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• Re: Chuff, Chuff, Chuff
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:09:53 -0400
  ...Eastman, Cecil @ ELM wrote: >How Do, > >About two months ago I replaced the entire exhaust system on my beloved (but >still be-troubled) '85...
• Re: what else to replace along with head gaskets
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:53:12 EST
  ...Any exhaust system parts that look questionable (you have to take them apart to get to the heads anyway so now is the time...
• Re: extractor exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony L. Mourkas
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 09:26:02 -0500
  ...I did notice a 1-2mpg increase over the stock system due to the freer flowing exhaust path and I imagine but can't...
• Re: Peanut oil on exhaust system?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:06:10 -0700
  ...Peanut oil on exhaust system? >> >> >>> How about slathering a new exhaust system with peanut oil, every time >>> you drive it, until a coating, not...
• Re: double exhaust (photo included)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:55:17 -0800
  Did you check to see if it's an air-cooled or water-cooled vanagon ? reminds me of air-cooled extractor type exhaust system...
• Re: ? Lock Washers on Exhaust Fasteners?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 06:44:14 -0500
  ...I used locking washers > > (stainless) when I was working on my exhaust system. > > VW seems to use nuts with a metal locking insert. Of...
• Stainless Exhausts?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 12:55:33 -0700
  Hey Volks! Wasn't there a tread about a Canadian Company that was looking into manufacturing stainless exhaust systems for our Vanagons? What ever...
• Re: Engine Conversion Eurospec vs. nonEurospec
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 23:23:28 EST
  ...I paid for one and a half of these exhaust systems and have more than 1.5 years on the current system with no...
• Source for Dansk exhaust?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 12:59:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...syncro |Dansk aftermarket exhaust: |Dennis mentioned to be sure and get the support brackets when using |the aftermarket. the Dansk system i just put...
• Re: Stainless Steel Exhaust for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:36:47 EST
  ...Germany that makes a Performance Stainless > Steel Exhaust system for the 2.1l Waterboxer. The system has Stainless > pipes > and an Aluminized muffler and...
• AW: A Vibration Free TIICO Exhaust System - A Successful Work in Pro
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 10:41:23 -0700
  ...I assembled the exhaust system using a 5" exhaust clamp and a piece of 1.5" angle iron to solidly mount the catalytic converter...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 23 Jul 2013 to 24 Jul 2013 - Special issue (#2013-328)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:24:10 -0700
  ...There is no perfect exhaust system, you "pays your money and takes your chances." Stuart -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: Oxygen sensor failure
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 07:33:44 EST
  ...How old is the O2 Sensor? How tight is the exhaust system? Unusually high HC indicates the engine is running rich. Make sure the...
• Cracked exhaust manifold on '84 -- 1.9
  Historical mailing list - DOUG ELLEDGE
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:10:33 -0800
  ...rest of the old system? What complications can I expect? I thought I saw an aftermarket tuned exhaust system for the 1.9 in...
• Re: bolts for exhaust system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 18:39:05 -0400
  ...bolts for exhaust system For those who have had bolts strip on the heads where they hold the exhaust pipes and have retapped the...
• Re: Muffler Source?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:27:00 EDT
  ...Andy, see my _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (http://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm) webpage. >>>>>Yes my 86 Syncro is running again! I had reversed...
• Re: Catalytic Heaters.
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 22:46:31 -0800
  ...That causes more heat-loss than the exhaust tube i would venture. It's a much cruder and less efficient exhaust system than the...
• Re: exhaust system options for 2.1 '91 vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:26:07 -0400
  > I know there are stainless steel exhaust systems available > but am wondering if anyone has tried Ceramic coated headers > instead of a stainless set...
• Re: S&S Headers Stainless System for Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 4 Feb 2006 09:08:24 EST
  ...Volks, there already is a complete stainless steel exhaust system available for all waterboxer engined Vanagons. See my _STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust System...
• Re: S&S Exhaust installation problem
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 16:30:18 -0400
  I just had an S&S full exhaust system (headers to tailpipe) installed last week by my mechanic with no problems. Looks and sounds...
• Re: 2.1 exhaust fastener question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:13:53 -0400
  ...Please consider > my > _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems_ (ht > tp://frankcondelli.com/exhaust.htm) in any of your future exhaust > replacements. > > > >>>>>>I just replaced...
• Stainless vs Copper exhaust nuts
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 11:03:00 -0700
  ...there any reason one is preferrable over the other for the exhaust system? How about stainless vs regular carbon steel for the bolts into...
• Re: lost exhaust pipe
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:24:35 -0700
  Kate, Given your story I can't believe much is left of the rest of your exhaust system either, including the brackets! Best to...
• Re: Exhaust Question: Stock, S&S, or Sebro?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 25 Dec 2002 13:00:07 EST
  ...He is in New Hampshire, so I thought he might have a line on SS exhaust parts. He said," Look. A stock exhaust system...
• Re: Supercharger
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:54:46 -0500
  ...The exhaust system was a stainless steel collector > >system that ran together forming three common exhaust point. At those points > >were located 3 turbines...
• Re: Waterboxer Exhost
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 07:04:59 -0400
  ...Do i need to start manufacturing a system? Would >you buy one?.....Thanks, Stuart Crowell, Plymouth NH > > Afetr market exhaust is available. No off...
• Re: 87 Westi GL (Overheating)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 22:55:06 EST
  ...the radiator the hight spot in the system the exhaust gases migrate there and leave the system. Since there is a continual flow of...
• Exhaust System Options
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:58:46 -0400
  ...I�m looking to replace the exhaust system on my Vanagon. It�s a 90 GL. I am wondering about the quality/fit of...
• Re: An EGR valve question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 00:01:56 -0600
  ...the printed circuit board and wire loom in a CA exhaust system is slightly different. On the CA only dash it says O2 on...
• Re: Exhaust system question (89 vanagon gl)
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:16:57 -0500
  > I have been having some trouble with my exhaust system. First, I was > told, at the parts shop that I usually go to, that...
• 87 Westy - headers or stock exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 8 Dec 2003 17:12:04 -0500
  ...The question is, which system should I put on....the plain stock exhaust or the S&S headers? For anyone who has the header...
• Re: Vanagon exhaust diameter? + Custom exhaust fabrication questions.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:36:10 -0700
  ...In my aircooled days, > I used > > > the books to compare off the shelf exhaust system and to choose > velocity > > > stacks for my Weber carbs...
• Re: Stainless Exhaust News
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Fri, 8 May 1998 20:47:45 -0500
  > Is Stainless steel suppose to last that much longer?? > Stainless Steel exhaust systems, if thick enough, will surely outlast most any vehicle. -- ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Shalom Mark...
• Re: Exhaust Systems
  Historical mailing list - thowland
  Sun, 1 Mar 1998 10:05:03 -0800
  ...Check out STEBRO Exhaust http://infoweb.magi.com/~andypet/index.html Their phone number is 1.888.878-2276. Their email address is stebro...
• Re: Exhaust system question (89 vanagon gl)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Nettles
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 11:32:07 -0500
  Oddly enough I used a dremel to get into places not easily reachable when cutting some of my exhaust bolts. I don't have...
• Re: On exhaust cracking,vibration and noise(not short)for converted vgons
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 15:37:03 EDT
  ...It would be great if you can take pictures of your exhaust system and post it. (Boy I may regret saying that on a...
• '84 Running a Wee Bit Warm
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 23:06:57 -0400
  ...no exhaust system. Now, with a shiny new Bus Depot exhaust system kit (delivered in three days:), I could hear the source of my...
• Smallcar 2.2L (90 - 95) Exhaust Manifold Replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:29:37 -0400
  ...No matter, the system was 5 years old and an early design. I ordered and received a new stainless steel exhaust manifold from Smallcar...
• RE: unplug '86 idle stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 May 1997 22:41:22 -0700
  ...If things run better, then your exhaust is the culprit. With the O2 sensor unplugged your system will run in "open loop" mode, and...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:45:34 -0700
  ...I suspect that people do not take inspiration from the stock DV exhaust system. the very first time I saw the left exhaust mount...
• Re: Bus depot exhaust system junk?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 15:21:54 -0400
  At 14:03 10/10/2000, greg rich wrote: >bought so long ago! Anyone have similar problems getting the Dansk exhaust >pipes to fit...
• Re: 1.9 exhaust install
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 20:43:46 -0500
  ...Changing an exhaust system is full day guaranteed to bombard you with as many rounded bolt heads, buggered nuts, broken studs, and general stuck...
• Re: Fiberglass Exhaust Wrap - Cooler engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:27:18 -0400
  ...I see a valid concern of overheating the exhaust pipes. My 2.1L has a full stainless steel exhaust system and I don't...
• Re: Exhausting work.... Advice solicited.
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:18:50 EDT
  ...and bolt that system into place and start saving your $$$$ for a nice, never to replace again Stainless Steel system, _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust...
• exhaust hardware sizes needed
  Historical mailing list - insyncro
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:17:42 -0500
  Hello, Could someone please share with me the sizes of all bolts, washers and nuts needed to replace a complete exhaust system. Head Stud...
• Re: need exhaust system for 87 syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Feb 1996 13:24:26 -0500
  In a message dated 96-02-04 00:53:35 EST, GUARNER@aol.com writes: > >The exhaust system on my 87 syncro has just...
• Re: Exhaust system insulation
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 19 May 2005 11:19:42 -0700
  ...Be prepared for the heat insulation to cost as much as a complete Vanagon exhaust system. They do work. --- jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO...
• How to test if you have an exhaust problem
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 23:26:58 -0500
  ...I am wondering if I have a block in the exhaust system. It looks as if the muffler and catalytic converter has not been...
• Re: Removing Rusty Exhaust System
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:45:28 -0700
  ...Removing Rusty Exhaust System > OK, if you read my last post you saw I found an exhaust system. My current > one is in really...
• S&S muffler installation - anybody got photos?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew G. Martin
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:09:38 -0800
  ...I would appreciate it if another S&S exhaust system user could e-mail me some photos that show how they installed their system...
• Re: Neils' Downpipe/"Y" pics + exhaust flex bushing and pipe reducer questions
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 3 Apr 2008 20:25:13 -0700
  ...I'll be bracing exhaust system from muffler to Driver and Pass. side of engine. Lot's of threaded holes on Driver side of...
• Re: 2.1 conversion warning
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 21:48:25 EDT
  ...If you have a bad exhaust buy the 2.1L. If you buy the engine as a core, try to get the exhaust system...
• Re: Stainless Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Wed, 15 Oct 1997 11:01:36 -0700
  ...It's being made >by STEBRO EXHAUST in Manotick, Ontario, Canada. The system is not ready >for sale yet that I know of, but...
• Re: Need a New Exhaust System, S&S Any Good?
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:19:39 -0600
  If you are looking for a SS exhaust system, I'm afraid you are stuck with "Ferritic 409" in most cases unless the mfr...
• Re: S&S Exhaust installation problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 12:46:08 EDT
  ...If you have a syncro your stock exhaust system is around $600-650. The S & S system fits pretty well. I have installed them...
• Re: 1.9 L Complete Exhaust System CANADA
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Sat, 28 Aug 2021 21:56:01 -0700
  ...Don’t plan on all those just releasing one afternoon when you decide to throw in a new system. Breaking one will ruin your...
• Re: exhaust gas into coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:36:39 -0800
  ...the easiest way to determine which cylinder is leaking > exhaust gas into my > coolant system? > thanks > jack 91 vanagon auto gl What's never...
• Re: Rusty exhaust. Paint?
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:37:17 -0700
  ...the insulation needs to be on the inside of the exhaust system. So that it will actually make the steel that the exhaust system...
• Exhaust banging on startup:'87 westy
  Historical mailing list - John W. Parkins
  Mon, 18 Sep 2000 12:48:43 -0400
  ...The exhaust system fits so tightly that there is not much "play". Has anyone else had this problem? Will I damage the exhaust (probably...
• Exhaust mounting (was Re: freshly rebuilt 1600DP running VERY HOT!)
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Thu, 02 May 1996 08:36:56 -0400
  ...Over time these have a tendency to come loose or break off, >after which the whole exhaust system is hanging from the manifold. Then...