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• Whistlin' ducks
  Historical mailing list - db25
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:55:00 EDT
  ...Maybe I should put duct tape over the air intake behind the front grill and pull it off this fall. I'm just trying...
• Re: idle surge diagnosis?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 09:26:59 -0400
  ...To test your IS valve, try spraying a small amount of fine oil into the air intake of the IS valve (engine off) and...
• 1.8T was (Subaru vs. VW Swap)
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Sat, 20 May 2000 20:43:14 -0700
  ...get a real good look at the transverse mounted engine's intake manifold (the one used in the NB, Golf and Jetta). I know...
• Re: a.c. removal, or, where does this vacuum line go?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:08:34 -0400
  On the '87, it goes onto a nipple on the intake manifold, which is right below the fuel pressure regulator. Very short travel...the...
• Re: 84 Vanagon missing throughout driving range?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 19 Apr 2002 17:23:58 -0700
  ...Did you put teh afm and air intake back on correctly? Check that you didn't bump and wires. Push them back on snugly...
• Re: Engine still won't START!
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 7 May 2002 08:22:29 -0400
  ...many reasons why an engine won't start. An engine needs: Intake Air Compression Spark Fuel Exhaust flow and the timing to be correct...
• AW: AW: 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:57:45 -0700
  ...Vanagon firewall using the Golf-Jetta CIS-E or Digifant ll intake manifold. I > hate to be the one throwing away the wrench here...
• Re: 85 gl still running rich at vw shop.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 18:36:07 -0800
  ...to leak into the vacuum line that connects > > it to the intake. Any decent shop should > > know to check this. Unplug that vacuum line...
• Re: Runaway Starter Saga Continues
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:50:44 -0600
  ...I tried a couple of shots of starter ether into the intake and it won't > fire on that either - indicating an ignition problem...
• ReRe: Fryeday Question & MythBusters!! Naphlene
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 24 Mar 2006 10:18:11 -0800
  ...t get sucked up by a fire-fighting helecopter's water intake 8) tomato juice washes out shunk smell (t-butylmercaptan) 9) you cannot...
• Re: Converting '88 Vanagon into a mobile office
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 2 May 2007 17:02:38 -0600
  ...my 84 Westy as a disaster response communication and family > service intake "office" on several occasions. With a minimal > amount of > effort, I have...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:58:35 -0700
  ...So at the end of each runner is this injector that sprays out 1/4 of the total amount needed per intake cycle per...
• Re: How bad is it to have dual carbs instaed if the FI on an 84
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 11:00:50 -0700
  ...More intake roar noise too. S. On 8/20/2013 9:48 PM, A J wrote: > Hello all, > I am looking at a van...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:45:35 -0700
  could the EVAP purge valve diaphragm fail open allow fuel vapours to flood the intake and cause a hard arm start? Neil. On 8...
• Re: Sequential vs batch RE: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:46:53 -0700
  ...intake valve opening events happen >>> so >>> fast that by 2-3k rpm the injector is spraying part of the fuel on closed >>> intake valves...
• Re: hard start, for 2 years!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:55:50 -0700
  faulty air intake boot? (don't have Bentley in front of me. it's the hose that connects AFM to throttle valve body) They...
• Re: Introductions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:04:56 -0800
  ...You can take the air from the filter to the intake with what is called brake cooling duct. Flexible hose with a wound spring...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:03:58 -0600
  ...I've gone over it with a stethoscope and it seems to be > >> loudest at the driver's side of the intake air distributor...
• Re: What goes here?
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:31:35 -0500
  ...What goes here? > > > > > > Hello listers, > > > > > > What goes into the big threaded hole to the left (towards the > > back) of > > > intake #2 (right hand side...
• Re: Re[2]: Vanagon O2 Sensors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 14:36:57 EDT
  ...When it senses other than normal conditions, (relative to throttle position, intake air-flow, temperature, etc.) the fuel mixture is modified to compensate. The...
• Re: Vacum gauge on syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Aug 1998 11:25:40 -0400
  ...I spliced my vacuum line right off the intake manifold. Now I can tell how hard I'm working the little sucker. I took...
• Stranded Westy in SF is fixed.... (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 10:19:03 -0600
  ...Even sprayed quick start into the intake manifold, no start even though there was a spark at the plugs. Well here is the answer...
• Re: crazy o2 sensor prob
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 00:23:02 -0500
  Perhaps another case of the brown ground wire (on the engine - driver's side head - under the intake manifold) making a bad connection? Most...
• Re: fridge blowing out
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 27 May 2004 06:05:11 EDT
  ...There is a leak in the intake ~ exhaust system or the propane pressure is not correct. Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada _BusFusion_ (http...
• Re: Dying when warm and smells funky
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:24:06 -0700
  ...the hot oil smell get inside the ductwork? The fresh air intake is outside the vehicle. I'm tempted to take everything apart and...
• Re: Westy Winter Camping Suggestions..(NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:14:20 -0400
  ...mean to go without it altogether, but to limit / lessen the intake "if your hands and feet are cold," as she wrote and before...
• Re: dead oil pressure light
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:11:34 -0700
  ...left side of engine, under the left intake runners .. single brown wire with connector junction in it. undo that, ground the end going to...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome/AFM Mounting Orientation?
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:40:33 -0800
  ...Check/inspect intake piping and vacuum lines Check/retorque intake manifold to head (this is an I-4), throttle-body, etc. Vacuum test brake...
• Was: Oil.Where's it go? Now: Sheesh! It goes into the coolant, as of this evening.....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 20:37:49 -0700
  ...I plugged up the hole into the intake and went off for a test spin.....Wanting to make sure everything worked as normal, and...
• Re: Tips on passing emissions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:59:03 -0700
  I don't think I've seen intake valve seals on any waterboxer head I ever took apart. There are a lot of vanagon...
• Re: Performance Wasserboxer: Fact or Fiction
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:44:33 -0500
  ...trip my ears do not ring) > > Match port the intake, exhaust. > Clean up head intake and exhaust ports- you can increase size slightly- (but...
• Re: cause and effect, or not
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:19:43 -0500
  ...ok. >Did fuel pressure and fuel delivery test, all good. >Unhooked intake snorkel hose to air cleaner, no help. > >I suggested he look at...
• Re: Water tank level gauge on '91 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - gneiss9
  Sun, 23 May 2010 19:16:20 -0600
  ...When I bought my van, the pump was suspended by what looked like a hose that was too short with intake an inch or...
• Re: FW: SA Rear windows- hey, they open!
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  06 Feb 97 23:39:22 EST
  ...the trim indention is gone and the sides are flatter. >take a look at the rear air intakes, too. Zoiks!! I didn't notice...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:51:39 -0800
  ...vented heater? They are both creating heat, >they both have air intake from outside and air exhaust to the outside? Have >you measured this...
• Re: Location of ground point 18 on 87 Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Tue, 29 Oct 2002 22:23:52 -0500
  ...The connection bolt is under the intake manifold. This ground wire branches off the sheath of wires that goes to the Hall sender. You...
• Re: vacuum leak
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 2 Jul 2012 11:14:43 -0700
  ...Somewhere, maybe here, saw an image of a beer bottle plugging up the intake boot inlet. Maybe not the best material but it worked...
• Re: Chunka Bologna
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:45:48 -0500
  ...orifice to control the amount of air that goes into the intake by that > route. > > Larry A. > > > Mike Collum wrote: > >> Without a good O...
• Re: Electric sender, oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 8 Apr 2006 05:44:00 -0500
  ...I rigged a clamp to the #3 intake runner and it sits underneath it. The T is a great idea. DM&FSAt 06:18...
• Re: Burned (?) Fuel Injector Pics + question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:29:11 -0800
  ...On 11/15/07, Mark Drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote: > A buildup of liquid fuel in the intake runner caught on fire while the...
• Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 9 Apr 2013 07:14:24 -0400
  ...fan , feed a fog of WD-40 into the fan air intake. This sort of > thing works a lot for me. Is an example...
• Re: Service Bulletin for AFMs and harness
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:39:24 -0800
  ...They said an Electro Static Charge buildup occurs somewhere in the air intake system (probably on the plastic) and eventually the lightening bolt discharge...
• Re: Engine rebuild break-in
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:46:40 -0700
  ...Another possibility is that the intakes > valves or guides are worn-oversized allowing oil to get sucked down the > guide. I'll also bet...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:02:26 -0700
  ...so cooling air coming in the upper vents , all of it, goes through either air intake/fuel system or engine cooling system. Got power...
• Idle hunts except when in gear
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:13:25 -0700
  ...I went over the air intake system quite closely three years ago, and found no leaks. It's the "it stabilizes when transmission is...
• 2.1l vs 1.9l AFM was Re: Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:48:31 -0400
  ...The opening into the intake gooseneck is larger on the 2.1l AFMs. I think the mount to the filter box might be different...
• Re: error Re: Heater blower motor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 19:08:55 -0500
  ...I have also seen something on this list about drilling a hole thru the sheet metal that you see when you remove the intake...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 23:24:58 -0400
  ...The fuel vapor accumulates until the intake valve opens. Not quite as bad as it sounds since idle pulse widths are small and valve...
• Re: Governors (i.e.-rev limiters)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Fri, 3 May 1996 11:09:08 -0700 (PDT)
  ...whole spacer-like thing out from between > the carb and the intake manifold and then get shorter studs for the carb. I still have...
• Re: Q: one vs. two Carbs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 22:28:58 -0400
  ...He says if they are running good, they will out- >perform the weber due to the shorter intake distances. I like the >idea of...
• Re: Drivability Problems with Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - bob tickle
  Thu, 10 Oct 1996 21:36:42 -0400
  ...Isn't there also an intake air temperature sensor? ---------- > From: EdBuzz@aol.com > To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu> > Subject...
• Propex installation questions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Dec 1996 08:35:41 -0500
  ...the exhaust on the side of the bus? Or on the intake side? The instructions aren't too clear on the details, and where...
• Digijet Rough Cold Idle Solved
  Historical mailing list - Jason Yasment
  Wed, 30 May 2001 12:14:23 -0500
  ...Remove the plastic intake elbow. 4. Remove the vacuum lines and electrical connection from the Aux Air Valve. 5. Using a 10mm socket on...
• Re: will a 2.1L long block work with 1.9L FI and hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 20:08:01 -0800
  At 09:25 PM 3/11/02 -0500, Dennis Haynes wrote: >Okay, I forgot about the intake plenum. The 2.1 and many VW...
• Re: '85 Vanagon Sunroof - DUMPING! HELP!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 12:25:27 EDT
  ...the rear drain outlets are in the rear air scoop intakes.. chris '84 wolfy sunroof
• Re: Motor quieting material stuff thing
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:14:02 -0400
  ...A piece of air intake hose from Pep Boys can make a workable substitute for the hose with a little fiddling. Don't try...
• Re: Need 2.1L Intake runners and air distributor
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 05:42:02 EDT
  In a message dated 6/25/2003 9:44:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes: > Acquired a northern van in...
• Re: Cyl 1 and 3 not getting gas.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Carrig
  Thu, 25 Sep 2003 22:07:33 -0400
  ...So would make sense to be sure all 4 areas of fuel intake where equal. So... This is my synopsis. It makes sense, and...
• Re: AC Cleaning the core on a 90 Carat?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 11 May 2004 11:26:44 -0700
  ...AC Cleaning the core on a 90 Carat? > > How do you get the wire screen off the air intake on the AC unit on...
• Re: Propane fueled Vanagons??
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:19:00 -0400
  ...The sludge that builds up behind the intake valve on propane is so soft and gummy it has to be burned off with a...