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On The Road Emergency Contacts

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1974 Westy with Carbs--poor running

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Hardest Oil Change Ever

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74 bug coil

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76 Westy stalling very intermittent

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Testing Vacuum on SVDA Distributor

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79 Beetle Cabrio no acceleration

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Hard starting Samantha

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77 Westy high rpm hesitation

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Fan took in paper towel

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77 VW BUS Fuel Injected

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by markannenorton » Sun Apr 12, 2015 11:52 am
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No start condition

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1982 Vanagon FI Non-Cali

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by Manaman » Thu Aug 01, 2019 4:50 pm

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76 Type 1 Front Suspension Noise Identification?

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by JRR » Fri May 10, 2019 12:09 pm

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1977 Bus backfired through the intake plenum on startup

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by 1funbug » Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:26 am

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Bus 1 has issues...

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by 71whitewesty » Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:22 pm
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Vanagon squeaky shifting

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by Kubelwagen » Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:41 pm

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coil wiring

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by frenchy70 » Mon Oct 01, 2018 5:34 am

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Oil Pressure issues

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Ghia - Noise - Rear Axle

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by tommu » Wed Nov 29, 2017 4:58 pm
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80 Vanagon Engine no start after new distributor

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by maxsvetlik » Sat Jun 09, 2018 2:09 pm
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78 Westy Leaking Oil

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by NewBeginningsAgain » Fri Jun 15, 2018 12:50 pm
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Fuel Injection Trouble

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by PaducahFrank » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:24 am
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83 air cooled gas mileage decrease

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by 83AC » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:08 pm

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That will teach me Colin!

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by wcfvw69 » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:53 am

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81 vanagon missing under load over ~2200rpm

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by Firstclassdumbo » Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:20 pm
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Oil strainer bits

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by Happyfolk » Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:12 pm
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Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:49 am
82 a/c vanagon running well stopped then no start

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by boogie child » Wed Jul 12, 2017 7:37 pm
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Dansk heater boxes

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by Curtp07 » Thu May 11, 2017 3:37 am
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83 air cooled starting issues

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by 83AC » Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:51 am

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Clunking noise and then no noise. . .

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by 83AC » Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:53 pm

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Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:23 am
82 Vanagon Westy Missing then Backfire Intermittently

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by Manaman » Wed Jun 28, 2017 11:56 am
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'78 Westy stalling

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by ohiowesty » Mon Jul 11, 2016 5:14 am

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S-Boot refresh

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by Mulcheese » Wed Jun 28, 2017 6:12 am

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Broken sparkplug on 1800 cc AW engine 1974 Bay Window

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by twinfalls » Fri Jun 16, 2017 3:31 pm

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Thumping noise and feel at slow speeds

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by Hubster43 » Mon Jun 12, 2017 8:15 am

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Wed Jun 14, 2017 6:11 am
Ljet

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by dingo » Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:35 pm
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Weird vibration and grumbling ... trans?

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by 83AC » Thu Jun 01, 2017 4:02 pm

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Rising oil temps on 83 air cooled

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by 83AC » Tue May 23, 2017 3:05 pm
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Almost there...higher speed running.

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by JPower6210 » Mon May 22, 2017 5:24 am
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here is one for you on heat

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by sgkent » Tue May 23, 2017 3:44 pm

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1977 fuel injected camper no get up and go.

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by markannenorton » Sun May 07, 2017 10:35 am

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Vanagon dash light

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by dingo » Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:04 pm

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'76 stock FI overfueling when idling after long highway run (over an hour)

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by jmstu76 » Sun Mar 19, 2017 12:12 pm

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starter sticks

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by dingo » Fri Mar 17, 2017 11:07 am

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Tue Mar 28, 2017 9:42 am
FYI Colin- visit transmission noise findings

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by wcfvw69 » Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:03 am

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76 FI cranks no start

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by skip » Tue Feb 28, 2017 10:58 am

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82 Vanagon idle drop at elevation in the Andes

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by ohmydarlingcharlie » Tue Aug 02, 2016 9:24 am
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Squeaking while rolling

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by zabo » Sun Nov 27, 2016 7:04 am

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squirrelly at 65 mph

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by zabo » Sun May 01, 2016 10:55 am
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71 Super Beetle Front Suspension Noise - Fixed!

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by vwlover77 » Thu Oct 06, 2016 7:58 pm

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Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:46 am
Sticky Throttle Fix - 78 FI

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by vwlover77 » Wed Oct 05, 2016 4:56 am

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1980 california Vanagon lugging at midrange?

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by cegammel » Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:38 pm

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83 air cooled CA model starting and idling issues

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by 83AC » Tue Aug 02, 2016 12:36 pm

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Help in Portland

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by lovemybus » Sun Jul 03, 2016 3:23 pm

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burnt rotor button

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by vwbuff » Mon Jul 04, 2016 3:35 am

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Idle stabilizer unit wire broken

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by 83AC » Thu Jun 23, 2016 8:25 am

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83 Vanagon bucking at 60 mph

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by 83AC » Wed Mar 02, 2016 2:44 pm
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Fri Jun 24, 2016 11:15 am
'79 Bus engine miss/ coil wires connected backwards and Loose wire question

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by waterdawg2004 » Mon Jun 20, 2016 9:58 am

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Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:32 am
78 Westy Hyd 2.0 FI wandering timing, running hot

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by JereandJess » Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:42 pm
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'77 bus hard starting and poor idling.

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by mentalQtip » Tue May 24, 2016 1:58 pm

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Hesitations

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by tommu » Tue May 03, 2016 4:25 pm
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gas smell? - fuel sender seal - 78 bus

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by zabo » Fri Apr 15, 2016 4:22 am

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Rough starting, cold

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by Mulcheese » Fri Mar 25, 2016 12:04 pm

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78' bus fuel injected 2.0

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by khargis » Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:47 pm

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Fri Apr 15, 2016 4:19 pm
1.9 wasserboxer wont start

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by energyturtle » Wed Jul 23, 2014 6:18 pm

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Coolant Issues

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by Lanval » Sun May 31, 2015 11:36 pm

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Fri Apr 08, 2016 8:22 pm
Hot Start Trouble

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by kiltgy » Sun Aug 09, 2015 10:21 pm

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Fri Apr 08, 2016 7:58 pm
70 Ghia Vacuum Advance Disappeared

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by dingo » Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:32 pm

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AFM

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by VWnBlood » Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:43 pm

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Horn and backup lights fuse blowing

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by 83AC » Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:18 pm

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type1 -clutch chatter

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by zabo » Wed Oct 14, 2015 7:16 am

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1978 VW bus dies when ignition wire is touched by hand

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by honeybus » Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:55 am

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White 'smoke' (vapor) from exhaust '78 bus

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by honeybus » Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:27 am

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Do I have hydraulic lifters or not?

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by Jleedog » Fri Feb 26, 2016 4:09 pm

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Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:09 am
1978 2.0L FI Hydraulic Lifter #2 Exhaust Problem

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by Wild Bill » Sun Sep 06, 2015 8:24 pm
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Timing Confusion

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by Curtp07 » Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:37 pm
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Thu Feb 11, 2016 7:26 pm
Massive clanging noise and scraping while rotating the eng

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by Ronin10 » Sun Dec 06, 2015 3:58 pm
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Tue Dec 29, 2015 2:42 pm
'87 Vanagon hesitation, crummy mileage.

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by Jivermo » Sat Oct 10, 2015 1:56 pm

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Sun Nov 01, 2015 12:55 pm
Hard cold start

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by VWinVT » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:13 pm
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Sun Oct 25, 2015 11:08 am
1968-69 throttle positioner disassembly/repair

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by wcfvw69 » Fri Sep 18, 2015 12:13 pm

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Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:46 pm
74 bus sudden slight loss of power, #4 valves both tight

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by whc03grady » Thu Aug 06, 2015 7:33 am
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Fri Sep 11, 2015 6:13 am
82 ASI shuts off when hot

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