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• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 20:34:16 -0400
  ...Thought if purge valve failed fumes might get into >intake via the larger hose from the purge valve. Oops, I'm sorry. That's...
• help identify engine
  Historical mailing list - Ed.
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 10:10:51 EDT
  ...Anyway, a friend of mine said that the two square corners on the heads and the large seperate intakes would help to identify it...
• Re: Rough Idle on cold start, Oil Smells like Gasoline
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 06:47:16 EST
  You can easily test this by cranking the motor (unhook and ground coil wire) with the injectors removed from the air intake and squirting...
• Diesel Performance
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:23:45 -0700
  ...Wonder if those tiny Japanese guys could be hired to slip in thru my intake manifold and look for piston wear, carbon buildup, and...
• Re: Diesel Rings!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:48:40 -0500
  On Mon, 9 Feb 2004, Steve Cotsford wrote: > Believe me, you havent had BAD blowby until the breather going to the > intake is so...
• Re: can the front blower motor (etc)
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 29 Dec 2003 10:34:54 -0800
  ...at the motor from OUTSIDE the bus - from/through the air intake vent??? Austin At 12/29/03, you wrote: >In a message dated...
• engine miss
  Historical mailing list - Peter Pollard
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 09:26:52 -0500
  ...throttle switch, new air and fuel filters, capacitor fix on air intake and had fuel injection cleaned inline. the only things left to do...
• Re: cutting to get to heater fan... please help
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:46:31 EST
  ...I think that if you remove the grill and also > > the grill that covers the heater intake, you could cut some > > of the sheet...
• Some new Subi thec pictures
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:37:19 -0400
  ...More about what's in between the intake and engine. A bit thecnical but i guess some can appreciate the details. I also put...
• Re: Fridge question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 4 Sep 2012 20:54:05 -0700
  ...And don't drop one down the intake or exhaust pipe! ;^) Pick a nice cool day to do this job. :) Neil. On Tue, Sep...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Klankenstinkenwagen
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:53:18 -0400
  ...This intake noise can contribute quite a bit to the overall engine noise. Go to your FLAPS and get some flexible air cleaner hose...
• Re: Engine Carrier installed: The Good Bad, and the ugly! --- ;^)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:18:01 -0700
  ...TB is on the LH side, at rear of intake in this pic: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/Aircleanertestfit.jpg/Aircleanertestfit-full;init:.jpg I...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:30:29 -0700
  Neil, Was it you that, sometime in the past, posted some info on a modified intake runners/plenum on a cross flow head? I...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:25:50 EDT
  ...Would VW also match all the ports on the intake and exhaust to make sure there was NO obstruction to air flow?? NOT again...
• Re: Refrigerator: Fup...Fup............Fup
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 22:16:39 -0400
  ...Obviously, it needs to fit tightly enough to prevent sucking of the exhaust back through into the fresh air intake. I guess then my...
• Re: refrigerator question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 18:06:24 -0700
  ...Clearing the air intake pipe might help. IIRC, I've used a ShopVac with rubber hose shoved down the intake pipe at flue. The...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - Leonard Sitongia
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:44:16 -0600
  ...I removed the flue covers and vacuumed the intake and exhaust. I think that did help. First, I made a manometer. That was fun...
• Need diesel intake elbow/water seperator, plus Rainwater
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Mon, 5 May 2003 12:53:50 -0700
  ...From there it flows straight down the bodywork just aft of the air-intake grills, about half of it continuing down the flanks and...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:19:17 -0800
  ...Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air > intake can be used- to cone or no! > Date: January 19, 2009 10:19:49...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Mon, 8 Apr 2013 12:04:34 -0600
  ...fine for 20 years and 225k. > > > > I'm tempted to shoot some WD-40 into the intake, but I'd probably regret > it. > > > > > Stuart >
• back together...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:54:29 -0600
  Got the intake system back together. Ran for 30 seconds and stalled with a screech. Didn't want to start again and really sounded...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:54:03 -0400
  ...Like I said, I used the 2.1 intake all the way through. My '85 used the single TPS with the 1.9 engine...
• Bobbing idle in '86 - not surging though
  Historical mailing list - Eric Pickering
  Sat, 21 Nov 1998 03:46:17 +0000
  ...down black box next to and connected to the right side intakes (I think it is called the idle control and had two allen...
• AC Wiring Photo Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:22:53 -0700
  ...get reattached as they appear to be welded from the air intake side of the body. anyway, does anyone out there have a digital...
• Re: A decade of vanagon gaining weight?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 16 Feb 2001 16:23:07 EST
  ...Same food intake, less work equals more poundage. Plus there's the wider more comfortable seats. This encouraged driver's with above average dimensions...
• what holds up coolant reservoir?
  Historical mailing list - Sue Dumond
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 06:36:33 -0800
  ...Instead what I found was that the intake tube had popped off because the reservoir had dropped down inside the engine. I secured the...
• Re: dash removal
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Wed, 5 Feb 2003 16:59:51 -0600
  ...I have a 1990 multi and need to go behind the dash to repair the air intake door. ( I think ) Can anyone please give...
• ALT bering noise
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 15:17:25 +0000
  ...also i thing my intake boot might be cracked seems air is causing it to cut out at speeds after letting off the gas...
• FREE heads and engine cover
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Mon, 29 May 2006 23:14:21 -0400
  ...will be for sale, including diesel conversion parts (with a cabrio intake and A4 exhaust + downpipe), jump seats in great shape and some smaller...
• Re: 89 engine coughs and backfires at quick acceleration when warm?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:11:00 -0700
  ...The brain and >air intake sensor have been swapped with a great running van. Brain checked >normal with all the tests as well. CO...
• Re: I have an '82
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Wed, 2 May 2007 00:03:08 -0400
  ...Check the air intake boot and the hoses for the crank breather and decel valve. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:33:05 -0800
  On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 6:56 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > "Find an XR4 in the junkyard and pillage said...
• Re: Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:09:43 -0600
  If it's like most 2 strokes, you have different port timing for the intake and exhaust depending on the rotation. The most efficient...
• Re: [VWDIESEL] Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:05:30 -0400
  ...So he bolted on a >turbo to his stock engine by adding turbo intake and exhaust manifolds, and >heavily modifying the exhaust system. While...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:25:24 -0700
  ...run fan , feed a fog of WD-40 into the fan air intake. This sort of thing works a lot for me. Is an...
• Updated list of PARTS FOR SALE
  Historical mailing list - mathew Bennett
  Tue, 22 Jul 2003 20:41:02 -0400
  ...oil cooler (great shape)(sale pending) *Rubber air intake boot from air filter to intake manifold (great shape)(sale pending) *Power steering pump bracket...
• Re: Carbs on my '91 Westie Syncro---"The Story"
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 05:55:33 -0800
  ...Buffeting at 65 but smoothing out when you back off the accelerator is a classic case of a bad alignment. >(maybe an > intake manifold...
• Re: troubleshooting Audiovox Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Mike B
  Sun, 4 Nov 2012 07:52:44 -0500
  ...model vanagons have a vacuum pump rather than stealing > from the intake manifold. I owned a '91 for a number of years before I...
• '87 syncro not getting fuel.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:33:37 -0400
  ...Spray ether into the intake, and it starts great and runs as long as you spray. No volts at the fuel pump. in the...
• Re: aircraft engine NVC
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:21:28 -0400
  ...html What are all the holes about? I can see the intake and exhaust ports but what are the other holes in the heads...
• put on new oilcooler
  Historical mailing list - morrison
  Mon, 24 Jul 1995 19:42:51 -0700 (PDT)
  ...mounted the new cooleron brackets just in front of the intake hole on the front of the shroud. There is at least 2" clearance...
• Re: Plugs & Compression testing
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 01:26:53 -0800
  ...t know if there's actually a difference between a wide open intake tract & one choked off by a closed throttle (and choke). Austin
• Poor MPG, '81 Westy -- Injector Problems?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 13:09:05 -0800
  ...Also, it tends to overheat. (I posted yesterday about the radiator behind the front fresh-air intake actually being an oil cooler. I really...
• Re: 1.9 and 2.1 Parts Interchangability
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:08:33 -0400
  ...you don't want to use a 2.1L intake!!!! not the same diameter at > all! > > Ben > http://www.benplace.com/ >
• Re: Alternator continuous-duty rating?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:41:59 -0700
  ...that ran to the base of the driver's side air intake. >>>> >>>> you can see a pic here on my old neglected website >>>> http...
• Re: Heavy engine flooding
  Historical mailing list - Richard Green
  Tue, 23 May 2006 23:01:25 -0500
  ...fuel is pooring > through the fuel injectors hole in the intake... #1 is worse???? ok, i check > the injectors...fine??? so, the short version...
• Re: How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:01:28 -0800
  ...How easy is it to remove the intake runnersw ith the engine installed ? > > I have good access all around.After 1 hour has passed...
• Re: Bluestar project progress
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 1 May 2013 20:45:08 -0400
  ...The other side of the barbed fitting plugs into the second hole in the air intake boot coming from the air cleaner to the...
• Re: Vanagon Bucking
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 14:34:02 -0700
  Check your intake boot for leaks and cracks. I had a similar yet less severe problem and it turned out to be the boot...
• Re: HELP. Hose leaking in Sharon, CT
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 17:15:24 -0400
  ...Be careful not to stress the pipe or you may tear the studs out of the intake manifold. Yours, David Beierl 401 225-5004
• 2.1 questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:10:37 +0000
  ...or could it have been a sticky hydraulic lifter holding open the intake valve and sucking oil in? or something else? Should I check...
• RE: 87- Stop the fresh air!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Drahzal
  Fri, 20 Sep 96 10:14:45 PDT
  ...in Computational Fluid Dynamics to figger it out...so.... ...In the winter, I duct-tape over the large air intake under the grill on...
• Wasserboxer Performance
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:41:13 -0500
  ...system, and the long runner intake manifold, these engines should be good for alot more than 100hp and still be reliable. Do these seem...
• Re: help! part needed
  Historical mailing list - William Maxian
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:27:30 -0400
  ...Its the part with the spring over it that connects to > the throttle/idle assembly off the intake air distributer. It's > threaded with...
• Re: [DIESEL] 3 part numbers needed
  Historical mailing list - Nate Wall
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:42:36 -0400
  ...the gasket between the head and the coolant-intake flange 3. the gasket between the head and the coolant-out flange>>> Years ago I...
• Re: High and low pressure zones on a Vanagon - ideas for my intercooler anyon...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 03:18:57 EDT
  ...It's a great place for the air intake snorkel, so it should be a good place for the intercooler. If you want to...
• Re: Seeking warmth in my Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Moritz
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:59:42 -0700
  ...The fresh air intake would be through the floor just behind the copilot seat and the heated air outlet would be through the under...
• tiico tranplant q's WRT Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 9 Jan 2002 18:54:06 -0800
  ...I have a few questions that are syncro specific. - air intake? I can easily re-use the snorkel but what about the debris trap...
• Clogged charcoal canister
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:31:45 -0700
  ...Someone mentioned shaking your canister, this may not show anything since (on the early ones at least) the intake side filter is held against...
• TiiCo manifold pressure sensor specs - seeking any references or info
  Historical mailing list - James Adams
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 07:54:20 -0700
  My mechanic is currently unable to find the specs he needs for the "duo sensor" (the air intake temperature sensor and the manifold pressure...