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• Re: Mod keeps your fridge lit while driving.
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:27:55 -0400
  ...While fuel flow is necessary, propane flow is not. Why double your risk by having two flammable agents flowing through your Vanagon, when the...
• Coolant flow/air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - mike stainbrook
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:30:21 -0800
  ...on radiator,kept resivor full,got steady flow at first,then as engine heated up,flow stopped.-still have overheat problem,did get some...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:39:45 -0700
  ...yes, the idea was not to come up with data but to visualise flow in a general way. > However, tufting your van and using...
• Re: Changing the Westfalia Submersible
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 07:23:53 -0500
  ...I assume this is a flow back ball? Anyway, filled up the tank, reattached the hose and now we've got water! The water...
• Re: Air flow Meter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:54:07 -0700
  ...Air flow Meter > Air Flow Meters are a weak link anyway, > in an ideal world we'd put a new OE genuine VW german...
• mass air flow sensor adapted to a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 25 Nov 2004 10:24:48 -0500
  ...Well it seems that these three whippersnappers Also developed there own flow bench and did a little testing of the 2.1 air meter...
• Re: Hesitation at low RPM
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 18:21:14 EDT
  To me this sounds like an electrical problem or an air flow problem - You might want to check the integrity of all your hoses...
• Air Flow Meter Wiring Harness Uprade, (Was: Bucking and Snorting on Fwy)
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 12 Nov 2001 11:13:50 -0800
  ...Does the air flow meter wiring harness uprade (VW part number 025 906 302, Bosch part number 1 284 463 502)only apply to...
• air flow sensor unit needed for '85
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Scott
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 20:17:00 -0500
  Well, my new mechanic (who seems to know what he's talking about) says I need an air flow sensor unit and an O2...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:11:56 -0700
  ...so if it's flowing there ...at closed throttle decel, or at idle, air has to flow through the AFM. The AFM is never...
• Re: Dometic Frig - Realistic Cooling
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:55:12 -0700
  ...i.e. > stream lining air flow. w/o it, I wonder if air flow screwed up a > little. > And moreover (point I forgot to...
• Re: AFM
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 18:38:14 -0700
  ...AFM > the vw service diagnosis book i have says this about the Digijet > (83-85 watercooled) air flow sensor: > > connections at > air flow sensor...
• Re: Dr. Z - (vague volkswagen content)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:17:32 -0700
  ...The British Automobile Industry invents flow through > ventilation. > > In my tattered past I have owned several 'pinnacles of British engineering' > many with side curtains...
• Re: > bad fill up flow...
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 02:26:44 -0500
  ...Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:38 PM Subject: > bad fill up flow... > when i attempt to fill up my gas tank at the station...
• Re: Looking for an air flow meter for AC Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Tue, 21 Jul 2015 15:16:21 -0700
  ...wrote: > I am looking for a good used or rebuilt air flow meter for an 82 California > emissions Vanagon. The part number should be...
• Cheap rebuilt AFM?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 11:22:00 -0500
  ...Efi Air Flow Meter Part Number: 842903 Vehicle: 1984 VOLKSWAGEN VANAGON Engine: H4 1.9 Liter FI EFI Air Flow Meter: Digiject Our Price...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:23:17 -0700
  Coolant flows to the overflow tank as a result of expansion when the system is hot. As it cools down coolant is drawn back...
• Re: Oil pressure springs, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 02 Sep 1994 10:40:33 EDT
  ...Which way does the oil flow through the oil cooler? I want to use a high pressure solvent blaster to back-flow the cooler...
• Re: Cooling Problems: Radiator flow
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 14:28:53 -0800
  ...Radiator flow Does anyone have an easy, reliable way of testing flow to a vanagon radiator? Using temperature as an indicator of radiator performance...
• Re: Flowers for stones - LVC
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Mon, 26 May 2008 13:22:28 -0700
  ...jet flown into the ocean on a cold catapult shot. As we drive our beloved vanagons to our favorite holiday activity (required vanagon content...
• Re: mass air flow sensor adapted to a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 03:06:04 -0600
  ...mass air flow sensor adapted to a vanagon > > >> Sound interesting. Could you first find from them, a schematic, or >> at least a flow diagram...
• RE: Vanagon Air-flow meter
  Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
  Tue, 12 Aug 1997 10:11:56 -0700
  ...1) Have you checked the air flow meter with an ohm meter to see if it's bad? Make sure it's the air...
• Re: Air Flow Meter;
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:31:54 -0400
  ...wrote: > Does anyone know if the (VW) air flow meter cap, > is supposed to just pop off? > I`m prying kinda hard, > & it`s...
• Re: Function of Heater Box Baffle Plate????
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:48:51 -0800
  ...basially a short circuit in the heater circuit ( so there is always full time flow in the heater circuit to the t-stat , which...
• Re: Fuel tank question...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:27:54 -0700
  Not normal, it should flow right out. Sounds like a clogged pick up screen. Years ago a friend had this problem where the car...
• Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 May 2001 14:27:16 -0400
  ...Together they >would be mass air flow. > >Unlike the later Bosch Mass Air Flow Meters with the hot wire in them that >send the...
• Re: Westy shower
  Historical mailing list - David Wilhite
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:55:44 -0400
  ...One way for flow to the sink and one for flow to your shower. You would have to also install a second switch spliced...
• Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:22:56 -0700
  This concept is why the factory has a test spec for fuel delivery! If you measure the flow of excess fuel returning to the...
• Levers Toujours et Levers encore...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Nov 1994 08:01:54 -0500 (EST)
  ...When it is in the FOOT position (full left), the air flow for the back is shared with the air-flow for the front...
• Re: Propane Expert Eye Needed: Supply Line To Dometic Fridge (pics)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:09:08 -0400
  ...Not the prettiest job in the world maybe, but shouldn't have any problem with flow. Yours, d
• Re: good new fuel tank source?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:17:07 -0400
  ...I've never had a problem with flow. Mike Sam Payne wrote: <snip> > I heard that '87 up vanagons didn't have the pre...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:10:48 -0700
  ...This means a more flowing cat (legal of course) and a full flow muffler and larger diameter piping with more gentle curves in it...
• Re: Looking for good used or rebuilt Air Flow Meter for 81 AC California Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Pete O
  Fri, 5 Jun 2015 15:42:31 -0400
  ...https://www.fuelinjectioncorp.com/products/air_flow.php Pete Owsianowski On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:06 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) < kenwilfy...
• Re: front door edge seals wasRe: 88-up flow-through parts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 3 Oct 2006 21:56:44 -0400
  ...I'm assuming this would mess up the 'flow thru' ventilation on my '86. However, I can't say I really notice much difference...
• Re: star grounds
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 10:27:17 -0700
  ...Electricity always flows from negative to positive. In a DC system, like a vehicle, the flow is always in the same direction. In an...
• Re: FI fuel pressure issues
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:25:13 -0400
  ...The other aspects of this problem is that with low flow the fuel pressure drops as the RPM is increased. With low flow or...
• FW: Vanagon Syndrome
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 21 Mar 2006 09:23:21 -0700
  ...This symptom may not re-occur for several weeks/months. > Inspection by the dealer results in nothing conclusive. > > Some air-flow meters may experience...
• breadloaf air flow meter
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 00:18:15 -0500 (EST)
  ...This all leads(I think) to the air flow meter. Is this the probable cause? How do I test it? Paul
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:04:21 -0600
  ...This means a more flowing cat (legal of course) and a full flow muffler and larger diameter piping with more gentle curves in it...
• Westy 1985 Muffler $ 59.17 ( after rebate) and other Models
  Historical mailing list - EL EL
  Sat, 3 Apr 2010 22:23:06 -0700
  ...Walker Quiet-FlowSS or Quiet-Flow3Mufflers 21000 � 22999 Series, Walker Welded Muffler Assemblies 40032 � 49999 and 50050 � 59999 Series. 1985 Westy (1.9 L...
• Re: flow rate spec on factory new Bosch Fuel injectors ?
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:32:13 -0800
  ...but my test results show 19.76 lbs/hrs & the static flow id 77ml/20sec so 231 ml/min which is the same as...
• Re: Emmissions help.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Sep 1997 01:47:15 UT
  ...BTW, why do people call a Vanagon Air Flow sensor a "Mass Air Flow Sensor"? They are not the same device. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: Getting a handle on Idle problems..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 11:35:13 -0600
  ...the hose from the valve connects >between the throttle body and the air flow meter: >downstream/after the metering of input air....>>> > >The air...
• Re: Warm air from under dash.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 13:55:51 -0400
  ...If you want air flow, it must come in from outside the van. If you want NO air flow, just close each vent independently...
• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons (clarification)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:11:37 EST
  In a message dated 99-03-12 09:32:19 EST, you write: << KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > > It is a higher flow exhaust header...
• Air flow Meter
  Historical mailing list - aaron
  Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:41:38 -0500
  OK, air flow meter has failed the resistance tests. looking like the problem. Any suggestions on double checking this to make sure there isn...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulator Bad?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 09:22:32 -0800
  hi Jamie, the gas will flow quite fast if you remove the gas line from the tank... I'd think the diameter of that...
• Re: Fuel pump noise? Fuel filters.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 01:56:48 -0400
  ...The gas flow here is basically unrelated to anything the engine is doing. The flow rate is a minimum of sixty liters per hour...
• AFM vs. Mass Airflow - just wondering
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:01:02 -0400
  I have seen kits to convert Japanese and other high volume cars from "vane type" air flow sensors as in the Vanagon, to heated...
• Help-need mass air flow sensor
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Tue, 9 Sep 1997 17:32:21 -0400
  My previous post about "cold start stalling" has turned out to be a bad mass air flow sensor. VW has one in stock but...
• 88-up flow-through parts
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sat, 30 Sep 2006 21:52:52 -0700
  Hi friends, I am currently having someone get the pieces out of his parts van to convert my van to 88-up flow-through...
• Re: no air flow through vents...
  Historical mailing list - lbmelman
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:56:30 -0800
  ...good flow of outside air as the van begins moving >and with the air conditioner on of course there is air flow through the...
• Boston engine upgraded Engine offer
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:04:25 -0500
  ...the heads are rebuilt AMC with new swirl polished valves and new guides I have done some minor porting and the high flow valve...
• Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger"
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:58:29 -0500
  ...Turbocharging uses the flow of exhaust gas, not the engine's rotation, to turn a fan on whose shaft is another fan in the...
• Cabin Air Flow
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Wed, 2 May 2012 14:46:05 -0400
  ...With the extension bar in place while driving with the windows open, the air flow through the van was smooth and laminar, far superior...
• City Water Hookup
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 07:59:02 -0500
  ...The city water won't flow through my Westy faucet. As always my 12v pump works just fine but the city water won't...
• Symptoms of a failing air flow sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Firstname Lastname
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 08:53:25 -0400
  ...What are the symptoms of a air flow sensor getting bad? I am leaning more towards a fuel pump. The pump is original and...
• Re: Unusual Achilles heel discovered...
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 10:32:00 -0500
  ...Darrell, I suspect that reasoning behind the 1/2 rear heater line was to balance the coolant flow between the front and rear heater...
• fixing rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:10:45 -0600
  ...They say to use the new improved T-piece with flow restrictor and remove the flow restrictor from inlet fitting of heater valve. Is...
• Re: Fuel flow issue 83.5 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 24 May 2015 20:13:27 -0700
  ...Checked flow again at the > pressure regulator return outlet. No flow. Removed the input hose from the > T connector and ran the pump again...