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• Re: borescopes anyone was Re: dumb dumb blue paper shop towel in crankcase ..duh
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:26:38 -0400
  ...ya think the oil pump would choke > > > or does the oil splash around on the bottom of > the crankcase & maybe get > > > chewed up > > > and...
• Re: water pump
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Aug 94 13:06:21 EDT
  ...A few spacer washers took care of the problem, but what a pain in the ass to hear coolant splashing on the garage floor...
• Re: SUBIE VAN ENGINE FIRE...LISTER NEEDS HELP in PA
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:44:12 -0400
  ...Turns out the fire was > caused by oil splashed around the engine compartment from a hole through > the > top of the case; the engine...
• Re: Still running poor when cold...
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Hannink
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 15:31:05 -0700
  ...is there another culprit that > might be to blame, or > should I begin by checking wires? Some coolant may > have splashed on the > connector...
• Re: Spray or paste to help clean, and keep clean, electrical connections?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:11:51 -0700
  ...init:.jpg > > > > Looks like it's designed to take a little splash of water once in a > > while, but since it supplies power to...
• Re: Windage Tray 2000cc Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 06:57:28 -0500
  ...Assuming that they would be splashing oil into the cylinders. I have considered securing a windage tray to install in my 2000 cc type...
• Exhaustive Research
  Historical mailing list - Tromper
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:38:26 -0700
  ...The other stuff is doubtless incredibly cool and neat and stuff, but this has held up to gritty mountain roads, splashing through a few...
• aerator/hose for Westfalia faucet
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:52:30 -0400
  ...I'll have the same flow, but without all the splash. I see two slight obstacles- the faucet end is kind of square, right...
• Homemade aerator for Westfalia faucet
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:50:35 -0400
  ...I'll have the same flow, but without all the splash. I see two slight obstacles- the faucet end is kind of square, right...
• good FI books?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 13:57:40 PST
  ...After a few minutes of splashing around, I headed home, and my poor little van stumbled to a halt. The engine wouldn't die...
• Re: major fuel leak
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:12:04 -0500
  ...But, just as the pump shut off, I heard splashing under the van. Looked underneath, and a significant amount of gasoline was spilling out...
• Re: Sure love my Shurflo faucet
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:11:53 -0700
  ...If you try to use it directly, it splashes all over the > place and drains the tank too fast. I took to keeping a...
• Re: Start-Solenoid-fix
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 1 May 2003 11:11:50 -0400
  ...them up on the fender, not down where they're subject to road splash. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si
• Re: Random thought
  Historical mailing list - Deepak Kumar
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 17:44:21 PST
  ..You could always splash out CDN$60,000 and get a nice new vw camper with a V6 mota , an apparently thrifty auto ( the...
• Re: Need AFM adapter so different aircleaner or cold air intake can be used
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:03:13 -0800
  ...a cone filter will not protect you from a good water splash and it will get dirtier faster with all the road crap being...
• Re: 1.9 low power problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:04:27 -0500
  ...Also, am I supposed to have and splash guards around the engine? Seems to be hole to mount some on both side in the...
• Re: swing away tire carrier
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 17:39:37 -0700
  ...there's quite a lot of splash down there during rains, and > unless the drilling was sealed up really well it might rust faster...
• Re: Bi-Tron oil products
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Wed, 24 Mar 1999 11:24:05 -0800
  ...a special grease which should not easily be >washed away by splashing water. Unfortunately even with this special grease >(I forgot the mane of...
• Re: Runaway Dieselbox!
  Historical mailing list - Holm
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 12:59:50 -0500
  ...It has a plastic splashguard under the valve cover, too. I'm >at a loss though, and so is my buddy who runs a...
• Re: Syncros ROCK!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:31:19 -0900
  ...But again the syncro handled > them no > problem splashing through DEEP water like it was nothing. > > Though part of me is reluctant to use...
• Re: Rust proofing-Yes or No (long?)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 19:16:37 -0400
  ...Pontiac loves to show its cars flying down the shoreline, splashing in the waves like a teenager. Unfortunately, zipping through puddles, streams and (in...
• Re: How much oil to use in a Vanagon TDI application?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 20:49:54 -0700
  ...level of the oil sump before the onset > of heavy crank splash and oil aeration. Actually, I've been known to siphon > out 200...
• Re: AA Transaxle? German Transaxle? also Limited slip options?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 6 Nov 2015 07:44:01 -0800
  ...Even with some concrete splash > blocks in the rear, it was dicey and many times I had to put > on chains. I had various...
• Re: Drop in gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:04:56 -0600
  ...I am still deciding how to put a splash plate of some kind in there to stop that in the future. ���������������������������������������� jimt Planned insanity...
• Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:10:29 -0700
  ...The only PITA is having to remove the splash guards every time the valves are checked. As for 33 valve adjustments in 100k miles...
• High Sierra Music Festival etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:23:08 +0000
  ...and as I trundled by, the shocked owner begged for a splash of oil. I flet for him dearly, but I only had one...
• Re: bears burgling for food?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 10:40:52 -0700
  -snip- > It was my hail of rocks that caused him to drop the box and run splashing into > the lake with nothing but a...
• Re: Bluestar project progress
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 1 May 2013 20:45:08 -0400
  ...The missing engine splash shields are not that important, like you figured they were intended to keep dirt and splash out of the engine...
• Re: Urgent: NEED HELP, Weird Van Thing
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:12:19 -0400
  ...melted (insulation > burned through) and water from the rain is getting splashed up on that > place on the wire ... that shorts out the signal...
• Re: BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO - LT195/75R14/D tires - first impressions
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 8 Jan 2013 10:13:43 -0600
  ...coming in I bolted them onto my buddy's 2wd Ford splash , freezing rain to 18" of snow overnight. We went pheasant hunting the...
• Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan--Radiator/Coolant Hell
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:31:03 -0700
  ...If theres anymore air in > the hoses Ill sh*t a brick. > > I am going nuts and after getting coolant splashed in > my eyes...
• Re: Water in the exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 May 1999 06:54:52 -0400
  ...At times it comes splashing out of the tailpipe. At first I >thought, "Oh it's just water, a natural part of the combustion...
• Fuel Lines...my turn! And a replacement question.
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Tue, 24 May 2005 13:45:56 -0600
  I first smelled gasoline about 4 days ago, but I had just filled up and got a little splash out the filler neck, so...
• Re: Coolant level changes day to day
  Historical mailing list - jaime forero
  Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:09:17 -0600
  ...the > max and about half way up the cap > with a splash of coolant on the ground where i guess it bypassed > the water...
• Re: Westy Sink faucet mods
  Historical mailing list - Steven Cu
  Tue, 25 May 1999 06:21:48 -0700
  ...It splashes > > everywhere when using the sink. > > > > 2. The faucet valve (round, notched) is impossible to use if you have > > soapy/wet hands, since...
• Oil pressure and filter from dealer
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 17 Aug 1994 14:15:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...So I change my oil and filter, (the synthetic when poured down the plastic funnel would sometimes make little splash drops that would spiral...
• Re: 1.9l 85gl water pump weep hole
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:31:35 -0700
  ...Three years ago my 84 >> started leaking from above the splash plates just weeks before a >> long-planned 2000 mile trip. I ended up...
• Re: stuck acc cable
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Tue, 5 Dec 2006 12:23:32 -0500
  ...Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:42:35 -0500 > >Hey Jason, >Yes, it's probably water splashing or dripping into the tube, then >freezing. >One...
• HELP!! Stalling, rain, leaking gas tank...
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 19:40:07 -0500
  ...I figured that water had gotten splashed up onto the tank and into it and was causing my problem. Does this sound like what...
• Re: I'm back and loving it...but smell gas in the front...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 30 Jul 2013 17:24:11 -0700
  ...Like under normal circumstances, while driving around with a full or near full tank, does fuel splash up onto the bottom of the seals...
• A new thing to worry about
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Tue, 26 Sep 2000 18:47:43 -0400
  ...Luckily I had opened the window, so I heard the splash on the driveway under the engine. Then I smelled the gas. Everyone out...
• Re: best way to install a killer switch
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 31 May 2017 18:52:51 -0300
  ...Bear-Trap-Sign/dp/B00ITVJMGU. >> If you want even more effect, splash some ketchup on the tarp. I doubt >> you'll have any further...
• More Digifant Troubleshooting ...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Wed, 20 May 2009 22:14:32 -0300
  ...feel it is closer to correct, in fact I get a few splashy exhaust notes, so I'm happy on that point too. D
• Re: snow chains
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 12 Nov 2000 04:54:12 EST
  ...on the side of the road installing chains while Syncro drivers and other 4-wheel drive vehicles are just splashing by. = ( BenT San Francisco
• Re: fuel system problems?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 May 2003 19:41:36 -0400
  ...I recommend upgrading it to a later 3 wire sensor and adding the splash shield as used on the 2.1L Vanagons. The part...
• Re: COFFee Re: cleaning coffee out of seats....ideas??
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:34:41 -0800
  ...You may get splashed with water. Enjoy. Zoltan ----- Original Message ----- From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: How To Test Idle Stabilizer?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:10:13 -0500
  ...The splash will end up somewhere in the area with one end pointing toward the offender, and if you're really lucky there may...
• Re: Anybody use one of these?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:24:06 -0700
  ...wall between the interior of the van & > the privy to avoid splashing the inside of the van, which is what gives > you privacy in...
• Water in gas
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:34:55 -0800
  ...Now, if you stay in salted roads area, you can have the rusting out of the top somewhere and the splashed up snow and...
• Re: CARB Certification
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 12:58:43 -0800
  ...Matthews Band live or win a signed guitar http://r.lycos.com/r/bmgfly_mail_dmb/http://win.ipromotions.com/lycos_020201/splash.asp
• Re: Westy fridge fan on, but fridge is off (I think)
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:49:11 -0700
  ...Cutting a hole on the floor behind the fridge and install a baffle so water from wet road does not splash into the cabin...
• Newb Gets Hosed -- Coolant Pipes Retrofit
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sat, 13 Jun 2020 04:02:26 -0400
  ...by opening and draining the system. ...How many times can coolant splash me in the face long after the flow in that pipe has...
• Re: coolant IS a poison
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:27:57 -0700
  ...the peak of your favorite pristine local > mountain, and then just splash it over the rocks up there. > > I mean, it would be gone...
• Re: fuel filter and gas tank questions
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 25 Nov 2005 16:09:28 -0500
  ...and all.Just dumped them in the filler.I heard the splash and down they went to the bottom.I guess I have repeated...
• wet spastic oxygen sensor
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 21:11:44 -0500
  ...The half circle splash guard was installed on this sensor also. David and several others have had problems stumbling in the rain, and David...
• Re: Homemade aerator for Westfalia faucet
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:42:16 -0600
  ...I'll have the same flow, but > without all the splash. > > I see two slight obstacles- the faucet end is kind of square, right...
• Re: Air Conditioning Work?...Salt Lake
  Historical mailing list - A. Hurley
  Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:35:37 -0400
  ...Might have to reconsider and just splash water like I did the last time, and leave the big black furry beast behind! On Fri...
• Re: Bluestar project progress-Crankcase vent heater.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 May 2013 20:47:28 -0400
  ...The missing engine splash shields are not that important, like you figured they were intended to keep dirt and splash out of the engine...
• Re: help needed can not drive van...oil seals for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:09:31 -0500
  ...then splash a ton of oil started spilling out from behind the pulley ( worse amount yet ) I am confident the i put the seal...
• Re: Cleaning Engine Bay
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:42:54 -0800
  ...Use a brush to loosen up the crap? Its not one of those splash it on then use a hose to hose it off...