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• Re: which cylinder is which?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 11:03:07 -0600
  ...which cylinder is which? > I know that the firing order on my 88 Westy is 1-4-3-2. However, I don't > know...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 19:51:40 -0600
  ...4 we are throwing fuel into a cylinder that is not firing? Where does that fuel go, is it wasted? Gregor On Tue, Jun...
• Re: hard starting - cylinder cutting out -87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Thu, 2 Jan 2003 18:45:32 -0500
  ...It seems only one or two cylinders are firing ...... ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www...
• Re: [NVC] Possibly the most useful camping gadget ever
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:21:33 -0400
  ...I've been looking for a warning siren or factory >> whistle he >> could blow before firing that thing up. >> >> -- >>
• Re: valve adjustment proceedure
  Historical mailing list - Douglas
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 22:57:48 -0700
  Because the firing order is 1-4-3-2, with the engine turning clockwise. If you start at 1, and turn the crank counter...
• Intake Manifold Vacum... more of
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 11:29:28 -0700
  ...constant irregular idle or in my case a miss in the firing. My problem is an intermittent miss and intermittant poor idle. Sometimes I...
• FW: help! loss of cylinder quests
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 23:50:55 -0400
  ...seems to be fine > > (recap - lost power, found cylinder #2 not firing - 83.5 1.9 WBX)) > > is it possible that a malfunctioning hydraulic...
• Re: Cylinder Numbering
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 19:13:42 -0800
  ...Can someone tell me which cylinder is which? (I took off the > plug leads and according to Bentley the firing order is 1-4...
• Re: Removal fo FI injectors
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 16:02:30 -0700
  ...It make sense too since all cyliners need the same amount of fuel and the engine is firing rapidly enought that you would want...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:25:52 -0500
  I once had a bad rotor (Bosch) in a SAAB distributor. You also might have a very dirty distributor cap. Did you look for...
• radio codes
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 3 Oct 1997 11:21:16 -0600
  ...Sound sort of familiar, air cooled guy's? ;) Yep, it's the firing order for a type 1 beetle motor. As to the new...
• Smells like gas, need diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Rian Mullins
  Sat, 6 Feb 1999 10:10:36 -0600
  ...My '87 Vanagon smells like gas in the rear and lately is behaving as if one of the cylinders is not firing or something...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:47:14 -0500
  Here is the firing order for water boxer, considering that the flywheel and of the engine is north. Cylinder one is Northeast. Cylinder two...
• Re: diesel running after 5 year nonoperation
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 16 May 2001 23:04:08 -0400
  ...job of getting that motor lubed up like a pro before firing her up. And she busted off right away! A testament to diesels...
• Engine install question
  Historical mailing list - Buffy & Philip Simmons
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 07:14:44 -0700
  ...a puff of air at cylinder #1" and this is the firing stroke? Also, understand there is some debate over advance to set.input...
• Old wiper motor parks, New doesn't
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:05:13 -0700
  ...I bought a new wiper motor and am firing it up to get it park so I can attach wiper relay armsin correct position...
• 1985 westy acceleration problem
  Historical mailing list - Ken Ehlert
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 19:34:18 -0500
  ...There is no back firing, sputtering or other telltale sign of a problem. If I stop at the the next light for only a...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:10:17 -0500
  ...The fuel injectors are firing fuel (gas ), I have checked them. The pop is more of a spit back I also have a water...
• Re: gas, spark, still no love
  Historical mailing list - Andrew
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 04:20:17 -0800
  ...Made sure of >firing order, and used timing light to position the distributor so that >timing is close to correct. Put the timing light...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:34:26 -0400
  ...Are all cylinders firing? When you gingerly lift the connectors from the distributor, can you lift an equal amount before each cylinder stops firing...
• Re: Gas in my ear (OUCH!)
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 21:53:07 -0700
  ...NEW ENGINE TODAY!!! HA HA HA HA. I feel so happy. Firing-up > details to follow... Breath is bated. Incedentally, you have a web...
• Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - Andy Yarnell
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:14:58 -0500
  ...I do not have any hesitation, bucking, or back firing. My headers are cracked in places which allows exhaust to leak. I am planning...
• Re: FryeDaye Funny - "You're So Fired & I'm So Rich!"
  Historical mailing list - W Peabody
  Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:44:52 -0700
  ...On 3/30/07, Tom Salicos <Tom@salicos.com> wrote: > > Okay, here's one: > > Circuit City is firing 3400 hourly salespeople because they make...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:19:35 -0400
  ...and no two cylinders are sparked >concurrently (1-4-3-2 firing sequence as per Bentley), so it seems it >should be a 1...
• Removing Oxygen Sensor tips needed, broken O2 sensor cause backfire?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:25:11 EDT
  ...I have a bit of back firing too, but certainly runs better without the faulty O2 sensor hooked up. Andy 99 NB Turbo 95...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 14:48:37 -0500
  ...The fact that 2 seem to be firing should let me >>> know something right? >>> >>> 3 Any thing else that I should do? Electrical tests...
• '84 Westfalia Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Roy, Ph.D.
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 21:08:47 -0700
  ...When attempting to start after driving, there will be a momentary engine firing and then no ignition. The motor will turn over without starting...
• Re: Spark plug wires
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:55:32 -0400
  ...distributer. > Can someone tell me where each wire goes? Not the firing order but where > each one goes in relation to the cap. I...
• Re: Bosch Quad 4 Plugs
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 16 Jan 2003 21:11:39 -0500
  ...Basic physics says that the spark will only jump to one ground electrode on any particular firing of the plug, so what's the...
• Re: Replacing Starter on 85 Vanagon - Jackstands or Ramps ?-The bypass button.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:01:04 -0500
  ...there are times you want to crank the engine without it firing up ( you > could pull a coil wire of course to dissable igntion...
• Re: AFM intermittancy result?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:33:33 -0400
  ...the >injectors!" to "Oops, I see contact again and will start firing the >injectors!" Pathetic fallacy aside, it would be "Hey, no air going...
• Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 Nov 1995 11:38:47 -0500
  though many things have been said about distributors, I drove around in a 73 pop top Westy with a 77 fuel injected engine that...
• [Fwd: Re: HELP THE VOLKSWAGEN GODS HATE ME!}:(]
  Historical mailing list - John Matchett
  Wed, 05 Feb 1997 23:03:25 -0500
  ...A new cap may have knicks on the firing cylinders, while having carbonation around the missing cylinders distributor cap contact. A used distributor can...
• Re: dizzy position and ht lead order !!?? help please !
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:54:57 -0400
  ...From there, it's just firing order (1-4-3-2, going clockwise on the distributor). Cylinder 1 is passenger side, front, 2 is...
• Re:Computers on Board
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Sep 94 15:38:02 bst
  ...These could be cross > referenced with the points to indicate no-fires >TDC sensor with firing informaton to indicate advance. Reports > advance curve under...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:49:19 -0500
  But, I should mention, the firing order of the distributor is not the same. To his Northeast. One is Southeast. For the south west...
• Re: F/ engine swap candidates found at local scrapyard
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:11:33 -0800
  I wonder if he turned the engine over, by some sort of hand crank or something, before firing it up. Oil tends to collect...
• Fuel Inj Testing
  Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
  Tue, 16 May 95 9:44:14 PDT
  Hello Dear VWers, On my 80 Westy, I don't have the injectors firing. I have hooked up a test light to the fuel...
• Re: 89 engine coughs and backfires at quick acceleration when warm?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 3 Jul 2006 08:11:00 -0700
  ...Fuel pressure is fine, injectors firing well, gas is >new and i have even swapped the pump as well... exhaust is clear and not...
• Re: Engine Cranks but No Start
  Historical mailing list - Wrenold Williams
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 07:49:28 -0400
  ...Pump starts but does not stop as at other times! Spark at the plugs, Fuel pressure at fuel rails but cannot detect injectors firing...
• Re: This Is Why You Don't Mess With "Stuff" On A Holiday
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 03:26:49 +0000
  ...more horsepower, which of course, it does now that it is firing on all 4 cylinders. I'm going to get a new set...
• Re: 2.1L Torque/HP/rpm specs
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 03:08:30 +0100
  ...115 spitting > > 4000 bucking stalling > > 4500 embarrassing 90 > > 5000 shaking mis-firing > > Drive Safely & Good Luck > Ken Lewis<Kernersville,NC>86 VW crewcab;60...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 9 Oct 2008 22:54:36 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 8:50 PM > I would open the case of the ECU...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 11:10:17 -0800
  ...I will try this valuable information. > It sounds like the Hall effect switch in the distributor controls the timing > of the injector firing, not...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 7 Dec 2012 - Special issue (#2012-341)
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 7 Dec 2012 21:13:54 -0700
  ...I'll duck now before those with K&Ns start firing at me.... But I had them 20 years ago on my 911T and...
• Digijet ECU Testing Sought
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 12:32:51 -0400
  ...But it would be nice when at the point of firing-up the engine that the ECU had already tested out ok, so as...
• Re: Hydraulic valve adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:24:51 -0700
  ...Somebody let me know if the rest of the sequence is > anything but the firing order. > > Bentley says two turns of the adjusting screw...
• Re: Distributor replacement choices???
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 09:11:21 EST
  ...It is similar to crank firing ignition system, but it goes off the distributor rotation. It is much better than the "points only" upgrades...
• I need a heater guru
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 16 Oct 1995 12:39:41 -0500
  ...I'll make sure to videotape the first time I try firing this thing up <Matt
• Re: [RE: Which cylinder isn't firing??]
  Historical mailing list - d t
  Sat, 4 Nov 2000 20:20:45 MST
  "Antaki" <wrack@home.com> wrote: > The easy one first - I *always* put anti-sieze on my spark plug threads. <SNIP> Thanks for the tip...
• Re: Help! Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - Don & Christina Preston
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:52:50 -0800
  ...I have my Digitool hooked up and it shows that the Injectors and the coil aren't firing. Did I forget something? I've...
• Re: Technical question re: Injector firing signal
  Historical mailing list - B.J.R.
  Wed, 8 Oct 2008 11:02:20 -0700
  ...Injector firing signal the answer to your last question ...............yes, there sure are. first............the ONLY way I ever check for an injector signal...
• Re: Aren't We Cooking Now?
  Historical mailing list - Donna Cassano
  Mon, 29 May 2000 09:25:50 -0400
  ...valve to the propane tank in hopes of firing up the > stove burners and then firing up the fridge. Hmm, small problem . . . > there aren...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What about the t...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 15:42:06 -0400
  ...The four tips ensures firing of the > plug. Correct me if I am wrong, but as I understand, the triple- and quad-tip plugs...
• Re: Help! Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Mon, 18 Dec 2000 18:36:34 EST
  ...I have my Digitool hooked >up = >and it shows that the Injectors and the coil aren't firing. Did I >forget = >something? I've...
• Re: Valves adjustment in Bentley
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:26:15 -0400
  ...By next cylinder, do they mean next, as in 1-2-3-4? or next, as in firing order 1-4-3-2? Jim...
• Re: Nice Bus, the book
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 00:43:05 EDT
  ...of course chuck is firing a machine gun out of the sliding door at the pursuing evil palestinian jeeps. oh yeah. dont forget the...
• Yeeehaw!!! (VERY little VW content)
  Historical mailing list - Norman Leong
  Tue, 05 Aug 1997 20:44:39 -0700
  Hi, all I'd like to take this opportunity to waste bandwidth and thank Gerry for firing up the ol' list (again). I too...
• Very cold 2.1l groans in complaint
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 09:50:46 -0500
  ...The starter cranks just fine but upon firing, something is making a distinctive noise of complaint. It sounds sort of like "whoooeeeuuszz." It has...
• Re: horrible cold start idle, running rich
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 16:44:27 -0800
  ...Almost feels like only 3 cylinders are firing. > After 3 minutes of trying to nurse this idle smooth, the van will drive > but > only...