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• Re: California catalytic converter needed
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:51:04 -0700
  ...As a matter >> of interest, what were your readings? I've had it suggested that it could >> be a inlet / exhaust leak somewhere, too...
• Re: Break-in.......new engine (your opinion?)
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 20:51:47 +0200
  ...Concentrate on bleeding the van first wile > keeping low temp (am cheking the exhaust temp with infrared gun > > 3)-this procedure (bleeding) should take...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 16 May 2012 05:37:49 -0400
  ...It turns an exhaust leak from a noise problem into a too-rich mixture. It turns a misfiring cylinder into a too-rich mixture...
• Re: What could have gone wrong? - hey, sorry it's long
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 6 May 2008 13:46:24 -0700
  ...What usually happens is the exhaust displaces the coolant in the engine relatively easily ...........and you've got overheating. And when you check it...
• Garage Cleanup Sale - Making Room for a Net Project
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:24:34 -0400
  ...Includes ac compressor brackets and bolts, Intake and exhaust manifolds, injector hoses, etc. No wiring harness.This engine would run good if coolant leak...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 20:45:31 -0700
  ...I've previously done a test for exhaust gasses, but no CO2 detected. I have wanted to plumb a pressure gauge into the cooling...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:14:55 -0500
  ...The only reason you need a short filter is to clear the exhaust. At some point the exhaust has or will need to be...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:34:49 -0700
  ...There is more religion and snake oil in this topic - exhausting (pun intended). For years people have been promulgating the BS of higher technology...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:50:36 -0800
  ...Many Diesel vehicles > 2007 and newer also require the use of a special Diesel Exhaust Fluid, > (DEF). This is a urea based fluid used...
• Re: [Adventurewagen] Need to sell my van : ( Another victim of bad diagnostic skills! This really bothers me
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 1 Jun 2014 17:41:51 -0700
  ...Mechanic > says there's one "unseated valve," and to fix it right means digging > in and rebuilding both at the same time. About $2...
• Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:43:43 -0700
  ...Typically I find an exhaust valve or two leaking a little . and the hyd lifters should not get out of adjustment .. but once in...
• Diesel Vanagons and Diesel engines.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 25 May 1998 13:48:02 -0400
  ...8 and 2.0), and used stronger casts, better bearings, head, valves etc. *Both* the gas and diesel engines are very reliable, and the...
• Re: Eric's van is running again
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 3 Nov 2020 08:52:00 -0600
  ...I like the new GW EFI setup juxtaposed with the well worn idle > control valve...the new and the old. Lastly I was kind...
• Re: idea?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:10:00 -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...
• '72 Westy FS Milwaukee
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  06 Dec 96 23:54:10 EST
  ...Had to rob an exhaust valve out of it. Heads have less than 1000 miles on rebuild by MOFOCO. Includes carbs (condition of these...
• To All Tiico Owners: Solutions To Every Tiico Conversion Question
  Historical mailing list - Jon
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:25:56 -0500
  ...Summary on exhaust and vibrations: No engine or exhaust should ever be installed by tightening down on one unit then going to the next...
• Re: Parts CD,
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 10:09:47 -0400
  ...other parts and > would get different answers > too. (TD Exhaust valves VS. NA diesel valves). You > just about have to > look at the parts...
• Long, but true, saga of Galley Space
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pohlhammer
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 09:22:08 -0800
  ...Manchester in CA), and has labels explaining what each fitting & valve does.  My tank & shield had a THICK coating of road...
• Re: hesitation/bucking (was: Re: tested Oxygen Sensor, and...)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 16 May 2008 23:38:43 -0700
  ...I just ran 5 AFM's back to back on a fresh valve job 1.9 ........they were all dodgy or weak or ........UNEVEN...
• Re: Van won't run right - troubleshooting help, more
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 1 Oct 2011 00:56:06 -0700
  ...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: Problem with 1991 Vanagon cooling system
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:41:29 -0500
  ...I have not kept coolant in it >> recently long enough to tell exhaust gases are dirtying the coolant and I >> have not done the...
• Re: To All Tiico Owners: Solutions To Every Tiico Conversion Question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:13:47 -0500
  ...Support your engine and transaxle and remove your exhaust at the cat, and remove both engine cradles. Next, snug the "half moon" plates to...
• Re: FS: 2.1 "DJ" code 112 HP WBX New/Rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 12:00:11 -0500
  ...make this package > > > > > complete? The 112hp comes from ECU, different ignition, exhaust, > > > > > valve diameter and cam grind. With AMC heads, the engine is > > > > > basically...
• Re: Do I need professional help?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 5 Dec 94 11:30:33 PST
  ...My '64 had an appetite for exhaust valves, usually breaking the number three, ingesting it into the cylinder, trashing all related parts and immobilizing...
• Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:57:44 -0800
  ...Then adjust the valves to zero lash (just touching the ends of the valves). It is probably not a fuel injection harness problem (just...
• Re: New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 1 Apr 2020 17:49:12 -0700
  ...The heads have visible hairline cracks on the outside and one of > the exhaust ports is sealed with furnace cement. The rings have lost...
• Re: LVC Searching for a project
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 04:07:13 -0700
  ...valve cover where the spark >>> plugs are.. >>> you start looking at it .. >>> hmmmm.......regular tool won't fit in there .. >>> ok..move exhaust pipe...
• Re: Oil cooler, D-pillar, Syncro - question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:28:37 -0500
  ...You can get one way valves to keep the oil in the line, but then I'd > also have a thermostat in line with...
• Re: To All Tiico Owners: Solutions To Every Tiico Conversion Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 11:06:44 -0800
  ...Summary on exhaust and vibrations: No engine or exhaust should ever be installed by tightening down on one unit then going to the next...
• Re: Coolant Loss- is it that time again?
  Historical mailing list - David
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 11:30:19 -0700
  ...Keep looking, the > > front > > >>> > heater valve above the spare or a cracked expansion tank can leak > > under > > >>> > pressure and you don't always see...
• The 75..the epic continues!
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Sun, 28 Jul 1996 12:33:01 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It also studdered like a sticky valve...anyway, i had pulled the motor to look at it, when the bug died, and i went...
• The only ten tools needed
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 13:53:02 -0500
  ...If you spend all your time under the hood looking for a frendle pin that caromed off the peedle valve when you knocked both...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:47:48 -0600
  ...Many Diesel vehicles 2007 and newer also require the use of a special Diesel Exhaust Fluid, (DEF). This is a urea based fluid used...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, I'll tell you BTW
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 23:17:46 -0500
  ...The only reason you need a short filter is to clear the exhaust. At some point the exhaust has or will need to be...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:54:52 -0800
  ...adjustments I mentioned. > And change the oil. > And really check the exhaust system, like your cat. > > I just can't say how important checking...
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 16 May 2012 07:28:42 -0700
  ...It turns an > exhaust leak from a noise problem into a too-rich mixture. It turns > a misfiring cylinder into a too-rich mixture...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:00:17 -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: Blew the heads (both)... DIESEL
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:53:22 +1200
  ...A Toyota 2.4 I can't remember the designation of, but these are OK, but AVOID the 2.4 turbo!!! These drop valve...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 12:51:05 -0700
  ...The fuel is simply available when >> the intake valves open. >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> Raymond Paquette wrote: >>> Scott >>> >>> Can you explain this? It would seem to me...
• Re: Milestone
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:03:57 -0700
  ...Regardless of coolant temp many parts such as pistons valves, exhaust ports, etc. operate at temps much higher than the coolant bulk temp. On...
• Friday Funnies
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:03:34 -0500
  ...If you spend all your time under the bike looking for a frendle pin that caromed off the peedle valve when you knocked both...
• Re: New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 2 Apr 2020 11:48:52 -0700
  ...The heads have visible hairline cracks on the outside and one of the exhaust ports is sealed with furnace cement. The rings have lost...
• Re: EB2007 Vanaru Test Drive
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 11:39:02 -0400
  ...I'm not talking about failling Injectors, distributor, fuel reg, ECU, idle control valve or module, noisy lifter, flooded engine, crack heads, fissured sleevee...
• Re: Water Injection
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 May 2008 22:21:53 -0500
  ...the carbon loose which in turn is carried out with the exhaust, thus clean pistons and cylinder heads. John Rodgers 88 GL driver Greg...
• '66 progress, engine in
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Jun 1996 10:30:49 -0700
  ...CO2 extinguisher I guess) The fan housing, exhaust system, alternator, intake manifold, 34 PICT 3 carb, tinware, etc. etc. all went together and fit...
• HOT HEAT in an air-cooled van, (VERY long) was: 12 volt heater suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 10 Oct 1999 09:41:09 -0400
  ...Leaky seams around heat riser tubes (run from boxes to heat valves 'flapper boxes'). 6. **un-insulated heat riser tubes 7. Un-adjusted, leaky...
• Re: Garage Cleanup Sale - Making Room for a New Project
  Historical mailing list - email99
  Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:43:37 -0400
  ...Includes ac compressor brackets and bolts, Intake and > exhaust manifolds, injector hoses, etc. No wiring harness.This engine > would run good if coolant leak...
• Re: Reservation fees? Wish I'd thought of that. - now 1.9 wbxr head job
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:21:56 -0700
  Wow Craig, bummer man ! Yup,....i recently spend considerable time drilling and taping on exhaust or engine block broken off studs... That's the...
• Re: Eric's van is running again
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 3 Nov 2020 15:32:43 -0500
  ...I like the new GW EFI setup juxtaposed with the well worn idle >> control valve...the new and the old. Lastly I was kind...
• Re: Interesting MPG numbers
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 27 Mar 2020 23:42:48 +0000
  ...Except for heads @168K and an exhaust valve with rings at 248K this is also an original engine. > > For subie conversions without gearing changes...
• Re: [Adventurewagen] Need to sell my van : ( Another victim of bad diagnostic skills! This really bothers me
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 1 Jun 2014 20:28:36 -0500
  ...Mechanic > > says there's one "unseated valve," and to fix it right means digging > > in and rebuilding both at the same time. About $2...
• Re: Should I rebuild the bottom end? Questions & photos.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:02:18 -0700
  ...found to be exhaust > gasses blowing into the coolant. Pulled the heads, one was junk with a > crack between the valves. I had the...
• Fwd: Vanagon Tool Box (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Roy Olynick
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:10:35 -0600
  ...If you spend all your time under | | the hood looking for a frendle pin that caromed off the peedle | | valve when you knocked both...
• Re: nuts vs head gasket job
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 4 Sep 2013 22:42:48 -0600
  ...com/articles/waterboxes.html > ). > I've previously done a test for exhaust gasses, but no CO2 > detected. I > have wanted to plumb a pressure...
• Re: FS: 2.1 "DJ" code 112 HP WBX New/Rebuilt
  Historical mailing list - mike .
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 10:39:45 -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...
• Re: I shared "Oil Cooler Vanagon Air Cooled" with you in OneDrive
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:13:21 +0000
  ...At 50 psi highway the relief valve is almost being used. One thing about the air cooled engine original oil cooler, It gets the...
• Parting out '85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 19:47:56 +0000
  ...Support your engine and >transaxle and remove your exhaust at the cat, and remove both engine >cradles. Next, snug the "half moon" plates to...
• Re: Heaters for winter camping
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 4 Dec 2008 12:17:44 -0700
  ...It is attached to a quick connect propane hose w/ shutoff valve to the propane line under the sink, & can be removed & installed in...
• Re: Winter Storage delimma (rather long, but worth it!)
  Historical mailing list - JJ
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 13:50:20 -0800
  ...and tires - Slacken ALL of the valve adjusting screws or remove the rocker arms to close the valves - Tape securely across the ventilation intake...
• Re: some observations on the power of an inline VW 1.8 liter (Rabbit, Golf, Jetta) gas..
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:34:41 -0800
  ...this motor, with it's mild aftermarket cam and free-flowing exhaust.� If I shift back to 4th it takes my revs right into...