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• Re: : who bought that ebay 83 diesel passenger van for $3400?
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 2 Apr 2004 14:22:42 -0700
  > > > So... after a nuclear war, there will be nothing left but cockroaches, > diesel vanagons and twinkies? > > And styrofoam cups, plastic bags and cigarette filters
• Re: Bus Depot SPAM, again!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 18:06:05 -0400
  ...I will also suggest to Tim that he set a filter to trash Ron's emails or any other mail that Tim finds offensive...
• california smog issues and synthetic oil
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 2 May 2005 12:31:58 -0700
  ...Have you taken filter life into account in your oil testing? I run Mahle filters. Thanks. Warren Lail 88 Westy "Billy Bones" __________________________________________________ Do You...
• Re: Oil and Filter Changes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:28:55 -0400
  ...I've been using the calendar as my guide rather than the odometer and changing oil (20w50) and filter (Mann) every 4 months. Is...
• Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:02:26 -0400
  HI AL, OK, I'll 'fess up here and admit to knowing NOTHING about the fuel hoses, tank and filter arrangements on wasserboxers. Since...
• Re: copper crush washers
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sat, 31 Aug 2019 20:22:51 -0700
  Autozone, or any outfit that sells oil, will take the filter, too. Usually, they just say, "Leave it over there." I always put it...
• Re: oooh... the joy and surprise of a new van...
  Historical mailing list - John Samuel
  Mon, 4 Sep 2017 19:07:15 -0400
  ...oil, > > filters, spark plugs, this and that etc.. > > > > now here are surprises... > > > > - on the fuel filter there's a label with marker on it...
• Fear of asking a question?? Gee wonder why... [long'ish]
  Historical mailing list - MtnGal
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 10:11:11 -0800
  ...Just "Filter" them out!!! I have received personal messages on how to filter people out. Anyone else want to know how to use their...
• MUST SELL, Reduced 89 westy
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 14:41:47 -0500
  ...Only synthetic oil w/ Mahle filters. 4-spd manual w/ redline, shifts beautifully Body is gray w/ gray pop-top. 2 small dings about...
• san diego parts suppliers
  Historical mailing list - mark
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:30:19 -0700
  ...the guy tried to sell me an oil filter for an air cooled 2000cc... it was a mahle OC 28... good thing I knew...
• Re: Power loss above 3000 rpms in 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 28 Jan 2007 10:56:36 -0500
  ...It has new plugs, air filter, recent oil change and new filter. The fuel pump has been getting louder recently (last 3 months or...
• Re: Puking Oil from Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:22:29 -0500
  ...It has a Fram filter...somewhere I recall a post a number of years >ago about VW and Mann filters having a pressure release...
• Re: Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 21:49:21 -0400
  ...The K&N filters were letting fine dirt >pass right through!!! Silica is more than just dirt -- it's silicon dioxide, commonly known as...
• Re: Fuel Pump Noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:36:48 -0500
  ...Second question is, my van never had a "front" fuel filter.. (Not since I've owned it).. Maybe I should get one? --t
• Re: Oil pressure warnings, WAS: Mann Oil Filter and lifters
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:52:19 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > There is not any gauge or warning light that will overcome driver > ignorance. How...
• Auto Transmission "bang" from 2nd -->1st
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Sun, 19 Apr 1998 17:08:24 -0600
  ...What do you think this could be? Has anyone experienced this? I've got a new filter and gasket to install but, I've...
• 78 Bus Fuel Problem Solved
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 06:45:15 -0400
  The 78 bus is once again running....the garage pulled off the fuel filter and nothing came out of the line. They blew in...
• Re: SACRIFICIAL OFFERING!
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 14 Feb 1999 15:20:19 -0700
  ...I use the European filters and synthetic oil in full knowledge I'm buying more psychological satisfaction than real mechanical advantage. I guess my...
• Re: Whats that oil filter again??
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:18:49 -0500
  ...Could someone > pleae tell me again what that brand of filter is and what vendors > can sell me one? > > > > > > Peace, JB > '66 Split Window...
• '88 Power Steering problems
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 6 Mar 2003 11:49:58 -0800
  ...I flushed the system & cleaned the filter about 4-5 years ago, so I was planning to do this again in hopes it will...
• Re: engine stopped 2.1L Westy, 1987
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 00:13:25 -0400
  ...Hoping a needed change of ignition components and fuel filter will fix the problem. There is a few Technical Bulletins Available @ http://www.concentric...
• Re: 85 1.9 failed smog
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:40:33 -0500
  ...I know that if you get a new air filter, it helps to reduce the "richness" a bit - anyone know if a K&N...
• Fuel system...follow up
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:19:13 -0500
  ...new air filter >>3. new spark plugs (platinum) >>4. new oil and filter Ryan, I was having a similar problem with black plugs on...
• Lifter clatter - the recommendations work
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 5 Nov 2004 16:04:36 -0800
  ...So three weeks ago I gave it an oil change, to 20W50 oil, and replaced the Brand X filter with a good Mahle one...
• Re: Oil Leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:33:20 -0500
  As a sudden failure, the oil cooler gasket is my first choice and second would be the filter or filter gasket. Last month I...
• Re: Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:25:45 +0000
  ...The K&N filter is in the same approx area of the engine compartment as mine, except your intake pipe does obstruct oil filter...
• ATF/MMO
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:30:48 -0400
  ...Change filter to MANN or VW brand filter (NO Fram, Autocrap, AC Smelco, etc.) Refill with Castrol 20w50, and about 8-16 oz of...
• Re: '83 wasserboxer wiring harness melted!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 22:01:00 -0600
  ...the air >filter box was incorrectly repositioned. yup. it seems that the >fuel injector wires on that side of the engine can get pinched...
• Re: VANAGON digest 758
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright, SMUS Network Analyst
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 11:30:43 PDT
  ...Also has happened on my Jetta, but not since switching to VW filters... Around here, I get them for $5.50 CDN, so it...
• What's AC worth...and Fuel pressure regulator question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 1 May 2000 10:42:46 -0400
  ...He also replaced my fuel filter. Now, both of these item were replaced less than a year ago. I thought the fuel filter was...
• Re: List management [was: Is it time for a Tiico list?]
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:12:57 +1200
  ...If its a TIICO related post, >>put TIICO in the subject line and let the users filter it any way that >>they choose. >> >>Frankly...
• Air Filter Hose, '91 2WD
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Sat, 24 Apr 2004 21:20:49 -0400
  ...to feed air to the air intake on the VW air filter, (not being used now). The assembly consists of a plastic air intake...
• Re: humming fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Tue, 26 Aug 1997 01:21:37 UT
  A noisy fuel pump often means a clogged fuel filter or tank outlet - possibly what made your old pump fail to begin (or end...
• Re: Mine Syncro ist Krank! (Coolant leak)
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 03:13:47 EST
  ...green coolant on the floor just below the oil filter.... >> Probably the oil cooler (filter screws onto it) sealing ring. Jim Thompson wrote this...
• Re: oil additives (synthetic oils)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:59:57 EST
  ...Also I have heard that if you change just your filter every 6k miles and just add the quart of oil that comes out...
• mail agent, filter tricks. (no vanagon content) just anti-SPAM stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 12:46:00 -0500
  Greetings and Salutations! I have a new version of my email handler and it has some email filters called mail assistant. I have a...
• WTB - EGR valvle + plumbing for 81
  Historical mailing list - Chris Renz
  Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:46:42 -0800
  ...im trying like heck to track down an actual EGR filter and may have to suck it up and get the one from vanagain...
• ** HELP ** van heavy gas smell
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 15 Jul 2005 18:43:48 -0700
  ...HELP please coulf it be my fuel filter, I can drive about steady speed the it does the vanagon lunge but its heavy gas...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 18 Feb 2016 11:23:23 -0800
  ...oil filter every oil change spark plugs wire every 4 oil changes depending what kind of oil you use approx between 8K miles to...
• Re: Fuel pump issue
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 25 May 2015 13:13:20 -0700
  the fuel line before the filter is clogged.... either remove the fuel tank and clean it, replace all the hoses or for now blow...
• Fuel Tank
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nagle
  Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:20:01 -0400
  ...Depot? Are they safe? Is it an easy install? I have an '85 Westy that is gunking up fuel filters too often Bill Nagle
• Re: '87 Failed emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:47:28 -0400
  Richard, Change the oil, remove the air filter and run it hard on the way to the testing. Tightening the spring in the AFM...
• Re: Oil sensor still buzz after going to Mahle oil filter, now what?
  Historical mailing list - (Donna Cassano)
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 07:48:38 -0400
  Buzzer???? Is there supposed to be a buzzer on an '84? I got light but not buzzzzzz. ???? TIA Peace - donna '84 Westy (Pepe)
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec, messy eng. compartment...
  Historical mailing list - Nate Wall
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:26:56 -0400
  Another thought is that the "O" ring on the flange (non-oil filter) side of the oil cooler let loose. --Nate
• Fuel Hose question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:41:07 -0800
  Can anyone tell me the Od/id of the fuel hose that goes from the fuel filter to the engine (same as the return...
• Re: Air intake
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 21 May 2008 07:13:32 -0600
  ...snorkel cavity from the engine compartment? Then run the intake through this flange, with the filter at the base of the cavity. Gracias, Miguel
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:26:33 -0500
  ...The oil bypasses the filter at high pressure so it doesn't make a fiddlers damn how good your filter is. That's the...
• Re: Synthetic Oil
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:33:29 -0800
  ...w/oil and filter change on completion > 250 miles at 260 degrees (f) and 5 bar + oil pressure, Oil bypass plunger > was upside down...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 27 May 2015 17:13:46 -0400
  ...The Waterboxers need the bypass in the filter whereas the > inline motors have it in the filter flange. Looking at the filter the oil...
• Re: loss of ooomph
  Historical mailing list - Jessup Coffin
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:32:42 -0400
  ...Air filter is a >little dirty, but not that bad. Fuel filter is fine. Didn't find a >breather filter anywhere, are there any...
• Hunting idle, jerking bucking Vanagon woes!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Mon, 11 Apr 1994 16:31:55 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Air Flow Sensor Fuel pressure regulator Plug Wires ($$$) Plugs Oxygen Sensor Fuel Filter Air Filter Oil and Filter I've cleaned every ground I...
• Re: Cairo Report, now K&N
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 08:43:02 -0800
  ...Oil wetted depth filters combine > capacity, efficiency, and high air flow unlike any other. > > If it weren't for the oil, lots of particles...
• Re: 85 Vanagon q's
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Thu, 15 Jul 2004 11:38:41 -0700
  David, Get the Mann or Mahle filters from a list vendor. No AC so no help there. Coolant - Get the Blue Autobahn stuff. That...
• Re: Replacing the gas tank, the Bus Depot way....
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 13:02:35 -0400
  ...The other change occurred was that VW went from a plastic fuel filter before the pump to a metal one after the pump. This...
• homemade anti spam
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 16:16:34 -0700
  ...make an email filter! IT is really easy to do. Here is what i did. I use both Netscape and Pine 4.30 (yes...
• Re: Denver Parts House
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 18:22:47 -0700
  ...wrote: > If in a pinch and can't find a German filter (Mahle or Mann), perhaps > the next best chouce would be a Purolator...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 1 May 2005 17:18:10 -0500
  ...Make sure you are using the correct wight of oil and a good german filter with an anti-flowback valve in it, not something...
• Re: An unfortunately thing about the subject line at GerryVanagon -
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:21:40 -0400
  ...99.9% of all email clients can filter on headers, and move incoming messages to different places depending on the contents of those headers...
• Re: Engine miss
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:42:05 -0700
  Tony, I have not changed the fuel filter yet. It is post pump. Pump sound pretty normal. No idea what's in the tank...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sun, 9 May 1999 21:49:56 EDT
  where did you mount the remore oil filter? Please p-mail me, because I just dropped the vanagon list, stayed on type 2 though...