Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 19:50:05 -0500
Reply-To: Gary Stearns <gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Gary Stearns <gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: fuel system questions
I can't tell you about how the idle stabilizer valve should hum. Mine has
worked intermittently and I've never (4 years) heard it hum.
Re: temp II Sensor, I recently did this too. Wait till the engine is cool
(don't want to open the cooling system while it's pressurized) put a pan
under thermo housing to catch a little coolant, and basically set everyting
up to work FAST. Pop out the old sensor, transfer the O ring, pop in the
new sensor. If you lose a cup of coolant, your slow!!
I think that we all have that extra arm on the throttle. Though I don't
have it, I always assumed that this was where a cruise control unit would
connect to the throttle. If you don't have CC either, ignore it.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: James A. Creech <jacreech@VISUALLINK.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 6:56 PM
Subject: fuel system questions
> Thanks to Joel Walker, Terry Kay, Bill Davidson, Matthew Pollard, Jay
> Snyder (pardon if I'm missing someone) for great help on my cold start
> problem. I'm underway with your advice and making some progress.
>
> If you or any other listmembers have some insight and time to respond a
bit
> further, I'd greatly appreciate your kindness for that as well:
>
> (1) I cannot discern any vibration or hum in my idle stabilizer valve, but
> don't know whether to attribute that to a bad valve or too much rock &
roll
> guitar in past years, or too much engine sound. How noticeable would this
> be the vibes and hum in a healthy valve, not my deafness and loss of
touch)?
>
> (2) I assume replacement of the temp 2 sensor at the thermostat housing
> requires a complete coolant system drain. Any shortcuts here (like
quickly
> & temporarily stopping up the sensor hole with something during the switch
> to new sensor?)
>
> (3) On the throttle valve unit, there's a smaller arm and spring on top
of
> the rotating arm attached to the accelerator cable. What does it do?
Mine
> is sticky, doesn't rotate easily - basically stays wherever I put it by
> hand, even with throttle movement (acceleration). How is it supposed to
> operate, and be adjusted? Bentley has an adj. shown on 24.59 but I can't
> decipher it.
>
> Thanks again,
> Jim Creech
> 87 Westy GL 2.1
>
|