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• Flow Through Ventilation Tip
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 22:52:28 -0500
  ...This provides g-r-e-a-t flow through ventilation in the van with the skylight or the roof popped up with the screen...
• Re: Is there something wrong with busdepot order page?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:10:46 -0700
  ...Qty Item Price Part Number Air Flow Meter '86-up Vanagon, remanufactured (+ $30.00 core deposit) $199.95 025906301C Air Intake Sleeve Air Flow...
• Re: Measuring oxygen sensor output...bad air flow meter?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 23:42:11 -0500
  ...For a while I could adjust the air > flow meter spring tension so that the voltage was around .55 to .65v, then > it went...
• camper (kitchen) water pump
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 12:36:52 -0600
  ...After a few uses, the water stopped flowing. I knew things hadn't frozen up, as the temperature was in the forties F (and...
• San Diego desert flowers campout March 6-8
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 2 Mar 2015 10:43:01 -0800
  ...With recent rains the desert flowers have been blooming but it is hit or miss. The camping is there somewhat primitive and some is...
• fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:02:26 -0500
  ...I have found sets with a lot of variance on busses , but these had exactly the same flow rate. Makes me wonder what is...
• 84 wet weather problem
  Historical mailing list - Alan Gondry
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:17:35 -0800
  ...My final solution is to replace the distributor cap and rotor and spray the ECU and Flowmeter plug and inside the Flowmeter. After sputtering...
• Re: Front Bike Carrier
  Historical mailing list - karl filc
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 11:17:36 -0000
  ...Have not done it yet, just keep > in mind you don't want to disturb the air flow, but bikes should be fine not...
• Van starts then dies?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Wright
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 08:15:01 -0500
  ...If I increase the fuel mixture by moving the air flow meter by hand it will stay running. I just changed the ECU because...
• Re: Fuel Pressure
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 9 Jun 2005 09:01:01 -0600
  Before doing fuel flow checks replace filter. That was actually in the instructions for one pressure checker I had. jimt On 6/9/05...
• Re: Van-Again Tax Refund Sale (wheels, and grilles)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 09:45:17 PST
  Ken, You seem to be saying that the air flow meters you're selling have the wiring harness fix integrated into the AFM. Is...
• Re: Coolant flow question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 23 May 2005 00:41:06 EDT
  ...Meaning coolant will flow at whatever temperature it's at in the engine to the heater whether the thermostat is opened or closed. I...
• Re: front door edge seals wasRe: 88-up flow-through parts
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Sun, 1 Oct 2006 19:28:42 -0700
  Hi Zoltan, I am trying to talk about the additional seal thaat was put in in 80 and later vans together with the flow...
• Re: Larger Audi a/t cooler fits transporter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:04:39 -0400
  ...It is the flow (volume) that determines the cooling capacity and when underway (radiator has sufficient air flow) the coolant flow will be dependent...
• Re: rear heater blowout - stranded
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:54:25 -0400
  Hi Scott, Doesn't the thermostat prevent coolant from flowing to the rad if the engine is below its target threshold? In which case...
• Coolant Flushing - Iowian Method (IM)
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:34:38 -0600
  ...let low pressure water flow from tap through hose; 4. Catch coolant as it flows from rad, then give up and let it spill...
• Re: Exhaust gasket size
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:35:25 -0800
  ...They fit but they are smaller in diameter, restricting flow. Instead being 35.5mm it is 31.8mm. Considerable difference and if I add...
• Re: My First Oil Filter Failure
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Fri, 21 May 1999 08:23:31 -0700
  Karl said: "The Fram actually IS freer flowing, as the filtering media is thinner, as well as having less of it than a Mahle...
• Re: What is the oil flow in a type IV cooler ?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Jun 2019 12:59:37 -0700
  ...there's no change in oil flow design from beetle to 411, to 181 to barn door, to vanagon air cooled... but feel free...
• Re: Vanagon puzzlier
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:16:33 -0700
  ...At full throttle, your engine runs solely on the air-flow sensor and rpm. If disconnecting this helps, it probably means that the switch...
• Re: Westy WOES...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 4 Jan 1995 10:33:06 CST6CDT
  ...but it could > be the case. :( you said you put a heavy flow oil pump ... any chance it's > cutting into the case??? that...
• Re: Coolant flow/air bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:29:49 -0500
  ...Fill main pressure bottle, allow time for as much as possible to flow into the engine. Open the t-stat bypass and both heater...
• Re: Cabin Air Flow
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Wed, 2 May 2012 22:06:12 +0000
  ...Cabin Air Flow > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Didn't the late model rear side windows accomplish this? > > http://images.cars.com/phototab/DMI...
• Re: Sink pump improvement?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:26:57 -0400
  I’m using the sure flow. Also have the city water connector. Or at least I did once. I’ll have to double check...
• On TD and TDi Exhaust manifolds, mounts and risks!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 23 Apr 2005 17:22:52 EDT
  ...I have mapped out the flow characteristics of each and analyzed the cross-sectional area of all of them. The worst flow is that...
• Re: rear hatch lock
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rasmussen
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:41:30 -0800
  ...If you can't find Tri-Flow Tri-Flow is used by bicycle mechanics as a cable lube. You'll find it at any...
• Re: Loss of Power after carwash
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 18 Apr 2009 22:13:43 -0600
  ...I realize the two symptoms you describe would cause flow >> into the expansion bottle, but this happens in a correctly working >> system too....or...
• Re: Winter Camping Advise....
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:55:20 -0600
  I think the important issue to prevent that is to not EVER get the flower pot wet. I think that the clay (or terracotta...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#271641038: HUGE VW Volkswagen Vanagon Camper Flower Pwr!
  Historical mailing list - Tony Peet
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 22:20:12 PST
  ...HUGE VW Volkswagen Vanagon Camper Flower Pwr! Seller: jasenftl@aol.com Starts: Feb-27-00 20:12:00 PST Ends: Mar-08-00 20...
• Re: Removing the rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Apr 2004 22:24:13 -0400
  ...Shunting the rear heater will reduce flow to the front heater and yes, it will also reduce available flow through the radiator. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Feb 2018 16:14:33 -0500
  ...However, by improvising a flow bench using a shop vac, throttle body, and a second good AFM, you can easily adjust the spring to...
• Re: Attn: Successful Subaru transplants: heater control solution?
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Sat, 20 May 2000 18:18:31 -0400
  ...I am first going to try just adding a loop bypass, if that will still allow enough flow through the heater when required, then...
• Re: UB12220 batteries update
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:41:17 -0600
  ...Switching to the bigger 1315 won't make more amps flow, if that is > the only change you make. > > VW used a 40 amp...
• Re: Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 30 May 1999 11:45:23 -0700
  ...Increasing the air flow through the engine compartment by modifying the engine compartment lid seems desireable. There is a good vacuum effect created behind...
• Re: Air Cond Duct Recall - Part question, recall #
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 1 Mar 2005 21:50:19 -0500
  ...The plastic material of the center air flow duct, which is fastened by two mounting screws to the ceiling of the passenger compartment, can...
• Re: Rear heater core during summer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Jun 2005 06:27:28 -0400
  ...However, if you do not have air flowing over the heater cores, there is no cooling effect and any water flow through the cores...
• Re:wasserboxer overheating/ impeller effeciency
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 17:27:45 GMT
  ...Stay away from the $50 FLAPS cheapos and get a good quality OEM. (My $0.02) Have the flow rate thru the radiator checked...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:14:06 -0400
  I'm pretty sure the coolant flows through the heads and that is where it picks up most of the engine heat. I've...
• Re: How best to JB weld pitted heads?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:43:08 -0500
  ...I have never tried this with a WB head (yet!), have others used a little heat to allow the JB Weld to flow into...
• air flow meter cleaning
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:27:56 -0800
  Can any of the electronic experts tell me what is best to use to clean the contacts on the air flow meter? Is CRC...
• Re: My First Oil Filter Failure
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 20 May 1999 11:30:47 -0700
  ...There could be very different interpretations about which filter was better based on flow depending where the pressure is sensed. Without knowing the sensor...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:17:35 -0700
  I wrote: > So, increasing the volume of air the intake tract can flow will have no > affect on power or fuel economy (in a...
• Re: Why don't we have these kinds of Pop top here in the USA "Atlantic "
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:42:50 -0400
  ...Notice that the how the extra height of the luggage rack really blows the smoke and destroys the laminar flow. The 4th one down...
• Re: All you want to know...(no VW content)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 07:39:01 EDT
  ...So really the model of electrons flowing and what have you is just a picture to help us visualize what is going on when...
• Re: Dometic Fan Wiring for DUMMIES
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:03:31 -0400
  ...The idea is the basically same for current flow. Enjoy. www.bulley-hewlett.com/Ser&Par.html G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett & Associates www...
• Re: Fuel Regulator pt 1 of 3
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 11 May 2001 23:45:54 -0400
  ...The pressure is dependent on the restriction to flow >throughout the return line. I put an electric fuel pump on my 73 VW Bus...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:39:03 -0500
  ...They should > also give a slight increase in power as there is no flow restriction. > Also, > if the interpolator is calibrated for a common...
• Re: cooling system design / Reinvention of the Wheel Banished!
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 06:51:23 -0500
  ...in initial engine conversion cooling system design i sought to have a over flow tank above the top of the radiator. so off to...
• Re: my own coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:29:45 -0800
  ...This allows coolant to flow through it, but reduces the cooling ability: hot water in, hot water out. How can one test for this...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sat, 19 Jun 2004 02:32:25 -0400
  ...given two paths, more current wil flow in the path of less resistance, but current will flow across both paths. that's what the...
• Re: coolant leak after long idle
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:51:08 -0400
  ...coolant level should rise when engine is warmed up, as hot coolant flows into the refill tank from the expansion tank, then fall back...
• Re: Need input on radiator problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Feb 2007 23:17:25 -0500
  ...Need input on radiator problem """the lower disc closes off the bypass that allows coolant to continuously flow throughout the engine."""" Not on the...
• Re: heater controls
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:56:51 -0600
  ...This is called �flow-through ventilation� which all vehicles have to some degree. Prior to 1988, if all windows were closed, the only way...
• Re: Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:04:41 -0800
  ...given the relatively extreme crudeness of the intake runners and plenum, is that if you can't get much good air flow going in...
• Re: How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 16:03:25 -0400
  ...This diagram from Ben helped me to understand the 2 way nature of flow in the system. I agree it's very clever. One...
• Re: GOWESTY AFM no start problem
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sun, 3 Jul 2016 13:27:09 -0700
  Does your subaru engine use a Mass Air Flow Sensor in the air intake or just a MAP sensor. in the case of the...
• Re: Stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 11 Feb 2018 22:25:23 -0500
  ...reading as one from a 2.1, but with 10% less flow, because its displacement > is about 10% less? > > Larry A. > what image? > > > On...
• 88 Vanagon air flow meter question
  Historical mailing list - John Graham
  Fri, 22 Aug 1997 23:55:43 -0400
  ...may be due to the age and condition of my air flow control box. I had a 1980 model with a similar box and...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list - jim hayes
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 09:36:49 -0700
  ...depending on wind direction) > > Gen Berg wrote about the the air flow on his bus and the differance the > vent widows and mirrors made...
• WTB: Air Flow Meter - '91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dan Blank
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 18:40:07 -0500
  Hey, does anyone know somewhere else I can get a new Air Flow Meter for my '91 (at a decent price)? The ones at...