VANAGON archives -- June 1998, week 4 (#154)

Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:52:48 -0700 Reply-To: Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com> From: Old Volks Home <jim@OLDVOLKSHOME.COM> Subject: Re: need help from someone to look at their engine... Comments: To: Michael Sullivan <sullivan@OPENMARKET.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19980623160701.009d0bb0@mail-60.openmarket.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Try your VW Dealer again.

025-129-420. It's still available (according to VOA in Troy, MI) and in the 6-1-98 price list at $5.25 (!) for a teeny-weeny little piece of metal. Looks like the parts guy didn't wanna bother ordering it in my opinion. Probably better off making it like you suggested.

When swapping in a 2.1 in my 84 Westy last year, I didn't encounter this piece. Just went to check it just now and apparently I've been running without this piece the whole time I've had it on the road. Dunno if it means good or bad. Can anyone with knowledge comment?

See also Pages 24.24 and 24.24a of the Vanagon Bentley. Looks like they show a size of .006" or 0.15mm, but they don't indicate if it's ID or OD (Probably ID).

*************************************** At 04:07 PM 6/23/98 -0400, Michael Sullivan wrote: >I am missing a little piece from my fuel evaproative control system called a "restrictor" which is a small, 1/2" piece of round metal or plastic rod with a small drilled hole in it -- hence the name "restrictor". It is located inline with the vacuum hose that comes from the charcoal filter valve located in the top-right of the engine compartment as you are looking down on the engine. > >See page 20.16 and 20.33 of the Bentley manual. > >Well, VW no longer carries this part so I am going to fabricate my own from a piece of aluminum rod. Only thing is I don't know how small a hole to drill. Could someone measure their's and pmail me with the proper dimension??? > >Thanx. > > >Michael J. Sullivan *****************************

Good Luck!

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