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• Re: high oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 20 Jun 2017 12:03:37 -0700
  clogged oil filter may be?
• Re: Sandwich oil cooler adapter question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:51:30 -0500
  ...they are bypass valves which only get > used if > the oil filter or cooler become blocked. > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 11:06:01 -0800
  Sounds like a classic fuel filter problem. I'd start with a new fuel filter and if that doesn't do it, have the...
• Re: Gradual switch to synthetic oil?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:45:42 -0800
  ...If you do a flush follow Stan Wilder's advice and filter the oil using a white coffee filter after it settles to see...
• Re: what are dichroic light bulbs? 0.87% VW USRDA Conten
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 8 Feb 2001 21:00:28 -0800
  In my line of work/research/slavelabor we use dichroic mirrors/lenses/filters, etc everywhere. So to quote an optics catalog: "Dichroic filters transmit...
• Re: Sandwich oil cooler adapter question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:45:07 -0500
  ...they are bypass valves which only get > used if > the oil filter or cooler become blocked. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Mr Lube / Walmart oil changes OK? I have the 'Mahn' OEM Oil Filter....
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:19:20 -0700
  ...No strainer on the water cooled Vanagon, just the filter. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Hecht" <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:11:53 -0400
  Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@YAHOO.COM> writes: > I connected the line back to the filter, put two gallons of fresh Diesel into the tank, put...
• Re: Cairo Report, now K&N
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 11:36:57 -0800
  ...It wasn't clogged, > just building up a layer of extra filtration! Not concerned about what builds up on the outside of the filter...
• Whats that oil filter again??
  Historical mailing list - John Baker
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 00:14:41 -0400
  ...Could someone pleae tell me again what that brand of filter is and what vendors can sell me one? Peace, JB '66 Split Window...
• Re: Alternate Air Cleaner, K&N (not all that)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 19 Mar 2002 06:05:44 -0800
  yes the K&N air filter has distinct benefits over it's lesser flowing brethren. however, the air filter material has a tendency to...
• Re: whistling engines again (was RE: GET BACK ON TOPIC!)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:39:59 -0400
  Definitely change the fuel filter first! It's way cheaper than the pump, and a clogged filter can slow fuel flow/cause the pump...
• Re: oil leak above the oil filter.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 00:24:29 -0400
  ...Chris On 6/29/05, Robert Cardo <rrecardo@webtv.net> wrote: > <<I've developed an oil leak above the oil filter. It doesn't...
• Re: 2.1 fits right in
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 18:45:11 -0500
  ...The oil >filter sticks out farther on the 2.1l, I previously put a 2.1 block into a 1.9 van. I just...
• Clear hose from top of air filter box
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Mon, 4 Feb 2008 00:57:36 -0500
  When I was in my engine compartment earlier, I noticed that the clear hose coming off the top of the air filter box was...
• Re: Changing the engine oil
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sun, 10 May 1998 23:26:05 -0400
  ...I always change the copper washer, they are cheap, and only fill the filter about twice so that when I turn it to 45...
• Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 13:19:17 -0700
  ...to start at all. > > Today I went through the air filter, fuel filter, checked all the lines, > and then found something online about a...
• Re: Auto Trans pan gasket and filter replacement
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:47:40 -0400
  ...The filter is a remove and replace deal, nothing hard at all. To remove the filling tube you need a 24mm open wrench, and...
• Re: Oil Change - Too Much Oil?
  Historical mailing list - George Wietor
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 18:45:54 -0700
  Greg, I tend to pre-fill the filter at oil changes, gives the engine that 1st shot of oil on startup and makes me...
• Re: flickering oil light at idle
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:46:28 -0400
  ...the next time you change your oil cut open the oil filter and examine the pleats of the oil filter for metal particles. jonathan...
• Suddon loss of power - parial fix?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:32:09 -0500
  ...I check plugs, rotor, cap, plugs.....cleaned them, same thing Checked the fuel filter (the one before the fuel pump, clear plastic), completely filthy...
• Re: Van Cafe
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 9 Feb 2009 19:06:53 -0800
  ...Since the van was there I asked them to change the oil filter (I run synthetic but change the filter every 3,000 miles...
• Re: external cooler/filter : trust the dipstick?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Jul 1995 20:14:42 -0400
  ...He has an external cooler and a filter, of the "replace-the-stock-cooler" variety, and he has it all mounted in the engine...
• Re: 89 vanagon with oil light on????
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 19:17:18 -0700
  most of the time the oil light coming on is due to using the wrong filter and/or viscosity of oil.... (should be using...
• thoughts about fuel filters etc
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 10:11:12 -0700
  the recent thread on filters made me think about the cost and benefits of preventative maintenance. I have the set up with the small...
• Re: Oil Filter? Oil Flavor?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 22:01:34 -0500
  ...Does it matter what Oil Filter to use? > > Also, what are all of the different oil specifiers for? I am considering > switching to Mobil...
• Re: $5 Fuel Filter! Really!
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 12:51:23 -0700
  ...I only have an '85 to look at (square plastic filter, upstream from pump, inlet & outlet different sizes). So, the later ones only have...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:05:55 -0500
  ...I put a shut off valve in line in my fuel line between the tank and the pre filter, one, for sanitarily changing the...
• '85 Vanagon Automatic Rough Idle
  Historical mailing list - MMunn
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 20:26:48 -0800
  ...just replaced air filter, plugs/wires, fuel filter and fuel pump. Matthew Vancouver CANADA Go Canucks
• Re: Fuel line 87 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:50:41 -0800
  ...I'm going to run rubber hose down to the > filter. I noticed that the grommet that the air filter plugs into is the...
• 87 vanagon oil filter part number
  Historical mailing list - Ki
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 15:24:09 -0700
  070 115 561. correct?
• loss of ooomph
  Historical mailing list - Jessup Coffin
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:41:19 -0400
  ...Air filter is a little dirty, but not that bad. Fuel filter is fine. Didn't find a breather filter anywhere, are there any...
• Re: fuel tank <-> pump diameter mismatch
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:14:01 -0500
  ...The local megastore FLAPS website says that the Beck/Arnley 0430899 square filter will also fit, but I'll check when I get there...
• Re: Clear hose from top of air filter box
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 3 Feb 2008 23:27:56 -0800
  ...Clear hose from top of air filter box When I was in my engine compartment earlier, I noticed that the clear hose coming off...
• Re: Fuel pump buzzing...again.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:22:14 -0700
  ...If you backflush the pump, make sure the filter is off, or, backflush with the filter on into a bowl to see what's...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:02:15 -0500
  David, I'm aware of the TDiClub tests and thread as well as several other more extensive test programs evaluating the K&N filter...
• Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Jeremy Stovin
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:08:36 -0700
  ...oil filter -- some are insistent on Manne or Meyle filters, others will use different ones.� I have on occasion used a Bosch filter, and...
• Re: Thanks, and, uhhh, van misses
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 07:20:22 -0700
  ...Thinking some crud had slid down the tank and into the fuel filter, I headed for a FLAPS, but the missing stopped after 10...
• K&N
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 11:10:10 -0800
  ...ASME (mechanical engineering society) did a study years ago for diesel air filters for earthmoving equipment. They found the best is a folded treated...
• Oil change intervals
  Historical mailing list - Sorin Bejenaru
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:23:52 -0400
  ...All mechanics that service cars say that oil should be changed every 3500 miles together with the oil filter. Is this simply providing more...
• Re: hiccups/hesitations-update-new AFM
  Historical mailing list - Tony Thompson
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 15:18:11 -0500
  ...I never got rid of it until I tried a K&N air filter to get more power. The van has never missed again...
• 90 Vanagon CARAT 2.1 waterbox hesitate and lurching
  Historical mailing list - HOTZE, BRETT C [AG/1000]
  Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:42:39 -0500
  ...I have replaced the plugs, rotor, rotor cap, oil/filter, air filter and this seemed to help for about a week but now the...
• Re: JiffyLube, extras
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:41:10 -0700
  ...They changed the filter first then they changed all the fluid. The quicky place in town here just changes the fluid, they don't...
• Re: oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:43:31 -0700
  ...I see everyone say to only use MANN or Mahle oil filters, > What about Bosch? > > Thanks -- Jim Newcomb I concur. I used Bosch in...
• Re: Fuel pumps
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Grotz
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 13:00:49 -0400
  ...This time, I had an new filter for my old 84. I ran that in-between the tank and filter, so I have two...
• Re: gauges for a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 11:35:13 -0400 (EDT)
  The oil filter I got for the '81 diesel Rabbit had a warning about VW engine causing them to burst. Unfortunately at the time...
• Re: Low Idle Stall when warm
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 22 May 2006 19:57:20 -0400
  ...Like an air filter? You can remove the air filter and see if there is any difference. How is your MPG? I would suspect...
• Re: (Symptoms) No Start, Hesitate at Start
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:34:41 -0800
  ...The fuel filter was plugged. To make sure that was the problem I poked a hole through the center of the filter and walla...
• Re: Fuel pump replacment frequency?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 1 Nov 2008 10:36:41 -0400
  ...but I routinely replace the fuel filter. The pump in my '85 GL Westy is the one that was in it when I got...
• Re: Gulf coast oil bypass filter system.
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Sat, 25 Dec 1999 00:05:17 -0500
  ...Gulf coast oil bypass filter system. > > > > Jonathan Bartlett was nice enough to send me some pictures of the oil > > bypass system he installed on...
• Re: just one drip
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 14:31:49 -0700
  ...Remove oil filter > 3. Remove threaded pipe that holds filter on, should > be about hand tight > after you loosen the retaining nut > 4. Oil...
• Re: Fuel pump/filter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 5 Dec 2014 15:41:40 -0800
  ...Fuel pump/filter > > > > The pump is less than a year old. The noise only started after the > expansion tank repair. > > > > ☮ ☮ ☮ PEACE ☮ ☮ ☮ > > Geneva Saint-Amour...
• Re: Tune Up Advice Needed
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 03:43:49 EDT
  ...Use Mann/Mahle/Knecht Oil and Air Filters and use Bosch for the Fuel Filter - These are the best in my book of experience...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:25:09 -0600
  ...Two oil pressure sensors (one high, one low) are on their way from Bus Depot, along with 4 Mann or Mahle filters. I'm...
• 1987 Westy Fuel Line hoses inside diameters
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:08:40 +0100
  ...Fuel tank - fuel filter 2. Fuel filter - fuel pump 3. Fuel pump - canister ( I have no idea what purpose it serves ) * 4. Canister - to...
• Re: 2.1L Extremely Rough Running
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 15:32:13 -0600
  When is the last time you replaced the fuel filter? I had similar symptoms with a bad No. 2 Temp sender (the blue one...
• Oil Pressure Light
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 14:12:51 -0500
  ...Is this a sign of low oil pressure when the engine is cold?? I recently changed the oil and filter 20w-50 and VW...
• bosch air filters
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 08:06:05 -0700
  ...I asked him about oil filters and he is looking into it. regards gary __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World...
• Re: Tiico oil filter, DO IT RIGHT!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 08:25:02 EST
  ...Many folks, including this list, warn of filters splitting or popping and then you are out of luck on the roadside. Not to mention...
• Re: Air Filter Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:49:14 -0500
  ...Does a dirty air filter affect vanagon performance?? Shawn. ______________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up...