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• Strange No Start
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Sat, 16 Mar 2002 11:56:52 -0600
  ...standing stop was almost impossible. Engine would cough, sputter, and virtually die. If I could finally get the revs up above 2500-3000 rpm...
• Re: [W] The Drive to Dublin. W stands for waffle.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 20:08:59 -0500 (EST)
  ...Ever notice the way that a diesel > loosens out after 50 or 60 miles? And that it revs better with Wow PJ! I just...
• 90 Carat overheating
  Historical mailing list - Morrell, Edward
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 20:35:31 -0700
  ...slow response from low revs unless you really put your foot into it. This is not the case when engine is cold. Recent plugs...
• Overheating's effect
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 09:30:05 -0500
  ...The engine no longer smoothly revs up. It doesn't backfire, just stumbles. My ignorant guess would be "burnt valve". Does anyone have any...
• Gas versis catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 06:36:46 -0700
  ...Also, at idle, the engine seeks a lot of the time. By that I mean it revs up a little and then settles back...
• Re: Lessons on gas mileage from VW's Autostadt
  Historical mailing list - taeke
  Sat, 24 May 2008 11:37:01 -0400
  ...Revs - it takes gas to spin the engine. The higher the revs, the more gas used. We were taught to shift (again around town...
• warm up hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:25:56 -0500
  ...surge in each gear in the lower half of the revs. Once the engine is warmed up there is no problem it drives just...
• 90 Westy... Blown engine... Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:01:48 -0400
  ...the 90 Westy that the friend was considering selling with no engine... She decided to put a Boston Bob engine in, with no core...
• oil light/buzzer comes on for no reason
  Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
  Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:53:24 -0800
  ...Today, the buzzer and light started coming on when the engine revs to about 2500 RPM. The gauge reads about 45 psi at this...
• Re: my beef of the day: vw heaters
  Historical mailing list - William Warburton
  Fri, 27 May 94 8:56:03 GMT
  ...have when the engine's idling. I think the electric fan is supposed to boost the airflow at low revs. > ... What happens is I...
• Re: So my stepson asks . . .
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:05:30 -0400
  ...The kiss of death is regular lugging and needless over revving of the engine. It is a short stroke engine that makes power by...
• Re: bent pushrods... overheated...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 9 May 2006 21:08:51 -0400
  ...I associate bent pushrods more with too-high revs than with > overheating. If an engine overheats to the point that the lifters > stick, then...
• Diesel Vanagon/Westi
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  11 Jun 1996 15:17:15 -0700
  ...The only time I had soot deposits was when the original engine was reaching "end life" and blowby from the cylinders to the crankcase...
• Re: Inline 4 - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 May 2007 09:03:10 -0400
  ...Any gain with engine RPM will be lost with excess NOx emissions and melted pistons. You need to power to over come wind resistance...
• Emissions: Vacuum Leak ID'd 82 aircooled westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:05:26 -0600
  Greetings Vanagonauts, I've been having trouble meeting the hydrocarbon standard on my AFC 2.0 l aircooled engine here in Salt Lake City...
• Re: help with stumbling 89 GL 2.1 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 May 1997 21:49:39 -0400 (EDT)
  ...the revs up a little just before taking off, all seems well. Because of these types of problems with the VW engine setup, I...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 10:45:13 -0700
  ...Keep the revs >reasonable (under 5000 rpm) and you should never experience >"floating". > My Haynes book states that the 1600 dual port engine has...
• Re: Surging at Idle (2.1 Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:58:20 -0700
  Lawrence Johnson wrote: > > On the principle that there is no such thing as a stupid question: > > When I first start the engine, the revs...
• Re: Bearing wear
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:53:08 EDT
  The increased bearing wear comes in as the engine Revs higher and the centrifugal forces cause the crank to flex in the middle. Generally...
• Re: What goes here? and a part request for a 85 GL.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 2 Jul 2014 22:33:42 -0600
  ...it triggers a lamp every time the engine >>> passes TDC. An "engine running" indicator? >> >> >> >> -- >> Neil n >> >> Blog: tubaneil.blogspot.ca >> >> '88 Westy http://tinyurl...
• Re: Tragic story: Wonder what failed?
  Historical mailing list - Berry Kercheval
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 09:48:16 PST
  ...doing better than 30 revs/sec > at 2,000 rpm.... No, this is prety normal. My plane's engine redlines at 2550 RPM. Much...
• Re: Bouncing idle......
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 08:38:42 -0500
  ...stop the revs > hang up into the 1500 range and slowly comes down. I have been having > to rev the engine to make it...
• '80 air-cooled power loss
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:17:37 -0500
  ...van idles and starts up great, revs up really good and returns to idle. Engine sounds good and runs good, no missing. When I...
• Automatic Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:34:38 -0500
  ...When the engine is cold the revs have to get to about twice the normal level before it will shift from 1st to second...
• Re: Yet another EE talks batteries
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 19:26:25 -0400
  ...d the engine to boost alternator output. Perhaps that's the real trick: the alternator only puts out >12v at higher revs >850 (idle...
• Re: one last (ha ha) problem with my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:04:01 -0500
  ...I > have to > feather the gas to get the engine revs up. Once they're up it revs > normally > but when it drops back...
• 91 Westy runs rough cold/great warm
  Historical mailing list - Ron Cave
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:48:01 -0000
  ...The engine always starts first turn of the key. It runs well for about one minute until apparently choking/starving itself. It doesn't...
• Flooding & water pump
  Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
  Wed, 11 Nov 1998 14:20:28 -0800
  ...Started OK but as I drove off, saw the tach was jumping around at random from about 2500 to 4800 revs. The engine speed...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - Joe Fernandez
  Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:07:25 -0700
  I also had similar symptoms-occasional very high sustained revs- when water got into the idle control unit behind the tail light. It was...
• carburator for a '73 bus
  Historical mailing list - Jose Antonio Madriz
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 18:44:55 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Right now, the bus is having serious carburation problems, it stalls, and dies at low revs. I was thinking in getting the original setup...
• Re: Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:04:40 -0400
  ...The condition presents with the engine warm, and the engine under load. I have tested fuel pressure at the T and it is at...
• Wear Index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 10 Nov 94 10:10:39 PST
  ...Reinforced VW Bus Relative Wear Index Year | Top Gear | Final Drive | Engine Revs | Stroke | Piston Travel | Ratio | Ratio | /Mile | | /Mile ________________________________________________________________________ 68-71 | 0.82...
• Runs great--for a minute or two ??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 22 Jan 2005 10:34:01 -0600
  ...I can pull the throttle to keep it running as long as I want, but if I don't keep the revs above 2000...
• Re: [Q] Decreasing gear ratio
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 17:29:30 PST
  ...for my tranny to lower the revs at > 60 mph? It seems criminal to make that poor engine turn 4000 rpm at 60 > when...
• Re: Intermittent engine miss
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 08:32:28 -0500
  ...to get the revs up in any gear. > > Stopped for fuel [a bargain $2.99.9 a gallon] opened the engine cover to let...
• does air cond. = h.p. loss?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 12 Sep 1996 23:11:20 -0700
  ...Years ago someone used to sell a vacuum switch that would cut out the AC when the engine was under load so Jim's...
• Re: AC and engine temps
  Historical mailing list - Paolo Damiani
  Fri, 24 Jul 1998 23:01:44 EDT
  ...Maybe I'm just getting old and driving that way, but I'd like to keep my engine as long as possible. Although I...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Locke Johnston
  Sun, 6 Apr 2003 00:08:51 -0500
  ...park or neutral it revs all the way up. The only way to stop it is to cut the engine off in drive and...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:55:22 -0500
  ...consumption goes down if I let the revs fall... And as Frank said, lugging > a small engine with a big load is NOT a...
• Re: Driving yesterday
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 9 Jun 2004 09:53:26 -0500
  ...You still should be able to drive the van by starting engine in 1st and then matching your revs as you shift, but you...
• Re: Tire rotating -- when?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 23:38:10 -0600
  In the case of my Vanagon, I do the bigger on the rear so as to Lower the RevsPerMinute & RevsPerMile of the Engine&DriveTrain...
• Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:34:11 -0400
  ...It is > actually just momentary loss of power. > > The condition presents with the engine warm, and the engine under load. I > have tested fuel...
• Re: oil pressure diagnosis.
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:20:20 -0700
  ...Usually these engine will run fine on 10w-40 unless you are getting > things really hot form hi revs or high load. Also be...
• Re: How I got home from work (broken clutch cable)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Nov 1995 10:29:48 +0500
  ...You just gotta get the revs of the engine just right (so that the rpms of >the engine match the rpms of the tranny...
• Re: SOMETIMES IT WILL, OTHER TIMES IT WON'T
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Apr 2023 23:13:34 -0700
  ...He just bought a van with the 1.9 L engine. Can't > get but 3000 revs out of it sometimes. Other times he...
• Re: Bucko update
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 17:30:05 -0800
  ...I thought so. > Not an AFM problem. > I The one thing that stands out now loud and clear- the engine can't take a...
• Re: Step up the idle
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:07:37 -0400
  ...The engine has stalled a >few > > times and the rpm takes too long to stabilize off revs. > > > > I haven't looked at the Bently...
• Re: Have you ever broken a clutch by push starting a vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - John Mosley
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:14:50 -0500
  ...unless the revs are exact. With the clutch >depressed, it sounds like marbles are rolling around in a can. With the >engine off I...
• Re: O2 Sensor problem
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Sun, 22 Mar 2020 12:45:44 -0500
  ...found that disconecting the o2 sensor wire solves this problem. Engine runs good. Revs normally and climbs hills well > It is running rich as...
• Re: no power to tranny??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:49:43 -0700
  ...and then no power from the engine to the > tranny in any gear > engine seems fine > clutch feels normal > I think is sound like...
• Re: Lessons on gas mileage from VW's Autostadt
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 24 May 2008 16:13:31 +0000
  ...to back down to 30 mph. > > Revs - it takes gas to spin the engine. The higher the revs, the more gas used. We were...
• Re: newbie - where is the gas???
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 15:32:52 -0400
  ...you push the gas pedal and when the engine revs, or is it that it revs but there is no power there when the...
• Re: Flywheel Lightening
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 6 Mar 1999 19:51:17 PST
  ...The down side is increased engine harmonics across the crank, resulting in main bearing pounding out. Remember at 70 the engine is turning @4000...
• Re: oil leak from rear main seal?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:45:49 -0500
  Slight overfill should not have caused this...however, I've seen a rear main 'pop out' slightly if the motor revs too high while...
• Idle speed - 88 Vanagon - 2.1L wbx - manual tranny
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 10:05:04 -0600
  ...This "powered slowdown" results sometimes in the engine dropping to 800 rpm idle, and sometimes the engine revving up to 2000 rpm. sommetimes a...
• Re: Cold start issue
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 10:22:17 -0700
  ...revs > a bit, > > but resentfully, doesn't want to idle, then finally gets the > idea. > > > > From that point on, throughout the day, the engine...
• Re: Towing a Pop-Up Camper with a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:18:59 -0400
  ...I always made sure the revs were up well and load on the engine was as easy as possible. This means shifting early and...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Michael McSwain
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:14:16 -0500
  ...My > mechanic revs the engine up to bring the level down, add the coolant and > put on the cap presto.. > -- m.
• MORE 12v fridge not working info
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:10:00 -0500
  ...If I start the car **with the fridge switch in the 12V position** and don't goose the engine, the fridge LED doesn't...
• Re: [Q] Decreasing gear ratio
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 23 Jan 95 9:46:32 PST
  ...VW Bus Relative Wear Index Year | Top Gear | Final Drive | Engine Revs | Stroke | Piston Travel | Ratio | Ratio | /Mile | | /Mile ________________________________________________________________________ Micro | | | | | 1200 | 0.82 | 4...