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• Re: Clutch problems
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 07:30:34 -0800
  ...If I was very careful, and fully released it before > applying any revs at all, it was OK although the takeup seemed to be...
• Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:36:09 -0700
  ...Mark Dave Mcneely wrote: > ---- Robert Stevens<mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>> >>> I've been using http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp to >>> see sizes, revs...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:09:37 +0000
  ...and now it's doing something weird - it idles fine, and revs > fine, but won't idle after revving, just stalls. Every time. If...
• Re: '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Sun, 9 Sep 2007 11:14:11 -0400
  ...The > motor revs (but not too high) but won't accelerate. This is > especially bad when I'm in the > middle of an intersection...
• Re: Unplugged AFM
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Sat, 3 Oct 1998 20:03:16 -0500
  ...Anybody got any ideas about > this? Should it have run at all, should the idle and revs be > smoother/crisper with it unplugged? > As...
• Re: oil pressure switches
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 23:43:43 -0400
  ...Mine is closed with the engine off, opens when the engine starts and > never closes again as the engine revs up. Is that at...
• Re: Is this the dreaded "bucking"???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Hoge
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 08:54:39 -0700
  ...I still get it fairly reliably when I've been running the engine sustained at high revs and it's very warm - especially bad...
• RE: 73 bus / timing question...The good old days
  Historical mailing list - Easton Trevor
  Wed, 26 Jun 96 18:46:00 DST
  ...If your sure that its not knocking even when you floor it at low revs and the temperature is normal then there should be...
• Re: Speedo Calibration
  Historical mailing list - mike ingle
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 17:59:41 -0700
  ...For example, 805 revs/mile. Now work backwards through the gear train to get the distance traveled of the wheel as a function of...
• Re: Gear ratios for Syncro 16"
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 12:07:38 -0400
  ...The engine revs too fast : 100 km/h at 4000 >rpm. Anybody there? Derek, Tom, Tim, Jim? Many thanks in advance, > >Philippe Oudot >Syncro...
• Low power 1 min after start?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 23:22:12 -0500
  ...With the gas even floored! SLOWLY it gathers speed, and seems to gain more power as the revs come up. Then it seems mostly...
• Re: RECIPE FOR PERFORMANCE
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 10:08:22 PDT
  ...gives you a little more power at 55, since the engine revs more ). If you change the stock five to the stock four gear...
• Re: .................... and vanagons (friday post with little Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:50:07 -0700
  ...The really fancy ones have a computer to 'blip the throttle" and match revs for the driver....hey...an automatic! Slightly different than a...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:40:11 -0700
  ...on the accelerator. Release and it stops > hesitating. > > It idles fine. Revs fine with no load. > > So I'm not sure what's going...
• test of VC
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 16:39:01 -0700
  ...their grip and spin a bit (more than one or two revs). I thought both front wheels were on pavement which worried me - does...
• Gas versis catalytic converter
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 06:36:46 -0700
  ...By that I mean it revs up a little and then settles back down to normal. William
• Re: Vgon syndrome harness made it run like crap?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:13:40 -0400
  ...I can rev it up and then it just cuts out and dies, revs >up cuts out and dies, etc. Throttle switch stuck shut...
• Re: 2.1 wbxer stubblin' idle
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:03:07 -0700
  ...2.1 wbxer stubblin' idle > > Yesterday I had a great running van. > Today low on power, idle is weak and chokes until hi revs...
• Re: squeaking from atternator?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Tue, 2 May 2000 16:11:14 +1000
  ...The first signs my alternator showed when it was going bad last year was the light occasionally coming on at high revs (briefly) when...
• re: mysterious stalling for Dharmabum
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 May 1994 07:20:22 -0400 (EDT)
  ...What I end up doing is pulling off to the side, leave > the engine run and give it a few good revs, then let...
• blinking oil light
  Historical mailing list - Bjorn Ratjen
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:24:27 -0700
  ...Once the engine revs over 2500rpm the oil light starts blinking and the buzzer sounds. When you shut of the engine and start again...
• Re: [T2] Rough idle on 82 westy
  Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
  Sun, 13 May 2001 09:45:35 -0700
  ...near suspect places > of a leak, to see if the engine revs up.. but I wanted to know if you can > prove a vac...
• Re: Inline 4 - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 May 2007 09:03:10 -0400
  ...I've always thought it'd be nice to have >lower revs at 70 mph...... > >Anyone running and inline 4 with the regeared transmission...
• 1.9 Digifant with poor milage and low top-end power.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:32:06 -0500
  ...When I apply throttle it jumps up to 40PSI until the engine spools up and as revs increase it gradually drops to about 25...
• Re: Digifant de-evolution?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:13:08 -0400
  At 10:32 AM 4/29/2002, Matt Sutton wrote: >Hi Folks, > -Starting cold with ISV connected and o2 sensor disconected, engine revs >to...
• Re: Aircooled ?s here for my 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 19:00:06 -0700
  ...DK tranny with .85 4th gear, 4.57 r&p, stock size tires 820 revs per mile (DK numbers from Bentley and tire rev...
• Lack of power problem - advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:46:57 -0500
  ...Symptoms: ------------ * idles okay @ 950 rpm, revs up and down smoothly in neutral (no load) * when under load it bogs down with very little power...
• oil & head temps
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 15:26:48 -0400
  ...what am I to believe??? PS the revs I am happy with are steady state at 4000 rom which is 72 mph if the...
• Re: Sad and depressed
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:04:32 -0700
  ...It revs really high. Like 3500 high before it moves. It feels like it's stuck in a high gear. Usually it clunks a...
• Re: '87 westy surging ?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Jun 1995 02:41:32 -0800
  ...It was the trottle switch, if that's waht it's called...the thingy on top that revs the engine when you turn it...
• Re: The Berg and springs
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Apr 1995 10:45:13 -0700
  ...Keep the revs >reasonable (under 5000 rpm) and you should never experience >"floating". > My Haynes book states that the 1600 dual port engine has...
• [SVXVanagon] Re: SVX into Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:50:22 +1200
  ...constrict the air flow and leave the SVX gasping at higher revs. > >Keep up the good work and keep us posted. > >Vinnie Hi Vincent...
• Re: Vanagon !
  Historical mailing list - Jim Kennedy
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:13:09 -0700
  ...Tired of pulling 4,000 revs on long road trips... Thanks. Jim K San Diego -----Original Message----- From: Eric Zeno [mailto:vw4x4@FYI.NET...
• Re: Surging at Idle (2.1 Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:58:20 -0700
  Lawrence Johnson wrote: > > On the principle that there is no such thing as a stupid question: > > When I first start the engine, the revs...
• AUDI 5CYL Pros and Cons
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:53:47 -0700
  ...Pros... If it runs like Mark's, great! Macho manly torque. Revs to 6000. Pulls a 10% grade in creeper at idle with 205x75...
• Low idle, hard cold starting
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:59:22 -0500
  ...Cold starts hard, with RPM dropping to very low or zero and engine stalling if I don't keep revs up to 2500 or...
• Re: tire circumference
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 13:49:58 -0700
  ...a while is why do vanagon speedometers have a range of revs/mile numbers on them? I have 2 old ones in my parts...
• Re: Cold start issue
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 5 Jun 2011 09:37:13 -0700
  ...catches, weakly, give it some gas, it revs a bit, > > but resentfully, doesn't want to idle, then finally gets the idea. > > > > From that...
• Re: Bouncing idle......
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 08:38:42 -0500
  ...itself and as well, when I come to a stop the revs > hang up into the 1500 range and slowly comes down. I have...
• FW: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 10:54:53 -0400
  ...BUT I am using only 1/8th throttle and my engine revs are @4100 at 83mph AND I am getting 25 MPG AT 75mph...
• '80 air-cooled power loss
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:17:37 -0500
  ...van idles and starts up great, revs up really good and returns to idle. Engine sounds good and runs good, no missing. When I...
• Re: Gas mileage query for bostig converts
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:11:06 -0800
  ...Speed is also the big mileage killer of all Vans I have found, plus the Zetec does better when the revs are kept up...
• Re: 91 Westy runs rough cold/great warm
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sun, 6 Jun 1999 15:11:14 -0400
  ...The > revs. then increase out of all proportion so I try to ease off and .....it > stops. Very frustrating. Once it has warmed up...
• Automatic Shifting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:34:38 -0500
  ...When the engine is cold the revs have to get to about twice the normal level before it will shift from 1st to second...
• Re: Wheel Help please
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 12:18:32 EST
  ...Beforehand, I did some calculations and found that in top gear the auto rearend would drop the revs a couple of hundred RPM's...
• Darn AC! You've Foiled me again... I've got hot air
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:03:22 -0400
  ...If I up the revs the compressor sounds noisy. The compressor has really never been used though it is 8 years old. Do I...
• Re: SOMETIMES IT WILL, OTHER TIMES IT WON'T
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 10 Apr 2023 09:39:23 -0500
  ...Can't >> get but 3000 revs out of it sometimes. Other times he can go to the top >> of >> the green on the tach...
• re Overheating symptoms?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Mar 1996 22:32:00 -0700
  ...Keep the revs up to something reasonable, gear down, and watch out for oil-light flickers - that means its hot enough for the pressure...
• Re: Tight Valves/RPM.
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:23:07 -0700
  ...If the overall gearing is the same (tire size&final drive&topgear ratio) the revs/mile or rpm/mph will be virtually identical. So...
• Re: newbie - where is the gas???
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 15:32:52 -0400
  ...push the gas pedal and when the engine revs, or is it that it revs but there is no power there when the clutch...
• Automatic transmission advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:27:10 -0400
  ...instead you can just rev it up and nothing happens (just revs). I have a good used transmission I can put in place of...
• Re: MB wheels and rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:11:08 -0500
  ...I'm pretty sure the Continental Vanco 2 tire would've been real close on revs/mi. Not sure what they had in a...
• Re: '87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:49:49 -0400
  ...The motor revs (but not too high) but won't accelerate. This is especially bad when I'm in the >middle of an intersection...
• Re: sparking of big engines...
  Historical mailing list - dneu
  Sun, 16 Jun 2002 17:46:46 -0700
  ...Nice power, but "lights out- nobody home" in the low revs. ~Dan ----- Original Message ----- From: "dave bowers" <dave@SPARKPLUG.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• oil pressure diagnosis.
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:26:03 -0700
  ...Raise the revs 50 rpm and the oil light is off. Shop says oil pump's worn - low pressure at idle, but OK above...
• Re: W/B engine speed max.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 23:43:05 -0300 (ADT)
  ...Nice mechanic who fixed it took me for a drive and showed me when to shift, and I still keep the revs well up...
• RE: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentatio
  Historical mailing list - VW Nut
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 15:10:43 PDT
  ...is best, but should one let it idle, or keep the revs at 2000-3000 rpm to cool things off quicker? Shawn '88 Westy...
• idle problem - fixed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 May 2005 16:22:49 -0700
  ...for a sec (a little stumble) when accelerator released after high revs Also the air adjustment screw on throttle body not responding smoothly. Trying...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:47:14 -0600
  ...generation, myself & Muir included, was taught to down shift & keep the revs up, in part to save the brakes, but that is not good...
• Re: Surging between 1700 and 3000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 22:04:40 -0400
  ...Dies, revs. Dies, revs. - If I hold the throttle steady it does this very consistently I'm at a loss. Any ideas? Thanks, mordo...