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• Re: Solid Lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:55:27 -0500
  ...000 RPM where valve float issues come into play there is no added advantage. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Michael Brenner wrote: >Fellow...
• Re: lifters that go flat
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:09:54 -0600
  Karl, you have to grab the lifters w/ one finger or w/ a screwdriver.....be nice & patient w/ the screw driver. It also helps...
• Re: Rear Heater Leak
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 23:14:25 -0500
  ...These attach to a small block that has a >valve and lever on it. The valve bolts onto the housing for the rear >heater...
• Post winter storage sticky valve noise
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 12:01:08 -0400
  ...The engine started up fine, but it now has a sticky valve type sound on the driver side of the engine. This noise was...
• Re: Another Fridge Question
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 23:45:26 -0800
  Bill, i was not suggesting that your decision to drive witht he fridge off was unreasonable. Rather i was disputing your contention that driving...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 22:54:20 +0000
  ...Valve goes to both on > and off stops but heat still comes out of the driver and passenger side > vent. It's installed properly...
• Re: curious item on ebay
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 08:38:09 -0400
  At 04:36 AM 4/9/2001, Jeffrey R wrote: >Does anyone know what the yellow cap under the driver's side tail light...
• Front drivers heater - cut off valve installation guide
  Historical mailing list - Larry Word
  Tue, 15 May 2007 08:42:57 -0700
  Where can I locate this information? I saw it once w/ photos, specs., etc. which would be nice! Larry Ga. --------------------------------- Luggage? GPS? Comic books...
• Re: Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 11:10:21 -0600
  I violated my pretty black plywood under-seat cover and drilled a hole where I could open and close the valve via gray lever...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:10:29 -0700
  ...often well we need to adjust the valves? > > > This was fun and if anyone wants to drive a Frankenstein's monster that > kicks ass...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:25:56 -0800
  ...the >> drive gear, so I can't trust the drive gear position any more. >> >> Here is what I did: remove the valve cover on...
• Re: How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:11:34 -0500
  ...valve on the radiator, then drive down the > road until the low coolant warning light comes on. Stop, fill the tank, > then drive some...
• Re: Hot Foot well
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:31:30 -0500
  ...down to the heater valve,removed the hoses and dropped the valve assembly with hoses and cable onto the driveway to work on it...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Jowell
  Fri, 15 Jul 2016 18:41:16 -0400
  ...Valve goes to both on and off stops but heat still comes out of the driver and passenger side vent. It's installed properly...
• Re: LVC Protective Gloves?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 22:28:25 -0800
  ...on a 1/4" drive socket > screwdriver. This fits over the propane knob so you can crack the > valve without touching it, and close...
• Egg on face (was: whiff of propane)
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:24:05 -0700
  ...she's doing, but this is an old valve and I have chosen to drive about in an old vehicle. What does Bob Hoover...
• Re: Turning off rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Craig Luke
  Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:12:13 -0700
  Last year I moved my rear heater all the way over to the drivers side wall. I have a weekender, so this gives me...
• Sticking throttle (long)
  Historical mailing list - Barry Muller
  Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:48:29 -0800
  ...As the van has a slush box (don't all Carats?), I checked out the "multispring cluster" on the throttle-valve housing. Sure nuff...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:29:40 -0600
  ...In that training we were taught that the intake valve was cold, the exhaust valve was hot, and that told the tale. Exhaust valves...
• Stripped drain plug solution?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Charles
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 08:53:01 EST
  ...to add it to the pitted surface before having this valve installed? Any thought appreciated. Craig Charles (Driveway's a mess) 87 Westy gl
• Re: Heat
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 15:06:09 EST
  ...He attributes it to a bad valve or a bad cable. Either is an inexpensive fix that you can deal with temporarily (Drop the...
• Re: Cylinder head repair question
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 18:18:51 -0500
  ...My question is > valve guides? Can these be changed by me, at home? I have no shop press. > Can they be driven out and...
• Re: Boston Bob Big Valve Update? Not really... (LONG)
  Historical mailing list - Tom F.
  Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:12:05 -0500
  ...Just disconnect it, on the driver's side of the engine compartment, and see how it runs. Tom F.
• Re: Syncro - tire question regarding flat - help
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:27:06 -0700
  ...driveshaft. VC can get toasted in that distance. Valve stem split? Isn't there a service station nearby who can just pop another valve...
• Re: engine noises
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Mon, 23 Jun 2003 20:04:24 -0700
  ...Properly adjusted hydraulic lifters will have no clearance between the rocker and the valve. Run the engine. Jim Dan Erlandson wrote: >>That "rock hard...
• smell
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 22:13:52 -0800
  ...burnt oil at the drivers door in the compartment but not outside the van .I have a leaky valve cover gasket but it is...
• Re: Results from a compression test.
  Historical mailing list - No Quarter
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 21:37:09 -0500 (CDT)
  ...NO compression would seem to me to be more than just "out > of adjustment valves". I can't think of a likely senario where...
• Re: switching from manual to automatic
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:23:32 -0500
  ...No trans,or bleeder valve, but I got the final drive.No wiring harness.It is all temporiarily lost, as I had to move...
• Re: No compression
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:39:13 -0500
  ...There is some very good machine shop that can replace or/and weld the new valve seat. Now, the reason: Bad valve adjusment or...
• Re: Idle Stablizer Rebuild?
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  22 Nov 1995 08:36:59 -0800
  ...interfere with the "piston's" ability to physically respond (open/close a port) to the electrical drive signal that goes into this valve. Harvey
• Re: valve adj.: lower compression, valvetrain noise remains
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 May 2012 17:36:27 -0400
  ...lower compression, valvetrain noise remains Folks: I'm adjusting the valves on my ten year old Boston Bob 2.1 with about 60,000...
• Tire weiredness
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 07:14:13 -0800
  ...installed at Sears last weekend (for my daily driver, not the Westy), they installed valve stems with a metal shank around them. Perhaps the...
• Re: 86 vanagon high idle
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 06:14:27 -0500
  ...I could find (for the 2 wheel drive)was to > pinch off the idle stablizer valve. After I did that the only problem > was...
• rebuilding throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 17 May 2001 18:39:45 -0400
  ...throttle position switch because the valve does not always return to the same position. This seriously affects driveability of the van around town (still...
• 300k!
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 10:18:06 -0400
  ...far is burnt #4 exhaust valve and #2 cylinder filled with coolant. Both were weekend, in the driveway repairs. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m...
• FS 82' Diesel westy
  Historical mailing list - John \"Shaggy\" Donovan
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 23:51:29 EDT
  ...recent valve job. body straight. Asking $6,000 located in Southern NY. Drive it as or do an I-4 conversion to it. Shaggy
• Re: Fuel Injection Question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 14:02:28 -0500
  ...is probably running lean. > > Dennis > Lean running cylinder equals burned valves, scored cylinder walls, burnt pistons! My 2 cents. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: How to bleed the cooling system???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:00:28 -0800
  ...Drive down a steep hill with the engine at a high rpm with the heater valve open all the way and leave it open...
• Re: 2.1 Electronic Idle Control valve
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 5 Mar 2008 01:26:31 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Scott Daniel - Shazam wrote: > Electronic Idle control valves operate with a 'duty cycle' I believe. > > It's most definitely...
• Re: 1.9 idle woes
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:02:26 EST
  ...Please review that "air valve test" procedure with us, then we'll go from there. Drive Safely & Good Luck Ken Lewis <Kernersville,NC> 86...
• Re: Idle stabilization control question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:28:00 -0600
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Tim Marciniak wrote: > Has anyone had an idle stablization control valve that hummed as > Bentley describes it should...
• Re: irregular idle speed
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 09:46:06 -0400
  ...I took the unit off and sprayed the inlet and outlet until clean then used a small screw driver to hold the valve open...
• Re: Metal slivers found in oil strainer
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 08:07:54 -0500
  ...that's rings, cylinders, valve tips, oil pump cover, etc. and that isn't a happy thing. Bottom line: drive it. Bringing ideas to...
• Re: noisy lifter: Marvel mystery oil??
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:33:16 -0500
  ...vehicle is almost a guarantee of the lifters going flat and having valve clatter on start-up. Good luck. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver
• Re: no compression
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 6 May 2003 22:39:57 -0500
  ...4) Remove the cylinder head temp sender near the fire wall driver side. 5) Remove the sheet metal on the driver side. 6) You...
• Re: interference engines.....was Re: How much would this cost
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:32:35 -0500
  ...the extra $4K > to > drive away from the showroom with with a VR6, > > tim.. '97 jettas wont bend valves if you break the TB...
• Re: 82 Diesel Question - Seal around Cold Start Valve?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 May 2000 21:58:03 EDT
  ...Get a torx driver from your FLAPS. Remove the cold start arm from the pump (has a clip on it) and use the torx...
• Re: Proper Tire valve stems?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:59:45 -0700
  ...down to 38psi in Front if I want a mellow drive... :-)
• Re: Purging Cooling System
  Historical mailing list - J. Meade
  Sat, 14 Jan 1995 22:10:00 -0600 (CST)
  ...Is that too low? I ran it for over 15 minutes after having driven it till it was thoroughly warm. The fluid was well...
• Re: Help diagnose Cinco
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 7 Nov 2005 07:45:04 -0800
  ...the drive gear, so I can't trust the drive gear position any more. Here is what I did: remove the valve cover on...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Seal
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  04 Sep 96 23:39:22 EDT
  ...drain petcocks (valves)? Ken and all: I ran a petcock on a '88 Plymouth Colt Wagon (not the 4 wheel drive Vista) for 5...
• valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 19:49:53 -0700
  Hi, I've been talking to my brother-in-law who is a Austin-Healey man about adjusting the valves on my vanagon. He...
• Re: GoWesty heater valve--it just works
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:12:55 +0000
  ...heater > > valves will not turn off completely. The last thing I want is heat in my > > nonAC westy during those summer drives. Then stopping...
• Re: Engine Advice Needed-Valve lifters and adjusters.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 May 2014 08:40:16 -0400
  ...net> wrote: > If it was in my driveway the test would now be to loosen the valve > adjusters a full turn on that low...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 11:08:13 -0600
  Neal, interesting post! I never knew that the V-dub engines had sodium filled valves. Interesting info. I note our comment about the bronze...
• stalling when engine is cold
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 02 Sep 94 17:30:28 CDT
  ...If the oil pressure relief valve sticks, oil pressure could rise to over 200 psi when you accelerate to drive off. With pressure that...
• Re: Bad intake valve @ 30,000 miles????
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 4 Jul 2003 09:01:58 -0500
  ...Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Dennis Haynes wrote: >Yes, this happens. I doubt VW replaces the valves in the so called new >heads...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 23 May 2017 16:33:01 -0700
  ...an extended drive to pump up lifters for adjustment. In fact, better for them to bleed down. After adjusting the valves will be pushed...
• Oil Pressure Relief Valve
  Historical mailing list - Dave Nadeau
  Sat, 16 Sep 2000 13:22:25 -0700
  Does anyone have any suggestions for or "been there, done that" cautions about removing the Oil Pressure Relief Valve on their engine? I've...
• Re: Driving without fuel expansion tanks hooked up?
  Historical mailing list - Taeke
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:56:35 -0400
  ...valves that broke while doing a tank reseal. Will I damage anything if I put a small amount of gas in and drive it...