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• Re: The writings of Gene Berg and ETC.
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:20:13 -0700
  ...Install the largest stock valve during the reuild: 41 intake 33 exhaust. The square port heads have smaller valves. With the larger cam it...
• Re: wasserboxer oil buzzer warning = Fram
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 00:06:24 -0500
  ...In the >wasserboxer, i'm proposing that this higher back pressure jams the >engine's oil pressure relief valve to the top of its...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 22 Jan 2002 06:35:53 -0500
  ...I'd guess 90% drop a valve seat, or > (sometimes) burn a valve or a piston, almost all due to overheating. The > trick to...
• Re: A/C performance with Freeze-12
  Historical mailing list - ThomasD. Hanlon
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 07:58:32 -0700
  ...Air temp (measured by thermometer in outlet above > driver's right eye) is running about 28 Fahrenheit degrees below outside > temperature. Is this about...
• Re: Driving with no exhaust
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:13:09 -0800
  ...Even though a short distance, it might be hard on the valves (exhaust i presume) and if there's any backfiring, pretty sure you...
• Aftermarket cruise control finally working!
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 17 May 2009 16:49:07 -0400
  Well, after many trying months, my aftermarket cruise control finally works! I installed a vacuum storage canister with a check valve and check-tee...
• 1982 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Jan 95 21:55:22 EST
  ...here in PA (now I just don't drive it in cold weather). The valves should have been adjusted every 15,000 miles -- they...
• Re: Auto tranny problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 07:31:58 -0400
  ...Don't continue to drive it. Major damage will result. If you are inclined you can rebuild this yourself. Go to http://www.bulkparts...
• Re: A/T wont drive in 3rd.Assistance PLEASE...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:15:19 EST
  ...You can drop the valve body to check the pin alignment. Do you have a Manuel that show this ?(Bentley) You can use a...
• Re: Oil Filters and Such-and-Such
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:19:17 -0500
  George, an interesting story! Enjoyed it! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver JKrevnov@aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 7/10/03 12:18...
• 1986 Syncro for sale in Portland, OR $2500
  Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:16:58 -0700
  ...It has 235K but certainly doesn't look it or feel it, and clearly has a much newer motor, VC and drive shaft - I...
• Cylinder Types
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:52:07 -0600
  ...The head was an assembly made up of a machined aluminum casting, with valve seats, valves guides, etc. pressed in. The head was threaded...
• Re: interference engines.....was Re: How much would this cost
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:24:52 -0500
  ...the extra $4K > to > drive away from the showroom with with a VR6, > > tim.. '97 jettas wont bend valves if you break the TB...
• Happy Friday! Some fule injection and idle tips.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Apr 2022 03:47:04 +0000
  ...As the Waterboxer does not use a PCV valve or other metered crank case ventilation metering vacuum leaks include bad valve cover gaskets, defective...
• Re: cr@p!!!! Motor seized tonight
  Historical mailing list - Doug Noganav
  Sat, 2 May 2009 21:23:05 -0700
  ...likely suspects are an exhaust valve head popped off and stopped a piston, which may have caused the head to move away from the...
• Re: [DIESEL] High Idle Problem Fixed! (I hope)
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 18:08:42 -0400
  ...Test drive at varying speeds up to 50 >MPH showed no incidence of previous problem. The camper now >accelerates and decelerates smoothly, and runs...
• Re: Meltdown temp? ...Max Cuising Speed for AC
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:49:06 -0800
  ...Meltdown temp? ...Max Cuising Speed for AC Along similar lines...regarding the temp - I've been hesitant to drive mine faster than 105Kmh (65mph...
• 86 vanagon high idle
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 1 Apr 1996 21:26:04 (EST)
  ...I could find (for the 2 wheel drive)was to pinch off the idle stablizer valve. After I did that the only problem was...
• Re: Taking a looooong time to warm up....
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:19:35 -0600
  ...It was off first, the needle came up a bit, opened the heater valve and BANG it was like I had cut the wires...
• Re: Size of allen wrench for final drive?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Oct 2002 06:16:21 -0400
  ...I've been seeing a small drip coming from the pressure relief valve. So I replaced the valve, the spring, the gasket, and the...
• Re: '81 Has 13 MPG--last mo. 18 MPG???
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 18:31:59 -0500
  ...Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab, 60 356 T-5 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 21:15...
• Re: Black Vapor and Rattle. And other stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 Nov 2014 10:41:48 -0500
  ...or possibly the valve. This is common way for the controllers to fail. Dennis > Hi all, > > My background; I drive an 87 Syncro tintop...
• Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:41:53 -0800
  ...The original equipment oil > filters have an anti-drainback valve to prevent the oil from draining out > of > the heads and back to the...
• Re: Bleeding Bloody Brakes
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:24:37 -0500 (EST)
  ...Nice to be able to pull a vacuum, open bleeder valve, provide > time to get to driver's seat and then push on brakes...
• Re: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:07:02 -0800
  ...drive it a >couple of blocks and then check. > >I've never heard of a problem like this coming from the brake >proportioning valve...
• Re: dangerous incompetent driving a 201 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:30:33 -0500
  ...In both of these the other driver made a mistake. the other driver in each case was a teenager TALKING ON A CELLPHONE. One...
• Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:59:35 +0000
  ...What is strange is that the engines suffered many of the maladies that VW engines did, leaky pushrod tubes, dropped valve seats, etc. It...
• Re: auto vs. manual
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Sep 1998 10:25:37 EDT
  ...I mean, no funky valve plates and little balls moving around and all that junk. Auto's are more reliable? I still find that...
• Performance Wasserboxer: Fact or Fiction
  Historical mailing list - Sean Lynch
  Sat, 15 Jul 2000 21:18:32 EDT
  ...I've noticed that big-valve heads really expensive. Ratio rockers too? Are these parts worth it? I've committed to spending whatever it...
• Fw: 87 syncro stalling
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:11:22 -0800
  ...If driven it does not stall but it hesitates. If the > ignition is shut off and then restarted it runs fine for a few...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
  Tue, 26 Nov 2013 20:59:06 -0800
  ...If the ISV were a motor, of course there would > be, but I wonder if it is more like a pneumatic valve - and the...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 22:40:10 -0500
  ...This is where the power comes from this could also lower fuel economy when the van is driven aggressively I have this past weekend...
• Re: Vanagon minds lend me your ears?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 17 May 2009 13:30:20 -0500
  ...If you have 2.1L engine - disconnect the idle stabiliser valve on the top of the engine. Observe the effect. If the problem continues...
• Re: Bosch #72137 oil filter question (have searched archives....)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:15:16 -0500
  ...have the proper valves. Neither will a Bosch. If you do end up using a common oil filter, don't drive any long distances...
• Re: OPINIONS NEEDED which to buy
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 4 Oct 2002 10:09:58 -0400
  On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, bastardbus wrote: > Second > -`82 Westy air cooled motor dropped valve seat or bad > rod as its knocking but runs...
• Hubcaps
  Historical mailing list - Larry Petty
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:25:58 -0500
  ...I put them on my van and immediately lost 2 on the first drive. Put 2 of the original Vanagon caps back on the...
• Re: The Head is Off, Assume Cracked?
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 7 Apr 2014 10:52:03 -0500
  ...The vehicle is an 1989 Westy, 2.1 WBX, started with > white smoke a few minutes after startup, returned to the driveway and later...
• Re: towing with a vanagon in an emergency. . .
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:27:49 -0700
  ...It's also our first car payment, lame when I have to > write that check this month while its torn apart in the driveway...
• Transmission upgrade
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:36:03 -0600
  ...And there's no better time to replace rear main seal is when the tranny is out and have a new pan and valve...
• Idle Stabilizer fix
  Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
  Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:06:02 -0600
  ...I sprayed the WD40 into the ports and worked the spring valve back and forth with a screw driver. This must have freed it...
• '85 GL and '72 weekender for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:56:22 -0500
  ...original bench if you want it too) 122k miles head gaskets, valve job, new pushrod tubes, new lifters, new exhaust at 105K recent water...
• Re: Help Losing Idle!(still)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:09:18 -0600
  Matt Sutton wrote: > > -Running engine with ISV valve disconnected, along with the single > connector to the Idle stabilizer unit behind the tailight. Been this...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Chris Sullivan
  Wed, 26 May 2004 08:07:06 -0700
  ...I did have to replace the valve > covers when they rusted through. It still can go on long trips such as > New York to...
• Re: Fuel pump relay cutout switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:23:12 -0800
  ...mounted under the driver's seat: http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/VW/VWfuelpumpswitch.jpg (The other two switches control the cold start valve....) Richard
• Re: Road trip and mechanics litany of issues
  Historical mailing list - Cullen Stewart
  Wed, 28 May 2008 16:56:47 -0400
  ...Road trip and mechanics litany of issues > So...I need to drive from Seattle to Aracta, CA and took my van in to a...
• Re: drive from Oklahoma to Spokane, WA
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Oct 2014 16:29:37 -0700
  ...But the sound itself did make me think it was engine, not chassis or drive system. It actually was more on the order of...
• rattle INSIDE engine
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 5 Sep 2005 03:42:45 -0500
  ...It rattles a lot faster than a loose valve lifter. Maybe twice a revolution instead of once every other revolution. This is an engine...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:59:08 -0800
  ...This is still a (somewhat) daily driver, so just "having it work" is appealing. Thanks for the input, all... actually, one other question: what...
• Re: Missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:14:15 -1000
  ...days, all vanagon drivers are going to be using that cap >>>> simply as a connection to a one-way valve from a third party...
• Re: slow throttle response
  Historical mailing list - Scott Atkinson
  Mon, 05 May 1997 13:35:08 +0900
  Hi Ronald and list members I am still having the same slow throttle response as before, but having driven the vehicle for several hours...
• Re: Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:59:00 EST
  ...100-120k miles 170-200k miles Probability of dropping a valve on overheating: High Very Low Heat in the winter: Poor Very Good A...
• Re: Bottom-filling water tank
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:33:12 -0500
  ...Kind of a hassle for > me to empty the compartment, find the phillips driver, unscrew one of > the screws, slide the cover over, watch...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....long
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 22:03:44 +1200
  ...115 hp. ) has more because of the FI >system, valves, rods and belt -driven camshaft, as opposed to pushrods. Jeez, my mother's 75...
• Re: Propane tank restore or replace
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 7 Oct 2015 09:37:07 -0700
  ...What is the big deal with getting them filled? I drive the van to > > a place that sells propane and they fill it. Maybe...
• Re: I'm stumped! (misfire)
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 23 May 1998 09:09:58 -0500
  ...Don't know how may miles on the engine >but am guessing around 50k from the looks inside the >valve covers. > >So far to...
• Re: Smelly rear heater
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 6 Oct 2019 22:51:51 -0600
  ...I changed it and the valve going into it. The Van cafe valve is very strong. That did it. No more smell and a...
• Noisy AC Saga continues.*HELP*
  Historical mailing list - John Rudolph
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 09:12:15 -0800
  ...Problem is, my mechanical crew seem quite gung ho to rip out the evaporator and expansion valve and then progress to the air dryer...
• Re: diesel engine question. Little Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 21:48:30 -0800
  ...Opening the valve at the bottom allows accumulated water to drain. I drove a Chevrolet diesel that had a full fuel/water separator. Every...
• Re: wasserboxer problem
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 09:56:18 -0500
  ...That gives you a baseline...tells about condition of rings, and valves. If pressures are good, then you most likely have some sort of...
• Re: camping accessories?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:24:57 -0600
  ...Is isn't a good thing to drive away having forgotten >to lower the pop-top. Ask us how we (almost) know ... :-o > >2...