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• Used Fuel tank for sale
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Tue, 9 May 2000 18:39:31 -0400
  I have the fuel tank for sale off an 82. Naturally i would slosh out the fuel before shipping, but a buyer would want...
• Are diesel fuel tanks interchangeable?
  Historical mailing list - anony mous
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 13:39:21 -0500
  I have an 82 diesel vanagon and it looks like i need a new fuel tank. Does anyone know if the diesel fuel tank...
• FUEL RAIL/INJECTOR REMOVAL
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 19:21:31 EST
  I AM WAITING ON A MANUAL BUT NEED TO REPLACE FUEL LINES. WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING INJECTORS AND FUEL RAIL? SID VICIOUS
• Re: coolant hose number
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 13:49:16 -0400
  ...Note that > it's a Group 121 (Water Cooled Component) part number, which is weird > considering most coolant hoses are not manufactured in fuel...
• Re: buzzing fuel pump - additional info
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:04:39 -0800
  The fuel pump doesn't regulate the fuel pressure - the fuel pressure regulator does. The Vanagons fuel pressure regulator will keep everything in check...
• Re: Noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 22:22:57 -0400
  Noisy fuel pumps can also be caused by a restricted outlet in the fuel tank. Rusty tanks will cause this. Dennis ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: Start-Stop Syndrome Returns [addt'l-addt'l info]
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:16:21 -0700
  The thing to do is a fuel quantity delivery test, per Bentley. You unplug the RETURN fuel line from the pressure regulator fitting and...
• 82' Diesel 1.6 NA Injector leakage
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:32:18 -0400
  Learning about Fuel Lines, Fires and Halon is Terrific. THANKS for minding the Newbies. This is still my first year with my 82. We...
• Re: 1987 Syncro-replace fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:14:11 -0700
  ...1987 Syncro-replace fuel lines > Hey > > I'm wondering how to replace the short (2" or so) fuel lines that go from > each injector...
• Re: Evaporative Emission Canister? (re: Fuel Expansion Tank)
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Sun, 25 Aug 2019 15:02:28 -0700
  Well, the grommet for the fuel line at the wall will only work if one installs continuous fuel line (supply side) anyway. No connector...
• Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:58:03 -0700
  ...But, I recently observed vapor lock on a gravity fuel system on a 2KW generator. The unit has a clear fuel line and clear...
• Re: '82 westy, '91 Fox engine, fuel flow problem
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:12:02 -0400
  Scott Durrant (sdurrant@AROS.NET) said on the date of 6/14/98 10:27 AM >The fuel line runs from the tank through...
• Re: Fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:44:19 +0000
  I've wondered about this...a few months my fuel pump was also making quite a bit of noise. I changed the fuel filter...
• Re: Hard plastic fuel line between fuel pump and firewall connector
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:56:10 -0500
  At 01:10 PM 12/18/2010, John Lauterbach wrote: >rubber fuel line to join it with the firewall connector. Does anyone >else have...
• Re: Bosch or Hella Fuel Pump?
  Historical mailing list - John Philcox
  Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:11:15 -0500
  On Tuesday, March 27, 2001 7:38 AM, Brian Doss wrote: >My fuel pump has been making a noise like there is a giant...
• Re: Replacing Fuel Lines
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:02:12 -0500
  ...Is their a certain technique for plugging connections so fuel > doesn't leak everywhere? Can I just buy fuel line from somewhere like > Napa? >
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel, work?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:05:24 -0700
  ...Since > gasoline engines mostly run near stoichiometric fuel/air ratio, it's nearly > a direct relationship with fuel consumption increasing with engine speed, as...
• Re: Fuel Pump to Canister Filter Fuel Hose Size?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:00:06 -0700
  ...http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/fuel-hose/fuel-hose-7mm-reinforced-fi-per-meter-n202811 -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria...
• Bosch metal fuel filter - made for same or different fuel line diameters?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Guttman
  Sun, 17 Sep 2000 21:03:28 -0400
  ...Did a search on the list and discovered quite a few posts noting that this may be a clogged fuel filter or a fuel...
• Re: Help Please; engine bogging loseing compression and shutting off
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 16:24:35 -0300
  ...NEw fuel pump and away I went. So, when your van cuts out, can you still hear the fuel pump ticking?? IMHO Put a...
• Re: Fuel Line Replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 22 Sep 1999 14:04:41 -0400
  At 13:12 9/22/99 , you wrote: >question, do I need the inline fuel filter or can I eliminate two sources of You...
• Fuel odor
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:46:35 -0500
  After successfully battling a tankful of bad fuel by switching to Chevron Supreme and adding a bottle of Techron additive, I now find that...
• Re: Synth Fuel
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Fri, 9 May 2008 17:49:18 -0700
  ...that really caught > my attention. > > But, ans luck would have it, manufacturing of synthetic fuel in Germany > was not mentioned again in the show...
• EV Fuel Line Leak Warning......
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 18:34:53 -0500
  ...There, to my surprise, was fuel dripping onto the distributor....not a good situation. The culprit - the "press-on" fuel line clamps that VW...
• Re: Synth Fuel
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 9 May 2008 22:41:18 -0400
  The Germans were fueling a war with it because they had limited access to oil. Had they won in Stalingrad they would have made...
• Re: New owner questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:53:30 -0800
  The fuel filter is lilely still in the stock Syncro location. An amazingly large number of owners and shops have never 'discovered' where it...
• Re: Fuel Filters vs Fuel Strainers
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:26:33 -0700
  ...One was getting the fuel delivery system > working again. This included opening it up, and flushing all the old > fuel and junk from it...
• Re: What next? ... GREMLINS STILL OCCUPY 80 CA VANAGON
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 19:27:22 +0000
  > If the vehicle is fuel injected and the vapor line plugged, the chances are > very good that the suction from the fuel pump will...
• 1985 Vanagon fuel overflow?
  Historical mailing list - Fetner Greg
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 06:47:25 -0600
  ...I recently experienced major fuel spillage when fueling my Vanagon. It seems that when the tank got full and "burped", kicking the pump off...
• Re: 87 2.1 dies after 30 seconds
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:30:37 -0800
  ...Alan has replaced the fuel filter > and when he did so he said some rusty looking fuel came out of it... > However, the fuel...
• fuel injector hoses
  Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:36:56 -0400
  Ok how do I remove the hoses from my fuel injectors, all four injectors are new as of a few years ago, but I...
• Re: Fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 09:29:21 -0800
  I would check or better yet redo all the fuel lines.. it's looking like the fuel line that feeds the fuel pressure regulator...
• Re: vanagon fuel pump relay
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 22:50:58 -0700
  The fuel pump is designed to be powered during startup, and > then to be powered while the engine runs. If the engine stops, the...
• Re: Fuel Filter "Update" Results
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:08:11 -0700
  ...at higher engine RPM's, (intake) manifold absolute pressure rises, more vacuum applied to diaphragm side of FPR, more fuel "allowed" into fuel rail...
• Re: +Fuel Lines WAS Re: Gypsy is gone...
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 15 Dec 2004 16:14:47 -0700
  ...The last major > fuel leak I had was with brand new fuel lines. There was nothing loose, > no bad clamps, no problems ........but I...
• Re: Synth Fuel
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 9 May 2008 21:13:19 -0500
  Why is it to expensive to be practical? The Germans were fueling a war with it way back in the early 1940's. It...
• Re: plastic filter before the fuel pump...was moved inside the tank...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 21:17:25 EDT
  The change in the fuel filter might be that VW move the filter INSIDE the tank as a fine mesh screen rather than the...
• Re: heaters, (fuel)
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:01:15 -0500
  JP-4 is USAF jet aircraft fuel --- handy if you're camped near an f-16 I suppose.... Cheers, Doug >Freinds, > Does anyone know...
• Re: fuel line route 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:08:35 -0400
  The tan sleeves are to protect the fuel hose from abrasion.I think they are the same as used for electrical wiring harneses on...
• Re: What should I do about a tank of old gas
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:51:07 -0800
  ...If it ran, I'd consider changing the fuel filter but for sure change the fuel hoses. Are the fuel hoses etc. in engine...
• Re: Fuel pump fuse -''88 Gs,
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:20:40 -1000
  I've never found a reason to dissable a waterboxer vanagon fuel pump .. but if I had to I would just unplug the wire...
• Re: My '84 1.9L has two fuel filters!
  Historical mailing list - Erik Valeur
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 15:34:03 +0100
  The plastic filter between the fueltank & the fuel pump was put there by a PO who had to buy a new (expensive) pump ruined...
• Re: Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:39:03 -0700
  ...We had the same problem with Noisy Fuel Pumps AND pumps locking up. We found the solution; The early vanagon fuel tanks have a...
• Re: Fuel Prefilter
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 13 Jun 1999 01:56:56 EDT
  ...I surmise it is to keep crud out of the fuel pump. Since I installed a new pump I want to err on the...
• 91 gas tank replacement
  Historical mailing list - Philip Jones
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 15:10:16 EDT
  Has anyone replaced a '91 stock gas tank with one from Bus Depot? My original tank has a larger diameter fuel supply outlet pipe...
• Check your fuel line hose clamps!
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:10:54 -0700
  ...I was in the engine bay today (a tight fit!) checking something else and I thought I'd wiggle my high pressure fuel line...
• Re: Strange no start problem - issue with fuel pump relay - input requested!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 08:21:22 -0700
  ...It is not getting fuel pressure and no fuel injector pulsing. Looking at the wiring diagram in Bentley we found an error. The Bentley...
• Re: Fuel issue: died on freeway
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 1 Oct 2017 12:37:02 -0700
  It sounds like you checked for actual fuel flow but if not, I'd suggest confirming fuel delivery rate before replacing parts. However. Sure...
• Re: Fuel Pump Ground Location?
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:49:56 -0700
  ...Here's and update on the fuel pump problem. The fuel pump has no prime cycle but is working during starting/cranking cycle and...
• Re: CV Joints-DONE! Next! Fuel tank.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:16:42 -0500
  ...Anyway, the fuel should be tight and hold the vapor pressure to prevent the fuel from polluting the air. This also helps the fuel...
• Re: ** HELP ** van heavy gas smell
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 16 Jul 2005 14:59:17 -0400
  Ya know ,a cracked plastic fuel line that goes from the pump area to the fire wall may be cracked.Mine once was. It...
• Re: A question for those smarter than me about Fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:49:20 -0800
  ...I suppose.......if your 'larger area' was a 10 gallon tank inline with the fuel rail/hoses.........then the fuel pressure regulator might get...
• Re: What octane fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sat, 21 May 2005 19:35:39 -0400
  There is zero benefit running 91 octane fuel in an engine with low compression, and no knock sensor (stock WBX). High octane fuel only...
• Re: fuel pressure regultor bad? Engine running rich
  Historical mailing list - John Philcox
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 08:01:43 -0500
  ...My fuel regulator was totally blocked, fuel pressure was around 90 psi. My gas mileage dropped to about 17 mpg. Sounds like at least...
• Power issues? Fuel issues?
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Sun, 4 Aug 2013 10:14:45 -0600
  ...This weekend we changed ALL the fuel lines AND installed a new fuel pump. The issue persists. At 4,000 RPM (on the gauge...
• FS: Fuel Injectors, rails, & FPR
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 19:20:32 -0700
  ...Vanagon Fuel Injectors Cleaning out the garage special. Left over Injectors, fuel pressure regulator, "T" fitting, and fuel rails from my engine conversion. These...
• Re: Noisy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 17 Jul 2005 21:48:31 -0700
  > Noisy fuel pumps can also be caused by a restricted outlet in the fuel > tank. Rusty tanks will cause this. > > Dennis I believe that...
• Re: Gas/fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:11:42 -0800
  ...and ...2WD vanagon fuel tanks are a little different than normal metal traditional fuel tanks. You can look inside a vanagon fuel tank and...
• 84 Fuel Pump (was stranded in LA..)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 10:51:10 -0700
  I have been having problems with fuel supply (I think) for about 2 months now. The van has an intermittant missfire which occasionaly stops...
• Re: Fuel Hose Adapter Part #?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:10:53 -0800
  ...Putting one of these in will fix your leak. > >Later vans (I think '86 onward) use a larger metal canister filter >*after* the fuel...