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• Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Scott Desanti
  Sat, 13 Mar 1999 14:28:48 EST
  ...propellant missiles and rockets utilize a very efficient and volatile fuel mixture which, when burned, completely oxidizes ( practically ) and the only by-product is...
• Re: Cold start woes
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 14:59:07 EDT
  ...what tells the computer the engine is cold and richens the mixture. My main reason to mail you is to ask how you fixed...
• Re: toxic bird poop
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 16 May 2005 12:06:35 -0500
  ...When mixed with other materials it can be a very explosive mixture. Michael Knight '77 Westy Deluxe, "el Verde" '85 Vanagon GL, nameless http...
• Re: Need AT final drive seal replacement pointers
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 22:12:16 -0500
  ...Coolant/water oil mixture will "boil" and bubble up. Oil only will just smoke and spread out very thinly. Howard >Subject: Re: Need AT...
• Re: Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 28 Jul 2001 08:14:20 -0500
  ...In the past mine has blinked for weeks at a time with the tank completely full of a reasonable mixture, and then healed itself...
• Re: Help, my wallet's always empty...
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 4 Apr 1995 09:31:18 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Any suggestions? Is the "volume control" screw really just > an idle mixture screw? If not, then is there a volume control screw on > the...
• Re: Had surging, fixed it, but did I just bandaid it?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:35:11 -0500
  ...the high value of 0.9 V would be expected for rich mixture due to open loop, or limp home mode, with sensor disconnected...
• Re: peanut butter storage
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jul 95 15:24:27 EDT
  ...with Dot-5, split some pitted prunes, stuff it with the mixture, > and serve as a tasty appetizer at the next vanagon outing. > > /martha
• Re: Aluma-Seal Confessions
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Tue, 26 Sep 1995 14:43:05 -0400
  ...The mixture should be shielded with aluminium foil or similar to prevent sparks from the sparkler igniting the thermite prematurely. Reaction: 2Al + Fe O...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 20:20:37 -0700
  ...It runs very strong, so my seat-of-the pants response is that the engine is sound. > The basic setting for the mixture is...
• Re: Gastester(schon wieder!)
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 15 May 95 01:18:08 EDT
  I whiled away 1.5 afternoons this weekend doing the O2-sensor-as-mixture- tester trick. Paid $45 for generic three-wire O2 sensor...
• Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:07:38 -0700
  ...NOx is a secondary effect of lean mixture, so you might as well measure mixture directly so you can tell if it's rich...
• Re: (reasonable) Performance Improvements for 1984 1.9L Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Sun, 23 Aug 1998 11:25:35 -0700
  ---Craig Rogers <carogers@IDT.NET> wrote: > > Try advancing the timing 10 degrees and readjust the idle mixture and use > premium fuel. It worked great...
• Ignition Timming procedure for 84 Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - cptnmeno
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:45:36 -0700
  ...jump the Idle Control Module, I lose mileage and end up with excessively rich mixture. This is my 3rd. request on the list with...
• Re: full throttle switch boost?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 12:17:18 -0500
  ...This shows a slightly richer mixture for more power. Mark Ingalls 85 GL 75 Beetle _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http...
• Re: The two throttle valve switches, redux
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:27:27 -0700
  ...Bentley's tells us that when this happens >> the ECU will enrich the mixture (24.34). >> >> So taking your foot off the gas or...
• Re: Bad in town Mileage
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 19 Jan 2001 15:08:33 -0600
  ...Then it goes into closed loop and the mixture is leaner . Another indication is closed loop happens when the engine temperature gauge is still...
• Re: replacements for phosphate-free coolant
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:01:31 -0800
  ...the coolant mixture I use is .. 50/50 with conventioinal green .. I add a small cup or so of 'machinist's cutting oil'...a...
• Diagnosing Issue using O2 Meter during Open-Loop Operation
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 9 Sep 2009 17:42:43 -0700
  ...If the problem had been ignition-related (bad plug wire, fouled plug) I'd expect that the mixture would read rich when the ECU...
• Re: Bosch or NGK plugs?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 13:49:27 EST
  ...It's also known that mixture properties vary by >location as the fuel/air mixture enters the combustion >chamber. Three-electrode plugs should address...
• I had to say something else ...oil oil oil
  Historical mailing list - Pierre A Lachance
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 17:54:20 -0400
  ...english car owners were notified not to touch these mixtures...we had to stick to what they used to call then, HEAVY DUTY OILS...
• Gerry?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 2 May 1996 15:28:30 CST6CDT
  ...He was having some mixture problems he was working on until the wee hours of the night 2 days ago. Wish him well (and...
• Weird antifreeze?
  Historical mailing list - Andreas
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 23:45:03 +0100
  ...Is the VW G11 coolant methanol based, or has somebody put an unusual(Old fashioned) mixture in? Plus how is methanol as regards the...
• Re: (LONG) Surging Idle fixed! / Surging O2 sensor readings
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 13:40:43 -0500
  ...The WOT (wide-open-throttle) switch causes the ECU to richen the mixture -- that's its purpose. d David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws...
• Re: SMOG TEST failure
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Thu, 7 Feb 2008 18:28:11 -0800
  ...This is due to slight differences in mixture amongst > cylinders with the leaner one failing to "light up". This is that crazy > intermittent miss...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 06:26:55 -0400
  ...The mixture adjustment is not going to have any effect at speed, something is wrong. Check the ignition timing, make sure it is not...
• Re: high idle sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Tue, 24 Oct 2000 14:43:53 EDT
  ...My theory is this; the engine didn't know if it was hot or cold, so it was adjusting the air/fuel mixture erratically...
• Re: AC Charge Question80
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 17:58:04 -0600
  R134a is a mixture while R12 (Freon) is a single compound. I have read that the sight-glass is only useful with R12. Also...
• Re: o2 Test
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 15:42:54 -0700
  ...When the mixture is set correctly, the oxy should fluctuate from 0.3 to 0.7 volts, about 1 or 2 times per second...
• Re: Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 11 May 2001 13:03:10 -0500
  ...After > re-reading my original post I would like to clarify that the Temp I > sensor only indicates an "extra rich mixture by say...
• Re: Cooling system questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 21:45:32 -0500
  The lower temp thermostat has no effect on mixture. At around 120F the ECU should into closed loop operation and the O2 sensor system...
• Re: Ox sensor use
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 25 Oct 1999 08:08:59 -0700
  Well, if the O2 sensor isn't working, that is, not generating voltage in response to chenges in air/fuel mixture, then disconnecting it...
• wierd startup problem
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Tue, 9 May 2000 20:36:13 EDT
  Hey volks, My bus was getting bad gas mileage (12-13mpg) so I took it to my mechanic to have the mixture checked. He...
• CO adjustment?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Jul 94 11:06:31 CDT
  ...an oxygen sensor for one of those new fancy FI systems and use that to get the "ideal mixture (tm)". Any other ideas? +Albrecht
• Re: '81 Vanagon Ignition Weirdness
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Sep 95 09:59:12 +0200
  ...membrane for leakage, if this leaks it would allow the fuel mixture from the manifold to come into the distributor, you have enough sparks...
• Re: Sing: All I want for Christmas is my Westy back!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Mendonca
  Sun, 23 Dec 2001 09:36:15 -0800
  ...unit not being connected properly and it would suck in additional air, causing the air/gas mixture problem. Bob Mendonca 85 Vanagon 88 Vanagon
• Re: afm air screw question?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:50:07 -0800
  ...13 Mar 2003, milford wrote: > Does anybody know how the air mixture screw in > the afm rotates? Which way equals richer or > leaner? Hope...
• Re: Diaganosing Fuel Injection Systems
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Tue, 25 Feb 1997 08:56:59 -0500
  ...With this information it adjusts the duration of the injector firing for proper mixture. The coil wire is only to tell where the distributor...
• Re: Garcia's Ghost doesn't like gettin' high.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sat, 21 Aug 2010 19:24:08 -0700
  ...Is there a point (that can be expressed in altitude) at which the ECU can no longer adjust the mixture? Any of you Boulderites...
• Re: 86 Dash lights
  Historical mailing list - John Elliott
  Wed, 3 Feb 1999 22:45:43 EST
  ...I did get the water temperature light to go off which was due to the mixture being way off and considerably low. The OXS...
• Re: Rich mixture/excessive fuel use
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:22:10 -0500
  Ok, gotcha--I'll try with it disconnected. On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, David Beierl wrote: > At 11:58 AM 6/6/2002, joe...
• Re: Need grey front carpet and padding for '91 Syncro Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Lee Kouns
  Fri, 12 Mar 2004 00:37:43 -0800
  ...My carpet cleaned up very well with 2-3 bottles of isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol followed by a mixture of laundry detergent and water. I...
• Re: coolant sensor 50/50 tolerance?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:43:24 -0400
  ...The coolant mixture doesn't seem to make any difference on either the aforementioned '84 or my '85. Mike Houlton, Maine
• Re: Running Without O2 Sensor Question
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 08:54:23 -0700
  > The main disadvantages are the lack of mixture control. This will > prevent the cat converter from reducing all three, (HC, Co, NOx), > pollutants it...
• Re: 88 digifant O2 readings off
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:18:55 -0400
  ...The ECU notices and shifts into closed-loop mode wherein any time the line is over 500 mv it starts driving the mixture lean...
• New O2 sensor.....new problem....Please help.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 10 Nov 2002 13:50:44 EST
  ...I have cleaned everything, adjusted the idle screws and mixture screws multiple times, all to no avail. The idle is good, about 900 rpm...
• running rich/low power
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 10:33:34 EST
  ...If the resistance is too high when the engine is hot, it will overly richen the mixture, telling the computer that the engine is...
• Re: Catalytic convertor
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:43:17 EST
  ...transcanada.com writes: << It affects the O2 sensor, which affects your mixture. The O2 sensor is (as was mentioned) in the cat on the...
• Re: Cleaning corroded connectors
  Historical mailing list - shawn luft
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 07:00:29 -0400
  Hey everyone, isn't vasoline the same as dielectric grease? Also I think a dip in CLR and/or a similar mixture sounds best...
• Tuning question--long, sorry!
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:13:48 -0500
  ...It regards the input of the various sensors to the ECU and the way the ECU determines fuel/air mixture. Let's say you...
• Re: Aircooleds and Airplanes
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Prichard
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:59:23 -0400 (EDT)
  ...One of > the symptoms of overleaning an aircraft engine is the engine oil > temparature rising, and one solution is to enrichen the mixture... > > .It...
• Re: 85 with uneven idle
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 19:03:55 -0600
  ...This is the mixture going from rich to lean as the ecu hunts constantly for the perfect mixture but never quite gets there. The...
• Re: adjusting mixture ratio and Vanagon reliability.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Jul 2019 19:50:11 +0000
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• Re: Propylene glycol (Sierra)
  Historical mailing list - Neil Wigley
  Fri, 22 Nov 1996 08:45:31 -0800
  ...reasons, Mazda recommends the use of an ethylene glycol and >water mixture in the cooling systems of all Mazda vehicles." > What does it mean...
• Re: AFM adjustment; clockwise or anticlockwise?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 16 Jun 2012 13:58:11 -0400
  ...Are you taking the idle mixture bypass screw or did you remove the cover and plan to adjust (tamper) with the main spring. After...
• Re: Calif Smog Issues
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:46:07 -0600
  ...It runs > very strong, so my seat-of-the pants response is that the engine is sound. > >> The basic setting for the mixture is...
• RE: O2 sensors, setting air mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 13:32:16 CST6CDT
  ...In general, a rich mixture will have little oxygen present and hence high mv reading on the sensor. The sensor produces the mv output...
• Re: Freeze Plugs was Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 22:23:46 -0600
  ...The freezing point of an ethylene > glycol and water mixture drops rapidly as the concentration of glycol > is increased to a mixture of about...
• 80 Vanagon update
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 20:44:01 -0700
  well, the verdict on the motor is that the mixture is simply too rich. I think this is compounded by the fact that the...
• Re: 82 won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:48:37 -0400
  ...1) If you're lucky, you lean out the mixture with the CO adjustment screw in the AFM 2) If things have progressed to...