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• Re: Stove Burner Flame Problem 82 Wesfalia
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 15:30:39 -0400
  Look for mud-dauber nest, spider web or whatever in the air intake for that burner. Some way or other it's obstructed. That...
• Re: mmo ? a mystery oil ?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 10 Oct 1999 01:39:22 +0200
  ...They put in an extra fuel injector in the intake system, fueled with ATF. It was supposed to leave a very thick smoke screen...
• Re: Close that fresh air vent and stay warmer.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:17:28 +1200
  >in my wasserboxer, the fresh air intake cannot be shut >off using the levers (by design). Just the thing when you're following a...
• "plastic vents" was: Re: '81 Westy for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 22 May 2002 08:14:21 -0400
  ...Question for the list----the rear engine air intake vents are not the black plastic insert type found on '81 and later air cooled...
• Re: Running on Tap Water
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 12:27:06 -0300
  > > It also kept the carbs, intake and valves >exceptionally clean! > > Jay I once saw a mechanic pouring straight water from a Coke � bottle directly...
• Oil breather "thing"
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 21 Oct 2003 08:27:49 -0700
  ...This is the right angle gizmo the connects to a hose, which then connects to the rubber intake elbow right next to the deceleration...
• Cam timing
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:44:50 -0700
  ...Overlap is the degree (Degrees/360) of total rotation where both the intake and the exhaust valves are open at the same time. The...
• Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:44:50 -0800
  ...I wanted a heater that would completely vent intake and exhaust air to the outside of the van and would have zero emissions and...
• Re: A3 engine in Westie, Engine is in!
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Tue, 12 May 1998 03:05:38 -0700
  ...So now the engine is sitting in the 82 diesel westies compartment (stock diesel angle) and the intake manifold is right where the bed...
• Re: Rain leaking in under dash: Windshield seal or heater/vent system?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:06:58 -0800
  ...Is it possible that this rainwater > is entering the front air intake above the radiator, working its > way through the heater/vent system, and...
• gas smell fixed?
  Historical mailing list - Linda J. Bartnik
  14 May 96 15:00:42 EDT
  ...and double relay, the air cleaner/intake air sensor and that flexible rubber boot that connects the intake air sensor to the throttle body...
• Re: AFM
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 30 Apr 1999 18:38:14 -0700
  ...measure through wiper arm > (flap must move freely) > 6 and 22 intake air temperature sensor ohmmeter > reading should correspond to graph > > shown. > > trouble is...
• Re: oil cooler for I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 4 May 1999 00:04:26 +0200
  ...One other place that you could consider is the intake grille at the sides of the van. These sits right in the air flow...
• Re: 1.9l Wasserboxer stumble...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 08:46:37 -0500
  ...BTDC), etc. > > Help! Christian all carb engines need a preheater for the air intake in the cold weather to help the fuel atomize or...
• Re: Syncro: What is the oil breather heater for?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 11 May 2000 02:14:17 +0200
  ...the > hose that leads from the oil breather to the air intake. > > The component is supposed to be a heater of some kine and...
• '85 1.9 engine for sale in Seattle
  Historical mailing list - Brian Bylenok
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 12:33:32 EDT
  ...This engine is complete with intake, exhaust, alternator and engine compartment wiring harness and computer. The idle stabilizer is new and worth $50 alone...
• Re: 1990 Vanagon Fuel injection problem
  Historical mailing list - Ry L Blaisdell
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:22:27 -0500
  ...I removed the injectors from the intake and turned key to on position and did not find and leaks. I changed my oil...just...
• Re: 2.1L Engine For Sale in May 2005
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Fri, 22 Apr 2005 16:51:41 -0400
  ...Anyone interested in a good running 2.1 w/ harness and ecu, all air intake, please let me know. I'd like to keep...
• Re: I have a dificult one (Very thecnical/Aircooled) NVCBBC
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:12:00 -0600
  ...so like always, 006 on #1 and up to #2 but???????????????? >>Now that am on #2, intake valve on #1 as now a 1...
• Re: Carbs on my '91 Westie Syncro---"The Story"
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 13:36:31 -0800
  ...What will we all sound like when our Air intake sensors don't work? I've driven plenty of vehicles with carbs and i...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:07:52 -0800
  ...there is another cooling system for the intercooler, and there is more intake plumbing, and there is an oil feed and return. The supercharger...
• Re: Relocating the battery to the rear of the van - ideas anyone???
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 20:07:17 -0500
  ...room for big Audi 5000 intercooler on passenger side, connects to turbo and intake with minimal length hoses. 2. Room for 3" air intake...
• Re: Intermittent running problem.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 28 Apr 2016 14:37:02 -0600
  ...I would test for this by pulling >> each pair of injectors out of the intake without disconnecting the hoses or >> wires and using a...
• Re: Lousy idle video
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:44:08 -0700
  ...Assuming no intake leaks, running stronly on all cylinders , no exhaust leaks, and all that... I can usually get them to idle steadily with...
• Re: Fridge....should it stay on...
  Historical mailing list - Benoit
  Thu, 26 May 2005 09:51:21 -0400
  """The intake and exhaust tracks must be sealed the entire length, no air leaks anywhere, very important !""" What is a tracks??? """ The exhaust port...
• Re: Carburetor in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:08:39 -0800
  ...trick is to get the proper VW air > intake manifold from Europe. after that a Weber DFAV and jet kit and adapter plate and...
• 2.1WBX running rich
  Historical mailing list - Van Pelt, Steve
  Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:02:58 -0600
  ...cleaner to see if idle changes when I spray around the intake manifold hoses. New air cleaner installed. The idle also is kind of...
• Re: Leaking head gasket-diesel/TD conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 4 Dec 1996 10:48:18 -0800 (PST)
  Brent Taylor wrote: > > I have added additional stress by adding 85' qntm turbodiesel intake and > > exhaust... Are you using the standard diesel injector pump...
• OK to remove intake "donut" on a 88 Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall (Vanagon Mailing List)
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 16:56:46 -0800
  While I was changing the air filter in my 88 Syncro Double Cab I noticed that there is a large steel restrictor at the...
• Another cure hot starts/stumbling '84
  Historical mailing list - Pat Jones
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 21:15:20 -0400
  ...Cleaned intake air flow (top is glued on and must be pried off carefully. Use clear silicone adhesive sealant to reglue. 2. Added 025...
• help repair to water pump to take place in the morning!
  Historical mailing list - MtnGal
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 20:30:55 -0800
  ...Q#2 I noticed a major crack in the Elbow, (Air intake) past the air flow meter. I replaced it with a new one...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 01:49:59 +0100
  This could also be that the huge opening in the roof caused so much wind resistance that you needed to push the engine harder...
• Seam rust/ Corrosion X Friday
  Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:11:02 EDT
  Actually the main problem with the submerged take off is figuring the correct length for the snorkel for the air intake and exhaust. As...
• Re: Alternate Air Cleaner, K&N
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 21:30:20 -0500
  ...body of water due to the presence of a K&N standard filter as all standard air intake "hardware" remains in place. Sam Walters
• Re: can the front blower motor (etc)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 31 Dec 2003 18:15:55 EST
  ...spent a Christmas "Break" laying a half mile field run of intake piping from a water treatment station to the power plant on o...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 23:05:30 +0200
  ...covered with fur and made to look like a dog Air intake through the mouth and shaped to reflect your own personality ;-) (Sorry, couldn...
• Re: Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
  Historical mailing list - Richard Green
  Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:04:08 -0500
  ...The > intake port configuration on the head is different than any of the > aircooled boxers so I need a carb manifold that was made...
• in the year 2015......
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:02:19 EDT
  ...Go Westy will be selling groud effect kits and cold air intakes for mk5 jettas and golfs... and the like.. :<) what are some of...
• Dometic question (combustion chamber seal)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:40:40 -0700
  ...Got the refer on the bench, and am looking into my air intake cooling idea and doing some maintenance (burping/mods) while it's...
• Re: What could it be?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 16:52:02 -0700
  ...This acquaintence said that this person has an old "really rare" intake thing that "came off of an early 1960's bus. It was...
• Re: I'm giving up!
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 12:38:42 -0500
  ...If you have an air leak, a vacuum leak in you intake components, the engine will get too little fuel, too much air and...
• Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:54:15 -0500
  ...The death kneel for these systems was emissions requirements and the issues with intake valve deposits and valve guide wear. The major disadvantages was...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving (Almost)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:45:28 -0600
  ...Hmmm, was the intake screen detached from its base and above fuel level? But why does the tank seem empty when I tap on...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:51:02 -0500
  ...Eyeballing the WBX intake tract makes me think the > > throttle body is the choke point. > > > > Raymond > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Mar 29, 2015...
• Re: Chrysler slant 6
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:03:24 -0400
  ...The slant six has months for this to happen with an intake runner almost 2 feet long. I am wondering if this lack of...
• Re: The Dying 86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 14 Apr 1999 13:58:32 -0400
  ...Back through the intake system, that is, not afterfire through the muffler. david David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net
• 1.9l waterboxer Engine Complete FS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:50:20 EST
  ...Wiring harness, intake, exhaust system, coolant hoses, engine tin, everything. I did loan out the ECU but I have everything else. I would like...
• Re: 85 Uneven idle again
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 06:54:51 -0800
  ...The air supply to the intake is neither controlled or measured. Diesels do not need these because they do not operate on the basis...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 16 Jan 2001 (#2001-84)
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 02:49:29 -0500
  ...Also make certain there are NO intake air leaks and that the O2 sensor is functional and fuel pressure is OK. Regards, John
• Re: They Only Write When They're In Trouble...
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 07:46:45 -0800
  ...It came with a carb, intake Fuel pump and filter. Could one one have been replaced but not the other? . Just remembered the place...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:02:00 -0500
  ...spec for engines with sodium-filled exhaust valves was 0.006 intake, 0.008 exhaust? _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To...
• Re: 5 Cylinder conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 15 Jul 2003 19:03:19 EDT
  ...IIRC, Detlev used Winkler pieces but did his own intake manifold modifications to improve engine lid clearances. His company is also the US distributor...
• WANTED - Fridge vent
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Sat, 12 Jul 2003 13:34:47 +0000
  ...As I understand it that is all that will be required because my fridge has the pipe (fresh air intake/exhaust)&nbsp;comming to...
• Re: throttle response question
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 09:01:57 -0400
  ...easier then changing the intakes.. (which is next) I mean if the larger audi 5000 TB swap works soo well for the watercooled crowd...
• Re: vacuum leak at breather tower?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 20:43:32 -0500
  ...Since the breather tower is plumed to the air intake system couldn't this be a source of a vacuum leak? Thanks, Jake 82...
• Re: GOOP
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:28:19 -0500
  ...COM wrote: > i have used this stuff to fix cracked air intake boots, rubber > hoses, etc.. > its called "GOOP" Automotive sealant should be availably...
• Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:49:56 -0800
  ...Today, I removed the flue vent and vacuumed the intake/exhaust tubes, and was just about to pull the fridge out to clean the...
• Re: '68 Bus B of A TV ad
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:53:17 -0700
  ...Anyone know >>what they all are? > > > OK, I'll go for > 1) big, rectangular tail lights > 2) squared-off air intake grills > 3) gas...
• Re: rear air scoops on eBay
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:17:18 -0400
  Per Boston Bob's recommendation I put scoops on my van's intakes. Since I am running and air cooled It seemed like adding...
• Re: Rubber parts on Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 08 Sep 94 15:34:55 CDT
  ...i would bet that the desert sun and heat would also take it's toll. >- air intake pipe (between air box and intake manifold...