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Re: fuel pump relief valve?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:11:57 -0400
...fuel return line expecting to see pressure relieved at about 80 lbs. but it climbed to 100 before I released the hose, worried about...
Re: old, old gas Q?
Historical mailing list - Marius Strom
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:53:11 +0000
Wouldn't a possible solution be: * Disconnect the supply, drain tank. * Disconnect the return from the tank, point hose into a barrel/container * Repeatedly...
Re: cooling system hose clamps
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 18:57:22 +0000
Hey, well done! But in your search, don't overlook the Front End. Especially the hoses going to front heater core. Usually you smell...
Re: Syncro diff light!!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 11:35:42 -0800
...I checked underneath and one of the little vaccum rubber hose was cracked and not activating the servo. I replaced the little hose and...
Re: Evaporative Emission Canister? (re: Fuel Expansion Tank)
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Sun, 25 Aug 2019 14:36:36 -0700
On 8/25/2019 9:23 AM, Robert Keezer wrote: > You discovered what is probably the number one reason Vanagons burn-the > hose leak...
Re: '82 1.6 Diesel Vanagon Head Bolt Questions (long)
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:38:38 -0600
...What do you mean? The return hoses? These are not under significant pressure and incedentally I use the non-braided hose there, it is...
Power Steering Fluid Leak... Reservoir?
Historical mailing list - James V
Sun, 11 Jan 2004 20:48:05 -0800
...There is a layer of fluid on the reservoir, the supply/return hoses and the exhaust shield below. It seemed likely that the hose...
Re: AC High Side - line leak - rubber hose
Historical mailing list - John C...
Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:25:33 +0000
...Replacing one hose is a good > idea. Your old fittings on either end will be reused. Your new hose will be > a barrier hose...
Re: Water temp increase after changing hoses, thermostat, and plastic parts
Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
Thu, 1 Oct 2015 12:47:01 -0400
...Am about to leave town for a week (not in the Vanagon) and will check the Vanagon cooling situation next week when I return...
Re: Hoses on fuel injectors
Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
Fri, 7 Sep 2001 08:14:51 -0700
...then return to the vehicle. i guess. hell, i used a hacksaw, remember? b
Re: 2.1 heads
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:01:13 -0400
...Sometimes the return loop in the engine compartment will clog where the small hoses from the heads connect. Especially that hose near the AC...
Re: Intermittent running problem.
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Sat, 30 Apr 2016 05:35:35 -0400
...We then checke= > d them again by clamping of the return fuel hose to tank and the spray patte= > rn is nice an atomized...
Re: ALERT! Brand new fuel hoses failing!!!!
Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:59:25 -0700
dear hosers -- oops i guess that is me ... being canadian diesel -- i replaced most of my return and injector hoses with chain saw fuel...
Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 01:05:47 -0400
...Replace pressure cap, let engine return to idle and you should be good to go. If the system is working properly it will finish...
Re: Was fuel leak? Now: appropriate route for fuel lines
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:15:54 -0800
...send and >> return hoses are located roughly mid point at the firewall. I made a >> stainless steel bracket for each hose >> I didn't...
Re: Plastic fuel line
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 1 Mar 2014 22:43:34 -0500
...could be pinch and fail to. > > IIRC my return line is all fuel injection hose. That is the side of the system that I...
Re: Debugging air leaks in a Diesel
Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:55:53 -0700
...I have replaced all the > rubber hoses for the injector return lines (the usual > suspects). Then I disconnected the fuel; in and return lines...
Re: Black Nylon Fuel Return Hose Kink. Opinions? PICS.
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:46:40 -0500
At 10:31 PM 2/13/2013, neil n wrote: >say, closed more than 50%, as long as the fuel tank is properly >vented...
HELP! Syncro leaking gasoline!
Historical mailing list - Chris brown
Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:34:46 EST
Just filled up the gas tank this morning on my '87 Syncro, went to brunch in my friend's car, and upon returning, saw...
Re: Fuel pressure & injectors
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 9 Aug 2001 10:56:50 -0400
...5/16" US hose is too big. david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL...
Re: cooling system hose clamps
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:37:17 -0400
...This connection is a new silicone hose with a new > > screw-type hose clamp. > > > > My question here is whether an ear clamp (Oetiker style...
Re: replacing power steering lines with hoses
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 09:17:55 -0700
...I had a hydraulic shop make a new steel rear section, but I also replaced the return line with 3000psi hose. Had I known...
obsolete bleeder for 83.5 solved
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Mon, 14 Aug 2000 01:20:26 EDT
...025 121 102 Bleeder to Radiator Return: 025 121 062 A bunch of hose clamps and that phosphate free anti-freeze, and the patience...
Source for 1-1/4" ID flexible coolant hose..
Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
Mon, 10 Sep 2001 08:52:28 -0400
...I am speaking of the very rusty last few feet of the coolant carrying metal hoses that run from the front of the Van...
Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 08:16:32 -0800
Why not do a simple fuel delivery test? Remove the return line from the pressure regulator and run a short piece of hose from...
Re: 1987 Westy Fuel Line hoses inside diameters
Historical mailing list - RiffOil
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:36:24 -0700
...Recent parts drawing shows a grommet and 7x3 hose to > pass through firewall. > > Return line to the tank is also 8x1 plastic tubing but...
tortion bars and the power steering system
Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:06:04 -0800
...I'll be replacing the pressure and return lines next weekend with hoses from Frank Condelli's shop: http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/hose...
Re: Anything like this for 1.9L?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 28 May 2011 10:53:26 -0700
...This will accomplish the goal with one part, in one step, and not ruin any rare stock hoses, and allow returning to stock cooler...
Mysterious idle
Historical mailing list
Thu, 14 Aug 1997 18:19:32 -0400 (EDT)
...I did notice that the PO's shop had neglected to replace the metal clamps on the rubber hoses that make up the air...
Re: Was fuel leak? Now: appropriate route for fuel lines
Historical mailing list - neil n
Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:59:46 -0800
...In deleting that plastic transition, I massaged things so the send and return hoses are located roughly mid point at the firewall. I made...
Re: Rear heater - sweet smell
Historical mailing list - Paul Gordon
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:34:31 -0400
Join the supply and return hoses together. Remove the heater. Sit back and cherish your new found storage space. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Reynaert...
Mounting Questions...
Historical mailing list - Jorge Osorio
Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:30:09 -0400
...coolant return line is chafed and dripping coolant because my engine swings wildly and one of my belts gnaws at the hose. My engine...
Re: pinch the fuel line?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:23:04 -0700
...On fuel lines (if thinking ahead) I would probably clamp down on > scraps of wood to clamp the hose instead of clamping the hose...
Re: Feedback wanted: SA stainless tanks last year
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:42:01 -0700
...I am considering running the hose from the transfer pump to a tee in the fuel injection return line. Since both tanks share the...
Re: HELP! Lack of power at high speeds during cross country trip
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 14 May 2000 04:22:42 -0400
...If you pinch the hose with a hose pincher from the FLAPS, or in a pinch <g> with a visegrips, you won't have...
Re: replacing power steering lines with hoses
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:20:49 -0400
...It is in my webstore under the part number pshosekit They are long hoses with no junction in the middle and the return hose...
Re: Cooling strategies, color coded, etc.
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sat, 1 May 2004 22:33:53 -0400
...Every time > you turn around, you find a different hose connection or thermostat housing, > or something else leaking. I have since just returned to...
Re: Flopping mirrors - Vanagon
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:00:47 -0400
>Take a hose clamp and tighten it around the base... > After that I drilled a hole all the way through the mounting bracket in...
Re: 88 fuel lines
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:53:52 -0400
...It is the correct hose and smooth clamps. The plastic hose squishes slightly where it is clamped, in effect creating a barb. Check your...
Help locating coolant part - 84 Westy
Historical mailing list - Douglas Prescott
Thu, 27 Apr 2000 19:26:54 -0700
...with a nipple that a small diameter coolant hose connects to the metal heater core return mounted above the engine. It is at this...
Re: old, old gas Q?
Historical mailing list - Mike
Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:31:16 -0400
...old, old gas Q? > Wouldn't a possible solution be: > > * Disconnect the supply, drain tank. > * Disconnect the return from the tank, point hose into...
How can this be?
Historical mailing list - Wognacious
Sun, 5 Jun 2005 12:36:18 -0700
Howdy, Last Thursday night the lower of the two radiator hoses came off, I believe it's the return line to the water pump...
Re: How to tell a radiator is bad
Historical mailing list - jimt
Fri, 9 Sep 2005 09:19:28 -0600
...Now, when the van is warmed up measure the > temperature of the hose going to the radiator and the hose coming back > from the...
Re: Fuel flow regulator
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
Sun, 13 Jun 2021 11:52:55 -0700
...right! >> John, >> There are 4 hoses to the FPR. 2 on the pressure side of things, the return >> to the fuel tank, and the...
Re: fuel line replacement
Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 06:30:41 -0600
...I ordered Ken's Vanagain fuel hose kit. It contains enough hose to do the engine compartment, plus enough left over to do the...
Pressure Regulator/FI problems
Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
Thu, 26 Aug 1999 05:40:59 GMT
...For engine running or not? > laughs I clamped the return line to the fuel tank and nothing changed. I > then clamped both hoses leading...
Re: Leaking Rear Heater
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 4 Dec 2011 19:57:50 -0800
re A good many of us have simply removed the T-junctions and installed a continuous hose all the way up front, etc" doesn...
Re: Fuel rail orientation?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 3 Aug 2011 22:48:02 -0700
...and I have sure seen a lot of poorly routed re-done fuel hoses on waterboxers though. Like fuel pressure testing port that can...
Re: Evaporative Emission Canister? (re: Fuel Expansion Tank)
Historical mailing list - David McNeely
Sun, 25 Aug 2019 15:02:28 -0700
...There is so far as I can tell no reason not to run continuous fuel line return side, as well, which is what I...
fuel leak (?) & odometer
Historical mailing list - Rob McGee
Sun, 15 Sep 1996 21:02:11 -0600
...When I returned from paying for the gasoline, I noticed a puddle, on the ground, underneath the driver's seat. The smell was very...
Re: Super fast idle
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:37:46 -0600
Check that the crankcase vent hose is not rotton and has holes. It's a short hose right on top of the engine. John...
Re: Coolant Pipe repair
Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
Sat, 9 Nov 2013 10:36:34 -0800
...out the two large hoses that feed the radiator and > noticed that where the return hose clamps to the return straight pipe there > appears...
Re: Help! Changing coolant of 91 Westy...
Historical mailing list - james v
Sat, 14 Sep 2002 08:58:56 -0700
...Follow the hoses to the radiator to see which one is the lower hose. To flush, disconect the expansion tank return hose. This is...
Re: capacitor fix mitigated buck, did not fix
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 16 Jan 2005 18:37:50 -0600
...I found the problem to be the hose from the crankcase vent to the AFM. That hose had rotted on the bottom and had...
Re: Steel fuel line adapter & curtain springs
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:37:10 -0400
...It's connected on each end with a short piece of hose and those stupid metal crimp bands that loosen as the rubber hose...
Re: Coolant Feed/Return Pipes Repair
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:55:45 -0700
...I used 1-1/4" copper to replace the sawed off end and clamped over > > and extra piece of hose. The copper just fit...
Re: rear heater blowout - stranded
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:04:32 -0400
...If you use a "pipe" to >>> connect >>> the hoses, it just returns hot coolant back to the engine. I'm not >>> sure >>> which is...
Re: Bucking - Vanagon syndrome?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:41:55 -0600
...I had a similar problem and it turned out to be the crankcase vent hose right on top of the engine. That hose transports...
Re: Remote starter Switch rules! No fuel leaks!
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:33:05 -0800
...tighten them > from > underneath. > The only hose that showed any signs of cracking was the right side return > line from > fuel rail to FPR...
Re: Speaking of heater fans...
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Wed, 11 Jan 95 9:55:41 PST
...That could give me enough > time for the installation before the next cold spell. > SALT?? SALT!!!! Sami, you must immediately return that immaculate '75...