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  • Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Tue, 14 Jun 2005 11:48:50 -0400
    There's a non return valve in the line in the engine compartment. One has to put the "T" on the manifold side of...
  • Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:00:20 -0700
    ...9 (vacuum type) and installed a vacuum reservoir at the same time. The reservoir is the type with its own non return valve and...
  • Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:44:33 -0400
    ...9 (vacuum type) and installed a vacuum reservoir at the same time. The reservoir is the type with its own non return valve and...
  • Re: '56 kombi brake problem
    Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
    Thu, 2 Mar 1995 11:28:39 -0800 (PST)
    ...valve seat b-clean or renew bled and adjusted dirty The rest of it deals with leaks, air in the system, Weak piston return...
  • Re: water pump
    Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
    Mon, 2 Jul 2001 20:37:47 -0700
    ...Open the heater valve fully. Feel for heat in the coolant return hose for the heater. This is the hose that runs to the...
  • Re: water pump
    Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
    Tue, 3 Jul 2001 14:29:00 -0400
    ...No flow = faulty heater valve or > non-functioning water pump. > > > Any help would be appreciated so my wife will stop bothering me. > > > > Gary > > I...
  • Re: Euro-Drive: UPDATE 87 Volkswagen Vanagon, dies
    Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
    Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:55:41 -0500
    ...hot have the heads been replaced the low vacuum could be valve problems or valves not closing hot I have seen the low manifold...
  • 2.1L Vanagon engine still possessed by demons
    Historical mailing list - Steve Gough
    Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:27:50 -0400
    ...Have checked for vacuum leaks with a microscope. There are none. Have tried adjusting AFM spring, doesn't seem to help. Per Digitool, everything...
  • Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
    Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
    Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:15:50 -0400
    FYI - Idle computer = Idle Stabilizer Control, behind right taillight I did look for vacuum leaks, and found none. I think this stands to reason...
  • Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
    Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
    Tue, 27 Aug 2002 02:08:39 +0100
    ...The main problem with going to a non stock cam is when you have allot more duration this disrupts the vacuum signal and you...
  • Re: Fireworks for the Fourth-in my engine bay
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 2 Jul 2011 17:50:57 -0700
    ...the hoses off of the little cannister valve thing on top of the > manifold with the vacuum hose running to it and put them...
  • Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:50:03 EDT
    ...Under these conditions, the engine manifold vacuum is 6 inches. On the open freeway, 65 mph cruise corresponds to 12 inches, and this drops...
  • Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 1 Oct 2009 17:21:30 -0700
    ...The Mystery Machine) has sat for about 6 to 8 months without being used (she is USAF & just returned home for a short break...
  • Re: Surging 1.9 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
    Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:28:38 -0400
    ...FI system! Bad electrical connections and/or weak vacuum will make perfectly good sensors return false results to the ECU. Tim At 09:31...
  • Re: 85 & 86
    Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
    Mon, 1 May 2006 14:18:43 -0400
    ...Then, install a tee in the hose from the bleeder valve to the heater return pipe to use as the return. The 2.1...
  • Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
    Historical mailing list - Ramon Hill
    Thu, 1 Oct 2009 22:22:35 -0500
    ...The Mystery Machine) has sat for about 6 to 8 months without being used (she is USAF & just returned home for a short break...
  • Re: Surging 1.9 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
    Tue, 3 Oct 2006 10:52:13 -0400
    ...FI system! Bad > electrical > connections and/or weak vacuum will make perfectly good sensors return > false results to the ECU. > > Tim > > At 09:31...
  • Re: advice on new propane tank
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:23:56 -0400
    ...Attach a propane vapor hose from another container to the vapor return valve on the container to be purged. 4. Open the valve on...
  • Re: advice on new propane tank
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
    Fri, 24 Mar 2017 06:12:20 -0700
    ...Attach a propane vapor hose from another container to the vapor return > valve on the container to be purged. > 4. Open the valve on...
  • Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
    Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
    Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:30:05 -0700
    ...The Mystery Machine) has sat for about 6 to 8 months without being used (she is USAF & just returned home for a short break...
  • Re: vanagon difficulty
    Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
    Wed, 2 Sep 2009 21:09:30 -0700
    ...I just returned from a 3500 mile journey in my 1984 Vanagon from NE Oregon to Oceanside, CA and back.. I used 181 gallons...
  • Re: advice on new propane tank
    Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
    Wed, 29 Mar 2017 21:16:10 -0700
    ...Attach a propane vapor hose from another container to the vapor return > valve on the container to be purged. > 4. Open the valve on...
  • Re: advice on new propane tank
    Historical mailing list - Brett Ne
    Fri, 24 Mar 2017 07:05:48 -0700
    ...Attach a propane vapor hose from another container to the vapor return > > valve on the container to be purged. > > 4. Open the valve on...
  • Throttle Body - High Idle - (Dare I say?) Issue Resolved! (85 1.9l)
    Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
    Fri, 10 Jul 2015 09:40:23 -0700
    ...Use your short piece of vacuum line to blow out the vacuum port. 3. I used a tiny bit of water to wash out...
  • Re: Throttle Idle RPM question
    Historical mailing list - John C...
    Fri, 2 Oct 2009 16:37:32 +0000
    ...The Mystery Machine) has sat for about 6 to 8 months without being used (she is USAF & just returned home for a short break...
  • Re: It continues - Engine RPM Hunting 200-500 rpm
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Sat, 9 Oct 2010 18:32:46 -0700
    ...carefully inspected > the vacuum lines just to be sure. The crankcase vent host is new. > > I disconnected the idle stabilizer valve after warm up...
  • Re: advice on new propane tank
    Historical mailing list - David McNeely
    Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:05:29 -0700
    ...Attach a propane vapor hose from another container to the vapor return > > valve on the container to be purged. > > 4. Open the valve on...
  • Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:05:17 -0700
    ...Under these conditions, the >engine manifold vacuum is 6 inches. On the open freeway, 65 mph cruise >corresponds to 12 inches, and this drops...
  • Re: Measurements checked, springs, and toys, ahhhh, toys
    Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
    Sun, 11 Jul 1999 23:13:51 -0700
    ...It seems they are valved for real off roading, not just dirt roading. The sweet spot or sweet range in performance is on the...
  • Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:19:01 -0800
    ...is some type of valve issue, but that doesn't explain the motor starting when you pinch the return line. Any thoughts or advice...
  • Re: does aux air reg affect idele after warm up 1.9
    Historical mailing list - Scott
    Mon, 9 May 2016 19:49:04 -1000
    ...and where applicable, valve clearances havn't been adjusted in 100,000 + miles, injectors have never had a fuel treatment ....po spray pattern inspected...
  • Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
    Historical mailing list - craig cowan
    Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:40:31 -0500
    ...is some type of valve issue, but that doesn't > explain the motor starting when you pinch the return line. Any thoughts or > advice...
  • Re: '87 vanagon camper hesitating/bucking and burnin g gas in m�xico
    Historical mailing list - Travis Newhouse
    Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:02:04 -0800
    ...Have you checked your vacuum hoses to be sure they are all in place, and none are split or cracked? A vacuum leak could...
  • Re: head gasket problem ?
    Historical mailing list - Calvin Bruce
    Sat, 22 Sep 2001 16:02:49 -0700
    ...Then as the system cools the vacuum created in the cooling system pulls fluid back under normal circumstances.Now when things go haywire--> "Test...
  • Re: Cuts off on startup
    Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
    Fri, 11 Mar 2016 23:09:31 -1000
    ...One of them included installing ALL the 2.1 stuff , like ecu harness and 'all that' as it had a weird non-waterboxer engine...
  • Re: Cuts off on startup
    Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
    Sun, 13 Mar 2016 14:04:42 -0700
    ...Check **ALL vacuum lines**carefully. > > 12. Air Intake Boot .those last super well. On a rare occasion one will > crack and leak air and...
  • Re: Cuts off on startup
    Historical mailing list - PB
    Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:10:21 -0800
    ...Check **ALL vacuum lines**carefully. > > 12. Air Intake Boot .those last super well. On a rare occasion one will > crack and leak air and...
  • My Turbo Audi 2.0 Project (not short)
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Wed, 20 Jun 2001 05:24:17 EDT
    ...Hiding cash, milk money, recycled bottle returns etc, and its hard to score a few K that way. Anyway, the 3A has always had...
  • Re: Strange Vanagon problem in Belize
    Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
    Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:09:16 +0000
    ...is some type of valve issue, but that doesn't explain the motor starting when you pinch the return line. Any thoughts or advice...