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• Re: Smelly rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 7 Oct 2019 05:58:05 -0400
  ...I changed it and the valve going into it. The Van cafe valve is very strong. That did it. No more smell and a...
• Overheating Trauma
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 14:07:23 MST
  ...I stepped back and could see smoke rising from the louvers on the drivers side. Not a good sign. So in order to get...
• Re: Need to replace a pushrod
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:11:10 -0400
  ...Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab 220K+ miles http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:05:38 -0400...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:40:58 -0300
  ...I don’t think any of our six VWs have lever on the proportioning valve, but I haven’t had cause to crawl under...
• Re: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 20:02:15 -0700
  ...It would have been outrageous for VW to make a belt driven overhead cam head design with 4 valves per cylinder, and knock sensor...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve - Later UPDATE: problem *NOT* solved!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 24 May 2006 09:18:24 -0700
  ...While my test drive yesterday was picture-perfect, when I drove the van this morning it was behaving just as it had been before...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 5 Feb 2013 11:05:29 -0800
  ...a >>>>> week or more before I fire it up and drive it, the valve lifters have >>>>> clacked on several occasions while the engine is...
• Should I rebuild the bottom end? Questions & photos.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Lambas
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 17:35:14 -0500
  ...Test drive seemed fine, and I bought it. Well , it didn't take long before I had overheating issues that I ultimately found to...
• Re: Temperature fluctuations - bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 19:13:49 -0000
  ...I think it had an effect because I did loosen up the valves by blowing and sucking. Is it worth replacing the part, 13...
• Re: Rod Knocking....
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 00:56:45 -0600
  ...to figure out whether > I could patch it up enough to drive it 50 miles home... > > When the rods are knocking that means that...
• Re: HELP! I need a screw size
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:25:22 -0800
  ...I even let the van roll backwards (I > have >> a sloped driveway) and then slammed on the brakes, hoping to dislodge it >> from its...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:03:01 -0600
  ...Often the tailpipe pipe will be oily. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> John Rodgers >>> 88 GL Driver >>> >> > > > -- > Jake > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > Crescent Beach, BC...
• Re: Compatibility of A1 Rabbit/Jetta Autocrats
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:53:31 -0500
  ...You will then see that spool piece that moves in the valve body which does the gear selection work except for the parking pawl...
• '71 bus runs!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 09:27:50 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Checked the timing, gap, valves and all the wires once more. After turning the engine over a few times with the coil unplugged the...
• Re: Noisy Lifter - to replace or not?
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:03:11 -0500
  ...with a distinct valve noise knock. The > noise > subsides somewhat when it warms up. I assume it is caused by a leaking > > hydraulic valve...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:40:38 -0800
  ...and 'usually' ..it's burnt valve anyway.. or 'often' it's poor sealing of the valve. I would say valve sealing has to be...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Mon, 2 Sep 2019 16:10:43 -0700
  ...Jeeze. > > Road test tomorrow. > > Alistair > >> On Sep 1, 2019, at 11:56 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: >> >> The “aftermarket” proportioning valve...
• Re: Darn idle, stalling, running rich...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:34:30 -0400
  ...Could you elaborate on that? > > Zero valve lash cold was Bob Donalds' spec for his big valve engine. I > don't know enough about...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:00:57 -0800
  ...4/overhead valve >>> production run: 2/1985 - 10/1992 >>> output: 82kW - 112bhp DIN @4800 RPM >>> torque: 174Nm - 128 lb-ft @2800 RPM >>> bore: 94...
• Re: Ignition screw ups
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:59:08 -0800
  ...To check, (From Bentley) Distributor drive installing: set crank toTDC on cylinder #1. Install drive shaft so that offset slot is at an angle...
• Re: semi-urgent auto transmission question
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 11 Sep 2010 22:35:32 -0400
  ...Today may have been the firs time I've come out of the driveway and tried to go uphill. So it may have been...
• Re: Loctite
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Sat, 29 Sep 2018 08:28:50 -0700
  ...4" (6 mm to 19 mm) bolts Valve cover bolts, water pump bolts, oil pan bolts, drive shaft bolts, rocker arm adjustment nuts, carburetor...
• Re: Auto trans wisdom please?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 May 2012 01:48:28 -0400
  ...For the torque converter and the seals between the auto and final drive sections I go to the dealer. I have had problems with...
• Re: erratic idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 12:05:36 -0600
  John, something else will cause that problem more so than the idle stabilizer valve. There is a big black molded rubber piece with about...
• Re: 90 Carat: A/C Dying Diagnosis Confirm Please
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 May 2000 16:48:02 -0500
  ...John Rodgers "88GL Driver in Birmingham, AL Denis B�lisle wrote: > Also, never heard of using a solvent inside the system, > > Hello, > > Ford motor...
• Re: synergy?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 5 May 2001 19:00:37 -0500
  ...Marvels and top off with fish oil!!! Reckon it will eliminate valve clatter on start up, keep injectors squeeky clean and get me a...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 07:50:30 -0800
  ...The intake > and exhaust > valves should both be closed. If not rotate the pulley 360 degrees. > This > time they should be closed. If not...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 28 Jun 2012 20:33:50 -0700
  ...what every vanagon driver should have is the ability to get the battery power disconnected in a matter of seconds. That would be real...
• Re: High Idle Problems
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:32:22 -0600
  ...course,) mysteriously vanished on the drive over to them. > > They suggested I install a new idle stabilization valve and a new idle stabilzation control...
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:00:43 -0500
  ...An ACVW engine lives and loves to be driven at higher rpms. This alone keeps the cooling fan spinning fast enough to deliver plenty...
• Re: still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - Open Wheel Racing
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 22:50:43 -0600
  Hi Tom, Remove the #3 / #4 valve cover (driver side), turn engine clockwise until the valves on #3 (cylinder toward front of car) are...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 11:14:17 -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: Brake problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 21:51:14 -0500
  ...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: Notes on my Van
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 21 Jul 2017 16:04:46 -0400
  ...Odometer, front heater valve, cruse control and back up lights. All in all It's still fun to drive and camp in. We hope...
• Diff. Lock 86 Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Holmdahl
  Fri, 22 Nov 96 12:29:00 CDT
  ...He also said that the diff lock is only responsible for the rear wheels so it shouldn't be harmful to drive it on...
• Re: propane tank
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 22 May 2000 07:47:59 -0700
  ...the pressure relief valve can open spewing propane throughout your vehicle. Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ferguson, Christopher R SGT" <FergusonCR@HQ.7ARCOM.ARMY.MIL...
• Re: Looking for a CA smog legal conversion/extremists
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 20:39:41 -0600
  ...Vanagons just simply aren't popular in Texas and this drives the price down and renders them salvage before their time. Stan Wilder On...
• Re: Friday Story
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 25 May 2007 21:29:08 -0400
  ...Do any of you had a valves adjustment lately, be honest, how many??? You should! Yea, Hydro lifter van go out of adjustment, big...
• Re: Solid lifter conversion.
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 10 May 2003 09:30:15 -0400
  ...I have formed my personal opinions based on expereince, not on opinions, thoug h > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > Ken Lewis wrote: > > >Replace hydraulic...
• Re: A/C Conversion to R134a - Can I do it myself?
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Fri, 1 Jul 2011 18:09:28 -0500
  ...I've gotten a new > compressor, new receiver/drier and a new and a complete conversion kit - > all seals, valves, oil - will be here...
• Re: Automatic transmission leak
  Historical mailing list - azsun99
  Sun, 5 Apr 2009 12:04:39 -0700
  ...thing on the driver side of the tranny held on with what looks like a wire bail (like a valve cover bail) thats where...
• 2nd call for '79 parts
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:09:41 -0400
  ...Miller - EGR Valve off engine Still to be claimed is the rest of the FI geat, the ('79) heater boxes, a good (stained) grey...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Air to water '80 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 17:46:55 +1200
  ...Could this be your problem? The valvecover gasket may be a coincidental red herring... My 1.8 Bay burned through a piston behind the...
• Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 2 Sep 2019 11:25:31 -0700
  ...Jeeze. > > Road test tomorrow. > > Alistair > >> On Sep 1, 2019, at 11:56 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: >> >> The “aftermarket” proportioning valve...
• FOR SALE: Whole bunch of Vangon and other parts
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 18:38:37 -0800
  ...motronic OBD1 harness, ECU and throttle valve &ndash; engine code ABA &ndash; weight 7.5kg multiple driver side taillights, good condition, minor wear and...
• Re: Oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 00:59:00 -0500
  ...No more hydr.valve lifter ticking. Even when > I start the van after several weeks of storage. > The filter for the vanagon is the...
• Re: Tight Valves/RPM cont.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 16:52:33 EDT
  Pensioner surmised: "if the overall gearing is the same (tire size,&final drive and top gear ratio )' the revs/mile or rpm/mph will...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Tobias Gogolin
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:20:18 -0700
  ...So maybe better would be some kind of flotation valve > that purges if there is no liquid? > To simply run a hose back to...
• Re: more Q's on the TDI
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 96 10:26:18 +0200
  ...way valve. He has a diesel heater and a diesel generator, both may legally use the home heating oil, the engine that drives the...
• Re: headlight switch
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 1 Feb 2025 18:40:37 +0000
  ...can determine water temperature as I drive, and also a Motorized Valve to Open and Close valve to coolant pipes which go to a...
• Re: Shaft and compression
  Historical mailing list - Adrian Bertarelli
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 21:49:10 -0700
  ...Also adjust your valves it may help out. Later, Adrian -----Original Message----- From: Joel D Shortlidge [mailto:shortlid@JUNO.COM] Sent: Friday, December 10...
• Re: antifreeze from diesel engine block
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 25 May 2004 08:13:52 -0400
  ...freeze plug, which are made into most blocks as a "pressure valve" to guard against cracking the block if the coolant freezes. This is...
• Re: plz help! post 090 rebuild, weird metal stress noise shifting into park
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam!
  Sat, 11 Jun 2016 09:38:55 -1000
  ...put > it through the gears to fill the valve body ways. No leaks, the drive > line behaves as expected for a successful rebuild. I...
• Re: NVC: Monster Lupo
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 3 Apr 2009 04:48:58 -0700
  Car and Driver magazine did a twin-engined Honda CRX as a project street car several years ago, and acknowledged the Twini as an...
• Re: Corvair-powered Bay on Virginia CL
  Historical mailing list - Annie
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:47:46 -0800
  ...Haven't driven it in a long time - it needs a little body work from an accident that occurred before I owned it. But...
• Re: Probably get this one for $2k
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 May 2015 07:54:38 -0400
  ...Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > It may only need a valve job or to have the head gaskets replaced and the heads torqued...
• Re: A Different Coolant Problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 06:43:58 -0500
  Bad coolant cap (one way valve is working two ways) or you've got a slight exhaust gas leak into the system. Probably the...
• Re: #Engine in 1990 Vanagon 2.1L cutting out randomly
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 19:57:05 EDT
  ...but....you may want to take a gander at the Throttle valve switch checking procedure on page 24.58 in the Bentley. It might...
• Re: Automatic Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:26:25 -0500
  ...It has been quite easy to get all the drive parts out. Still have to do the valve body. First time for me to...
• Re: Cyl 1 and 3 not getting gas.
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:55:09 -0400
  Mark, I'm pretty sure your injectors are separated from the mayhem of combustion and flying debris by the valves. When the injectors are...