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• Some basic TypeIV engine help, please
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:01:58 -0700
  ...Last night, I guess about 3:00AM, a friend of my daughter parked her '78 Westy in front of our house, having driven from...
• Re: Busted Down Near Tekonsha, Michigan
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:14:04 -0600
  ...driver side had no compression. But you could hear blowing into the crankcase. "UH-OH!" At TDC with both intake and exhaust valves closed...
• Re: Woody's woes/ botched bleeding
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:57:47 -0700
  ...This afternoon it ended up > looking pretty normal after intitially pegging and flashing. > 4) Couldn't find the bleeder valve in the engine compartment...
• Re: lifter problems
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 May 2004 14:32:06 -0500
  ...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: Fwd: Advice wanted (and maybe some sympathy) on what looks somewhat major..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:11:57 -0700
  ...I know the inline VWs are > hard on valve guides and those have never been touched, nor have any of the > valves, other than...
• Re: Big empty space just forward of Passenger Side brake light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 09:13:26 -0800
  ...Rubber washer valve type thing at bottom of it. It mounted off the “roof” of that space infront of the tail light . >> >> Alistair
• Re: new series 48 Odyssey battery
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 16 Sep 2010 05:54:29 EDT
  ...Richard et all, here's what I have in my under the drivers seat box. _Click here: TD22-12 Tempest Deep Cycle AGM, Valve...
• Coolant Flow Issue
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:32:25 -0700
  In an effort to keep the Boston Bob engine in my workhorse daily driver alive forever as a monument to his art, I'm...
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:39:02 -0500
  ...Once the oil has come up to temp, it starts backing up the line and eventually heats up the valve seats beyond their rated...
• '89 Westfalia for Sale (dialed!)
  Historical mailing list - Clark, Patrick, NLNS
  Mon, 4 Mar 2002 19:18:00 -0500
  ...2.1 wasserboxer Custom machined Manley heads and valve guides (44mm exhaust x 37.5mm intake). Stainless Manely Valves, 022D ECU with Vee Dub...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:44:29 -0700
  ...three out four times an injector fires at a closed intake valve? And the fuel pools up or something until the valve opens and...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:40:49 -0700
  ...I can of course change the valve timing by adjusting the valve pulley. I didn't loosen it now assuming I would get the...
• Water and Air and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Wed, 5 May 1999 22:47:31 -0600
  ...are irritating to the average driver and rather expensive to repair. The predominant mode of failure is exhaust valve stem fracture, resulting in a...
• Re: What's Wrong With my Compression?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sun, 3 Jun 2007 22:05:29 -0700
  ...It may still be a valve sealing problem though. I will try to find a place to do a leak down test for me...
• 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: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:59:11 -0600
  ...Am I wrong? John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Damon Campbell wrote: >All i'm doing for now is increasing the bore and >stroke... the...
• Re: Just like a Vanagon, but modern..
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:49:30 EST
  ...I sold it to him for more than I could have gotten by selling it to someone planning to drive it here, btw. I...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: Hard starting when warm
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 23 Dec 2000 12:28:14 +0000
  ...If it starts easier, the problem may be a a faulty check valve in eiter the fuel pump or the pressure regulator. pmail me...
• Re: The Thing I Hate the Most About My Vanagon Is..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 10:27:49 -0500
  ...I think you need to take a repair manual and go step by step in making fine adjustments, adjust the valves, clean your distributor...
• Re: installing rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Feb 2006 09:39:34 -0500
  The valves should open as the rockers are bolted down. Depending on the engines position in the cycle, some of the vales on each...
• Re: Bad Valve Issues/Question, Opinion sought.
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 15:09:21 -0400
  ...Their conclusion is that the valves are bad on > cylinders 1 &2. > > Not ever having driven an air cooled van in its prime, I...
• For Sale: '78 Poptop Camper - S.F. Bay Area
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 17:48:38 -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...
• Re: 89 Vanagon oil usage question
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 08:56:24 -0800
  ...I have driven to the east and west coast on > the interstate from Wisconsin. I drive at 70 mph and find that this vehicle...
• Re: Help Needed, On the Road
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:30:54 -0500
  ...Crank the engine, warm it up, shut it down, disconnect the clip at the end of the valve - the valve being that little round...
• Re: dark side of ebay... (nvc)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:56:34 -0800
  Oil changes first then valve adjusts. Ease her into it. So to speak. Mike On 2/21/03 1:46 PM, "Damon Campbell" <damoncampbellvw...
• Re: no power: running lean (i think)
  Historical mailing list - Seth F Gordon
  Mon, 6 Jul 1998 19:37:57 -0400
  ...For the summer I decided to drive it and just for the hell of it plugged the oxs back in. no problems? I guess...
• Re: Double cab for sale/engine longevity
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:34:09 -0700
  ...The heads have been out once to replace the rubber gasket, but > no valve job has been done. I NEVER drive over 70. Maybe...
• Re: 1.9 won't start when hot outside
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:16:58 -0400
  I think this is low manifold vacuum try backing off the valve adjustment and see if that helps http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll...
• Value of 83.5 Westy
  Historical mailing list - bill
  Sat, 29 Nov 1997 17:06:03 -0800
  ...21 mpg on a recent 2500 mile trip. -Will not pass smog due to faulty valve sealing per local mechanics. Strange considering above performance...
• Re: Vacum gauge on syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 11:25:40 -0400
  ...Randolph Feuerriegel wrote: > > Greetings. > > Well my experiment with the vacum gauge connected before the check valve > was a failure. The gauge readings were not...
• Re: bleeding cooling system and sealing hoses.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 08:51:04 EDT
  ...I drilled out the valves on an old expansion tank cap. That way there is no chance of damaging the valves on the good...
• Aux oil Cooler setup
  Historical mailing list - Michael Edwards
  Tue, 12 Jun 2001 09:28:41 -0700
  ...if you don't like those numbers, the valve is made by Amot and they have interchangeable guts so the valve sill work in...
• Re: Filling from a 40-lb propane tank?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:59:36 -0500
  ...Or rather, you would have to turn it so that you were getting liquid out of the valve. if this is a long horizontal...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:21:46 -0500
  ...Put everything back in place, adjusted the valves, put 20-50 oil in the engine, and went for a test drive. All seem well...
• Re: what to do?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:55:36 -0600
  ...I JB-welded the heads, no valve job, nothing else at 190K like you. When I got into the engine I saw the the...
• Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:49:58 -0800
  ...I use the Delron HD motor oil in it and I still have valve clatter after a couple of days. I also have performance...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:23:50 -0700
  ...84 5sp w/ABA hybrid inline motor...93 jetta block with crossflow 8 valve > head and Digifant..no cat exhaust. > I've driven this...
• Re: Remembering the First Bus
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 20:23:10 -0700
  ...I was driving a MG 1100 sedan, burning valves and having electrical failures right and left. I needed to get to a class at...
• Video: TVS Test Light Driving. Discovered Whistle Sound? What is it?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:38:33 -0700
  ...12V LED, + lead to TVS + , LED goes on, throttle at rest, throttle valve switch closed, and goes off, throttle opened TVS open. Most importantly...
• Re: Dist Driveshaft Installation ?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 30 Jan 97 23:11:33 EST
  ...2&4 so the pulses correspond with the opening of the valves... > Something to look into though... > > dave > > The injectors on the FI system...
• Re: Head Update (getting worse)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Olmstead
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 16:57:26 -0800
  ...heads, gaskets, adjusted the valves etc.. and she started right up and purred!!! Then White smoke (steam) during test drive. Today I took the...
• Re: Auto tranny lost 3rd gear
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:16:08 -0700
  ...lost third because his valve body is dirty/clogged (or the separation plate is badly worn), or the governor drive broke or something... there...
• Coolant draining strategy? MY WAY ...
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:58:08 -0700
  ...It is a valve that has a 4" piece of the large hose on it on one side. The other side woud fit the...
• New Baby Story: Mint '87 Westie! 57K Miles! Needs front Table!
  Historical mailing list - Steven J. Hughes
  Sat, 20 Apr 96 14:54:31 -0500
  ...Must have been garaged during the winter, and only driven on trips. We know we paid above average retail, but it is in well...
• Re: Double cab for sale/engine longevity
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:27:24 -0700
  ...The heads have been out once to replace the rubber gasket, but > no valve job has been done. I NEVER drive over 70. Maybe...
• Re: warm up time - a contrarian's view! (longish)
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Fri, 1 Jan 1999 13:01:57 -0800
  ...If the proper "vanagon rated" oil filter is used (with the proper anti-backflow valve and high-pressure bypass valve) oil starvation experienced by...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 17:43:02 -0800
  ...Noisy Valve lifters >> >> >> >> That sounds like a lot of Marvel Mystery Oil to me..a whole qt. >> I don't think I ever use...
• Re: LVC: Passat feedback
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:23:57 -0700
  ...The VW guy went "Aha - that's your problem, Chevron gas leaves deposits on the valves (seats or guides? he did not say)that...
• Coolant leak! Decision time....
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Speer
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:42:29 -0600
  Volks, I don't drive my van much once the salt starts being spread around, but i do start it and fully warm (45...
• Re: Still having starting problems.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 21:19:48 -0500
  ...http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/0003.htm The valve adjustment is on Shaping Up Your Vanagon. http://williamwareagency.com/forsale/stanvan/0096.htm If...
• Re: For Sale: Volkswagen LT35 in SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 21:35:23 -0600
  ...To give you an idea of build quality, the current LT35 TDI diesel has an all-gear valve train drive so there's no...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:49:30 -0800
  Oh, sorry Mr Mike, My inline VW motor has an Idle Control Valve as do plenty of other VW motors. My 92 Jetta-Golf...
• Re: Two propane tanks
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Tue, 12 Jul 2016 10:22:10 -0500
  I've got the plan of twin larger go westy tanks with a valved crossover line to link them. Now to wait for the...
• Re: Lurch at 2900 Update...and help setting timing
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:35:09 -0500
  ...Read my article on hydraulic lifters and then adjust the valves to 006ths lash. http://www.bostonengine.com/articles/hydraulicll.htm good luck Bob...
• Re: will a 2.1L long block work with 1.9L FI and hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:08:01 -0800
  ...The throttle >valves are interchangeable for both plenums but the later throttle has a >larger opening for more power! ************************* And if memory serves (it...
• Re: Propane fueled Vanagons??
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:19:00 -0400
  ...The sludge that builds up behind the intake valve on propane is so soft and gummy it has to be burned off with a...
• Re: Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:24:50 -0700
  ...For those in dire situations with a few tools, > a valve stem, and some resourcefulness you can fix it yourself. It is > possible to...
• Re: a/c - Sorry
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 08:56:22 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Keith Hughes wrote: >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:14:15 -0500 >> From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET...
• Re: IDLE STABILIZER ???
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:23:29 -0700
  ...a cylinder valve assembly with spring on it. > >The only other black box in the engine compartment is mounted on the drivers >side of...
• Re: It's time to hit that idle Stabilizer on the head!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 21:30:36 -0500
  ...to ISV > 1 17 Ignition pulses from Ignition coil driver > LS 8 Throttle valve switch input > T 13 Coolant temperature sensor (TEMP2) input > K...