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• Re: Do you have one of these?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:24:51 -0400
  ...I see > it's teed into a line from the Idle Air Valve that I think supplies idle air > to the intake manifold (I...
• Re: 1.9L heads. Who has used them ...
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:41:18 -0500
  I have used 1.9 heads with no problems I do unshroud the intake valve and this goes add a few CC,s to...
• Re: still not starting..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 17:34:06 -0600
  ...out, disconnected hoses from the intake air > distributor > > to let it dry out, disabled the cold start valve, everything I > could think > > of, it...
• Re: Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Sun, 8 Aug 2004 01:33:48 -0700
  ...About changing the intake valve adjustment to .006, do you do that with self adjusting lifters(where the adjustment is usually set snug plus...
• Re: 1.9L cracked heads
  Historical mailing list - Larry Stichweh
  Tue, 06 May 1997 18:13:41 -0500
  ...9L? The hairline cracks > I have found are between the intake and exhaust valves on each head. > 1. Is there a way to repair...
• Re: Fuel Injector Cleaner
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Sat, 08 Mar 1997 06:03:54 -0500
  ...it cleans/removes the carbon deposits off the backsides of the intake valves... Good Stuff.. Lubro Moly also makes a Heavy Duty injection cleaner...
• Re: Leakdown and compression test results
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 14 Apr 2007 22:53:47 -0400
  ...Is it going out the exhaust? (exhaust valve) Is it heard at the throttle body? (intake valve) Is it going into the crankcase? (rings...
• Re: ZOINKS! Itsy bitsy Spark Plug pieces dancing in my engine?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hooper
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 15:53:34 -0500
  ...had a jet come loose, travel down the intake manifold and into the cylinder through the intake valve and bounce around in there for...
• Re: "Smoke in the Cockpit!!!"... Vanagon Drama in Real-life, Part , Deux
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 19:54:47 -0700
  ...and valve. That gasket has an opening of something like 1mm, so the most exhaust by volume that could pass on an intake stroke...
• Re: Wanted: comments on my compression test results
  Historical mailing list - Don Deitke
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 19:50:41 EDT
  ...throttle body area your intake valve is leaking // If you hear air coming out the exhaust your exhaust valve is leaking // Take off the...
• What should I hear if I pressurize my intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 21:18:16 -0700
  ...Is there any timing at which all intake valves will be closed? Thanks in advance - should have tested this motor out of the van...
• Re: Heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 21:29:56 -0500
  The stem seals on the intakes prevent oil from being sucked down the valve guides. Especially important as the guides wear. They do eventually...
• For Sale. 2.1 liter vanagon stuff ....
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:22:03 -0400
  ...need valves and valve job, no cracks or pitting. 30 dollars. auto flex plate- 50 dollars almost all of the various brackets that bolt...
• Contents of Head Gasket Kit 025 198 102A 025198102A (repost)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:12:48 -0500
  ...1) Sticker from kit, P/N 025 198 102A, mfg by Elring 2) Valve Cover Gasket, may be attached to valve cover with most...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:56:54 -0600
  ...Turned out the valve timing was wrong, and therefore the cam timing was out one or more teeth. . The intake valve was opening late...
• Sure Flow faucet problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 16:01:11 -0400
  ...small constant flow out of the city water intake. I suspect a faulty check valve. Anyone else have this problem or did have it...
• Re: Power steering boost valve?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 27 Sep 2000 07:22:09 -0700
  ...and puts it into the intake manifold. > > From the Bentley it appears it is the power steering boost valve. I have > dealer AC also...
• Re: Requested suggestions - cleaning crud (carbon deposits) from valves / ports in cylinder head
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 10:32:22 -0800
  I'm no expert, but I have heard (on this list I think) of putting diesel fuel in the intake manifold and reving the...
• Re: will a 2.1L long block work with 1.9L FI and hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 21:25:51 -0500
  Okay, I forgot about the intake plenum. The 2.1 and many VW 1.9 rebuilds need the later plenum chamber to fit on...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:22:30 -0500
  ...valve engine it is far from a waste of money and you obviously have never had a good look at a waterboxer intake or...
• Re: head gasket progress
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:48:24 -0400
  ...outside the valves cover, close to the intake) ones from the valves, begin with the one IN the head, behind the valve cover. Why...
• Re: Idle control valve and very cold weather?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 8 Dec 2009 21:23:37 -0800
  is it the electronically controlled type of Idle Valve ? ( not just an Auxiliary Air Regulator - which is just a mechanical device with a temp...
• Re: Why adjust valves?
  Historical mailing list - christian krahforst
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 17:31:40 +0000
  ...camping trip, I attack the valves again. I find they're all in good spec., 'cept maybe one (Intake, cylinder #4). I pay real...
• Re: Van dying once warmed up; FI motor
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Wed, 8 Aug 2001 15:05:32 -0500
  ...The auxiliary air valve allows some intake air to bypass the throttle valve when the engine is cold. The extra air is sensed by...
• Re: AMC heads (part 2)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 05:37:36 -0800
  ...My job was to pull the >engine, dismantle and inspect it, clean all the parts, sandblast the >heads, intake valves and valve covers, press...
• Re: Some basic TypeIV engine help, please
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 12:26:48 -0700
  Sounds like a bad valve/valve guide/seal that is allowing the oil to be sucked in the intake valve. The intake valve may...
• HELP, 78 westy, 2L FI trouble (high idle)
  Historical mailing list - Arnold Schultz
  Tue, 11 Jun 1996 01:27:47 -0700
  ...3) Throttle valve Checked and changed (used), also tried was to file the butterfly valve so to fit without light showing. 4) Air intake...
• Miscelanios Whatnot
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 00:14:57 -0600
  ...heated rear window (1) L/H rear air intake vent (1) R/h rear air intake vent (3) black interior assist handles (1) rear...
• Re: Aircooled lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:54:40 -0500
  ...Exhaust valve seats are more prone to failure n this way because they are in the business of transferring more heat than intake valves...
• Re: Changing Rods
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:56:24 -0500
  ...checked, > since the connected piston was chipped after slamming into an intake valve > which had seized on its guide. [snip] I don't think...
• Different Kind Of Valve Adjustment Question?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:34:42 -0500
  In my archival searches for information on adjusting the Vanagon 2.1 engine's valves, I see a plethora of information about setting them...
• 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:58:59 -0600
  ...castings, but the intake valve guides are too short, prone to premature valveguide wear and have to be replaced The valves I'm told...
• induction noise or vacuum leak?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Terry
  Sat, 10 Mar 2001 12:52:21 -0800
  ...and throttle body valve. I have sprayed the engine (during idle) with starter fluid, especially around the vacuum connections and intake manifold, and observed...
• Re: bent pushrods... overheated...
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 11 May 2006 21:21:23 -0400
  I have seen only one engine with bent pushrods (2), different cylinders, different valve (exhaust and intake). So, both head were in good condition...
• Re: New Engine, Poor Power, Low Gas Mileage - Update
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 16 May 2001 07:09:14 EDT
  ...How HOT was your engine? I also, during other failed tests, had valves not fully closing that caused a high HC, but only around...
• Re: exhaust valve grinding
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 6 Jul 2007 12:07:55 -0400
  The reason VW says not to grind exhaust valves, is due to a surface hardening process that is ruined by grinding. Intake valves don...
• Progress with the engine RPM problem but not repaired yet
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:41:14 EDT
  I removed the central air distribution plenum and the intake manifolds and replaced: the injector seals on all four injectors, the rubber connectors which...
• Re: ECU Chip 2.1 Digifant
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 15:39:43 -0500
  ...of all aftermarket valves. I also think it is a mistake to add ratio rockers to a waterboxer engine the intake guides are to...
• 80 Vanagon update
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 20:44:01 -0700
  ...Pretty embarrasing! The question is whether this is a problem caused by a simple mixture misadjustment or whether the intake air valve (aka air...
• Re: Engine Replacement Options
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:37:02 -0400
  ...The real problem of worn valve guides is worn intakes can cuase oil to get sucked in and worn exhausts will allow exhaust into...
• Re: How does a leak down tester work???
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:11:02 -0500
  ...When pressure is applied, if hissing occurs at either the intake or exhaust manifolds, it may be a valve face or seat carbon deposit...
• '80 No Compression #3 Update
  Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
  Mon, 10 Nov 1997 05:40:12 -0800
  ...Intake valve #3, valve seat is mashed INTO the head. I guess it makes up for the valve seat that worked itself OUT last...
• Re: extractor exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 10:50:51 -0800
  ...This is extremely important when large valves are used, and there is allot of valve lift and duration which increases the intake/exhaust overlap...
• why is my idle screwed up?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Brobst
  Sun, 9 Nov 2003 20:54:30 -0500
  ...I used my existing injectors, intake, distributor...in other words all the stuff on the top of the engine.The motor runs great with...
• Various Upgrades for Lilleyed WBX - here you go
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 15:39:35 -0800
  ...Air runner Ratio Rockers increase the bottom end torque better than having ported intakes or bigger valves. To increase the bottom end power, the...
• Re: Rich on side, lean the other?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:58:35 -0700
  ...So at the end of each runner is this injector that sprays out 1/4 of the total amount needed per intake cycle per...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 09:32:02 EDT
  I would check for intake air leaks and try to see if turning in your idle screw doesn't help (sometimes air is leaking...
• Re: Location of EGR vacuum hose
  Historical mailing list - jesse lee reynolds
  Tue, 17 May 1994 21:32:19 -0500 (EST)
  ...EGR valve on my 76 van. > > I looked, but I couldn't find where the other end goes! Somewher near the > > intake air manifold...
• Vanagon Specifications Sheet
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 16:20:52 -0400
  ...Intake Valve Length 4.823" (122.50 mm) Intake Valve Minimum Margin .020" (.50 mm) Intake Valve Stem Diameter .314" (7.97 mm) Intake...
• Re: New (used) Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 01:44:26 +0200
  Rich Durant wrote: > > Flipping through the Syncro manual, it shows an air intake tube that you > fiddle with before water crossings by the access...
• Re: VALVE RETAIER
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 19:39:44 -0400
  ...the poor quality valves both intake and exhaust have been a hit ad miss thing for some time. I have been hounding my supplier...
• Re: How much power can a stock FI make?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 12:53:30 -0600
  ...mean the intake port where it meets the intake seat was made only .050 ths larger to match the new intake valve seat. With...
• Re: '85 vanagon passenger compartment fan...
  Historical mailing list - Bryant Baecht
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 12:44:34 -0600
  ...The cable for the heater valve will need to be undone at the valve end but the other cables can be left attached. Mark...
• 2.1L Demons Gone! Fixed. (Was Possessed, etc.)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
  Fri, 16 May 2003 13:47:37 -0700
  ...3) Too tight (stupid VW hydraulic "self adjusting") intake valve, cylinder #2. 4) #3 intake valve with broken retaining clip, likely also not closing...
• vacumm ?? on 89 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Chip Turpin
  Fri, 14 May 2004 12:21:57 -0400
  ...as strong as at the intake? Secondly, the vacumm line goes from the intake to some sort of valve on the right side of...
• Re: Sure Flow faucet problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:22:23 -0500
  ...small constant flow out of the city water intake. > > I suspect a faulty check valve. > > Anyone else have this problem or did have it...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Valve Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
  Tue, 23 May 2017 16:33:01 -0700
  ...After a few runs the intake valves got stuck and in one starting attempt all 4 intake push rods bent and the valves stuck...
• Re: puzzler
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 09:14:47 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I concluded that something small had been swallowed into the engine, and then was blown out of the exhaust....as I checked the intake...
• Re: Why do I have four bent Intake valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 13:36:09 EDT
  ...I tapped the valves in with a plastic mallet to see if they would loosen and come back out but they are stuck ! and...
• Re: puzzler
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 11:14:12 -0800 (PST)
  >was due to a loose front nut holding the carb to the intake. But i decided to >do the rebuild anyway. Reinstalled, started up...