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• Re: Tiico into Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:43:22 EDT
  ...The intake hoses will depend on your choice of intake manifolds. VW Fox manifolds IIRC faces the same way as a Tiico. You'll...
• Re: Installing inline4 firewall clearance Q
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:29:35 -0500
  ...My > question is how much does the intake interfere with the driverside > firewall? I've seen alot of stuff saying or showing cuts made...
• Smells like fuel -- wet spot on cold head
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:44:39 -0700
  ...The bolts holding the intake air manifold* to the head were not tight. I've tightened them and will see if things dry up...
• Re: Intake manifold hose
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:11:53 -0700
  ...Intake manifold hose > > The four hose pieces which connect the air intake distributor to the > manifold pipes - I purchased under part VWC-039-133...
• Re: diesel vacuum pumps (little VC)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 22:05:45 -0400
  ...the intake to run power > brakes etc.? Diesels have no throttle plate, so there's no restriction in the intake to create manifold vacuum...
• Re: type 1 engine in t2 (and vacuum assist)
  Historical mailing list - Michael D. Bowling
  Thu, 18 Aug 1994 08:36:21 CST
  ...This engine (1641 sp) has a single weber carb on it with a large intake manifold the old engine (never ran) was from a...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 08:27:57 -0800
  ...On the intake stroke, though, the piston is trying to suck in air from the intake manifold. With your foot off the gas the...
• Re: Going back to fuel injection...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:45:23 -0500
  ...Part #039.133.241 Two intake manifolds, one right one left. Four Fuel Injectors with holding clamps. Part # 0-280-159.114 Fuel Rail...
• Engen VW Cup
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:03:57 -0600
  ...Powerkote Cape recently sponsored Powerflow's VW Polo by coating the exhaust manifold, pistons and intake manifold for the race in the regional GTi...
• Re: Great Engine test stand event, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:32:39 -0600
  ...Here is what I got so far, Weber Carb Free, Intake Plenum Free, Intake Tubes on hand, Fuel pump Free, fuel lines $4.00...
• Re: port matching intake manifolds to heads
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 10:28:03 -0500
  Pascal, That's interesting because I recall all those ports being pretty well matched the last time I was putting an engine together. Could...
• Re: What should I hear if I pressurize my intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:40:32 -0700
  ...the > last thing I want to do is pressurize the intake manifold by setting my air > compressor to 10PSI and plugging it into the...
• Re: 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 21:56:40 -0700
  ...no, the curve of the intake "runners" apex is adjacent to where the sheet metal hits a longitudinal frame member. Almost looks like it...
• Induction air flow rates
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:38:53 -0500
  ...induction flow rates - as in air intake flow rates that go to the engine through the intake manifolds. What would be the volume of...
• Re: Intake manifold hose
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jun 2020 19:01:04 +0000
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• Re: Where to buy intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 08:42:16 EST
  ...every manifold ive ever seen (except > Tim Hannick's :<) has had some surface rust. no big deal. paint them. > > chris > The reference to pinholes...
• FS: Progressive Single Carb complete w/ manifold from Eurospec 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 3 Apr 2003 08:24:04 EST
  ...Factory stock still attached to the intake manifold. Asking $100 or trade for Doka parts. I am posting this for a friend. The item...
• Re: Where to buy intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Jan 2004 01:42:31 EST
  ...every manifold ive ever seen (except Tim Hannick's :<) has had some surface rust. no big deal. paint them. chris
• Re: New High Power Subaru Boxer Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:58:32 -0700
  ...Dual-Stage Intake And Exhaust The new Subaru H6-3.0 uses a variable intake manifold and a dual-stage muffler to optimize power...
• A/C tranny in my na diesel!
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:38:06 -0600
  ...I found a turbo kit for about$ 500.00 which includes turbo,down pipe,intake and exhaust manifolds but would have to get a...
• Syncro "factory" vacuum source
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 05:33:03 -0500
  ...Can someone explain exactly where the intake manifold vacuum source is "supposed to be" for the Syncro locking differential vacuum system? The Bentley doesn...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 06:15:01 -0700
  Try Squrting some starter fluid into the intake manifold and see if it will start, if it does you have a fuel problem. Phil...
• Re: How do I go about prepping a tranny for re-assembly?
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 20:32:14 EDT
  ...Pholks, I`ve used carb cleaner on aluminum intake manifolds, and it really makes it shine! JC [text/html]
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:46:53 -0400
  A little claririficatoion here- The crossflow head flows better than the counterflow head and will make more horsepower regardless of the intake manifold. Longer...
• Re: Some dometic notes
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 30 Jun 2019 12:40:13 -0700
  ...is the O rings that seal the > corrugated intake and exhaust tubes to the (aluminum?) manifold. It > was likely a needless thing to do...
• Re: sometimes it just won't go...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 09:25:37 -0600
  Tried the propane, and the engine did speed up when it was applied near the obviously-cracked intake manifold hose. Bought four replacement hoses...
• Re: WBX Carb conversion?! - Still a Hoax!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:37:56 -0700
  ...You can make it work, MAYBE , by getting some beetle air intake manifolds (just the smaller part > that screws to the head) then run...
• Re: Engine worries return
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:01:49 -0700
  ...new intake manifold gaskets, maybe new cork valve cover gaskets, maybe new boots between each intake runner and intake plenum if yours are old...
• Dennis has a question-Carbureted 1.9L engine!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Apr 2014 20:01:22 -0400
  Does anyone know if the intake manifold from a European carbureted 1.9 engine will fit on the later 2.1L cases? Someone threw...
• Manifold gaskets~Goop or Not?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:40:42 -0400
  ...using a gasket sealer like hi-temp copper on the exhaust and intake manifold gaskets? I need to re-gasket my headers.and did...
• Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:28:17 -0700
  ...The intake port configuration on the head is different than any of the aircooled boxers so I need a carb manifold that was made...
• Progress with the engine RPM problem but not repaired yet
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:41:14 EDT
  I removed the central air distribution plenum and the intake manifolds and replaced: the injector seals on all four injectors, the rubber connectors which...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:59:47 -0800
  ...The 4cyl VW and Audi engines from the 90s down will fit using the intake manifold from a Cabriolet. A little clearancing is needed...
• Re: Filling the coolant reservoir...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 May 2016 19:53:24 -0400
  ...But the fuel injector thinks that the regulator is keeping the pressure exactly constant, because its reference is the inside of the intake manifold...
• Re: Manifold measuring - is this right?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:34:34 -0700
  ...Mark Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott wrote: > Hi, I'm looking for leaks in the intake manifold. Bentley's doesn't give > a procedure...
• Re: heat riser, jumping tranny
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:02:09 -0400
  ...DP intake manifolds should be cheap at >junkyards. I have several I couldn't sell for $1 each at a swap-meet. > >> Can the...
• Re: Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 22:35:13 -0700
  ...If I'm not mistaken, if you're writing of the O-rings between the manifold and exhaust and intake pipes? I found Viton...
• Re: Has anyone installed an ABA-based engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 11:45:02 -0800
  <<With Roberts setup, depending on which intake manifold you use, you will have to either section or indent the body on the drivers side...
• Re: throttle to intake body tightness
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 22:56:45 -0400
  ...head screws be that hold the throttle >body to the central intake manifold? I was afraid to overtighten, but I >still experience tell-tale...
• Throttle body questions
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:12:09 -0400
  ...in change out the connection to the accelerator pedal and screw it back to the intake manifold? John Lauterbach Macon, GA '84 7-passenger
• Re: Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 20:57:17 -0700
  ...Just lookin' at that pic, those intake ports are way too far apart.
• Dometic Exhaust & Intake O Ring Positioning?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:25:30 -0700
  ...When the pipes and key are installed in manifold, pic (Ignore arrows): http://tinyurl.com/382hfyq should the O rings butt up against the...
• Re: Intake Runners 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 31 Jul 2021 12:08:13 -0600
  ...wrote: > >> Have another van here with rust holes in the intake runners (Manifold). >> Anyone have runners they want to unload or any source for...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:08:12 -0700
  ...You > > > need to > > > > clearance the left firewall to accomodate > the > > > > intake manifold. For fuel injection > system > > > you > > > > can use CIS, CIS-E, DIgifant 2...
• Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 03:52:05 +0100
  ...So, Oettinger turned the intake manifold > by 180 degrees. > > Does someone know, how this would be possible? > Or, is the intake manifold from a...
• Re: A kinky Subi picture
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:26:28 -0400
  ...more sexy, bare metal, those shinny intake, that "dirty" big manifold /4 in 1.... :-) Ben Sudhir Desai wrote: >That's so clean!!!! I'm...
• RE: Attention all '71 Bus Owners
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 09:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The '71 bus has a long vacuum line (first year that had it) from the intake manifold all the way to the front axle...
• Re: Intake manifold hose
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:27:11 -0700
  ...Intake manifold hose > > The four hose pieces which connect the air intake distributor to the > manifold pipes - I purchased under part VWC-039-133...
• Re: Dem ole Vanagon blues
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Sat, 25 Feb 2017 10:11:49 -0700
  Or vacuum issue, or intake manifold leak at gasket. I had an 81 that acted like this. Find a mechanic that has a smoker...
• Re: 85' low idle, loss of power/compression, surging-UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:54:13 -0800
  People have written about the fuel pressure regulator diaphraghm failing and letting fuel be sucked into the intake manifold.... Also have you checked your...
• Re: Plugging leaks in intake manifold
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:40:54 -0400
  >> Mike, >> >> I believe a good test of the air intake system is to measure the manifold vacuum you are generating. I combed the archives...
• Re: Some Info & a Question
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:44:55 -0700
  ...Last night when I changed my intake manifold gasket, I took off the injectors from the intake manifold and loosened the manifold a bit...
• Re: Aircooleds and Airplanes
  Historical mailing list - Martin Garramone
  Tue, 18 Jul 1995 08:39:09 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The water would be drawn into the intake manifold by normal manifold vaccum, not sprayed under pressure. Would this help cooling at all or...
• What Do I Put In The Sugject Line?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 6 May 2011 21:43:54 +0000
  ...I had a new throttle body gasket, new manifold boots, new intake manifold gaskets, and sections of new vacuum lines. I tore it all...
• Re: flue vent assembly
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 16 Apr 2018 10:09:30 -0700
  ...Alistair probably notes this but if the fridge has been removed and re installed, make sure the intake/exhaust manifold is "square" to the...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 95 17:31:56 PDT
  ...spark plug hole to the intake ports when stressed. Can I offer you a swap? my dual-port manifolds for your singles? Or, if...
• Re: Alternator hum or whine
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:25:00 -0400
  ...Turned out to be a vacuum whistle from the intake manifold behind the alternator. A quarter of a turn on the big bolt fixed...
• Re: ..Leaking head gasket-diesel, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Dec 1996 00:11:25 -0500
  ...Turbo diesel questions How are you measuring boost - a vacuum line runs fr boost sense port on intake manifold (normally runs to inj pump...
• Re: Late beetle muffler
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:52:19 -0900
  ...It has an equally unique matching intake manifold. -Tom
• Re: WBX Carb conversion?! - Still a Hoax!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:32:57 -0700
  ...You can make it work, MAYBE , by getting some beetle air intake manifolds (just the smaller part > that screws to the head) then run...