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• how often should I replace canister style fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Tue, 26 Dec 2000 18:37:20 -0800
  ...was wondering if I should replace the canister fuel filter. The one on my 87 gl looks like its been there for a long...
• Fuel Filter Question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Shane
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 12:09:56 -0400
  ...My Fuel filter on my 87 Vanagon began a slow drip today. Napa has them on hand, and I was wondering if they are...
• 86 vanagon westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Ayotte
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 15:29:37 -0400
  ...i changed the fuel filter and when i did the fuel that came out of it was literally orange and thick... i also noticed...
• Re: no gas pedal response, bogged down?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 10:15:36 -0500
  Water cooled has external filter, which I just replaced. Based on poor running at two or less gallons in the tank I suspect it...
• Re: Changing Auto tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:38:00 EST
  ...Now position your new filter in the filter cover. Position your new paper gasket up against the piston housing and screw the filter cover...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:50:47 -0600
  ...The filter has an anti drain back valve. So do a lot of other quality filters, and some that are not so good, at...
• Re: Oil Filter Nipple Snafu!
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 13 May 1998 23:40:09 -0700
  At 08:04 PM 5/13/98 -0700, Off White wrote: >Then, it became apparent that the nipple >was stuck in the filter. Naturally...
• Fw: Air filters, K&N
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Mon, 7 Dec 1998 06:40:16 -0500
  ...Air filters, K&N >Hi all, >Just wonderin' before i shell out $60 for a K&N air filter, Do they make a >noticeable...
• Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:43:06 -0600
  One way to change the color of the light is to put a filter in front of the bulbs- I did this on my...
• Re: k&n airfilters
  Historical mailing list - Tim
  Sun, 2 Jun 2002 16:13:18 -0700
  I have K&N air filters in all my cars and trucks. This is a great company and they strand behind their products and...
• was : R134 conversion..,,Now water in tank
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:48:28 +0000
  ...I had just put in a new filter last year so I knew it wasn't the filter. I normally don't leave ethanol...
• Re: Rebuild is done, Van is running, now what?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:31:52 -0600
  ...Then the oil was changed again and a new filter installed. I ran it another 1000 miles and then changed the oil and filter...
• Re: OIL COOLER FILTER SANDWICH PLATE + THERMOSTAT experiences need
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 16 Apr 2017 07:04:41 -0700
  ...my secondary oil cooler. > > > > Recently I bought the empi oil cooler filter sandwich plate, AN8 PTFE > > stainless braid hose, the empi thermostat and all...
• Re: Touchy Topics
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:26:09 -0500
  ...SAE grades are not good enough. > > Transmission Fluid - See oil reference > > Filters (all filters) - Use only German brands even though they may actually be...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Mon, 11 May 2015 19:50:57 -0400
  ...No oil pressure. > > After about 30 seconds I shut it down. > > Replaced the oil filter with another one. No difference although the oil > > filter...
• Re: New fuel pump and filter - still noisy!
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:50:54 -0400
  ...I used the pre pump filter to adapt to the smaller tank outlet. Thought the pre-filter might be the problem so removed it...
• Re: Needed - EV Oil Filters
  Historical mailing list - Jeff DeLeeuw
  Mon, 10 Feb 1997 09:38:58 -0800
  ...filter is still listed as a 'dealer >only' item, and it costs BIG bucks! > >Got any informationj on a source for Eurovan filters (name...
• Re: 85 Wolfsburg Westy $2250
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 6 Oct 2003 00:05:41 -0400
  ...Bentley manual, extra oil filters and fuel filter. Lots of service records. Upgraded instrument cluster with tach and digital clock. Clean title and Carfax...
• Re: NEED GAS TANK
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:12:23 -0400
  > Very few modern-fuel injected cars have filters before the > pump. The main problem with a pre pump filter is that any > restriction on...
• weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - wsilva
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 14:50:50 -0800
  ...With a mega-tune-up, new belts, hoses, filters, gaskets, oil & filter change, transmission filter/fluid change, 0xygen sensor, coolant sensor etc. and I...
• Re: high altitude
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Fri, 5 Sep 2003 18:28:01 -0700
  ...Living there takes about 6 weeks to acclimate. (*sp?*) As far as the air filter solution goes, it sounds like a dirty air filter...
• Re: Gas tank sucked together!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:23:28 -0400
  So what dose the charcoal filter do? Dose it let air in the fuel system? I know where the charcoal filter is but not...
• Re: Fuel Filter 86 Syncro?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:21:12 -0600
  ...cleaned up the ground connection. > > I wanted to change the fuel filter and embarrassingly so I can't find it, > in one diagram it...
• Re: What next? ... GREMLINS STILL OCCUPY 80 CA VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Thu, 30 Jan 1997 18:27:39 -0800 (PST)
  ...The only "vapor" line I'm aware of is the line from the gas tank, through the charcoal filter and into the air filter...
• Re: Gordita boy
  Historical mailing list - Javier Saenz
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:29:05 PDT
  Only if we can filter yours also. And who are you calling a child? Who or what puts you upon your mighty throne? Are...
• Mars vs Venus: Changing the oil
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 21:14:42 -0700
  ...sure, but I figure there's some air in the oil >filter, oil galleries, etc. so I run the engine just a short time...
• Re: Diesel: Sudden oil leak!
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:08:13 -0800
  ...Sorry, meant to say, "block and *filter* assembly". T. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tobin Copley Bowen Island, BC, Canada 49deg 23'N-123deg 19'W '82 Westfalia 1...
• Re: Loud Fuel Pump/Fuel Pump Mount - Was: Thank you Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:04:14 -0400
  ...Admitedly I do have to check ther filter. The stock mount I guess was my first stop to quieting that thing down. On Mon...
• Re: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:23:31 -0500
  ...oil filter -- some are insistent on Manne or Meyle filters, others will use different ones.  I have on occasion used a Bosch filter, and...
• Water injection and long term damage
  Historical mailing list - Peter W. Stein
  Sat, 20 Dec 1997 17:42:34 -0800
  ...didn't diagnose until 6 days later, only test driven during this time replaced fouled plugs, filter dosed 1/4 tank of gas with...
• Re: Oil pressure mystery, resolved???
  Historical mailing list - John S. Klun
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 11:58:48 -0600
  ...When I kept the Mobile 1 but used a VW Jetta filter, I didn't have that problem. It seems that the VW filter...
• Re: HELP: Engine stopped
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Thu, 7 Jul 2016 10:58:09 -0700
  ...If you > have two, you can eliminate the front square filter. > > --t > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Fuzzy :philippe <fuzzmeister...
• Re: part number
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:00:42 -0700
  '83.5 through '85 used a square air filter element. The change took lace in '86. Thanks for the info; I think I need...
• Re: copper crush washers
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 1 Sep 2019 09:32:36 -0600
  Walmart will also recycle Oil & Filter if it is a Walmart with Auto Repair Facility ~ On 31 Aug , 2019, at 9:22 PM, David...
• Re: Gas Vapors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 25 May 2011 23:20:18 -0400
  Dennis, I looked tonight at my air filter, there is a line coming from the top of the round filter that has been capped...
• Re: power steering rack without hydraulic fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 16:44:50 -0700
  ...and inline filter on the pressure side of the PS pump going to the rack. There is a filter screen in the bottom of...
• Re: lack of power when cold
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 7 Oct 2003 14:35:09 -0700
  AT fluid filter? You mean, there's a filter? Yikes! Where is this beastie? Craig - 83.5 waterboxer Dennis Haynes wrote: >Wouldn't be...
• Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:43:12 -0700
  All I know is that my EGR filter, (the charcoal canister) in my previous '81 Federal emissions van, was leaking at the seams, according...
• Re: HELP in Riverton, WY - Engine Flooding
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 17:00:58 -0700
  ...I changed the oil and filter twice. Ran cheaper oil/filter first for *short* time, then changed again putting in the good stuff. Neil...
• Re: 83 Westy update
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 07:28:33 -0700
  ...I change the filter about every 5000 miles, adding a quart to cover the loss of the oil in the filter, then change all...
• Oil Change - Too Much Oil?
  Historical mailing list - Gregory W. Baskin
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 18:23:27 -0700
  I just did the first oil change (with filter) on my new 85 1.9L. The specs call for 4.8 qts. of oil...
• Re: fuel pump noise
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:02:11 EDT
  ...Either your filter between the tank and pump, if you have this filter, is blocked or the tank itself has a restricted flow. The...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome? ... please help
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 25 May 2018 17:46:16 -0500
  ...cap and rotor > - new air filter > - new fuel filter > - 02 sensor is one year old (about 6K miles) > - timing checked and in order > - throttle...
• oil pressure switch 2 - HELP
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 5 May 1999 13:31:29 -0500
  ...It did not before I brought it in and the filter is the dealer-installed filter as they always do the oil changes (19...
• Re: OIL FILTERS thanks
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:53:42 -0800
  ...Then I find a parking lot or an empty field where I can drain the oil into the drain pan and change the filter...
• Re: Wet right behind AFM
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 13:55:05 -0400
  At 11:57 4/25/2000, Gregor Brandt wrote: >I cracked open my air filter over the weekend to change the filter and >clean...
• Re: Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Reisinger
  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 23:04:51 -0600
  ...Coolant > Charcoal filters will not remove dissolved minerals that cause hard > water. > > Alistair > > > '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 > http://www.members...
• Re: just one drip
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 03:07:41 -0700
  ...I identified this wrong the first time, and replaced the oil filter/cooler before I found it. Make sure you know where the coolant...
• Re: 1.9 turbo diesel oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:05:37 -0700
  ...2) Run a Bosch of Mann filter, if you aren't already. If you are, try a new filter. 3) Get a mechanic to...
• Re: 3a conversion questions
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 00:04:28 EST
  ...On the oil filter mount, I use the dual filter unit with builtin external thermostatically oil cooler leads. I designed an adapter to add...
• Re: Leaky oil breather on 2Liter ACVW
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Mon, 19 Feb 2001 21:15:31 -0600
  On my beetle that has dual Webers I have adaptors in the top of each air filter housing. My crankcase breather is plumbed to...
• Re: Need help on I4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:41:53 -0700
  There should be no clearance problem with the right side aluminum engine mount or the filter . Not even if you are using the Diesel...
• Re: Help with Mac Mail please
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 8 Apr 2017 13:04:39 -0600
  ...Any Mac experts here? I�m having trouble filtering my Vanagon mail to the appropriate mailbox and end up missing messages. >>> >>> I have a...
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  Historical mailing list - Alan Hockstein
  Tue, 10 May 2016 20:07:19 -0400
  ...Also read mixed things about using only Mann or Merle filters. I did use WIX/Napa filters for years prior to ‘2005. Should I...
• Re: Fram Oil Filters...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jan 1995 12:15:02 -0600 (CST)
  ...Doesn't Gene Berg recommend the Fram HP-1 as the only filter he uses? He says that it is the only one that...
• Re: 1988 Westy low Oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
  Mon, 29 Jul 1996 01:11:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...What kind of oil filter is he using ? My guess is he is using a Fram. If so replace it with another brand. Make...
• Re: Emmission Test failed.
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 22 Jun 2001 16:54:58 -0500
  ...New air filter, or take it out temporarily. If the oil hasn't been changed recently and might have some gas in it, the...
• Re: lifter that doesn't stay pumped up?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 31 May 2005 19:37:15 -0700
  ...Anything else i should think about? -Damon --- John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > Try changing oil filter to a Mahle or Mann filter, > and...
• Re: Misc. ramblings from Ottawa
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 95 12:02:01 EDT
  ...to change the power steering fluid filter in the resivoir as a precaution against further problems, filter is under $10, pump is over $200...
• Wet right behind AFM
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 10:57:34 -0500
  I cracked open my air filter over the weekend to change the filter and clean things up a bit. I noticed that the air...