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• Re: Quick troubleshooting question
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:04:13 -0600
  ...is that mine ran fine when the engine was cold (automatic choke on), but as soon as it warmed up the symptoms showed up...
• Re: air cooled starting problem (74 BUS)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:27:47 -0800
  ...appears to have a fuel delivery problem. > Symptoms: > Van warm > Automatic Choke flaps open > Turn the starter, Van starts and runs for 20 seconds...
• Re: air cooled starting problem (74 BUS)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 09:38:40 -0500
  ...appears to have a fuel delivery problem. > Symptoms: > Van warm > Automatic Choke flaps open > Turn the starter, Van starts and runs for 20 seconds...
• Re: Engine warm-up troubles
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:23:09 -0500
  ...a little higher (1300 RPM) then idle ~ like > some sort of choke action is taking place. The RPMs drop back down to > about 900...
• Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 10:27:38 EDT
  ...Is it possible for it to be > >choked too much ??!! > One other problem I didn't mention is that the car seemed sluggish and...
• Polutions Producers: '64 Rambler Classic
  Historical mailing list - SHELTON
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 09:29:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...That said, there were reports on American news a year or so ago about some type of experimental filter being developed in smog-choked...
• Re: Fold-a-Carrier for Westy gray water
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 7 Oct 1999 08:26:24 -0400
  In NC, phosphates (in detergents and soaps) were banned about 8 years ago when our rivers became choked with run-away plant live, and...
• Short Version: Syncro de Mayo East
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:48:28 -0700
  ...Unlike the wide open west, the Challenge Course was in hilly wooded terrain, with lots of narrow choke points made more difficult by the...
• Re: My Vanagon's gone, and so am I!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 00:07:59 -0800
  ...that sum up my frustration with water cooleds, "Carburators and manual chokes FOREVER!, Fuel injection and Electronic control unit thing-a-ma-bobbies NEVER...
• Re: cold start skipping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:05:50 -0500
  ...The skip almost seems like it could be some type of choke control. My other thought is that the fuel compression is compromised by...
• Re: fwd: Re: Re.: Hot Start Phase II
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 16:22:14 CDT
  ...time switch was flakey, it would be spraying fuel (as a choke would do on a carburetor) when the engine was warm enough NOT...
• Re: Cold Air Intake
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:51:02 -0500
  ...Eyeballing the WBX intake tract makes me think the > > throttle body is the choke point. > > > > Raymond > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Mar 29, 2015...
• Re: Oil in Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:18:19 +0000
  ...I don't remember the > choke situation, but it acts as if the fuel injection is not compensating > for a cold start? > > Thanks, > Finn
• Re: Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 10:01:39 CDT
  ...like an old electric choke. the bentley test (as i remember) is 'if it hummms/vibrates, it's working'. ? joel
• Re: Did the mechanic do something?
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:05:43 -0400
  ...I would judge that the choke/mixture gizmo has somehow been > affected, but how, I can't imagine. And how the coolant light is...
• Engine running badly
  Historical mailing list - Bruno Walser
  Sun, 1 Oct 2017 17:42:33 -0400
  ...The car would still idle normally, but would choke as soon as I opened the throttle. By reving the engine and use of the...
• Re: "Brake Parts Cleaner" question (searched archives)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:57:47 -0400
  ...rim of the totaly stuck drum with a small sledge ( I choked down a little on handle) did the trick. Banging on face, or...
• trip to the library(long)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 23:12:24 -0400 (EDT)
  ...as soon as i got into the parking lot, the van choked/sputtered to life. i got my sister from inside, and tried to...
• trip to the library(long)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 23:12:24 -0400
  ...as soon as i got into the parking lot, the van choked/sputtered to life. i got my sister from inside, and tried to...
• Re: Summer camping Wa/Or/Ca?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:24:48 -0700
  ...Otherwise, the Oregon and NorCal coast is a > beautiful drive, even though 101 and hwy 1 will be choked with RV's and > clueless...
• I push started my 84!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Mon, 7 Oct 1996 21:36:36 -0500 (CDT)
  ...hoped like heck it would start and keep running without a choke on those cold Nebraska winters. Later in college, I finally turned my...
• AH...why didn't i check the air filter? (and others...)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Sep 95 11:47:51 EDT
  ...opinions? advice? i've got some carb/choke cleaner spray and i'm going to clean up the carb after work. accordding to the...
• Faucet Water Pump was Re: O2 Sensor Problem - Last Week
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Wed, 6 May 2009 11:55:21 -0600
  ...It will pump six > gpm at zero head, but the faucet chokes it so the delivery is about the same > as the original pump...
• Re: Help! My New Van has the Intermittent syndrome!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 1 Aug 2003 10:23:08 -0400
  ...dyno system and once it hit 60mph the engine started to choke and lost power as if it went from 4 cylinders to 3...
• Re: Arduino and Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:35:44 -0800
  ...the old mechanical choke has been replaced by the fuel injector pulse width (wider pulse = more gas). Variable timing provided by vacuum pressure is...
• More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:27:07 -0700
  ...Therefore it chokes, coughs and dies. Background: This is a 1982 Vanagon camper. It was originally a diesel, but was converted to a US...
• Recovering....& Just Putting Along
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 23:33:52 -0800
  ...day of stayin' alive - I've got enough pills here to choke a horse! And it's sure nice to have taken off about...
• Preventative Maint.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Oct 1994 08:30:13 EDT
  ...Turns out it was a combination of an intermittant voltage at the choke and a lean mixture. I still have to figure out how...
• Re: Friday - Echo! Echo! The old deadbeat on the bus routine once again .......... not exactly.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Jun 2003 16:40:28 -0700
  ...Then talk to interested parties coming from the > VW dealer > having just priced a EuroVan Westy at 45K+, and choked. > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to...
• updrading to Mobil 1
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 12:17:17 -0400
  ...Why are the lifters so hard? > Mobil-1, if you don't choke on the cost, does a good job at cleaning > sludge and...
• The *un-repair* shops. Was: DISASTER AT JIFFY LUBE!!!! (long)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 23:01:14 -0400
  ...You didn't tell me that its a manual choke. Me: Well, it's not exactly a choke. Diesels don't have chokes. (If...
• Re: Spring question - help needed
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:22:30 EST
  ...The parts-list alone is to choke-on. Geeze major $$ for parts alone (and wholesale). The weather out here in la-la land... the...
• Re: bus boys non 800 number
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 04 Jun 1996 09:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...We each take about 15 >minutes to grab a bite at the local choke and puke. Bill's outa there at >about 6:30PM...
• Re: More power
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:58:17 -0800
  Slight increase in noise level, which makes sense, the engine is no longer being choked back. Like trying to breath with an old sock...
• Re: Diesel na is breathing coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:37:25 -0500
  ...On a short drive down the Baltimore 83 Expressway she choked and died, from breathing coolant sprayed and vacuumed into the air intake. The...
• Re: ECU question, w/ O2 disconnected
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 10:21:00 -0800
  ...If not > > working, yet, it will go rich enough to choke the engine. Disconnect the > > sensor for a test. If the problem stays away...
• 125 HP Wasserboxer Ghia (non-transplant for Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 10:33:34 PST
  ...The engine is topped off with a pair of Dellorto 45 DRLA twin-choke carbs, a Bosch 009 centrifugal advance distributor and a Bosch...
• Re: O2 sensors brand quality difference?
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 22:45:55 -0400
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Back in the days of carburetors and chokes that was done just keep an engine > from stalling. After the original...
• Re: dometic problems...
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 10:02:47 -0700
  ...off), turn knob right to on. >(3) 10-15 pumps on choke >(4) press "flame" button in (click, click, click... light flashes) >(5) press...
• Vanagon idle hunting --FIX
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Tue, 19 Apr 94 7:46:36 PDT
  ...Is it possible for it to be > > >choked too much ??!! > > > > One other problem I didn't mention is that the car seemed sluggish and...
• Re: Cough, Choke, Splutter! - Update
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 16:20:00 +0000
  A few weeks ago I reported that my '87 Westy was intermittantly running very poorly, no power, etc. The O2 digitool readings were very...
• Re: Did the mechanic do something?
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:15:58 -0700
  ...I would judge that the choke/mixture gizmo has somehow been >>affected, but how, I can't imagine. And how the coolant light is...
• Re: Choked starting?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:57:26 -0500
  There is a bracket on the side wall and a little nub that fits into a hole to mount the airbox. It just seems...
• Re: Aircooled Heat inline fan?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 08:55:47 -0500
  ...When we finished skiing I would come back to the car, reach in and pump the gas 3 times to reset the choke, check...
• Re: The *un-repair* shops. Was: DISASTER AT JIFFY LUBE!!!! (long)
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 00:10:19 -0400
  ...You didn't tell me that its a manual >choke. >Me: Well, it's not exactly a choke. Diesels don't have chokes. >(If...
• Re: Lack of power on my 87 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:51:29 -0700
  ...The automatic choke may not be going off properly. > >3. Fuel pump is not keeping up with demands > > > >In the first two, I would...
• Re: locations please
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 24 Oct 1998 19:46:26 -0500
  ...and a manual choke. that was a loooong time ago (it was almost new). anyway, that's who i am/was/will be ... for...
• Re: Oil in Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 9 Jan 2012 18:23:14 -0500
  ...I don't remember the choke situation, but it acts as if the fuel injection is not compensating for a cold start? Thanks, Finn
• Re: Replacing Thermostat... and gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Sep 2015 22:18:31 -0400
  ...I would assume it's kind of like a choke on old carborated engines, but not too sure. It seems like I've been...
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:06:52 -0500
  ...It is basically a fast idle device, > very similar to an automatic choke, except that it does not change the > air/fuel mixture. I...
• HELP - Hosed by my Dealer, BIG TIME - RUST Problem
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 12 Apr 1999 21:22:06 -0500
  ...He says he just chokes up around paint processes. However, he is willing to loan me his tools, and spend the time to show...
• Re: Praises for Carfax, was vin info
  Historical mailing list - Leif
  Thu, 3 Feb 2000 12:44:37 -0700
  ...Are they alive and retired in SO CAL? Sorry I have to end this post but I am getting all choked up right now...
• Re: refrigerator
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 22 Jun 2017 21:24:59 +0000
  ...refrigerator Take off the vent cover and apply a choked-down vacuum cleaner to the center opening.  Air volume is more important than pressure...
• Fwd: HELP ME!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - coyote
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:15:19 -0800
  ...exhaust was being forced back into >the engine causing it to "choke" and consequently lose power >andeventually stall. We fixed that and the van...
• Re: high beam indicator
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 11:00:26 -0700
  Ha, Ha, ha! I nearly choked the first time I drove an '80 Vanagon and that red LED popped on! I *promptly* went to...
• Re: Cup Holders For PC
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Fri, 19 Jun 1998 19:41:16 +0200
  ...salesman jumps in her car just to watch her pull Choke lever and hang up her handbag on it -what a laugh at the...
• Re: 90 Westy Skipping
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Aug 1996 06:45:15 -0400
  ...this tells the computer how "cold" the engine is, and how much to "choke" it. if this gizmo dies (and my 88 has had...
• Re: choking conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:53:59 -0800
  ...It actually seemed to choke and die. I have since checked the fuel pump, it works, the fuel lines have been pulled and cleaned...
• Re: Diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 14:48:50 -0800
  ...Diesel question > Hi Fred, > My '82 Diesel's choke (for lack of a better name) knob used to only pull > out about an inch...
• Re: Air Intake Project
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Sun, 27 May 2001 14:08:34 -0600
  ...and you start adding flappers, elbows, and > butterflies, the path become choked, regardless how you look at it. Agreed. But with the vanagon, it...