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• how 2 block fuel lines ?
  Website contribution - Michael W. Barbine
  2026-10-12T17:22:55.395Z
  Reviving a topic from the mailing list archive: https://gerry.ja1.io/archives/ind9602/20068/
• 1987 Westy Fuel Line hoses inside diameters
  Historical mailing list - Arkady Mirvis
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 13:08:40 +0100
  I am planning to replace all 19887 Westy fuel system hoses. Can anyone inform me about exact inside diameters of hoses: 1. Fuel tank...
• Correction: Buzzing Fuel Pump After Fuel Filter Change
  Historical mailing list - Josh Greenberg
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:40:21 -0700
  The buzz is coming from the FUEL PUMP and not the FUEL FILTER as written in message text below. Sorry. > Folks, > > Last week I...
• Re: fuel pump relief valve?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT O UELTZEN
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:20:37 -0700
  Isn't the fuel pressure regulator doing what you expect the fuel pump relief valve to do? That is, when the fuel pressure exceeds...
• Speaking of fuel lines.....
  Historical mailing list - Myers, Thomas A
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 09:15:29 -0400
  Started the mandatory fuel line replacement this weekend and I had a few questions for the list. I have lots of notes about the...
• Re: Vanagon burned to the ground-fuel pressure gauge?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 14:18:34 -0500
  A high speed drop on the fuel guage warned me of a fuel discharge problem. I could visible see the fule needle falling. I...
• Gas Fuel lines and diesel fuel
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Tue, 23 May 2000 18:01:27 -0700
  Hi- Does anyone know if diesel fuel (and diesel fuel with added alcohol) will be ok running thru the gasoline fuel tubing on the...
• Fuel Line Size
  Historical mailing list - Dominic Provini Jr.
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:00:10 -0500
  Good afternoon, I am planning on removing the square pre filter before the fuel pump on my 85 Westy, and installing the round canister...
• Re: Fuel Injection Pressure Regulator on '81 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 07:52:32 -0800
  ...Van will start, > run for few minutes, then stall, and fuel pressure and fuel pump continue > to cycle fuel. My good '81 Pressure Regulator...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Multivan rebuilt motor hiccoughs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:22:43 -0500
  Have you check the fuel pump Fuel filter- clogged Fuel pressure- is there enough pressure Is the vacuume line for the regulator OK Fuel...
• Hard plastic fuel line between fuel pump and firewall connector
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 18 Dec 2010 13:10:33 -0500
  I am in process of replacing fuel lines. The last time I did this (September 2003) I worked around the hard plastic fuel line...
• Re: Fuel Line leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 20:17:26 -0600
  > PO (original new owner) told me the fuel lines were replaced under a recall. > Any idea what year(s) this may have been done...
• Re: Speaking of fuel lines.....
  Historical mailing list - Jaime Forero
  Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:36:50 -0500
  I had the solid plastic fuel lines replaced with copper lines some time ago after the hose slipped off the plastic line in cold...
• Fuel Filter and Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 13:15:18 -0400
  does the fuel filter mount between the fuel tank and the electric pump or does it mount after the fuel pump???? [text/html]
• Re: Vanagon burned to the ground-fuel pressure gauge?
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 23:11:59 -0400
  It might be easier to get a fuseable link and install it in the engine compartment, running the power line for the fuel pump...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT O UELTZEN
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:10:26 -0800
  The problem with sticking the hose in the temporary fuel tank or beaker of gas is that the fuel pressure regulator is returning unused...
• Re: Fuel Line size question, Hose Size
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:01:35 -0500
  ...fuel vapor recovery hose (braided jacket) 7.0mm N 20 281 1 Black Smooth Fuel Hose 7x3, 7mm ID, 13mm OD, fuel injection fuel...
• Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 09:21:06 PST
  I relocated the fuel filter on my 87 syncro to a much more accessible location in the engine compartment. The original location was above...
• Re: location of fuel filter 85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Tue, 2 Jun 1998 19:48:21 -0600
  > > On my 85 Westy, the fuel filter is visable from under the van. There is > >only about 20 inches of fuel line between the...
• Buzzing Fuel Pump After Fuel Filter Change
  Historical mailing list - Josh Greenberg
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:37:42 -0700
  Folks, Last week I installed a new fuel filter because it had been a while. I also installed a new air filter, distributor cap...
• Useful Fuel Load
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 07:51:06 -0500
  ...There is a total fuel, and usable fuel. And residual fuel, ie, fuel in the airplanes systems, which cannot be burned, but affects the...
• Re: My '84 1.9L has two fuel filters!
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 08:51:16 -0500
  All fuel injected Vanagons,ie all of them gas and diesel, have two fuel lines. One is the feed line that goes to the...
• Re: Fuel Pump to Canister Filter Fuel Hose Size?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:44:58 -0400
  Re, Fuel hose need... >> http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/fuel-hose/fuel-hose-7mm-reinforced-fi-per-meter-n202811 << Excellent! Thank you...
• Re: Fuel Filter and Fuel Pump
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 12:23:27 -0800
  does the fuel filter mount between the fuel tank and the electric pump or does it mount after the fuel pump???? Yes. And no...
• Re: bucking and dying - check fuel pump!
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 8 Apr 2006 17:24:23 -0400
  ...Check your fuel pump and/or fuel filter(s). If you don't have a fuel system pressure gauge, try swapping your fuel pump...
• Re: EV Had to be towed.....
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 03 May 1997 18:05:02 -0400 (EDT)
  Here's my guess.....bad fuel pump relay...blown fuel pump fuse.....bad fuel pump.....badly clogged fuel filter.....fuse to digifant control unit...
• Re: Fuel Line leaks?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 08:00:55 -0500
  ...358000 > Summary: > THE FUEL HOSE ATTACHED TO THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION RAIL ON >THE ENGINE MAY SHRINK BEYOND THE CLAMP FORCE OF THE FUEL HOSE...
• Fuel Injection Pressure Regulator on '81 aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 09:58:59 -0500
  ...Van will start, run for few minutes, then stall, and fuel pressure and fuel pump continue to cycle fuel. My good '81 Pressure Regulator...
• Re: Correction: Buzzing Fuel Pump After Fuel Filter Change
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 23:29:11 -0500
  ...Buzzing Fuel Pump After Fuel Filter Change The buzz is coming from the FUEL PUMP and not the FUEL FILTER as written in message...
• fuel rail/line recall?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:50:19 -0500
  While looking through the emails on the air conditioner duct recall, I noticed the one posted below about fuel rail and line replacement. What...
• About those fuel lines... scary...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 08:39:25 -0400
  ...I never had any problems with my fuel lines, or so I thought. After looking at Ben's fuel line replacement page I took...
• Re: Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:31:05 -0800
  ...Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter Has anyone who changed a fuel filter added an in line valve similar to plumbing valves...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:28:40 -0500
  The other problem is, that if you let the fuel pump run dry for more than a few seconds, it'll cost you a...
• Recall of 1991 Vanagon - Fire danger
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Sat, 11 Jan 1997 13:54:15 -0800 (PST)
  ...THE FUEL HOSE ATTACHED TO THE FUEL DISTRIBUTION RAIL ON THE ENGINE MAY SHRINK BEYOND THE CLAMP FORCE OF THE FUEL HOSE CLAMPS, ALLOWING...
• Re: Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 17:52:22 PST
  In the last three years I've been stranded 3 times by vehicles with clogged up fuel filters: a Vanagon, an Audi 100, and...
• Re: Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 28 Dec 1999 16:40:01 -0500
  ...You can't reuse the OEM fuel > line clamps so you'll need to obtain 4 fuel-injection style clamps for the > fuel filter...
• Fuel flow senders
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:20:07 -0800
  Volks, This series of questions involves for me a Diesel TDI engine, but the same principals are involved with a fuel injected gasoline engine...
• Re: Note Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:41:16 -0700
  ...no vanagons of any type have an in-tank fuel pump of course. If the Jetta engine has Digifant , it uses the same fuel...
• Re: Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:12:42 -0700
  "If you're fuel line is brittle, it should be replaced anyways." That's the part I would watch for. Even regular vice grips...
• fuel system depressurization
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 27 May 1999 08:42:36 -0400
  Last night I was thumbing through Haynes and found the fuel depressurizing section. I seemed to remember that there was some difference between the...
• Fuel Pump to Canister Filter Fuel Hose Size?
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 15:59:20 -0400
  1989 stock fuel system, single filter only. I'm underneath the bus looking at a fuel pump replacement job. I want to replace that...
• Re: Subject: Heater fuel pressure question
  Historical mailing list - populuxe
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 20:19:23 -0600
  eric, it's important to know what fuel. did i miss something? gas, diesel, kerosene white gas that exotic jet fuel? i can tell...
• Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
  Historical mailing list - Alan Gondry
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:54:40 -0700
  I found if there is fuel in the air manifold you most likely have a fuel reg problem. Pull the vacuum line attached to...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Fri, 5 Apr 2013 23:15:13 -0500
  All this discussion about storing a fuel pump. Don't you think your missing the obvious, what about gasoline stabilizer? Cheap, available at any...
• Re: Fuel Pressure Regulator Bad?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:53:17 +0000
  One of the many wisdoms I have picked up from The List is to temporarily bypass your metal fuel tank.  Instead, half-fill a...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving (Almost)
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Tue, 27 Mar 2018 08:51:49 -0700
  I had a bout with fuel supply problems last month. Most of the problem was related to water getting in the fuel tank via...
• Re: Bad fuel economy (solution)
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Sun, 1 Sep 2013 10:25:24 -0400
  ...Long-term fuel > storage (phase separation) water absorption, damaged steel fuel tanks, > steel fuel lines, rubber fuel hoses, fuel pumps (both electric and > mechanical...
• Re: Poor power until warm
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 18 Aug 2018 07:26:11 -0700
  ...how old is the fuel pressure regulator (a bad or going bad fuel pressure regulator could slow to build up fuel pressure) - ? fuel filter...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving (Almost)
  Historical mailing list - Cunegonde
  Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:35:14 -0700
  ...I replaced the 8” 7mm ID hose at the return spigot, with new fuel line and stainless hose clamps. The engine fuel pressure return...
• Fuel line valve for changing a fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:28:42 -0800
  Has anyone who changed a fuel filter added an in line valve similar to plumbing valves on hot water tanks that we can turn...
• replacning fuel lines on syncro
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 17:10:56 -0700
  I bought Ken Wilfey's fuel line kit and I'm wondering about what experience other syncro owners might have with this... for instance...
• Re: Chronic fuel pump problems
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:48:34 -0600
  Quite often a fuel pump makes noise (cavitates) due to fuel starvation. I had that problem, changed pumps several times, and finally dropped the...
• Re: Fuel pump or fuel relay malfunction?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 15:31:32 -0500
  Greg Marshall wrote: > Hey folks, > > I have an 82 california westy, and the fuel pump runs intermittently. > Right now, it is sitting in my...
• Re: Fuel filters
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 4 Aug 2010 12:39:37 -0700
  ...and those came stock with just the small fuel filter between fuel tank and fuel pump. it is common to add a 'large silver...
• More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:27:07 -0700
  ...The diesel Vanagon actually has 2 fuel pumps - 1 located in the gas tank, which pulls the fuel up into the fuel lines and...
• Re: fuel pressure test connection size?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 11:19:00 -0800
  ...I beleive a fuel pressure gauge is one of the main diagnostic tools for the fuel injections system... certainly not overkill.... how would you...
• Re: Fuel tank problem solving (Almost)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 27 Mar 2018 09:35:24 -0400
  ...When the key is in the start position and when the engine is running, the fuel pump runs continuously with the excess fuel coming...
• Re: Engine cover, History
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 10:23:36 -0700
  Old fuel lines. Metal and rubber. Worn grommets between metal line and engine tin (air cooled) Little plastic transitions from fuel supply hose to...
• Re: 85 westy fuel pump
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:16:54 -0600
  Hi Cary, The fuel pump should come on for about 2 seconds as some as power is applied to the computer / key turned on...
• Re: No Start 83.5: Fuel pump test?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:12:24 EDT
  ...Should this "open system" squirt fuel out of either or both of these openings? Yes, fuel should squirt out. I think when the engine...