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• Re: Now what? Engine idles then revs up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 06:46:39 -0500
  ...Now what? Engine idles then revs up Learned Brethren, When we first started the "new" engine upon installation, there was no cat or muffler...
• Now what? Engine idles then revs up
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:29:05 -0500
  ...o)) But what is unusual is as the thermostat opens the engine revs slightly increase - then drop to idle - then rev a little higher...
• Re: Revs per mile , was: 15" VS. 16' WHEELS
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:41:15 -0600
  ...ve extrapolated that my revs per mile for my current tire dia. are too few, so I'm changing engines. It's a little...
• Re: # tachometer ideas
  Historical mailing list - Myron Lind
  Wed, 26 Dec 2001 08:57:23 -0800
  ...Now, pick an engine speed, gear ratio, your final drive ratio, and your tire revs per mile. Now take engine rpm/final drive/gear...
• Re: Speed vs rpms w/ AT?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:14:25 -0800
  tires of 815 rev/mile (stock 14" tire) 1 x 4.09 x 815 axle revs/mile = 3333 engine revs/mile 60 mph = 1...
• Re: Now what? Engine idles then revs up
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 18:10:55 -0600
  ...o)) > > But what is unusual is as the thermostat opens the engine revs > slightly increase - then drop to idle - then rev a little higher...
• Re: 84 Westy stumbles off idle
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Wed, 5 May 2010 11:24:58 -0400
  ...the engine revs nicely -- > but if I trounce the pedal too abruptly the engine stumbles... >
• Speedometer/Odometer Calculation
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 10:09:32 -0400
  ...However, from the Tire Rack website, the same size tires are listed as 816 revs per mile. The speedometer is marked as being calibrated...
• Loss of power at low revs
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:18:06 -0500
  Hi All, My van is exhibiting a very strage power loss at low revs. The throttle is completely unresponsive. For instance if I pull...
• Re: Speed vs rpms w/ AT?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:25:50 -0800
  ...axle revs/mile = 3333 engine revs/mile > > 60 mph = 1 mile/min > > 3333 engine revs/mile X 1 mile/minute = 3333 engine revs/minute...
• Re: 91 autotranny with hesitations
  Historical mailing list - Timothy Lee Harrison
  Mon, 20 Aug 2001 12:26:23 +0100
  ...You step on the pedal and the engine takes a >while to speed up to revs, or you step on the pedal, the revs...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:28:27 -0700
  ...engine rpm x 60min divided by (.85 x 4.57) = axle revs per hour ....( in .85 4th gear for DK with 4.57 r...
• Re: Lags at low revs + BAD mileage
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:14:52 -0500
  It is a 86 syncro with a stock 2.1L engine. I'm not 100% sure if it does it cold (ie: right after...
• Re: Loss of power at low revs
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:30:32 -0500
  ...For instance if I pull away from > a stoplight the rev's just hover somewhere around 800 but then the > engine "kicks in" and...
• Re: New Problem -engine dies when warm
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Sun, 2 May 2004 17:27:59 -0600
  ...Came out afterwards and engine cooled to warm temp (needle full right) Starts up fine on second attempt (normal for this engine) and I...
• spark, stumble, and misses...
  Historical mailing list - Jose Antonio Madriz
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 09:27:15 -0400 (EDT)
  ...the engine dies, whereas if i take the wire plugs from 2 or 4 (or both), the engine doesn't change revs at all...
• Re: Recommended Breakin method for new engine
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 20 May 1999 23:48:57 -0700
  At 06:24 AM 5/19/99 -0400, you wrote: >Vary the revs and load on the motor while keeping both at less than...
• 84 camper engine cuts with aircon
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bolton
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:18:20 +1030
  ...this put a load on the engine (usually drops a few hundred revs with it running). The engine spluttered and backfired a bit then...
• Re: Lags at low revs + BAD mileage
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:01:51 -0500
  ...Chris On 1/24/07, Christopher Gronski <gronski@gmail.com> wrote: > It is a 86 syncro with a stock 2.1L engine. I'm...
• Re: What I Found About Tire Height Calculations
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 31 Jan 2001 03:46:14 EST
  ...These gave a revs/mile number of 755. This compares to the stock reinforced 185R14 r/m rating of 836. This reduces the engine...
• Battery and oil pressure lights acting wierd
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Mon, 9 May 2005 15:31:46 -0400
  ...My battery light will come on while I am driving along, but will shut off again depending on engine revs. The odd thing is...
• Friday Humor: Formula 1 Music
  Historical mailing list - DaBomb
  Fri, 17 Jan 2003 10:46:34 -0800
  ...imagine a massed NASCAR choir performing "The > Star Spangled Banner"! Being eight-cylinder engines, the > frequency per second would be 60/(4 x revs...
• Re: transmission for I4 conversion--will a DK fit?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 01:29:04 -0400
  ...The revs won't hurt my engine, and in fact as it spins up above 4500 rpm it gets very smooth, but there is...
• Re: New Problem -engine dies when warm
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Sun, 2 May 2004 19:38:10 -0400
  ...Came out afterwards and engine cooled to warm temp (needle full > right) Starts up fine on second attempt (normal for this engine) and I...
• Re: Aux Air Valve becoming available as reman
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:25:22 -0700
  ...When the aux air regulator closes it's as if you lifted your foot from the gas pedal, reducing engine revs. Tom Young
• 1987 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:25:02 EST
  ...Got to side of road and engine not take revs then all cleared up- clogged fuel filter? Help? Sid Vicious
• shudududer at take-off, too much oil
  Historical mailing list - Frank Loi
  Mon, 15 May 2000 10:38:40 +1000
  ...Sometimes at take-off, reverse and forward, at low revs I get shuddered, if I increase revs it doesn't happen. I thought it...
• 14in vs 15in wheels/tires
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 09:31:40 -0400
  ...What are the advantages and disadvantages of doing this? What is the effect on top-speed, engine revs and on the accuracy of the...
• RE Fuel Injection problem found
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Wed, 3 Jul 1996 11:14:00 -0400
  ...I assumed this was just engine momentum from the high revs. now I believe that it was still getting some power from the lean...
• Re: 85 Vangon revs drops, revs drops, revs drops, and then dies after a few minutes of this cycle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:06:13 -0500
  ...Nobody checks >it - they just drive until the engine sputters and quits - then they >"holler for the calf rope!" If the closed-throttle switch...
• Re: Recommended Breakin method for new engine
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 19 May 1999 06:24:52 -0400
  Vary the revs and load on the motor while keeping both at less than 70% of maximum. NO Jack-rabbit starts, high revs, low...
• Re: For Aircooled crowd only...Revs to MPH + crusing spd
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:27:56 -0800
  ...I rely on the sound (pitch) of engine. (Especially since repairing my odometer and it now reads 10-15 km too fast!) In general...
• Re: Battery and oil pressure lights acting wierd
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 9 May 2005 13:59:20 -0600
  ...off again depending on engine revs. The odd thing is that the light > will come on at high revs, which I'd assume would...
• Transmission repair options
  Historical mailing list - Susmay
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:14:55 -0700
  ...Engine revs like crazy, clutch in and it goes back into gear and runs again. Mechanic tightened the linkage between stick and transmission but...
• Re: 91 autotranny with hesitations
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 13:21:46 -0700
  ...You step on the pedal and the engine takes a while to speed up to revs, or you step on the pedal, the revs...
• Alpine Developments, V6anagony
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Apr 96 09:56 GMT+0200
  ...The engine revs smoothly at high revs. (I had the whole thing balanced when I built it.) Right now I think maybe it's...
• 87 Syncro Engine dying & Seattle Mech reference
  Historical mailing list - Krusinski, Kurt
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 13:09:04 -0800
  ...Last week, after running fine for a little over an hour, then engine could not maintain its revs and died out. (It died coming...
• Hello - Idiot oil light keeps coming on!
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Sat, 6 Nov 2010 17:18:41 -0400
  ...The oil light was flashing on and off and didn't go off until I revs reached 4K yesterday. Today, after MOTOR FLUSH was...
• rough running
  Historical mailing list - Pat Little
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:54:33 -0700
  ...Here's what I observe: - while driving, as the revs rise to about 2200 there is a slight roughness to the engine that seems...
• no power to tranny??
  Historical mailing list - Jay lefstein
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:12:31 -0700
  ...and then no power from the engine to the tranny in any gear engine seems fine clutch feels normal I think is sound like...
• Re: Two possibly related symptoms?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:01:16 -0700
  ...Bentley's says to squeeze the air hose when then engine is cold and idling and the revs should drop. They don't. This...
• Re: Tire trivia
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:31:23 -0800
  ...11.75" = 858 revs/mile Yoko Y370 195/7R14: 11.75" = 858 revs/mile BFG AT KO 27x8.5R14 = 12.625" = 799 revs/mile...
• Re: Toasted my engine or transmission?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 15:59:31 -0400
  ...High revs (below redline) will wear it, but they won't break it. Too-low revs, though (can't really do it with an...
• Vanagon cooling (air cooled)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 23:25:59 -0500
  ...Now I understand that higher engine revs means greater air flow but I find it hard to believe that driving an engine harder leads...
• Re: Expansion tank under pressure when cold?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 17 Feb 2016 10:01:51 -0800
  ...My mechanic revs the engine up to bring the level down, add the coolant and put on the cap presto..
• Re: [Syncro] Feedback on gearing options, TDI converted vans
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:22:51 -0500
  ...what are the > optimal operating revs for your engine - comparable to > the green area on the stock 2.1 tachs?
• More bad mileage woes
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:39:19 EDT
  ...when the engine is cold, I would give the accelerator steady pressure, the revs would go up to aroung 2000 or 2500 RPM, then...
• Re: Lags at low revs + BAD mileage
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:01:53 -0700
  ...Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:06 PM >> > Subject: [VANAGON] Lags at low revs + BAD mileage >> > >> > >> > > Volks, >> > > >> > > My van is exhibiting weird behaviour. When I...
• Re: REPOST! ECU CHIP AND ROCKERS UPGRADE!!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 23:44:23 -0400
  ...Actually more power can also equal less lugging the engine, less overreving the engine, staying at lower revs longer, less wear. Sort of a...
• Re: WBX Nightmares
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:32:46 EDT
  ...time? ...>> BUT I am using only 1/8th throttle and my engine revs are @4100 at 83mph AND I am getting 25 MPG AT...
• Re: 84 Westy stumbles off idle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 5 May 2010 11:32:44 -0400
  ...the engine is cold or warming up. > >Up until operating temp is reached one can trounce the accelerator and the >engine revs like you...
• Re: spark, stumble, and misses...
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Tue, 17 Oct 1995 10:09:22 -0600 (MDT)
  ...the engine dies, whereas if i take > the wire plugs from 2 or 4 (or both), the engine doesn't change revs > at all...
• Re: Transmission repair options
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Tue, 17 Apr 2007 08:42:39 -0700
  ...Engine revs like > crazy, clutch in and it goes back into gear and runs > again. Mechanic tightened the linkage between stick > and transmission but...
• Re: stalls when hot. won't restart
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:35:56 -0600
  ...Normal start when cold is one first attempt (two or three revs on the starter.) When warm engine usually does not start on the...
• Re: 85 Vangon revs drops, revs drops, revs drops, and then dies after a few minutes of this cycle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:57:03 -0500
  ...of a mountain and arrive at the bottom with a cold engine. >it would be nice to see if injector signal is cut off...
• Re: Speedo Calibration
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:14:14 EDT
  ...805 revs/mile. Now work backwards through the gear train to get the distance traveled of the wheel as a function of engine speed...
• Re: Vw diesel vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 15:35:00 -0500
  ...Less ideally get a used tranny from an 80-82 aircooled vanagon (too low engine revs), or keep the orig tranny ratios (too high...
• Re: idle before shut down [was wasserbox]
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 29 Aug 2000 04:18:17 PDT
  ...You water temps read higher because of lower >engine revs, slower spinning water pump, and decreased air movement over >the >radiator. So, lower coolant...
• SOMETIMES IT WILL, OTHER TIMES IT WON'T
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Apr 2023 23:16:49 -0500
  ...He just bought a van with the 1.9 L engine. Can't get but 3000 revs out of it sometimes. Other times he...
• Re: Bosch 4-pronged spark plug not for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 22 Oct 1999 10:24:04 -0300
  ...I'm running carbs( so no brains in the engine) and when I switched to 'regular' Bosch platinum plugs the idle revs went up...