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• Re: External oil cooler, Help overheating
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:51:22 -0500
  ...My 79 loaf engine was balanced, ported big intake vale heads from FAT,, had a thermostatically controlled mega oil cooler on it and dual...
• Some Questions about the ECU Chip Upgrades- Answered....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 00:31:23 EDT
  ...If you add the 1.25 ratio rockers, there could be some increased wear on the valve guides if swivel valve adjusters are not...
• Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans! Traveling far from home!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:45:04 -0600
  ...engines valve wear, seating, >> guides and cylinder head sealing are the weak links that often >> require >> attention. Many engines with coolant carrying intake manifolds...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:32:43 -0500
  ...in thermostatic control valve, efficient stacked-plate cooler, > pre-built Parker hoses with spin-on fittings, custom support > structure, engine intake air ducting, and...
• Re: lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 13 May 2004 11:29:49 -0700
  ...A lifter that is flat results in a valve that opens late and closes early. Thuswith an intake valve, you have a reduced charge...
• Re: Urgent Bus SOS!!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 May 1996 11:19:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...valves (again, fine), then I replaced a > vaccum tube that I had duct-taped, then I put a new gasket on the > air-intake...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:38:37 -0700
  ...clearance the intake, and the > exhaust > system was welded after the end of the manifold flange in a crude manner. > The intake from the...
• Re: A little more on Cooling problems..inline vw in vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:18:40 -0700
  ...you know a valve is leaking there. if you take those valves out ...you see roughness on the exhaust valve faces usually. ( then you...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:58:32 -0700
  ...Try plugging the vacuum line near/at where it comes off the intake manifold if you want to eliminate it as the source of...
• Re: Diesel replacement - Please Help
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:19:23 -0800
  ...The 1.6 head will have smaller intake valves and ports than the 1.9 head does. You'll be using the 1.6...
• A little something for Robb Lightfoot.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 05 May 1995 21:24:04 +0600
  ...intake cylinder heads >2) 34 PICT-3 carburetor >3) 3-part dual port intake manifold >4) Vacuum retard distributor >5) Chrome exhaust valve stems...
• Re: How does a leak down tester work???
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:22:27 -0500
  ...a exhaust valve is leaking you will have air coming out the end of the muffler .// I f the intake valve is bad you...
• Re: A/C
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Sat, 7 Jan 2017 17:27:02 +0000
  ...This system has a modern design with motorized air control flaps and a motorized hot water valve. It us a bypass design like in...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:42:55 -0400
  ...I'll check the charcoal filter valve. I've not ventured into that >realm yet. I'll pay you a dollar if that has...
• Re: vent question
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 20:44:02 EDT
  ...Each heat exhanger has a silicone rubber disk/valve which fits snuggly in the vent of the exchanger elbow. Unfortunately with time these flexible...
• Re: Help Major Surging
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 16:07:40 -0400
  ...Also check the two inch rubber tubes that connect to the intake runners. Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356...
• Re: engine miss
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:05:57 -0500
  ...Sounds like a burn valve. Eric Peter Pollard wrote: >Hi all my name is Peter. I live in Australia and recently purchased a 92...
• Re: 2.1 idle adjustment
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Sep 2004 22:23:02 -0500
  ...Check all your vacuum lines and intake connections and be sure they are secure. Check the hose from the vent on top of the...
• Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:30:17 -0500
  ...fuel test passes my guess is that you may have an intake > valve lifter problem, maybe too tight. Time for a compression test to...
• My Turbo Audi 2.0 Project (not short)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 05:24:17 EDT
  ...and 50 psi, and the cone just fills the intake port right before the valve guide. Good! So far then, I am able to...
• Re: ANOTHER TIP FOR MORE POWER FROM YOUR STOCK MOTOR
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 17:09:34 -0500
  ...variable valve timing, free flow intake and exhaust, fuel injection vs carbs......a more modern air/fuel map and so on. I think that...
• 89 Bluestar project
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 1 Feb 2014 19:50:38 -0500
  ...the exhaust pipes and intakes from the cylinder heads, followed by loosening all the cylinder head bolts, removing valve gear, pushrods and pushrod tubes...
• Re: Air Cooled Vanagon Flooding
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 20:42:42 -0500
  ...Have you checked the condition of the short, but fat rubber lines that run from the throttle body to the intake runners? These are...
• Re: 1990 2.1L Digijet European Caravelle wiring diagrams
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:46:09 -0700
  ...Current Pricing $200 I have also spent mega bucks on chassis dyno testing ( back when ) using my big valve engine in my 84 Campa...
• Re: Parts suppliers for "Half Liley"?
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 27 Oct 2001 13:35:31 -1000
  ...When you increase lift you also need to increase valve spring pressure to keep from going into valve float, but when you do, you...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:40:30 -0400
  ...proper and even semi-radical valve timing and cam > profile, quite advance ignitioin timing, and very inhanced intake and > exhaust systems, and all that...
• VW 1.9 diesel engine, candidate for engine swaps.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 96 0:16:01 EST
  ...It also features larger intake valves, 36mm instead of the 34mm intakes of the 1.6 L head. For best performance the 1.9...
• Re: 2.1WBX running rich
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:58:12 -0700
  ...Check that your idle control valve is humming, and then find an ICU >> to borrow, they are expensive. If it fixes it find a...
• Re: The Adventure of the Thrown Rod
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sat, 15 Jun 1996 15:12:58 -0600
  ...really misadjusted valve, but nothing you do to the valves has any : effect on it. One mechanic suggested that it was a bad rod...
• Re: AMC Cylinder Head Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:13:39 -0500
  ...If you > look at the heads at their installed position the upper side has > the intake and spark plug holes. The bottom side has...
• Re: tired 1.9l question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 05:53:30 -0400
  ...I suspect that the intake valve on #1 is leaking. Leaking intakes pose all sorts of problems. In addition to reducing power of the...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 15 Sep 2013 07:33:40 -0700
  ...That is on the 8-valve motor. The ABA motors, they have what's called a "Cross-flow" head on which the intake comes...
• Re: Winter Storage delimma (rather long, but worth it!)
  Historical mailing list - JJ
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:50:20 -0800
  ...ALL of the valve adjusting screws or remove the rocker arms to close the valves - Tape securely across the ventilation intake (behind the grill...
• Re: used propane tank for sale
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:17:49 -0400
  ...I sanded it and repainted it - put on a new intake valve and a new regulator. I was planning on reusing it, but the...
• Urgent Bus SOS!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 May 1996 16:47:49 -0600 (MDT)
  ...valves (again, fine), then I replaced a vaccum tube that I had duct-taped, then I put a new gasket on the air-intake...
• Re: 1.9 engine tune up
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 17 May 2022 09:56:23 -0700
  ...Carbon in the intake ports and back of the > intake valves can also cause running problems. > > > > > > Dennis > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon...
• Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 09:46:45 -0700
  ...Valves were zero lash or 1 turn in, no valve noise, timing dead on > > 2. Manifold vacuum is 12” Hg with ±1” tick (should...
• 2.1L Vanagon engine still possessed by demons
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:27:50 -0400
  ...Did leakdown test and found intake valve too tight, but fixing that only slightly improved things. Have tried 4 different ECU's now. Pulled...
• RE:Troubleshooting Overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jun 1996 11:35:41 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Heavy duty valve springs should be in all busses, they help transfer heat from the valve to the seat. Don=92t= go crazy with...
• Re: 87 Help AGAIN
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:01:07 -0800
  ...coolant sensor for FI, > > O2 sensor, air intake sensor, air intake boot, ignition coil, rotor, > > distributor cap, plug wires, vacuum lines, fuel pump, fuel...
• Re: The idle speed controller is not in the ECU on the 2.1. It is a separate controller located in front of the passenger side tail light. It can be easily integrated into a 1.9 to eliminate that almost useless
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 May 2010 09:50:48 -0700
  ...many, even most, modern EFI cars use this pretty standard Idle Control Valve.. and conveniently...it's a stand-alone system on a 2...
• Re: WTB: EVAP charcoal canister
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Aug 2014 09:21:43 -0400
  ...I would look at injector spray patterns, fuel delivery, excessive deposits behind the intake valves and/or worn valve guides or any other engine...
• Re: No compression
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 15 Dec 2003 15:18:52 -0800
  ...Figure, maybe, around $30-$50 for incidentals (exhaust and intake gaskets, pushrod tube seals, valve cover gasket, some new hardware for the head and...
• What winter vanagon projects are you doing?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 2 Feb 2023 12:54:48 -0500
  ...The city water was disconnected and I don’t use so I removed the line and valve. Good thing as it fell apart when...
• Re: For Sale Plastic coolant tubes that fit the 83.5 to 85 with a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 19:46:45 -0400
  ...and mount, PS fluid resovour, intake runners,Starter for autometic, flex plate, torque converter,final drive w/62K,valve body for trans,thermistat housing...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 20:31:26 -0400
  ...so i pulled the valve covers and adjusted to 0.00 lash on the 1/3 valves >for intake and exhaust. >> **rechecked the compression...
• FS: Set of rebuilt 2.1 heads and gaskets
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 21:24:28 -0400
  ...The only thing I'm not sure is there is the intake manifold gaskets. That would be $540 worth of stuff from BD and...
• Re: Take a second look at the Dyno Tests Kyle provided ....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:56:28 EDT
  ...Fuel pressure regulator > >Lightened valve train > >Ratio rockers > >Use of synthetic oils > >Friction reducing coatings > >Throttle body > >Match porting intake and exhaust > >Air filter...
• Re: Boston Bob's Big Valve Engine Report
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 10:15:51 -0500
  ...Some oil is also sucked down the intake valve guides. Especially if the oil blocker was not installed, I rarely se these installed on...
• re: thermostat
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 14:00:18 -0500
  ...Not only don't I have a thermostat, the heat risers (tubes going from the exhaust pipes to the intake manifold) are cut off...
• Re: Idle stablilizer system testing
  Historical mailing list - walter bahm
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 12:16:38 -0800
  ...to > > > cycle the stabilizer > > > valve and upset the idle speed causing your > symptom. > > > Also make certain > > > there are NO intake air leaks and that...
• Re: Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 May 2012 06:11:01 -0400
  ...Be sure the wiring is not switched with the cold start valve or thermal time switch. This device was used on a lot of...
• Was engle 100 cam in a waterboxer Now more than you ever wanted to know about WBX cams
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 13:04:54 -0400
  ...The total lift on 1.9 - bug cam on the measured at the intake retainer is around 305ths with a stock bug - WBX rocker...
• Was engle 100 cam in a waterboxer Now more than you ever wanted to know about WBX cams
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 22:35:41 -0400
  ...The total lift on 1.9 - bug cam on the measured at the intake retainer is around 305ths with a stock bug - WBX rocker...
• Re: no spark, no gas, no love
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 20:07:57 +0000
  ...I'm thinking >that >the hose I'm running from the intake to the fuel distributor is a little >leaky so its not developing...
• Re: 85 stalling probs...Where's the ARCHIVE!!!?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:03:26 -0800
  ...Possible causes: - vacuum leak on one of the vacuum line connectors - air intake boot cracked or one of the connections not on good - fuel...
• Was engle 100 cam in a waterboxer Now more than you ever wanted to know about WBX cams
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:46:34 -0500
  ...The total lift on 1.9 - bug cam on the measured at the intake retainer is around 305ths with a stock bug - WBX rocker...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:08:10 -0500
  ...might be worth looking at the condition of the > > mechanical part of your intake... > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Larry...
• Re: ZOINKS! Itsy bitsy Spark Plug pieces dancing in my engine?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 19:29:57 EDT
  ...If it is free (or can be freed) I would rotate the crank by hand until the exhaust valve is open and the intake...
• Re: Hmm. It won't budge - Well it does now!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:24:48 -0700
  ...We were adding a couple of camshafts to my Porsche V8 (928) motor and had the intake and exhaust ports stuffed with shop rags...