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• Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:38:18 -0700
  ...original diesel Vanagon > tyranny, you may find the gearing too high. (engine revs higher than > needed. Especially at highway speeds) Something to consider. > > that...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:55:25 -0700
  ...cap? > When I rev the engine, the pressure tank always sucks fluid down - the reverse when the revs go down (barfing coolant onto the...
• Re: � � � vanagon top speed - more info
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:05:16 EDT
  ...As I have indicated before, the BFG 27-8.50x14 tires I was running were rated at 799 revs per mile, while the speedo...
• Re: '71 Hard Start
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:26:21 -0300
  ...someone starts then revs up Ramona will show if all is well, engine off, 11.8 to 12.6 volts, engine running, same, generator...
• Re: Timing Notch? on 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 18:49:57 EDT
  ...60 Porsche T-5 Coupe 85 VW GL Vanagon<Elvis>awaiting engine On Mon, 15 Sep 1997 12:59:50 -0400 Lawrence Johnson <ljohnson...
• First long trip in 82 diesel - coolant temp?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:04:54 -0500
  ...The engine seems to be struggling more at low revs uphill that at high revs uphill. This is certainly a take-your-time vehicle...
• Lessons on gas mileage from VW's Autostadt
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 24 May 2008 11:30:35 +0000
  ...Revs - it takes gas to spin the engine. The higher the revs, the more gas used. We were taught to shift (again around town...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:10:29 -0700
  Does it do it regardless of the engine temp? Does your Idle Stabilizer Valve work? Did you check the timing? Pat From: Steven Johnson...
• Cold start issue
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 3 Jun 2011 15:58:33 -0700
  ...revs a bit, but resentfully, doesn't want to idle, then finally gets the idea. From that point on, throughout the day, the engine...
• Re: 90 Vanagon Engine Woes
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Tue, 9 Jul 1996 07:53:31 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Once running, engine > always stutters and sputs at idle while tach drifts up and down by several > hundred revs. Gets really bad with a...
• AFM purchase
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:16:35 -0600
  ...The engine revs up, then dies immediately. So, on to plan B. I'm purchasing a used AFM from a list member. But I...
• help! vanagon booted
  Historical mailing list - Steve Jevne
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 17:47:49 EDT
  ...smelling fuel on the plugs, my starter is turning the engine ( 4 revs then a pause). I am baffled as to what can be...
• Re: Another Vanagon Throttle Question ('87 Wolfsburg)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 3 May 2005 14:33:08 -0400
  ...The engine revs up >to 3k and then returns to a normal idle speed (1k or so). This trick >works 60 percent of the...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:43:29 -1000
  ...1990 Vanagon Camper > Stock 2.1 engine > Manual transmission > > The symptoms: > > Hesitates just after shifting while accelerating. Hesitates when > changing pressure up on the...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 18 Dec 2009 - Special issue (#2009-1095)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:36:11 -0700
  Six months to the day I've been rebuilding the engine on my 86 westy. Got the tranny linkage working again (that pesky RUBBER...
• Re: Engine won't rev up
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 12:33:33 -0700
  ...If the material inside breaks loose, it can turn sideways and block exhaust gases at higher revs. Check it by removing the muffler and...
• O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Sun, 22 Mar 2020 11:24:54 -0500
  ...found that disconecting the o2 sensor wire solves this problem. Engine runs good. Revs normally and climbs hills well It is running rich as...
• Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 20:53:19 -0400
  ...The condition presents with the engine warm, and the engine under load. I have tested fuel pressure at the T and it is at...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:47:14 -0600
  ...replacing your engine? It seems to me that the older generation, myself & Muir included, was taught to down shift & keep the revs up, in...
• Re: Turbo tech
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 10:01:11 -0500
  ...Of course, this can vary form one engine Just in general, they try to make them as small as possible, i.e. least angular...
• Re: Mis-firing
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:32:11 -0400
  ...I'll turn it over and it catches right away and > instantly revs way up to about 3500 rpm and back to 0 and...
• Thanks! (Was Re: Higher elevation -- anything to watch out for?)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:44:53 -0700
  ...whenever the revs get below 2800rpm. I figure that 4000 to 4400rpm is the happier place to be for these little engines. Same for...
• Re: RECIPE FOR PERFORMANCE
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 10:08:22 PDT
  ...This gives you a little more power at 55, since the engine revs more ). If you change the stock five to the stock four...
• 022D Digifant Upgrade Chip Performance Report...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:56:57 EDT
  ...Engine revs easier to 5000 rams now. With the increase in power, I am shifting gears at @3400 rams down from @4000 rams in...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:54:38 -0700
  ...The 'buzzer goes off and light goes on at idle on a hot engine but goes away when I rev the engine' is a...
• Audible Coolant alarm opinions
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 1 Mar 2018 20:15:56 -0500
  ...I can pretty much hear the speed of my engine revs and guess my tachometer. If I get a audible oil temp and presure...
• Accelerator pedal stuck
  Historical mailing list - Sam P
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 20:06:12 -0800
  I just came in from my storage garage where I started my van engine for the first time in two months. Although it started...
• Re: sparking of big engines...
  Historical mailing list - dneu
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 17:46:46 -0700
  ...Nice power, but "lights out- nobody home" in the low revs. ~Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "dave bowers" <dave@SPARKPLUG.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Long Wheelbase Diesel T4 Transporter (Eurovan)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 21:29:28 -0500
  ...revs can I expect? Also will the engine still have enough power to keep it moving? Some of you that have the necessary engineering...
• couple of q's
  Historical mailing list - Fifield
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 16:07:53 -0500 (EST)
  ...after I warm up and have been driving, the engine revs to 1200 and then drops back off to 1000, then back to 1200...
• re: mysterious stalling for Dharmabum
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 May 1994 07:20:22 -0400 (EDT)
  ...What I end up doing is pulling off to the side, leave > the engine run and give it a few good revs, then let...
• Re: New tranny for a 1.6l TD westy...
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 18:39:09 -0700
  ...6l TD. > With the original tranny, i find that the engine really revs too > fast on top > gear. I guess it must be running...
• Re: Cruising Speed
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:49:48 -0700
  ...Even though I floated along, revs seemed higher than need be. And I bet fuel consumption went way up. On I5, I tend to...
• Speed
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:27:29 -0800
  ...This was a stock engine with the exception of an 009 distributor running at 9 degrees BTDC. In my '63 bus with an 1835...
• VERY high idle when starting
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 09:23:42 EST
  Upon starting a friends 91 Vanagon the the engine revs REALY HIGH. As soon as it is started it sounds like the gas pedal...
• Lack of power problem - advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:46:57 -0500
  ...Symptoms: ------------ * idles okay @ 950 rpm, revs up and down smoothly in neutral (no load) * when under load it bogs down with very little power...
• Re: Juddering clutch in 1982 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Oct 1996 08:50:43 -0800
  ...In fact it is easier to reproduce it in 2nd. >>When there are enough revs and take up is slow its OK but when...
• Re: Speedo Calibration
  Historical mailing list - mike ingle
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:59:41 -0700
  ...805 revs/mile. Now work backwards through the gear train to get the distance traveled of the wheel as a function of engine speed...
• Re: 82 won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:31:04 -0500
  ...little more until the revs get up and then it's OK. If it were a carb'ed engine I would think it was...
• Re: Vanagon !
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:13:09 -0700
  ...One another note, this ecu makes this engine the best choice for engine swaps. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 86-SS Syncro Pittsburgh...
• Help! Engine Tapping Noise in Air Cooled Westy
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:27:02 -0700
  ...other "far" side of the engine). It is quite rythmic and increases or decreases depending on the revs. It almost sounds like the license...
• Re: 82 diesel vanagon passed the diesel emissions test! Diesel Wisdo m? Coolant cap?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 11:19:15 -0400
  ...Last but not least mentioned that I should not be afraid to >work the engine, that it's better to give it the revs...
• Intermittent engine miss
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 3 Jun 2006 21:33:31 -0700
  ...to get the revs up in any gear. Stopped for fuel [a bargain $2.99.9 a gallon] opened the engine cover to let...
• Re: REPOST! ECU CHIP AND ROCKERS UPGRADE!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 00:27:04 -0400
  ...power can also equal less lugging the engine, less overreving > the engine, staying at lower revs longer, less wear. Sort of a hard call...
• Re: Cold start issue
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:37:13 -0700
  ...revs a bit, > > but resentfully, doesn't want to idle, then finally gets the idea. > > > > From that point on, throughout the day, the engine...
• Re: Hot brakes!
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 15 Apr 2018 17:05:49 -0400
  And do not forget to use engine braking with wheel braking. Downshift and let your revs wind up somewhat It makes a tremendous difference...
• Re: Stuck clutch pedal '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 16:23:01 -0600
  ...in neutral, get a push with engine running and "slip" it into 2nd by matching the revs. Drive it, strongly accelerating and backing off...
• 87GL, Cold Engine Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark Smith
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 14:00:38 EDT
  ...Then it starts missing slightly and gradually worsens until the engine dies after another 20 to 30 seconds. The engine easily restarts each time...
• re Overheating symptoms?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 22:32:00 -0700
  >Here's a basic question: > > >Without a temp gauge, how do I know if my engine is getting close to >overheating. I know the...
• Re: Wheels upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 13:16:54 -0600
  ...So should I just wait until I do the engine conversion, > or is there a wheel/tire combo I could go with now that...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:47:05 -0500
  ...My mechanic revs the engine up to bring the level down, add the coolant and put on the cap presto..
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:54:18 -0400
  ...Once the engine revs over 2500rpm the oil light starts blinking and the buzzer sounds. When you shut of the engine and start again...
• Re: At long last protype waterbox bleeding, draining and purging installed and operating
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 20:51:24 -0400
  ...it took a long >time for the engine to get up to temperature and for the cooling fan to > >the first results are curious...
• Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - ****************************
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 02:04:50 -0600
  ...unless the revs are exact. With the clutch depressed, it sounds like marbles are rolling around in a can. With the engine off I...
• Re: Juddering clutch in 1982 Bus
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Oct 1996 20:48:25 -0500
  ...In fact it is easier to reproduce it in 2nd. >When there are enough revs and take up is slow its OK but when...
• Automatic Transmission Diagnosis- HELP!
  Historical mailing list - R.Joseph Murphy
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 15:46:38 -0700
  ...revs into the 3000 to 4000 range. Get this, I turn the car off, lst it set for ten seconds or so, the engine...
• Re: Is this the dreaded "bucking"???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:54:39 -0700
  ...I still get it fairly reliably when I've been running the engine sustained at high revs and it's very warm - especially bad...
• Re: Gear ratios for Syncro 16"
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:07:38 -0400
  ...The engine has an Oettinger intercooler and >it gets something like 90 HP. The engine revs too fast : 100 km/h at 4000 >rpm...
• New tranny for a 1.6l TD westy...
  Historical mailing list - Sylvain B
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 18:58:38 EDT
  ...With the original tranny, i find that the engine really revs too fast on top gear. I guess it must be running at about...
• Re: Newbie Westy Diesel owner needs advice
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:24:45 -0400
  ...PO states engine was rebuilt 70K ago. >After a couple days of driving, the engine does not go back to >idle from higher RPM...