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• Re: Strange oil deposit on s-tube from air filter box to intake
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:06:20 -0400
  ...Strange oil deposit on s-tube from air filter box to intake My 1990 Westfalia has had a strange build up of what appears...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - James
  Wed, 4 Feb 2015 22:14:56 -0500
  ...the intake valves in > VW engines - I've had this in CIS, Digifant and far more modern engines. > Seafoam or other intake valve cleaners...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 7 Dec 2012 - Special issue (#2012-341)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 7 Dec 2012 20:52:44 -0800
  ...People who only drive on pavement in towns and like intake roar. On 12/7/2012 8:13 PM, Richard A Jones wrote: > Dennis...
• one more question...
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Sat, 30 Sep 1995 21:44:27 -0800 (PST)
  ...it's about the air intake thermostat thingie to the right (R is R) of the air filter. the vacuum hoses from that area...
• Re: Some Comments on Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. non -
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:33:42 EST
  ...To remove it though, one has to disassemble the whole AFM intake package. The modified Fox air intake to PVC system was designed to...
• Re: Never brag (and please help get my van started...)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 9 Apr 2012 21:39:35 -0400
  ...Spray it on various intake/vacuum junctions between throttle body and intake and listen for a change in idle. Just be careful and don...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome??
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Tue, 17 Jan 2006 19:28:53 -0600
  Hi Larry, Good question! It runs on the flow of air on the intake side, while the pressure is from the exhaust side, and...
• TDC ?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:27:41 -0800 (PST)
  ...All of this corresponds to the end of the compression stroke (both intake and exhaust valved closed and the pison has moved from the...
• More items FS - Digging deeper into the garage.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 23:49:49 -0400
  ...Vanagon snorkel air intake kit: Moves your air intake from low down to high up, just inside the louvered panel. Contains: Air intake, air...
• Intake manifold / Head (epoxy sealant??)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Schmidt
  Sun, 31 Mar 1996 13:59:19 -0600 (CST)
  ...I am at the point in reassembling my 1600DP where I need to attach the intake manifolds to the heads. I have been told...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:39:22 -0700
  Unfortunately, the required intake manifold is not included in the so called kit. The intake port configuration of a Type 4 head is not...
• Re: still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:34:06 -0600
  ...To the point that it blew one of the intake pipe boots > off the > > pipe. White smoke from the exhaust, and from the intake...
• Re: Hesitation - temp 2 FIX Done Revise - Computer Resetting?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:33:34 -0400
  The intake runners are different right/left. Also, the air distributor is different depending on the case. The case changed slightly with the 2...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - selten2
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 12:23:21 -0600
  As soon as I can get under the van (its about 16 deg outside) I will try to spot a number on the intake...
• Re: Engine Is In!
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:01:25 -0400
  Easy enough to change the intake plumbing to relocate the MAF. If that doesn't yield acceptable results, a MK4 intake bolts right up...
• WBX Carb conversion? Hoax!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:34 -0700
  ...Mark Mike Rouby wrote: > Hi Mark, > > The kit for the watercooled-carb-conversion does not come with an intake manifold, as it reuses the...
• Re: Intake Runners 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 31 Jul 2021 12:08:13 -0600
  ...com> wrote: > >> Have another van here with rust holes in the intake runners (Manifold). >> Anyone have runners they want to unload or any source...
• FS: Diesel Parts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:13:33 -0700
  ...somewhere) - Injection pump & lines - Turbo - Oil pan - Air filter housing - Intake & exhaust manifolds - Intake boot from turbo to manifold - Other misc engine bits (please...
• Re: Side Air Intake Engine Cooling Question (searched)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:44:57 -0700
  ...Side Air Intake Engine Cooling Question (searched) > On Jul 27, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Jake de Villiers wrote: > >> I managed to lower the...
• Kadrons on SP engine
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 13:12:39 PDT
  ...Something about cracks developing in dual-port heads, from the intake port to the spark plug hole. Anybody had any experience with putting dual...
• Intake manifold vacuum?
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 23:17:02 -0400
  Hello Can somebody educate me on "intake manifold vacuum" I'm reading at idle 14.5 in Hg Can this cause hesitation on an...
• Intake Noise
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 23:54:05 -0700
  I don't remember who it was that said it, but thanks!! I sealed the ducting that comes off my diesel's air intake...
• Re: Close that fresh air vent and stay warmer.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:14:24 -0500
  <snip> > I've been trying to find that ideal setting for seven years but the fresh air intake just seems to keep fighting the...
• Need diesel intake elbow/water seperator
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 3 May 2003 18:11:32 -0400
  I found the top part of the snorkel, but I still need the intake elbow and water seperator for a Vanagon diesel. This is...
• Re: Carbon Minoxide?
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:07:40 -0800
  .............. The installation of the propex puts both the intake and exhaust pipes/hoses within about a foot of each other under the van,........ Not...
• Re: K&N Cone filters Cold Air Intake for vanagon-eliminate factory ...
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 21:45:26 EST
  ...now i know what to look for on my next junkyard trip..Merkur Xr4Ti headrests fit the vanagon, and so does the intake adapter...
• Re: Intake air temperature sensor defective (88 Van)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 18:17:54 -0400
  ...The thermistor in the intake air has the same temp/resistance curve as the TEMPII sensor. I'll let you take it from there...
• Why do I have four bent Intake valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 04:00:36 EDT
  ...pushrod shields and the Intake tubes are mangled : ( so I pulled the covers and rocker assembleys and all the intakes are hung open and...
• Re: sometimes it just won't go...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:25:57 -0800
  ...re-use the intake manifold gaskets at the head. won't be as nice as new ones of course ...but with the right goop...
• Re: oil temps- was Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:43:36 -0500
  ...3.0) I know now that the >intake air temp >at the sensor just above the throttle body, is a few degrees above >the...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Perry
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 18:36:50 +0000
  ...Also, pulling the entire intake system and cleaning and replacing gaskets helped my off idle bog. From the Air Filter down to the intake...
• Re: wtb: Air Intake Boot
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:09:06 -0400
  ...A piece of 3-1/8" intake duct ("Mighty Flow!" brand) from Pep Boys fit, once I'd molded the ends into an oval...
• Re: 1.9 L WBX Heads on a 2.1L WBX
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 07:00:23 -0400
  I is doable but the intake ports and combustion chamber are smaller its a down grade in air flow and a boost in compression...
• Swirl, Cosworth, ACB Lotus etc.
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:31:14 -0700
  ...Swirl before the intake valve is modulated by the valve and less effective the farther away it is from the valve seat. Revaporization grooving...
• Re: cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP
  Historical mailing list - 1speedsteed
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 10:15:09 -0700
  ...cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP > Chris, > How about eliminating the box altogether and just adding a cone...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:31:59 -0600
  I had thought about fabricating a flap for the air intake as well. Then, by default I think the side hoses would be your...
• Re: Air intake "scoops"
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 21:50:29 EST
  ...Does this aid in performance? I dunno, but it probably helps keep water out of the intake really well (you could do some serious...
• Re: Why do I have four bent Intake valves?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 06:00:58 -0400
  ...Why do I have four bent Intake valves? I put a starter on my 86' 2.1 and... I heard some strange noises spinning...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 7 Apr 2009 14:44:48 -0400
  ...BTW, the '85 Westy that I put the 2.1 into using the entire 2.1 intake system, has both AC and power steering...
• Re: Vent intake off when?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 00:34:25 +0200
  ...VW learn from the Japanese?). > > How do you turn the air intake off, so that no air is entering the > ventilation system from outside...
• Re: vibrating tiico engine
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 13:58:25 -0500
  ...Others have gotten a substantial noise reduction by putting a snorkel on the intake to muffle intake noise. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia...
• Where to buy intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Braden
  Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:43:00 -0500
  ...can't seem to be able to find anyone that sells intake manifolds (the actual metal pipe runners from the distribution box to the...
• what is this wire...?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Johnston
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:45:58 -0500
  Hello all, I'm in the process if replacing a few things, namely a broken alternator bracket, breather O-ring, and a cracked intake...
• Re: New High Power Subaru Boxer Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 15:58:32 -0700
  ...Dual-Stage Intake And Exhaust The new Subaru H6-3.0 uses a variable intake manifold and a dual-stage muffler to optimize power...
• FS: vanagon parts
  Historical mailing list - Paul Kirsch
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 21:52:26 EST
  ...1.9L engine core, heads leak, 84 ECU 84 Throttle, 84 intake manifolds, plenum, injectors, 90 intake manifolds, plenum, injectors, Chrome front bumper' Misc...
• Re: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:26:51 -0700
  ...Does > the fuel vapor just > > sort of accumulate behind the intake valve until the > intake stroke for > > that cylinder? Surely 3/4 of the...
• Backfire vs Afterfire
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 17:39:25 -0500
  ...Faulty valve timing and ignition timing being the primary culprits triggering firing backwards through the intake system. The engine mechanic instructors were quite adamant...
• Re: "snorkel" air intakes on '86-91 vans..anyone added one to a 80-85 van?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:58:18 +0000
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: "snorkel" air intakes on '86-91 vans..anyone added one to a 80-85 > van? >Date: Fri, 23 Jan...
• Re: What should I hear if I pressurize my intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:40:32 -0700
  ...the > last thing I want to do is pressurize the intake manifold by setting my air > compressor to 10PSI and plugging it into the...
• Re: anyone actually _use_ an evaporative cooler
  Historical mailing list - Eric Johnson
  Thu, 20 Jun 2002 22:00:42 EDT
  ...It blew cool air, but not enough of it -- I think the intake was too restrictive. This year I'm going to use the...
• Re: this has me rethinking dexcool
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:59:07 -0700
  ...GM had a problem with coolant leakage through the intake manifold on these engines, and I'm guessing the lawyers probably sued the makers...
• Friday question.Re: Vacuum gauge NVC
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:20:26 -0400
  ...All web sites state a "normal" engine's vacuum, at idle, is ~ 17 to 21 inches at the intake manifold. But, all these examples...
• Re: Oil leaks from tower and air intake
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:10:27 -0400
  ...Monday, June 27, 2005 9:39 AM Subject: [VANAGON] Oil leaks from tower and air intake I have tried searching the archives for information...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:09:11 -0800
  Mark, you could just wire some cardboard over the upper air intake to keep air temps up. :) On 3/22/07, Mark Tuovinen <mst...
• Re: 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 23:32:41 -0700
  I have a jh engine from an 83 gti in my van, early rabbit intake, fox 4 into 1 exhaust mainfold. I didn't...
• Re: 1980 vs 1981??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 10:24:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...That is incorrect, I have seen numerous EARLY '81's - even a april '81, with no plastic air intake grilles - still had the bus...
• What goes here?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Jeffrey
  Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:52:11 -0700
  Hello listers, What goes into the big threaded hole to the left (towards the back) of intake #2 (right hand side, towards back)? I...
• Re: Why plug the dash air intake screen?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:35:31 -0400
  ...Why plug the dash air intake screen? >> >> >> >> RE: blocked air fresh air intake. >> >> >> >> Once the foam seals break down inside of the air distribution...
• Fwd: Re: [T2] Stuck valves and promises
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:29:59 -0500
  ...Adjust the intake. Turn engine, exhaust will open and close, intake will open and close. Just as the intake closes, STOP. Adjust the exhaust...
• Intake Manifold Porting
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jul 1995 21:35:15 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I have a question about the intake manifold. It has EMPI cast into it. It has a couple of copper or orangish cooled pipes...