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• *** VW 77: Strong petrol smell ***
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 26 May 96 11:18:40 PDT
  ...may be dropping my engine soon and in following oher threads there > does seem to be a problem with petrol fumes getting into the...
• dizzy position and ht lead order !!?? help please !
  Historical mailing list - Paul Clarke
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:49:20 +0100
  ...she dies whilst spitting petrol out of the carbs. its a new engine with new twin carb setup (old engine was injection) HELP !!!!! so...
• Re: Running Diesel Engines on Propane
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 01:24:21 -0600
  ...It would be cheaper to buy a petrol engine and convert that.
• *** VW 77: Strong petrol smell ***
  Historical mailing list - Ian Corner
  Sun, 26 May 1996 15:38:13 +0200
  Hi all I may be dropping my engine soon and in following oher threads there does seem to be a problem with petrol fumes...
• Trouble comes in threes
  Historical mailing list - David Clark
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 11:24:50 -0000
  ...The smell of petrol was apparent when I removed the engine lid, at first all appeared normal no leaks, then I started the van...
• Re: Trouble comes in threes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 1 Jan 2000 11:36:22 -0600
  ...petrol was apparent when I removed the engine lid, at first all > appeared normal no leaks, then I started the van and petrol squirted...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - dominic robertson
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 06:10:00 -0500
  ...current 1.9L petrol engine for a diesel engine or add a gas tank to the van and enable gas/petrol? Thanks for any...
• Re: Rather odd EV 'road test'
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 01 Mar 1996 16:07:18 -0500 (EST)
  Tell us more!!!! They claim 115mph w/a 2.5 petrol engine? Sounds reasonable...did 150 kph on the Autoroute between Grenoble and Avignon...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - David Del Ben
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 12:20:16 +1100
  ...Unleaded Petrol in Australia is 92 Octane. Premium Unleaded is 95 Octane. This new petrol - Shell Optimax is 98 Octane. I just used to...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - David Del Ben
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:58:21 +1100
  ...Optimax is a relatively new petrol in Oz - costs 7c/litre more, but has the 98 Octane rating and a lot of 'get-up...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - David Del Ben
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:48:43 +1100
  ...Using Optimax high octane (98) unleaded - do you have that in USA? Nulon Engine treatment Kid glove treatment of car David Del Ben 85...
• Re: Plastic VS steel engine covers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:21:06 +1200
  >I guess I'm not burning petrol either ...ooohh :)! > >Steve Yours is diesel? This reduces engine bay fire probability to electrical rather than fuel...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Dan Landry
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:03:03 ADT
  ...Optimax is a relatively new petrol in Oz - costs 7c/litre more, but has the 98 Octane rating and a lot of 'get-up...
• Additive
  Historical mailing list - Roch Cole
  Sat, 6 May 2000 11:05:09 EDT
  I heard this is an additive that is good for vanagon engines...I'm not sure of correct name..something like SWECO..southwest petroleum...
• Re; Petrol Digestion
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 17:55:55 -0500
  ...The engine has been tuned, filtered, and even sweet-talked, but thats all folks! Later, Terry
• FSI direct injection??????? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 14:48:32 EST
  FSI stands for the new VW direct- injection system on a petrol model which is similar to VW's diesel engines. Comes on the...
• Re: oil changes
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 01:17:49 EST
  ...hunnam@PNC.COM.AU writes: > only uses diesel engine oil as lubricant in his petrol motor. > He claims that the detergent factor in the...
• Re: diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 20:01:44 -0400
  ...7bit Hi iam from south africa we are using here only petrol vw engines i l have 1995 vw microbus with 5cyl 2.3...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 17 Feb 2004 (#2004-135)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:13:37 EST
  ...However, TDI engines are one of the cleanest petrol-fueled engines around, when compared to the cleanest gas engines by Honda
• Re: dizzy position and ht lead order !!?? help please !
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:58:09 -0700
  ...she dies > whilst spitting petrol out of the carbs. > its a new engine with new twin carb setup (old engine was injection) > HELP !!!!! > > so...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:55:35 -0700
  ...Excerpt taken for Wikipedia which is accurate enough for this discussion. "Diesel engines do not have engine braking in the above sense. Unlike petrol...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Dan Landry
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 20:24:24 ADT
  ...No fuel additives but engine is treated very kindly Danl Bedford, Nova Scotia ----Original Message Follows---- From: David Del Ben <ddelben@airinter.com.au...
• Re: TDI, TD and 2.0L conversions
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 30 Aug 1998 12:52:24 EDT
  OH-I forgot to add-Turbo-Diesels are the engine of the future!!! Cleaner emissions(forget what you used to see coming out of...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:24:14 -1000
  ...Optimax is a relatively new petrol in Oz - costs 7c/litre more, but has the 98 Octane rating and a lot of 'get-up...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Wed, 12 May 2004 11:42:12 -0700
  ...into keeping petroleum powered cars on the road. If you hybridized a small displacement TDI like the 1.2L Lupo engine, you'd have...
• [Syncro] For Sale in Europe, '86 VW Syncro full camper, 112 HP, F/R difflocks, on/off road tires, petrol heater, great shape (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:37:03 -0700
  ...1986 German-market Volkswagen Caravelle Syncro 112 HP petrol engine 14" wheels, with full Reimo camping conversion; Reimo aerodynamic high-top roof with extra...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Dan Landry
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:25:48 ADT
  ...Should the 2.1 engine be running on the higher octane or is it ok to run on the regular 87? And btw I...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:43:15 -0400
  ...Source: "Allocation of Energy Use > in Petroleum Refineries to Petroleum Products"; Michael Wang*, Hanjie > Lee and John Molburg; Center for Transportation Research, Energy Systems...
• How to determine when coolent additives need to be replenished
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 11:18:51 -0800
  ...petroleum oil, sodium petroleum sulfonate, nonylphenol polyethoxylate, and water. I'm guessing the petroleum oil and sodium petroleum sulfonate are for the water pump...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 12 May 2004 16:28:39 GMT
  >The TDI diesels of today are even cleaner. >With proper computerized fuel injection, soot and NOX are less than >gas engine emissions. With biodiesel...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:32:21 -0400
  ...Source: "Allocation of Energy Use in Petroleum Refineries to Petroleum Products"; Michael Wang*, Hanjie Lee and John Molburg; Center for Transportation Research, Energy Systems...
• Re: Need help
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sun, 8 May 2005 20:15:44 -0500
  ...pressure situation in your Van-- You have one supremely worn out engine-- Petrolis Neglegtis. Wow--- jghawn@EARTHLINK.NET(Jere�Hawn) I Just got over...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Wed, 12 May 2004 19:37:35 -0400
  ...into keeping petroleum powered >cars on the road. If you hybridized a small displacement TDI like the 1.2L >Lupo engine, you'd have...
• Re: 6.3 liter TDI engine...not :-(
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 12:33:39 +1000
  ...diesel engine which is good but typically sluggish and doesn't command the same resale value as that of the petrol engine. 6.3...
• Re: Battery cable question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 29 Dec 2008 10:22:01 -0500
  ...petroleum jelly after it's done. Excludes water; keeps them clean and shiny by stopping corrosion. I did this on the top engine multiple...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:26:18 -0400
  ...Excerpt taken for Wikipedia which > is accurate enough for this discussion. > > "Diesel engines do not have engine braking in the above sense. Unlike > petrol...
• Re: Jetta fires and Mexico specials
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Mon, 19 May 2008 16:10:16 -0700
  ...That's funny 16V would be a gasoline car, right ? for Engine is says 'petrol' ..................what ? , petroleum based fuel ? i should hope so ! then...
• Fridge topic
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Fri, 12 May 2000 22:43:51 -0400
  ...It really is no different than comparing the petrol tank to the engine running... Seems to be a lot of wwhat ifs involved in...
• Re: Diesel VS Gas
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:34:11 -0500
  ...If one were to assume - validity aside - the cost of diesel and petrol both remain constant at $1.25/gal, and that a petrol...
• Re: Flickering oil light on idle.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:58:46 -0500
  I just use the word petroleum because I won't perpetrate the grade=school myth that oil comes from dinosaurs. Jim On Aug 13...
• Re: [T2] Cleaning engine parts
  Historical mailing list - George Lyle
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:06:26 -0700
  On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Carlos Del Rio wrote: > What's recommended for cleaning the engine: parts, tins, et al.? > I read kerosene, gasoline...
• Smog laws and LPG conversions
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  14 Oct 1994 09:00:13 +1000
  ...with some older stock engines because LPG doesn't lubricate as well as petrol...but modify an older engine with hardened valves, seats and...
• petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hayeslip
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 22:21:02 -0400
  ...Should the 2.1 engine be running on the higher octane or is it ok to run on the regular 87? And btw I...
• Re: Propane Conversion for Vanagon--head north!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 20:36:02 -0500
  ...This > is so because the engine must be started on petrol. (I have > not discovered why this is necessary because on a cold engine...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 12 May 2004 18:15:31 GMT
  ...The diesel engine was first developed to burn what we now term "bio-diesel". Fossil diesel fuel came after the development of the engine...
• Re: Vanagon on VW web site/NVC
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:29:54 -0600
  ...What little is left ain't left for long as there is no plan at all to withdraw our military from petroleum-rich (or...
• friday - 2 curious vintage cars, and cemetery by the airport
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:02:20 -0800
  3 engines, one small petrol tank http://shufti.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/more-cowbell/ Augusto Monaco's front radial engine racer http://shufti...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:16:05 -0700
  ...Excerpt taken for Wikipedia which is accurate enough for this discussion. > > "Diesel engines do not have engine braking in the above sense. Unlike petrol...
• re. vanagon propane conversion
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Thu, 13 Feb 2003 23:28:56 -0700
  > Since the engine is an injected DJ model, Jason had to > disable the petrol injectors when switched over to gas. This > is so because...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 12 May 2004 12:50:46 -0400
  ...Diesel cars have improved considerably over the last ten years, but exhaust emission control technology in petrol-driven cars has developed faster. This is...
• Castrol and BP
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 22 May 2010 12:51:53 -0500
  ...Vanagon GL Campmobile with stock 2.1 waterboxer engine is Castrol 20W - 50, from British Petroleum. Some may find it foolish, but I no...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:58:07 CDT
  ...Should the 2.1 engine be >running on the higher octane or is it ok to run on the regular 87? And >btw I...
• Re: bio based motor oil (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:37:40 -0600
  ...For my part, I'm sticking with regular old motor oil, petroleum based, non-synthetic. I am wondering about that "not toxic to humans...
• Re: What I'd like to see in a Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sat, 5 Feb 2005 08:49:13 -0800
  ...You can feed pretty much any petroleum distillate of about the same density into a gasoline engine and it'll work to some degree...
• Re: Plastic VS steel engine covers
  Historical mailing list - stephen de la salle
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 22:38:41 -0400
  ...Plastic VS steel engine covers > >I guess I'm not burning petrol either ...ooohh :)! > > > >Steve > > > Yours is diesel? This reduces engine bay fire probability...
• clamps for cv boots, ridged washers for cv bolts
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:57:51 -0800
  Leather may be a good solution - - I've seen leather seals used for a lot of applications involving petroleum products. Rear wheel seals on...
• Re: Propane Conversion for Vanagon--head north!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:43:07 -0800
  ...This >is so because the engine must be started on petrol. (I have >not discovered why this is necessary because on a cold engine...
• Re: FSI direct injection??????? (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Stieber
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:28:07 -0800
  ...new VW direct- injection system > on a petrol model which is > similar to VW's diesel > engines. Comes on the new Golf. > > > anyone heard...
• Re: [W] The Drive to Dublin. W stands for waffle.
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Wed, 18 Jan 95 8:34:07 CST
  ...Benzin/petrol and definitely not 38.5mpg, Imperial or US or otherwise) beekj@smd6.jsc.nasa.gov -- I'm not an engineer, but I...
• Re: Haynes Manual
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 20:57:13 -0700
  ISBN 1 85960 452 8 Haynes VW Transporter Service and Repair Manual Models covered-rear-mounted water-cooled petrol engines 1913cc & 2109cc gerry -----Original...