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Jerky/Wiggly Steering Wheel
Historical mailing list - shawn luft
Mon, 21 Apr 2003 12:37:04 -0400
...left and right about half and inch at evenly regular paced intervals of 2-3 times per second. This does not seem normal, and...
Re: A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:06:13 -0800
You could just take out most of the spark plugs, remove the muffler and pretend it's a Harley.. Don Hanson On Tue, Nov...
ac pressure question
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Mon, 1 Jul 2002 12:21:02 -0700
...your high speed radiator fan cycles on and off at reasonable intervals? I can confirm the high speed cause by turning the ac off...
Re: Westy shower
Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 21:47:45 -0500
...Aaron Reams <aaron@INTERVAL.COM> > >Reply-To: Aaron Reams <aaron@INTERVAL.COM> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Subject: Re: Westy shower > >Date: Mon, 12...
wbx reliability
Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
Sun, 17 Feb 2002 23:59:35 -0800
...Its 60-80K mile change interval is the same as most any Toyota, Honda, or American engine that I know of. The water pump...
Re: Engine oil change interval (VW content...)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 07:56:16 EST
My sister bought a '98 Golf and she just changes the oil every 5k miles and uses VW/Mann filters and has no problem...
Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:05:50 -0700
...own experience using it in a '91 > Jetta. > > No reason to panic, but maybe accelerate your next change interval to > the nearest convenient time.
Re: "On the cheap" tune-up
Historical mailing list - David Baker
Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:49:15 -0500
...All for 5 minutes work and > no extra cost (above the cost of owning the Dremel). > > I have no idea if the interval between...
Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up - fuel line replacement?
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 30 Mar 2005 21:34:35 -0600
...I think five years is long enough interval between replacements, otherwise do as needed. But always look at those hoses frequently. Easy to rub...
Re: What's the connection between the temp and fuel gauges?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:29:16 -0400
...it was a flaky contact and it's waiting the correct interval for maximum frustration). Pass it along and I can tell you if...
Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
Historical mailing list
Wed, 22 Nov 1995 11:38:47 -0500
...Yes always adjust valves at regular 3000 mile intervals, but switching plugs wires would not neccessitate adjusting valves. But don't switch plugs wires...
Re: High idle after warm up
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 26 Sep 2003 20:45:42 -0500
...up to 2000 rpms, then it cycles between 1900 > and 2100 in about 3 second intervals. Any quick thoughts? > -- > J. Naser Motlagh, MBA, PMP >
Re: front wheel bearing maintenance intervals
Historical mailing list - --------
Mon, 27 Aug 2007 07:25:56 -0400
...To my surprise I found nothing listed >Has anybody seen any listing for front wheel bearing repacking intervals listed. >to me its seens 30K...
Autohaus, in Harrisburg PA, OK?
Historical mailing list
Sat, 13 Jul 1996 11:02:53 -0400
...chewing up and spitting out flex plates at 1,500 mile intervals. I could be wrong, but that's my impression. Anyone out there...
Fwd: SLIDING DOOR DESIGN CHANGES (by year)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 3 Jul 1997 20:16:36 -0400 (EDT)
...and track different) When did they change the design, in '85 or '86????? I'm guessing these are the intervals, please correct me if...
Re: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 11:43:57 -0800
...OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews I've heard that the timing belt in the 1.9 TDI required replacement at 20,000 mile intervals...
Re: ATF in the oil, postscript
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Mon, 04 Jul 94 12:44:03 CDT
On Mon, 4 Jul 94 12:13:43 CDT S.Smith said: >None of the above use any oil in the 5000 mile intervals...
Re: Coolant warning light trouble
Historical mailing list - Jack Newton
Fri, 29 Aug 1997 18:11:42 +1000
...The controller interprets this as "LOW COOLANT' and, after an interval, the warning light starts to flash. The time interval is set by a...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:25:50 -0600
...My change interval seems economic to me. Oil is cheap. >>> Engines >>> are expensive. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Allan Streib...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:56:13 -0500
...Where those products fall short is their ability to maintain adequate filtration for extended oil drain intervals. In a number of vehicles including mine...
Re: Relay #4 - what does it do?
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Sat, 3 Apr 2010 16:38:27 -0700
...Dixie has the Behr In-dash AC if that >> helps. >> > > I believe 19 is the stock Vanagon interval-wiper controller with delay > fixed at...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:02:45 -0500
...My change interval seems economic to me. Oil is cheap. >> Engines >> are expensive. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Allan Streib...
Re: ATF in the oil, postscript
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Sun, 03 Jul 94 00:11:20 CDT
...so, for no really good reason, i lowered my change interval to 2500 miles ... it also happened to divide into the 'recommended' interval (7500...
Re: Trip Report (quick & dirty)
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:34:52 -0400
...It also does not recommend a 3k mile > change interval, but 5k. << I should have said 20W50... although I live in the southeast, Atlanta...
How often should one replace sparking plugs?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 12 May 2009 17:20:49 -0700
...Every year? Every 20k miles? Anybody want to recommend an interval? When I got the van about 30k miles ago, the plugs were quite...
Re: High temp after coolant flush ?
Historical mailing list - Brian Honan
Sat, 24 Mar 2001 17:46:42 -0500
...I had it idling at 10 15 min intervals and then about 20 min and the temp needle was climbing vary near the max...
Re: Napa Brand
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Wed, 21 May 2003 12:22:54 -0400
...It probably would have been more accurate for me to say that VW has no recommended change interval for it. And I seem to...
Re: "On the cheap" tune-up
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 03:03:44 +0100
...All for 5 minutes work and > no extra cost (above the cost of owning the Dremel). > > I have no idea if the interval between...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:53:51 -0500
...severe conditions in New York >> City, and extended the oil change interval long beyond the factory >> recommendations, they found no difference in wear compared...
Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Sat, 12 Jun 2004 11:54:41 -0500
...I suggest you read the archive and see some of the arguments about oil change intervals. There is no way around it, oil must...
Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:19:18 -0800
...At least one claimed that the results showed a need for adhering to factory or more frequent oil change intervals. I do remember that...
Re: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
Sat, 22 Feb 2003 20:16:29 +0000
...The scheduled service interval on the belt in the Jetta is 105,000 miles! Seeing as VW has such a "cooperative" reputation on parts...
Re: FS: plug and play intermittant programmable/adjustable wiper relays for vanagon
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:14:20 -0800
...this allows you to custom set the >> speed of >> your intermittant wiper sweep intervals. great for driving in fog >> or mist >> or drizzle.. >> >> $20...
Re: Fuel Prefilter
Historical mailing list
Sun, 13 Jun 1999 01:56:56 EDT
...The dealar then bypassed them later at a service interval. >> filters out dirt, crud, rust scale, and anything else that gets into your gas...
Re: Engine oil change interval (VW content...)
Historical mailing list - Southard Family
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 06:42:19 -0500
On Monday, February 07, 2000 11:12 PM, Dominique Cormann [SMTP:kozmik@home.com] wrote: > AFAIK, your manual should state that the correct oil...
Re: New to list and to Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Fri, 4 Feb 2011 16:36:50 -0700
...No radio, wiring or antenna hole; only one tow hitch; no interval wipers; no glove box; no tach; vinyl upholstery; no carpet; but it...
Re: Lifespan of Platinum plugs in 2.1L?
Historical mailing list - JM/CO
Sat, 28 Jun 2003 14:54:23 -0400
...Since the replacement interval for standard > plugs is 30k miles/48k kms, I expected the platinum to still be in good > shape, but was...
Re: Dex-Cool . . . I hesitate to ask this
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:35:18 -0700
...No reason to panic, but maybe accelerate your next change interval to the nearest convenient time. Allan
Re: My Mechanic's Odd Reaction
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Fri, 17 Oct 2003 18:37:48 -0700
...All of it claims 5yr/150,000 mile change interval but if you do that to a WasserBoxer you create leaks prematurely for sure...
engine oil change interval
Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:38:43 -0600
I've got a Y2K New Beetle with 2.0 liter and changed to Mobil 1 at 1000 miles. Dealer did next change at...
Re: Intermittent wipers
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Mon, 3 Apr 2006 11:33:15 -0700
...read on!! > chris > > Hey all- > > If you want to be able to control the interval in your > intermittant wipers, it is a really simple...
Eurovan T belt Broke at 73K!!!!!
Historical mailing list
Fri, 22 Aug 1997 21:14:12 -0700
...Timing belt broke! This tells me a couple of things; One that if there is an interval to do a service, LISTEN! And 2...
Re: Synthetic oil not worth it (long)
Historical mailing list - The Henrys
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 21:08:14 +0000
Hello all Reading this thread of accounts of incidental accounts of experiences with oil types, weights, and change intervals forced me to search my...
Spark plugs - how often to check?
Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
Sun, 27 Apr 1997 21:05:09 -0800
...I'm wondering if it is safe/recommended to pull the plugs at certain intervals to check for wear,oil, etc? Or should I...
Re: '56 Bus Work
Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
Sun, 19 May 1996 06:38:05 -0700 (PDT)
...Then increase the mileage interval by 500 miles until I had an idea of just how often they need the adjustment. But I would...
Fluids Analysis!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 7 Dec 2012 18:10:17 -0500
...Fluids analysis cab offer benefits far beyond "extending" change intervals. Properly used this "predictive" tool can be used to discover or identify potential problems...
Re: Engine oil change interval (VW content...)
Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 09:15:56 -0800
One question remains in my mind. Are these late modle specifications relevant to 2000 modles only or do they as well pertain to earlier...
Subject: Re: adjustable intermittent relay
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:48:24 -0700
...It can be >> adjusted between 2 and 12 seconds. >> >> http://web.axelero.hu/ivicz/intervallum/index.htm >> >> If somebody wants, I'll translate the...
Re: Synthetic oil not worth it (long)
Historical mailing list - S2
Fri, 26 Mar 1999 23:10:00 -0800
...The >> use of fleet vehicles that are professionally maintained and have regular PM >> intervals invalidates the oil performance test. >> >> I'm guessing that when...
Re: Vanagon rebuild dino or synthetic oil??
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 20:23:05 -0500
...The Fun Bus has gone 235K on the original engine using this oil and change interval and it is still running. My 88 Fox...
Re: Knocking noise from lifters
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 7 Mar 2002 10:23:10 -0600
...quantity to > enable an extention of the engine oil change time interval to two > years? I > drive 3500 miles/year in each vehicle, and...
Re: Toyota?? - RE: OT - soliciting Jetta TDI reviews
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 16:08:08 -0500
...Toyota's gotten out of doing anything about it by blaming poor oil change intervals. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "...we...
Re: Goofy Coolant Refresh Idea
Historical mailing list - Samuel Scott
Fri, 4 Apr 2003 00:14:31 EST
...It is never perfectly new, never completely spent.� Actually, Nth interval can be multiple months, if so desired, as long as the "averaging" process...
Re: timing belt
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 26 Jun 2004 16:40:03 -0500
...do the timing belts let go at any particular interval (sorry if this is a dumb question) and if it does, what are the...
Re: A few "new" Engine Questions: (Oil Change interval - Lifter noise)
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:44:33 -0500
Thanks Greg. I'm probably being a bit overreactive to this - since I've only driven it a whole 5 minutes and let it...
Re: Well oh ya?
Historical mailing list
Sat, 22 Jun 1996 18:50:02 -0400
...sins be lurking in my heart? >> Excedding those marks for short intervals not a problem. In all oppsed engines, exceeding 4000 rpm for any...
Re: google search and the archives
Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:10:09 -0700
...I usually search in several-year intervals, like the first. Is 4 minutes "not working?" I'm retired, so I have 4 minutes.... Richard...
various oil threads-what works for me-slightly long
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:02:01 EST
...I am not sure how the previous three owners approached oil change intervals, the type of oil and filter that was used. I assumed...
Re: Service Interval, Real Wheel Bearings
Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:36:04 -0500
...Service Interval, Real Wheel Bearings >Hi? >Pull the wheel, Drum and Hub, see if the grease has a burned smell? >to...
Friday LVC: lubing old electric motors
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:25:34 -0400
...What is the best lube to use for this situation to get the most "revive time" between service intervals? I assume the bearing is...