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• Re: Rough running till warmed up
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:26:58 -0400
  At 06:02 PM 8/21/2007, Evan Mac Donald wrote... >The butterfly plate in the throttle could be worn, and the shaft and...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:19:02 -0400
  Late versions ('85s) have the combined switch underneath the throttle body, but I don't see that either. MAybe the cable goes to a...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:14:16 -0400
  The throttle switch isn’t keeping it from firing. Since the switch is closed, (on), with the throttle fully closed or open why would...
• How do you hold throttle while purging coolant ?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 10:57:25 -0500
  I fold a shop towel or a blue paper towel to desired thickness, insert between throttle stop and throttle cam, and voila, you got...
• Re: Powerwashing FAIL
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:04:20 -0800
  ...The idle controller watches the throttle switch and adjusts throttle bypass air to keep RPM within a certain range. Standard tuning procedure is to...
• Re: Play in throttle shaft
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 12:22:28 -0800
  Most top machine shops will bore and install a bushing in the throttle bodies. We get this done on a regular basis (about 2...
• Re: AFM issues
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wyand
  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 15:43:29 -0400
  ...I did not think they would effect part throttle performance, just full and 0 throttle situations (as that is when they are activated. (cheking...
• Re: How long does it take your vanagon to warm up
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sat, 14 May 2005 16:07:19 -0500
  ...It is related to throttle-body switch that rests (stangely enough) under the throttle body. I have adjusted mine several times but something keeps...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 12:32:22 CST6CDT
  > Conclusion - still unclear what the full throttle switch is intended to do > : advance the curve, richen the mixture or a combination; believe that is...
• Re: Second Request for Help - Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 20:07:41 -0600
  ...I can remember trying to test the aux air plug by mistake when I meant to check the throttle switch but I never managed...
• More throttle switch questions
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Sun, 30 Apr 2000 16:17:00 EDT
  Hey volks, I've got the throttle body out and I can see the switch after popping off the plastic cover. Here's the...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:01:08 -0700
  ...One at idle position, one for > full throttle > enrichment > > '84 - one switch. Full throttle enrichment only > > '85 - no switches. > > What you're seeing is...
• Re: Vanagon puzzlier
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:16:33 -0700
  ...What is this thing? Do I need it? > > And it starts everytime (so far!) > The full-throttle switch cuts out the closed-loop circuit...
• Warm Starting
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:24:34 -0700
  Hello, With the throttle closed: On a cold start, after sitting at 15 degrees C or less for a long while the Vanagon starts...
• Re: Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 11:31:40 -0700
  I think either the butterfly in the throttle body is sticky or the TPS (throttle position switch) is out of adjustment On Wed, Jun...
• How do you unfreeze a throttle cable?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 12:52:17 -0800
  ...I got the van detailed and when they cleaned the motor some water got into the throttle cable. Seeing how it is below freezing...
• Digitool test results--no throttle switch LED at idle
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:38:47 -0500
  The throttle switch LED is on when when floored, but not at idle. What to do? Thanks, Jim
• Re: engine dying while driving
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:19:18 -0400
  At 06:44 PM 3/28/2011, John Rodgers wrote: > How about at least a short video - of getting that throttle switch >just right...
• Re: Cold Morning Puzzlement Part Deux
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 17 Feb 2000 08:27:20 -0500
  > In a message dated 2/16/00 9:51:46 PM, bloss@enter.net writes: > > << Does your throttle switch go on when you take...
• Re: It's doing it again . . . additional symptom
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:01:49 -0800
  ...I'd second Scot's suggestion on checking the throttle switch settings. The only time I've had similar symptoms it was a mis...
• No throttle switch?
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 08:00:24 -0800
  Following some advice gotten from this group last week relative to an erratic idle, I went to Bentleys to find the throttle switch on...
• Re: Spring for 1.9 liter throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 8 May 2006 14:28:41 -0400
  >Any one know where I can get a compatible spring for the throttle body >that controls the gas pedal coming back up? > >It's...
• Re: engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:04:36 -0700
  ...With the engine not running, and the throttle held open, try lifting on the throttle shaft at the spring. If it moves more than...
• TIICO: cruise control/parts
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Tue, 18 Jun 2002 14:38:19 -0500
  ...Before I begin I need to find a part that couples the throttle control actuator to the throttle. On the stock Vanagon the actuator...
• Throttle-on running issue
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:07:00 -0400
  ...As it warms up it will stumble on throttle. Press throttle open - Baaaaaaaaah - nothing. Lift throttle, returns to idle, sputters a bit like it...
• Throttle switch--lazy sometimes, per digitool
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:10:16 -0700
  ...Got the "don't change, factory adjust only" screw and the throttle switch exactly right per paper and feeler guage. Now the throttle switch...
• Digifant Tool
  Historical mailing list - dave
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 19:27:58 -0600
  I have solved my hesitation / intermittent low power off the line / poor gas mileage problem! Using my Digi-Tool I discovered that my throttle...
• Re: "Hunting Idle"
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 10:52:03 -0800
  ...You should remove the throttle body, clean it up, lubricate the throttle plate a bit so that it travels smoothly and test the switch...
• Re: throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:22:51 -0800
  The '85 1.9 can have either 2 separate switches or "single" switch (same as used on a 2.1) located under the throttle...
• Re: Surging at Idle (2.1 Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:58:20 -0700
  ...Check the adjustment and operation of the throttle switches, namely the throttle-closed switch. While you are at the throttle body, check for excessive...
• help-Adjusting automatic throttle linkage 1988 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 20:38:27 -0500
  I had to come up with a holding clamp to hold this throttle cable to the throttle body, but I have no idea whether...
• accelerator/throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:08:02 -0800
  Just had a new throttle cable installed in my 89 Westy. I wouldn't think that a throttle cable would make much of a...
• Re: "Hunting Idle"
  Historical mailing list - Dana Tessler
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 12:58:43 -0800
  ...Any comments appreciated Dane Tessler -----Original Message----- .>One cause of the hunting idle can be a sticking throttle switch. The >throttle switch is supposed...
• Re: engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 08:48:13 -0500
  got a link for us to this pressure switch replacement for the throttle position switch? -Ry http://www.google.com/profiles/rylincoln On Fri...
• Re: Missing Throttle Postion Sensors?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 13:25:23 EDT
  Brian, With an '85 you should have the combined switch that is mounted under the throttle body. Chuck '85 Wolfsburg Westy - 'Roland the Road...
• Re: How do you unfreeze a throttle cable?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:14:01 EST
  ...I got the van > detailed and when they cleaned the motor some water got into the throttle > cable. Seeing how it is below freezing...
• Re: WTB: Manual-style throttle bolt
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 19:42:28 -0700
  ...Attaching cruise to throttle auto vs manual > My cruise, Audiovox, is attached without problem to the throttle on my > automatic. What going on?
• Re: Throttle Body Problems
  Historical mailing list - David Greenland
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:38:13 -0800
  I just replaced mine on my '91 2.1 The problem was that in my old throttle body the butterfly is hinged on some...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome is it also known as Digifant Disease, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 08:21:53 -0700
  ...Connect the leads firmly to the wires from the idle switch and move the throttle away from the idle position and back. The switch...
• Final - 91 bucking and Digitool
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Merrill
  Mon, 22 Mar 1999 08:36:20 -0800
  Last post I spelled out the symptoms and the digitool readings which pointed me directly to a faulty throttle position switch. I purchased a...
• Re: interesting idle issue
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:35:29 EST
  ...If that causes the engine to settle down, check for a sticking throttle plate or throttle cable. Also, sometimes a hanging throttle can be...
• Re: throttle cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:53:48 -0600
  Got stranded today and needed a 68 Km tow as the throttle cable snapped at the engine end. What is the procedure for replacement...
• Re: Intermittent high idle - able to make "go low"
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 24 Jun 2015 13:30:46 -0700
  The throttle switch must be looked at. It looks like it does not come back enough to switch it to get to idle mode...
• throttle valve cable spring installation
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda's Personal email
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:10:40 -0700
  Hi, on the throttle assembly there is a spring that is about 1/4" in diameter that fits around the end of the throttle...
• Re: Friday question.Re: Vacuum gauge NVC
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:37:58 -0600
  > The carb flow gauge - I have one I used on a Porsche 914-6 > ( 6 individual throttle plates and intake manifolds ) ...that > tool measures...
• Re: Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:06:01 -0400
  ...The throttle body lays transverse over the engine. From the Right hand side of the firewall, through a hole, there is a plastic tube...
• Re: throttle to intake body tightness
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:21:40 -0700
  ...throttle to intake body tightness > >How "tight" should the two phillips head screws be that hold the throttle >body to the central intake manifold...
• Re: low power, no throttle response
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 12:39:53 -0400
  ...Stopped at a stoplight, and the van > almost died when I pressed the throttle. Very little power, and had to > "nurse" the throttle to...
• Re: 2.1 Throttle Switch Assmebly on 1.9 with later style switch?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2016 10:12:35 -0400
  Especially on the 1.9 you can simply disconnect the throttle switch. It's only function at idle to cut off the injectors when...
• Re: Won't stay running below 2,500 RPM - Need Throttle Body Idle Screw
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:07:07 -0500
  ...Luckily it was still in the throttle body and hadn’t made it way down into the engine. Now I’m looking to see...
• Re: backfiring..
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:38:19 -0400
  I don't know if the '83 aircooled had the same setup, but on our Digifant, the throttle switch was maladjusted. One of the...
• Re: engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 11:52:19 -0700
  ...re Is it just a matter of adjusting the throttle valve? no, you adjust the throttle switch. On a 2.1 it can be...
• Re: engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 21:14:11 -0700
  if it is a throttle cable issue ... *all* vanagons if they haven't had it done, and I see many that have never had...
• Re: Throttle switches on 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:15:16 -0700
  ...They are both throttle enrichment settings. However, the two signals do have different effects, depending upon what other info the ECU has floating around...
• Re: where to get a full throttle switch?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 19:08:35 -0700
  ...where to get a full throttle switch? > Well it turns out I do have one. I did the click test and I could hear...
• Re: Automatic shift point adjustment....anyone done this?
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:42:48 -0500
  ...At the throttle body end, don't lose the spring retainer that holds the spring on the linkage to the throttle body when you...
• Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 21:23:17 -0400
  > > But the throttle switch. What a little bastard that is. I did rebuild the > tb early on, rebushed, made new throttle plate, bored throat...
• Re: 85 vanagon throttle body swap... top mounted vs bottom mounted TPS ????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:42:38 -0500
  ...One of the throttle bodies doesn't have the vacuum tube. You just have to route the vacuum lines accordingly (see the Bentley). Mike...
• Re: engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 9 Jul 2010 00:23:09 -0700
  re Is it just a matter of adjusting the throttle valve? no, you adjust the throttle switch. On a 2.1 it can be...
• Re: Rebuilt Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 13 Jul 2015 09:04:26 -0700
  ...What am I missing ? > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_1131_1443/rebuilt-throttle-body.html > > > http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view...