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  • Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Fri, 23 Aug 2002 02:19:14 +0100
    ...There is a scalloped area just fore of the intake grille ... and the grilles are actually inclined so that any drainage water might run...
  • Engine power loss
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Sat, 13 Oct 2001 06:50:44 EDT
    ...Sooooooo........I start following the air intake track to the outside. Well, friends, that really well German engineered PAPER and wire flex ducting that...
  • Half lilley was Boston Bobs AMC rantings
    Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
    Mon, 20 Nov 2000 14:38:02 -0500
    ...the total valve lift of the stock 2.1 intake valve is .360ths at the retainer that's why the higher ratio rockers are...
  • HOT START III
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 20 Aug 94 19:30:18 EDT
    ...my finger over the hole of the intake bellows which goes to the main air intake and sensor (the other end of the tube...
  • Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 10 May 2016 19:43:57 -0400
    Check that he didn't accidentally pull a stud out of the intake runner where the cooling pipe crosses over the top and mounts...
  • Re: 1.9 wasserboxer pic?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Sun, 9 Aug 2009 16:32:21 -0700
    Your motor Bob? Fuel return goes UNDER the intake plenum? Thanks. Jim On Aug 9, 2009, at 3:50 PM, Bob Stevens wrote: > here...
  • Dometic Exhaust O Ring
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 1 Aug 2009 11:52:13 -0700
    ...In refitting the exhaust/intake manifold on my 182B, the exhaust O ring broke. Likely I should replace the ring on both the exhaust...
  • Fuel Injection Discussions
    Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
    Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:43:28 -0400
    ...It should be noted that silicone, whether in an aerosol or in gasket material, that gets ingested into the intake will damage, permanently the...
  • Re: $1100 engine?
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 8 Feb 1996 20:20:26 -0500
    ...It included the throttle body, intake manifold, complete exhaust system, flywheel & clutch. Jim Davis 87 Syncro 88 Wolfsburg
  • Re: 91 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
    Thu, 9 Oct 1997 16:11:33 -0400
    ...The other best ways to dress the compartment are to replace the fuel lines with stainless braided AN hoses, and paint the intake runners...
  • Re: What's Correct Oil Level: MIN or MAX?!
    Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
    Tue, 17 Mar 1998 13:15:05 -0500
    ...Less oil = less foaming/aeration = less oil vapor = less oil sucked out the engine into intake?
  • Re: K&N air filters on syncro?
    Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
    Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:19:28 -0700
    ...but not so much the oil mist doesn't ruin your intake air sensor?" This is actually a question since it's just speculation...
  • Re: WBX Nightmares
    Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
    Sun, 13 Aug 2000 23:25:50 -0000
    ...Oh yeah- some famous scientists will be rolling in their graves... > > I eliminated power LOSSES due to friction, vibrations, harmonics, > restrictive > intake and exhaust...
  • Step-cut heads?
    Historical mailing list - DaveC
    Wed, 3 Apr 2002 07:47:28 -0800
    The AVP web site <http://www.avp-worldwide.com/heads.htm> says that all WBX heads are rebuilt with new parts (except intake valves...
  • Re: Help diagnose POSSESSED 2.1L Vanagon engine
    Historical mailing list - John Haddad
    Fri, 18 Apr 2003 08:22:47 -0400
    ...Its hidden by the driver's side intake runners right where the head meets the block. It appears that this ground is responsible for...
  • Removing a head stud
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Wed, 7 May 2003 08:24:48 -0700
    ...I've removed all the studs in the head *except* the two "outer" M8x38 studs that hold the intake runner to the head. I...
  • ICE cold air!
    Historical mailing list - Debbie Walters
    Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:55:22 -0400
    ...When I got home and opened the back hatch, I found that the air intake for the AC was half covered with ice about...
  • Any chemists reading?
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:52:25 -0800
    ...I wonder how a little 1600/2800 btu heater compares with a human in terms of O2 intake, CO2 output? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel...
  • Re: Alternator vibration -
    Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
    Mon, 15 Jun 2020 06:20:39 -0700
    ...Tighten to 6ft.lbs and the belt is properly >> tensioned. >> Van café also offers silicone intake boots. >> https://www.vancafe.com/Vanagon-Intake-Manifold...
  • Re: Shopping list or kit for Molotov fuel lines?
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Wed, 3 Dec 2014 14:34:21 -0800
    ...it, but you do need > to remove the intake pipes, which means a new intake gasket too. Oh, > just forget it until they leak...
  • Re: 1.9 engine HELP!!!
    Historical mailing list - Chris S
    Sat, 9 Jan 2010 08:37:39 -0500
    ...Thursday, January 7, 2010, 1:26 PM > > > my 'snap thoughts' go to Air Intake Boot ( make sure it's not split or > cracked, doesn...
  • '87 puzzle
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 2 Nov 1995 20:50:36 +0500
    ...I had also mentioned that I found the bolts that attach the intake manifold to the cylinder head loose, especially on the driver's...
  • Battery Location - Rear Behind RR Taillight
    Historical mailing list - Joseph Angrisani
    Tue, 20 Aug 2002 23:08:36 EDT
    ...For those inclined, some work involving a new brace, some 3M 5200, and a different air intake duct even opens up the possibility of...
  • Re: What Parts are need for Inline 4 conversion?
    Historical mailing list - Chris Schaefer
    Mon, 4 Nov 2002 00:13:02 -0800
    ...You'll need to fab exhaust system ( at least the engine pipe to cat ) as well as an intake system. You will not be...
  • Re: '68 Bus B of A TV ad
    Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
    Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:50:10 -0400
    ...Anyone know? >>what they all are?? >? >? > OK, I'll go for? > 1) big, rectangular tail lights? > 2) squared-off air intake grills? > 3) gas...
  • Re: Manifold measuring - is this right?
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
    Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:34:44 -0700
    ...Bentley's doesn't give >> a procedure for checking intake manifold vacuum so I'm winging it. I let >> the engine warm up so...
  • Re: FI Parts Questions
    Historical mailing list - John Anderson
    Fri, 13 Sep 1996 17:56:58 -0400
    ...IE the computer, mounted on right side up where the air intake snout goes to, big electrical connector goes there > > Resistor Unit non-CA...
  • Re: Testing fuel injectors
    Historical mailing list - dr
    Fri, 27 Dec 2002 22:49:09 -0500
    ...This was done in the vehicle engine bay; pulled both injectors from a side of the engine (driver or passenger) from the intake, leaving...
  • Re: ECU Digital
    Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
    Mon, 16 May 2022 14:15:28 -0400
    ...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: Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Thu, 8 Mar 2018 15:06:20 +0100
    Hmm, correct...to control intake/outtake via modifying crankshafts´ timings to each other, you would ruin the even masses... :-( Am 08.03.2018 um...
  • Re: Bosch metal fuel filter - made for same or different fuel line diameters?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
    Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:25:07 CDT
    ...The filter's 'intake' line from the tank, however, >appears >to be 5/16" while the 'exit' line to the fuel pump is larger...
  • T-Pipe at the gas intake?
    Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
    Fri, 30 Dec 2005 13:06:06 -0600
    ...T-Pipe at the gas intake Not sure what you are referring to as the T-pipe, but this leaking fuel on fill-up...
  • Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:55:25 -0800
    ...least. > > Underbody "neon" lighting. > > Most "cold air intakes," which by design are really warm air intakes. > > Of course, there's always the traditional fuzzy...
  • Re: Conversion Choices
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Sun, 2 Sep 2012 15:50:29 -0700
    ...it looks unbalanced, except mine does, as it has a Jetta intake manifold that reaches the left firewall.But I think it's just...
  • Re: Strange Catastrophic Failure
    Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
    Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:41:44 -0600
    ...pressurize the cylinders one at a time and listen to the intake and exhaust for hissing and check any crankcase vent for escaping air...
  • Re: inline 4 swap
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Mon, 18 May 2009 17:14:07 -0700
    ...fender liner'..�for the front (direction of van travel) of the > intake to fit in the engine bay ...... Here is a page from the...
  • rust on a longblock oops shortblock and more
    Historical mailing list - Steven E. Broomhead, Sr.
    Mon, 28 Apr 1997 19:19:26 -0500
    ...systems, 2 intake manifolds, 2 complete set of gaskets, and more. I have yet to put on the head. The problem is that some...
  • Re: K&N Air Filters on a Synchro?
    Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
    Mon, 18 Jan 1999 19:35:23 -0700
    ...but not so much the oil mist doesn't ruin your intake air sensor?" This is actually a question since it's just speculation...
  • 1.6l TD engine fs $600 complete
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 25 Apr 2000 22:19:10 EDT
    ...The engine is complete with turbo, intake, exhaust manifold, injectors, lines, turbo injection pump, timing belt and gears and even the alternator. He is...
  • Re: ebay Diesel turbo unit: how much work?
    Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
    Thu, 8 Nov 2001 23:44:40 -0500
    ...I have 3 of them sitting in my garage with the intake and exhaust manifolds. Even have an exhaust mani off a diesel quantum...
  • Tiico muffler mod (performance/free flow) Question
    Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
    Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:48:53 -0800
    ...Also, do I have to compensate the air intake flow rate because of the reduced back pressure of a high performance exaust?. Thanks Phil...
  • Re: This is real funny-
    Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
    Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:21:40 -0700
    ...I think I'll buy two, one for the intake, one for the exhaust. I wonder if it works as well on a water...
  • Anyone have Pushrods to Spare?
    Historical mailing list - ccc1
    Sun, 7 Dec 2003 03:28:04 -0600
    ...It had four bent intake pushrods (sticky valves?). Despite listee advice to be extra careful about installing the rods into the center of the...
  • Re: 1.9 and 2.1 Parts Interchangability
    Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
    Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:55:18 -0700
    ...you don't want to use a 2.1L intake!!!! not the same diameter at > all! > > Ben > http://www.benplace.com/
  • Re: A kinky Subi picture
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:33:40 -0600
    ...more sexy, bare metal, >> those shinny intake, that "dirty" big manifold /4 in 1.... >> >> :-) >> Ben >> >> Sudhir Desai wrote: >> >>> That's so clean!!!! I'm...
  • Re: Cant accelerate
    Historical mailing list - Benny boy
    Tue, 9 Oct 2007 08:27:19 -0400
    ...down and you can here it popping back thru the air intake. > >What should I be checking to fix this? > >Ed > > >--------------------------------- >Catch up on...
  • Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:25:51 -0800
    I have a half dozen of these in polished aluminium - US$25 shipped Pmail me at david@ hasenwerk. ca if interested. David Marshall VW...
  • Re: T-Pipe at the gas intake?
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
    Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:27:30 -0700
    ...T-Pipe at the gas intake? So the spilling of the gas on fill-up is a fixable problem???? And it is not because...
  • Re: Heater Box Photos
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Thu, 30 Jan 2003 09:44:46 -0600
    ...That intake area looks huge..can you > imagine > fitting an evaporator in there somehow? > > > Thanks > > Tom > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mark drillock [mailto:drillock@earthlink...
  • Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:26:32 -0700
    ...it's injected into the intake manifold, right near, even into. the intake port for each cylinder. Then the fuel/air mixture is drawn...
  • Re: FW: Idle Control Issues
    Historical mailing list - neil n
    Sat, 20 Jul 2013 11:52:27 -0700
    ...As input power varies, so does valve position and amount of air it allows to bypass into the intake plenum. Under certain conditions (i...
  • Re: Fw: Spillage when filling the gas
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:38:27 -0400
    ...Fuel-injected engines can have trouble with injectors fouling; certain intake-valve deposits can cause stumbling; combustion-chamber deposits raise emissions. Since 1995 all...
  • Re: A cause for Increased Oil Consumption with Ratio Rockers (and those without)
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Wed, 10 Jul 2002 11:54:59 -0400
    ...The vent is tied into > the intake. If it is bad, then there is nothing to restrict the vent and > oil vapor can be...
  • Digijet Aux. Air Regulator
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Fri, 29 Jul 2016 13:53:59 -0700
    ...Pulled this regulator from a Mk1 intake manifold. Images of part https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/6312850273737187841#6312850272291741570 It looks similar to a Digijet...
  • Re: Fridge problem... which thing is malfunctioning?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Sat, 16 May 2015 15:46:44 -0500
    ...Ensure the baffles-separator plates outside are >> installed correctly and that there is no leakage-blow back from the >> exhaust to the air intake...
  • RE: Stripped spark plug hole?
    Historical mailing list - Mark E. White
    Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:25:04 -0500
    ...Make sure that the fuel (as in Gas) supply is disconnected and the intake valve is closed. Otherwise, gas fumes can be inhaled into...
  • RE:[2] Idle problems
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Sykes
    Fri, 15 Sep 1995 10:41:00 BST
    ...I found a hole in the little one- >way valve in the vacuum line that runs fron the intake naifold, all >the way forward...
  • Diesel parts for sale
    Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
    Wed, 9 Sep 1998 06:28:47 EDT
    ...4-speed transmission $250.00 Intake manifold $25.00 very good, working furel pump $200.00 almost new damaged cylinder head $200.00 (has...
  • Re: I-4 again
    Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
    Wed, 11 Jul 2001 09:38:17 -0400
    <1) use the A2 intake manifold or one from an 82' Quantom(4cyl)? I used the A2 manifold, but it interferes with the wall...
  • Re: Cost of Ownership
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:14:16 -0700
    ...Then US$: 'new' intake manifold, new front and rear heater core, new apolstery for rear seat, new sliding door panel. work to be done...