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• Re: Tires & Pressure '85 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:35:08
  ...I notice the max tire pressure on the tires say 35 psi. I > have noticed in the camper owners manual it has one pressure...
• Re: leaky injectors
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 07:12:18 -0800
  ...Place inline, to the left of the pressure > regulator was handy for me. > The system should hold pressure for at least a half > hour...
• VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 17:46:41 -0500
  Can I use my spare VDO oil pressure sender as a fuel pressure sending unit? I have used it for this purpose once to...
• Re: Rear Heater
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:18:00 -0600
  I have had leaks at higher pressures that never showed at lower. I have had leaks that showed at lower temps that didn�t...
• Re: (TIICO) ridiculous oil pressures
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 17:20:12 -0400
  ...When underway at (say) 2500rpm pressure goes up to about 75psi. When the oil warms up the pressure settles down to 12psi at idle...
• oil pressure problem on my 1983 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Tue, 22 Aug 2017 16:29:12 -0700
  Hi guys, I installed recently an oil pressure gauge in my vanagon (air-cooled 2L 1983) in a hot day (100F) , my (very annoying...
• Re: Refrigerator lighting
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:25:36 -0500
  ...Does this cancel out in the equation regarding the pressure of the gas? In other words, the pressure is lower to achieve 11" of...
• Oil pressure data...need interpretation
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:27:54 -0600
  Hi all, Finally got around to installing an oil pressure gauge, as I was having the oil pressure light/buzzer symptom. I am running...
• Re: FP Regulator Life Expectancy?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:31:13 -0800
  Max, You got the VDO sending unit grounded to the block, right? The pressure should be 29psi, steady and 36psi when you disconnect the...
• Re: Another Stupid Tire Thread..was Re: 15" Wheel/Tire Report -
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:01:56 +0000
  ...Drop the pressure, drop the >load > >handling capacity. The 215s at 40 psi would be at 80% pressure, which >means > >you couldn't expect...
• Re: Oil pressure light and buzzer
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 30 Jul 2017 09:54:38 -0600
  On 30 Jul , 2017, at 9:39 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > The oil pressure relief valve begins to relive excess pressure somewhere around 45...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 17 Nov 2016 21:02:10 -0700
  ...However if you quoted the figures correctly, you have low > vacuum (high manifold absolute pressure) at idle. According to > Bentley p. 24.55, at...
• Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:03:18 -0400
  ...This may equate to "too high" > pressure, but is suspect, not necessarily so. > > Karl Wolz This is the flip-side to the oil pressure...
• Re: Coolant pressure test... video.
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:02:02 -0500
  ...I'm perplex about those test, i can't inject air into the cylinder (lost of pressure on the coolant pressure test #1) but...
• Re: Oil pressure warning buzzer on 1986L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 20:47:57 -0400
  probably wrong hi-pressure sensor installed, (one near the oil pump). Should be .9 bar. Both VW microfiche and most after-market parts books...
• Re: Fuel pressure fluctuating...
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Fri, 10 Nov 2000 20:24:17 -0500
  Bren The bently says to monitor the pressure with engine off for I think ten mineuts to check for injectors leaking. Also as I...
• More 2.1L coolant sys woes (long)
  Historical mailing list - Barry Muller
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:13:16 -0500
  ...The line from the pressure tank to the overlow is blocked. Negative. Taking the line off at the pressure tank I can blow through...
• Fuel pressure anomaly
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:23:54 -0700
  ...Saw the pressure gauge dropping fast. That's not right, it should hold pressure. I started engine again and turned it off, pressure held...
• Re: AC Service Prior to Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 13 May 2005 13:18:26 -0700
  ...AC Service Prior to Pressure > <<The high pressure line goes from the front (in relationship to the > van) of the compressor toward the front...
• Re: Does a worn pressure relief valve cause Oil pressure buzzer?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 09:19:16 -0700
  ...Since it is the main and rod bearings that affect oil pressure the most, as they wear you start to see the pressure drop...
• Re: Syncro tire pressure
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 2020 16:11:45 +0000
  ...Syncro tire pressure Isn’t tire pressure based on weight distribution? Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 23, 2020, at 2:54 PM, Dan...
• Re: Coolant with Zero Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Peter Krogh
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 12:47:26 EDT
  ...Now I've plugged the rad leak enough that it won't leak at all with the zero pressure cap but I'm not...
• Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 10:44:33 EST
  ...The ordinary pressure regulator just reduces pressure in outlet according to how it is adjusted. BPV splits pressure in such way as the front...
• tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 21 Jan 2018 12:59:14 -0800
  hi all, I have a question regarding a specific tire pressure... this is for 1991 Doka Syncro 16 Tdi - on the label at the...
• Air conditioning - 1988 GL 2.1 WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 Jun 2016 12:17:21 -0500
  Where is the high pressure service port on this rig? The low pressure service port was obvious with a blue cap as the result...
• Re: Brake Booster - 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:16:27 -0600
  On 19 Sep , 2014, at 12:18 PM, Neil N wrote: > larger than > OEM brake booster potentially add more hydraulic pressure to the > braking...
• fuel pressure tester
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:43:19 -0600
  As far as the fuel pressure tester, the hose does not thread into the test "T", it fits over it. For short tests, a...
• Re: Last question of the night
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 00:49:35 -0500
  At 12:24 AM 2/17/2002, Walter Evens wrote: >Fuel pressure at the pump is 80 psi and about the same from the...
• Re: Tire Pressures
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Sun, 8 Aug 1999 12:10:07 EDT
  Never exceed the maximum pressure listed on the sidewall of the tire. I would keep all 4 at 40 psi, for maximum load carrying...
• Re: specific tire pressure question...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Szpejankowski
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 16:44:10 -0400
  ...I generally don't run higher pressures in the rear unless I'm carrying lots of weight back there. Door sticker pressures seem to...
• RE: EFI - Caution - dangerous fuel pressure
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 14:53:06 -0800
  Greg Griswold wrote: > >As an ex-jeep racer, I am familiar with fuel pressure gauges, and would like >to offer a word of caution...
• Re: Tire Pressure - Hankook RA08 185R14C
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:07:07 -0400
  To really set proper inflation pressures you really need to know the weight and have the tire load inflation chart for the tires/size...
• Re: Cold start oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 11 May 2021 22:11:02 -0700
  ...I mean the problem of having an oil pressure sender on a tube. I’m not being coy, I mean it. Purely mechanical oil...
• Re: specific tire pressure question...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 2 Jul 2015 17:34:06 -0400
  It seems to me that if the front tire pressure is less than the rear, a cross wind will push the front to the...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 18 Nov 2016 06:50:55 -0500
  ...I'm not experienced with high-altitude operation, but I wouldn't expect vacuum readings/manifold pressure to be greatly affected relative to ambient...
• Re: Gas Pressure Gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 12:46:08 -0800 (PST)
  Vahid Lajevardi writes: > > I would like to get a pressure gauge to measure the gas pressure after > the fuel pump and before the pressure...
• Re: 89 Wolfs/Newbie ?? Oil pressure prob
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 20:40:13 +0100
  ...Bad oil pressure switch(es) - try replacing. >3. Actual low oil pressure - replace engine. We'll maybe something less >drastic, a rebuild. :-) That's...
• Re: Power Steering Pump - high pressure line
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Sep 2006 00:07:40 -0400
  ...Power Steering Pump - high pressure line Looks like I am gong to have to replace the high pressure line that comes off the power...
• Re: Cheap TPMS ( tire pressure monitor) quick review
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 14 Feb 2020 15:45:35 -0400
  ...Other than the curiosity of watching your tyre pressure and temp in real time … what are the *real* benefits over checking the tyre pressure...
• Re: Tires, Load Range and Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 20 May 2001 05:02:37 EDT
  In a message dated 5/20/01 4:43:24 AM, hotlava@interpac.net writes: << on a syncro shouldn't the tire pressure front...
• Re: Ethnicity of Oil Pressure Switch
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 15:41:12 -0400
  There's a common misconception that "more/higher" oil flow/pressure is good, and that very low oil pressure is a precursor to a...
• Re: low pressure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 00:19:30 -0400
  ...A bad lifter will not cause a pressure problem unless it is noisy. The oil that flows through the lifters goes through the pushrods...
• no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Hecht
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 14:37:58 -0500
  I've just finished putting a new engine in our '80 Camper, and I'm cranking it to build oil pressure before the first...
• coolant pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 03:16:32 -0800
  ...Of course, coolant pressure isn't a simple function because when the motor's cold there's no pressure either, and I guess it...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Tue, 7 Aug 2001 00:33:12 -0700
  ...For a side note don't use a pressure cooker it gives an additional 15 pounds of pressure so you'll be about 250...
• Re: impending winter maintenance (Syncro tire pressure)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 11 Sep 1998 12:40:40 CDT
  ...check the TIRES for the proper pressures. not all 185/70R14 tires have the same Max Pressure or the same weight carrying capacity.
• Fuel Pressure Too High?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Doss
  Tue, 8 May 2001 16:56:46 EDT
  Having just put a new fuel pump and filter in my bus, I decided to have my local mechanic check the fuel pressure for...
• Oil pressure sender .15 / .25 (Warning week)
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 23:18:53 -0500
  Hi again, second bus in 3 weeks with a low pressure sender failure... http://www.benplace.com/oil_pressure_sender_overview_location2.htm Very...
• pressure-relief doohickey
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 May 1996 11:56:34 +0100
  So Steve Maher said: >Do newer beetles have such a pressure-relief doohickey? >In what year did the pressure-relief start, for buses and...
• Re: Testing fuel delivery results, one oddity
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 11:31:16 -0700
  ...750mL PASS > What this done while you were measuring fuel pressure? The pump must be working against normal fuel pressure conditions when its output...
• Re: AC pressures
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 12:09:44 -0400
  With R134a the pressures will vary a lot with temperature of course but I would be looking for something in the range 220-250...
• Re: Battery and oil pressure lights acting wierd
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 9 May 2005 16:37:15 -0400
  I have been seeing this recently several times on the list.Oil pressure loss may be from increased outside air tempatures this spring. Oil...
• Oil pressure woes
  Historical mailing list - radish150
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 11:19:21 -0800
  > that kinda sucks, > since the oil pressure isn't where I want it when the oil is hot. Of > course, as stated before, the...
• Re: tire pressure?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jul 1994 11:32:54 -0700
  ...The key to this is to buy tires with a 50 psi pressure rating. If you have gotten lower pressure tires you should not...
• # Importance of pressure and temp monitoring (long)
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 06:07:05 -0700
  ...The A/C pressure relief blew because my A/C serviceman hacked a replacement pressure switch which somehow didn't protect the A/C...
• re:Correct tire pressure
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 15:14:00 -0500
  ...This shape is dependant on tire pressure and load, or axle weight. IE: The pressure varies for a given load. And further to this...
• Re: cleaning pop tops - car wash place
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0400
  step 1 for me is use a pressure washer to clean first. (just be careful of the decals...they may get blasted off) You...
• Re: Oil pressure reading off base?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:44:01 -0400
  > My mechanic has told me that I need to replace/rebuild my '91 > engine with 130k miles soon because the oil pressure is > running...
• Re: Whiff of propane
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:10:51 -0700
  ...Residual pressure in propane line Mike, did you bleed off the residual propane in the lines (like to the stove) AFTER closing the main...
• Re: how engine oil degrades (was: sysnthetic oils)
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Thu, 02 Jan 1997 21:18:31 -0700
  ...I can understand too low >pressure, but why would they want to warn the driver if the oil pressure is too >high? I never...