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• Re: Question About EV A/C dryer/receiver
  Historical mailing list - jim catterson
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 09:53:46 -0700
  just as a follow up to don gibbons' comments about pressure buildup in the a/c system of the ev. although the pressure relief...
• Re: bubbling in coolant during flush
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 May 2002 18:06:03 -0400
  ...The cooling system can be flushed cold through one of the heater hoses. Operating the system non pressurized can cause the water to vaporized...
• Re: Idling high and uneven. Problem filling with coolant.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 20:49:17 -0700
  ...If you think 16" is way up there, you should have seen the first time I bled the system and misread 40cm as 40...
• Re: any guesses on oil light woes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 13:25:51 -0800
  ...It is called the Dynamic Oil Pressure Warning System. They eventually phased it into the full product line AFAIK, reaching the Vanagon production during...
• Re: rear brake cylinder replacement / bleeding
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 14:32:27 -0500
  ...Does this system have two independent hydraulic systems. >2. Having replaced both rear cylinders do I have to bleed the front calipers as well...
• Re: fuel management system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:40:06 -0800
  ...fuel managment system >> >> Gowesty is working on a system. >> http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=1532 Some have installed >> Megasquirt. >> >> Or just...
• Re: '80 ac vangon exhaust
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:41:17 -0400
  ...spec system for a '79 Bus or aircooled Vanagon (except California emissions models, which would require a 49-state left heater box in order...
• Re: coolant system trivia
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:03:04 -0500
  ...coolant system trivia >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I have been dealing with a conditon that I believe to >be a plugged radiator. I...
• Fire Systems/performance parts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Chen
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 15:09:07 -0600
  ...First is a fire extinguishing system which is cable pull activated and uses discharge tubing and nozzles to distribute your choice of either Halon...
• Re: flushing the water system
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:13:30 -0400
  ...Fill the system 3/4 full, and drive some bumpy roads. Then drain completely. Repeat this process one more time and you shouldn't...
• Air in the cooling system...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:15:10 -0700
  When my cooling system had air in it (this is an 84) all kinds of strange symptoms resulted. The temp gauge would run up...
• Coolant question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 16:48:18 -0700
  I followed with interest the illuminating thread regarding vanagon cooling systems and I'd like to pose one more question. Has anyone used Redline...
• Re: Wire sets from Busdepot 1985 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 11:02:15 -0400
  ...an issue at the BD website http://www.busdepot.com/ignition-system/09272oe Dose anyone know what the brand the wires BD sales above...
• For Tim Smith
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 07:02:03 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It is beginning to look like some kind of blockage in the system maybe at the relife valve, dirt or ? Anyways, I will try...
• Exhaust Question
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 16:05:38 -0700 (MST)
  Hello all, I just purchased a used exhaust system form a junkyard to go onto the rebuilt engine that I bought(yea!) for $2077...
• oil pressure system
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 15:35:08 -0500
  > There does not appear to be a condition in a normally operating > monitoring system when the light should be on steady. I always read...
• Propane guages
  Historical mailing list - mervyn. readman
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 17:44:32 PDT
  Looking for some feed back from anyone who might have tried any kind of propane measuring system. In line guages to the strips you...
• Re: Rest Room System for Women
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 11:59:26 -0600
  ...Rest Room System for Women > This has to be a great birthday gift: > > http://www.cabelas.com/texis/scripts/store/+/CatalogDisplay/displayPOD/CabFA LL1998...
• Re: Exhaust system bolts ??
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 18 May 2001 10:49:59 -0400
  ...Exhaust system bolts ?? Are special bolts required when installing new muffler on 89 Vanagon (2.1)? I'm installing a new muffler and pass...
• FS California Air Cooled Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Sat, 3 Aug 2002 15:03:59 -0500
  Complete exhaust system for 80-83 Air Cooled with California Emissions. Price $250.00 Shipping weight about 80 pounds would ship in two cartons...
• Re: Metal Coolant Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 17:38:10 -0500
  ...The cooling system runs at under 20 psi and home water lines > can be 100 psi. > I think that most city water systems run...
• Re: Security Cameras for van?
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:23:51 -0700
  i have their home system. works fine -- 5 on a scale of 10. i've never looked into the car system. BenT http://members...
• Rear hatch question
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:05:38 -0800
  I need to take my rear hatch apart to mess with the auto locking system. I need to do this the next time the...
• Re: Battery Charge Mystery
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 1 May 2006 18:37:44 -0400
  ...Next, I would go to my local FLAPS and have them test my battery/charging system. They should check the battery capacity and the...
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Mar 2014 00:16:03 -0500
  Again the OBDII systems test many of the systems. They know if a catalytic converter goes bad or even if there is a cylinder...
• the other head gasket leak...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:10:36 -0500 (EST)
  ...you can bleed the cooling system, but within a few minutes the air will begin to slowly reappear in the system. The engine that...
• Re: Regular maintenance list-contributions.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 21:50:01 -0500
  ...leaks/damage - check fuel system for leaks - check crankcase ventilation system - check EGR system (except California models) - check ignition system (ignition wires, distributor cap...
• Re: AC High Side - line leak - rubber hose
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:06:14 -0400
  ...I have the professional gages, and my system held a vacuum when last charged, before my engine swap. The system is currently empty, due...
• Re: instrument cluster foil replacement
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Fri, 30 Aug 2019 19:38:03 -0400
  ...instrument cluster foil replacement > > > > Dennis, have you seen the Vanagon.org system in action as well? And does > the GW system totally eliminate the...
• Re: My A/C Saga Continues...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sun, 5 Jul 2015 22:34:30 -0700
  ...So I finally got this old Behr system put together today.� I flushed the system, sprayed compressed air through to get as much of...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:38:33 -0700
  ...2.1 heads > Something was bothering me about the comparison of VW and Subaru > engine management systems and I couldn't quite put my...
• Re: Free Sirius satellite radio system
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:17:00 +0000
  ...Activate the system by July 31st (do it on line for $5) and then it's $12 a month with a 1yr comitment. I...
• Re: Fresh water pump experiment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 06:54:08 -0400
  Karl, Did you install the below system in a Vanagon Westy? Dennis J Dennis Jowell Scotch Hollow Farm Newbury, Vermont > On Jul 5, 2016...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:55:25 -0700
  ...When the engine is started and is getting > warmer, the expansion of the coolant in the system should force liquid or > gases, whatever is...
• Re: '78 Bus heater Project (continued)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 23:01:30 +0000
  ...The complexities and impracticalities of > attempting to draw excess heat from the exhaust system led me to the > recirculating heating system. There has been...
• Re: Need info on locating ultrasonic rear parking assist
  Historical mailing list - Steve Frisbee
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 11:19:08 -0700
  ...Steve 85 Westy ---Dave <dave@251.ORG> wrote: > > I've been trying to locate info on ultrasonic rear parking assist > systems that can be...
• Re: New Vanagon Parts Inventory System
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 16:29:44 -0500
  ...displayed in this > inventory > system!!! > > -[;<)> > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > > Stan Wilder wrote: > > > After evaluating several inventory control systems we finally > settled on > > one...
• Re: New to list..
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:22:55 -0400
  ...I've heard some rumors, although unconfirmed, that driving without a thermostat has undesirable effect on cooling system flow/volume/pressure (either or all...
• Re: water pump
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 Oct 2003 11:35:39 -0400
  ...Could a water pump draw air into the system? I have been fighting air in the system for little over a year. Not much...
• Re: Daytime running lights.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:18:03 -0700
  ...The > system > makes it so that you can't effectively communicate with your > headlamps via > the light switch or the high beam stalk. Its...
• Re: Chuff, Chuff, Chuff
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:09:53 -0400
  ...Eastman, Cecil @ ELM wrote: >How Do, > >About two months ago I replaced the entire exhaust system on my beloved (but >still be-troubled) '85...
• Re: Help with central locking system.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:09:30 -0700
  I've read a few times that the wires for the lock system that go from the body to the driver's door get...
• cruise control troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 10:37:35 -0800
  Hi Gang, My '88 has a factory installed cruise control system which is having difficulty maintaining speed. It works at first and then it...
• Re: Coolant problems
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 18:26:10 +0200
  For troubleshooting the cooling system, it is good to get the initial diagnostics out of the way first, so you know what you are...
• Coolant again
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:39:52 -0700
  ...You must be sure to get ALL the old stuff out of your system, 10% or more of the it will destroy the new...
• Re: Need advice with buying a westy. have a couple in mind (new to list)
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 17:34:08 -0400
  ...the custom > > cooling system may be in the way) > > true about the cooling system, but any competent mechanic > ought to be > able to do...
• Re: AC Repair report
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:37:24 -0700
  ...Friday, August 28, 2009, 12:47 AM Thanks to all those who offered advice for the AC system repair that I was contemplating a...
• RE: � � � firing order
  Historical mailing list - Kevin
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 23:48:45 -0400
  ...I will re bleed the system again tomorrow and then go on from there. Thanks Again, Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Cavitation corrosion/erosion
  Historical mailing list - Rick Stevens
  Fri, 1 May 1998 12:59:56 -0700
  ...Gaskets, called crevice seals, are used to seal the lube oil system from the cooling system across the liner. The pistons strike the liners...
• oil viscosity 1.9 vs 2.1 differences
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:43:29 -0700
  ...Though the engines are quite similar the 1.9 has a very basic oil pressure warning system while the 2.1 has the later...
• Re: Trasco oil filter system
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 19:15:55 -0900
  ...Trasco oil filter system Stan, From what I read about Trasco oil filter systems it is not just the cost of the reusable canister...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system - files posted
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 07:31:53 -0700
  ...charging system (smaller relay/smaller #10Ga. wire with a 90 amp. alt) may indeed be too small for just the reasons you mentioned. However...
• A response from Prestone about Stainless Steel Pipes
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:21:43 -0400
  ...Dear Prestone folks, I have a question about using your antifreeze in a coolant system with many different types of metal. I currently run...
• Re: 1.9 > 2.1 cooling kit?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:34:36 -0700
  ...Other than the 2.1 incorporates an oil > cooler .. > I can't really say the 2.1 system is better than the 1.9...
• Van-Again Will be Offering Ceramic Coatings Soon!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 2 Oct 2003 12:32:47 -0400
  We are currently working with a local ceramic coating shop to offer this as an option on all of our exhaust systems. At the...
• Cruise control progress
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Jan 1997 15:03:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...Equus does not recommend the system for the vanagon because of the low vacuum levels supplied by the engine. The vacuum on the vanagons...
• Re: A Different Coolant Problem
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 16:51:41 -0500
  ...So when it first appears in the system it >> adds >>> rapid pressure to the system that will want to escape somehow. Typically >>> the pressure...
• Re: 1.9 L Complete Exhaust System CANADA
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 18 Aug 2021 09:12:24 -0700
  ...They might be able to tell you where you can source one or a 1.9 system closer to home. Knowing you are not...
• Re: ECU & Coolant Temp Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:07:31 -0500
  ...running rich. �Furthermore, if the ECU does get data from the stock system, how will the aftermarket system get tied into the ECU? � I...
• Re: Bleeding the cooling system (some more)...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:00:32 -0800
  ...Daniel Schmitz <djs@GENE.COM> > >Despite my best efforts at making sure the system is sealed and bled, my >van continues to assert itself...