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• A/C refrigerant oil quantities
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 21 May 2000 12:23:38 EDT
  ...Does this mean you pour 5.07 ounces in the compressor crankcase and 2.92 into the high-pressure hose? Or do you use...
• Re: Valve cover leaks
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:34:48 -0600
  ...50 mph and see how much oil pumps out, that is crankcase pressure doing that. I hope its just the bails (just re bend...
• Re: Burned (?) Fuel Injector Pics + question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:06:43 -0800
  ...a 1.9 WBX that had lots of gas/oil in crankcase. Failed fuel > pressure regulator. Likely the FI shown failed too. > > TIA for...
• Re: T-IV engines
  Historical mailing list - Chris Chubb
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 15:50:21 -0400
  ...it's about 100 pounds heavier > than the engines having magnesium crankcases). I know that the TIV engine is quite a bit different. But...
• Broken dipstick '84 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 21:11:27 -0400
  ...Presumably, I can measure the oil depth in the crankcase by putting a rod down the fill tube. Does anyone know the correct depth...
• Re: synergy?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 5 May 2001 09:55:53 -0500
  ...clean lifters and remove gum that builds up inside pistons and crankcases. I use fuel additives only when I suspect water in my fuel...
• Re: Vanagon Project FS
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 15 May 2004 07:18:20 -0700
  ...Something is pumping gasoline >at a high rate into the crankcase somehow. Does anyone in the digital stream >have an idea's? ------- Fuel pressure...
• Re: Diesel - too much oil saga
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 09:21:22 -0400
  ...I remember the crankcase breather at one point being recalled to address this problem. Overfilling will definitely make things worse. A number of things...
• Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:17:37 -0700
  ...What is the 'crankcase breather tower' made of? Is that the item on the NE corner of the engine compartment, near the air filter...
• Re: AH...why didn't i check the air filter? (and others...)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Sep 95 13:27:56 PDT
  ...It ventilates the crankcase to the intake manifold. This keeps the pressure in the engine's crankcase from building up and blowing out a...
• air intake for crankcase on '81 2.L?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 14:57:37 -0700
  I read a Bob Hoover denunciation of the Type I engine-breathing arrangement and it sounded like he was saying that they straightened things...
• I stand corrected.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:37:35 -0600
  ...4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 Camshaft Crankshaft Crankcase Front of Engine (Flywheel & Gearbox) Rear of Engine (Crankshaft Pulley) Crankshaft & Camshaft Gears...
• Re: Won't Start After Being Off for +1 min.
  Historical mailing list - Conrad Klahn
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:06:25 -0600
  ...I also found that the L shaped rubber hose that goes to the crankcase under the AFM had was loose and cracked, a problem...
• Re: oil level question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 11:17:49 -0600 (MDT)
  ...The worst thing you can do is > over-fill the crankcase, because excess could blow out the tailpipe and gum up > your catalytic converter...
• Re: Castrol Synthetic Oil
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Tue, 22 Jan 2002 00:06:00 -0600
  Not only will you notice this being easier in the winter with Syntec in your crankcase, but also try Redline Synthetic in your transmission...
• Re: Oil Filler Tube Question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:30:50 -0600
  ...The intake system pulls fumes from the crankcase so if it has no resistance I think it might get too much air into the...
• changing gasket at bottom of cylinder sleeve without taking it completely off
  Historical mailing list - raul lince
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 16:33:45 +0000
  ...I have a question about the thick black gasket that goes on the crankcase side of the cylinder sleve. Can you stretch the gasket...
• Re: oil for turbo diesel
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:49:25 -0700
  ...There are only 2 places for excess crankcase pressure to vent. One is the dipstick tube, the other is the breather on the valve...
• Vanagon salvage hopefully (long)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koller
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:30:47 -0400
  ...I remove the engine cover and don't see anything obvious, no rods sticking out of the crankcase or oil covering everything. I do...
• Re: Repeat post:
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:12:53 -0500
  ...Cylinder sleeve bottom seal to the crankcase >>> (O-ring?) - keeps combustion gases out of crankcase. >>> 2. Green gasket on top of the cylinder - keeps...
• Re: 2.1L Engine Failure
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 20:32:11 -0500
  ...Fortunately for me, there was no rod failure, no crankcase failure, no cylinder head damage.. Just the piston and cylinder failed. I now have...
• Re: Noisy lifter
  Historical mailing list - geofflaw
  Sun, 3 Dec 2000 18:36:47 -0800
  ...DIRECTIONS To tune and free lifters while you drive, add entire contents of bottle to crankcase. To free sticky valves and upper rings, slowly...
• Re: chronic flat lifter
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:12:51 EST
  ...Before you start removing rocker arms in search of a queefed out lifter, dump some MMO into the crankcase and go for a ride...
• Re: VW Factory engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 11:34:59 -0500
  ...The latest ones may also have new crankcases and new heads stamped "Poland". Dennis > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 09:02:56 -0500 > From...
• Pilot Bearing...Out!, Another Question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 1995 09:17:01 -0500
  ...These could conceivably go -around- the crankcase end of the cylinders, or -around- the head end. Which is the right location, and are these...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:45:02 -0800
  ...Less air in the oil, the more it can absorb heat and move it to the outside temperature through conduction to crankcase, oil cooler...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:46:09 -0600
  ...Well > said. > > Aah, for the pleasures of a sealed crankcase free of oil save for > the vapors! > > Frank Grunthaner > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO...
• Re: What is your dream van? Friday Topic
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 22:56:02 +1200
  ...No crankcase+no oil changes, less moving parts. Yuk. Twostroke. Pemix. Stink. Actually, it is possible to build a fourstroke-based twostroke. Toyota designed...
• Re: Oil Drain Plug Options
  Historical mailing list - Bill Minor
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 08:58:31 -0500
  ...It had a ring of crankcase metal around it > near > the head end. > > Ok, so it's not the end of the world. He...
• Re: borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:26:38 -0400
  ...or does the oil splash around on the bottom of > the crankcase & maybe get > > > chewed up > > > and sprayed over bearings cranks etc hey. if...
• Re: HELP in Riverton, WY - Engine Flooding
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 2 Oct 2009 17:00:58 -0700
  ...A 1.9 WBX I had for a short time was hydro locked due to LOT'S of fuel in crankcase. The fuel pressure...
• Broken cylinder head stud
  Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
  Wed, 30 Apr 1997 15:06:53 +1000
  ...Transporter (Vanagon), The break is just where the stud enters the crankcase. My local repairer says it can't be removed and I need...
• Re: Intermittent Stuttter refined
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mancuso
  Thu, 7 Mar 96 15:23:50 -0500
  ...I routed the crankcase breather tube into the air filter for one of the carbs, since that seemed to be the logical place. Flash...
• Digifant troubleshooting
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:34:05 -0400
  ...Fuel rail pressure must be at specs (~2.5B)with the vacuum line connected and the crankcase oil should be free of gasoline contamination...
• Re: Unusal Vanagon version - anyone else see this before? <long>
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 1996 01:23:25 -0400
  ...adding an extra pair of cylinders to a revised crankshaft >and crankcase. The internal dimensions are the same as the 2.1 liter (94mm...
• Re: Oil in intake air distributor (2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 22:28:15 -0500
  ...Yes, it's there, so we're >still sucking oil through the crankcase breather, even with the oil level at >the low mark on...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon GL
  Historical mailing list - Marion Lathem
  Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:10:17 -0500
  ...head gasket below cylinder 3 where the head mates with the crankcase. Many of the vacuum hoses were off as well. The rubber part...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:49:11 -0700
  ...Amazing change in oil thrashing around in crankcase. As repeated in the next section, I put a borescope into the former dipstick hole and...
• Re: Crankshaft End-Play.
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Tue, 12 Sep 1995 15:42:02 -0500 (CDT)
  ...sides" > that extend over the edges of the webbing in the crankcase. The thrust The bearing nearest the flywheel has that property. It also...
• Re: Valves lifter knocking
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:40:50 -0800
  ...If you don't think it's wise to put additives into your crankcase, DON'T! Jim Arnott WetWesties Union, OR
• Setting timing on 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 3 Jul 2004 21:42:02 -0700
  ...Am I missing a step? I notice on the Vanagon dealer service tape they have the additional step of blocking the crankcase breather tube...
• =?utf-8?Q?Re:_Silly_thing_once_more=E2=80=A6pcv_tower_?=
  Historical mailing list - Mbob1950
  Sun, 13 Aug 2023 11:13:44 -0500
  Positive Crankcase Ventilation, I believe. Bob 1986 Syncro ‘Bullet’ 1991 WESTY ‘Sylvan’ > On Aug 13, 2023, at 07:41, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net...
• Re: Silicone in oil analysis
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 12:05:17 -0400
  ...As stuff makes its way into the combustion chambers some of it gets past the rings and into the crankcase oil. The oil filter...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 2 Nov 2011 21:57:22 -0700
  ...But it seems there was a retrofit of sorts to add the crankcase breather heater onto the same circuit. The vin of my van...
• Parting out the Blue Whale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 16:34:44 EDT
  ...fuel in the crankcase, trans makes grindy noises :-( The van is in very good condition for 175K miles, with many parts replaced over the...
• Blown engine: Lists opinions on prognosis, possible rebuild, please!
  Historical mailing list - George Lehman
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 11:20:05 +0800
  ...Obviously lots of pressure getting in crankcase. What is probable cause? Valves? Hole in piston? or what? Am heading back to the Twin Cities...
• Re: sept 9-11th Montreal ralley of the International WESTFALIA Camping Car
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:30:23 -0400
  ...fridge mods, wheel bearing/brake/cylinder, FI trouble shoothing, Exaust mods, crankcase/crankshaft and much more.... Suby conversion pictures... am now at my 45th...
• Removing oil from upholstery
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:28:49 -0700
  ...When i put the Orphan ('82 diesel Westy) on its roof last month most all the crankcase oil drained into the body. An hour...
• Gauges & sendinig unit installation
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 4 Jan 2001 12:02:26 -0500
  ...The best place of course is to drill the crankcase which is what I did, using a special procedure to prevent drilling contamination. However...
• Re: 2.2 legacy engine... oil levels...
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:40:37 -0700
  ...Note that all scavenged oil systems have virtually no crankcase volume. Some 911s, many british motorcycles, and many aircraft have scavenged oil systems where...
• Re: A dirty Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Vern in Bend
  Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:29:13 -0800
  ...It'll take that oil 'varnish' off the inside of your crankcase halves. It'll take the plating off of nuts, bolts, hardware. It...
• Re: Oil Smells like gas?????
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 17 Mar 2001 08:04:43 -0600
  ...Too many short trips will keep the engine from getting hot enough to evaporate gas out of the crankcase. Small amounts of gas will...
• Re: breather hose sensor thingie
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 07:54:39 -0400
  ...86, with some kind of sensor thing that attatches to the >> crankcase >> breather hose, with a 2-wire connector on it. The part number...
• Coolant Pipe needed
  Historical mailing list - David Shepherdson
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 18:00:23 -0700
  ...in the plastic elbow that exits the rear of the RH crankcase and connects via a short rubber hose and metal pipe to the...
• Re: '84 1.9L -- cannot remove crankcase drain screw -- what to do next?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 23 Oct 2016 12:58:57 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '84 1.9L -- cannot remove crankcase drain screw -- what to do next? My Son and I went to change...
• Diesel Performance
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:23:45 -0700
  Doktor Tim wrote: >> Anyone who thinks they need more diesel performance >> should check this out. >> Steps leading to the crankcase, what a concept!!!!! >> http...
• Re: Diesel Rings!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:48:40 -0500
  ...level.) I'm not sure how you'd get that much crankcase pressure unless your breather was also clogged, though. '83 diesels used a...
• Re: looking for a source for metric hardware
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 19:02:57 -0400
  ...The threads in the crankcase are 10mm X 1.0 pitch, >and not many folks make pipe fittings with metric threads. Can anybody >suggest...
• Re: 87 Vanagon -w/VW rebuilt engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:04:26 -0500
  ...Restart the engine only after you've put new oil in the crankcase and replaced the oil filter. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia...
• Re: Timing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:53:34 -0400
  ...The mark closest to the engine crankcase is a sharp cut V. On the same pulley, the second mark is a small dimple about...