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• Re: Propex install near water tank
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:06:06 -0600
  ...it is strongly recommended that the intake and exhaust SS hoses be installed so their supplied length be left intact. Not shortned, not lengthened...
• Re: Yucatan trip report (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:31:47 -0500
  ...the cold start valve (an electric fuel spray valve in the intake plenum) and supplied pulses of gas to the engine by activating the...
• My engine out too...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:18:27 EDT
  ...I took off one of the heads - I had an intake valve that when I adjusted it the valve stem was slightly below the...
• [A] FI problem, [Q] where to get a starter
  Historical mailing list - Jesse L Reynolds
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 17:42:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It was overactive, and was causing the cold start valve to flood the intake. Also, the plugs had to be changed, because all of...
• misc.
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 25 Mar 96 16:27:51 EST
  ...I wiggled it, and it promptly came loose from where it plugs into the intake air distributor. Hmmm, so that might explain the varying...
• Broken valves?
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 12:43:31 -0800
  ...When I pulled the rocker arms, the valve retainer for the #3 intake fall off into my hands, followed by the springs. I guess...
• Re: Engine swap conversion details are now online!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 25 May 1999 17:43:23 -0700
  ...Is there any provision made to duct pre-heated air into the air intake? How was the 25 mpg (Imperial or US) mileage figure...
• Idle Stabilizer. How does it work? and Did I fix it?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:58:13 -0700
  ...On a whim I pulled off the rubber connector between the idle stabilizer unit and the intake manifold. This connector also has a tiny...
• Re: New heating system for the vanagon... nonVW
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:46:08 +1300
  ...The van's intake is central and the Corolla's is on the far left. It has a powerful fan, unlike the VW, another...
• Re: Joy Hecht's problem's solved?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 23 May 2005 20:38:00 -0700
  ...I told them to turn the engine over to suck the fire back into the intake, but the gal panicked and got out of...
• Re: Seafoam--> Anyone use this
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:36:33 -0400
  ...You can add it to your oil or gas - or pour it down the intake, and is > is supposed for clrean out your engine...
• Re: Question for Turbo Vanagon Owners
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 07:12:34 -0400
  ...What have other people done for the air box on their turbo vans? My intake system is a very simple setup. It consists of...
• HELP!!! Oil Pressure Buzzer On!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:17:39 -0400
  ...Took apart air cleaner, intake hoses, and throttle body. Found oil covered inside of hoses and throttle body. Cleaned oil out of hoses, etc...
• 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 14 May 2013 06:28:23 -0400
  ...The 3A head has a significantly upgraded intake manifold, injection port and intake port configuration. In the archives, I have given the details of...
• Long Life Motors part 2 the nitty gritty
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 17 May 1997 14:24:02 -0400
  ...This is because of the fixed timing of the camshaft to crankshaft, which allow a combination of high intake air velocity and the intake...
• Re: Anyone have suburban heater in vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 30 Sep 2001 01:47:15 -0500
  ...A hole was cut in the side of the van to accomodate the air intake and exhaust plate. The heater was bolted to the...
• Re: Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 01:33:48 -0700
  ...About changing the intake valve adjustment to .006, do you do that with self adjusting lifters(where the adjustment is usually set snug plus...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:09:37 -0400
  ...Is there a company > offering Carb kits for the intake as a bolt on?? I know carbs were in some > european and other markets...
• Re: 84 westy - black side levors - rain problem?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:31:31 EDT
  ...the air cleaner intake is well off the bottom of the platform and water doesnt enter it. dont sweat it.. its not hurting anything...
• Fresh Air Leaks in Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 05 Oct 1996 11:54:49 -0500
  ...Meanwhile, it's getting chilly here in Atlanta and it's time to pull the foam rubber out of the intake and retire the...
• plea for part
  Historical mailing list - Jay & Kim Schmidt
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 12:11:56 -0600
  ...It is the rod that attaches onto the throttle assembly on the intake air dist. It is threaded and has a adjusting nut on...
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 11:23:53 +0000
  ...MSDS air intake system. http://www.msdsinc.com Bosch Plus 4 Plat plugs. Blaupunkt Lausanne Radio/CD player. The RDS mode is really useful...
• Re: 84 vanagon cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:10:10 -0500
  ...Took the > radiator off > and it seema to be clear, water goes in and out all four > holes,intake , > outlet, bleeder, and temp sensor...
• Re: NVC -- 1990 Diesel Jetta
  Historical mailing list - ovalwindow
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 09:40:11 -0800
  ...Oil could be going past the rings or excess blowby can carry droplets of oil into the intake. A crudded up valve cover screen...
• Idle Hunting in 85 Westy Fixed
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:09:13 -0500
  ...Ah ha! What's that unusual noise coming from the point where the air intake elbow joins the air flow meter? Visual inspection revealed...
• Re: fridge wont light
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 19:20:14 -0500
  ...Then I removed the flue cover and associated parts, exposing the exhaust and intake ports, and I alternated between the two with a shop...
• Re: fuel lines: if it ain't broke
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Oct 2009 19:20:08 -0700
  ...I don't think I've even seen an air intake leak at one. If they're shot of course, new is the way...
• Re: Converting EFI to Carberator
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 22:01:22 -0500
  ...The trick to conversion (EFI to carb) is to > get a good intake manifold. Try CIP1.com They have > set ups for aircooled vans...
• Re: Failed Crankshaft seal yet again
  Historical mailing list - millo fenzi
  Wed, 4 Jan 2006 20:19:25 -0800
  ...check to see if the crankcase breather hoses from the vent tower to the air intake distributor are sucked flat at 2500 rpm. Story...
• Re: Go Westy Fridge update kit
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:51:02 -0400
  ...While the fridge was out of the van, I also cleaned the fresh air intake, flue, and combustion chamber, checked the flame with the...
• Re: Do you have one of these?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:54:18 -0700
  ...don't think I have an intake leaks either, worked on that a lot. at the moment, for a next step, I am down...
• Re: Emissions Test Failure
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 16:31:42 -0700
  ...Crankcase ventilation system sucks them into the intake air which can lead to excessive HC during testing at idle (high vacuum). I always had...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Coolant Loss: Searched
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 28 Apr 2015 17:49:20 -0700
  On 4/28/15, Jack Botts <johnnyjewel43@hotmail.com> wrote: > Could also be the dreaded crack in a head between an intake and exhaust...
• Vanagon Flat Spot Woes (84, 1.9)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Sartin
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:38:23 -0400
  Continuing my saga of weeding out my horrible flat spot on acceleration, I have replaced relays, fuel pump, all intake gaskets, refurbished the idle...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 20:59:33 -0500
  ...John On 4/13/2013 11:54 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > All accepted wisdom says a colder intake air charge improves combustion > and increases...
• Re: vanagon stumble
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 2 May 2015 09:18:32 -0400
  Lean cylinder miss fire? Check injector spray patterns, intake valves for excessive deposits or leakage. Vacuum leaks. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: Excessive Oil Usage
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Feb 95 16:01:56 PST
  ...AT the time you let go the pedal the pistons begin to suck air/fuel from intake as well as oil from anywhere it...
• Re: 2.1 L Wasserboxer Rebuild/ New air intake system
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 06:55:20 -0400
  Racer X wrote: What about Slick50 for gearboxes? Anyone tried this? Was looking at it tonight at the FLAPS. It's not an additive...
• Re: Heater found
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sat, 14 Nov 1998 20:22:53 EST
  ...The hull fitting would require you to intake and vent the unit out the side similar to Westy refrigerators. Sounds like a good deal...
• Snorkle on a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Mon, 10 May 1999 10:40:04 -0700
  ...It seems like it'd be pretty easy to run a hose up the side of the van & have an intake in one of...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 20:16:30 -0500
  > Do I think it would actually hurt performance, I doubt that it would affect performance to a >noticable degree one way or the other...
• Re: Calling all Turbo charger / Diesel experts!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 12:29:43 -0500
  ...None other than a nice free flow air intake system ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less...
• Re: N Vanagon cont
  Historical mailing list - Richard Williams
  Sat, 25 Jan 2003 14:03:10 -0800
  ...The > > words air intake are underlined. > > Some free software contains ad software that hooks in to Internet Explorer > and hyperlinks keywords to advertisers' sites...
• Re: vanagon with ticco engine/vibrations
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 20:58:58 -0800
  ...He had a noise problem which he isolated to the air intake. I lost the archived files of this correspondence due to a HD...
• Re: Cam timing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:06:54 -0500
  ...Measured in degrees. > > Overlap is the degree (Degrees/360) of total rotation where both the intake > and the exhaust valves are open at the...
• Re: TD/TDI noise?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:51:56 -0800
  ...The oil filter housing would need to be relocated and powersteering pump mount and intake manifold would need to be modified. The OM602 turbo...
• Re: Smoke after head replacement
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:25:40 -0800
  ...I could not say that worn or leaking intake valves are common on fuel injected engines. In waterboxers... of the last say ..whatever ....30...
• Re: TII conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:41:39 EDT
  ...The things that we really need are the mounting hardware, and other Diesel specific parts, especially the intake manifold. With the SA intake manifold...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:48:33 -0600
  ...Block off fresh air intake, (or make flap to control fresh air intake at ram outside.Difficult I know....), remove fresh air ram flaps...
• Re: Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 19 Sep 2001 20:48:01 -0700
  ...They claim that all Golf/Jetta/Rabbit engines have noisy intakes and require some kind if "reverse cone" in the air intake to swirl...
• Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:08:06 -0800
  ...Lots of images, installer fabricated engine support arms, modified intake manifold: https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=515640&highlight=aeb Neil...
• Re: Dipstick Blowing Out? Urgent.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 8 Oct 2013 05:26:15 -0400
  ...VANAGON.COM> wrote: > Check the hose between the breather tower and intake to make sure it isn't > kinked, collapsed or blocked. Cheers, Frank...
• Re: Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:06:13 -0500
  ...designed? > > > > I have a book that helps to design 4-Stroke intake and exhaust system > lengths, inner pipe diameters, etc. > > > > All this talk about...
• Re: Fuel Injection Cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 16:25:36 -0800
  > The only time oil and gas can meet is through either the valves or > the rings (assuming the intake tract is working properly). Assuming...
• Head Replacement Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 96 16:24 PST
  ...Will be going with larger intake valves as an option for alittle more power. Now, the big decision, do it myself or pay about...
• preheater pipe
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 15:57:12 -0600 (CST)
  ...There is a hose from the right hole to the air intake thingy. I'm not sure what the left one does -- doesn't...
• Wiper Fluid Nozzle Access/Removal
  Historical mailing list - pspragge
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 20:04:34 -0700
  ...How do I get to the backside of the spray nozzle? I pulled the front grill and then the screen for the vent intake...
• Re: 2.1 L Wasserboxer Rebuild/ New air intake system
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 20:10:34 EDT
  Oil additives are for the birds. Slick50, and the teflon treatments have no beneficial effects on your motor and actually could damage it. Anything...
• Re: 1.9 Turbodiesel, boost pressure, exhaust temperature
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:36:42 -0500
  ...An Audi 5000T unit fits well in the driver side rear air intake. Only tricky part is to get the right S-hose for...
• VW Turbo Diesel Engine On Ebay
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 May 2000 09:43:42 EDT
  ...Also the engine includes everything to make it run (turbo, intake, exhaust manifold, injection pump, injectors, vacuum pump, etc) but it also has all...