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• Buzzing sound/dead battery
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:12:30 -0800
  Volks, Started my van today and a loud buzzing sound came from the engine compartment. Drove a mile or so and stopped. Turned the...
• Re: rusty engine compartment, no splash shields?
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Burhanna
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:03:28 EST
  Is the tin an aftermarket addition or is it standard on vanagons and the one I looked at was lacking it? Thanks, Marcus
• Re: Where's the gas heater go?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 May 1996 03:04:17 -0400
  ...find documents or manuals showing this installation? - - - - they go in the engine compartment on the auxiiary battery tray in the buses, i'm not...
• Re: Power Steering Fluid and lines Questions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:47:21 -0800
  ...Noise was at the rear, but louder under the van and also inside van, than it was looking down at in engine compartment. Hand...
• Re: Driving with no exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:27:58 -0800
  Without at least the pipes on the heads, hot gases and flames will shoot out of the heads into the engine compartment. Is there...
• V6 Transplant (WAS Surprising Syncro Sighting Part 2)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  18 Dec 1995 09:30:09 EST
  ...For those of you, like me, that had not examine these vehicles, the pickup truck bed is about four inches above the engine compartment...
• Re: [T2] 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:37:15 -0800
  ...into > the passenger compartment. It shouldn't be, no matter how much oil is being thrown out by the engine. There's a boot...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 03:55:36 EDT
  ...Since in the Vanagon engine compartment there is no fan, it may be that a fan could be installed to cool the engine compartment...
• Re: Wesipes
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:46:11 -0500
  ...I'm still going to try to find where the hottest area of the engine compartment really is. BOB
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Coolant Hoses Available
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 14:59:25 -0700
  ...gosh, a total $456 to replace all of the hoses in the engine compartment?! Do I hear the value of my aircooled going up?
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:19:04 -0700
  ...a vanagon engine compartment is wide open more or less....the engine is liquid cooled ...plenty of engine compartment general venting. About the only...
• Re: DIY engine hoist?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 14 Jul 2013 17:01:44 -0500
  ...a bus engine? > Searched the archives and never came across what I remembered -- > something involving 2x4s set across the engine compartment? Any leads > appreciated...
• Re: For Canucks Only -what kind of battery?
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:50:04 -0700
  ...engine. David (dsl82westy) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Clint Kolda <clint_kolda@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >Nathaniel, there is only one deep cycle battery that will fit in that >compartment...
• Re: Very Interesting Fire Suppression System
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:54:09 -0600
  ...That said, it would be very interesting to temp scan these engine compartments, noting varying conditions and engine conversions. Please note that this unit...
• Re: O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:52:54 EST
  ...There is a VW kit, to replace the O2 sensor lead from the engine compartment to the ECU connector. Engine's which run oddly...
• Re: O2 Sensors, and harness connetion failure
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:52:54 EST
  ...There is a VW kit, to replace the O2 sensor lead from the engine compartment to the ECU connector. Engine's which run oddly...
• Re: Solar Panels - from where?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Tue, 19 Nov 2002 15:10:34 -0600
  ...From there, it exits into the engine compartment and under the engine and body of the van to the vent tube for the battery...
• 84 Electrical-Fusible Link?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 20 Jul 96 13:18 CDT
  ...The engine compartment wiring boxes are well sealed and showed no signs of problems when I opened them for inspection. if not (in engine...
• bleed valve in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 09:18:28 -0500
  ...I looked in Haynes manual and they mention and show a bleed valve in the engine compartment right on top of the thermostat housing...
• '85 engine on Richmond VA CL for $400
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:11:30 -0800
  ...engine and everything in the engine compartment plus like new exaust, was running before it was removed, roughly 87 thousand miles on engine call...
• Re: The black box in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:16:33 -0800
  ...Westy > There is a black box 4"x6"x1" in the engine compartment driver side a > few inches ahead of the light assembly. > What...
• Re: For Sale Plastic coolant tubes that fit the 83.5 to 85 with a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 20:03:03 -0400
  ...This listee,says the the tubes will not pass through the frame cross members,nor easily enter the engine compartment of the 84 or...
• Re: duct tape
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:50:21 -0600
  ...I was somewhat >> concerned >> about the temperature in the engine compartment. What would be a better >> choice than duct tape? >> >> TIA Karl. >> >> Karl >> '81...
• Re: syncro fuel gauge sender ground
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:26:26 -0700
  ...So yes, the Syncro sub-harness grounds back on the left side of the engine compartment along with other brown ground wires. The Syncro...
• Re: Wesipes
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:05:50 -0500
  ...I'm still going to try to > find where the hottest area of the engine compartment really is. Catalytic converter Now we're cook...
• Rubber boot part #'s
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:35:15 EST
  Anyone have the rubber boot part numbers for the thottle cable in the engine compartment and the shift linkage cover by the tranny? tia...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:02:26 -0700
  ...On 4/12/2013 1:36 PM, Richard A Jones wrote: >> a vanagon engine compartment is wide open more or less....the engine is...
• Re: [Syncro] Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - mark lortie
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 11:13:00 -0800
  I would be interested to know what the ambient temperature is in the engine compartment is when idling in a traffic jam in the...
• How much damage to engine block, heads, etc., in fire from leaking fuel ines?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 22 Jul 2017 09:43:15 -0400
  ...Assuming engine is okay, I will have body shop remove everything from engine compartment, repaint, etc. Right now I cannot provide more details. Thank...
• replacning fuel lines on syncro
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 17:29:57 -0700
  ...There was only enough hose supplied do the engine compartment pieces starting at the line coming from the fuel pump going to the line...
• WTB:'66-'71 type II engine hatch
  Historical mailing list
  06 Jul 95 22:35:39 EDT
  Hi gang! I'm in the market for a straight and rust-free '66-'71 engine compartment lid for Ms. Moneypenny, my '71 Westy...
• need some help here
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 12:14:27 -0800
  ...I am guessing that the air currents around the back of the engine are throwing the coolent to the front of the engine compartment...
• 911 in 69 westy
  Historical mailing list - yale jay lubkin
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 21:20:45 -0400 (EDT)
  ...it require any adaptions? If the engine is too big to fit in the standard engine compartment how hard would it be to cut...
• Re: Westie luggage area
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Thu, 18 May 2000 13:51:52 -0700
  ...I have VB3 all > around my engine compartment. I can barely hear my motor at idle and even > at highway speeds noise is damped...
• Re: very minor glove compartment/dash light mod
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:28:54 -0800
  ...To save me pulling the fuse or disconnecting battery I insulated the offending part > > http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/vanagon-dashglove-compartment...
• Re: strange Clicking Noise from engine compartment (??)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:43:02 -0700
  ...strange Clicking Noise from engine compartment (??) | |At 09:21 AM 6/13/2010, Jack R. wrote: |>the van. There is, however, a correlation between...
• 1981 Westie - Fuel Pressure Gauge
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Sun, 6 Dec 2020 09:47:31 -0500
  Has anyone installed a permanent fuel pressure gauge in their engine compartment for on the road troubleshooting? If so, where did you connect and...
• Re: Ethylene glycol can self-ignite at 782 degrees?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:27:16 -0700
  RE: Burning Antifreeze I think you are already going to have flames from something else to get your engine compartment to 782 degrees F.
• Re: Bleeding Cooling system per Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Walt Spak
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:53:31 PST
  My 84 has an engine compartment bleeder valve that bleeds between the 2 large hoses on the forward fire wall. Walt Spak wnsopc3@3rdm...
• Re: Very Interesting Fire Suppresion System
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:39:17 -0700
  ...Just how hot does the engine compartment, especially the engine lid, get when running? Like climbing a mountain pass? I'd hate to spend...
• RE: Lousy idle and sneaky booster leaks
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 13:20:53 EST
  ...disconnect and plug the engine end of the vacuum line (white plastic hose in extreme northwest corner of engine compartment). B.
• Re: plug w/o mate engine compartment!?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 10:56:50 -0600
  ...engine compartment facing front of car, 3 pins male, > approx. > 3/4" diameter, with metal bracket, gray cable disappearing under the > carburetor, turning towards...
• Sound proof insulation????
  Historical mailing list - Rob Rubin
  Tue, 2 May 2000 19:18:21 EDT
  Inside the engine compartment there is sound proof material that...well ...sound proofs the cabin area from the engine noise. Mine is starting to...
• FS 71 Camper Bus
  Historical mailing list - 2wheel
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 17:35:00 -0700
  ...Bright red with a very clean engine compartment.
• some pics added to my site
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 17 Jun 2005 08:45:37 -0700
  I added a couple of pics of my engine compartment showing "new" air intake routing and aux fuse panel http://www.members.shaw.ca...
• Re: Mystery Plug 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 31 May 2003 10:21:01 +0200
  ...If you were looking in the engine compartment it was on the bottom right of the compartment... What is this plug for? Thanks Shannon...
• Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:14:06 -0500
  ...I cut them to go from the back hatch, forward over the engine cover, then down the slope of the engine compartment, across the...
• Re: Built-in Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:40:10 -0700
  isnt that funny i do some marine work and i was going to shop around in that world for exactly that an engine compartment...
• advice on 80-83.5 engine convrsn?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 22 Mar 2000 08:07:08 MST
  ...Does anyone have in-depth knowledge of the differences between the model years? For example, is the engine compartment the same size? would the...
• WTB: Diesel engine compartment sheetmetal
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:07:07 EDT
  My 82 Westy diesel is missing the sheetmetal on both sides of the engine. I have the piece that goes around the muffler. Does...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 18:32:02 -0600
  ...are you guys talking about engine compartment lids? I've never seen a plastic one. AB JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > all 80-83 non...
• Re: 2nd Oil Cooler...(Long-ish)
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 18:09:29 -0700
  James Burns wrote: > > >> First David wrote: > >> > >> >> Most people I know who have coolers in their engine compartment have the > >> >> hot side of the cooler...
• Timing light power connections
  Historical mailing list - wayout
  Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:30:39 -0700
  ...Where can I connect my timing light in the engine compartment (I mean the power leads). Thanks Jason Loewenstein Marysville / Tulalip, WA 85GL
• source for spring clamps for fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 09:33:11 -0500
  I'm looking for the spring clamps for replacing my fuel lines in the engine compartment. Not the screw type. Anybody have a lead...
• need an engine wiring harness? i have one cheap
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:37:18 EDT
  ...vanagon engine wiring harness. this is all the wiring in the engine compartment except for the fuel injection wiring. it includes all the wires...
• RE: Can you make the bus quiet?
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 21 Sep 1995 14:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have heard, that a lot of noise comes from metal body and engine- compartment panels resonating with the vibrating/roaring engine, in patterns...
• Re: Areas of vacuum in the engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hogue
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:24:32 -0400
  ...Areas of vacuum in the engine compartment? > I am thinking of doing some performance mods to my TriStar that has a > 115hp pumpe d...
• Re: Parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 5 May 2012 12:51:47 -0700
  ...wiring harness complete for the engine compartment. > 2. two rear topside vent covers. > 3. hoses and plastic for the engine compartment. > 4. engine cover...
• Re: Pictures of Detlev's Vanagon Projekt
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 15:54:44 -0700
  ...I think it would be better to route the exhaust away from the engine compartment, or at least provide cool fresh air for the...
• It won't even start.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 01 Nov 1995 15:55:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...When nothing happens I just go back to the engine compartment and wiggle all the connectors and find none loose and tap all the...