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• Re: No Start 83.5: Fuel pump test?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:59:30 -0700
  ...system, (yes I have spark), fires when I inject fuel > into intake plenum. Does not fire otherwise. I have replaced the fuel > filter, fuel...
• Stalling
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 08:10:17 -0800
  ...I'm the listmember who has written a great deal on this subject with regard to "adjusting" the fuel injection system. What I'm...
• Re: Stranded - my first heartbreak
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 6 Dec 2006 22:11:16 EST
  Max-- Seems you get the prize on this as Stranded was able to purge the air in fuel system per the latest e-mail...
• Fuel pressure tester
  Historical mailing list - Will Morris
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:49:23 -0500
  What's the best source for an inexpensive fuel pressure tester that will work with the digifant system? Is is worth looking at places...
• Re: Vanagon and VW Rabbit
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 9 Jan 2019 16:42:12 -0500
  Eric, the biggest problem you will have is with the fuel injection on the Rabbit. It is CIS which is a mechanical injection system...
• Re: Breakthrough for TDI conversions!
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sat, 15 Sep 2001 17:08:39 -0400
  ...system--no computer trying to override higher boost levels or the adding of additional fuel to make said boost. Yes, the computerized system refines...
• GETTING STARTED
  Historical mailing list - Russ Gunter
  Sat, 19 May 2001 19:07:03 EDT
  ...getting a 1.9L Vanagon started after the fuel system has been run dry. Do I need to "prime" the fuel injection somehow to...
• Re: fuel hoses
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sat, 2 Oct 2004 10:04:06 -0700
  ...The 5mm breather system isn't pressurized, so it probably doesn't need replacement. I have so far been unwilling to drop the fuel...
• Re: Why not CIS? RE: Images of South African van on website
  Historical mailing list - Edward
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:05:11 -0500
  ...Never a lick of trouble out of that fuel system in the time I owned it. Just change the filters regularly I guess. Back...
• Re: Fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:58:13 -0800
  ...but I do have a plan to operate a waterboxer engine off a Subaru fuel injection system, 'someday' if I ever find time. ----- Original...
• Random coughing during acceleration/cruising (2.0l FI)
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Thu, 7 Dec 1995 10:02:21 -0500
  ...like either a momentary lack of power to the fuel injection system or a sudden blockage of fuel flow. The whole bus shudders and...
• Re-priming diesel fuel pump:correct procedure?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 15:38:27 -0700
  I'm going to be opening up the fuel system in my 82 vanagon diesel soon, and am looking for a step-by-step...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:17:59 -0800
  ...Unit [Replaces Distributor] >> Fuel Pump Wires [Uses Original Fuel Pump] >> System Relays >> Chassis Ground >> Fuel Injector Connectors [Uses Original Fuel Injectors] >> New Coils [Coil...
• Fuel system cleaning
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 10:46:01 -0400
  ...I'm thinking MEK because, well, it's pretty nuclear when it comes to dissolving crud that could be left in the fuel system...
• Re: fuel management system
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 19:00:02 -0800
  ...fuel managment system Gowesty is working on a system. http://www.gowesty.com/library_article.php?id=1532 Some have installed Megasquirt. Or just...
• fuel managment system
  Historical mailing list - D.A.Simmons
  Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:50:17 -0800
  what, if anything, are people changing to to replace the stock digifant system. (85 van-o-gone) � TIA! Dan 2000 Jetta VR6 2009 Tiguan...
• Re: No fuel pressure options?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:00:53 -0700
  ...if the system is working like it should ..all parts ....tank, fuel pick up in the tank, pump, all lines , fuel pressure regulator , fuel...
• Re: Running rich, O2 sensor says lean, exhaust leak?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 18:14:45 -0400
  ...week: > - changed O2 sensor > - changed fuel pressure regulator, fuel pump, fuel filter > - took apart entire air intake system, changed the air intake >distributor box...
• Re: Engine modifications needed to run E85?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 8 May 2006 10:13:45 -0700
  ...The fuel injection systems on these old wasserboxer engines isn't really suited to "dual fuel". The O2 sensor is a narrowband model that...
• Re: Just damn died
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 07:14:00 -0400
  ...The for systems are as follows: the starter system, the ignition system, the mechanical system, and the fuel system. First off is the starter...
• Re: Erratic runnign Vanagon... fuel pump?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 03:47:54 EDT
  ...Don't forget there is a fuel pressure regulator as a (somewhat) major componant of the fuel system. This *could* be part of the...
• 83 1.9 engine locked up solved
  Historical mailing list - Alan Gondry
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 19:44:01 -0700
  ...This after a prolonged fuel system problem. When calling around to find another engine, the mechanic mentioned the ECM and AFM cause the fuel...
• Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Dawson
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:10:06 -0400
  Hi everyone, Well, I thought that I had made the neccesary repairs and replacements to my fuel mileage problem. Below is a list of...
• Re: pre-pump fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 12:59:58 -0700
  ...fuel pump. I > understand that there was either a recall or a technical service bulletin on > the removing this filter from the system. Not...
• =?windows-1252?Q?Re=3A_____Re=3A_Bluestar_project=85no_start_yet?=
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 11 May 2013 18:27:22 -0400
  ...wire the fuel pump on, fuel should gush from the return side >> of the pressure regulator if the fuel supply system is working. >>> I...
• Re: fuel lines; the injector side
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 13 Jun 1999 20:15:04 -0700
  ...At the time, there was no do-it-all kit. > > Whichever vendor puts together a comprehensive fuel system overhaul > kit could make a few...
• Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 10:30:39 -0800
  ...Now even if the fuel injection system and ingition were properly set, the O2 sensor Digifant Fuel Injection system still DOES NOT, make the...
• Stroked T4 fuel problems
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Rokus
  Sat, 05 Jul 1997 03:39:06 -0700
  Hi Has anyone on the list played with stroking an Air cooled vanagon motor while retaining the Fuel Injuction system? Will adding an O2...
• Re: RIGGING FOR A CARB
  Historical mailing list - Michael Meier
  Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:07:50 +0100
  Russell wrote: > Can anyone tell me what all I need to consider if I am contemplating > replacing the fuel injection system with a carburetor...
• Re: loud fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:13:34 -0400
  I got about 4 more months out of my buzzing fuel pump before the fuel pressure got so low that I barely made it...
• Re: 1.9L to 2.1L Swap
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:57:41 -0700
  ...Has nobody changed the cooling & fuel injection system along > with the motor? I have a complete 2.1L with fuel injection wiring > harness and...
• Sugar In The Fuel Tank-Again
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 19:11:57 -0800
  ...The specific system he was showing me had a hole for the fuel that is only .017, really small, in fact I couldn't...
• Re: what controlls the fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - joe brown
  Fri, 18 Apr 2003 03:36:31 -0700
  ...On the 85 digijet the fuel pump runs for a few seconds when the key is first turned on, to pressurize the system. Then...
• Re: Re-priming diesel fuel pump:correct procedure?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Grillo
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 15:38:04 -0400
  ...of re-priming the fuel system once I get it back together. > Once when I ran out of fuel, the tow truck guy just...
• Re: Volkswagen 'quality' /L
  Historical mailing list - James N Gagliardi
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 20:50:37 -0500 (EST)
  ...Where do all of the "ripped out" fuel injection systems go? I spent about a year diagnosing a fuel injection problem on my squareback...
• Re: Diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 23 May 2001 12:50:58 EDT
  It sounds as if you have just an air leak in the fuel system and the lift pump in the injector pump cant pull...
• Swap Update 2
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 11 May 1998 18:35:07 EDT
  ...Can I use the Vanagon fuel pump? Am I going to need to put a fuel pressure accumulator in the fuel system? (I think...
• Re: FS: Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Gas fueled interior heater
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 10:09:52 -0700
  ...OEM vanagon Ebersp�cher BA-6 Auxillary Gas fueled heater system. > this was a OEM option on some earlier vanagons, and on canadian vanagons...
• Re: Fuel pump fuse -''88 Gs,
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:56:17 -0400
  The fuel pump, ignition system, and the ECU are not fused. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: 84 Westfalia losing power
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 10:07:26 EDT
  ...Rich fuel mixture is *often* caused by a worn-out Oxygen sensor, which confuses the Bosch FGB system (fuel-genie-in-a- box), causing...
• Use Fuel Pressure Tester to Test Cooling System Pressure? (engine running)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 21 May 2017 12:31:10 -0700
  ...Can a fuel pressure gauge be used to test the cooling system pressure with vehicle running? Does the gauge read resulting air pressure only...
• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:46:54 -0400
  ...A common problem on this system is for the fuel distributor to go bad or the center plunger to stick. The plunger can be...
• Wifes A4 - NVC
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:46:51 -0500
  ...Adaptation Malfunction 17549 Load Calculation Cross Check Range/Performance 17537 Long Term Fuel Trim mult.,Bank2 System too Rich 17535 Long Term Fuel Trim...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:05:33 -0700
  ...One was getting the fuel delivery system | working again. This included opening it up, and flushing all the old | fuel and junk from it...
• Re: NVC: '97 Jetta Check Engine Codes
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:17:59 -0800
  ...The codes are > P0171 Fuel Trim, Bank1 System too Lean > P1128 Long Term Fuel Trim Mult., Bank1 System too Lean > P0440 EVAP Emission Contr...
• Re: 90 Vanagon/Westy fuel problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:44:10 -0700
  ...Could the fuel pressure regulator valve been >> trashed >> with the suction that caused the tank to collapse? Something is not >> letting the system pressure...
• Re: O2 sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 08:26:55 -0700
  ...http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/ProductDisplay/s-10101/storeId-10101/p-70/c-10101/catalogId-10101 This book on fuel injection systems helped me...
• Marvel Mystery Oil
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Fri, 14 May 2004 13:10:14 -0700
  ...product? And when using it to clean your fuel system, should you change the fuel filter before or after the process? Thank you all...
• Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:23:34 -0800
  ...Many military aircraft engines of the 1940s utilized a pressure carburetor, a type of fuel metering system similar to a throttle body injection system...
• Re: ARG! HELP! fuel pump problems
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 10:34:04 -0500
  Ok, Time for a fuel pressure gauge. Before you blame anything else in the fuel system, you need to make sure the fuel system...
• RE: Auto Techs: the Next Generation
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 09 Nov 1995 15:57:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...the difficulty, if not >impossibility of repair on modern fuel, computer, or electrical systems. In my case, I was referring to the difficulty of...
• Re: fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 11:20:25 -0500
  ...Fuel pump noise is often caused by a restriction in the fuel system. Usually the restriction is on the inlet side. If there is...
• Re: Subject: 86 Vanagon intermittently shuts off at speed
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 17 Mar 1999 23:29:47 -0600
  ...Water in cooling system How could the contents of the cooling system cause a problem with the fuel injection? This suggestion is sheer lunacy...
• Re: Metric Fuel Line
  Historical mailing list - Jason Brand
  Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:04:48 -0500
  ...It is 7.9mmx3. > > Knowing how critical a tight fuels system is on a Vanagon, I'd like to be > using the 'right stuff...
• Re: the stupidest question yet!
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Wed, 2 Jul 1997 00:51:55 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Charles "83.5 Westy (germ-free fuel system) On Tue, 1 Jul 1997, david radcliff wrote: > This may be the dumbest question yet(if...
• Damnagon stutter !@#$
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 17:36:30 -0400
  ...i'm thinking its an electrical or fuel system problem: -could the fuel pump or fuel injection relay overheat/fail and shut off power...
• Re: CIS-E fuel injection help needed
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:44:52 -0400
  ...since the burn mixture is never perfect it will swing across that voltage of .45 as the fuel injection system continually tries to correct...
• Re: Fuel pump/filter
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Sat, 6 Dec 2014 14:23:48 -0700
  ...the > evap system, (the "hiss") I'm curious if altitude affects a marginal > part in the evap system and-or fuel tank. > > Neil. > >> On...
• RE: '83 Vanagon woes
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 02 Jan 1996 08:46:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...you've eliminated the usual suspects, which leaves either gremlins, or that big black box of mystery called a Fuel Injection System. Possible gremlins...
• more idle calcs...test fuel supply
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:08:22 -0800
  One thing about testing this theory with a small reservoir of fuel: The Digijet system (like L-Jet) recirculates the fuel at a fairly...