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• Re: vanagon highroof camper 5speed turbo diesel on ebay
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:59:15 -0800
  The pump on this engine has the LDA for boost fuel enrichment. It is the special Vanagon version of the pump with the boost...
• What are symptoms of a bad auxillary air regulator
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:03:12 -0700
  ...Could this be a bad fuel regulator? What are the symptoms of a bad fuel regulator? Seems to get a lack of fuel enrichment...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:01:08 -0700
  ...One at idle position, one for > full throttle > enrichment > > '84 - one switch. Full throttle enrichment only > > '85 - no switches. > > What you're seeing is...
• Re: vw lawyers /split list etc...
  Historical mailing list - Max Fenner
  Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:44:40 +0100
  >Max Fenner wrote: >> >> You are just proving my point that your intentions are geared towards >> self-enrichment and not noble by nature >> >There is...
• While were talking mixture
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:17:35 -0700
  I know when the Digifant system is in the warm-up cycle that, just like the carb models with chokes, enrichment is going on...
• Re: ECU and Throttle Question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:00:48 -0400
  ...What is it about the last .010 of throttle plate movement that requires enrichment, that the previous .010 did not? Under what conditions is...
• Re: vanagon highroof camper 5speed turbo diesel on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:55:45 -0800
  ...one appears to be missing its LDA (the boost signaled fuel enrichment device). Is this correct? Aren't those configurations also found on the...
• Re: While were talking mixture
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:20:40 -0400
  The enrichment is there to compensate for the fuel not vaporizing. Emissions are also higher during this time because the catalyst is "lighted". If...
• Re: Throttle switch adjustment Dilemma Sorta Figured out!!!
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 30 Sep 2003 03:36:27 EDT
  ...If you need more details let me know... >> Robert, my man, you finally got the reset point of the throttle enrichment switch correct, so...
• Re: Temp II Sensor, Engine Hot.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 24 Sep 2013 23:20:33 -0700
  ...This sensor returns signals to the ECU to determine amount of cold start enrichment, ignition timing and idle stabilization during warmup. The sensor return...
• Re: 1.9 Eco-diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Jul 1997 14:51:41 -0800
  ...This is the engine listed as 59hp or so in the Bentley, vs 68hp for the standard TD (with boost enrichment). I've run...
• Re: Turbo diesel motor in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 22:29:53 -0700
  ...The boost enrichment aneroid on top of the TD fuel pump is a few inches too tall and interferes with the engine lid on...
• Re: AC idle enrichment circuit
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:14:31 -0400
  ...AC idle enrichment circuit ... or some such thing. AC's installed and functioning. This is in an '85 with a 2.1L and digifant...
• Re: ECU and Throttle Question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:36:47 -0400
  ...What is it about the last .010 of > throttle plate movement that requires enrichment, that the previous .010 > did not? Under what conditions is...
• Euro TD transporter question
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Fri, 5 Jul 2002 19:31:54 -0400
  ...is a special boost enrichment attachment for the Vanagon/Transporter that fits under the engine lid (the Quantum/Jetta enrichment attachment on the top...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:06:33 -0700
  ...13, 2014, at 8:15 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > The vacuum switches do not seem to operate for full throttle enrichment.
• Re: ENGINE LOSING POWER....HELP
  Historical mailing list - Sam Johnson
  Mon, 14 Mar 2005 12:34:43 -0500
  ...If this is bad then after warm-up the enrichment is way too much and the engine runs badly once warm. Sam
• Re: What are symptoms of a bad auxillary air regulator
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:59:32 -0700
  ...Could this be > a bad fuel regulator? What are the symptoms of a bad fuel regulator? > Seems to get a lack of fuel enrichment...
• Re: ..Leaking head gasket-diesel, etc.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 5 Dec 1996 06:53:18 +0000
  ...I also noticed however, that the engine runs *much* cooler when enrichment is not happening, which makes sense - less fuel=less heat. > EGT? - I...
• Re: Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 11 May 2001 07:39:27 -0800
  ...The TEMP II sensor Cold start enrichment is for general conditions. I had originally wrote to this effect and mistakenly deleted it during an...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:56:29 -0700
  ...One at idle position, one for full throttle enrichment '84 - one switch. Full throttle enrichment only '85 - no switches. What you're seeing is...
• Re: Maximum engine power and Performane Chip Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Nancy Eilers-Hughes
  Fri, 14 Mar 2003 20:55:09 -0700
  ...Additionally, that algorithm could incorporate an "enrichment factor" calculated from comparison of the engine RPM versus throttle position, integrated over a set period (similar...
• Re: Help for a guy in Belgium
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 23:22:16 -0800
  Check the "full throttle enrichment switch" for proper function. When it fails in the open position, it tells the brain to go full rich...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch - Lesson Learned
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:11:56 -0400
  ...I've never found the full-throttle enrichment makes much difference, however.
• Re: More questions on my '85
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Nov 1994 17:16:11 -0800
  ...Don, 1400-1600 rpm is *WAY* too fast for idle! I'd suspect your idle enrichment is on all the time, or the mixture...
• Re: Porsche 6 in late bus
  Historical mailing list - Dean Paul Karpowicz
  Wed, 11 Jan 1995 17:57:03 -0600 (CST)
  ...any other car with CIS, they might have a full throttle enrichment switch, but not a throttle position switch (per se). Just wondering if...
• Rich on Start up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 08:04:47 -0700
  ...Fuel enrichment at start is dependant on the Temp II, and The TempI, air temp sensor in the AFM. I had a real chug...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 23:10:12 -0500
  ...If Temp-II is causing a no-start, it has to be either I) not enough enrichment, because: a) Temp II line shorted to...
• Re: defeat
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:10:09 EDT
  ...The cold start enrichment is provided by the coolant temperature sensor. Also there is an auxilliary air regulator fitted below the air intake bellows...
• Re: 2.1 WBX Warm Start Troubles
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 19 Nov 2016 20:42:06 -0500
  ...and 4x starting at -40C > > > Max' of 2.5x & 4x What ? ~ Enrichment factor vs the injector time (for given rpm, AFM reading, Temp-I...
• throttle valve switch
  Historical mailing list - Seth Bruggeman
  Fri, 6 Apr 2001 06:04:21 -0700
  ...This is the top of the two fuel injection switches--not the full throttle enrichment switch numbered 021 906 028. Many Thanks, Seth Bruggeman...
• Re: ECU and Throttle Question
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:46:36 -0600
  ...What is it about the last .010 of > throttle plate movement that requires enrichment, that the previous .010 > did not? Under what conditions is...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:09:14 -0400
  ...My tencent vsm is astonishingly responsive and even feels like it adds power, as it operates full throttle enrichment based on engine vaccuum and...
• Re: Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 11 May 2001 13:03:10 -0500
  ...The TEMP II > sensor Cold start enrichment is for general conditions. I had > originally wrote to this effect and mistakenly deleted it during an...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:00:13 -0400
  ...At some much lower threshold it will put the ECU in open-loop cold-enrichment mode as in normal starting. Yrs, d
• Re: Fw: Re: ? for our mechanical wizards
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 24 Jun 2006 08:48:08 -0700
  ...A little less air on WOT enrichment and a little more air on deceleration fuel cutoff, but I bet it never strays far from...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch - Lesson Learned
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:41:38 -0400
  ...The full throttle enrichment is both for max power and to keep things cooler to avoid melting pistons and burning valves. On the 1...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:58:45 -0400
  ...One at idle position, one for full throttle enrichment '84 - one switch. Full throttle enrichment only '85 - no switches. What you're seeing is...
• [Fwd: Re: bad gas mileage]
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 12:06:47 -0400
  ...As the voltage value rises due to falling resistance, the warm enrichment is reduced until at 250-400 ohms, there is no extra enrichment...
• Re: '85 GL Loss of Fuel Economy
  Historical mailing list - Jim A
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:28:27 -0700
  If yours has the full throttle enrichment switch, you might want to check its functioning. When the one on our '84 failed fuel usage...
• Re: idle and vacuum diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 15:44:47 -0700
  ...At idle 850 rpm, warm no cold enrichment, my needle wavers 1 to 2 lines (1 or 2 in Hg) around 12 in Hg...
• AC idle enrichment circuit
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:15:50 -0700
  ... or some such thing. AC's installed and functioning. This is in an '85 with a 2.1L and digifant system. IIRC, when it...
• Drainpan discord
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 08:04:05 -0500
  ...found car parts in the sink" They call this cross-cultural enrichment. Try selling that to her, and see how it goes. This had...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:26:28 -0400
  ...What does a W/C use for cold start fuel enrichment? Just longer injection times?
• Re: sluggish on take off
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:12:45 -0500
  ...Then on the next page it sez; "Full enrichment switch supplies the ECU with information to increase the amount of fuel at full throttle...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 9 Mar 2013 21:10:47 -0800
  ...low value (not very likely) > d) ECU enrichment logic not working right > > OR > > II) too much enrichment causing flooding, because: > a) Bad sender connection...
• Re: More questions on my '85
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 10:23:50 PST
  ...is *WAY* too fast for idle! I'd suspect your > idle enrichment is on all the time, or the mixture is mis-adjusted. > There...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:10:29 -0500
  ...One at idle position, one for full throttle > enrichment > > '84 - one switch. Full throttle enrichment only > > '85 - no switches. > > What you're seeing is...
• How do you say...
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:14:10 -0400
  ...6 TD engine that fits over the special Vanagon/T3 boost enrichment unit on the fuel pump, and searching on ebay.de is a...
• Re: Throttle Valve Switch
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:10:01 -0700
  ...One at idle position, one for full throttle > enrichment > > '84 - one switch. Full throttle enrichment only > > '85 - no switches. > > What you're seeing is...
• Re: 88 GLstarts, stalls immediately
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:25:36 EDT
  ...In a Vanagon the FI controller adjusts the pulses to the injectors in order to provide cold start fuel enrichment. How does the controller...
• idle and vacuum diagnosis
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Fri, 8 Oct 2004 14:06:04 -0700
  ...AT idle, 850 rpm, and a warm, ie no cold enrichment , my van sit about 13-14 inches. The operation or movement of the...
• Re: Rebuilt 2.1 Running Rich
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 22:45:05 -0500
  ...It controls the cold start enrichment and if it is dead, the engine will get cold start enrichment all the time. I had that...
• A couple of odds and ends FS
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 1 Mar 2007 02:07:30 -0500
  ...It has an electrically operated enrichment valve instead of the manual one but wiring this up is a piece of cake and eliminates that...
• Re: Can't find a 1.9 fuel injection problem?
  Historical mailing list - John H. Fleming
  Thu, 19 Jun 1997 22:31:46 -0400
  >some other thoughts: > >fuel system pressure > >throttle switch (full throttle enrichment) on the throttle shaft-thingie= =2E > >evaporative emissions system ... might be leaking. > >good...
• Re: ECU and Throttle Question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 12:57:44 -0500
  ...What is it about the last .010 of >>throttle plate movement that requires enrichment, that the previous .010 >>did not? Under what conditions is...
• Re: Gas Milage and the Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 10 May 2001 18:44:24 -0800
  ...The information I received from Darrel Boehler was that that extra fuel enrichment is added by the ECU when the TEMP I sensor indicates...
• Re: 84 Vanagon--Won't start at 40 degrees--Update
  Historical mailing list - john schaper
  Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:03:00 -0400
  ...low value (not very likely) > d) ECU enrichment logic not working right > > OR > > II) too much enrichment causing flooding, because: > a) Bad sender connection...
• Re: Temp 2 sensor lesson for the 5th time [rant]
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 14:00:42 -0400
  ...until warm (I think it thought the engine was already warm and it did not provide the cold start enrichment). Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
• compression problem
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 07:51:03 -0800
  ...Seems that the enrichment is not working for cold starting. Have checked temp II sensor and it seems fine. Have to recheck the temp...