valve >> adjustments. > >Black smoke...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 05:34:09 -0500
  ...later to get it right. > > > Ps...be sure to watch it run in the driveway a few minutes to see any valve > cover leaks!!!!!! > >
• Re: Front Heater Core Shutoff
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:33:42 -0700
  ...valve that shuts off all flow to both > heaters in my 2.1. It is installed in the heater hose near the > driver's...
• Re: 84 Vanagon..... brrrrrrrrrrr.....no heat!!
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:08:30 -0500
  ...Take it out on the interstate with the heater valve open and drive it hard for a half hour or so. I had same...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 May 2014 08:44:42 -0400
  ...Engine Advice Needed If it was in my driveway the test would now be to loosen the valve adjusters a full turn on that...
• Re: Burning smell from rear heater
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 22:47:32 -0600
  ...replace the heater valves but never a core or hose. For what it's worth....... John Rodgers 88 GL driver Dan Krautkremer wrote: >Howdy...
• Does the WBX suck valves?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 11:46:51 -0700
  ...But, if this engine isn't a valve eater, (just a rod sucker, at least for the 2.1) then I may just drive...
• Re: Frustrating hubcaps!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 16:15:38 -0500
  ...valve stem extenders. Work great, and provide easy access. But don't through away your hub caps out of frustration!!! John Rodgers 88GL Driver...
• Re: propane filler valve
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 14 Mar 2014 21:00:33 -0500
  ...to drive several hundred miles and camp in the outback. He said he would go. I asked if he would replace the valve first...
• Re: Bleeder valve Function?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 9 Oct 2001 21:27:53 -0400
  Peter; When tyou open the valve any air is forced out the top small hose to the resevoir where it will be bled out...
• Re: need rear heater assy for 1986 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 11:02:06 -0700
  ...819 809B, Heater Valve - $37.35 861 819 297, Heater Valve O-Ring - $2.31 Cheers, Jeff Euroteile 2301 Vehicle Drive #G Rancho Cordova...
• Re: propane filler valve
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Mar 2014 16:38:04 -0700
  ...to drive several hundred miles and camp in the outback. He said he would go. I asked if he would replace the valve first...
• Re-plumbing the heater cores
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 14:25:53 -0500
  I am going to be replacing all of my heater hoses, front and rear heater cores, and front heater valve soon and wondered about...
• Re: Bent valve push rod
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 18:12:05 -0400
  ...Bent valve push rod Should I drive this vehicle? Two weeks ago I got back from a weekend trip driving 5-6 hours each...
• Re: Idle stabilization control question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:13:30 -0600
  ...idle. > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > > Tim Marciniak wrote: >> Has anyone had an idle stablization control valve that hummed as >> Bentley describes it...
• Re: Clakity-Clack
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:20:23 -0500
  ...Thanks! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Dana Morphew wrote: > A technical bit follows: Most oil filters have two valves. One of > them, the non...
• Re: engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:27:34 -0700
  ...In the meantime, I'll drive." > One of your earlier emails had said that you can tell TDC by > looking for both valves being...
• Re: '91 GL Campmobile
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:29:58 -0600
  ...the port screw, just a big flat > head screw driver? I assume the valve will not be disturbed by this > procedure. Do I assume...
• Re: Stock Seats & Lumbar Support
  Historical mailing list - Chris brown
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:24:55 EST
  ...a single valve model with a single, pleated air chamber and one with three seperate chambers, each with their own release valve, for "optimizing...
• Re: valve hanging up
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 17:21:09 -0400
  Believe it or not - Marvel Mystery Oil fixed my valve hang-ups. Frank Condelli, of the STEBRO MUFFLER FAME, said: "put a bottle of...
• Re: COMPRESSION {#~<�>~#} Why so low?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 08:24:55 -0500
  ...BTDT!! Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: driving w/ bad valve, was Death Valley
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 23 Jan 2007 12:02:31 -0800
  At 1/23/2007 11:50 AM, Greg Potts wrote: >Hi Geza, > >What would I do?? Drive it, of course. I'd just go...
• Re: Heater Core replacement
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 17:12:41 -0500
  ...I bled the system using the radiator bleed screw and a steep driveway. Worked well for me. Good luck with your core/valve replacement...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:56:54 -0600
  ...The valve cleearance specifications for this were provided by the engine manufacturer. Once that was done, the timing and the valve opening and closing...