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  • Re: 1.8T conversion question
    Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
    Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:42:15 -0500
    Dana, I sell the OEM manifold and 1st section of exhaust from South Africa. It's the set-up that SAVW used for their...
  • tee between the warm up (auxiliary) air regulator and manifold the small connection had a restrictor in it
    Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
    Tue, 31 May 2011 09:02:06 -0400
    Where do I buy or how do I make the Tee between the warm up (auxiliary) air regulator and manifold the small connection had...
  • Re: Cooling system hose diagram
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:51:17 -0400
    ...Radiator - 2 Manifold (tower) - 4 Bleeder manifolld - 4 Pressure tank - 2 Oil cooler - 4 Water pump - 1 Heaters - 8 Auto trans - 1 or 2...
  • FS: vanagon parts
    Historical mailing list - Paul Kirsch
    Fri, 13 Nov 1998 21:52:26 EST
    ...1.9L engine core, heads leak, 84 ECU 84 Throttle, 84 intake manifolds, plenum, injectors, 90 intake manifolds, plenum, injectors, Chrome front bumper' Misc...
  • Re: Dometic Exhaust O Ring
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:19:48 -0700
    On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:52 AM, neil N<musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all. > > In refitting the exhaust/intake manifold on...
  • Re: heat riser, jumping tranny
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 19 Jul 1995 09:02:09 -0400
    Richard sez: > >Dean writes... >> I got the crew cab home this weekend and the heat riser tube on the dp >> manifold is rusted thru...
  • Re: Intake manifold gaskets
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:20:13 -0700
    ...Intake manifold gaskets >> >> >> Just received a new pair of air intake manifold gaskets from Vanagain >>> (thanks Ken.) Pretty chunky gaskets I must add. >>> >>> Do...
  • Re: diesel-gas conversion problems solved! (mostly)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:10:02 -0500
    ...diesel-gas conversion problems solved! (mostly) > I tracked down a vacuum leak on my diesel-gas conversion today - bad intake > manifold gasket. I put...
  • Re: Powder Coat ?????
    Historical mailing list - Campoli Bernard DLPC
    Tue, 29 Jun 1999 07:37:55 -0500
    ...Same thing happened to me JP,On another project(1995),had 16valve intakes manifolds,valve cover,exhaust manifold,and down pipe JET-HOT coated...
  • Re: Exhaust manifold to heads - Studs or Bolts?
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:29:05 -0500
    ...Exhaust manifold to heads - Studs or Bolts? > In a message dated 2/22/05 4:16:03 PM, xtabe@YAHOO.COM writes: > > << My engine...
  • Re: Cooling System stop-leak compounds
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:06:09 -0400
    You need to replace that manifold ASAP. Those engines are notorious for the manifold leaking into the cylinders. Do not play or hesitate. These...
  • Re: VW Recipes...
    Historical mailing list - George Wietor
    Wed, 2 Oct 2002 23:10:33 -0400
    ...ya might want to obtain a copy of a cookbook called Manifold Destiny no, really. that's the title. it's about cooking on...
  • Re: Exhaust manifold to heads - Studs or Bolts?
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:01:08 -0600
    Sorry George. I meant Goff, not Goof. Typo. RC
  • RE:V6anagon re-V6'ed, finally, mostly
    Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
    Mon, 22 Apr 1996 12:21:00 -0700 (PDT)
    ...The stock cast-iron exhaust manifolds that came with the Citation, which 3-into-1 instantly and have a single output pipe on each...
  • Re: Fridge won't come out...
    Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
    Sun, 11 Nov 2007 12:41:19 -0500
    ...One other spot it will hang up on, is the exhaust/intake tubes and/or the manifold they attach to. The manifold can get...
  • Re: Friday question.Re: Vacuum gauge NVC
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:15:40 -0700
    ...All web sites > state a "normal" engine's vacuum, at idle, is ~ 17 to 21 inches at the > intake manifold. But, all these examples...
  • re:Heat shields on Type 4 manifolds.
    Historical mailing list - Matt Goike
    Mon, 09 Oct 1995 08:55:00 -0400
    ...and '78 both have / had thin heat shields molded around the manifolds coming off the head. On the '78 one was already gone, the...
  • Power Steering Pump Wiring Question?
    Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
    Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:03:44 -0700
    ...I am concerned because it appears that the connectors may have been shorting against the exhaust manifold. I loosened the banjo fitting and rotated...
  • Re: intake manifold hose
    Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
    Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:32:41 -0500
    ...noted that one of the > short rubber hoses on the intake manifold has some surface cracks. > Can't tell if they go all the...
  • Re: 71 bus, brakes, front end
    Historical mailing list - Chris Venema
    Mon, 15 May 1995 14:54:07 -0500 (CDT)
    ...I changed manifolds on my first (bus) rebuild and put on a bug manifold which only has a place for a small vacuum tube...
  • Copious Fuel Leak at Both Manifolds
    Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
    Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:47:13 -0800
    ...It may be from the injector end of the hoses, or the hoses, or the manifolds. Anyway, the whole manifold was wet. Is it...
  • Re: Plugging leaks in intake manifold
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
    Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:54:35 -0700
    ...good test of the air intake system is to measure the manifold > vacuum you are generating. I combed the archives on this topic a...
  • Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
    Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
    Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:46:10 -0500
    ...Where did you get the manifold? What kind of ignition set-up do you have? Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
  • Re: Aircooleds and Airplanes
    Historical mailing list - Martin Garramone
    Tue, 18 Jul 1995 08:39:09 -0500 (CDT)
    ...The water would be drawn into the intake manifold by normal manifold vaccum, not sprayed under pressure. Would this help cooling at all or...
  • Re: Cooling systems/hoses/tanks for I4 conversions?!?
    Historical mailing list - john Runberg
    Sat, 7 Dec 2002 11:02:17 -0500
    Can't comment on the expansion tank, but a good friend welded up a manifold for the octopus tube you described. Beat the heck...
  • Re: heat riser, jumping tranny
    Historical mailing list - Richard Kurtz
    Tue, 18 Jul 1995 16:30:03 -0500
    Dean writes... > I got the crew cab home this weekend and the heat riser tube on the dp > manifold is rusted thru and broken...
  • Re: inline 4 exhaust systems?
    Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
    Sat, 24 Nov 2001 12:08:48 -0500
    ...I would rather have an unmodified outlet manifold and I'm wondering if the Audi manifold would fit my engine? Hope this helps, Dave...
  • Re: Late beetle muffler
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:52:19 -0900
    ...It has an equally unique matching intake manifold. -Tom
  • Re: Cracked exhaust manifold questions, and plee for used one for sale, '86 Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Leif Paulsen
    Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:34:56 -0600
    ...if >those straps rust through, there's a lot of weight hanging just on the >manifold studs. YOU hit it right on the head...
  • Intake Manifold? Woes
    Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
    Fri, 21 May 1999 16:47:54 -0500
    I beleive that the part is called the intake manifold. On the passenger side of the ending there are two tubes (about 1.5...
  • free to a good home
    Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
    Sat, 21 Aug 1999 18:16:55 -0400
    Free (you pay shipping) to who ever wants or needs it: diesel exhaust manifold. Scott
  • Re: Coolant distributor (manifold?)...
    Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
    Mon, 6 Dec 1999 16:58:52 EST
    I would not buy one USED because they are only @$26 NEW from the dealer. Robert
  • Re: Some dometic notes
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Sun, 30 Jun 2019 12:16:51 -0700
    ...The other part to that equation is the O rings that seal the corrugated intake and exhaust tubes to the (aluminum?) manifold. It was...
  • Re: 1.8T conversion question
    Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
    Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:23:13 -0800
    ...Also, the longitudial manifold would require modifying the deck lid with either a 15 or 50 degree slant. Not sure about the intake manifold...
  • Re: 1986 2.1L carburated 5 speed vanagon!
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:17:32 -0800
    ...The 'real' VW carb air intake manifold had a coolant jacket in the manifold, AND while we are waiting for the coolant to warm...
  • Resolution: Smells like fuel -- wet spot on cold head
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
    Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:39:57 -0700
    Turned out that the two bolts holding the air intake manifold to the driver's side head weren't real tight. I guess some...
  • help: 1600 DP intake boot replacement
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:42:30 -0400
    ...A friend's intake manifold boots have disintegrated *again* and *again* he has asked for my help in replacing them. Does anyone have a...
  • Initial Start-up After Rebuild
    Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
    Sat, 9 Nov 1996 18:18:14 +0000
    ...I had the fuel injection manifold off the engine during rebuild, I drained fuel from the injector manifold assembly. How long should it take...
  • Re: Vanagon exhaust diameter? + Custom exhaust fabrication questions.
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:15:05 -0700
    ...By "collector" I meant the two pipes that come off the manifold, then merge into a "Y", which then has a short 2" pipe...
  • Re: Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:38:02 -0500
    ...Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds > Yes, of course they all came with FI here. I am looking for an > aftermarket kit to replace...
  • Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
    Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
    Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:05:54 -0500
    ...The other major difference is the confiquration of the intake and exhaust manifolds. This is why the 2.0L crossflow as used in A3...
  • Toilet bowl Style Exhaust manifold and DP for I4 (CHEAP)
    Historical mailing list - T Collins
    Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:47:30 -0400
    ...I have a toilet bowl style exhaust manifold and down pipe that you can have for very cheap and the cost of actual shipping...
  • Re: Checking engine vaccum
    Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
    Sat, 10 Dec 2011 06:28:39 -0800
    In general there are two types of engine vacuum - ported and manifold. Ported vacuum is used for things like timing advance / retard, or other...
  • Re: Exhaust manifold blown - rusted bolts...tips?
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Fri, 1 Jun 2007 10:26:16 -0700
    ...set of exhaust manifolds one of our list venders: > it came from S & S headers in three pieces - > The front manifold was one piece...
  • Re: Exhaust solutions for inline convert
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 27 May 2012 00:09:33 -0400
    ...If you look close the dual outlet manifold and twin downpipe is really a 4 into 2 into 1 design just like some header...
  • Re: Fuel Pressure Regulators
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 6 Jun 2002 09:47:58 -0400
    ...If you're measuring manifold vacuum, every inch of vacuum should drop your fuel pressure by just under half a pound (0.485 psi...
  • Re: Exhaust manifold studs, how to tighten them into a block...
    Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
    Fri, 20 May 2016 09:17:27 -0600
    ...I can get to all but > two of the exhaust manifold studs with box wrenches, but the two in the > central cylinders I can...
  • Re: Wesipes
    Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
    Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:58:19 -0500
    Westy Gourmets, For exhaustive recipes for cooking in the engine compartment, check out a book entitled "Manifold Destiny" found in the cooking section of...
  • Re: Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:29:40 -0400
    ...The > intake port configuration on the head is different than any of the > aircooled boxers so I need a carb manifold that was made...
  • JB Weld question
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
    Thu, 2 Feb 2006 14:29:40 +1100
    ...Is JB Weld able to handle the temperatures of an exhaust manifold? JB Weld is not commonly available here in Oz but I have...
  • Re: induction noise or vacuum leak?
    Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
    Sat, 10 Mar 2001 22:10:43 -0500
    ...Finally discovered that it was the mounting of the throttle body to the intake manifold. The screws had backed off some, and the rubber...
  • Re: Cracked exhaust manifold questions, and plee for used one for sale, '86 Syncro
    Historical mailing list - Ken Korn
    Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:26:39 -0500
    ...I found to my dismay the Exhaust > manifold on cylinders 1 &3 had completely sheered in two about 3" from > where it bolts to...
  • Re: WTB: Adaptor Plate for Stock Diesel Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Thu, 4 Dec 2003 10:02:41 -0500
    ...There's nothing too unusual about it. > an Exhaust manifold that will clear the diesel alum motor mounts This is the same as a...
  • Re: Vanagon carb needed, with waterboxer manifolds
    Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
    Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:01:58 -0700
    ...The manifold pattern on the head is very different Mark Stan Wilder wrote: >Try for a Porsche 914 single carb setup. >It mounts directly...
  • Re: Where to buy intake manifold?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Braden
    Fri, 9 Jan 2004 13:53:49 -0500
    I will try the sanding/sandblasting, check for pinholes, fix if necessary, and repaint trick. Thanks! Mike
  • Manifold measuring - is this right?
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
    Wed, 24 Oct 2007 16:15:29 -0700
    Hi, I'm looking for leaks in the intake manifold. Bentley's doesn't give a procedure for checking intake manifold vacuum so I...
  • Re: Vacuum
    Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
    Tue, 16 Feb 2016 10:16:30 -0800
    ...The source for these devices are the intake manifold. On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Ralph Meyermann <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com> wrote...
  • Re: AW: 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:26:00 -0700
    ...I > hate to be the one throwing away the wrench here but with the Fox manifold you > can get away with hammering the area...
  • Re: Copious Fuel Leak at Both Manifolds
    Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
    Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:57:41 -0800
    ...So, on to my questions. >Is it more likely the hoses or clamped connections are leaking than >the manifolds? Certainly the manifolds can be...
  • Re: ..TD conversion
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 5 Dec 1996 00:58:20 -0500
    ...I did not try fitting the Jetta style manifold, and I am not sure what the factory TD vans used, the qntm manifold ends...