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• valve cover and vacuum question -1.8 Gas conversion
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 16:52:48 -0700
  ...I realized that since this engine does not have a separate crankcase ventilation system (as far as I know) with the valve cover line...
• Re: Best Valve Cover Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Jul 2023 02:30:37 +0000
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• Re: Valve cover gaskets
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 22:30:21 EDT
  ...For example, they fit the valve cover exactly without a bunch of gasket glue to hold them in place. I would use THESE again...
• Re: Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 22:09:31 -0500
  ...Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Valve > >I finally go that cover off the heater. I couldn't get my saw blade into >the slot...
• Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:44:13 -0400
  ...and valve, It seems that I have to remove the rear bench because the bar is blocking the removal of the cover. I just...
• Metal shavings under valve covers
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 12:11:30 -0800
  ...Well, when I pulled the cover and manvuered it out of the way, I found clunks of metal (I think it was aluminum) littering...
• Re: Idle Control Valve '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 11:58:02 -0600
  ...In order to cover the last 500 miles home, I plugged the valve and hose that goes from the valve to the air intake...
• Re: getting to heater cables and controls
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:32:39 -0500
  ...A manual coolant shut off valve located under the heater cover in front of the shift lever works the best, and is easy to...
• Broken valves?
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:43:31 -0800
  ...I guess I found the source of the metal shavings under the left valve cover. Does anyone know what causes valves to break just...
• Valves getting much tighter much too fast
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Jul 1995 11:31:04 +0600
  ...Further, when I took off the valve cover, I found two 1/4 circle washers which have a square cross-section. I took a...
• Re: GoWesty Aluminum Valve Covers
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Fri, 3 Aug 2012 10:40:54 -0400
  OK so I've installed the GoWesty aluminum valve covers. Here's what I found: The gasket seat on the covers had some untrimmed...
• Another of Life's Mysteries Solved.....
  Historical mailing list - SSG SPEAR
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 18:20:07 EDT
  I finally got around to taking the valve cover off the right side of the engine in the Syncro today. Yeah, I know, it...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:51:00 -0400
  ...2006/11/vw-engine-paint.html >>BTW, it applies to both valve covers and push rod tubes. > >Don't overlook the fact that Bob...
• Re: Porsche water cooling (was Re: longivity of coversion engines)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:11:12 -0600
  ...Anyone? At 11:30 PM 3/27/02 +1200, you wrote: >> Liquid cooling also allows for four-valve (or five valve) >>heads. The only...
• Propane Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Paul Travassos
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 22:56:51 -0700
  ...size regulators with a cover. The shop also replaced the inlet valve (which I've heard is an autostop valve, is this correct?) with...
• Re: white smoke/power loss?????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:25:03 -0500
  ...the oil sloshed into the valve covers the intake vacuum sucked in the oil past the bad valve guide Bob Donalds Boston Engine http...
• Hydraulic Valve Lifters
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harris
  Mon, 18 Mar 96 20:32:52 +0000 (GMT)
  ...So I jacked the Vanagon up and removed the valve covers. I found one mushy valve lifter - so presumed a leaking lifter. I have...
• Haunted Hub Caps
  Historical mailing list - Duane Teske
  Sat, 10 Apr 1999 20:32:37 EDT
  ...wheel covers start to slowly rotate in relation to the wheel. This would be intresting physics, except that they eventually smush the valve stems...
• Re: Modifying the heater valve
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 22:07:43 -0800
  ...i found much better valve from Honda Accord(older) or Civic. Installed it above floor behind large plastic cover. Extended tubing from below and...
• Re: Need help with propane filling! Can the fill valve stick?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:04:57 -0500
  ...Push button (with red vinyl cover) in flat. Open small bleed valve *all the way* -- gas will vent. Start fill. If things are working...
• Re: Fuel or Electrical Part III
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 7 Dec 2018 09:26:02 -0800
  ...Might want to pull the other valve cover and see what is going on there. I wonder if those are VW heads or AMC...
• Re: Valve Cover Gaskets and Lifter
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:55:17 -0400
  ...o Prior to the trip, I Replaced the valve cover gaskets. I glued the gaskets to the covers as per a suggestion on the...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Walking Boss
  Sat, 9 May 2015 10:58:08 -0500
  I think for the price of a new gasket, I would pull the valve cover and look at a couple cam caps. Although you...
• Re: rocker arms. Interchangeable?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:45:06 -0400
  ...Interchangeable? > Greetings, > > I was wondering if the WBX and aircooled (valve) rocker arms are > interchangable. I know the valve covers are. What about higher...
• Re: NVC Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:40:12 -0500
  ...VW has no shortage of engineering head-scratchers, sounds like that valve cover gasket is one. My Jetta leaked a lot from the valve...
• Re: Bolt-on Empi Valve cover question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Walker
  Wed, 1 Feb 95 08:31:39 EST
  Lee, I have heard nothing but bad things about these bolt on covers, seems that the differential thermal expansion will almost gaurentee that they...
• Re: Subject: Leaking valve covers
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 18:12:58 -0800
  I've had my bolt-on Bugpak aluminum cover for over a year/20,000 miles and neither has leaked or required any adjustment...
• '67 Problems Deluxe...
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 4 Apr 1995 12:32:09 MST
  ...Oil is not dripping from oil plug or coverplate. Oil is not leaking from valve cover. Oil is dripping from tube from block to...
• Scat Enterprises?
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 19:19:32 -0600
  ...One is a full, valve-cover-to-valve-cover engine, including an oil cooler for $1300. They also have complete kits (with and without...
• Re: valve cover gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 26 May 2004 18:17:15 -0400
  ...And watch for flotsam and jetsam falling into the > valvetrain as you pull away the cover. The best tool for removing those retaining clips...
• Re: Porsche water cooling (was Re: longivity of coversion engines)
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:07:38 -0800
  ...The only way Porsche was able to get multi-valve heads with air >>>cooling was to water cool the heads (the 959 and 962...
• Re: Valve cover gasket replacement
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 14 Aug 2020 13:37:59 -0700
  ...nh@comcast.net > )> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Have a minor oil leak around the valve cover on my 1988 2.1 GL vanagon > > 2wd. It’s on...
• propane valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:57:17 -0800
  ...Opposite the end that leads to the regulator is what I believe to be a overpressure valve. Mine is covered in blue plastic. It...
• Valve Cover Gasket 2.1 AT
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:19:51 -0500
  Could someone email a copy of Bentley instructions to replace valve gasket. Could probably figure it iut, but never done it on a VW...
• Re: Proper Tire valve stems?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 20 Aug 2015 09:48:58 -0700
  Valve stems are valve stems, and any tire shop will have the correct ones for your steel wheel. You want them long enough to...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: Common problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - John Tullier
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 17:30:58 -0800
  For those of us with air cooled power plants, there is the valve seat issue. Personally, I wouldn't mind hearing more about that...
• RECIPE FOR PERFORMANCE
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 5 Jun 1999 21:23:34 PDT
  ...swivel feet -Aluminum clip on valve covers (allows for larger lifts with out hitting the stock valve cover and added cooling for the heads...
• Re: Timing tips for Idiots
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 06:35:39 -0700
  ...1 cylinder. ("O" mark on scale) Easiest is to pull the valve cover off the passenger side of van. #1 cylinder is closest to...
• Re: Rear Heater Core Cover Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:09:30 -0400
  ...cover out. With everything apart. It looks like the valve is leaking. The core, while dirty, looks ok. I'll be ordering a valve...
• Adjusting lifters preload
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 9 Oct 2019 10:34:45 -0700
  ...do I have to bring the piston to TDC, reset and re-adjust or could I just open the valve cover and add 1...
• Re: Don't Replaced that heater valve today!
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sun, 29 Aug 2004 08:41:00 -0700
  ...to put it mildly) location for the valve, there is plenty of room above floor behind cover, would have been a lot easier to...
• Re: Do not give up on the Wasserboxer just yet, the power is there...
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Sun, 13 Dec 1998 01:58:14 -0500
  ...3 Angle valve job on seats, 2 angle on valves >-Copper exhaust gaskets >-Solid rocker shafts >-Aluminum Valve clip-on valve covers vented to...
• Re: Proper Tire valve stems?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Fri, 21 Aug 2015 12:31:00 -0700
  ...With covers you want the > valve long enough so it can be serviced with the wheel cover in place. > > In the real truck world...
• Re: Oil Leak Over Heater Box
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 11:01:27 -0400
  ...get a stuck valve cover off will pry it off with a screwdriver or some such tool and warp the cover's sealing surface...
• Diesel van breather hose
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 14:56:02 EST
  Have any diesel van owners found a reasonable substitute for the breather hose from the valve cover to the intake manifold? I think this...
• Rear cabin heater
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sun, 12 Aug 2001 21:20:48 -0400
  What is white wing valve do on heater box? A system bleeder? How do you work it? Cut off bottom of covering box by...
• valve adj. 90-2.o
  Historical mailing list - Patty Ormiston
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:53:12 -1000
  loud valve chatter at idle and faster as accelorated. how to adj. also i took off cover and 1 pushrod is about center and...
• More progress in idle problem and a question
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:30:05 EDT
  I covered the end of the idle stabilizer control valve with tape so that no air could pass through that system and reconnected the...
• Re: need valve covers and gaskets in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:41:07 -0500
  ...need valve covers and gaskets in Canada Hi folks, Well, my van's previous problems finally got fixed (the new air flow meter did...
• Re: Warm Feet
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 15:12:31 -0400
  Pop off the intrument cluster cover and find the heater control cable. Loosen the screw on the cable clamp. Move the housing so you...
• Re: Diesel Westy oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 11:10:32 -0800
  ...I checked the hose and valve cover, no restrictions. I notice a small amount of back pressure when I blow into the hose when...
• Re: '81 Engine work
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Schuster
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 09:27:34 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...When he pops the valve cover bail off of the left side it hits > the catalytic converter and won't let him get the...
• Re: Metal shavings under valve covers 2
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 9 Mar 1998 17:36:33 EST
  Also, before you pull the heads, check your lifters and pushrods. They could have went south and you can replace them without pulling the...
• crankcase breather valve?
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 21:50:58 -0500
  My Pro Training manual for the Digifant (don't know the model dates it covers) mentions a "breather valve" on the crankcase that controls...
• 2nd gear brake band piston UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Greg Stelz
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:52:23 -0800
  ...If breaks, it is necessary to remove the valve body to reinsert the rod. Greg Stelz 86 Westy > My 2nd gear brand piston cover...
• Re: GoWesty Aluminum Valve Covers
  Historical mailing list - Tjhannink
  Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:31:15 -0500
  Go with the bolt on variety if you can find them. My set has been on for over 10 years now and they have...
• Re: Heat won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:34:27 -0700
  ...The valve is accessible after you remove the spare tire. You can use a pair of snipenose visegrips with the jaws covered in bicycle...
• Re: Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Valve
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:23:23 -0400
  ...Sum' b*tch - Rear Heater Valve > >I finally go that cover off the heater. I couldn't get my saw blade into >the slot...
• Re: Different Kind Of Valve Adjustment Question?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:43:29 -0700
  ...topics are covering fresh rebuilds that have never been started > before. > > I pulled my valve covers off last night to check valve clearances and...
• Need help with propane filling! Can the fill valve stick?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 11:46:08 -0800
  ...Small bleed valve thingy w/ spin dial on side of fill valve will release gas. Lightly pushing red cap on other side of the...