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• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:19:26 -0700
  ...I am wondering if I should use the 1.9 harness/FI system with the 2.1 intake or gut the entire 1.9...
• Re: Battery Location - Rear Behind RR Taillight
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:21:05 -0700
  ...For those inclined, some work >involving a new brace, some 3M 5200, and a different air intake duct even >opens up the possibility of...
• Dometic Fridge Mod Update
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:13:22 -0700
  ...blew out intake/exhaust/drain tubes, added check valve to pump, reamed out pump outlet, added extra pump inlet hole, wrapped intake and exhaust...
• Re: How to Adapt Brake Vacuum line for engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Mon, 19 May 2008 17:45:21 -0700
  ...right position and come > up with a transition to the Jetta intake manifold and a way to join > the new pieces. > > 5/8" heater...
• Re: 87 Help AGAIN
  Historical mailing list - Ian Webb
  Tue, 26 Nov 1996 15:29:02 -0800
  ...coolant sensor for FI, > O2 sensor, air intake sensor, air intake boot, ignition coil, rotor, > distributor cap, plug wires, vacuum lines, fuel pump, fuel...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:23:50 -0700
  ...Since installing it, ive noticed that a little oil ends up in the intake boot, my theory is that oil is getting out the...
• Re: To replace fresh air fan--remove dashboard?!
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sun, 28 Jun 1998 16:15:29 -0400
  ...go to the air intakes on the front of the van and spray the WD040 directly into the intakes. I tried this when my...
• Re: Idle stabilizer for 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:12:37 -0500
  ...P/S and A/C have solenoid valves to allow extra metered air into the intake plenum, they don't have any awareness of...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 29 Mar 2015 09:25:00 -0700
  ​RE: K&N Filter in a WBX When I first got my '90 Westy I picked up a K&N filter. On my first...
• Re: Propex heater
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gibbs
  Sun, 5 Oct 1997 11:28:00 +0000
  ...I suppose its all down to how you route the intake & exhaust pipes! Does air ever come in the vent pipe and blow the...
• Subaru wiring harness
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 10:22:04 -0400
  ...nice to see a hot wire massflow sensor in the intake, no more wiper arm probs.
• Friday non-sense
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Fri, 29 Jan 1999 12:43:26 -0800
  ...In much the same way, > the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. > Excessive intake of alcohol, we all...
• Re: Compression losses
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:10:38 -0800
  ...Smith's book "The Scientific Design of Intake and Exhaust Systems." Or if one really wants to read the definitive text, one can find...
• Re: WTB Diesel Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 15:23:36 -0400
  ...I'm looking > for muffler brackets in good shape & a top section of > the snorkel air intake (drvier's side type). > > If you have...
• Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:55:23 +0000
  ...exactly where the lid needs to be raised to accomodate the intake and the distributor. DOH! Chris S. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:07:48 -0400
  ...voila! Keep in mind you'd have to fabricate a suitable intake system as the stock manifold would probably not hold the pressure, find...
• Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Joe in NH
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:35:10 EST
  ...injectors intake and throttle body$75 9.AFM with air box $40 Once again all prices include shipping in the lower 48. Thanks, Joe...
• Burned (?) Fuel Injector
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:19:38 -0800
  ...Indirectly caused by the leaky diaphragm of the pressure regulator, which led to a buildup of fuel in the intake that ignited inside that...
• Re: WAS: OBD Reader.... NOW: High and Low Voltage Wires. Problem Solved??
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 23 Oct 2010 18:26:32 -0700
  ...Engine supposedly now has ~ 120,000 KM's. > I'd go for things like intake leaks.. > worn valve guides or seals, > carbon deposits on...
• Re: Carbon Minoxide?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 21:52:09 -0700
  ...The installation of the propex puts both the intake and exhaust pipes/hoses within about a foot of each other under the van, and...
• Re: Friday Thoughts about Turboing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 07:22:00 -0800
  ...Is this true or would I need a performance chip to make this work? Since I would probably we routing the intake air over...
• Re: Cabin Heat / Aux Heating / Propane Heater/ camping heater / pics
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:30:32 -0800
  ...If you install the combustion blower on the intake and > create a pressure to push the air, any leaks will come into the van...
• Re: mouse profing
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Wed, 8 Aug 2012 07:31:43 -0700
  ...One is apply 1/4" galvanized mesh over the fresh air intake behind the front radiator grill and behind the plastic air intake cover...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw, Throttle Valve Switch Test Light Video etc.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:35:46 -0700
  ...I think that was on the intake runners somewhere. I'm sure you must know about engine torque-induced air leaks.. Say on decel...
• Re: WBX Carb conversion?! - Still a Hoax!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:37:56 -0700
  ...You can make it work, MAYBE , by getting some beetle air intake manifolds (just the smaller part > that screws to the head) then run...
• Re: Friday: It's VW bus. Or not. Too weird for words so take a look
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:38:31 -0700
  Dear vanagonians With wheely wheels ? Blower intake? Still looks like a vw ? Sounds like a vw :) Must be a VW from down the rabbit...
• Re: rich running condition-still searching for problem
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Fri, 5 Jun 2009 19:24:40 EDT
  ...This would dump gas into the intake manifold through the small rubber hose. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ in statu viae **************Mortgage rates...
• Re: 74 Westy Cold Weather Problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 23:09:41 -0500
  ...a heat riser system to use hot exhaust to heat the intake manifold? In upright engines, lack of these two things causes the symptoms...
• Re: Gas Smell When Tank Full
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 10:03:18 -0800 (PST)
  Pat Walsh writes: > > On a '78 I know that if you take the intake system off (in my case a > Weber progressive) and remove...
• Re: fun road trip for free parts
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 07 Jul 1996 07:26:34 -0700
  ...which it will now have, and Dan's bug gets an intake manifold. Sounds like all the stuff I got in my big parts...
• Re: Waterboxer hop-up vs. swap
  Historical mailing list - davidb
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 11:19:28 -0800
  ...exhaust, better intake, even lighter connecting rods for higer > RPMs and lest fatique, etc. It might be cheaper and/or easier to just > make...
• FI system w/ ECU on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 23:52:32 +0100
  ...The fuel injection I have includes intake manifolds with injectors and throttle body and air cleaner. Also I will include the CPU: vw# 025...
• Re: High and low pressure zones on a Vanagon - ideas for my intercooler anyon...
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 07:58:23 -0400
  >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: What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDEyou r van?
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Tue, 8 May 2001 11:35:28 -0500
  ...That's with a 2.1l (fully balanced, headers, intake), manual trans. As for loads inside the Vanagon the largest was a full length...
• Re: Using Gunk or other engine cleaning solvents!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:42:42 -0600
  Well Terry whether it says Kurd, Krud or Crud its that semi liquid, gummy stuff on Chevy V8 intake manifolds that holds the Moths...
• Re: will a 2.1L long block wrk with 1.9L FI and hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:34:19 -0800
  At 05:17 PM 3/11/02 -0800, Matthew Pollard wrote: >what about the air-intake? I though they were different. (the pipes on...
• Re: Spindles
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 17:52:39 EDT
  ...this I would advise others to get the Audi exhaust, and intakes since I hear they fit better, did a bit of grinder work...
• got da heads off......wow! :-0
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:18:43 -0800
  ...60# in #3) ...but when removing the right bank......WOW!!!! The intake valve has NO seat at all!....and no apparent damage to the...
• Re: Hydro lifters (# of turn)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:45:50 -0400
  ...The lifters will run >very quiet other than the occasional clatter when you start in the mornings. >I run .006 on the intakes of...
• Re: Can't remove spark plug - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:09:56 -0700
  Mike Kozak wrote: > I can't remove the spark plug located below the intake air unit (plug on > passenger side toward front of van...
• Re: TD/TDI noise?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:50:06 -0500
  ...Awesome engines--just clean out the > intake manifold, or better yet, trick the 'puter into defeating the EGR > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at...
• fuel pump replacement
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:14:08 -0600
  ...If I pour a little fuel in the intake it fires up immediately! I thought I read someone saying there was a cheaper fuel...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:23:06 -0400
  ...Is this >> something to do with non-functioning vents? Cold air in winter? Bees/ >> Insects getting in? The cloth in the parts van intake...
• Re: fuel tank nipples
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 07:54:07 -0600
  ...I just wonder why a pump with a 1/2" intake would get a 1/4" hose running into it. > >Thanks again! > >Austin >1991...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:28:10 -0500
  ...I've gone over it with a stethoscope and it seems to be loudest at the driver's side of the intake air distributor...
• Re: 1.9L WBX Compression Test Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:24:16 -0800
  ...as one cam lob runs both cylinders.....1 & 3 in the case...one exhaust cam lobe, one intake.. a flat intake cam lobe would...
• Re: Can this do that?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 22 May 2011 21:46:31 -0400
  ...And, you are running an oil pressure and temp gauges, correct? Tencent has a nice setup, but the pics I saw showed air intake...
• The Non-Conversion Diesel Conversion!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:24:06 EST
  ...These motors are a bolt in swap to the Vanagons since the intake ports have been set up to use the 1.6l intake...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Jun 2007 (#2007-635)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Sun, 24 Jun 2007 00:48:53 -0400
  ...The > Marine diesels made such a racket you never noticed the gear noise. > The SVX intake cam is gear driven off the exhaust cam...
• Re: Does this look like a fuel leak?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Fri, 1 Feb 2013 23:35:24 -0500
  ...fitting to the fuel rails? I followed VW's path and I often questioned that under the intake runners thing. Anyone else? Thanks Tony > > >
• revving idle --> 83 westy gasser
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:07:09 -0800
  ...both throttle body position switches, ensured no leaks in the air intake (post AFM), replaced the idle controller (bypassed it too), inspected as many...
• Re: '82 2-Litre Heads for Carbs?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:31:55
  ...I'd imagine a different intake manifold was fitted, but that's all. Should be easy to convert back. $150's a very good...
• RE: Guages
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Aug 1997 10:56:49 -0500 (CDT)
  ...At Idle you can tell if any intake valves are leaking or if you have a vacumn leak. At speed you can see just...
• More intermittent hesitation probs
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 11:27:10 -0400
  ...I repaired the air intake boot making sure there wasn't any air being sucked in. I tore apart the distributor/plugs/wires making...
• Re: WBX big valve heads and flow bench results
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:11:50 -0400
  ...the valve sizes on my big valve heads are 42 MM intakes up from 40 MM and 36 MM up from 34 MM the...
• Re: AC compressor Gurus needed!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:01:43 -0600
  ...d put some type of drip oil on the Low Pressure (Intake Side) and add an Air cleaner. You're on you own with...
• Re: 86 syncro I-4 swap
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 2 Jun 2003 10:41:09 -0400
  ...The biggest pain was having to crawl under there to remove the left engine mount, intake, and exhaust. All told it wasn't a...
• digijet EFI on digifant engine - throttle switch in particular
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Mon, 4 Aug 2003 11:05:29 -0700
  ...I am planning on using the 2.1 intake manifold/runners/throttle body as they are slightly larger to handle the increased displacement. However...
• Re: fuel line kits -NAPA is junk
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:23:04 -0700
  ...i put some NAPA fuel line from the fuel pump to intake >> tube in my dad's chevy caprice, and 6 months later it...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:34:27 -0800
  ...the pistons are pulling against a vacuum in the intake tract. The big air valve in the throttle body provides the seal when pressure...