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• Re: biodiesel (long)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 06:52:44 -0500
  ...Every year Universities around the world build and test new vehicle fuels on a wide variety of engines. Check back issues of Mechanics Illustrated...
• Re: Techron
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:10:11 -0400
  ...See <http://www.wikipatents.com/US-Patent-5112364/gasoline-engine-fuels-containing-polyetheramines-or-polyetheramine/Page-2> * Methane (CH4), ethane (C2H5), propane (C3H7), butane...
• Re: DOn't use SM rated oils Re: Flickering Oil Light 84 auto
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:02:17 -0700
  ...I am now totally convinced that 20w-50 oil is a completely wrong oil to use in Vanagon engines. Thanks to John for his...
• Re: Full Sevice Gas Pumping
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Barry
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:23:25 -0400
  Don't know about Oregon but in most of NJ the petroleum distributing engineer is either from the Asian sub-continent or parts of...
• Re: Flickering oil light on idle.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 25 Aug 2015 17:44:11 -0400
  ...Just Castrol or other good petroleum. The most mileage people >> have ever gotten out of them that I can recall have run petro. In...
• Re: Additives oops
  Historical mailing list - Russell Patten
  Wed, 14 Jul 2004 22:11:31 -0500
  ...Wed, 14 Jul 2004 08:19:04 -0500 > >Russel, > >I have forgotten what engine yu have in your vehicle. If it is a 1...
• Re: NVC-Prices Fuel A Rebellion
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 8 Aug 2005 01:57:36 -0400
  ...On Aug 8, 2005, at 12:35 AM, Andrew Grebneff wrote: >> Even the petroleum people will tell you that 80 percent of >> vehicles using...
• shrinking edge trim in Westy
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Scharff
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 10:17:04 -0500
  ...shrinking edge trim on all Westy cabinets??? Being a mechanical engineer I was ready to accept this phenomenon, passing it off as a poor...
• Re: Head gasket again...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:46:59 -0500
  ...I had a Bus in HS that I did a lot of successful work on the > engine, brakes, clutch, front end (don't ask...
• Re: Propane power...anyone know about that?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:18:41 -0500
  ...The two fuels can both be used in internal combustion engines, but I do not believe that natural gas and propane are interchangeable. An...
• Re: Why Fuel Level Might Affect Performance
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 17 May 1999 23:32:39 -0400
  ...I filled it up with petrol ... ran sweet as a nut > ... > > At 13:18 17/05/99 -0700, Steven X. Schwenk wrote: > >Before heading...
• Re: Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 14 May 2012 11:58:10 -0700
  ...Well most of the diesel oil > specification oils can be used in old petrol engines for cleaning, but > you want to use a low...
• Volks World magazine - May 2002 issue, page 18
  Historical mailing list - Andrew G. Martin
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:05:40 -0800
  ...These conversions also come with a hi-tech independent petrol heating system that is thermostatically controlled weather the engine is running or not. The...
• Re: clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:44:48 -0700
  ...petroleum products rot it. |> the answer is obvious get OEM ones, not ones from our great trading |> partner from across the sea. |> I am...
• Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Fri, 4 Apr 2003 09:48:59 -0800
  ...Rather than drain and refill the engine oil on a specified service interval, I made a habit of simply adding a quart every week...
• Re: Synthetic Oil Conversion, What is the best Easy Access Brand, and Viscosity?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:10:27 -0700
  ...Then, after the engine warms up, it no longer > > knows it's winter and needs something that's not too thin. This is > > especially...
• Re: Awesome new Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:03:38 -0800
  ...cabs) plus the choice of > 128kW TDI or 3.2L V6 petrol engine in the various versions of the > multivan...the new name for...
• Re: [Syncro] duel fuel, gas or LPG/propane
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:20:03 -0600
  ...No internal engine modifications are needed, and only very little changed on the air intake tract. Nothing permenant is done. The engine runs smoother...
• Re: 5W30 Oil --- is it OK???
  Historical mailing list - Karl F Bloss
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 23:58:36 -0400
  ...Now, I'm not a petroleum expert, but I am a chemical engineer, so this all jives to me so far. However, I don...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 19:36:45 -0600
  ...4 VW engines should not be running a synthetic oil because synthetics don't carry as much heat as regular petroleum based oils, and...
• Re: e85 RE: E85 in vanagons (was politics)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 22 May 2007 10:55:09 -0700
  Gasoline burns black and sooty outside a 14:1 engine air-fuel ratio. Straight alcohol burns clean and sootless because alcohol contains an oxygen...
• Re: Transporting extra gasoline on/in a Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Tue, 6 Dec 2005 06:43:44 -0500
  ...So by extension the hose should be connected to the engine and the engine should be in the water during a fill. As for...
• Re: Running on Tap Water (was Re: Attention California Vanagonites)
  Historical mailing list - Charles Schwager
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 07:37:29 -0600
  ...Producer gas in industrial quantities made from coke or coal was used for operating large stationary engines, heating boilers and other industrial uses, and...
• Re: info on 87 turbo diesel
  Historical mailing list - Martin Kennelly
  Sun, 18 Jul 1999 02:28:19 +0000
  ...The small diesel engine van can be quite expensive to maintain. The turbo can easily wear out before 150,000km, its not a cheap...
• Re: when is stopping/restarting better than idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 16 Jun 2012 22:36:40 -0700
  I would ask what is meant by 'better' ? in terms of fuel savings ? or in terms of less wear on the engine ? or ? ...........how...
• Re: OIL, What do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Holm
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 19:42:01 -0500
  ...in >petroleum and chemical engineering, and had worked a 25 career for Standard >Oil/Chevron. He basically told me that Synthetic oils were a...
• Re: Oil change interval
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 15 May 2024 18:53:51 -0500
  ...Why waste petroleum, no matter what part of the engine it is used in? Jim Sent from my iPhone > On May 15, 2024, at...
• Re: here's a trick you seldom get to use ......bleeding clutch slave
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 15:27:54 -0700
  2.) the internal seals were not engineered for continuous exposure to caustic brake fluid, and as a result, the unit could explode or leak...
• Re: Full Sevice Gas Pumping
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:28:35 -0400
  ...t know about Oregon but in most of NJ the petroleum distributing >engineer is either from the Asian sub-continent or parts of Asia...
• Fuel lines and another warning, was: VW Fires
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 10:02:08 EDT
  ...The smell then bacame very strong so I pulled over to discover I had a split fuel line and a petrol soaked engine compartment...
• Re: Synthetic vs. Regular lubricants
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 18:58:57 -0700
  ...In fact, we recently ran a casual test between a petroleum and synthetic oil, running each in a vehicle used only for a regular...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:13:32 -0500
  ...My battery and all systems were in great shape, but the motor oil had turned so thick that the engine would BARELY turn. The...
• Re: Rear Cushion over Engine
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:31:24 -0500
  ...BUT ALL foam BURNS it is a petroleum based product. The poster we have in my foam area states. If foam catches on fire...
• Re: '84 GL exhaust leaks
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:50:20 -0700
  ...I am replacing the collector pipe on my '84 GL which has a petrol engine. I have done this job many times in the...
• 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement Choices? Costs? Comments?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:59:58 -0400
  ...It would be nice to keep the vanagon completely VW and the Subaru engines are pretty thirsty, fuel-wise - GTi, other 4-cyl petrol...
• 1982 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  4 Jan 95 08:02:58-0800
  ...gas engines": My '82 vanagon diesel (before it died) could manage about 40mph in third gear up any grade on the interstates. I've...
• Re: Flickering oil light on idle.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Aug 2015 00:20:19 -0400
  ...Just Castrol or other good petroleum. The > most mileage people have ever gotten out of them that I can recall > have run petro. In...
• Newbie - Turbo Diesel Power global efficiency
  Historical mailing list - Gary Liess
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:52:35 -0700
  ...Anyone concerned about diesel emissions can easily use bio diesel with no engine modification and no effort. There is study after study that says...
• Re: Diesel westy & wanted Westy - prefer SE Michigan
  Historical mailing list - steve delasalle
  Fri, 3 Sep 1999 17:52:12 -0700
  ...Diesel or petrol OK. I'm in Ann Arbor, S.E Michigan and would obviously prefer something pretty local - anyone got any leads? Steve...
• Re: Yer torquin me....<grin>
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:39:36 EST
  ...porting, cams, fuel system etc all play a part in how any type of engine delivers torque at any given speed... Diesels and Petrol...
• Re: when is stopping/restarting better than idling?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 17 Jun 2012 07:28:23 -0700
  ...Or how their idling or noisy engine affects others nearby - > mostly no awareness much at all, looks like to me. > We are on the...
• Re: Diesels on NPR
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter / Iowa City, Iowa
  Thu, 13 May 2004 11:08:29 -0500
  ...Keeping an old car somewhat offsets the deleterious effects of their filthy engines... The old vehicles may pollute, but they're already here and...
• Ac/Dc van Electric
  Historical mailing list - Justin Pentecost
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:42:56 +0100
  ...Which makes this kind of electricity very expensive given the price of petrol in Europe. > > As a long term solution to remote power problems...
• Re: Diesel Fuel vs. Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:36:27 -0600
  ...can't beat the petroleum companies with the gasoline > engines.
• Re: The Dreaded Emissions test
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 12 Jun 2011 05:17:15 -0700
  ...The is why our > engines are lower compression and geared to reduce the stress/or load on > the > engine. This is why engine conversions...
• Re: oil additive to clean engine
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 19 May 2011 23:36:22 -0700
  ...oil additive to clean engine SeaFoam is, from what I've heard from a talk show car fixit friend of mine, a mixture of...
• Re: Oops, inline 4s, was invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:32:39 +0100
  ...But this engine was also used in other low-spec Vanagons. For example craftsman like carpenters, brick layers (it this a real translation?) etc...
• acetone
  Historical mailing list - Don Williams
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 09:27:45 -0700
  ...Different organic solvents (petroleum ether, ether acetone, acetonitrile, and gasoline, for that matter) have different abilities to melt or liquify or leach (solubilize) materials...
• MPG report
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 11:18:32 -0400
  ...My engine has about 50,000 Kms on a factory new engine and, as > I said, I run premium petrol. <snip>
• Re: biodiesel in a diesel Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 19 Jun 2005 09:50:43 -0700
  ...B100 100% Veggie Oil B20 20% Veggie / 80% petroleum Diesel Processed: B100 with methanol / ethanol (insert any other chemical process here) that breaks down...
• Re: bio based motor oil (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:03:31 -0600
  ...as compatible with any other "approved" motor oil, both in the engine and in recycling. > > The usual "green" promotions of products were slathered all...
• Re: Gas consumption higher in winter?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:59:30 -0700
  ...For my Prius, >> that vehicle runs the engine more to keep everything warmed to the >> temperature the vehicle's brain prefers. But that doesn...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:23:49 -0400
  ...4 VW engines should not be running a synthetic oil because synthetics don't carry as much heat as regular petroleum based oils, and...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 15 May 2004 10:09:22 -0500
  ...Diesel cycle engines produce CO2 as an >>> exhaust >>> component in approximately the same quantity per stroke regardless of >>> the >>> fuel source D1,D2, McDooDoo...
• Re: Gas, milage, etc (was Air Engine)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:33:44 -0500
  ...No one knows, but watch out.> > > > BULL! Propaganda from the American Petroleum Institute, which runs dozens of > commercials an hour on the radio here...
• Re: Overheated Westy '87
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 14:46:36 -0800
  ...Any front engine, front radiator car, is not comparable to a water cooled vanagon. The front engine front radiator layout is about 75 times...
• Re: A Homemade Waxoyl Experiment.........
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:24:54 -0500
  so you put an open flame to a heated liquid petroleum mix and it ignited. is this something that you didn't expect? at...
• Re: '84 GL exhaust leaks
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 12 Aug 2014 13:04:59 -0700
  ...replacing the collector pipe on my '84 GL which has a petrol engine.� I have done this job many times in the 20 odd...
• Re: Diesels on NPR
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 13 May 2004 13:13:38 -0400
  ...this summer i will be building another inline engine van but this time using a diesel engine which i plan to run on biodiesel...
• Re: oil additive to clean engine
  Historical mailing list - Todd.Last
  Sun, 3 Jul 2011 17:50:50 -0700
  ...oil additive to clean engine > > > > SeaFoam is, from what I've heard from a talk show car fixit friend of mine, > a > mixture of...