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update on decreased mileage after tuneup problem
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 17:12:34 -0700
...Another variable I neglected to mention is that I installed a new syncro-style air filter when I did the tuneup. The old air...
Metal flecks in oil
Historical mailing list - Ken Hartz
Thu, 5 Oct 2000 11:56:33 EDT
...miles, had been using FRAM filters but thanks to the list recently switched to the VW black filter sold at a premium through the...
Re: Oil Additive
Historical mailing list - jay m.
Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:31:14 -0800
well, aside from the fact that they don't use the correct filter, don't always use the correct oil, and occasionally leave the...
91 Automatic trans problem-- cavitation.
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:54:35 -0800
...When I returned, pulled the xsmn pan, and filter screen. The screen has some very small flakes of metal, and has a rather dark...
Re: Engine flush,
Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 13:15:18 -0700
...Dusty roads, overheated engine, hard driving, low oil levels, inferior oil filter, inferior oil, blow by, and whatever you can think of... I personally...
Re: Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:49:11 -0700
...Alternative Mounting of AFM and Air Filter Box > Does anyone know of a good alternative method to secure the > AFM/Air-Filter box so...
Re: Oil filter question
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 5 Nov 2010 11:03:28 -0700
...Oil filter question > Try backing off the throttle at a constant speed in order to unload the > rod > bearings - slightly on the gas, slightly...
Re: Puking Oil from Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:07:37 +0000
...It has a Fram filter...somewhere I recall a post a number of years > ago about VW and Mann filters having a pressure release...
FRAM specualtion re pressure
Historical mailing list
Tue, 28 May 1996 08:07:06 -0700
Terry Tan wrote: "It is common knowledge among us who are on the list awhile that Fram filters are unsuitable for Vanagons." I offer...
Re: Fw: Air filters, K&N
Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 09:15:41 -0800
...One of the problem I woried about which I first considered using this filter is that if the oil on the element breaks off...
Re: New Engine report
Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:10:24 -0500
...Are they comparable to the Mann or Mahle OEM filters? Might that contribute the oil pressure you are concerned about? > Total distance of trip...
Cold start 3 cylinder stalling and bucking idle insanity!!!
Historical mailing list - Adam H. Behle
Wed, 2 Feb 2005 23:44:51 -0500
...Replaced air filter, fuel filter, oil, oil filter, and spark plugs. Found and replaced 2 broken vacuum lines. Checked throttle switch per Bentley and...
Re: 82 diesel 1.6na- Blowing out filters
Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:39:30 -0500
...Now on warming up oil pressure peaks and blows > > out the big Mann oil filter, spewing out the oil. Something about oil > pump > > check...
Re: Charcoal Cannister Purpose
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:15:51 -0400
...Dave On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 9:43 PM, Melissa Mourkas wrote: > All I know is that my EGR filter, (the charcoal canister...
'85 Hesitation Blues
Historical mailing list
22 Apr 1996 15:52:01 GMT
...We've changed the air filter and fuel filter. Helped alittle. "Recent tune-up" but I don't know what that means. Assume that...
Re: Wanted! 1600cc Vanagon Engine Case- REALLY!
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Fri, 6 Jan 95 9:26:16 PST
...full-flow oil filters! > Yeah, yeah, I KNOW there's all kinds of other ways to add full-flow > filters to the Type I...
K&N Airfilter & Fuel Mileage?
Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
Tue, 10 Nov 1998 20:13:53 -0800
...During the past 2 months (300 miles) with the K&N filter, I'm averaging 16.2 mpg. I think that my driving is...
Thanks..but no luck
Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 21:27:34 -0700
...last night I changed the fuel filter....no change. It sounds like it's a fuel problem. It idles fine, starts fine...but hold...
Re: Oil Cooler Adapter
Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:02:43 -0700
...Race-Trim Oil Cooler Systems as well as Oil Filter "Sandwich" Adaptors. Thanks, Chris P.S. I'm thinking of doing this myself... let...
Re: Dashboard light filters and a relay on the dashboard light circuit
Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:53:42 -0700
...24/2002 +1000, you wrote: >Hi, > >Has anyone had experience with filters to change the colour of your >dashboard lights? I would be interested...
<No subject>
Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 20:52:32 -0400
...If you do find that there is rust particulate >you might want to go out and buy a cheap in-line fuel filter for...
Re: Rear side window airflow plastic insert foam
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Sun, 9 May 2004 13:17:32 -0700
...I'm guessing it acts as an air filter and > air filters should be changed. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover...
Re: Auto Tranny Final Drive, Oil Change?
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:34:38 -0400
...then back it off 2 turns(per Bentley).If you never changed the filter and fluid before, you will find out just how easy...
Re: WTB: 2.1L intake boot
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:10:35 -0400
...This puts the air filter housing too high in my engine bay, so a regular 2.1L part will work. Thanks, by the way...
Re: Pulling air filter box from Dodge Caravan. Anything else worth pulling? (...
Historical mailing list
Thu, 1 May 2008 13:41:15 EDT
...I know the diesel guys found that the V6 Caravan air filter > box fits nicely in one of the battery cubby holes in engine...
Oil preasure 1990 westy
Historical mailing list - Don Dahl
Tue, 30 Aug 2016 20:48:14 -0700
Hi just installed an oil pressure and temp gauge in a sandwich between cooler and oil filter . How accurate is this placement compared to...
Re: air filter for 1.9 -
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Sun, 6 Sep 2015 07:12:36 -0700
Naw, I meant 1.9 water cooled. -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 09/05/2015 06:42...
Re: Advice on TD engine problem
Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
Wed, 13 May 2015 21:55:47 -0500
...You should get air out the oil plug at the filter flange! If no, pull the head and look at the gasket. Skipper
Re: Oil Filter
Historical mailing list
Mon, 28 Apr 1997 20:43:45 PST
Mark: Could you elucidate on this statement. On Mon, 28 Apr 1997 15:12:59 -0500 Mark McCulley <raven@halcyon.com> writes: . In fact...
Amsoil
Historical mailing list - Bill
Tue, 16 May 2000 23:12:49 -0700
...about their 25,000 mile suggested change interval (with more frequent filter changes)? If anyone has any experience, let me know. Thanks, [text/html]
1.9 oil sender
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Wed, 26 May 2004 08:42:29 -0700
hello and good morning, my 1.9l looks like it only has one sender under the tin on the oil filter side, the 2...
Air Filter Hose, '91 2WD
Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
Sat, 24 Apr 2004 21:42:46 -0400
Please note that when I said the paper interior liner had sagged and bunched up, I meant that it had not detached into pieces...
Re: Fuel Filter or Bad Gas? Or more?
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:43:38 -0700
...If the fuel filter is plugged, you can test it by running a short piece of fuel line in place of the filter. If...
Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:28:54 -0800
I don't buy that one either, I've used the Mann filter for 250,000 miles and have always had this issue. It...
Re: Oil pressure light
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:10:00 -0700
This is where I got the 1 that I use ~> http://prosportgauges.com/oil-filter-adaptor-plate.aspx & here is another site ~> http://www...
Re: Changing oil: Hot, Lukewarm, or Cold
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Wed, 1 Jul 2020 19:32:24 -0700
...It > >> wasn't too bad with the angled oil filter on a Wasserboxer; with the > Subie > >> motor with a vertical filter orientation, I invariably...
Re: I can't wait!
Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
Fri, 20 Aug 2004 03:54:18 -0400
...Until then, filters are your friend. Set em up :::quick, and never see another bear or grey water subject again. Anyone who :::uses email...
Re: Oil light blinking on Air-cooled engine
Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
Wed, 1 Aug 2018 05:07:10 -0700
...You may want to check again tomorrow when the temp drops, or else Change the oil and filter. You using Mann or malhe filters...
Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:29:31 -0500
I find this dubious unless the engine is run without an oil filter. Also, the first step to a proper engine assembly procedure is...
Re: Installing a fuel pump
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:34:09 -0500
...On 8/6/07, BJ Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote: > > The new fuel pump and filter is in. I'm still picking dirt out...
Re: HELP: Engine stopped
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Thu, 7 Jul 2016 15:02:47 -0300
...If you >>> have two, you can eliminate the front square filter. >>> >>> --t >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Fuzzy :philippe <fuzzmeister...
Re: 85 Westy fuel tank change
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:57:19 -0500
...The fuel pump (passenger) side leaves the tank via another 7mm outlet pipe to the stock cube shaped pre-pump filter with 7mm inlet...
Re: leaking coolant
Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:18:45 -0500
...Take off your oil filter to get to the two hoses. There are other hoses, of course, near that area that could have a...
Re: daily digests...better alternatives
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:38:55 -0400
...I have about 20 folder and use filters to direct all of the mail from about 30 lists into one of those folders. Sam...
Re: Puking Oil from Oil Cooler
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:15:08 -0800
...It has a Fram filter...somewhere I recall a post a number of years > ago about VW and Mann filters having a pressure release...
Re: Gas tank sucked together!
Historical mailing list - Kevin Plichta
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:45:14 -0400
...I finally had some time to look at the charcoal filter, I pulled the bottom hose off the filter and there was what looked...
Re: 86 Auto Tranny question
Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 12:26:44 -0400
...My problem started immediately after changing the fluid and filter so I thought that maybe someone before me had used some magic fluid. I...
Re: charcoal cannister
Historical mailing list - Jerry
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:40:04 -0600
...charcoal cannister When I swapped out the charcoal filter on my '81 (for Jetta engine swap) I noticed the air cooled and Jetta cannisters...
Re: oil additives (synthetic oils)
Historical mailing list - Davidson
Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:34:36 -0800
For what ever it's worth, I used to use synthetic and change oil and filter every 5,000 miles just to be extra...
Re: Help! Massive oil leak from behind cooler (2.1)
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:18:52 +0000
...Go get an easy out that is just the right size to fit into the oil filter mounting tube. Take the filter off, then...
Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Thu, 4 Sep 2014 20:44:25 -1000
...and if there is any doubt about the oil filter being the cause .. good ole Mann is what I would go with. From the...
Re: what causes low oil pressure
Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
Thu, 8 Jan 2004 04:11:10 -0500
...napa oil filters should be fine; and as there is no drain-back issue with the engine running, possible objections to other than an...
Re: Awning mounts or brackets
Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:36:54 -0700
...I still haven't found the built-in AW water filter. Supposed to be behind the drivers seat or inside the sink cabinet, but...
Re: Oil Filter? Oil Flavor?
Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:06:36 -0600
Robyn Rudisill wrote: > > To confuse me specifically the FLAPS has about 11 different brands/types of > oil filters. Does it matter what Oil Filter...
Re: Ethanol & fuel system parts
Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:50:32 -0500
...After having a fuel filter delivered overnight to the local FLAPS (I now carry a spare!), I swapped it in at the campground at...
more fuel problems!!!!
Historical mailing list - Dart 330
Sun, 3 Mar 2002 23:07:34 -0600
...A few taps on the fuel filter and I can drive a few blocks. I repeat this process until I get home (several miles...
84 Fuel Pump (was stranded in LA..)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Jun 1996 10:51:10 -0700
...I changed the fuel filter and thought I had fixed it for about 60 miles until it came back. Then I thought it was...
Re: '87 Syncro GL Oil Purge
Historical mailing list - Scott McDonell
Tue, 25 Nov 1997 11:46:05 -0700
...So, I don't know if you've got an engine oil leak from your filter, or maybe you have a tranny seal leak...
Re: [DIESEL] injector questions
Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
Sun, 18 Mar 2001 17:34:15 -0500
...I do need to change the fuel filter as you say also and have been using premium diesel that has some extra additives for...
Re: FRIDAY FUN...
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:29:51 -0800
...They installed a wrong filter and it blew off on the highway just down the road from us. Mark in AK ----- Original Message ----- From...