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No Oil filler cap=poor idle..observation on Digifant..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:50:39 -0700
...I was distracted during my refilling and somehow I spaced-out replacing the cap on the filler. Started it up and had a really...
Re: Water filler lock and key for an '84
Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
Thu, 9 Mar 2000 08:09:46 -0800
...Water filler lock and key for an '84 CAn anybody help me out there? I am looking for a water tank filler lock and...
Water filler lock and key for an '84
Historical mailing list - Steve Manning
Thu, 9 Mar 2000 07:27:40 -0600
CAn anybody help me out there? I am looking for a water tank filler lock and key for my '84. I guess you can...
Gas filler question
Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
Wed, 7 Feb 2001 11:51:08 -0700
...I understand that the filler necks were redesigned at some point to prevent this. Was this in 86? I want to swap out mine...
Re: !!! ACCESSORY NEEDED !!!
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 10 Jul 2001 22:37:07 -0500
Yeh, well, I have been driving Vanagons since 1990 and just this year discovered the oil filler tube extension!!! I just hate to think...
Re: Gas spews out during fill-up
Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:19:00 +0100
Matt Heydon wrote: > > Gas spews out the filler neck like a mini geyser right as the tank reaches > full when filling up at the...
Fuel filler assembly parts needed
Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:49:14 -0500
...I need the two cast fuel filler assembly parts. This is the part that the fuel pump nozzle goes into, and the part that...
Re: gas consumption and guiness in the oil
Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
Wed, 8 Mar 2000 19:26:08 -0700
...new seal ring in oil filler tube cap or 2. switching to synthetic oil I think water leaks into or condenses from the atmosphere...
Re: Replacing Gas Tank Filler Gasket
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Tue, 9 Jul 2002 20:43:57 -0400
We concluded that the Gas Tank Filler Gasket CANNOT be changed without removing the tank. This we we NOT WILLING to do. So we...
Re: replacing fuel tank - Using different filler neck
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:27:57 -0700
...251 201 139 70x57.5 (1980 Only) 251 201 139 A 50x37 (86-91, some 84-85s depending on tank/filler installed) (Airhead/VWG...
Re: Fuel filler refresh - what paint to use?
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 5 Nov 2023 15:31:41 -0800
...my 1990, the fuel filler is starting to rust on the wheel well side. > > This filler, has the filler metal (with the flap, etc...
'84 Westy Gas Leak
Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
Thu, 25 Jul 1996 17:26:01 -0500
...Bentley addresses the gasket configurations in the fuel system by an illustration showing a "clip" on the "filler elbow." I have not viewed the...
Re: Oil Filler Tube Question
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:30:50 -0600
...Take your oil filler cap off and see how it effects your performance. Stan Wilder On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:07:57 -0500...
Fw: Name of fuel filler trim thingy majig
Historical mailing list - Ryan Shawley
Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:19:49 -0400
...Name of fuel filler trim thingy majig > What would be the proper name of the black trim piece that goes around the > fuel filler...
Oil Filler Neck
Historical mailing list - Chad
Sun, 11 Mar 2001 18:04:55 -0400
There is a crack in my oil filler neck that I noticed today. Should I replace this??Are they pretty much standard or do...
Re: what is it?
Historical mailing list - Rick Ferguson
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 02:44:50 -0700
Thanks for your replies, I'm not talking about the windshield washer reservoir filler...this is a much smaller tube behind the brake and...
Re: fuel filler grommet seal
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:28:38 -0700
It doesn't need any sealant if the tank isn't rusty and the filler tube is in good shape, no cracks, gouges, etc...
Filling a 4 spd manual transmission
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Mon, 29 Aug 2016 14:48:07 -0600
...I believe that the original irections were to fill to the level of the filler hole. I seem to remember reading that VW found...
Re: Help with Camper LP Filler Valve
Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 16:52:01 EST
...He says > that the other day he went to get his propane filled up and the guy at the > uhaul messed his filler valve...
Re: console filler strip installation
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sun, 11 May 2008 12:04:50 -0700
> Hey folks, I have a console filler strip I'd like to install in my 85 > automatic. > Any thoughts? Take off the T-handle...
Re: Fuel Tank Weirdness
Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:30:23 -0700
...There goes more $$!!! The filler and vent hose that runs to the filler neck are sealed well at that end. As Ken mentioned, the...
Re: Alternate oil filler tube???
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:54:56 +0200
It is NOT an oil filler tube, but it DOES have to do with the oil. It is the oil breather tube, and it...
Re: Replace oil filler neck - EH?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:00:32 -0700
...Replace oil filler neck - EH? > So I need to replace the oil filler neck as my donor engine, out of a > Syncro, has the...
Re: No Oil filler cap=poor idle..observation on Digifant..
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:12:56 -0400
...No Oil filler cap=poor idle..observation on Digifant.. > My van has an inline four VW motor..Digifant II injection, lots of the > same...
Re: Gas tank install driving me nuts!! - UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Sun, 29 Oct 2006 11:04:14 -0700
I don't know about new tanks, but the stock tanks on my '88 & '90 have the filler hole centered on the hole in...
Re: No smog test problems!
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:08:38 +0100
...The un-leaded gas filler is thinnner than the leaded. It also double as a valve to keep all your fuel from spilling, if...
has your vanagon lost its balls?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 3 Jul 2005 02:25:55 EDT
i went to pull out the filler neck from my '90 parts van...i wanted the updated '88-'91 filler neck (251 201 129A...
Aux fuel tank update.
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 1 Nov 2004 19:02:46 -0800
Volks, My first prototype auxiliary fuel tank is assembled, made from 3mm aluminium, 8mm output and inputs, undecided filler opening, 8mm vent / overflow attachment...
Re: Rubber elbow connecting filler neck and gas tank
Historical mailing list
Thu, 04 Jul 1996 21:00:52 -0700
I found two different part #'s for these filler neck boots, 211 201 119 72-74 and 211201119a for 75-79 the differece is...
Help! Oil filler Tube
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Sat, 3 Aug 2002 09:09:06 -0400
The oil filler tube has slipped off my engine (1980 air cooled), spraying oil around the fan area. Bently is not too clear on...
oil filler tube
Historical mailing list - Green Westy
Sun, 5 Dec 2004 09:45:32 -0500
I need a new oil filler tube for a 2.1. 2wd! I sold my old motor last night. I noticed after the guy...
Re: Gas Tank Fitment; Subframe Crooked?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:10:02 -0800
HI Neil, I think you said you are using the larger metal filler neck and matching tank. If the problem is the filler neck...
Re: self-bleeding coolant? Now: Gas w/o filler
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:54:17 -0400
...You guessed it "how do I fill the gas tank up WITHOUT sticking a gas nozzle into the gas tank filler hole". TRULY! I...
Re: Bought Westy with no key for water filler receptacle
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:54:22 -0700
I fill my tank both ways, from the outside filler and from the inside. I discovered that the end of my ignition key works...
What parts needed for gas filler tube install
Historical mailing list - B Feddish
Mon, 21 May 2012 07:47:57 -0400
OK, a list member is sending me a “floaty ball” filler tube. Will the top end parts on my 83.5 w/c van...
Re: oil filler tube
Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:33:52 -0700
Todd and the list, What part of the oil filler tube went? Is it common for this part to break and where? Does someone...
Fuel tank filler tube blues
Historical mailing list - Puzerewski
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:23:08 -0400
...The filler hole is smaller on the new tank. What has the list come up with to make the swap...from what I gather...
Fuel tank cleaning issues, screens
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:37:39 -0800
...There were 2 different fuel tanks during 84 since some that year had the small filler pipe hole for the newer plastic filler and...
Re: Bought Westy with no key for water filler receptacle
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:25:45 -0500
...I now use the "filler with the flexible neck," to fill from the inside, since it has a valve to shut it off. David...
Re: Vanagon Chokes When Feeding Gas! (film at eleven)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 13 Jul 94 11:33:05 PDT
...I thought I saw from the Bently book that the little vent hose goes from the neck of the filler to the top of...
Fuel Filler Hose I.D.
Historical mailing list
Wed, 28 Jun 1995 13:42:15 -0700
Does anyone know the inside diameter of the fuel hose which goes from the filler to the gas tank on my '69 bus? Also...
25hp and 36hp Motors
Historical mailing list
Wed, 3 Jan 1996 13:07:09 -0500
...Also used was an oil filler that one does not unscrew to cap from. instead, one pulls off a spring tab, and pulls out...
Gas filler neck replacement and other post-bump advice please
Historical mailing list - al sinclair
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:16:58 -0700
...Because of body damage the fuel filler neck (Bentley page 20.11, Fuels Supply (great, great book!)) has moved outward from the filler pipe...
Re: Oil Filler Tube Question
Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
Tue, 5 Feb 2002 13:49:38 -0500
...Oil Filler Tube Question Is it true that a hole in the oil filler tube will cause the engine to poorly?? Is it like...
Water Filler Adapters (was Faucet replacement)
Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:57:24 -0800
...It had a shutoff valve on it, and terminates in a foot long flexible clear plastic section that fits into the Westy filler just...
Re: Diesel Rings!
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:09:28 -0800
> I've heard that on '82 diesel Vanagons, the blowby can also push the > dipstick out and force the oil out through the filler...
Re: [vanagon] whats this water tank from??
Historical mailing list - John
Fri, 3 Mar 2006 22:06:08 GMT
I asked a week back, mounts behind the drivers seat, filler neck on top. I passed, as I really want a tank for under...
Re: [Syncro] WTB: diesel Syncro gas tank
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Wed, 1 Mar 2006 07:00:41 -0800
...The sliding door of the van required the van filler to be in the rear most location. Pickups have a filler in front of...
Re: No Oil filler cap=poor idle..observation on Digifant..
Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:09:57 -0300
...By leaving the oil filler cap off an abnormal amount of air can enter the throttle body without being metered by the AFM, to...
Re: Need help with rust- window frame
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 1 Oct 1999 10:27:49 -0700
...This will keep on rusting under filler and paint; the Corroless is supposed to stop this process. Filler sticks just fine to paint and...
Water Tank Key
Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:55:39 -0500
...There are no numbers on the filler, so we must have the lock to fit a key. To get the lock off, pull the...
Re: westy water tank
Historical mailing list - Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 12:13:37 -0800
May be the air vent is plugged, I think it is a small hole on the same part as the filler port. Also, you...
auto transmission drain
Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:06:45 -0500
...Look at the Haynes manual and it suggests removing the filler tube and letting the transmission drain from the filler tube hole............ Is there...
Re: hard to reach seam rust .. best options
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 31 May 2006 17:34:56 -0700
...I never gave it a second thought until > this > morning that SA vans being RHD might not have the gas filler on the right...
lost into the tranny...
Historical mailing list - David Bayer
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:23:04 -0800
...Filler it out of the filler hole with a piece of brazing wire proved futile.... I am looking for one of brake bleeder things...
Re: additional fuel tanks ...
Historical mailing list - JOHNSON THOMAS H
Tue, 12 Dec 1995 21:57:27 -0900 (AKST)
...one filled via the "normal" > filler and the other one filled via a wheelwell filler. Didn't Chevy try that w/their pickups a...
Re: Fuel Leaking at Filler Tube and Gas Tank
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Wed, 23 May 2012 12:47:12 -0700
...Fuel Leaking at Filler Tube and Gas Tank To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 12:29 PM Every time I...
Re: fuel overflow
Historical mailing list - Leavitt
Sat, 22 Mar 1997 23:31:56 -0500
...I also would like to know if it is normal, or whether I > >have a leak in the filler neck or something. > > Also happens...
Re: transmission filler bolt--where?
Historical mailing list - Vernon Craddock
Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:48:58 -0800
...transmission filler bolt--where? I think I found the transmission filler bolt/hole on my 87 Westy but am not positive. It is a...
Re: Fuel Tank and lines
Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
Wed, 16 May 2001 07:38:52 -0700
...If you are replacing the tank and not just the fuel lines you will probably have to replace your existing filler neck because the...