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• Closed Idle Switch / Fuel Line Warning (again)
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Sat, 3 Feb 2001 21:36:36 -0800
  ...One other thing I noticed is that the open throttle switch "clicks" when you open the throttle all the way but when the throttle...
• Re: 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:08:27 -0700
  ...I replaced gaskets and rebuilt the > throttle body, chased a lot of things but the whistle was still there. > Finally after changing the throttle...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 9 May 2010 23:18:14 -0500
  ...throttle body fun On 9-May-10, at 2:01 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > > a concern I have is that a worn TB...
• Re: Adjusting throttle linkage on automatic
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:56:39 -0500
  ...If i turn the rod on the >throttle body in too far, it begins to open up the idle on the throttle >body.....I...
• Re: 87 Van Bucking (Solution...?)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 10 Feb 2000 14:26:36 -0800
  Bucking and stumbling while crusing at constant speed and light throttle pressure (light load, level ground). Most pronounced at 35-55 mph, but that...
• Throttle switch
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 23:07:31 -0600
  ...Removed the throttle housing from the intake air distributor (remove intake air hose....plus 2 screws--see Bentley p 24.47) then cleaned some...
• Re: Auto Transmission Trouble...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 21:15:26 -0400
  ...The only other things that i ran >into is my throttle position switch is toast. It always has >continuity...idle...part throttle and full...
• Re: Oxygen Sensor / Full Throttle Switch
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 14:04:35 EST
  ...I tend to > > agree with him, at full throttle the difference is negligible; and yes the > > switch is properly adjusted to the cam. > > > > Conclusion...
• Accelerator Cable Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:33:01 -0700
  Hi List, I recently noticed that the rubber boot on my accelerator cable (near throttle) is torn up in a few places. I was...
• Throttle switch adjustment Dilemma finally Figured out!!!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 29 Sep 2003 15:01:28 EDT
  I finally understood Bentley and how to adjust the throttle switch... I have been adjusting the switch opening gap from closed to open until...
• weird engine behavior, stops on downhill coasting, diagnostic help?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:00:10 -0700
  ...Lubed the throttle linkage with light spray lube. All was normal "reading" with the spark plugs. I replaced the fuel pump after the old...
• Throttle Valve Stop Screw Adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 15:38:53 -0700
  ...When idle stop screw is set correctly, should the throttle valve be blocking the EVAP (canister purge) hole in throttle body? I removed a...
• Re: Throttle Switch and Failure to Start.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:34:40 -0700
  ...My hearing ain't so good, so I used an ohm meter to check that the switch is closed in both full throttle and...
• Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:42:22 -0700
  ...I did rebuild the tb early on, rebushed, made new throttle plate, bored throat etc. The tb is tight and good. But the switch...
• Re: go to this link for pic- throttle spring adjustment question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 31 Oct 1999 18:44:41 -0500
  At 17:22 10/31/99 , Peter wrote: > While checking the throttle I noticed that the spring does not > pull the throttle all the...
• Re: Throttle Valve Stop Screw Adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 3 Jul 2012 21:50:22 -0700
  ...alistair On 2012-07-03, at 9:28 PM, neil n wrote: > Thank you Alistair. > > As it stands the hole is partially covered, throttle...
• Re: Digifant performance stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 06:43:26 -0600
  Hi Gary, If your o2 sensor voltage is running 0.0 volts at full throttle I feel you could have a problem with fuel...
• Re: Throttle Stuck Wide Open Leaving Me Stranded in Boise Idaho
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:53:36 -0500
  It sounds to me like you need a new throttle cable. But, it could be even more simple than that! With the temps being...
• Sticky Throttle Cable
  Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
  06 Jan 95 20:12:36 EST
  Does anyone know of a way to grease a throttle cable without removing it.? My cable in my 1987 Syncro is beginning to bind...
• Digifant & the Throttle Position Switch
  Historical mailing list - Brad Estergaard
  Thu, 4 Mar 2004 22:13:56 -0800
  ...it just the O2 sensor it ignores? In particular...does the Throttle position switch have any effect before the engine is warm? regards, Brad
• Re: Throttle Body swap later 2.1 off a late 1.9 into early 1.9
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:00:50 -0700
  well just a followup & take a poll does that look like 1 heck of tight body :) ? http://members.shaw.ca/trclark/throttle/1_9TightThrottleBody...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 May 2010 18:13:43 -0700
  ...Shaft was not nearly as worn as my spare throttle body which I am in process of rebuilding with delrin bushes and new butterfly...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch - Lesson Learned
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:41:38 -0400
  ...The full throttle enrichment is both for max power and to keep things cooler to avoid melting pistons and burning valves. On the 1...
• Re: throttle responce question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:49:53 -0500
  ...throttle responce question has anyone ever tried to modify or replace the stock small bore vanagon throttle body? I've been looking at the...
• Re: How long does it take your Vanagon to warm up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 May 2005 21:23:17 -0400
  ...It is related to throttle-body switch that rests (stangely enough) under the throttle body. I have adjusted mine several times but something keeps...
• Re: Throttle Body/Switches?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 07:45:28 -0400
  ...wrote: > Volks, > > Does anyone know if the old type throttle body with the two throttle > switches can be swapped for the new type with...
• Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:34:56 -0800
  ...When coming off 'no throttle' at slower speeds in traffic, it is somewhat difficult to feed in just a little throttle slowly and evenly...
• Re: Throttle switches
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:25:52 -0400
  ...They/it close at both closed throttle and WOT (Wide Open Throttle); otherwise open. >The throttle closed idle switch on mine is essentially out...
• Re: Engine Racing (not racing engine...)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:39:12 EDT
  ...Check the throttle body. The butterfly in the throttle body wears itself a groove into the throat of the body. I just posted a...
• Re: Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:19:01 -0400
  ...Lever on Throttle Body That long spring acts like an assist to the return spring around the throttle shaft. One wonders why the main...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:33:24 -0400
  ...like something in the throttle body or the > linkage...Perhap the TB is getting worn and allowing the throttle plate (is > that what you...
• Re: 86 Syncro 2.1 surging at 2K rpm no load
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 May 2012 08:17:08 -0400
  At 11:19 PM 5/23/2012, Daryl Christensen wrote: >Ok..Here is one I have never seen before..Dennis ? Mark ? >Hold throttle at...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:10:26 -0400
  At 06:35 PM 6/21/2012, neil n wrote: >foot taken off gas pedal, throttle valve switch and butterfly closes, IF >very little...
• Re: 86 Syncro 2.1 surging at 2K rpm no load
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 24 May 2012 18:16:16 -0700
  Good throttle switch did the trick. Kirk had one, so it was a quick fix once I did the electrical check of the switch...
• Re: Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 May 2010 22:00:15 -0700
  you have I4 right? accel cable to throttle body... is just connected to short arm and ball joint or do you have the plastic...
• Re: 87 Vanagon GL 3000+ RPM idle - SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:34:06 -0400
  ...The > engine > continues to operate at high RPMs even when the throttle linkage is moved > so as to cause the switch to tell the...
• Subject: Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve - Later UPDATE: problem *NOT*
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Thu, 25 May 2006 06:18:23 -0700
  My idle switch clicks closed when the throttle is completely closed. I can not adjust it to open to the Bentley specs. The switch...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch - Lesson Learned
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:40:20 -0400
  ...I've never found the full-throttle enrichment makes much difference, however.
• update:another gremlin (throttle position switch)
  Historical mailing list - matt greenwell
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 08:41:33 -0500
  ...Look at the throttle assembly and find the throttle cable > coming from the front. With the engine off, move the throttle as if you...
• Re: How do you unfreeze a throttle cable?
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 16:08:26 -0500
  ...How do you unfreeze a throttle cable? Volks, I sold my Syncro Turbo Diesel to a nice couple in Victoria. I got the van...
• Re: Throttle switches on 1.9 WBX
  Historical mailing list - Marc W. Theune
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:45:07 -0500
  ...We popped engine hatches to check stuff out here and there, of >course. > >Anyway, this 1.9 didn't have throttle switches. Now, I...
• Re: Hissing sound at throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:02:15 -0400
  My 1.9 (in my '85) has a tiny vacuum takeoff on the forward (as in front of the van) side of the throttle...
• Re: Throttle body question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:51:21 -0700
  ...little vacuum port on the throttle body - I believe the orifice is covered by the throttle plate when throttle closed - am I right? >> >> I...
• Re: Throttle position switch location
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:50:20 -0500
  ...in the Bentley book shows the location and adjustment of the >Throttle position switch? David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon...
• Re: High idle
  Historical mailing list - CanineWolf
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 01:24:25 EST
  ...The 2000 idel seems to slow down once the van is warmed up but besides that check out where the throttle runs into the...
• Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:49:30 -0800
  I did something stupid that broke my throttle cable. With the rpm's at 2000 at a stop light I used my toe to...
• where to get a full throttle switch?
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:55:57 -0500
  Well the wise people on the list have convinced me I need a full throttle switch so my engine doesn't burn up and...
• FS: Rubber boot betwen AFM and Throttle body 88 GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:35:28 EDT
  I am selling my rubber boot off my 1988 Wolfsburg GL, that goes between the AFM and throttle body. It is still soft and...
• Re: ECU and Throttle Question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 06:24:05 -0400
  I would agree up until you activate the full throttle position switch. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• Re: Throttle Switch Thrombosis
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 24 Nov 1995 15:26:37 CST6CDT
  ...also cleaned carbon out of the throttle body and re-set the basic throttle valve position. it is actually an easy job to get...
• Re: Throttle Switch Wear Was: Re: Throttle switch confusion
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 14:43:51 -0700
  I can vouch for the GW switch. Never adjust again. Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Jul 4, 2015, at 2:34...
• I was wrong -- how the AFM *really* responds...
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 18:07:23 -0500
  ...to abrupt changes in throttle. This was done on an unloaded engine, not on the road. The real surprise to me was how rapidly...
• Re: Full Throttle AC Cutout?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 29 May 2007 21:18:36 -0400
  ...It would seem that you could use the full throttle position switch hooked to a relay that's set up where contact is normally...
• Re: Digifane without Throttle Position switch???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:26:07 -0700
  ...and it says on the instruction sheet ..."like the OEM swtich, the vac sw circuit closes the TB switch circuit when throttle is fully...
• Re: Idle at 1900 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 09:14:52 -0500
  ...You should be able to move you throttle to full throttle and hear a small click (engine not running). Then allow the throttle to...
• Re: Second Request for Help - Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 15:13:44 -0500
  ...FI supply wire maybe? >The plug I'm referring to is the one that plugs into the throttle valve >switch connector which is mounted...
• Re: Butterfly in Throttle Valve Housing Part# 022 133 141B
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:48:26 -0700
  ...if it's like the hole 1.9 waterboxers have in their throttle plate, it's more like 2.5 or 3 mm. looks...
• Re: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:59:41 -0400
  At 04:26 PM 9/13/2007, Todd Last wrote... >Does it matter if the throttle is held wide open or left closed? >I...
• Re: Throttle valve switch, checking/adjusting Idle / WOT microswitch adjusment technique,
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:40:30 -0700
  ...Locate the microswitch disconnect plug, my 91it is just in front of the throttle body, it has only two wires. 3. Connect a Volt...
• Re: Plugs & Compression testing
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 18:09:32 +0200
  Hi Bob & all >You can prop the throttle open if you wish. Drawing fuel thru the carb isn't >a problem when all of...