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  • for sale: 2.1L ECU and air flow meter, and ISV controller
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:02:31 EST
    for sale: '86-91 vanagon 2.1L ECU, and air flow meter (attached to airbox) also have ISV control unit. ECU $200, AFM, $85...
  • Air cooled masters
    Historical mailing list - Zoltan
    Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:03:53 -0800
    I am looking for someone in the Seattle area who knows how to start up an air cooled Westy that has some electrical problem...
  • Re: clearance : many assorted Vanagon parts
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:00:39 -0500
    I have to say Ho! Ho! Ho! I never got any cool air through my 83 Air Cooled Westy system except when I disconnected...
  • Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:19:49 -0800
    ...Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no! > I was cooling my typing finger in...
  • Re: Air Dam renaming competition
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Fri, 11 Oct 2002 02:54:42 +0100
    >>They are supposed to clean up the airflow under a vehicle. That is suspect in a vehicle as high as the Vanagon. There is...
  • Re: help please - need "connection for warm air fan" part
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:02:10 -0700
    ...and see 'connection for warm air fan' . I've made those before, ..that sort of air-cooled Type IV pipe. I used 2 inch...
  • Re: 86 westy overheating issue
    Historical mailing list - Bob Mac
    Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:15:15 -0400
    ...This will pump air into the cylinder and should force air thru any gasket that is bad. you should see air bubbles coming back...
  • Re: Do you know that your vanagon air duct may be clogged?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:59:24 -0400
    At 11:21 AM 10/28/2014, Dan N wrote: >yes there's a benefit to remove the plastic plate to get more air...
  • Fw: Tiico air filter
    Historical mailing list - Data Services
    Tue, 20 Jan 2004 15:15:27 -0500
    Hi All; Can someone please tell me what air filter element fits in a standard, non air conditioning, snorkel tube up the side, Tiico...
  • Re: Tough driving(thin air)
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Sun, 1 Jul 2001 21:57:52 -0500
    ...The higher you go, the less dense the air, the richer the fuel air mixture will become. But the Digijet and Digifant injection systems...
  • Re: heater controls
    Historical mailing list - don spence
    Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:56:51 -0600
    If the description below is accurate, what is the purpose of the rear pillar vents? So far we have only discussed how air ENTERS...
  • Understanding AFC fuel injection--question
    Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
    Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:33:27 -0500
    ...Now, there is no sensor, or anything on the throttle body, so how does this auxillary air regulator do anything? The air still ends...
  • Re: air filters
    Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
    Mon, 18 Jan 1999 07:21:10 -0500
    - Ron Salmon The Bus Depot http://www.busdepot.com > I see that Bus Depot sells two air filters for my 90 Westy Syncro. One...
  • Re: The K&N
    Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
    Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:16:11 -0800
    ...So on a syncro, it goes like this: | | snorkle | | | | [afm]==[air filter]==[trap]==[ ] My question is does it eliminate everything aft of the air...
  • Air cooled Vanagon engine tin wanted
    Historical mailing list - J B
    Sat, 4 Jun 2016 11:53:34 -0400
    I will be removing the Air Conditioning on my 81 air-cooled and am looking t= o see if anyone has the left rear...
  • Re: Aircooled.net
    Historical mailing list - John Connolly, Aircooled.Net Inc
    Mon, 25 Dec 2006 12:47:54 -0700
    ...We'll be back up soon John Aircooled.Net Inc. Anyone know what's up with Aircooled.net? When you go their URL, you...
  • Re: Air in the system
    Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
    Wed, 9 Oct 2002 14:12:18 -0300
    ...But in my experience driving the van will move the air (even little bubbles get pushed along) and the air will settle in the...
  • Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Fri, 28 Jun 2002 13:58:48 -0500
    ...Temp > is important both because > obviously hotter air won't cool as much and because hotter air is > less dense, and less dense > air...
  • Re: air-flow meter?
    Historical mailing list - Beth Young
    Tue, 21 Jan 1997 12:58:23 -0800 (PST)
    ...If the airflow meter is damaged or worn out it can obviously affect the car's performance. Although the airflow meter is not supposed...
  • Why the preponderance of air-cooled on Marketplace?
    Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
    Mon, 8 Jul 2019 19:10:46 -0500
    ...Twelve of them are air-cooled. Overall, the air-cooled Vanagons are in nicer shape, at least body-wise, than their later-model counterparts...
  • Re: Propane and refrigerator success
    Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
    Sat, 27 Jun 2015 06:14:20 -0400
    ...There is only three ways air can get to the fire box, #1- through the air intake tube, this is why the fridge lights...
  • Re: Air intake "scoops"
    Historical mailing list - Aaron Waxman
    Tue, 14 Dec 1999 19:10:18 -0500
    Ken and all you fellow listee's, Is there any way to fit these air scoops to an '80 westy. As you probably know...
  • Aircooled Westy and Large sunroof vanagons for sale
    Historical mailing list - John Branstrom
    Tue, 19 Aug 2003 18:02:30 EDT
    Someone Please cross post to air-cooled list if you would be so kind Air-cooled 80 Westy and Air-cooled 81 Large Sunroof...
  • Re: Air conditioner for camping
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:49:47 -0500
    At 07:41 PM 3/29/2002, Tim Hannink wrote: >My latest project is installing a window air conditioner that can be used >while...
  • Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used- to cone or no!
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:27:55 -0500
    ...My intake air temperature measurements, initially taken at the inlet to the intake manifold, always gave the temperature of the ambient outside air or...
  • Re: Air recirculator
    Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
    Sat, 2 Feb 2019 11:39:49 -0500
    I'd first make sure that the lever connecting to the airbox are doing what they are supposed to do. Other than that, I...
  • Re: Panic: was sold wrong head for 82 air vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
    Thu, 11 Jun 1998 09:12:12 +0800
    ...was sold wrong head for 82 air vanagon > Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 5:39 AM > > My machine shop sold me a head for...
  • Re: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
    Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:57:52 -0700
    ...internal air-stirring fan, another fan to >> exhaust hot air out the >> side of the van. > > > Interesting. A fan to take the hot air...
  • Re: A few comments on ethanol, was Re: R134 conversion
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Wed, 29 Jun 2005 22:06:30 -0500
    ...Ever heard of an alcohol injector system in truck air brakes? It dries out the air keeping the air lines from freezing in the...
  • getting cooler air to the front in a Westy
    Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
    Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:54:21 -0500
    I got my air conditioning working pretty well. I know I have some fresh air leaks up front, but they are not that bad...
  • Re: TiiCo in an aircooled van?
    Historical mailing list - Rob
    Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:21:42 -0700
    At 7/3/2007 06:14 PM,Greg Marshall wrote: >Has anyone out there in Vanagon land put a TiiCo in an aircooled >van...
  • Re: F/ White Salmon River damn "burst"
    Historical mailing list - ed donnen
    Fri, 4 Nov 2011 19:12:11 -0400
    ...ed- formally of the Amateur Air Circus (Alaskan Air Command)
  • Re: Demise of free air
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Mon, 20 Mar 2000 07:41:54 -0700
    ...Demise of free air > Westywoman wrote: > > > > It is my understanding that *all* Mobil stations in the US provide air at no > > charge as company...
  • Re: '81 Westy for sale...
    Historical mailing list - Michael Nichols
    Tue, 21 May 2002 23:40:21 -0400
    ...Question for the list----the rear engine air intake vents are not the black plastic insert type found on '81 and later air cooled...
  • Re: The Value Of a Mechanic That Knows the Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:44:58 -0400
    ...What is the technical term for 'air leaks in' that occur >between the throttle plate and the air flow meter ? Seems to me der...
  • Who makes the good air filter? (1.9l)
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Sat, 5 Sep 2015 12:01:13 -0700
    I miss the good oil-bath air filter I had on my '72. Is my waterboxer air filter washable, or a toss 'n' replace...
  • wtb: Air Intake Boot
    Historical mailing list - Kevin McLean
    Tue, 29 Apr 2003 08:34:29 -0700
    I need the air intake boot that goes between the pre-filter and the main air filter housing on a 1987 Syncro. Does anyone...
  • Re: [syncro.org] Re: on board air? anyone got it?
    Historical mailing list - joel walker
    Thu, 24 Aug 2006 21:16:39 -0500
    > By the way, why are you guys wanting to install a tank? Other than a > little bit of air to fill a small beach...
  • Re: Idle and Timing /Joel Walker
    Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
    12 Jan 95 20:43:56 EST
    ...cause it's adding >air AFTER the air-flow meter has already measured what it thinks is right. >and, last but not least, even...
  • Re: Air Conditioning help
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:01:54 -0700
    I do that in the Westy. '85 allowed reshuffle air in the dash vents while warm air rises from your feet, all the while...
  • Re: (is it Friday somewhere?)
    Historical mailing list - Michael B. Harrnacker
    Thu, 7 Jan 1999 08:53:51 -0800
    ...air to the engine at every specific instance/rpm for optimum combustion efficiency (by adjusting the volume of air to an ideal air and...
  • Re: Attn. 2L Air cooled experts. Is this a bad idea?
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Mon, 4 Sep 2006 09:52:14 -0600
    ...So routing (most of) the hot air to behind the engine should be fine. The engine cooling is from the fan pushing cooler air...
  • PCV valve mod/re-route (Jetta Conversion) PICS
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Mon, 12 May 2008 14:46:57 -0700
    ...If room allows, I might route the PCV outlet to the fresh air side of the Caravan air cleaner like this: http://tubaneil.googlepages...
  • Re: A few questions about 87 passenger bus
    Historical mailing list - k1cajun
    Fri, 21 Apr 2000 04:41:48 -0500
    ...has nothing to do w/ engine cooling air. > chris So, you're saying the rear window louvers send air through those front doors' ducts...
  • Re: Pathetic airflow from dash vents
    Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
    Mon, 8 Aug 2005 10:43:40 -0700
    ...No fan, no heating, just fresh air. But my goodness, the amount of air that comes in when the lever is in the down...
  • Re: removing air conditioner without spilling the freon
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:52:18 -0800
    ...the cold air flows to the front and we receive the blast of cold air on our head... so I remove the 2 front...
  • Special Syncro Air Filters: What is the scoop?
    Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
    Tue, 19 Jan 1999 16:01:24 -0700
    So what is the scoop on Syncro air filters. When I bought my Syncro one of the first thing I did was change the...
  • Complete 2.1l Difigant setup FS $500
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:55:21 EDT
    ...This includes the AFM and air box, the idle stabilizer unit, idle stabilizer air valve, air intake setup, air intake plenum and boot, distributor...
  • Re: fresh air vents
    Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
    Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:56:11 -0500
    ...I;ve never gotten my fresh air vents to close properly. The solution, when it starts getting cold. Remove the headligh grill assembly and...
  • Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
    Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
    Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:02:55 -0600
    >>Still moving that air around by driving a fan and that uses horsepower >>just like the waterpump - right? > >No. All cars are cooled by...
  • AIRS and VRS
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Sat, 5 Sep 2015 14:54:27 -0700
    Hi Guys! So as some of you know, I've been redesigning the AIRS site ( https://www.type2.com/airs/locate) to be a...
  • Re: Air scoops
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:28:44 -0400
    ...OE air vents are best. VW spend lots of time and money working that out. These guys had 30 years of air intake craftsmanship...
  • Re: More 2.1L coolant system woes (long)
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:35:23 -0600
    ...Gut an old pressure cap, thead in a Milton air coupler, and hook up the air hose direct to your air compressor. Yep, a...
  • Re: cruise control on an air cooled westy
    Historical mailing list - Dan N
    Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:16:41 -0800
    > > *"I had an air-cooled westy, and enjoyed it quite a bit. However, every * *morning there was a huge puddle of coolant under the...
  • Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
    Historical mailing list - JRodgers
    Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:49:54 -0500
    ...John On 6/29/2012 12:18 PM, OlRivrRat wrote: > he term Air-Fuel Mixture has always bugged me ~ should be Air- > Gasoline Mixture.
  • Re: Air Filter Maintenance
    Historical mailing list - shawn luft
    Fri, 18 Apr 2003 11:41:21 -0400
    ...shawn luft wrote: > Does a dirty air filter affect vanagon performance?? > > Shawn.
  • Re: Dometic question. (yes did search archives.... ;^)
    Historical mailing list - neil
    Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:28:43 -0400
    ...Hot air does rise.... And yes will screen for sure. One of the first things I made a note of ;) --- Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar...
  • Re: AIRS and VRS
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Sat, 5 Sep 2015 16:39:00 -0700
    Having been around since Charlie Ford’s journey that prompted the AIRS list, you have my vote. One site would (IMHO) be absolutely perfect...
  • Re: swamp coolers
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 10 Apr 1995 09:32:21 -0700
    ...Front view: __ ....:: <-- Water goes in here Warm ,' ... ', air enters -> : :###: : central hole ' ''' '''' (###) '.......... <-- Cool air comes out here (through the top of the passenger window) Top...
  • Re: A/C in a T3, dreams
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Mon, 22 May 2006 04:24:44 -0700
    On 5/20/06, mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net> wrote: > > BenT, if any of the Vintage Air models support control and direction of > fresh...