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• Re: Help!, Something funny with Valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 23:31:03 -0500
  ...the lifters and valve train to quieten > after adjustments. > The law of averages says one or more lifters will drain overnight because > one of...
• FS: 2.1 WBX Vanagon engine w/6K miles & multiple Lilley Upgrade options together or separately
  Historical mailing list - David Jaffe
  Tue, 13 May 2003 13:07:41 -0700
  ...valve grinds & valve guides as needed, testing, new head gaskets. (Running only the VW blue coolant ever since.) $1800 (Half the cost just to...
• Re: Valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:05:01 -0700
  ...My air-cooled van required occasional readjustment of >> lifter/valves. >> My 86 Westy WBX has the hydraulic lifters... do these need to be >> readjusted...
• AC leaks water from the evaporator tray?
  Historical mailing list - HOTZE, BRETT C [AG/1000]
  Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:07:46 -0500
  ...lower? I have checked the drain tube by blowing from the down end through the flapper gate valve and there is no resistance (ergo...
• Re: new listee - new van - oil pressure on TD
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 2 Jan 2004 12:39:15 -0500
  ...Mann oil filter, cheap ones can cause this because their anti-drainback valves don't seal well and the oiling system loses its prime...
• Re: R134a in 88 Weekender.
  Historical mailing list - VWNut Hawk
  Thu, 3 Jul 2003 07:41:52 -0500
  ...The kit I bought said it had the right amount of oil in it and no draining or releasing the old R12 was needed...
• Re: Cooling System Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:59:25 -0500
  ...http://texasvanagons.com/rmw-stainless-steel-coolant-tank/ Unclamped the hoses, drain the tank into a bucket slowly while keeping the unclamped hoses pointed...
• Re: Coolant again/flushing
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:54:36 -0700
  ...Open > the drain valve and hit the water. You can run the engine and not run the > engine. Flush until the water is clear...
• Re: New Torque Converter-was loss of power resolved
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sat, 4 Jan 2003 10:58:11 -0800
  ...working correctly along with any of the other valve controlled features. If you flush, not drain and refill, flush the transmission and clean out...
• Re: Cooling system tip and involved question
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 17:23:21 -0400
  ...The last time I did > this, I did the old fashioned method (drain, fill/flush, > drain, fill with new coolant/h2o). This time, I...
• Re: [Vwdiesel] Need help getting parts from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 21:12:02 -0800
  ...I know that the TD injectors are different, and it's possible that the fuel delivery valves and pump cam are different also. I...
• Rear (pulley) seal on Syncro
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:11:16 -0500
  ...appears to be around the seal, the pushrod tubes, valve cover gaskets and drain plug look OK), I like to hear them. Thanks, Derek...
• 91 GL running hot all of the sudden
  Historical mailing list - Dan Haydon
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 08:48:16 -0600
  ...in the resevoir, so I need to drain and add more coolant. Is there a bleeder valve somewhere? Thanks for any direction on this...
• Re: Leaky rear heater
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Fri, 15 May 2020 17:43:22 -0700
  ...a new valve in may > experience. > > > > There are some plastic tabs in the floor. They can be removed to help > with drainage and cleaning...
• Re: Smelling coolant suspect rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:55:19 -0800
  The heater valve, an inline plastic thingy, sometimes gets leaky and a little coolant will cause a big smell. On mine, when I still...
• Re: '83 Westy Fridge Won't Light
  Historical mailing list - Dan Winget
  Wed, 29 Dec 1999 18:00:11 -0500
  ...BTW isn't that valve used to drain condensation from the line? I >was following a suggestion in the archives but again I'm...
• Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:57:34 -0800
  ...an anti-drain >back valve like the vanagon waterboxer oil filters >do? Is he using a filter with an anti-drain back vavle? >I...
• PVC grey water tanks...was: Auxiliary fuel tanks for Syncros and 2WDs
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 08:17:53 -0400
  ...The incline would provide for complete drainage, and would encourage solids to settle near the drain valve. At the bottom rear of the tank...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 20 May 2002 - Special issue (#2002-617)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Calhoun
  Mon, 20 May 2002 20:03:11 -0400
  ...The cars had all the oil drained from the crankcases, They claimed to have run the cars for a long period of time over...
• Oil filter question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:33:35 -0700
  ...Is the Mahle filter supposed to help with this...some kinda drain-back valve in it or something? For complete disclosure...I have an...
• Re: power steering
  Historical mailing list - Bill M
  Mon, 9 Jul 2012 11:09:10 -0400
  ...Undo both fittings at the steering rack pinion valve housing. Lower the lines so they drain. Work the steering from stop to stop several...
• Re: Was Techron, now MMO
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 19 Jun 2010 19:12:07 -0500
  ...friend about this procedure after looking under his valve > covers & seeing serious sludge. He drained the oil, poured in 4 quarts > of transmission fluid...
• Re: lifter/valve noise a problem?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 13:52:32 -0300
  Try the correct VW (or Mahl/Knect - spelling???) oil filter with the correct flap to prevent the drain-back of oil out of the...
• Re: Let's Talk Coolant Drainage (long)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Fri, 11 May 2012 08:06:23 -0700
  ...Rocket J Squirrel wrote: > >> >> Clearly, I never drained anywhere near most of the old coolant. >> >> I am puzzled. Oh -- the heater valve was open. >
• Bug List Server, Draining batteries & Blue
  Historical mailing list - Dino Kubik
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 09:29:01 -0500
  ...Hoping that Tara will trust me enough to allow me to put platinum plugs and synthetic oil in her Bug and do the valve...
• Re: Lifter noise
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 18:25:23 -0500
  ...1) Drain a quart of oil - add a quart of Marvels Mystery Oil and run it a couple of hundred miles. 2) Change oil...
• Re: Under-Rear Seat Heater (Core)
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:53:41 -0500
  ...The Bentley manual has zero info on removing/installing > the core/leaky valve. > > As luck would have it, I have a nice replacement core...
• fixing rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:10:45 -0600
  Well since it is getting colder I am trying to fix my rear heater leak, I plan on draining and filling the coolant so...
• Re: fuel tank capacity?
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 00:39:55 -0500
  ...The tap actually actually has an upper drain for most of the fuel. When it ges to a certain level, you have to turn...
• Re: Oil filter & armrest questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:17:18 -0400
  Why would you drain the oil and then pour it back in? Just remove the filter. You will only lose the oil that is...
• Re: New engine question revisited
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Sun, 4 Jan 2004 23:02:30 -0500
  ...I noticed a varnish buildup under the valve cover of the Beemer during a valve adjustment and I even though there was no trace...
• RE: 87GL A/C Condensate Drain Tube ?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Sat, 28 Jun 97 15:54:58 UT
  I have extended the drain hose on one of my vans just like you suggested. I removed the "duck-bill" check valve and used...
• Re: Just interesting observation & More Questions
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 10:41:53 -0800
  ...The original equipment oil > filters have an anti-drainback valve to prevent the oil from draining out > of > the heads and back to the...
• Wayward coolant hose
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 01:05:50 -0500
  ...The quick fix was a Prestone drain T valve T splice that allowed me to get back on the road. Anyone else had this...
• Re: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:00:35 -0400
  ...I now > have three good alternative ways to drain coolant thanks to all of you. If > I choose to remove the hoses near the...
• Re: Propane take fill valve anatomy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Feb 2006 12:34:40 -0500
  ...someone had fitted a strange valve in place of the fill valve. It was actually a "boiler drain" spigot, like you probably have on...
• borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:36:40 -0700
  ...in wall or down some drain, or some other crevice, down the spark plug hole & up at those valves & now in crankcase so I...
• Re: oil pressure relief valve leak?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 18:55:09 -0400
  ...drain plug. this is a 2.1 we are talking about. > anyways, if i remeber correctly this is the oil pressure relief > valve. it...
• Re: Smoking 2.1 troubleshoot--> Help!
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:50:55 -0700
  Did you do a compression check on the other cylinders yet? I'm wondering if whatever caused the first exhaust valve to fail has...
• Re: PVC grey water tanks...was: Auxiliary fuel tanks forSyncrosand 2WDs
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 12:59:52 -0700
  ...t have a tank I could easily drain and HOSE OUT. Thus the > large Thetford valve, and the incline. If I can find one...
• Re: sticking lifter cure?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 07:22:01 -0500
  ...If the oil filter is not the right one, the pressure relief valve spring pressure in the filter is not sufficiently strong to hold...
• Fwd: borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:56:00 -0400
  ...in wall or down some drain, or some other crevice, down the spark plug hole & up at those valves & now in crankcase so I...
• Re: Bosch 72150 or Wix 51342
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 20 May 2010 19:30:49 -0700
  ...Which one would be better to use? The wix says it has > a silicone anti drainback valve. I cant tell of the 72150 Bosch...
• Re: Another way to drain coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hartman
  Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:43:25 -0800
  ...I now have three good alternative ways to drain coolant thanks to all of you. If I choose to remove the hoses near the...
• Re: leak down verdict
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 11:02:58 -0400
  ...Machine shop guy said the exhaust valve seats were a little warped but he fixed that. Valves were still in good shape with no...
• Two Oil Change Questions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:58:30 -0500
  ...Now, the books say to check for bits of metal in the old oil when you drain it. Last time, it was ok (about...
• Re: Pinhole in propane regulator
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:42:40 -0700
  ...It could not be stopped by shutting off the service valve. Over a few days, the leak completely drained the tank. I've now...
• Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:55:58 -0700
  ...Strategy for low-mess oil drain. > > > It's too big to fit into any available access to the sump, but my >> brother/listmember Alan...
• update: Re: major problems?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Mon, 13 Jan 2003 17:50:52 -0600
  ...No coolant drained out of the oil cooler. However I thought I might open my the oil drain plug again to see if any...
• Re: plumbing
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Mon, 5 Feb 2007 18:18:42 -0500
  ...Inside the OEM faucet, there are two ball-type check valves, one for each water supply connection. The check valves prevent the city water...
• Vanagon 1.9L seized
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Wed, 11 Sep 1996 22:38:48 +0000
  ...Could these heads be OK after 120K-130K miles? I removed some of the valves and have valve/guide wear within tolerance. I am...
• Re: 84 Westy fresh water drain pipe seems to have mysterious 3rd size
  Historical mailing list - Jack Elliott
  Sat, 29 Jun 2019 12:51:35 -0700
  ...Nice sharp edges. > > Yet the 34mm cap turns and turns without tightening. > > I have a clunky fix installed, using a PVC ball valve from...
• oil pressure problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael Y. Feng
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 15:30:08 -0400
  ...I actually read my idiot's book by John Muir, and I think the oil pressure relief valve may be sticking. In other words...
• Re: Smelling coolant suspect rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 23 Nov 2014 14:58:59 -0500
  With regard to the heater valve, the plastic turn thing not the metal flipper on the side of the heater cover but the plastic...
• Re: A few diesel engine questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 02 May 1995 23:16:34 -0500
  ...few hours, drain the oil, change filter and fill >with good Shell 15W-40, let it cool and adjust the valves. >6. Replace the...
• Re: Coolant Question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:18:18 -0700
  ...The only way to completely drain the system is to open both heater valves (front and rear) remove both radiator hoses at the front...
• Re: engine running cooler, or wishful thinking?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 3 May 2004 07:50:20 -0500
  ...Are you aware of the infamous "Vanagon Valve Lifter Syndrome"?? The WBX is notorious for developing valve clatter as the result of a lifter...
• Re: Propane Tank Filling
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Wilbur
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:50:45 -0700
  ...Opening the brass valve only allows more propane out from the >tank. > >The tank was recently removed from the van, completely drained, painted >and...
• Re: Winterize Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Fred Brittain
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 11:05:51 EDT
  ...BTW I'm getting about 50/50 replies of shocked amazement, and those who say just drain tank and lines or drain and add...
• Re: AC convert
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:36:42 -0400
  ...I changed the receiver dryer, removed and drained the compressor, flushed the system, but kept the old expansion valve. Of course, I put in...