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• Re: 87 vanagon quit while driving
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:59:50 -0700
  ...Mark Drillock posted this neat bypass tool: http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=349429&highlight=bypass Owner/shop should read the...
• Double Relay ?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Winesette
  Fri, 3 May 2002 19:30:25 EDT
  ...area) the relay are getting 12v but not the switched 12v i can bypass the switch and the fuel pump fires up. Any ideas?
• Tach rewiring
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 19:51:48 -0600
  ...That is, strung new wire and bypassed the old wiring. Thanks, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: Drilling a hole on thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:08:02 -0500
  ...Any bypass from the radiator in cold weather seriously takes away from the engines’ ability to warm up. There already is a bypass bleed...
• Re: oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:36:01 -0400
  The Golf/Jetta has an oil filter bypass in the engine, (usually in the filter mount). The Vanagon engine does not. This is the...
• Re: Mann oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 23 May 2003 08:08:42 -0700
  ...However, the 719/5 has a check valve and a bypass valve where the 920/17 apparently does not. Having a check valve and...
• Re: Re[2]: 91 rear heater core-pulled it
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 09:19:04 -0700
  ...This allows hot coolant to bypass the radiator and go right back to the engine. The valve assembly on the heater core has a...
• Re: Anti freeze smell in heat
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:48:22 -0500
  You can bypass it, but if you live where it gets cold in the winter a working rear heater is wonderful and worth having...
• ETKA
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:26:35 -0600
  Anyone have the ETKA Hardlock bypass files they could pass to me. I seem to have lost them as well as the instructions as...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 21:00:53 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Blake Thornton wrote: > In an effort to find my electrical gremlins, I bypassed the idle > stabilizer. My idle went...
• Re: Speedo Cable question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 1 Mar 2008 20:54:35 -0800
  ...At BusDepot.com it would be cheaper just to buy the bypass cable than to buy the upper. What would happen if I bypassed...
• Re: $100 Reward Results
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 15 Jul 2014 18:36:29 -0700
  ...TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > > there is ALWAYS RISK with just adding a bypass wire like that. > perhaps you have already .. > but until enough of the...
• Re: Fuel expansion tank - bypassing? -- UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Zach White
  Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:08:38 +0000
  ...It's really easy to bypass the expansion tanks by running short pieces of hose between the "in" and "out" side for the expansion...
• Re: Aircooled Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - chris
  Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:05:38 -0800
  ...It bypasses the cooler until you get up to temp. > > If I had to choose one thing to keep me safe, I'd go...
• Re: Rich Running 85
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Wed, 22 Jun 2005 13:43:18 -0700
  ...for 85 bypass the idle stabilizer, and run at 900 or so RPM and use the pulley mark closest to the engine? >Could it...
• Re: Vanagon aircooled - too high idle speed
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 20:57:24 -0400
  ...Disconect the two connectors and connect them together to bypass the unit. Dennis.
• Re: Attn: Successful Subaru transplants: heater control solution?
  Historical mailing list - John Fleming
  Sat, 20 May 2000 19:12:48 -0500
  ...I am first going to try just adding a loop bypass, if that will still > allow enough flow through the heater when required, then...
• Re: Oil filter/ pressure
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:02:59 -0400
  ...The oil circuit has a bypass valve (directly above the filter, looks like a big ball bearing) which (as it is named) BYPASSes the...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:16:10 -0800
  ...light is it has a very coarse filter media and a very low bypass pressure >> so oil gets through by bypassing the filter media.
• Re: No idle when engine cold
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:20:31 -0700
  ...Have you checked the idle adjustment (bypass screw on throttle body)? I recall having similar symptoms when mine was set too low (screw damaged...
• Re: Purging Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 23:38:29 -0600 (CST)
  ...was, and the dimensions? I'm about to do the same bypass arrangemetn you did. Jim - Farmer - Iowa City, IA, jnmeade@blue.weeg.uiowa...
• Re: Insturment Cluster
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:22:50 -0700
  ...86+ has the DOPS connector installed and is missing the bypass resistor, with an empty spot where it could be. Mark a man of...
• metal bypass coolant pipe
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:59:06 -0400
  ...I believe that it is called a bypass pipe, it is on the driver's side. I ordered one from Ken at Vanagain last...
• Re: Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:20:23 -0800
  ...not care for the pencil size hole which is used to bypass cold oil. > It's probably OK but opted for the full flow...
• Re: Thermostat with a hole?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:41:56 -0700
  ...The latest OEM thermostat, revision F > not only does not have a bypass, the top throttle plate is actually > gasketed to prevent any bypass...
• Re: rear heater bypass ?
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 9 May 2013 12:36:15 -0700
  ...This van has the rear heater removed and the two hoses are connected in an open bypass. > > I am wondering if this is a...
• Re: Tach rewiring
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:27:43 -0600
  ...Could this be the reason? I guess I want to know almost the same question can this be bypassed? But where is the signal...
• Re: Which Mann is right for my van?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:06:10 -0400
  ...The major difference is the non Vanagon filter does not have a bypass valve. The I4 have the bypass in the filter adapter, The...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:56:51 -0400
  ...Almost all VW engines that have oil filters have some type of bypass in case of filter blockage. Even the type 1 engines that...
• power steering pump
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Apr 1997 10:16:36 -0700
  ...Is there an aftermarket bracket to bypass the head mounting or do I have to get a new head?
• Race Trim Oil Cooler Systems
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 14:40:48 -0400
  I was thinking about installing a 96 plate Race Trim Oil Cooler that mounts via an oil filter bypass. Has anyone installed one? Is...
• Re: oil pressure relief valve spec
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 10:10:29 -0500
  ...At 80 psi the oil filter and oil cooler is bypassed and oil is being sent only to the bearings and back through the...
• Bus routes: most scenic bypasses.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 21:33:39 -0500
  ...The westermost bypass is Rte 15A. Exit I390 in the town of Rush. You'll drive through a couple of villages in the first...
• Alternative to Instrument Cluster Foil?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:03:27 -0700
  ...For those circuits, it wouldn't work to just bypass the foil altogether. But if the foil just carries the tach signals from the...
• Re: Intermittent no start - fuel pump/relay?
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 09:36:47 +0100
  ...Just try unplugging and bypassing the DLS, and see if it makes a difference. The DLS (Digitale Leerlauf Stabilisierung /Digital Idle Stabilizer) is the...
• Re: back heat removal, comparative experiences among my vans
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 12 Apr 2004 10:41:05 -0700
  ...Any Vanagon cooling system that depends on blocking that tiny 6mm bypass needs repair IMO. Mark Sam Walters wrote: > ... > Basic physics - larger pipes and...
• What is the oil flow in a type IV cooler ?
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Sun, 9 Jun 2019 11:03:07 -0700
  ...The oil bypass is at the stock oil cooler level. There's 2 holes. top and bottom . Which one in the supply and return...
• Re: '56 bus electrical - Not yet!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 01:12:27 -0500
  ...well, do ye olde hot wire trick and bypass that pesky switch anyway. > A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.----- I thought...
• Re: Having trouble getting a good idle when cold and the computer functioning
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 20:33:41 -0500
  Roger, when you bypass idle stabilizer, idle should be about the same. On the 1.9L engines, idle stabilizer works on the distributor advance...
• Re: larger filter for 1982 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:29:29 -0800
  ...Wix # 51515 its about twice the size >and has the same specs for antidrain valve and for the internal bypass >valve that opens between...
• Re: Bus routes: most scenic bypasses.
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Sun, 15 Nov 1998 23:52:40 -0700
  ...most scenic bypasses. >A trucker I know who's been all over the US says the prettiest road he's >ever seen is 89A...
• Re: Removing clip from Hall unit
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 17:53:09 -0400
  ...This will bypass the fuel injectors and fuel system. If the engine runs with the starter fluid, you have a fuel problem.
• Re: Dometic woes
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:44:10 -0400
  ...If it is a thermocouple problem, it will still light and stay lit as long as you hold the safety bypass button in.
• Re: 88 Vanagon, new to me, the story so far (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 18:01:18 -0500
  ...I would recommend against the copper-tube-heater-bypass and instead just plug the two hoses. Otherwise your sending heated coolant back into the...
• Re: How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 10:42:10 -0700
  ...By using the DV return to the main t-stat hose and oil cooler feed from the bypass hose, coolant was bypassing the radiator...
• Idle hunts except when in gear
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:13:25 -0700
  ...I asked a local VW mech about it, and he bypassed the idle stabilizer electronic thingy (plugged the two cables into each other) to...
• Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:32:05 -0400
  ...This unit was missing the plug over the idle air bypass screw. Mr Bentley sez 'factory adjusted-do not touch'. The engine runs well...
• Things your throttle body doesn't want you to know.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 28 May 2010 00:52:04 -0400
  ...It could not idle down to spec because of all the (filtered, metered) air bypassing the throttle plate. Idle switch operation was also quite...
• Re: 1400--1600 rpm in '85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Nov 1994 14:42:54 -0800
  ...But anyway, disconnect it, and connect the wires so as to bypass it. Glad to hear adjustment seems to help. Always a good sign...
• Re: anther speedo problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 08:24:50 -0500
  <snip> Can you bypass the O2 counter box and just install a 1990 speedo cable that runs all the way to the instrument cluster...
• Re: 12V Power to Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:05:30 -0700
  ...The best bet is to bypass the cutoff as it is not really needed and it causes confusion to say the least. Pmail me...
• Re: How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 17:10:30 -0700
  ...On jetta >> cars the oil cooler is fed from a T in the bypass hose on the engine. >> So I'm doing an AAZ...
• Re: 91 rear heater core-pulled it
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Thu, 23 Jul 1998 11:35:35 -0700
  ...is a potential problem when you bypass the rear heater core. > This allows hot coolant to bypass the radiator and go right back to...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:40:39 -0700
  I bypassed the ignition switch by connecting pin 15 of the coil to power, activating the ECU relay and powering the ECU. Still the...
• Re: A Vanagon/Syncro alternative...Friday rap
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 29 Mar 2014 18:56:48 -0700
  IIRC, passenger vans were imported as station wagons to bypass commercial vehicle taxation. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Mar 29, 2014...
• Re: Fuel pump buzzing
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:39:12 -0500
  You can bypass the gas tank by adding a long rubber hose to the filter, and run it to a gas can. Put the...
• Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:54:08 -0800
  ...My first notion was that perhaps the sandwich plate thermostat, which is supposed to close the bypass hole at 180degF, was stuck and was...
• 82 diesel 1.6na- Blowing out filters
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Wed, 17 Jun 2015 10:39:07 -0400
  ...Something about oil pump check valve or bypass? Does anyone have direct experience with this issue? -- Frank Lee from Gmail Mobile
• Re: anyone have a used but good rear heater core for sale???
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 14 Nov 2003 15:58:15 -0500
  ...I'd save my $$ and simply bypass the coolant lines (see archives for how) until there's anough cash for a new one. john
• frequently dying
  Historical mailing list - Anne Dickens
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 07:04:08 EST
  ...I My husband bypassed the ignition switch ( hot wired) and it still died after 5 seconds. Is there anything else we can check? It...