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• Re: Inter-coolers?
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 15 Jul 1997 16:01:52 -0500
  ...pressure, that expanding gas left after the exhaust valve opens to power the turbine and drive the pump, therefore the power for the pump...
• Re: Missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:23:52 +0000
  ...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: bay window vs waterboxer westy (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:49:19 -0400
  ...In the late model, hydraulic valve lifter (77 I think) were added (same as the Vanagon), on other models you need to adjust the...
• DaBoat 2-liter update - bad heads :(
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Sat, 4 Nov 1995 13:23:26 -0800 (PST)
  ...Such a shame too cause these heads were already flycut with bigger, TRW valves, and the guides were not worn at all. I pulled...
• Re: AT question
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 9 Dec 2014 17:03:18 +0000
  ...If the van has not been driven for a > couple of days, the transmission is reluctant to get going at first. When > I shift...
• Re: 85 Westy - need more POWER
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 18:54:31 EDT
  ...I think I know the pluses, but what are the minuses? I have also seen the water cooled heads are available with bigger valves...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 26 Aug 2002 20:53:41 -0400
  ...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: Weber help anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 05:56:18 -0700
  ...I'd guess a stuck float valve and carb cleaner will take care of that. m2cw Malcolm --- Paul Wies <Simplstupd@AOL.COM> wrote: > Question...
• Re: AC help
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:50:56 -0400
  ...You will have to drop the rear A/C unit to get to the valve. The dryer is located in the Driver's front...
• Re: Another Synthetic Oil Question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 20:13:19 -0700
  ...it's not a VW. (Suzuki 1.3 16 valve). I currently don't drive more than 10k kms per year on the Westy...
• Shifter linkage on a 1.9 to 1.8 conversion.
  Historical mailing list - John Stepto
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 08:34:10 -0400
  Hi, I am in the middle of converting my '84 Vanagon to a 1.8 8 valve VW motor with the diesel mounting bits...
• Re: Vanagon a/c
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:19:16 -0500
  ...THe upper COndenser isnt mounted to anything? the cabinet just holds it there? I need to replace my expansion valve as it appears to...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 10:29:43 -0700
  ...He quotes some stats about valve >train failure and such. He also warns that most builders do not >correctly install and shim dual springs...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Fri, 6 Nov 2015 18:44:30 -0800
  ...I do know that when I take the valve covers off, the drivers side of the engine has considerably more oil than the passenger...
• Re: Botched Coolant Flush Implications?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 15 Jun 2011 21:38:42 -0400
  Yes it sounds like it had air in the heater circuit which you flushed out when you opened the heater valve to 100%. The...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 20:11:36 -0400
  ...i will probably just take out the slop in the 2 adjusted lifters and make them just lightly push on the valve. as usual...
• Re: Exhaust Pipe Question
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 08:02:14 -0700
  ...and bounces off the next exhaust valve about to open. At that point you may actually have a vacuum at the valve resulting in...
• tool question
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Tue, 24 Jun 1997 15:41:51 -0400
  ...I bought a set of 1/4" drive extensions (with the little screwdriver type thing that attaches to the 1/4" drivers), a 1...
• Re: Coolant Leak
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:25:24 -0800
  ...I got a heater control valve from NAPA, and it solved the problem I had of the valve not closing completely. That was four...
• Bottom-filling water tank
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:57:34 -0700
  ...Kind of a hassle for me to empty the compartment, find the phillips driver, unscrew one of the screws, slide the cover over, watch...
• front wear vs. rear wear
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 07:43:20 -0400
  ...So the fronts get both Driven wear and turning wear. There were enough people noting that the Syncro Fronts wear faster for me to...
• Re: She runs, after a fashion.
  Historical mailing list - t
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 07:24:23 -0800
  ...Stuck at the bottom of the > driveway. Can't even run it up on the starter cause the drive is too steep. > > ANY IDEAS...
• Re: Distributor Shaft Pin
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 8 Jun 2017 16:31:19 -0700
  ...It is press fit in the shaft and drive floats on it. This allows for the drive to slide to take up any misalignment...
• For Sale: '78 Poptop Camper - S.F. Bay Area
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 13 Sep 2003 19:10:08 -0700
  ...A couple of weeks or so ago I posted about a '78 camper that came to rest in my driveway after a trip down...
• Fuel Injection emergency question
  Historical mailing list - Robinson
  Thu, 30 May 1996 02:32:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It sounds like it's going to explode so I'm scared to drive it. It is a '73 with the stock FI. I...
• Re: Vanagon Window Dimensions
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Sun, 21 Jan 2001 09:21:15 +1000
  ...a project and need to know. > > > > Thanks > > > > John Rodgers > > 88 GL Driver in Birmingham, Alabama where the cold is killing my vans > > systems one...
• Re: Tight Valves/RPM.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:23:07 -0700
  ...If the overall gearing is the same (tire size&final drive&topgear ratio) the revs/mile or rpm/mph will be virtually identical. So...
• Re: Super fast idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:37:46 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver BTDT KD wrote: >Hi, > >Check the Temp II wire connections for corrosion or breakage, especially >near the connector. (actually...
• Idle Problem 1987 2.1 Van Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Clayman
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:06:29 -0500
  ...Air leaking past throttle valve. Jeff
• Re: 87 Westy Syncro running hot
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:16:32 -0700
  ...run the engine until full warm again ...( like on a short drive is fine too ) . next time it's stone cold in a hour...
• Major Hesitation and Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - James Wagner
  Sat, 08 Feb 1997 22:45:05 -0500
  ...The engine would become loud, not in exhaust note so much as in piston and valve train noise it seemed, as the rpm climbed...
• New issue, Re: Desperate for a High Top!
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 19:11:18 -0800
  ...Coupled with almost no defrosting it was > interesting to drive in icy weather. I often had to use an ice scraper > on the inside...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:25:40 -0800
  ...the exhaust valve guides go south in about 30K miles... if you lift the valve up off the seat .., the valve has almost 1...
• Re: Help needed with engine running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:35:12 -0500
  ...Engine performance issues always come down to an engine problem, > (rings, valves, valve train), fuel or air delivery, or ignition. While it > may start...
• Re: rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 05:14:45 -0700
  ...It can also leak from the leak from the spitcock valve where the hoses connect. This is a shut off valve to close the...
• Re: OHC heads on VW luftboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:31:49 +1200
  ...of the >WasserBoxer is lack of timing belt (direct drive from crankshaft) and >no valve clearance adjustments (hydraulic lifters), Wouldn't it be a...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:15:29 -0700
  ...So when the intake valve is closed, injected fuel sorta just pools up or something? When the valve opens some gets sucked in and...
• Air cooled Auto tranny prob
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:33:20 -0500
  ...It runs pretty good at idle, and the tranny is not slipping or anything............when i go from a stop, it drives with normal...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 16:51:41 -0800
  ...or PS, or from a belt driven coffee grinder accessory > that someone has installed. If the throttle valve is closed, then adjust > the idle...
• Re: Coolant leak from...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:13:55 -0500
  The "big plug" is the port for the oil pressure bypass valve. The coolant is coming from somewhere else. It could be from the...
• Re: sparking of big engines...
  Historical mailing list - dneu
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 17:46:46 -0700
  ...It kinda reminds me of the Audi 2.8 five valve V6. Nice power, but "lights out- nobody home" in the low revs. ~Dan...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 22:05:20 -0400
  ...for now!!! If you would removed the #1 or #3 cyl valves (right side on your picture) i'm sure that the crack is...
• Re: 91 pops tank after tank
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 14 Jul 2012 18:28:29 -0500
  ...I don't drive it much; my daughter > drives it a lot though. It came down with Vanagon syndrome on Friday and I > THINK...
• Re: AT question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 9 Dec 2014 11:06:26 -0800
  ...If the van has not been driven for a couple of days, the transmission is reluctant to get going at first. When I shift...
• Re: Saddest day of my car-owning life :-(
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 27 Mar 1990 18:52:05 -0500
  ...pistons hitting valves ... You might want to first pull the drive belt cover off and look for roached teeth on the drive belt, or...
• Re: PVC grey water tanks...was: Auxiliary fuel tanks forSyncrosand 2WDs
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:59:52 -0700
  ...Besides, it adds no mass to the driver's side--the water comes out of the water tank and goes into the graywater tank...
• Re: lifter chatter any concerns?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 3 Jul 2015 14:07:04 -0700
  ...VW cam lobes do double duty, there are only four > lobes for 8 valves. > > It's just one of those endearing features of the...
• Re: Happy Frydae - VW Thing Question - LVC
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Fri, 14 May 2010 10:06:03 -0700
  Oil change and a valve adjustment should be the first items on your TO-DO list. Air-cooled motors love valve adjustments... BTW: the...
• Why did this mod increase my fuel economy?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 22:22:24 -0800
  ...Ever since I installed the ABA (formerly 3A) engine I have been too lazy to modify the throttle pedal linkage so the throttle valve...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip and rockers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:12:14 -0600
  ...Many approaches are made to aid cooling, like using sodium filled exhaust valves. The sodium converts to liquid when the engine is running, and...
• Re: Was running like crap....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:35:45 -0400
  ...Bad intake valves or valve guides are common on many fuel injected engines and while I have not counted, I probably see as many...
• Re: 66 Splittie Westie Under attack from Crazy Texan
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:23:20 -0500
  ...and drive > line FuFu. > Hopefully I'll have some after pictures. > It took about three attempts for me to get the valves just right...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Mon, 2 Sep 2019 15:16:52 -0500
  ...Alistair > On Sep 1, 2019, at 11:56 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > The “aftermarket” proportioning valve fitted to the ’66...
• FS (2) '80 Westi's Sacramento
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 05:53:51 -0800
  ...bus (valves ground) installed. Rear wheel bearings replaced a few years ago. A little seam rust on the panel on the driver's side...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:19:17 -0300
  ...One thing especially intriguing, that is a special tool that goes between the driver’s seat and the brake pedal. It’s just and...
• seel 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Karen Winter
  Mon, 18 Aug 1997 09:40:41 -0400
  ...I had Two broken Vanagons in my driveway. It is silly to place so much sentinmental valve on a vehicle. It is amazing how...
• Re: more friday trivia..why are accel pedals on automatic vans
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:07:56 -0800
  ...And the stock subaru throttle servo even connects directly to the vanagon valve/gizmo in the engine compartment. Or, you get an aftermarket system...
• Re: The Vanagon Wave (was Vanagonitis Cured!)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 10:27:08 -0700
  ...snubbed by older loaf drivers. I guess we waterboxer > guys don't rate 'cause we haven't burned enough valves and they don't...
• Re: head gasket problem ?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 14:24:20 -0300
  ...relief valve is set higher! than the "normal" operating temp of the engine - when warmed up. My experience is that I can drive around...
• Chrome Barrels - Iron Rings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 4 May 2002 10:57:12 -0500
  ...Increasing wheel diameter so reduce highway cruise RPM.......changing drive ratios in the tranny so as to avoid inappropriate engine rpms yet still avoid...