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• Re: How do I get this EGR filter on??? Fixed! But.....
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 20:35:06 -0700
  ...Do you Federal Vanagon guys have to remove the EGR filter each time you want to check the valves on that side? It sure...
• Re: high nox
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:22:05 -0800
  ...and co. > From what I understand we have no egr valve or > exhaust recirculation to cool our combustion > chambers. > I have farly low compression...
• Re: Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 19:44:53 -0700
  ...The throttle valve hit the fuel pressure regulator... perhaps on a second revision! :) The oil filter is still quite accessible - lots of room around...
• Sioux Falls South Dakota or Bust!
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 4 May 2001 10:26:10 -0500
  ...I start the van and it defiantly needs a valve adjustment, and it has an exhaust leak, but I can live with this. Now...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:49:52 -0400
  ...The Vanagon only has mild ignition timing, valve timing, and reduced compression and the Cat as NOx control. Most other cars use Exhaust Gas...
• fixing the rat (65 westy)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 00:50:55 -0400
  ...unfortunately the bleeding valve broke off, and the only one i could find was in soory shape. :( put on list i just ignored the...
• "Smoke in the Cockpit!!!"... Vanagon Drama in Real-life, Part Deux
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:01:12 -0400
  ...exhaust into the intake mixture, the overall combustion temperature inside the cylinders is lowered significantly. Malfunctioning EGRs tend to cause dropped or burned valves...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:28:45 -0700
  ...I find the exhaust valves leaking a little.........and there are no 'real' head gaskets at all. Just an outer water-retention gasket........( and...
• Vrroom!!!! Performance upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:23:35 -0700
  ...Anyone using the big intake valve heads available now or the 1.25 rocker arms? 2. Any case improvements needed? Should studs with any...
• Re: Oil Pressure Light and Alarm after oil change
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 15:05:40 +0000
  ...cool temps), I got the oil pressure alarm too, along > with valve > noise. After warming up, things settled down. Out came the 20- > 50...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:28:52 -0800
  ...in place, >> though you will likely need to drop the pan & valve body if you pull it to >> get the 2nd gear band in...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 13 May 2011 16:09:52 +0000
  ...mechanic, but I am excruciatingly heat > sensitive - I can get heat exhaustion sitting down in Seattle!) We've tried > being a travelling wet-t...
• Re: Stuck in Redding
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 16:05:57 -0700
  ...then exhaust starts seeping into the coolant in the engine . until it displaces enough of the coolant in the engine to make it overheat...
• Re: Engine stalling at high speed
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Sat, 16 Apr 2016 14:33:57 -0700
  ...If > exhaust can’t get out air can’t get in. > > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart MacMillan [mailto:stuartmacm@gmail.com <javascript:;>] > Sent: Saturday...
• Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 18:11:02 -0800
  ...Most likely the control valve on > the fridge is also messed up. Remember the gunk had to go through > that valve to get to...
• Two possibly related symptoms?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:28:23 -0700
  ...Now the plugs all look the same and the exhaust pipe temps read the same all 'round. One 200 mile trip up to 6...
• Re: Missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:21:15 -0400
  ...Most rely on the valve piece being sealed to the cap when it is secured on the tank so the simple mouth test may...
• several questions about my 1984 westy
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Michaels
  Sat, 5 Aug 2006 14:23:05 -0400
  ...It is not a valve or rod knock, nor can I find an exhaust leak that corresponds to the knock. At idle, the knock...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 16:11:59 EST
  ...I believe your > description of it's function is indeed correct, it is not for "recycling" > exhaust as many believe. The reduction of peak...
• I'm rich, filthy stinking rich...
  Historical mailing list - Carl Krucke
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:54:59 -0500
  ...Before I started, I was able to crank it up again, for about a minute, to get the valves pumped up, the couple of...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Fri, 29 May 2020 14:22:00 -0400
  ...Properly designed and installed they work as a mixing valve. The sandwich adapter thermostats tend to have smaller bypass paths so they are limited...
• Re: How does a leak down tester work???
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:11:20 EST
  ...If a exhaust valve is leaking you will have air coming out the end of the muffler .// I f the intake valve is bad...
• Re: cylinder heads for my 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:35:40 -0700
  ...That would give you some financial room > >>>> to do a valve job if you wanted. I feel for you as I've been there...
• Re: Thermostat Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 May 2009 13:14:02 -0700
  ...Your semi-'all over the place' symtoms remind me of when exhaust gases get past the head gaskets and into the coolant ....... which results...
• Heat in Aircooled van, one last time: Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:46:34 -0500
  ...The site is safe for kids, the info is free, and the inferno billowing off your exhaust system is FAR hotter than any weenie...
• Re: what to do when you have the fridge out?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 18:47:59 -0800
  ...intake and exhaust tubes. > 6. Though I can't say for certain, I seem to remember that when installing > the check valve update kit...
• 22D ECU Chip Upgrade: CREDIT CARD ONLY AT THIS POINT- TIL 4PM EST MON 28t...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 00:32:59 EDT
  ...headwork, cam changes and exhaust work (but > to what degree I did not fully explore). Even a three angle valve job > would be a...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:27:19 -0700
  ...on the driver's side to clearance the intake, and the > > exhaust > > system was welded after the end of the manifold flange in a...
• Re: Grey oily spots on rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:01:55 -0800
  ...you should check valve clearances too. The first DV engine I ever got ...when I checked them ..exhaust clearances there are suppossed to be...
• Re: 1985?Westy for Sale in Merrillville, Indiana
  Historical mailing list - Pete Owsianowski
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:32:02 -0400
  ...Needed a little > hammering. > On the way home it produced a sizable oil spot on the trailer under > one of the valve covers. At...
• Digitool saves the day
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 06:25:08 -0800
  ...and lives in the thermostat > housing. > o2 sensor lives in the exhaust before the catalytic converter. > The afm wiper voltage is developed inside the...
• Re: coolant in oil
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:30:29 -0500
  pressure testing the system would give you a chance to look around under the valver covers without dealing with hot exhaust pipes and such...
• Re: Fridge more sensitive to low pressure than cooktop?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Jan 2007 21:11:13 +0000
  ...Most likely the control valve on the fridge is also messed up. Remember the gunk had to go through that valve to get to...
• Re: Libby Bong and coolant change
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Dec 2012 08:35:15 -0500
  ...Open the bleeder valve on the rad and thermostat housing, then with the engine running at idle fill the coolant expansion tank as full...
• Re: Transplant - - Subaru or ???? Need feedback.
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:06:57 EST
  ...Ceramic coatings on piston crowns, valve faces, and the combustion areas of the head are beneficial in lowering the engine temps and giving some...
• Re: Fire Investigation Type IV engine
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 18 Aug 2002 00:28:41 +0100
  ...I've never seen an 80-83 Air Cooled distribution > manifold without this tree mounted under the cold start valve. > #2) The Magnesium fan...
• Engine Reccommendations-type 2
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Sep 1995 22:11:05 -0700
  ...I can't see why anybody would use a rebuilt head, risking stripped spark plug holes, cheap cast iron valve seats, guides, valves, etc...
• Re: 85 GL 1.9L Engine Rebuild Qs?
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Sun, 22 Sep 2002 16:52:55 -0400
  ...The shop that coated mine also did the valves and the combustion chambers. For extra, they'd do the exhaust ports too. > > Any thoughts...
• CIS help long
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 21:15:53 -0500
  ...full >pressure (turned valve on gauge) 68lb > Activate full throttle switch, Dwell reading 60 dgr. Activate >thermoswitch: dwell reading 72 dgr. Ground out green...
• Re: Strange Catastrophic Failure
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:06:02 -0700
  ...the intake and exhaust for hissing and check any |>crankcase vent for escaping air as well to see if its valves or |>piston/rings...
• Re: VW Caravelle C, Turbo Diesel... info on turbo...
  Historical mailing list - brent taylor
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:42:01 +0900
  ...Other possible causes are a stuck open wastegate (attached to the exhaust side of turbo) or stuck open blowoff valve (attached to the intake...
• 90 Westy as stocking stuffer(FOR SALE-NY $9300)
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:45:55 EST
  ...All exhaust intact, new BusDepot stainless body muffler and all new stainless hardware (about 35 bucks worth of nuts and bolts!). CV joint was...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 15 May 2011 18:22:54 -0700
  ...mechanic, but I am excruciatingly heat >> > sensitive - I can get heat exhaustion sitting down in Seattle!) We've >> > tried being a travelling wet-t...
• Re: jack, costs
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:09:33 -0500
  ...Just consider buying quality whether it is a Snap-on wrench (I only have 10, but the important ones!), or a German exhaust valve...
• Re: timing the 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:39:31 -0800
  ...Such a situation will > provide the optimum conditions for the burning of exhaust valves - it > happened to me. Generally, if the 1.9 distributor...
• Re: It is pretty easy to work on, that Inline 4 transplant motor...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 3 May 2007 23:07:14 -0700
  ...Valves looked great, pistons > and bores good, belt tensioner bearings good, > head was true and the cam journals looked good, > too. > > One bad part...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 23:57:26 -0700
  ...It "feels" like it's restricting flow.... >>> >>> Question, on my '84, the O2 sensor is on the exhaust manifold, of course, and there is...
• Re: High Octane was: what's the best kind of gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 16:04:22 +0100
  ...Engine unlikely to be hot throughout, I mean hot throughout, including exhaust valves and plug electrodes 'almost' incandescent. d) The engine will never accelerate...
• Re: Urgent: NEED HELP, Weird Van Thing
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 21:20:59 -0500
  ...exhaust rattle, removed > cat, > > > > ceramic insert is in 10 pieces, couldnt find replacement on > sunday, > > > > so put back together. Went for a ride, valve...
• Re: Urgent: NEED HELP, Weird Van Thing
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 19:16:13 -0400
  ...exhaust rattle, removed cat, >> > > ceramic insert is in 10 pieces, couldnt find replacement on sunday, >> > > so put back together. Went for a ride, valve...
• Re: FS: 2.1 "DJ" code 112 HP WBX New/Rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hogue
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 12:20:50 -0400
  ...make this package > complete? The 112hp comes from ECU, different ignition, exhaust, > valve diameter and cam grind. With AMC heads, the engine is > basically...
• Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:48:22 -0400
  ...crusty valves or injectors (run a bottle of Techron through the tank) 4.. timing off 5.. ruined cat due to expired O2 sensor for...
• Re: Diesel good idea? Engine idling!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:35:17 -0700
  ...and that cold running, especially in gasoline puts acid in the engine oil and into the exhaust system , shortening life of those parts. another...
• '77 Riviera II FS (NE Oregon)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Oct 1996 15:31:46 -0800
  ...shocks (NAPA lifetime warranty) 1 piece exhaust (NOT Monza) recent tune including Points, condensor, plugs (all Bosch), valve adjustment Front brakes Shift coupler (urethane...
• Re: Idle switch
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:28:17 -0600
  ...http://busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=021906028 Throttle Valve Switch 80-85 Vanagon, Thru Engine DH033069 Part Reference Number*: 021906028 Brand: Volkswagen/Germany* Availability...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:42:46 -0700
  ...of the intake > > system, > > the combustion chamber design, the valve profile dynamics and the > exhaust > > resonances. The Carnot cycle is alive and well so...
• Re: 1985 FAST idle
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:29:20 -0500
  ...Throttle valve switch adusted as per Bentley (design with one switch) New electrical connector to the AFM No vaccuum leaks Idle srew all the...
• Re: gutless AND unreliable...
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 12:26:58 -0700
  ...gutless AND unreliable... > > > I don't know how much maintenance could have prevented > my #3 exhaust valve from cracking up in the cylinder > at...
• Re: Break-in.......new engine (your opinion?)
  Historical mailing list - The corruptor
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 13:51:05 -0400
  ...Concentrate on bleeding the van first wile keeping low temp (am cheking the exhaust temp with infrared gun 3)-this procedure (bleeding) should take...
• Re: Some other Oiling comments..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:23:45 -0800
  ...running on 5 cyls and the left bank was packed with oil.....the cylinders, the exhaust system etc. The van was towed here ... taking...