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• Anyone to offer help on the phone?
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:57:28 -0800
  ...So, I would like a few phone numbers from those who think they are experienced enough with a '86 Vanagon engine and can troubleshoot...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 15:50:18 -0600
  ...427cid 428cid and 440cid were once considered ideal numbers. Even >>better than the xx-xx-xx series once discussed in that era as well...
• Re: What octane fuel?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 16 May 2005 16:02:20 -0600
  ...The gas pumps in the US >> reflect and average octane rating of RON and MON or >> (R+M)/2 which is a lower number...
• NVC - Jetta Question
  Historical mailing list - David
  Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:54:56 -0500
  ...The wiring appears to come from the firewall side of the engine and was laying on top of the tranny. Wire1 is yellow with...
• Re: Oil Pressure Test Results
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:19:21 -0400
  ...What weight are you using? Also, although you waited for the fan to cycle which indicates a warm engine, you need to run the...
• Re: Lost power while driving, now no start
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:55:31 -0400
  You didn't say, but I assume that you have a Subaru engine (EJ22). The engine does not have to be running to read...
• Re: Engine fuel injection differences from 86 through 91
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 7 May 2004 08:00:58 -0400
  ...number. It is important to know about this when ordering hoses. However these changes are not so drastic as to not allow an engine...
• 1986 Vanagon - parting out
  Historical mailing list - Russell O. Gunter
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 17:33:43 EST
  ...The engine (2.1L) was running fine until the heads gave out. Engine is still mounted to the chassis. Rear bumper is dented but...
• Re: Vanagon tongue wait capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 16:24:14 +1000
  ...Not sure if the camper supplement shows a lower number or not. =20 --=20 Don in Reidsville, NC ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Interesting....my owner's manual has...
• Re: Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend?
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 13 May 2012 20:00:50 -0400
  ...Sounds like 'soot' is kept in suspension better than coventional oils designed for gas engines. The shear numbers look good. Resistance to shear might...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:46:13 -0400
  ...liter-engine/37428/> > > > > > engine > > > > > tasked with improving fuel consumption and increasing low-down > > torque. > > > > > > > > > > Volkswagen's engineers say there are a number of improvements...
• Engine conversions (Was: I've seen the Tii conversion completed
  Historical mailing list - VW Master
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 11:34:24 -0700
  ...I need to clarify that I despise Subaru engines too. I have seen 911 conversions, Ford V6 conversions And a number of different ways...
• Re: 1988 Rebuilt Engine Stumbling at various RPM levels 2100-2300, 3400- 4000rpms
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Sat, 8 Aug 2009 17:10:52 -0400
  ...1988 Rebuilt Engine Stumbling at various RPM levels > 2100-2300, > 3400- 4000rpms > > >> I just got my Rebuilt Engine back in my automatic 88 wolfsburg...
• Some 1600cc questions.
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Mon, 15 May 1995 14:28:00 +0100 (BST)
  ...This engine has a 050 dizzy fitted. Now Muir says this is a no no for this engine, as it dosn't retard #3...
• Re: What the heck is this?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 07:29:10 -0700
  ...number 2 01 31 and 2 > 01 32 - the fuel tank and all associated parts - tank, expansion > tanks, hoses and fittings. > > Drawing number 9...
• Re: Knecht oil filter Beck Arnley p/n
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Tue, 14 May 2002 20:55:09 -0700
  > > For what it's worth, this is the Beck-Arnley part number for the OEM > > Knecht oil filter: 041-0698 About $9 at my...
• Gas Vanagon to Diesel Conversion?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:25:43 EST
  ...Then your engine management would be completely mechanical. I have compared a few of the hp and torque numbers that are available for the...
• Picture, was; Removing engine, WAS; How high do I lift the wee beastie?
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:06:35 -0800
  993269 is the number you put into the search window on TheSamba home page. I must admit, the winch position on the picture is...
• Re: Subaru Conversions Longevity?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 00:53:10 +1200
  ...Engine importers, who bring in containers of used engines from Japan (including every type of engine made there!), tell me they have never had...
• Re: Royal Purple Motor Oil..
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 12 May 2014 00:40:35 -0600
  ...Protect & Perform Like a Straight40 Oil ~ The Number Before the "w" has LittleToNoEffect on FuelEconomy because Engines&TheirOil don't stay Cold for VeryLong...
• VANAGON INTERMITTANT "STALLING"
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 05 Apr 94 14:08:00 EDT
  ...The part number is 025906302. (There are two other numbers on my repair order. Perhaps they are some kind of procedure numbers? They are...
• Re: Radial tire size for '70 Bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 1996 11:47:02 -0500
  ...Your engine relies on engine RPM to cool itself. Without keeping the revs up you'll burn that little type1 motor up tying to...
• Re: VW Special Tools - Prices
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 15:53:55 -0400
  ...I managed to > find a local VW dealer that was willing to call around to find out the > price on special tool numbers VW...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve part numbering question
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:05:30 -0700
  ...on, engine off. IIRC, on later model years the ISV "hums" only when engine running. Possibly ONLY due to a change somewhere else in...
• Re: FRAM specualtion re pressure
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 20:10:00 -0400
  ...a mechanical engineering student. Jim Davis 87 GL Syncro 88 GL Wolfsburg >> Actually, consumer reports did this type of testing a number of years...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:39:59 -0700
  ...There are a number of technologies or approaches that are 'on the cusp', so to speak, that should have either failed or made a...
• Re: Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Robert S Keezer
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 00:54:33 -0800
  ...82 HP engine the values are 4.11 and 18.26. For > the > diesels with 5.86 r&p, the numbers are 4.89...
• Re: Vanagon trivia
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Aug 2008 19:08:53 -0700
  it doesn't say 'more with 1.6 TD engines than gas engines' it says 'more 1.6TD engines than 2.1 gas engines...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 19:13:29 -0500
  ...If you got the number of Vanagons wrong, maybe you got the rest of what I said wrong too! On 3/31/06, robert...
• Re: radiator fan and A/C
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:01:59 -0600
  ...fan relay and the number on it... thanks > I will replace the radiator fan switch and that relay... the resistor is fairly new ( 2...
• Deeply Saddened and Troubled
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 17:11:23 EDT
  ...I joined this list with the gleeful eye to indulging in a number of fruitful (technical) discussions with a number of fiscal masochists operating...
• Re: Random wire... Ugh.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:08:32 -0700
  ...The 2 original 86/87 ECUs both end with 022 in the VW number and these don't have the capability AFAIK. The 88...
• Re: 87 Westy overheating after coolant change
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 21:01:57 -0500
  ...Even engines with the sensor in the head need the coolant to be accurate. Same problem if the pump stops turning such as a...
• 78 camper for sale by friend of coworker
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:02:25 -0800
  ...1977 Bus with "bubble top" (which means you can stand up in it) 2 liter Porsche fuel injected engine with approximately 60000 miles on...
• Question on Waterboxer Power vs transplants.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 30 May 2001 23:00:36 -0800
  ...It would please me greatly to hear some numbers on the proposed replacement powerplants or a URL with a graphed engine in the same...
• Interpretting Compression Values- 88GL?
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 14:13:32 -0400
  Hi Folks, Did a compression check today, and need some help finding what these numbers really mean. Here's the results: Cylinder #1: 125...
• WTB: Kenwood Stereo Face Plate.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 20 Dec 2014 13:08:10 -0800
  ...KDC-BT648U KDC-X695 KDC-X395 KDC-348U I'll pull the stereo to get the exact model number if anyone has a face...
• Vanagons and VW's in Madison
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Oct 1996 10:24:53 -0600
  ...If anyone is interested in this E-mail me and I will track down the number. Some surface rust around rear seams, low miles...
• compression ratios for '87 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 13:13:05 -0600
  ...know how to interpret these numbers. Anybody care to tell me what to expect with the WBX engine? This one has 170k or so...
• Re: how remove stove top?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:19:46 -0400
  ...I thought I >had it bookmarked, alas no, and I can'tfind it with my favourite search engine. >I'll try >to remeber to...
• Re: Procedure for checking computer Temp sending unit
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 09:29:01 -0400
  ...I was looking at the numbers along the left column for the graph on the right. It is a bit confusing. Good Luck and...
• Re: FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods.
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:52:37 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >For sale Weber Solid Lifter Camshaft .297 lift, unknown duration. >I don't know the part number. >Asking $150.00...
• Re: Questions about Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Susan Bernavich
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:09:01 -0700
  ...If you are using a "C" rated oil for diesel engines (Shell, > Chevron, Pennzoil, etc.) and your engine is not on its last legs...
• Re: Automatic Trans with the engine shut off?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 22:37:42 PDT
  >From: "Clark, Patrick" <PClark@northpoint.net> >I noticed for the first time at the DMV of all places, that with the > >engine shut down...
• Re: Friday: Bosch MAF (mass air flow meter)
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 30 Jun 2017 16:47:42 -0700
  ...5 cylinder 2.4 litre 10 valve NA engine (no turbo) I checked via Amazon. This part number appears correct: 0280217107 On 6/30...
• Re: Water temp warning light flashing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 11 Nov 2014 09:36:44 -0800
  ...I have had to > disconnect and connect the battery a number of times and wonder if I could have blown something. > Any advice appreciated...
• Re: Plugs...The best plugs around
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Tue, 26 May 1998 02:02:56 EDT
  ...W7RDTC) and put them in my '89 VAnagon engine. On turning the engine on I heard a loud mettalic sound and became immediately concerned...
• More Numbers! A Performance Index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 19 Sep 95 12:36:18 PDT
  ...As this yields a number below one in all cases considered, each result is multiplied by 100 to give numbers that appear more tangible...
• Re: Plugs, gas cap, stuff, etc...
  Historical mailing list - Keith Pike
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 16:13:36 -0230
  ...the engine... Also, does anyone > > have a > > list of part numbers for all the bulbs? and/or a brand and part number for > > a...
• Bucking Engine
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Sat, 1 May 2004 08:03:50 -0700
  I seem to have developed an engine problem. Let me begin by saying I have an 88 GL, this engine has about 70,000...
• Re: front heater valve troubles?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 30 Jun 2020 11:11:25 -0700
  ...Are you referring to this Ford heater control valve? > > https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/BK_6601140 > > Part number found in the archives here...
• Re: Horsies
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jul 1995 14:39:15 -0400
  Attachment file number 1, file name >>2. Weigh the car, and take it to the drag races. Use >>your quarter mile ET and MPH...
• Re: Knocking noise from lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:31:29 -0600
  ...the total base number of the oil > and thereby > combat the tendency of unneutralized acid to etch-away at the engine > innards. > This would...
• Re: the term "barndoor" bus..(was:Re: Sheryl Crow in a Bus
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 9 May 2002 13:44:37 -0500
  ...phone number you "heard" this from ---- > >I want to talk to him---- > >Chris is most positively correct---- > >Barndoor refer's to the engine lid...
• I will pay 75.00 US for this part. Have you got one?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:23:56 -0400
  ...It's location in the engine bay is in the back left corner (if looking at the engine from outside the van). Usually mounted...
• Re: re. 88 toyota van from japan on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Brad Estergaard
  Mon, 11 Jul 2005 23:49:02 -0700
  ...The little 2Litre 2CT turbo diesel engine is also surprisingly peppy, quiet and very fuel efficient (for USA residents this engine was used in...
• Re: Diesel Westy Gearing Swaps- reply
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:58:18 -0500
  ...of a difference to get the engine rpms much lower. I would love to post exact numbers, but I did this about 2 years...
• Help, Shifting/Clutch Problem???
  Historical mailing list - Michael Avrea
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 05:01:15 EST
  ...Any ideas?? I am not a mechanic however I do have a decent number of tools and as money is tight I try to...
• Re: Stolen Bus Alert -- Followup
  Historical mailing list - James Creech
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:52:40 -0500
  ...I > can do something, just pmail me any details, names, phone numbers etc etc > what is the name of her pit ??? > pierre a. lachance...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:15:54 -0700
  ...Diesel Subaru Conversions > > It's funny this Friday how engine conversion > threads always tend to deteriorate into political > arguments, usually a left viewpoint. > > The...