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• Re: Side Air Intake Engine Cooling Question (searched)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:48:46 -0700
  ...Archives suggest that the WBX uses a cardboard >>> piece to help intake pull in cooler air and not hotter air from engine >>> bay. >>> >>> Thanks...
• Re: AC Controls
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 17 May 2008 23:21:50 -0700
  ...Yeah, 80-very early 81 had the metal welded in grills on the D-column air intakes, but I can't tell apart "most...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:48:31 -0500
  ...The compression and power strokes sort of cancel each other out, but the intake stroke has to try to pull air into the cylinder...
• Re: Government MPG ratings site - updated link
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Fri, 1 Feb 2008 15:33:41 -0500
  ...I think this is because there is no pre-heating of the intake air like most cars have. I've seen designs in the...
• RPMs constant, but pulsing vibration at idle
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Duvernay
  Wed, 25 Mar 2015 13:51:41 -0500
  ...idle control valve idle control module throttle body throttle switch vacuum lines/hoses checked for intake leaks, none motor mounts transmission mount 02 sensor...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:59:49 -0400
  ...On a manual trans, the deceleration valve limits that by allowing unmetered air into the intake manifold, which not only reduces the vacuum, but...
• Re: Oil in Coolant Morphed to "Power at Altitude"
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:53:58 -0600
  ...by lowering > > the amount of gas' that is injected into the IntakeManifold so as to > > attempt to maintain a StoichiometricFuelRatio. > > So I have a...
• RE: Balls O' Fire (or Smoke curls to the left)
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Fri, 24 May 1996 12:13:17 -0700 (PDT)
  ...lots of sharp edges on intake plenum, alternator stands, et al. dwight
• MOFOCO report
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 12:58:32 -1000
  ...The "brand new heads" were assembled with used intake valves and used valve springs. All of the parts are dirty--the crank was slightly...
• Re: "new" camper report
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Sun, 9 Feb 1997 15:27:46 -0800 (PST)
  ...It looks like some sort of air intake. It has come > off, and in the limited space available, I am having trouble putting it...
• Re: Clutch Chatter...Silicone contamination!!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 22:15:18 EST
  ...I've used GE silicone to seal small cracks in air intake boots, with = >limited success. The stuff doesn't stick to the rubber...
• Re: Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sat, 29 May 1999 10:58:21 -0400
  ...the path > of one or both of the two engine air intake vents. I saved the 'Mexican water > cooled bay window' site, but deleted...
• seal for Temp 2
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sun, 6 Feb 2000 08:08:31 -0500
  ...Also, can someone point me to the intake manifold on my 1983.5 1.9? Robert Keezer tells me that if there is any...
• Oil Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hurlbut
  Tue, 28 May 2002 23:49:20 -0700
  ...the air intake near the AFM is very oily. Blow-by could be rings that didn't seat properly. Tim Hurlbut 87 Vanagon 90...
• Re: diesel muffler rubber mounts
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:29:21 -0500
  ...diesel muffler rubber mounts I found some at Bow Wow in Victoria (I'm completely re-doing my intake and exhaust systems on my...
• fastest headjob on the list
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:35:46 -0800
  ...zero lash you can check the compression without hooking up the intake or the exhaust. If your compression is bad you have no reason...
• Need help indentifying 85 Vanagon hose
  Historical mailing list - Chris
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:33:49 -0500
  ...The hose connects the engine (just underneath the air meter/intake thing) and a junction box. That box seems to connect to the rear...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 25 Dec 2004 (#2004-1237)
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wasson
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 10:26:21 -0500
  ...now i know what to look for on my next > junkyard trip..Merkur Xr4Ti headrests fit the vanagon, and so does the intake > adapter.. :<) :<)
• Re: 1.9L Gutless when first started
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:25:03 -0700
  ...Symptoms unchanged when Temp 2 sensor replaced with new, and I can't find any intake leak. Been over the intake leak thing a...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:09:56 -0500
  ...Air intake "scoops" Mr. Bulley wrote: > So, if I read you correctly, our VW-designed ducts are better than any > home-grown scoopy-de...
• Re: air intake snorkel hose
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:37:05 -0600
  On Jun 25, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski wrote: The hose is made of that accordian-style foiled paper, and has...
• Re: Turnkey Proposal Rocky Mountain Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 28 May 2012 19:50:16 -0700
  ...No assembly required of bearings, pistons, head, exhaust, intake, etc. Mark Don Hanson wrote: > Well gosh, people....I have never heard the term "turn...
• Re: Mount propex under the vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:21:32 -0700
  ...Mark Scott Chapman wrote: > I was thinking of getting a proper enclosure made for it underneath. > However keeping rain out of the air intake...
• Re: 5-cylinder swap update (kits are ready!)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 01:25:20 EST
  ...wiring harness made to plug into Vanagon harness with ECU intake setup complete exhaust system fuel injection system (CIS-E) complete coolant system Engine...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 03:55:36 EDT
  Grant, These engines in their original application have a thermal switch near the intake manifold that activates the fan when under-hood temps become...
• FW: Water tank pump dead
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:34:07 -0400
  ...The impeller is the little tab that sticks out of the intake hole on the bottom. It should turn freely. Give it a good...
• FS: Neway valve seat cutters
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 16:01:31 -0800
  ...The set consists of: #204, #209 and #211 cutters (15 & 46 deg for exhaust, 15 & 46 deg for intake, 60 & 75 deg 3rd angle...
• Re: TiicoTransplant Engine Question?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 09:44:58 -0500
  I personally think that it might be, although the 16v head has the intake manifold etc.on the opposite side from a TiiCo. You...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulators
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 08:44:33 -0500
  ...With hose between intake air distributor and pressure regulator disconnected, fuel pressure at idle should be 2.5 bar or 36 pounds/sq in...
• '80 aircooled power loss cont
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:36:19 -0500
  ...Last night, I replaced fuel injector seals - large and small replaced intake manifold boots - 4 checked vacuum can on dist. w/ vac pump - operated...
• Re: EFI to Carbs, some fun here
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 28 May 1998 22:16:03 -0400
  ...old engines to route exhaust gasses up to warm up the intake manifolds. > The warm manifolds really hurt performance and gas mileage, but without...
• Re: The Half Lilley?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 00:22:38 EDT
  ...Match port the intake runners to the intake port. Check exhaust that all pipes have no overlap at joints. Use finned aluminum clip on...
• Scoop Pictures
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 01:10:14 +0100
  ...If you are getting much better cooling, then this is because the original intake at this position is not particularly good - effectively its in...
• Re: New versus Welded Heads?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 6 Apr 2003 11:37:03 -0400
  ...The OEM heads crack between the seats and these cracks can extend down into the intake and the exhaust ports they also crack around...
• Re: potential hydraulic mounts for vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Nock
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 02:22:41 -0800
  ...I am redoing the air intake to a larger diameter with > two diesel resonators stuffed into the passenger side vent. Pretty tight, > but I...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:01:00 -0700
  ...Is this > something to do with non-functioning vents? Cold air in winter? Bees/ > Insects getting in? The cloth in the parts van intake...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:43:13 -0700
  ...Unlike > petrol (gasoline) engines, diesel engines vary fuel flow to control power > rather than throttling air intake and maintaining a constant fuel ratio as...
• Re: Groovey Pulley (long)
  Historical mailing list - "L-Soft list server at Vanagon List (1.8c)"
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 14:38:56 -0800
  ...Try HELP. >>>>> intake manifold, including an alternator and starter. The shop was >>>> Unknown command - "INTAKE". Try HELP. >>> Unknown command - "UNKNOWN". Try HELP. >> Unknown command...
• Re: Inline 4 engines for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:01:52 -0700
  ...It is complete, will run as is ....from oil pan to intake manifold to exh manifold, timing belt is installed and timed, head is...
• Re: SA van images
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:02:55 -0800
  ...Closing off the intake to prevent outside air intrusion might be a nightmare though.... -- John Bange
• Re: cognitive dissonance and refrigerators
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:28:27 -0400
  ...Remove the chrome plate on the vent and plug up the inner intake vent while you blow into the exhaust vent that sticks out...
• Re: 1.9 Questions
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:49:48 -0400
  ...OH-OH, the intake runners won't line up > with the plenum? > > What is going on here? Do I have to use 2.1...
• Re: Oil leaks!!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:15:49 EDT
  ...black tower looking thing on top of the motor) to the intake boot. Many times these get pinched and oil starts coming out around...
• 'The death of a mouse' in Vanagon not an Arthur Miller tale
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Jorud
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 08:04:26 -0600
  ...I had never noticed the openings at the ends of the intake openingnor around the battery cable. I will definitely check them out and...
• Re: Heat front dash vents
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 00:11:11 -0600
  ...I put tape over my fresh air intake behind the grill in winter months it blocks the cold air. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled...
• Confirming a Bad Head Gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 5 May 2002 23:00:11 EDT
  ...I could hear leakage through the dipstick hole, the intake manifold and the exhaust pipe. However, I saw no bubbles in the coolant tank...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - prb
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 13:23:24 -0800
  ...My rear heater core failed last year and I drove it around for the summer with no heater (capped off the intake and outflow...
• Re: speaking of lowering ...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:51:36 -0500
  ...The spark plugs are what, twenty inches off the > ground? I'd worry more about the intake. Water in your ignition system will inconvenience...
• Re: [Syncro] AC Barrier Hose
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Tue, 22 Apr 2003 07:05:18 -0700
  ...It probably has more to do with the air-conditioning intake location at the back of the vehicle. I would guess if the rear...
• Can't remove spark plug - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Kozak
  Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:57:17 -0400
  I can't remove the spark plug located below the intake air unit (plug on passenger side toward front of van). I sprayed WD...
• Re: Vanagon Stalls Out While Driving
  Historical mailing list - madvws
  Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:05:36 +0000
  ...4 intake runners and the fuel/air mixture waits in each runner until it gets sucked into the head when the corresponding intake valve...
• Vrroom!!!! Performance upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 12:23:35 -0700
  ...Anyone using the big intake valve heads available now or the 1.25 rocker arms? 2. Any case improvements needed? Should studs with any...
• Re: Engen VW Cup
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 8 Nov 2005 13:18:44 -0800
  ...Powerkote Cape recently sponsored Powerflow's VW Polo by coating the exhaust manifold, pistons and intake manifold for the race in the regional GTi...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 12:30:39 -0700
  ...air regulator intake hose. The other was an exhaust leak right at the flange where the two exhaust header pipes combine into one. This...
• VW 1.9 diesel engine, candidate for engine swaps.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 96 0:16:01 EST
  ...It also features larger intake valves, 36mm instead of the 34mm intakes of the 1.6 L head. For best performance the 1.9...
• Re: [A] Camper woes
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 13:50:18 -0500
  ...Replaced all intake manifold gaskets. Crank it up, same problem. Spray ether all around manifold, no leak. Next suspect, carbs need rebuilding. Rebuilt both...
• Help! 1.9 idle/ stalling problem !!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tracy Bonin
  Fri, 18 Jul 2003 06:50:20 -0700
  ...When I got to work I lifted up the engine hatch and low and behold one of the intake manifold boots (the drivers side...
• Re: Dometic Fridge Mod Update
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:29:14 +0000
  ...blew out intake/exhaust/drain tubes, added check valve > to pump, reamed out pump outlet, added extra pump inlet hole, wrapped > intake and exhaust...
• Dometic Exhaust & Intake O Ring Positioning?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:25:30 -0700
  Hi all. Just making sure. For the Dometic 182A or B. When the pipes and key are installed in manifold, pic (Ignore arrows): http...
• Re: '85 vanagon passenger compartment fan...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 20:21:42 -0700
  ...Anyone know if an '85 passenger compartment climate control >> apparatus >> ( fan, intake, etc ) will work in an '82 vanagon? My fan is out >> of...