It works fine.

Dennis

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Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 2:11 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Victor Reinz brand front main seal from engine gasket kit?

Has anybody tried this front main seal for 86-9X 2.1l
wtrbxer that comes in the engine gasket kit that costs
about $100?  It looks a little different than OEM, but
is the right size and shape.

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> There are 6 messages totalling 288 lines in this
> issue.
>
> Topics of the day:
>
>   1. Woe is me !!
>   2. Engine is being flooded with fuel. Help??
>   3. RE - Shady Boy Awning - Initial Impression
>   4. monitoring system (2)
>   5. AC help
>
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> Date:    Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:50:30 -0400
> From:    Ken Lewis
> <kdlewis_wasting_time@ACCESS4LESS.NET>
> Subject: Re: Woe is me !!
>
> Joe,
>    I feel your pain. That is some serious damage to
> your van which will need
> a lot of $$$ to ever be close to correct again. Did
> it affect the door
> closure at the latch? How is the gap all along the
> door, still even? It
> appears two outside panels need replacing. Any on
> the inside?
>     On the other hand it could have been worse. It
> could have been something
> money couldn't fix.
>
> Ken Lewis
> 86 Transporter Crew Cab
> 60 356 T-5 Porsche
> http://neksiwel.20m.com/
> Vanagon tech, pixs, O2 monitor gadget
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Fri, 23 Jul 2004 06:52:57 -0500
> From:    Rob Wright <wrightvolvo@MAC.COM>
> Subject: Re: Engine is being flooded with fuel.
> Help??
>
> I measures the resistance from the plug at the ECU
> to the injectors and
> it was around 50 ohms book says it should be 16. The
> injectors measure
> fine when there unplugged. Any thoughts?
> Maybe a short to ground somewhere?
> On Friday, July 23, 2004, at 03:45 PM, Tim Demarest
> wrote:
>
> > There should be a ground from the left head to the
> engine bay wall
> > (just
> > below the coil).
> > There's another from the tranny to the frame
> underneath the van.
> >
> > Sounds like grounds are not your problem. Either
> your ECU is shot, or
> > there
> > is a wire *shorted* to ground that shouldn't be.
> Try tracing the wiring
> > from the injectors back towards the ECU, looking
> for bare spots that
> > may be
> > touching metal?
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > At 02:42 AM 7/23/2004 -0500, Rob Wright wrote:
> >> So it sounds like I may have a bad ground since
> the injectors are not
> >> pulsing. When I turn the key on they spray fuel
> constantly and the
> >> fuel
> >> pump never shuts off.
> >> i bought this van in this condition so i'm not
> sure what the problem
> >> might be.
> >>  Is there suppose to be a strap grounding the
> engine to the chassis ?
> >> On Friday, July 23, 2004, at 12:53 PM, mark
> drillock wrote:
> >>
> >>> There is SUPPOSED to be +12 to the injectors
> when the key is turned
> >>> on.
> >>> The relays are not the problem, it sounds like
> they are working.
> >>>
> >>> The ECU controls the fuel pump relay. The fuel
> pump relay also
> >>> provides
> >>> +12 to all injectors. The ECU runs the pump for
> a few seconds every
> >>> time
> >>> the key is turned on and all the time when it
> thinks that engine is
> >>> spinning. The injectors also get +12 at the same
> times.
> >>>
> >>> The injectors are not fired by turning this +12
> on and off. They are
> >>> fired by turning the injector grounds on and
> off. A relay that was
> >>> stuck
> >>> on would not keep the engine from running
> normally. The relays stay
> >>> on
> >>> continuously whenever the engine is turning
> anyway.
> >>>
> >>> The ECU controls the turning on and off of the
> injector grounds. The
> >>> ECU
> >>> pulses the injectors this way. The relays have
> nothing to do with the
> >>> pulsing. The ECU relay is on whenever the key is
> on. The fuel pump
> >>> relay
> >>> is on whenever the ECU tells it to be on. That
> is 99.99% of the time
> >>> that the key is on.
> >>>
> >>> Mark
> >>>
> >>> Rob Wright wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> There is 12 volts going to all the injectors
> all as soon as I turn
> >>>> the
> >>>> key on. I tried switching the relays since they
> have the same part
> >>>> number on them and it didn't help. What turns
> the relays on and off?
> >>>> Where is the engine grounded to the chassis?
> >>>> On Thursday, July 22, 2004, at 10:16 PM, Joel
> Walker wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I am trying to get my 85 westy going but when
> I turn the key the
> >>>>>
> >>>>> fuel
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> starts and never stops. I pulled the
> injectors out and a couple
> >>>>>> are
> >>>>>> spraying fuel so I thought ok the injectors
> are bad, but when I
> >>>>>> disconnect the electrical plug from them they
> stop spraying which
> >>>>>
> >>>>> may
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> mean there is some sort of electrical
> problem.
> >>>>>>   Any ideas?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> try fooling around with those two relays in
> the black box above the
> >>>>> ignition coil. the one closest to the hinges
> of the box is the fuel
> >>>>> pump relay ... it powers the pump itself. the
> other one powers the
> >>>>> fuel injectors, and it might be stuck,
> triggering the injectors to
> >>>>> fire continuously.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> you might also have a bad computer that is
> triggering the
> >>>>> injectors,
> >>>>> or just a bad wire from the computer to the
> injectors.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> good luck!
> >>>>> joel
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:53:35 -0400
> From:    caverat <caverat@COMCAST.NET>
> Subject: RE - Shady Boy Awning - Initial Impression
>
> "The two mounting bracket are made out of stainless
> steel and are more
> than 1/8" thick. They will definitely outlast every
> part on the camper."
>
> Don't make the same mistake I did.  I don't know
> what I was thinking at =
> the time, but for some reason I decided to pull down
> on the extended =
> awning at the end of the fabric in the middle.  I
> think I might have =
> been trying to get some of moisture of a recent rain
> to run off somewhat =
>
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