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• BN4: metering vs diaphragm pump question
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 14:06:30 CST6CDT
  ...i wish to know whether it is the more modern one with the metering fuel pump or the older style with the diaphragm pump...
• BN4 heater wanted
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 17 Jul 1996 14:33:10 CST6CDT
  ...it must have the metering type of fuel pump but not necessarily be working. anything out there? -dan
• Re: What's a Backfire
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  7 Nov 1995 16:13:37 -0800
  ...carb (dangerous fire possibility?) or FI a metering hardware ( expensive breakage possible of air flow metering stuff) or via the exhaust system (rough on...
• Re: Espar D2 diesel furnace run on gas
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:01:33 -0400
  ...The metering pump/quantity is slightly different, and IIRC the glow pin screen a little different, but they do run just fine. As said...
• Checking hall sensor
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Brandt
  Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:18:24 -0600
  ...the inside of the distributer to check the hall sensor wires. Metering the sensor says its ok, but I want to check the wires...
• Re: EGR Filter (82 Westy) LONG
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 6 Aug 1999 22:16:13 -0400
  ...A very important part, the "metering gasket" is sandwiched in the union between the EGR filter, and the crossover tube flange. The metering gasket...
• Re: I broke a coupling
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:11:50 -0400
  ...That part's easy, the problem is the metering orifice... d -- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful...
• Re: Headlight switch for '91 Westy-Only getting 8 MPG!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:09:16 -0500
  ...This much consumption if due to a fuel metering issue can dilute the oil, wash it off the cylinder walls leading to excessive wear...
• Gas heater Manual for mac available
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 19:17:27 -0900
  ...and it covers a generic installation of the BN 4 (w/metering fuel pump). If anybody wants it, let me know and I e...
• Re: Haunted Westy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 16:13:11 +0200
  Steven Shane wrote: > trip meter as I do each and every time, only this time it stoped > "metering." > > The spedo cable is fine, I...
• AC expansion valve and R-134a?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Clark
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:45:04 -0500
  ...He says the expansion valve is not properly metering the freon. Is there a R-134 a specific expansion valve for Vanagons, specifically for...
• Re: Very Technical Question on Shocks Question Answered
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:36:14 -0800
  ...I find no indication that any shocks today are using a variable diameter metering rod to control internal fluid flow in a shock absorber...
• Re: � � � AC expansion valve and R-134a?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:44:25 EDT
  In a message dated 8/28/02 1:47:04 PM, firefly1@INTOP.NET writes: > He says the expansion valve is not properly metering...
• Shameless VolksMotorsports plug
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 7 Aug 1996 13:47:17 CST6CDT
  ...Kyle even responded well to my barrage of questions to determine if it was the metering type! living in a rural area of a...
• Re: ..TD conversion
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Fri, 6 Dec 1996 11:07:39 -0700
  ...While turbocharging a Diesel will clean up the smoke, you'll actually lean out the engine without the corresponding increase in fuel metering. Keep...
• Positive Crankcase Ventilation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 13 Aug 2023 16:44:25 +0000
  ...A PCV system usually consists of some type of metering device that connects under the throttle plate so that so that especially at low...
• Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:36:42 -0600
  ...Better fuel metering. Congress legislating that it be so?? What else??? Is it really possible to get more BTU's from a pound of...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:51:17 -0500
  ...multi-point fuel injection - intermittient" Meaning not continuous injection (CIS) "air metering: flow" Meaning flapper for flow measurement not mass air, speed density, etc...
• Re: JB Weld Throttle body repair question.
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:04:41 -0400
  ...He wanted to know if blocking the metering hole in the throttle plate would compensate for the throttle shaft leak. I say give it...
• Erratic Power
  Historical mailing list - Duane Teske
  Tue, 13 May 1997 15:27:26 -0500
  ...Gas mileage however never seems to be vary so I suspect a fuel metering problem rather than an ignition problem I'm getting ready...
• Haunted Westy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shane
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:08:43 -0400
  ...I do each and every time, only this time it stoped "metering." The spedo cable is fine, I get acurate readouts on how fast...
• Re: Loss of power at altitude
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 08:48:45 -0800
  Hi Brent, Turns out the ECU and the airflow metering system actually does a little altitude compensation automatically. But not enough to defeat the...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:57:31 -0800
  On Dec 23, 2007 12:03 PM, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote: > If you are asking which air metering system type is better...
• Re: Positive Crankcase Ventilation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 13 Aug 2023 16:47:17 -0700
  ...the crankcase. > > > > A PCV system usually consists of some type of metering device that connects under the throttle plate so that so that especially...
• Re: Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 07:49:53 -0800
  ...I > suppose one might consider an atomic pile as a controlled metering, but > it is really a a controlling of natural radiation being emitted...
• 83.5 won't start
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 1 May 2007 11:08:21 -0600
  ...last summer) Idle control switch specs out correctly, Replaced the Air metering unit with a new one. no change. Can smell fuel in the...
• Re: Aftermarket Electronic Ignition
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Serafin for Malek
  Tue, 9 May 1995 11:30:58 -0500
  ...I do not know what the requirements of metering the O2 sensor are though. When I worked at an Amoco Research Center it was...
• Re: Yet another led H4 blog post
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 13 Feb 2017 23:03:01 +0000
  ...You need "true RMS' metering to get real measurements. Many of these will work with 12 and 24 systems. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:00:57 -0800
  ...multi-point fuel injection - intermittient" > > Meaning not continuous injection (CIS) > > "air metering: flow" > > Meaning flapper for flow measurement not mass air, speed density, etc...
• Re: Ultrasonic cleaners for small parts
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:11:22 -0600
  ...Some dimensions are very critical (metering rods) and the wear caused by vibrating these parts together can cause problems. Thanks, Tom Hargrave 256-656...
• Re: Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:58:36 -0600
  ...I >>suppose one might consider an atomic pile as a controlled metering, but >>it is really a a controlling of natural radiation being emitted...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:03:26 -0500
  If you are asking which air metering system type is better.. both map based and maf based have their pros/cons... but generally speaking...
• Re: Gas Heater Fuel Connection
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jul 2018 01:16:17 +0000
  ...The pressure increase there may still be enough to push fuel through the heater metering pump when not in use or at least throw...
• aux battery ideas
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Wed, 3 Sep 1997 00:20:32 -0700
  ...another thing i was noting was the use of some sophisticated metering equipment to monitor actual amp-hours available in a battery and its...
• Re: Black smoke - diesel running rich?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 3 Apr 2000 09:30:17 -0700
  ...Sure, look at the fuel metering from the pump--it could be running rich. Another possible cause of the smoke is the injectors. If...
• Re: $300 reward for advice
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 20:19:45 -0400
  And Troy makes yet another fuel-metering related point. A vacuum-related leak can cause a myriad of failings. Vacuum leaks can be tough...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:28:00 -0700
  ...both ethanol and NO. > NOS has an effect any way delivered. > metering is a safety issue to me. > unmetered will give you pieces of...
• Re: DJ-code WBX technical specs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:19:24 -0500
  ...multi-point fuel injection - intermittient" >> >> Meaning not continuous injection (CIS) >> >> "air metering: flow" >> >> Meaning flapper for flow measurement not mass air, speed density, etc...
• Hauted Westy
  Historical mailing list - Brush, John
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:28:19 -0600
  ...I do each and every time, only this time it stoped >"metering." >The speedo cable is fine, I get acurate readouts on how fast...
• Re: Back From Mothballing, Mystery Coolant Leak - bump
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 May 2012 16:01:49 -0400
  ...There's a metering hole in the middle of the thing, it's not complicated but not totally simple either. For the tank, look...
• Re: ack ... idle difficulty..
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 15:44:17 +0100
  ...Drippy injector, poor metering? ----- Original Message ----- From: "dave bowers" <dave@sparkplug.com> To: "Clive Smith" <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM> Sent: Thursday, July 11...
• Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Vanagon Intermittent Misfire
  Feb. 29, 1992
  ...Some air-flow meters may experience a vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper during extended constant driving. This resonance causes the air-flow...
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:43:07 -0700
  ...both ethanol and NO. NOS has an effect any way delivered. metering is a safety issue to me. unmetered will give you pieces of...
• Re: Hi Lift Cams, Rockers
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Sun, 3 Jun 2001 13:51:59 -0700
  ...Coupled with intake/exhaust system smoothing and compensation in the fuel metering, very significant power gains can be achieved. Efficiency may or may not...
• Re: 87 Westy Stuttering?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 01:34:05 EDT
  ...Some airflow meters may experience a vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper during extended constant driving. This resonance causes the airflow meter to...
• Re: charger controllert/low volt Regulator suggestions for 2nd battery system
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:49:27 -0800
  ...some things look just right for the regulator/solar charge controller/metering this is looks realy great Morningstar prostar 15M -$150 with lcd meter...
• Re: advice on installing 72 Eberspacher BN4, into a 67 westy
  Historical mailing list - G. Lee
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:00:42 -0600
  ...The BN4 heater uses a metering fuel pump to control the mixture, this can fall out of adjustment. You can use an oxygen sensor...
• Re: Gas Heater Fuel Connection
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Berg
  Sat, 14 Jul 2018 21:20:30 -0400
  ...The > pressure increase there may still be enough to push fuel through the > heater metering pump when not in use or at least throw...
• Anybody Ever Replace Digijet/Digifant FI with CIS?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:43:04 -0600
  ...Tuning the AFM spring rate is tricky, and will not be in synch with the fuel metering program inside the ECU. Results in drivability...
• Vanagon Syndrome??
  Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
  Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:17:43 -0700
  ...Some air-flow meters may experience a vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper during extended constant driving." If your symptoms are not as...
• Re: Nitrous Oxide Injection in an '85GL
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:52:20 -0500
  ...just what remotely controlled valve is available that would allow flexible metering of the N2O at the throttle body, reliably. Really don't know...
• Re: Haunted Westy!!!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 11:10:07 -0300
  ...I do each and every time, only this time it stoped > "metering." > > The spedo cable is fine, I get acurate readouts on how fast...
• Re: Disposal of old watery gasoline??
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:51:42 -0400
  ...if there are no particles in the bottom of the container after a week, begin metering it in when you fill up the tank...
• Re: Bosch CIS problems
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 20:15:47 CST6CDT
  ...The crankcase breather enter the airbox underneath the CIS fuel metering valve; that big circular disk that regulates fuel injection quantity. Problems have arisen...
• Very Technical Question on Shocks
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:12:25 -0800
  ...The variable rate is controlled by an internal metering rod that passing through an orifice and the diameter of the rod is different along...
• Re: Fuel ponderings
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:55:47 -0600
  ...I > suppose one might consider an atomic pile as a controlled metering, but > it is really a a controlling of natural radiation being emitted...
• Re: Part search request for assistance, 81 - 83 air coolled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:37:47 -0800
  It sounds like he's talking about the rubber boot between the metering unit and the intake plenum. I had to replace mine, and...
• Re: ..TD conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Dec 1996 00:05:00 -0500
  ...actually lean out the engine without the corresponding increase in >fuel metering. When I adjusted the fuel delivery screw on the injection pump to...
• Re: Intake air flow, improvement possible?
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Engineering
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 08:58:43 -0800
  ...a stock engine, because there is more potential still choked up by the restrictive intake, and inacurate air metering. Thanks, Jim Akiba Bostig Engineering
• Re: Water 4 Gas. com Does it work? Has Anyone Tried it? Know of It?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:52:19 -0700
  ...both ethanol and NO. > > NOS has an effect any way delivered. > > metering is a safety issue to me. > > unmetered will give you pieces of...