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• Re: Forced Intake for a WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:25:17 -0600
  ...Forced Intake for a WBX? > There are a few turbos around..A Steve in Vancouver WA has one..he says it > works well with...
• Re: NVC Might be of interest to some Porsche for sale not mine
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:32:06 -0400
  Only the 914 2.0 had different intake bolt pattern (3 studs instead of 4), different plug angle (tin to match) and larger valves...
• Re: Friday question.Re: Vacuum gauge NVC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:30:45 -0700
  ...I am trying to diagnose a flat four > with four venturis and individual intake manifolds. Then I guess you'll have to put a...
• Re: Engine Is In!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:32:34 -0700
  I haven't gotten to the stage of putting the rest of the intake on, but I appreciate the info. I can easily trial...
• digging deeper...
  Historical mailing list - Grungy
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 08:54:20 -0600
  ...After getting a new gasket(s, actually) from FLAPS, removed the first of the intake assemblies, left side. Probably didn't need the new...
• Re[2]: Air Filter Intake Assembly
  Historical mailing list - Gregory M Daughtry
  Sun, 11 May 97 14:43:00 PDT
  ...Air Filter Intake Assembly Author: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu at SMTPGATE Date: 5/11/97 4:29 PM On Sat, 10 May 1997...
• was -fuel in intake boot; now: problem solved!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer 19618-5th Ave so Seattle WA 98148
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 04:08:53 EST
  ...for pointing me to the cause of the rough running, poor gas mileage and gas in the intake boot of the 2.0 inline...
• Re: wtb: Air Intake Boot
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:45:22 -0400
  ...I think the list discussed this briefly last week. > > Kevin McLean wrote: > > > I need the air intake boot that goes between the pre-filter...
• Re: intake manifold hose
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 12:32:41 -0500
  ...I noted that one of the > short rubber hoses on the intake manifold has some surface cracks. > Can't tell if they go all...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner ....
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:31:54 +0000
  Hi Miguel, Wish I could be more "parts-number-specific" about that fuel intake hose but .... it is about 2-2 1/2" diameter...
• Re: 2.1L WBX intake plug question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:09:33 -0400
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• Re: What should I hear if I pressurize my intake manifold?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:18:37 -0700
  ...What should I hear if I pressurize my intake manifold? David, one more suggestion (that I should have thought of when you first raised...
• FYI - Use Detergent Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Sun, 10 Jan 1999 19:35:30 -0800
  ...Gasoline containing detergents VW US Inc recommends the use of gasolines which contains detergents to keep intake valves and fuel injectors free of deposits...
• Re: intake gasket?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:37:03 -0800
  ...FLAPS should have seals this afternoon. > > Old intake manifold gasket appears to be glued to the intake manifold. > Hard black stuff with paper faces...
• Re: cutting out bottom of airbox to increase air intake and add HP
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:25:02 -0800
  ...Also the airbox dampens intake noise. As Chris points out, the air thru the intake is cooler and denser than the warm air in...
• Re: throttle responce question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:49:53 -0500
  Get yourself a plenum chamber and intake runners from a 914 Air Cooled Porsche. It has larger intake runners, a nifty full throttle switch...
• Re: Fw: Re: ? for our mechanical wizards
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:34:39 -0400
  ...I think all we can >definitively say is that it's something less than 525cc of STP air per >intake stroke (given that a...
• Re: Air intake
  Historical mailing list - Todd
  Wed, 21 May 2008 15:56:36 -0700
  ...Air intake > > You won't find a direct fit application, it's going to be whichever of > their universals happens to fit your combination...
• Re: Hesitation - temp 2 FIX Done Revise - Computer Resetting?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:13:38 -0400
  I needed to use it due to after the motor build for some reason the intake runner from the air distributor to the head...
• Re: Air intake
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 20 May 2008 23:52:45 -0700
  ...trap out of a donor > Syncro? Comparing the Syncro intake and my 84 Westy intake, there is > much less dust with the Syncro snorkel...
• Re: WBX Carb conversion? Hoax! - NOT A HOAX
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:30:24 -0700
  ...You can make it work, MAYBE , by getting some beetle air intake manifolds (just the smaller part that screws to the head) then run...
• Re: Propex Install
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 30 Oct 2013 16:12:14 -0700
  ...Propex Install THE EXHAUST MUST BE TO THE OUTSIDE!! And so should the intake for the combustion. The large outlet pipe (where the heat...
• rust in air intake louvres '71
  Historical mailing list - Steve Tokar
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 09:52:01 -0700
  ...Inspecting the vehicle, I found rust spots on the *inside* of the air intake louvres. Now, before applying anti-rust stuff, you have to...
• Re: Plugging leaks in intake manifold
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:54:35 -0700
  On 9/28/2007 8:15 AM Jake Beaulieu wrote: > Mike, > > I believe a good test of the air intake system is to measure...
• Re: Fridge Fun..... well, NEW fridge fun!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 19 May 2010 18:45:55 -0400
  At 06:23 PM 5/19/2010, Mike South wrote: >So did it make the exhaust leak into the intake or something? Just >curious...
• Re: Intake manifold connectors 2.1l
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:19:43 EDT
  ...they convey mostly air, but the crankcase is vented into the intake system so I think it would be wise to determine if any...
• Re: Hard starting when cold 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:18:11 -0800
  ...I have found up to 8 tiny air intake leaks on the whole intake plenum/throttle body/intake runners system. Scott www.turbovans.com...
• Re: [T2] aircooled intake elbow
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:17:27 -0700
  ...Tuesday, October 05, 2004 8:05 AM Subject: [T2] aircooled intake elbow > Looking for the intake elbow (boot) for a 1980 air-cooled vanagon...
• Re: turbo diesel vanagon/quantum air intake how to
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 06:15:41 -0700
  michael johnson wrote: > Anyone done the Quantum turbo diesel into the vanagon? Curious of how others have fabricated their air filter intake setup. > Any...
• Re: COLD fresh air leaking
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 02:06:42 -0600
  ...Is there a second air intake duct, possibly coming from the bottom front outer grill? A search of my Bentley has failed to find...
• Intake Manifold? Woes
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Fri, 21 May 1999 16:47:54 -0500
  I beleive that the part is called the intake manifold. On the passenger side of the ending there are two tubes (about 1.5...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 27 May 2001 07:41:17 -0500
  ...If you would eliminate the whole computer controlled set-up, and went to carburetors, then I think that a better air intake system would...
• Re: Some dometic notes
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 30 Jun 2019 12:16:51 -0700
  Thats useful to know; I'm sure I wasn't the only owner-operator to have misaligned the intake and exhaust tubes a little...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Engineering
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 08:58:43 -0800
  ...The key is not *only* reducing pressure drop in the intake, but ALSO measure the air mass accurately, AND provide tunability. It is this...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:10:37 -0700
  ...On 3/22/07, Ryan Miller <rmiller@azteca.com> wrote: > I had thought about fabricating a flap for the air intake as well. Then...
• 1.8 Inline 4..heads.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 20:14:29 -0700
  ...The 2.0 liter has the whole intake on the right hand side of the head, while the 1.8 liter head has the...
• Re: 82 air cooled automatic vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gene P
  Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:47:06 -0700
  ...How does brake fluid get drawn into the intake system? From: Jim Arnott Sent: Friday, October 15, 2021 2:43 PM To: vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: 1986 2.1L carburated 5 speed vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:17:32 -0800
  --- Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> wrote: > Looks like they've got a heat exchanger to provide preheated intake air for the carb...
• Re: Intake noise (or: Woohoo! No more drone!)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 18:08:30 -0700
  ...The A2 Golf/Jetta diesels extended the intake into the front fender, which reduces noise immensely, although any leaks in the intake can still...
• Re: Installing inline4 firewall clearance Q
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 17:29:35 -0500
  ...My > question is how much does the intake interfere with the driverside > firewall? I've seen alot of stuff saying or showing cuts made...
• help: 1600 DP intake boot replacement
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 12:42:30 -0400
  ...A friend's intake manifold boots have disintegrated *again* and *again* he has asked for my help in replacing them. Does anyone have a...
• Re: CCC's directions repost
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 17 Sep 1996 07:45:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It can be said that before 65 the intake went straight vertical in to the head. This is an easy way to tell. Eric...
• Re: Rustproofing/Painting air-intake on Aircooled.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Jul 94 15:21:44 CDT
  this just came over the vintage vw list. perhaps it might give some ideas:
• Interesting problem
  Historical mailing list - Pete Cassidy
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:59:51 -0700
  ...Anyways, the hose that connects the crankcase breather valve to the intake was completely busted through. The pipe was flattened and rotten & there was...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 16:05:54 -0500
  ...The other major difference is the confiquration of the intake and exhaust manifolds. This is why the 2.0L crossflow as used in A3...
• Rear air intake grill rubber washers
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 08:08:09 -0800
  ...While I had the D pillar intake grill off (what are those called, exactly?) I managed to lose the two rubber washers at the...
• F.I. intake runner hoses
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 5 Sep 95 10:46:11 EDT
  Does anyone know a cheap source for the hoses between the intake manifold runners and the little distribution box, WCM lists some ridiclous figure...
• Re: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:59:41 -0400
  ...Ultimate compression is something greater than the intake pressure X the compression ratio (greater because of adiabatic affects - compression makes the air hotter, which...
• Re: Tan paste on inside of oil cap
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Mar 1997 22:55:20 +0000
  ...I may be an idiot on this one too, but why did they get rid of the crankcase breather intakes with FI. I mean...
• Re: 1980 vanagon EGR valve/cleaning???
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:25:32 -0500
  ...In step #9 the "intake distribution pipes" I speak of are the tiny (3-4 mm) pipes inside the intake manifold that inject exhaust...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:58:28 -0900
  ...My initial thoughts have been similar to yours a controllable flapper on the fresh air intake and a way to get recirculated air to...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:16:37 -0700
  ...Making a flap for air intake ram would be tricky. I had thought of applying/molding fiberglass to opening, (with some kind of seperating...
• Backfire thru intake ?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jul 1995 21:17:45 -0600
  ...It appears to get backfire through the intake. Since we pulled the engine, a friend says I should remove the heads to check for...
• Re: Oil Filler Tube Question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 5 Feb 2002 14:30:50 -0600
  ...The intake system pulls fumes from the crankcase so if it has no resistance I think it might get too much air into the...
• Re: RoadHaus - Escaping Air Sound?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:57:26 -0600
  ...Vanagon Mailing List On Behalf Of John Rodgers Truly horror stories!! A huge charge of the stuff went into the engine, through the intake...
• Re: Emissions shuffle - quick fix for test
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Andrew Burczyk
  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 01:11:25 -0700
  ...Instead of re jetting the carb just put a calibrated airbleed in the intake manifold. A little valve screwed into the intake manifold that...
• Re: OFFTOPIC: Need help with my 84 Rabbit Convertible
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 11:17:56 EST
  ...Problem was that one of the air intake boots had a hole in it in a place where you couldn't see it (on...
• Re: Engine power loss
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 10:56:04 EDT
  I have noticed that some Vanagons (actually I have only seen one '87 Wolfsburg) have this air intake setup with the ducting, while most...
• Re: Highway speeds
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 02:07:22 -0500
  I think that is a function of the length (mostly) of the tubes in your intake manifold. Tuned, no doubt to coincide with the...
• Re: What's wrong with that picture....
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:49:54 -0400
  Yeap, i agree, but this engine as 2 central injectors, and not 4!!!! BUT, on the intake gasket / head to intake there is a...