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• Re: Optima Battery
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:26:44 -0500
  ...My experience is that for most non engine starting applications specialty batteries are over rated. I also hear people discussing inverters hooked up to...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:31:35 -0600
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem >> No brand of oil filter will fix this but >> thicker oil will reduce or eliminate...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:51:03 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem Good point. But, people who deem themselves knowledgeable sure extol the importance of this oil...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:46:29 -0600
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem > > >> No brand of oil filter will fix this but > >> thicker oil will reduce or eliminate...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 19:19:04 -0800
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem This supposed correlation of the new dynamic oil warning system with some weakness in the...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:38:27 -0700
  Possibly at the cost of a blown engine if in a warm climate! Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus > On Feb 25, 2014...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:38:26 -0700
  How long did you let it run? Sometimes these beasties take a couple miles to refill hydraulic lifters, and make a real racket as...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 20:32:51 -0500
  ...PM To: "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Subject: Engine Starting Problem 1985 1.9 liter After changing the coolant, I started...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:33:48 -0400
  ...The ECU then runs >the pump for a few seconds to bring up the fuel pressure in anticipation >of engine starting. From that point...
• Re: cleaning parts
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sat, 5 May 2001 18:39:07 -0700
  ...any special considerations? > In my opinion the best way to clean parts is to use a can of engine starting spray fluid (ETHER) VERY...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:15:52 -0700
  Tom Hargrave wrote: > No brand of oil filter will fix this but > thicker oil will reduce or eliminate the symptoms. How does thicker oil...
• Re: Deep cycle
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 15 Jan 2016 11:17:15 -0800
  The almost ten year old Walmart engine/starting battery in my Westy, a stock group 41, is still working just fine. On Fri, Jan...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:59:01 -0500
  ...2014 1:18 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem OK, as I said above, the engine would not crank...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 22:39:52 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem I've used BMW 10W60 aka M3 synthetic oil with very good results. Chris. Wysłane...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:01:35 -0800
  I'm kinda surprised you guys haven't heard of the siphon effect. Mark Dave Mcneely wrote: > Good point. But, people who deem themselves...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 19:48:44 -0800
  Mike, What�s your source for that assertion? The best I�ve been able to come up with is http://www.minimopar.net/oilfilters...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:25:41 -0500
  ...2014 2:12 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
• Hitch in my Vanagon's giddy up
  Historical mailing list - Jim Quan
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:30:39 -0700
  ...Any ideas on where the engine starting problem is coming from? Sorry for the cross post and thanks, Jim '91 Syncro Westy
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 11:33:59 -0500
  ...ASSIST IN ENGINE STARTING When the starter is activated the BATTERY SEPARATOR compares the voltage of both battery banks. If the chassis� battery is...
• Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 12:32:02 -0400
  ...In the waterboxers they tied it to the engine starting circuit instead. My '89 manual *still* gives totally wrong spec for taillight bulbs, unchanged...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:29:50 -0800
  yeah, that�s the ticket, an anti-siphon valve. alistair On Feb 26, 2014, at 9:01 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote...
• new engine & bleeding
  Historical mailing list - jim&kim
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:58:33 -0700
  ...Is there no harm to the engine starting it up dry? Does the water pump circulate the coolant so fast as to make my...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 09:13:13 -0500
  ...2014 10:15 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem Back to the original issues for a moment, while i...
• Re: was fav 12 V acc, now 2nd battery relay system
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 12:38:15 -0800
  ...ASSIST IN > ENGINE STARTING When the starter is activated the BATTERY SEPARATOR > compares > the voltage of both battery banks. If the chassis' battery is...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:55:23 -0500
  ...PM >> To: "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Subject: Engine Starting Problem >> >> 1985 1.9 liter >> >> After changing the coolant, I started...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:11:54 -0500
  ...2014 1:18 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem > > OK, as I said above, the engine would not crank...
• Re: Battery for 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 19 May 2008 11:34:47 -0700
  ...They are designed to be cycled (discharged and charged) hundreds of times, with plates that are more robust than engine-starting batteries to withstand...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 09:35:26 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem On 26 Feb , 2014, at 12:05 AM, phishman068@gmail.com wrote: > Just do it...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 16:36:29 -0800
  This supposed correlation of the new dynamic oil warning system with some weakness in the 2.1 ignores the fact that VW began fitting...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 15:28:10 -0500
  ...2014 2:12 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem > > I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:36:50 -0500
  ...2014 5:58 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem If you Switch to a 10 or 5 or even...
• Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:28:58 -0500
  1985 1.9 liter After changing the coolant, I started the engine to get it circulating. I turned off the engine for a minute...
• Re: ATF? Dexron-III ? Mercon ??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Nov 1996 21:26:43 -0500
  ...BTW-Transmission fluid will not make much diffrerence in engine starting. Dennis
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 16:34:10 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem > >> On 26 Feb , 2014, at 12:05 AM, phishman068@gmail.com wrote: >> >> Just do it...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:59:46 -0600
  ...2014 2:12 PM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem >> >> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:16:07 -0600
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem My van sits a long time between starts. How would this filter help and would...
• Re: Best battery
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:09:32 -0500
  ...An engine starting battery will not provide long term service for cycling applications. This has been somewhat hashed to death. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:25:15 -0700
  ...The ECU then > runs > >the pump for a few seconds to bring up the fuel pressure in > anticipation > >of engine starting. From that point...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:18:04 -0500
  OK, as I said above, the engine would not crank at all, even after returning to it using a charged battery the next day...
• Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:35:40 -0600
  ...In the waterboxers they tied it to the > engine starting circuit instead. > > My '89 manual *still* gives totally wrong spec for taillight bulbs, > unchanged...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 23:04:30 -0500
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem Yep. I blew out a filter on startup at about 17 degrees with 20w-50...
• Re: Hitch in my Vanagon's giddy up
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:35:38 -0400
  ...but thought I would mention it. >Any ideas on where the engine starting problem is coming from? > >Sorry for the cross post and thanks...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 14:58:34 -0600
  ...2014 2:12 PM >> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem >> >> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
• Re: Bear Attacks Camper NVC
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:09:19 -0600
  ...He didn't want to kill the bear, so he sent for a can of engine starting ether, wrapped and tied bacon around the...
• Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:28:59 -0500
  ...2014 2:12 PM >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem >>> >>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
• Re: Optima Battery
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:13:21 -0800
  ...The Vanagon battery is an engine starting battery and not a deep cycle battery, but for most folk it could work just fine deep...
• Re: Eric Caron is on the road!
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:46:14 -0600
  ...In the waterboxers they tied it to the > engine starting circuit instead. > > My '89 manual *still* gives totally wrong spec for taillight bulbs, > unchanged...
• Re: Guess That Sound!!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Aug 2002 20:34:42 -0400
  ...After the noise stops, avoid short cycling the engine, (starting for short periods of time such as moving it in driveway) and you should...
• Improving glow plug system for winter cold starts.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Mon, 7 Nov 2011 09:47:19 -0800
  ...And a way to keep the glows on past engine starting: 1. A crude way would be a 2nd 50A relay parallel with the...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:03:43 -0600
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem Tom Hargrave wrote: > No brand of oil filter will fix this but thicker oil will...
• Residual Fuel Pressure: hold for 1 hour?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 09:26:07 -0800
  ...ID=667 "To prevent fuel percolation and aid hot- and cold-engine starting, fuel injection systems must maintain residual, or "rest," pressure when the...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 16:58:30 -0500
  ...2014 2:12 PM >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem >>> >>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:16:10 -0800
  I had the same problem on occasion with my I4 1800 digifant in my 82 westy. I tried different filters, but always used the...
• West River Westies and ring tones
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 14 Jul 2014 12:38:14 -0400
  ...Thanks to this list I have improved horn, sliding door, engine starting, and so on. For those of you planning on attending West River...
• Clutch/Shifting issue?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:24:11 -0600
  ...No problems recently until the other day, couldn't downshift into 1st w/o turning off engine & starting w/ clutch fully depressed. Thot it...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:47:10 -0800
  You mean you don�t have a Canadian Tire store near you? :) alistair On Feb 26, 2014, at 9:33 AM, Jim Felder <jim...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 18:03:58 -0600
  ...2014 2:12 PM > >>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >>> Subject: Re: Engine Starting Problem > >>> > >>> I meant that the engine turns over and over but...
• Re: Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Wed, 26 Feb 2014 01:01:24 -0600
  ...Mann Oil Filter and lifters Was:Engine Starting Problem I've never been clear about what the heck an anti drain back valve does...
• Re: Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 22:48:33 -0700
  Karl The number before the "W", be it 0,5,10,15,20 or whatever, has Little to No effect on the how the...
• Re: new engine & bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 11 Jul 2001 08:26:55 -0500
  ...Is there no harm to the engine starting it up dry? Does the > water pump circulate the coolant so fast as to make my...