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• Re: Tiico Engine Questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 10 May 2003 07:33:28 -0600
  ...there are big valve heads, Ceramic >>coatings for corrosion resistance, insulating tapes for exhaust pipe >>heat reduction, stainless steel exhaust collection system, high volume...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 12 Jun 2008 (#2008-626)
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:35:49 -0700
  ...That would give you some financial room >> > to do a valve job if you wanted. I feel for you as I've been there...
• Re: Re-introduction & Dash Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - Nathan Wood
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:41:09 -0600
  ...My question is what is the exhaustive list of things that need to be replaced while the dash is out? So far I have...
• Re: Unexplored engine swap possibility?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 30 Sep 2005 20:24:44 +1200
  ...well-known for dropping valveseats... the dreaded turbo heat-buildup strikes. I am told that fitting a FAT exhaust (like 3") can alleviate the...
• # Importance of pressure and temp monitoring (long)
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 06:07:05 -0700
  ...In the end, that was enough to cause exessively high pressures in the A/C to blow the pressure relief valve. And why did...
• Re: Oil Filler Seal for a 81 Westy Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:13:23 -0700
  ...I am now getting significant valve clatter and what sounds like rod or main bearing pounding as well. Unfortunately the thing is just out...
• Purging Cooling System of Air
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Tue, 2 Mar 2004 19:38:28 -0800
  ...then I can use an old cap with the spring valve removed to connect to the system. As long as one can get past...
• Re: blowing oil]
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 09:34:24 +0100
  ...Cleaning the oil breather in the valve cover may help but try > slowing down before you get a big surprise. A top end rebuild...
• Re: Head gasket leaking. Bummer.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:51:40 -0800
  ...new head gaskets and a minor valve job, and check very carefully the gap between block and head.........where the outer rubber water gasket...
• The Earlboiner
  Historical mailing list - Charles \"Luke\" Lukey
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 19:17:34 -0700
  ...Right on to the extractor collector, just inboard of the exhaust flange. Lots of smoke. In the engine room, everything was well lubed, but...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroofy 1.9L - Coolant BLeeding/Thermostat/Fan Switch
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 10:50:04 -0500
  ...There is a bleeder valve coming off a > hose at the top back of my motor. I open that and boy, talk about steam...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:27:14 -0700
  ...And the IR temp gun on each exhaust pipe .........that can really find a weirdly functioning cylinder in a few seconds even. "it's...
• Re: home engine repair: free leftovers and stuff for sale--cheap!
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Davis
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 18:20:28 -0500
  ...I think > a couple are exhaust gaskets, and theres a felt one...few others, come get > 'em. I have the head sealant (2/3...
• Re: Idle speed, racing engine
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:24:36 -0500
  ...There is an idle stabilizer control (ISC) and an idle stabilizer valve (ISV) for the engine. When the engine is cold, the ISV which...
• Re: Vanagon Re-power cheap and reliable...Reply from digest
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:29:46 -0700
  ...on the driver's side to clearance the intake, and the > > > exhaust > > > system was welded after the end of the manifold flange in a...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:02:09 -0700
  ...Going to remove some exhaust pieces to >>>>> verify. >>>>> >>>>> Since the last change made to the engine was the installation of the starter >>>>> long bolt...
• Re: Total loss, RIP
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 21 Feb 2018 12:13:52 -0800
  ...The pressure relief valve on the tank shutoff will vent the propane as it heats up, which, of course, ignites and becomes a massive...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:55:06 -0800
  ...had a shop with the proper analyzing probe tool check the exhaust and adjust the volume screw once - and that was 8 years ago...
• Re: HELP-HEADS NEEDED ASAP - Get your Bucket
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 29 Aug 1999 20:51:44 -0700
  ...Now I have a genuine crack running from the exhaust port towards the intake port. Just on one side/one head. I use about...
• Re: Wet weather power loss
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 02:10:49 -0400
  ...Bad engine grounds -- sensor is grounded through exhaust system to engine, then to ECU pin 19 from engine head. ECU also grounded to body...
• Repair nightmare on vacation! (long)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:26:53 -0400
  ...Running the engine for at least 10 minutes or so would probably be enough to see if the existing coolant in the exhaust simply...
• Re: Cold start 3 cylinder stalling and bucking idle insanity!!!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 14:55:29 -0500
  ...I have a nicely >>humming idle control valve which was cleaned anyway. Swapped out the idle stabilizer >>control unit with a friends' and got...
• Re: question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 11 Jul 1999 07:34:35 -0400
  ...Far better to do this a as a "pre-emptive" strike, than wait for a valve to drop and wreck the whole works. There...
• Re: what to do when you have the fridge out?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Mon, 2 Mar 2009 22:19:51 -0500
  ...intake and exhaust tubes. > 6. Though I can't say for certain, I seem to remember that when installing > the check valve update kit...
• 2L 914 into '81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Paul Schiemer
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 23:51:32 -0400
  ...Part of the reason is the Porsche heads are a little different in the size of the intake and exhaust valves, and seem to...
• AW: Help with diagnosis (please)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 00:03:30 -0700
  ...A pressure switch could fall out, or a relief valve could stick. Something here doesn't sound good. I'd bring my bicycle along...
• Re: Photo of Fast Forward's prototype Vanagon ALH [TDI] Conversion Kit
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:35:19 -0700
  ...Between the exhaust manifold and intake manifold there is an EGR cooling manifold that has been remove and right where the 90 degree elbow...
• Subaru engine swap list??, and FS 1.9l engine complete
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 16:29:41 -0400
  ...Overhead cams, 4 valves/cyl. And a very solidly assembled engine of substantial aluminium castings, even the valve covers. No tin/steel to rust...
• Re: Missing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
  Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:05:11 -0600
  ...Most rely on the >> valve piece being sealed to the cap when it is secured on the tank so >> the simple mouth test may...
• Re: 82 now cranks but stil won't start when hot.
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:15:28 -0800
  ...I would pay particularly close attention to the cold start valve. Make sure it isn't leaking. Also, make sure that the auxillary air...
• Re: Fuel Injection Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 28 Apr 2001 12:20:51 -0800
  ...Then check the exhaust system for small leaks. They > cause the O2 system to think its to lean and richen the mixture. A > small...
• FS: 1984 Vanagon Westfalia with "going - gone" Engine (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Leaf
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 08:27:46 -0800
  ...hoses, seals and gaskets ($235) From Bus Depot ($360) -Complete new exhaust -4 new bumper end caps -fuse box cover 8 new speakers, alarm...
• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:06:32 -0500
  ...The condenser and > > >> it's fan still must be mounted outside or be able to exhaust it's hot > > >> air to the outside or...
• Re: I-4 owner experrience
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Tue, 14 May 2013 08:04:03 -0400
  ...I did have to replace the oil pan > gasket and the valve cover gasket. The original exhaust header broke and > had to > replaced do...
• Re: Digitool saves the day
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Fri, 24 Dec 1999 08:31:59 -0800
  ...and lives in the thermostat > housing. > o2 sensor lives in the exhaust before the catalytic converter. > The afm wiper voltage is developed inside the...
• Re: so it turns out i like vanagons.....
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:13:41 -0600
  ...Between my $500 repair of a >> $2.50 >>>> exhaust gasket last summer, and working 10 hour days at minimum >>>> wage to >>> fuel >>>> my addiction...
• DRL
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 09:39:13 -0500
  ...The exhaust outlet pipe had a small hole corroded through it (fixed that with aluminum muffler tape; a new outlet pipe is $55 CDN...
• Re: I-4 conversion Questions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:32:13 +0000
  ...sure what kind of attachment point you have on the throttle valve - ball on an arm or plastic "cam" and metal arm) The diesel...
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 14:18:37 -0400
  This could be rings or it could be a bad valve and the cylinder does not fire all the time and you have a...
• Re: Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 01:21:22 -0400
  ...Our cat is 150-200 mm from the exhaust valves.. the wbx you can almost measure in feet, all that time until cat light...
• Re: Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - W Monk
  Sat, 29 May 2010 08:46:26 -0400
  ...It will come with a recent new distributer,good > alternator,injectors,an okay compete exhaust,ect..could also include the > computer,the rest of...
• Re: 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 18:41:04 -0700
  ...previously unknown), ADDED 4 missing clamps for the > idle speed control valve circuit; Two on the rubber tube and 2 on the > grommet on...
• Re: My van is HOME!!!!
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Fri, 26 Feb 2016 15:30:13 -0500
  ...Because > of the ridiculous length of time it took, and acknowledging my > patience, he threw in the trailing arm, some exhaust work, and over...
• Re: 1984 Dennis' opinion of emmision mods/Ed"s Soapboxing(long)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Sep 1996 17:40:46 -0400
  ...The NOX is the real culprit in smog formation and is the most damageing of the exhaust emissions. This can only be tested under...
• Re: Engine repair or replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:35:22 -0500
  ...Vaseline to stick the aluminum 0-rings into the heads so they don't fall out Rubber hammer Ball pein hammer New exhaust gaskets...
• oil pressure gauge install done (long)
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Sun, 21 Sep 1997 14:38:02 +0000
  ...The valve tapping I talked about before went away after the van was fully warmed up and hasn't returned. Also, the idiot light...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:02:45 -0500
  ...Either way, the noise that resembles an exhaust leak is often ignored (due to the more commonly-occurring exhaust gaskets leaking)and is the...
• Re: Water Temp sender location
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:25:00 -0700
  ...tube if you have the car style valve cover, since you can fill it through the valve cover at the oil cap on it...
• On Engine Efficiency, Comparing I4s, WBs and Subies
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 02:51:30 EST
  ...This number is a function of the combustion chamber design, the intake and exhaust manifold flow dynamics, cam and ignition timing, etc.,etc. Bigger...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Fri, 22 Jun 2018 18:26:23 -0400
  ...Going to remove some exhaust pieces to >>>>>> verify. >>>>>> >>>>>> Since the last change made to the engine was the installation of the starter >>>>>> long bolt...
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled? --long read for those contemplating
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 11:16:23 -0600
  ...12 finished fabrication stuff for exhaust and mounted exhaust. 13. using a checklist I did up I inspected my install. 14 reconnected battery 15...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:09:51 -0600
  ...I know it would do better with a regular turbo injection pump and a different exhaust, but I like the clean aspect of it...
• Re: 84 running issue solved?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 31 May 2022 10:14:13 -0400
  ...As the Waterboxer does not use a PCV valve or other metered crank case ventilation metering vacuum leaks include bad valve cover gaskets, defective...
• Re: Intermittent no start problem solved
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 19 May 2014 16:21:23 +0200
  ...I have the starter battery under the rear bench and also a V6 exhaust underneath. Cleaned all sheet metal, used new bolts...done. Regards...
• Re: 85-H20 loss of coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:58:08 -0700
  ...pressure bottle....Put about 20psi right back through > the > one way valve to the overflow tank into the expansion/pressure tank (where > you are...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics-Air cooled Vanagons!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 May 2003 20:09:31 -0400
  ...The exhaust was replaced once. This engine has traveled across the country and to Alaska. Back when I drove air cooled busses most pre...
• Re: 84 Vanagon GL Intake Air sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 00:20:41 -0700
  Chad - In regards to your cold start idle problems, check your Auxilary Air Valve. This has to be working correctly to allow for proper...
• Re: My van is HOME!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 00:34:45 -0500
  ...The hydraulic lifters properly adjusted will take care of any valve seating that goes on there and the O2 sensor will take care of...
• Re: [DIESEL] RE: How the heck to prime oil pump? (Vanagon D)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 09:32:47 -0700
  ...13) I reinstalled the oil pan and exhaust system, refilled with oil. 14) Exhibiting learning behaviour, I duct-taped the socket onto the extension...
• Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:37:32 +0000
  ...Also the Oxygen2 sensor on the exhaust manifold can cause some issues but should start and run, just run rich. Check the ground wires...