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• Re: Plug Over Fuel Mixture Adj Screw on AFM, '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:22:25 -0400
  ...the silver metal (aluminum?) plug >inserted on top of the fuel mixture adjustment screw on the Air Flow Meter >in my '81 vanagon. It...
• Re: Boston Bobs day at the dyno
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 21 Dec 2001 10:23:30 -0800
  ...One is that the 22d ECU does not set a full rich mixture at WOT like the the 22 ECU, per Darrell Boehler. Second...
• Re: Vanagon engine fire or mishap in Roanoke, Va
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 5 Dec 2010 10:00:40 -0800
  ...But there is a point in between where the mixture will be perfect. Anything creating a spark at that point or an open flame...
• Re: Nitrous on diesel?
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:30:45 -0400
  Yes, with propane injection, and very careful mixture tuning. Otherwise, NASA will be calling you to stop launching diesel pistons into orbit! TEMiller Andrew...
• Re: ECU Chip 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:39:43 -0500
  ...This was a full throttle power run the chip made the fuel mixture go lean off the scale as the rpm went up The...
• Re: Carb Specs, Heartfelt thanks... (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 17 Apr 1995 19:28:13 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Mark Sabourin writes: > > Thanks for the info on the mixture screws. They were out half a turn. > I gave 'em a tweak and the...
• Re: '86 still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 9 Dec 1998 19:22:16 -0600
  ...The readings don't >> change when the mixture is enriched with the fuel pressure regulator. > >Sounds like a bad O2 sensor. > >> The engine runs...
• Re: Rough starting in cold weather
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 10:12:11 -0700
  ...That's because the fuel portion of the fuel/air mixture tends to come out of the mixture and adhere to cold manifold walls...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 09:42:09 -0500
  ...Setting the gain below one should enrich the mixture and > versa-visa. I would want to install some sort of device to let me...
• RedHot Pipes???
  Historical mailing list - crewcab
  Fri, 18 Sep 1998 09:07:24 -0300
  ...Maybe the fuel mixture running to lean??? Gaelen [text/html]
• Re: O2 Sensor - situation 90' 2.1 (kinda long)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:35:22 -0400
  Jeff, You could try tightening the spring in the AFM a notch or two to lean out the mixture. I have use a variety...
• Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:29:28 -0500
  ...so it was not the recommended 50/50 mixture. 1. coolant from van, probes "dirty"------------ 333 ohms 2. coolant from van, probes wiped off...
• Re: Emissions (CO) still out...
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 20:15:19 -0700 (PDT)
  Cetin Seren writes: > > By the same logic, high HC should beone of the two cases: > a)VERY rich mixture, so some stuff gets thrown...
• Re: Engine stops running at red lights
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 21:42:23 -0600
  ...If the idle mixture is proper, it should idle at 900 to 950 rpm. If the engine dies, the mixture needs adjusting. There is...
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 07 Sep 1995 09:25:00 -0700 (PDT)
  >You could check out the vacuum advance membrane for >leakage, if this leaks it would allow the fuel mixture >from the manifold to come...
• O2 Sensor is NOT a thermistor - I stand in error
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 22:43:01 -0700
  ...They are two different animals althought both used for emission/air mixture controls for FI engines. Les Lesovsky .-)
• Re: peanut butter storage
  Historical mailing list - Clark Langstraat
  Fri, 7 Jul 1995 13:20:02 -0400 (EDT)
  On Fri, 7 Jul 1995, Martha Rubin wrote: > > Mix it with Dot-5, split some pitted prunes, stuff it with the mixture, > and serve...
• '85 Digijet AFC Spring
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:31:42 -0500
  I am guessing tightening the AFC spring would lean out the mixture? A tighter spring would keep the vane closed a little more up...
• O2 sensor output voltage test
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hammerstrom
  Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:05:03 -0700
  ...Mine reads fairly steady at .91 volts, I believe this is a working sensor reading a rich mixture, correct? Thanks
• Re: Adjustable rate fuel pressure regulator? anybody try one?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 May 2012 14:41:57 -0700
  ...That mixture is called the stoichiometric >> mixture and is about 14.7 parts of air by weight (mass if you're >> picky) to one...
• RE: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 14:01:35 -0500
  ...Lacking any measutrement, I manipulated the mixture screw (allen socket inthe air mass meter) and the idle screw much the same as the old...
• Rustproofing concoctions?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:52:10 -0500
  ...What is a good mixture to use? Linseed? Lanolin? Avon? -- Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
• Re: Oxygen Sensor HELP.....
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:51:37 -0400
  ...I have been told a rich mixture tends to wash the lubricant off the cylinder walls increasing ring wear. At least do some Google...
• Re: EGR for aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 20:37:15 -0500
  ...The exhaust gas is easily combustable when mixed with fresh mixture. This re-use reduces the total polutants. I remove the pieces alltogether and...
• Getting Back to Basline Protection After Mixing Green & Orange Coolant?
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:01:21 -0700
  ...It is a mixture of green and orange. If they are using incompatible chemistries, how do I go about setting things straight? Thanks, John...
• Re: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:20:44 -0800
  ...And in theory it will take maximum advantage of the fuel environment by adjusting both mixture (pulse width) and timing ... not air cooled. ;o)
• Re: running cold, high idle
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Thu, 11 Nov 2004 23:44:09 -0600
  ...not to signal the engine to come off of cold engine fuel mixture--and idling a bit on the fast side. Change the thermostat.
• Re: Still More Friday - ECO
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:24:07 -0700
  ...To reactor #2, add ingredient eight, >followed by three equal volumes of the homogenous mixture in reactor #1. >Additionally, add ingredients nine and ten...
• Re: My van runs like crap when it's cold.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:36:53 -0500
  ...If the FPR is > leaking (pressure too low), the resulting mixture may be to lean to > start/run cold, but seem fine when warm. >
• Re: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:23:32 -0600 (CST)
  ...adjusting the fuel mixture on your injected water pumper" -- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@med.umn.edu> U of MN Med School Admin 6-5379
• Re: Idle hunting problem, 85 1.9l
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 00:34:34 -0500
  ...what happens usually >is that the mixture (rich/lean) is too lean, the O2 sensor >detects this, the computer increases the mixture, and it...
• RE: Tan paste on inside of oil cap
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Mar 97 04:40:02 UT
  ...The tan paste is a mixture of combustion gases from blowby and oil vapors mixing with water vapor. Often called sludge. Common in winter...
• Re: Digifant Operating Specs
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:43:09 -0600
  ...When the full throttle switch is closed our vans run at or near a max power mixture. The ecu constantly adjusts the mixture when...
• Re: turbo?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:43:06 -0700
  ...So far the mixture has seemed OK as it sits..I do have an additional injector setup, but haven't needed it. The oil...
• Re: Heh -- I'm such a ninnyhammer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 17:37:36 -0700
  ...O2 sensor is strictly emissions-related and enforces a > very narrow range of mixture oscillating back and forth across > stoich, which is what the...
• Re: Revisiting the Catalytic Converter...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 17:50:10 -0500
  ...This makes the exhaust look lean as sensed by your O2 sensor and the ECU thinks it should enrich the mixture. Too rich mixture...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:53:12 -0800
  ...Again, the mixture screw doesn't really change O2 reading. You need a CO tester to really get the AFM screw right. But, once...
• Gauge placement 86 westy
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 1 Jul 1997 23:24:13 -0500
  ...Does anyone have a 79ca or aircooled vanagon manual transaxil ecu that use an ego sensor input to controll the mixture for sale.I...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip and rockers
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 23:12:14 -0600
  ...The throttle and the mixture contol. With throttle he controls the airflow through the engine. With mixture he controls the fuel. With the throttle...
• Re: Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 11 May 2001 07:39:27 -0800
  ...After re-reading my original post I would like to clarify that the Temp I sensor only indicates an "extra rich mixture by say...
• Re: Vanagon puzzlier
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:16:33 -0700
  ...The O2 sensor, the main part of closed-loop operation, can do wonders in correcting the mixture, but generally makes too lean a mixture...
• Re: might be an injector that is
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Fri, 14 Jan 2005 09:08:35 -0600
  ...the >computers always make the mixture just a bit rich, to protect the pistons >from burning. this is why you have the 2nd throttle...
• Re: CIS-E fuel injection help needed
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sun, 12 Sep 2004 22:44:52 -0400
  ...since the burn mixture is never perfect it will swing across that voltage of .45 as the fuel injection system continually tries to correct...
• Re: AFM Spring Tension
  Historical mailing list - Mark Bowie
  Sun, 6 Sep 1998 16:22:06 -0400
  ...screw the adjustment knob in for the mixture (you may have to >>remove the tamper plug) all the way, then back it out 1...
• Re: Clues to the cold start/running problem- my test
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:22:51 -0500
  ...The mixture is different for >idling >Vs running. Vacuum changes, when pressing the gas pedal, increase the fuel >pressure and the mixture). And therefore...
• Re: The dreaded AFM adjustment screw
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:53:45 -0800
  ...That is why I decided to adjust the AFM, it seems like the mixture at idle is a bit rich. Not to mention the...
• High altitude starting problem
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 09 Jun 1997 20:49:30 -0400
  ...After its warmed up, the oxygen sensor should take over and hold the mixture at the correct point. When I join her in a...
• RE: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:33:27 EST
  Does this mean that an O2 sensor and a digital voltmeter make a crude emissions tester? Anything else tricky in wiring up such a...
• Re: Me and our '88 are glad to be back
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 22:04:30 -0700
  ...notches (richer),... > >Gary Wouldn't increasing the tension *lean* out the mixture? Seems like it would take more air mass to move the plate...
• Re: Lifter Update
  Historical mailing list - Kris S. Seago
  Sat, 12 Aug 2000 08:15:04 -0500
  ...I kind of wimped out on the ATF cleaning and used a diluted mixture...Filled oil with 20W50 Castrol and around 6oz of MMO.
• Re: ack ... idle difficulty..
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:44:17 +0100
  ...I've wondered if it was mixture and all too. > There have been a few signs, I need a tune up. When I go...
• Re: Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Nancy Eilers-Hughes
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:55:09 -0700
  ...By monitoring the O2 sensor with an averaging multimeter you > can see the average fuel mixture theengine is actually getting. Because > the engine is...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 4 Aug 2004 - Special issue (#2004-716)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 09:00:21 -0500
  ...It shot a squirt of gas into the throttle > area when you floored it to prevent stumbling from too lean a mixture. > It provided...
• Re: Hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor? reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:37:21 EDT
  ...For the best results fuel mixture wise, you need to adjust the fuel mixture so that you see an average of about .7 volts...
• Re: Help Wiring O2 Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Eric Fournier
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 19:46:40 -0700
  ...The mixture will constantly fluctuate between rich and lean several times a second to keep the mixture in a reasonably narrow range. You can...
• Re: spark plugs and fuel economy ???
  Historical mailing list - A Brandon Smith
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 13:16:58 -0800 (PST)
  Is the reason they can give better gas mileage, is some are more efficient and burn more of the air/gas mixture? -- \ / A. Brandy...
• Blending diesel & water
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 21:32:55 -0600
  I'm not sure if this can be done just as it sounds,but I do know of some guys that inject a mixture...
• Re: 1.9-idle probs&mixture
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 9 Feb 2003 14:47:38 -0600
  "Scott W." wrote: > the > idle stabilizer can be ruled out as it runs the same > way with it by-passed. To me this seems...
• Happy Friday! Some fule injection and idle tips.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 30 Apr 2022 03:47:04 +0000
  ...The intake track is not well balanced at low speeds, ignition timing is retarded, and the lean mixture is further aggravated by cylinder, injector...
• Re: spark plugs: 8 plugs in a 4-banger!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 22:36:14 EDT
  ...It increases the power in the T4 engine because a lot more of the fuel mixture is burned at one time. I considered doing...