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• Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 27 Jul 2012 15:57:16 -0700
  ...Drop after that maybe 2 PSI ? Even if an injector had a weak spring, I guess since the intake or exhaust valve opens on...
• Re: Engine hesitates upon take off
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 18 Jun 2015 20:30:40 -1000
  ...Replaced Temp II sensor > Replaced O2 sensor > Replaced entire exhaust system > Checked timing > Had valve lash set correctly (it wasn't set correctly when...
• Re: That wonderful ignature VW "chrip"!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:24:21 -0500
  ...I think it is the flat four arrangement combined with the particular exhaust system that does it. Sort of like a Big Harley - can...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome is it also known as Digifant Disease, maybe?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 07:35:59 -0400
  ...any of my gauge normal ranges.. > No visible smoking from the exhaust... Got me puzzled as to where to begin, > other than the vague...
• Re: request for information, please
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:58:23 -0500
  ...Yes - it does fail elsewhere - more often in relation to #3 - swallowed valves, burn pistons, thrown rod. Not always - but more often than not...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:54:39 -0800
  ...And really check the exhaust system, like your cat. I just can't say how important checking the basics are and building up from...
• Re: Not passing smog, still... Need help!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:59:03 -0500
  ...crusty valves or injectors (run a bottle of Techron through the > tank) > 4.. timing off > 5.. ruined cat due to expired O2 sensor for...
• Re: FW: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 29 May 2020 07:26:21 -0700
  ...Properly designed and installed they work as a mixing valve. > The sandwich adapter thermostats tend to have smaller bypass paths so they > are limited...
• Re: FS: 2.1 "DJ" code 112 HP WBX New/Rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:08:06 -0800
  ...make this package > > > > complete? The 112hp comes from ECU, different ignition, exhaust, > > > > valve diameter and cam grind. With AMC heads, the engine is > > > > basically...
• Lengthy installation notes: coolant and prestone flush kit
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:58:41 -0800
  ...I moved the hot water hose to the expansion tank, with a valve on the end of the hose so I could quickly turn...
• Re: fuel pump fuel filter-stupid engineering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:19:29 +0000
  ...Of course diaphragm pumps only had to be protected from the bug stuff that could jam a valve or actually bloc a line. That...
• Upgrading 1.9 to 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Tue, 23 Feb 1999 15:44:02 -0500
  ...I used the 1.9 exhaust system since mine was almost new as well as the oxygen sensor mounts differently for the Digijet system...
• Re: Help with stalling van
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Sun, 9 May 2010 15:43:40 -0400
  ...Exhaust leaks 'don't usually' make an engine run incorrectly., They can for sure, but it's not like 'if it has exhaust port...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:43:09 -0700
  ...2.0 block, 1.8 head. >> When I find time I will get my DOHC 16 valve 87 jetta 1.8 inline >> four going...
• Re: FRIDAY diesel conversion option
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:24:44 -0400
  ...Max continuous *might* be around 80% of full power.) These engines have computer-operated injection and exhaust valves (I believe they use ports for...
• Re: Why no bolt-on HP upgrades to the 2.1 WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2012 01:11:40 -0400
  ...have upgrades -- intake flow enhancement, exhaust headers, sparkin' plugs, reworked heads, super charger kits, lightweight rods/pistons, larger valves, and (oh my!) nitrous? Anyway...
• Re: winter weight oil
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:31:28 -0400
  ...Engine had heads at 168K, and at > 248K when I bought it I Replaced the #2 exhaust valve and a set of rings. > This...
• Re: Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:57:39 -0700
  ...check them all. ** also you must have NO exhaust leaks before the O2 sensor it will detect that you dont have enough fuel and...
• Re: Remving the camping equipment and a source for paint
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 28 Feb 2007 16:45:09 -0800
  ...First valve cover, then the two nuts on the left, the right ones halfway. Remove screws that hold seal to pipes, Loosen screws under...
• Re: Manual trans replacement
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Tue, 10 Mar 2009 06:57:25 -0700
  ...Again apply some WD40, then use � � > a 7mm wrench to screw the valve entirely out of the slave cylinder. � � > Clean the valve, in particular...
• Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, more
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 01:22:19 -0500
  ...All I get is these >>> strange, >>> random puffs out the exhaust, like one every 1-2 secs of cranking. >>> >>> I've swapped in my...
• Re: cooling system hose clamps
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 23 Sep 2022 07:33:37 -0700
  ...A Schrader valve can be used to charge the system with air and test including the cap at one time. Also, these tanks usually...
• Re: head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:59:38 -0500
  ...no cracks between the > valve seats, a decent rubber gasket surface, good exhaust valves, good > guides, and a proper valve job, along with very...
• Re: Water vs. Air
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:40:00 -0700
  ...the air cooled engines also have a tendency to drop their exhaust valve seats at moderate to high mileage, often with fatal consequences for...
• Re: Transporter
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 00:21:36 PDT
  ...009 distributor and exhaust are ok. But other >go fast stuff is asking for an engine to cook itself. > >Either a Westfalia pop top...
• I'm back . . .
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 9 Apr 2012 13:08:56 -0700
  ...Where can I find a stove burner valve? The shaft is broken off on one. 5. Anyone got an extra front table? I see...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 01:58:12 -0500
  ...It had exhaust work. At 120,000 the engine was not using a drop of oil between changes. The interior and exterior were in...
• My on going log for this 78 x 90.5 engine (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 12:39:06 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Wire brush and polish inside exhaust flanges, grind the ridged ones, file flange gasket surfaces flat. Exhaust looking nice and quiet, really easy clearance...
• Late F.I. Gas Lines
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 5 Sep 95 10:28:12 EDT
  ...My '76 had that hose, shielded between the sides of the fuel main ring and the cold start valve by a grey sheath. This...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Tue, 8 May 2007 00:17:48 -0700
  ...You need to check the relief > valve with a cold engine Hm how can I check whether its working or not? the piston is...
• Teaser <<<< Re: Other engine conversion options?<F>
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Sat, 8 Jan 2005 14:52:11 -0500
  ...over stock in hp and torque, more in modified or "big valve" applications. We're looking to roll out next month, target price is...
• Re: A3 engine in Westie, Engine is in!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:25:08 -0700
  ...Also the stock exhaust manifold from the >Jetta clears the motor mount by 1/4" :-) The header pipe will need much >modification. There is...
• Re: Hesitation, bucking, rough idle then died. The paranoia begins...
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Kippert
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:08:01 -0500
  ...I saw many problems that were electrical/sensor based (ECU, AFM, O2, TPS, fuel pump, etc.), fuel (clogged filter, lines, injectors) exhaust (bad muffler...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:52:58 -0700
  ...and even semi-radical valve timing and > cam profile, quite advance ignitioin timing, and very inhanced > intake and exhaust systems, and all that .........then...
• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:16:03 -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...
• Reinhardt Lives!! (well, almost ...) {Longish}
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:30:40 -0400
  ...I hopped back to the engine bay, listened for bad sounds, watched the exhaust, looked for fuel and oil leaks ... everything seemed fine. Noticed...
• Re: Debunking GoWesty!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 10:07:55 -0400
  ...case savers, sodium filled valves, external > oil cooler, etc.). 90K on a 2.0L AC Westy, with the square exhaust port > heads, is pretty...
• Re: Aircooled Westy - fuel problems?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 10:14:38 -0600
  ...him to use. > > According to the Bentley manual, it states the valve adjustment > should be 2 turns down past touching when the piston is...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:21:35 -0500
  ...Loose heads and dropped valves are also a problem. If you have it a part you have to check things out. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: 84 running issue solved?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 31 May 2022 11:37:06 -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: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 6 Oct 2013 14:51:05 -0700
  ...the top of the barrel was a jam fit into the head..I had to lap them in with valve grinding compound until it...
• Re: Frydaye Air Sensors and Other Works of Friction
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 1 Oct 2005 00:05:39 -0700
  ...therefore, one would assume that some sort > of > one way valve (we can call it a diode) should be needed to prevent > pressure flooding...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics-Air cooled Vanagons!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 May 2003 19:41:36 -0700
  ...Otherwise, the engine has never been disassembled. > The > exhaust was replaced once. This engine has traveled across the > country > and to Alaska. Back when...
• Re: Wasserboxer (was: I drove it! (engine swap info)5Cyl.)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 19:33:16 -0800
  ...Now, if you add a high lift cam and a ultra performance exhaust it is buzzy - my 145hp 2.0L Rabbit PU is evidence...
• Re: oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Pfrommer
  Wed, 9 May 2007 00:38:08 -0700
  ...The gun can also be used to check water temps and > aiming at > the exhaust it can also help find mis firing cylinders. > > Dennis...
• Re: coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 9 May 2013 21:36:34 -0700
  ...I just replaced the front exhaust pipe and the heads are starting to crumble on the outside. As for driving the flat east coast...
• FS 90 GL Project & extra parts-some syncro specific
  Historical mailing list - Loretta Abbott
  Mon, 1 Aug 2005 21:03:15 -0700
  ...It could be a stuck valve or a rusted piston, It only turns so far around and sticks, I don't know, I don...
• Engine power loss
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 06:50:44 EDT
  ...Some small fire proof rodent got in there ? The exhaust seemed fine so what the hell goes on here ? So, while revving up the...
• Re: van running rich- running out of ideas to fix
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 09:29:40 -0600
  ...Adjusting to run right at stoich is difficult and if the mixture goes ever so slightly lean, NOx content of the exhaust after the...
• Re: Strange problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:29:28 -0800
  ...open intake valves, through, and past, the throttle plate. Bascially ...it's drawing air in, and pumping it out the exhaust. Fuel is added...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:13:04 -0700
  ...and even semi-radical valve timing and cam > profile, quite advance ignitioin timing, and very inhanced intake and > exhaust systems, and all that .........then...
• Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions-reducing Vanagon pollution.
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 18:55:47 -0500
  ...Question, on my '84, the O2 sensor is on the exhaust manifold, of course, and there is a plug on the Bosal cat for...
• Re: SMOKE! After I turn off my BA6 Gas Heater
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 20 May 2002 10:18:37 -0700
  ...Oil in the heater boxes burning -check your valve covers-any leaking whatsoever is not acceptable. Moving the lever to the left shuts off...
• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 23:07:05 -0400
  ...The condenser > > >> and it's fan still must be mounted outside or be able to exhaust > > >> it's hot air to the outside or...
• Inline gas VW Jetta motor swap. Progress, update.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:10:51 -0700
  ...60k of my own miles since I bought this van, already converted) It was a '92 1.8liter, 8-valve, gas Cabriolet/Golf/Jetta...
• Driving the Subaru Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lund
  Mon, 19 Aug 1996 23:40:49 -0700 (PDT)
  ...He pointed out the flywheel conversion, the custom engine mount, the exhaust pipes molded for the engine and the raditor with a front fill...
• Re: Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:47:53 -0700
  ...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: anyone know how the 1.8 TDI compares to past VW diesels? (long, lvc)
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:31:59 +0200
  ...For one thing the vibration from the > diesel kept breaking other things like mounts and exhaust pieces. You > haven't lived until you've...
• oil cooler and misc
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 96 09:53:44 EDT
  ...in the past buying a gas heater from Bill Kennedy, an exhaust manifold from Mike Catlin, the listserv tshirt and vent cap from Steve...
• Re: Tii Trading Co. 2.0 South African conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - se7en
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 22:04:40 -0800
  ...as I said, very strange - how do you adjust the CO content of the > exhaust? You're getting something that will be illegal in...