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• altenator light
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 12:22:20 EST
  ...i first thought that it was the valves but after popping off the valve cover and feeling the valves were tight i started to...
• Re: lifter's sticking, adjustment procedure
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 10:26:21 -0600
  ...While all this is going on the sealer that sticks my new valve cover gaskets to the valve covers is setting. #10. Just follow...
• Re: GoWesty Aluminum Valve Covers
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:15:36 -0400
  ...Then after their dry using a sealant to adhere them to the valve cover. No problems now. If you could find a set of...
• Re: AutoStop LP fill Valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cain
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:49:33 -0400
  ...Is >there a spring >loaded valve that got stuck? Could this be part of the mechanism covered by >the small rubber cover? I believe...
• Re: The '85 needs a diaper
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:59:56 -0700
  ...for a valve cover that you just can not get to not leak, consider that the valve cover could be warped or out of...
• Re: 76 Type II valve & "O" ring answers and questions
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Wed, 22 May 1996 18:07:51 -0700 (PDT)
  ...You will need: - new valve cover gaskets - sealant for the gasket if you like (apply *only* to the valve cover side!) - Medium sized flat...
• Tip for anyone installing 30mm oil pump on vanagon air cooled engine.
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:16:01 -0500
  Volks, I recently have finished my rebuild of my 2 liter vanagon engine...............big valve heads , mechanical ceramic lifters, cut to length pushrods (to...
• Re: Adjusting Valves
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:37:16 -0400
  ...techarticles/914_valve_adjust/914_valve_adjust. htm) which talked me through the process. In fact, once I popped the covers, the process was...
• Re: Valves getting much tighter much too fast
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jul 1995 21:37:08 -0500
  ...Further, when I took off the valve cover, I found two >1/4 circle washers which have a square cross-section. I took a...
• Re: propane valve -- manual or autostop?
  Historical mailing list - Preston Grimes
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 07:18:16 -0700
  ...I noticed that the main valve has a little rubber cover over the red re-set button and that my aux. tank is missing...
• Re: Proper Tire valve stems?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 21 Aug 2015 00:01:38 +0000
  ...stores don't carry them - or just carry rubber valves that have a metal cover over the rubber stem. Lately I have had to...
• GoWesty Aluminum Valve Covers
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:36:12 -0400
  Hi list, Has anyone here installed these? Fit and finish? Pros or Cons? http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=23641 John...
• Re: Valve body question!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:17:32 EST
  The galvanized screws go to the accumulator cover (the round plate) the 10mm bolts do hold the body to the trans. good luck! Jeff...
• Re: Valve cover gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 18:46:34 -0500
  ...Now I want adjust the valves. Do you think the gaskets will > be > fine if I just reuse them, or should I get new...
• FS various Westy parts in Eastern CDA
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:06:05 -0700
  ...cabinet), Skylight cover with Mosquito net, Rear bug screen, Propane tank (R&Red by Frank Condelli, no regulator, auto-stop valve type), Chrome front...
• Re: Heater Valve Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 10 Aug 2001 16:55:11 -0700
  ...it alltogether and installed mucho better valve(from Honda car) above the floor behind that large plastic cover where it fits nicely and works...
• Re: Van on Bring a Trailer
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 09:26:39 -0800
  ...They are the same valve covers and gaskets used on a a Waterboxer . On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 8:59 AM, David Bjorkman...
• Re: Smelly Heat
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 04 Mar 1997 09:50:57
  ...Many >people mentioned a "valve cover gaskets" leaking. What would I have to >do to fix this? Order new gaskets? I am familar with...
• Re: Replaced that heater valve today!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 28 Aug 2004 08:45:51 -0500
  ...compartment? >> I added a brass ball valve behind the heater cover. >> I changed the plastic heater valve, and forever was adjusting the >> cable >> clip...
• Valve Cover Gasket Leak
  Historical mailing list - David Johnson
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:26:43 -0600
  ...Got out, smelled burning oil, so checked under the car, and oil was almost gushing from the valve cover gasket where they had put...
• City Water door question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:00:06 -0400
  ...behind my cover just a brass elbow. I did notice that the door hose connector seemed to have some kind of valve action going...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Jeff
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:43:01 -0700
  ...There are valve covers. There are push rod tubes (which is what I was talking about). Then there is the "Protective Plate," which people...
• Re: valve lash adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 28 Aug 2001 19:15:44 -0400
  ...Ps...be sure to watch it run in the driveway a few minutes to see any valve cover leaks!!!!!! >
• PCV Valve on Cal 80 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Vahid Lajevardi
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:58:08 EDT
  ...a PCV valve on an 80 vanagon? How do you test it? I do have the Bentley, but it doesin't cover much about...
• Re: valve adjustment proceedure
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Aug 1996 22:21:38 -0400
  ...Now close up the valve cover. Its easier to complete one side at a time rather than going from side to side as in...
• Re: Was :Damaged cooling pipe( now: rear heater core)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 23:51:19 EST
  ...turning the valve by hand is not a big deal. By the way, you have to trim the plastic heater cover to make the...
• Oil Leak Over Heater Box
  Historical mailing list - James Juniper
  Sun, 4 Jul 2004 07:26:08 -0600
  ...Is this likely the valve cover gasket? Or those push rod tubes that seem to go all the time? I'm going to take...
• Oil leak over heater box
  Historical mailing list - James Juniper
  Sat, 3 Jul 2004 18:54:49 -0600
  ...Is this likely the valve cover gasket? Or those push rod tubes that seem to go all the time? I'm going to take...
• Re: '81 Engine work
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 23 Jun 95 10:21:00 PDT
  Thomas Schuster writes: > IMHO there is no need to remove the valve cover. Just buy telescope > pushrod tubes and put them in. That is...
• Re: Runaway Dieselbox!
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:39:13 -0700
  ...Nothing seems > to have blown up, but I noticed copious amounts of oil down the breather tube > that runs from the valve cover to...
• Mud flap
  Historical mailing list - Kedar Warriner
  Thu, 9 Jan 1997 16:05:47 -0500 (EST)
  ...the valves are on the drivers side, the mud flap prevents stones and mud from flying up and hitting the valve covers. Any ideas...
• Worst of all Vanagon Jobs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 3 Mar 2013 13:40:45 -0800
  ...then you just cut away a little bit of that cover on the bottom ,,,,,,,,,,,,,from then on the cover comes right off. I've...
• plastic cap 025 133 100 ID ?
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:38:27 -0800
  ...this black plastic triangle shaped cap, 025 133 100, sitting above a valve cover.. anyone know where it goes ? TIA Lloyd in Eureka,CA.
• Re: Propane Tank Cover?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 6 Jan 2007 11:22:08 -0500
  GW sells a pressure regulator with a cover.A Marshall 290,I believe.I may have the following numbers reversed.It is not summer...
• Propane autostop valve question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 19:12:18 -0400
  ...but my particular question doesn't seem to be covered well. Manual valves are simple but the Autostop is new to me. With a...
• Re: need valve covers and gaskets in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:03:29 -0500
  ...need valve covers and gaskets in Canada Hi folks, Well, my van's previous problems finally got fixed (the new air flow meter did...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 Mar 2002 - Special issue (#2002-315)
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 14:16:28 -0800
  FWIW the propane thing has been covered in the literature. BUT, the Manchester is an auto shitoff er shutoff valve that corrodes and malfunctions...
• Re: propane valve leak
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 08:41:04 -0700
  ...Opposite the end that leads to the regulator is what I believe to be a overpressure valve. Mine is covered in blue plastic. It...
• Re: Warranties
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 22:09:30 -0400
  ...If the problem is a performance or emissions issue, it is not covered. Yes, worn bearings, rings, or warped valves are not covered. If...
• Re: How do you remove the &*$%# Rear Heater Cover...remove seat???
  Historical mailing list - Richie Chunda
  Mon, 22 Jul 2002 09:03:29 EDT
  ...The best remedy which I have been able to devise is to make a plug of SS with a needle bleed valve in it...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Apr 1994 19:08:00 -0400
  ...is your valve cover is leaking oil anyway, so take it off and while you're in there check the valves at least (of...
• LP regulator question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Kennedy
  Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:26:18 -0700
  ...It has a white threaded cap covering a clear plastic cap which holds a spring down against a pressure relief valve, I presume. So...
• Re: Eurovan A/C leak
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 03 Jul 1996 06:59:04 -0500 (EST)
  ...You can check this valve (its about 1" long and facing into the tire) in the following ways: 1. is it covered with a...
• Re: Loud metallic knock from engine??????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:33:02 -0700
  I dunno that I'd be driving that without doing the simple/cheap stuff first- like pulling the valve cover. Noise is one thing...
• diesel-gas conversion problems solved!
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:41:42 -0800
  ...Today I pulled the valve cover and watched the valves as it hit TDC - sure enough, I had it wrong. Set it up right...
• Sticky valve, lifter, or what???
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sun, 5 Jul 1998 15:21:07 -0500
  ...s clearly #3 that has the problem, so I pulled the valve cover, got it at TDC for #3, and loosened up the rockers...
• Re: Brand new leaky rocker covers
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:41:05 -0700
  ...I have one valve cover amoung my many that will not seal ... it's just faultysomehow. I'd try the old ones back on...
• A/C question
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 01:49:03 -0400
  Hi John, the high pressure valve you are looking for is located behind the left rear pillar cover as you are looking at the...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 12:35:54 -0800
  ...My job was to pull the > > engine, dismantle and inspect it, clean all the parts, sandblast the > > heads, intake valves and valve covers, press...
• Re: Valve/tappot clatter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:50:42 -0700
  ...Valve/tappot clatter > Hello list, > > > > > > About 5 or 6,000 miles ago, I had new heads and valves installed on my > 1987 2-wd...
• Re: NVC Re: Stevens Creek Volkswagen in Santa Clara
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:22:45 -0800
  The Passat's valve cover gasket looks like this: http://www.busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=058198025A Bus Depot has it for only $20...
• Re: Aircooled Westy - fuel problems?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 09:48:39 EST
  ...There is a bit more to it than just popping the valve covers and cranking on the adjustments Steve "Hey! nice Jeep, Mister! " "Look...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:46:31 -0400
  At 15:41 7/8/99 -0700, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >More likely the water control valve is not sealing off the core >completely and...
• O-ring or gasket between heater core and valve?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 May 1997 17:48:01 -0700
  ...When I separated the valve and the core, there was no gasket between the two, nor was one included with the new core... I...
• Re: Compare & Contrast: Diesel Westy vs. 2.1 WBX Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 16 Jun 2003 11:35:33 -0400
  ...I've had repeated problems with mine because my valve cover is warped. I should probably give up on trying to straighten it and...
• Coolant Bleeder Link Under Engine Cover
  Historical mailing list - Greg McKinney
  Tue, 3 Jan 2023 00:01:22 -0600
  ...It's the plastic tube that runs under the edge of the engine cover and connects the coolant system to the bleeder valve at...
• Re: PCV Valve on Cal 80 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 17:17:27 PDT
  ...a PCV valve on an 80 vanagon? How do you test it? >I do have the Bentley, but it doesin't cover much about...
• Noisy valve (?)
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Sat, 5 May 2001 22:41:35 -0700
  ...Periodically (often after the van hasn't been used for awhile) I get a knocking sound from near the valve cover on the driver...
• Cause of broken valve?
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 2 Aug 2003 10:18:26 -0700
  My Type IV has an apparently broken valve on cylinder 1. The valve spring is all the way against the rocker arm. So, that...
• Re: Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 10:34:15 -0500
  ...new) Idle Stabilizer Valve- $190 (new) Tail pipe and gasket- $23 (new) Westfalia single mudflap- $45 (new) Fuse box cover in black- $15 (new...