Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 5+: 60 results shown for VW Smell.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: Possible funky smell solution; report
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 09:33:47 -0800
  ...But since this is a never-ending problem with all all AC VWs, maybe I should patent some kind of refurb kit :) On 11...
• Re: For the dreamers ... TDI emissions
  Historical mailing list - swadt
  Wed, 09 Jul 1997 12:08:31 -0500
  ...doesn't have a 0-60 of 20 secs. > > or whatever it is). > > My next door neighbor has always bought the latest VW, and...
• Re: Road trip
  Historical mailing list - robert
  Fri, 13 Jul 2012 21:18:59 +0000
  Im back on the road since Tuesday- driving a dark blue Vanagon Westfalia now just west of Chattanooga Tennessee andstil smelling gas.the rubber...
• Re: 85 GL High Peg
  Historical mailing list - marcus
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:09:09 -0700
  George Your tac finally woke up to smell the roses.On a 2.1 engine standard trans tac reads 3800 at 65mph and 4050...
• Re: Coolant down /No leaks
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 26 May 1998 07:39:23 -0700
  ...The problem baffled the VW gurus for about three months, until my wife discovered the "damp" carpet, but without the usual sweet smell of...
• Re: Antifreeze smell when you turn on Heater?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Thu, 1 May 2008 08:15:08 -0400
  I'm having the same issue (antifreeze smell) in my 1991 GL. I'm also experiencing the dreaded "flashing red coolant light" because Air...
• Re: Gas in oil
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 27 May 2001 09:02:19 -0500
  ...Pull the dipstick oil level is > overfull. > >Smell dipstick smells like gas! Limp to Jiffy lube. Replace 5 quarts of new > >Mobil one with...
• Re: aircooled dash removal prep - what to get, and where?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:43:58 -0700
  On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:47 PM, al sinclair <alvanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > Our 81 vanagon had smelly little visitors living behind...
• Re: Oil/gas leak from passenger cv joint
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:22:56 -0700
  ...Raw gas has a very distinct smell. Even one tiny drop you can usually smell. And you never should smell that smell.. unless it...
• Re: The Best Rational for New Seals
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 19 May 2010 17:13:43 -0500
  ...Also, beach smells are good. My younger brother used to like the smell of gas...don't worry, he turned out pretty good(retiring...
• Re: '90 Westy 2.1L Coolant System Concerns
  Historical mailing list - Michael aka ECHO
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 11:48:14 -0800
  ...And any smell that you can smell.. means there is a small leak, even a drop of the stuff can go along way. Michael...
• Re: Martha's Stroy about Gas Smells
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 23:39:50 -0700
  ...t even have >clamps! Was this a policy with brand-new VW bugs and buses? If so, it may >be fine when they're...
• Re: how engine oil degrades (was: sysnthetic oils)
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 15:46:31 -0500 (EST)
  ...The oil definitely felt 'thin' to the touch, as well as smelling of gasoline. As to why there are two sensors, I guess VW...
• Re: propane leaking on 82 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:10:40 -0700
  ...stove, works > great. �So now, it smells like there is a leak outside the van. �No smells > inside, thank goodness, but I guess it...
• Re: Disneyland camping?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Mon, 7 May 2007 05:38:35 -0700
  ...shaw.ca/vwdiesels '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed '85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars...
• Re: Have any emails been captured
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:24:47 -0700
  ...Myself and others that were following it noted that VW suddenly was hiding the front end of the vehicle at the last news announcement...
• Re: '88 Power Steering - ATF Dexron ??
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 18:47:22 -0500
  ...wear additive formulation (hence some smelling of sulphur, some not). GL4 is the ONLY correct formulation for a VW box of any type. I...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:59:05 -0400
  ...Warped the head in my first VW, 76 Scirocco, when I was a teen. Driving up I-95 with what turned out to be...
• Re: misc
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Tue, 30 Aug 94 13:28:58 CDT
  ...bleah. >VW/Winnebego I thought this joint venture was basically the VW Eurovan >with the camping component manufactured and installed by Winnebago. Am I...
• Re: State of the List... State your ages!!!!!!! :<)
  Historical mailing list - Julia Schrenkler
  Mon, 10 May 2004 23:18:37 -0400
  ...worked on VWs and seemed to have something to show me about every one he had around. I can remember the smell of any...
• User Friendly?? (was " you fixed it with what?!")
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:22:24 -0800
  ...So if you spill some on your shoes or dress you will smell it all day . Gasoline evaporates faster and yes, you will smell...
• Re: Castor oil as lubricant
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:08:11 -0600
  Wasn't Castrol originally castor oil? I remember how it smelled way back then. The very essence of competition! Jim ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott...
• Re: Possible funky smell solution.
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:02:35 -0700
  ...Nobody should put up with that smell or crummy heat. On 10/25/06 8:56 PM, "neil" <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA> wrote: > --- Nathaniel Poole...
• Re: No Flag on this Van...(manditory content in title)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 23:52:50 -0500
  in reference to "no politicians driving vw buses", Evil/Smelly Pig snorted ... > I dunno Joel I do believe Paul Wellstone > did, and he's...
• Rear heater and antifreeze odor
  Historical mailing list - Brian Walch
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 08:44:32 -0800
  I recently had my radiator flushed and filled at a VW shop. Now that it is turning cold, I have tried the rear heater...
• Re: another coolant leak and solution
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 04:37:31 EST
  ...I could not find any water leaking but always smelled like coolant around the rear. Finally, I took the cooling components apart one at...
• Re: All right, which of you Roberts . . .
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 2 Apr 2010 17:06:34 -0700
  ...smell better at ALL. > > Neil. > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw...
• Dometic 182 - no flame 'cause no propane - HELP!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 16 May 2000 23:13:51 -0700
  ...plus I can NEVER smell propane in the combustion chamber no matter how long I hold the button in... any suggestions here? By the...
• Sudden loss of power, running rough and burning oil
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 00:36:02 -0700
  When I started my vanagon tonight it was running unusually rough and I smelled burning oil. It seemed to smoothen out as I drove...
• Re: NDN: Re: Gas smell (Wallaced!)..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 28 Jul 2005 01:03:23 -0700
  ...this and John Wallace that, > I propose we start an annual VW event we can > locate somehwere in the central US, A theme > park...
• Re: Can VW find it's Beetle Juice?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:19:08 -0800
  ...I'd say that Beetle juice smells like diesel to me! ===== Chris S. '84 Westy -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/vws/hershey/ '01 NB...
• Re: Antifreeze smell when you turn on Heater?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:56:18 -0400
  ...When you turn on the heat in the vehicle you can start to smell antifreeze. I am wondering if someone has had this before...
• Re: Wifes Audi - Oil Leak - NVC
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 22 Nov 2007 22:43:28 -0600
  ...smelling like burning oil for the last few months. I >ventured into the engine compartment and found this >http://mywebhopserver.feddishbasses.com:81/vw...
• Re: Fwd: Re: gas odor in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:26:22 -0800
  ...88'GL VW Bus Driver >> >>> Chelsea, AL >> >>> Http://www.moldhaus.com >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 11/13/2011 1:16 PM, Mike Riley wrote: >> >>>> smell gas in...
• Re: '87 fuel odor
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Wed, 4 May 2005 18:10:44 -0700
  ...Good luck! matt > My '87 GL Westy smells of fuel inside right after filling. I've done some > searching through the archives, but still...
• It's showing up in the template, too, Chris..
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hooper
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 13:15:19 -0600
  ...It's probably called TITLE=. --Ken 68 Westy, Admin -- type2 -- The VW Bus Mailing List
• more fuel leaks
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 15 Sep 1999 09:12:02 -0400
  I started smelling fuel after filling up; more so than the usual backsplash, etc. Also, it was on the driver's side near the...
• Re: propane explosion
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 11 May 2007 07:35:13 -0700
  ...The human nose is only so good. > > > Shawn Wright > http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels > '88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed > '85 Jetta Diesel 1...
• Re: I'll bite on the diesel conversion thread..
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 22:30:59 -0800
  ...My old VW rabbit diesel ran to 275k We each find our own pathway to hell...mine smells like a fish fry. On 12...
• Re: Anti freeze smell in heat
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 4 Nov 2009 06:08:18 EST
  ...Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm) _BusFusion_ (http://www.busfusion.com/) a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 11 ~ 14, 2009
• cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - Willie T. Lafrades
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:45:32 -0800
  I recently had my motor replace by my local VW dealer. On occasion it will not start unless I press the gas pedal. When...
• Re: Heater Ideas
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 12:48:26 -0800 (PST)
  ...only supplies YOUR demand! Snifff Snifff! I smell FLAME BAIT. Someone wants to start another flame war... I guess its my "demand" to dump...
• Re: '87 fuel odor
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 5 May 2005 01:08:36 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > :::Subject: '87 fuel odor > ::: > :::My '87 GL Westy smells of fuel inside right after filling. I've done > :::some > :::searching...
• Re: HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 23 Apr 97 20:27:56 EDT
  ...Now, when you say smoking I assume you mean black smoke because you not the exhaust smelled like gas. If this is true, your...
• Re: Brake Fade and Pads
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Wed, 6 May 1998 17:17:32 -0700
  ...By the time I get to the bottom, I can smell the > brakes and they're fading. This did not happen before with the...
• Re: Mold in ducts.
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 06:38:48 EDT
  Dennis; Wouldn't you smell the anti-freeze? Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60 T-5 Coupe On...
• Re: FS/Trade: 1984 Westy (for a Nice 1970s Model)
  Historical mailing list - Jan Willem Brier
  Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:21:59 +0100
  ...around in a smelly, slow, funny-looking VW camper won't recapture my youth, but nonetheless...>>>> Classic case of upcoming VW mania. I would...
• Fwd: Re: Re: Fwd: Re: gas odor in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:11:18 -0500
  ...88'GL VW Bus Driver > > >> >>> Chelsea, AL > > >> >>> Http://www.moldhaus.com > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> On 11/13/2011 1:16 PM, Mike Riley wrote: > > >> >>>> smell gas in...
• Re: Intermittent smoke after stop signal wait...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:29:28 -0700
  ...If I could smell it myself, maybe I would know if it is gas or oil-smelling....I know it is not coolant, since...
• Re: Oil question....not the dreaded which motor oil is best
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Dec 2012 17:52:11 -0800
  Good thing those smelly diesels are finally getting cleaned up !! Need a retro PDF system for VW pre-chamber old fashioned non-electronic diesels...
• Re: gas smell
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:22:59 -0700
  ...http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/new-last-12-months/fuel-tank-crossover-breather-assy-251201147-b In reading recent posts on thesamba...
• How I spent my day off...
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:15:32 -0400
  ...http://www.feddishbasses.com/vw/paint1.html Lessons learned: Don’t drag air hose across wet paint on van. Put that cap thingy back...
• Unjust Cause NVC
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 16 May 2002 12:31:57 -0700
  ...I've witnessed and heard of numerous police releases of people caught with that funny smell. If they run your ID and there is...
• Leaking valve covers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 29 Dec 2002 16:00:16 -0800
  ...VW to place the exhaust directly below the left valve cover so that you can determine if they are leaking simply by smelling the...
• Bug not starting
  Historical mailing list - Miller, Ryan
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 10:19:45 -0600
  Hey guys and gals I know this question doesn't pertain to our beloved vanagons, but since it's in the VW family I...
• Re: UK VW-based Camper
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 08:57:28 -0700
  ...have a wonderful canadian thanks giving weekend lots of you are north enough to smell the cooking turkey regards On Thu, Oct 6, 2011...
• Re: funky exhaust odors
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Thu, 2 Apr 1998 11:04:49 -0800
  ...http://www.hrps.demon.nl > VW-bus page : http://www.hrps.demon.nl/jwbus.htm > VW-bookstore: http://www.hrps.demon.nl/vw-boeken...
• Re: generation span
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:22:59 -0800
  i am 37 and this is my first vw, my first van. same with my wife. my family did have a '78 dasher wagon...
• Re: [vanagon] Newbie Vanagon Purchase
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 09:47:49 -0700
  ...After a while, you get used to all of the normal sounds, smells, and feelings, and you'll know when you're being spoken...
• Re: refilling disposable propane cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 3 Nov 2000 21:50:18 -0500
  ...http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vwtrek PA/NJ/DE/MD area VW bus "group" http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/pavanagon LINUX - for IQs...