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From: pebi@aem.umn.edu (Peter A. Bidian)
Subject: Re: Lichthupe (was Re: 12 volt conversion)
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:53:00 GMT

bjgaed@bb1t.monsanto.com writes:


>I had never heard that term before, so I took the book to my boss, who 
>is from Austria, and he told me that this means literally 
>"light-horn".  It is used on the Autobahn to let the driver ahead of 
>you know that you want to pass and should move over into the slow 
>lane.  He told me that actually sounding your horn in that situation 
>would be illegal since the horn is reserved for emergencies.

>Any suggestions on restoring this?  Would the lights both flash on and 
>off, or would they alternate left-right-left-right?  Could a flasher 
>relay be modified for this purpose?  I will probably add a 4-way 
>flasher of some sort to the car now that it's a 12 volt.  Anyone ever 
>done that?



>-- 
>--Electric Monk            (Bruce Gaede); 
>                            e-mail: bjgaed@ccmail.monsanto.com

>"...and then time started seriously to pass."
>--Douglas Adams, _Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency_

This feature is common in European cars. In fact I must say that I miss
the lack of it in my 91 US Golf. It flashes the high beam on both
headlights together.

In general it is used to draw the attention for whatever reason.

Cheers,

Peter


		                                                               
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From: lytle@noao.edu (Dyer Lytle  CCS)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: How do I quiet my air-cooled VW engine?
Date: 2 Sep 92 16:42:42 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ, USA

In article <MONTNARO.92Sep2095956@ausable.crd.ge.com> montanaro@crd.ge.com (Skip Montanaro) writes:
>
>Bob Rusk writes:
>
> > Actually, Skip stated in his original posting that the van is a '72.  Didn't
> > VW add the "official" overhead access hold to the van in '73?
>
>The oldest van I owned was a '73. It had the access hole/cover. I wasn't
>aware that the access cover was such a recent addition to VW vans. Perhaps
>the owner can locate a later model at a junkyard and replace the homemade
>hole/cover with one excised from a junker (properly welded in, of course.)
>
>--
>Skip (montanaro@crd.ge.com)


Well, I was the original poster and started this thread.  I have a 72
camper with an access hole over the engine.  This access hole is definitely
very home-made looking so I assume it is.  Because this hole wasn't properly
covered, the interior of the vehicle was quite noisey.

Over last weekend I built an engine cover, added carpet padding and carpet
over the cover, and the interior is now much quieter.

To make the cover I had a welding shop cut me a piece of 16 guage steel
the proper size and shape and I had them prime it.  Then I drilled 11 holes
around the perimeter of this cover and 11 matching holes around the engine
access hole in the vehicle.  I bought some 1/8" sheet rubber and cut a
nice gasket which I epoxied to the cover before I screwed it on with
sheet-metal screws.  It does stick up about 3/16" above the floor inside
the vehicle but this isn't a big problem.  The cover is very solid, looks
nice, and cuts the engine noise tremendously.

Then I covered the area with some dense foam carpet padding and covered that
with some indoor-outdoor carpet.  Now I can hear then engine more through an
open window than through the interior of the vehicle.

This will work for now, probably forever.

Many thanks to those who sent me useful suggestions!

 -Dyer 


-- 
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Internet: lytle@noao.edu        SPAN: NOAO::LYTLE (NOAO=5355) 
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From: anh@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (christopher.j.hapeman)
Subject: Corrado questions
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 12:47:56 GMT


Couple of questions regarding my '90 Corrado:

1.  Occasionally when the rear spoiler retracts it makes a 
    rubbing/sticking type of noise.  Anyone know of a way
    to lubricate it?

2.  When driving at a cruising speed, ie: on the highway, 
    I have experienced a 1-2 second loss/decrease of power.  
    Everything else appears and sounds normal and no outside
    events appear to effect the problem, it is not experienced
    on acceleration.  It is at its worst when applying light gas 
    when going down hill at 60-70 MPH.  The car has been almost 
    exclusively run with Amoco Ultimate and recently I have tried 
    Mobil Super+ with no effects.  Also a bottle of STP fuel 
    injector cleaner has not appeared to help.  Is this something
    inherent with the G60 design?

Any thoughts, comments, ideas would be greatly appreciated. 
   
Christopher Hapeman
cjh@garage.att.com
From: eliot@lanmola.engr.washington.edu (eliot)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: Junky Japanese cars? (Re: Production Delay)
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:47:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: engr.Aug28.174001.23461
Organization: clearer than blir

In article <5215@dove.nist.gov> keys@csmes.ncsl.nist.gov (Larry Keys) writes:

somebody else said:
:over 30 who like VWs would like to have our creature comforts, too.  In 
:the GTIs, VW didn't even make available power door locks and windows.  Here 

>The GTI 16v doesn't have central locking and power windows available?

>When i looked at the GLI in '90 i almost ended buying a model which had
>ABS, central locking, heated seats, power windows etc.  As it turns out
>i decided to spend a little less, and my GLI has central locks, but i 
>thought that those same features were available on the GTI's as well.

I saw a 92 GTI on the lot once which had (*gasp*) power operated
seats.  I can't imagine a more inappropriate feature for this car.

Anyway, I have a 1992 VW brochure in front of me and lo and behold,
there's no mention of power windows/locks for the GTI, while it is
listed for the Jetta.  It sorta makes sense in the German mentality,
since the GTI has only two doors, hence there's only one other lock
and handle to operate opposed to 3 for the Jetta.  If I were buying
a GTI, I wouldn't want it anyway but I agree that the price is a 
little steep for a relatively sparsely equipped car.


eliot
From: FJM1@psuvm.psu.edu (Frank Mulhern)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: On Painting a 78 Bus
Date: 28 Aug 92 17:27:24 GMT
Article-I.D.: psuvm.92241.132724FJM1
Organization: Penn State University

I have a 78 camper bus that needs paint.  It has many very small rust spots,
mostly on the front from stones on the highway.  The paint is deteriorating
in that the white on the top half of the bus is streaking down onto the
brown lower half.  The body is otherwise in excellent shape.  What kind of
place should I take it to for painting?  How much should I expect to pay?
Any advice on colors?  Thanks for any input.

        Frank Mulhern   Department of Marketing
                        Penn State 814-865-0232    FJM1 @ PSUVM
From: montnaro@spyder.crd.ge.com (Skip Montanaro)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: How do I quiet my air-cooled VW engine?
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:59:41 GMT
Reply-To: montanaro@crd.ge.com (Skip Montanaro)
Organization: GE Corporate Research & Development, Schenectady, NY

In article <1992Aug27.153308.1487@noao.edu> lytle@noao.edu (Dyer Lytle  CCS) writes:

   There is an access hole inside the vehicle over the engine (home-made
   by the looks of it) that was covered by a large piece of plywood (also
   home-made).

Actually, the engine bay opening over the engine isn't homemade. (Yours
sounds "customized".) It should be rectangular with rounded corners,
probably about 2 x 3 feet across. The opening has an insulated metal cover.
There should be a rubber gasket around the perimeter of the opening. As you
have discovered, it's rather noisy without the cover...

While air-cooled VWs tend to be relatively noisy (mechanical lifters and
all), it is very possible that you have exhaust leaks as well, contributing
to the noise level.

   A book I have on customizing vans says that having spray foam insulation
   applied to the interior is really good for deadening noise.  Has anybody
   tried this?   The quote I got was $200 to foam the entire interior.

I doubt you'll find this will help a great deal. It would probably be
cheaper to scrounge parts at a local junkyard, even if you have to get a new
engine bay shelf (to repair your custom opening) and pay a body shop to
weld/braze/rivet/whatever it in place. I doubt engine covers and engine bay
openings are in great demand, so you should be able to pick one up pretty
cheaply. Just about any bus you find in a junkyard should have one in decent
shape unless it was smashed from the rear end.

   Is there any other way to keep these air-cooled engines quiet?  Is there
   something that can be done to the engine itself?  I'm running Mobil 1
   15w-50 oil, would straight 30w be quieter?  I adjusted the valves so I
   assume tappet noise is at a minimum (but I can still hear them).  I have
   the stock exhaust system.

That's the beauty of mechanical lifters. They tell you when the engine is
running. :-) The air-cooled nature of the beast only adds to the ambience...

You could always try lining the engine compartment with Sonex foam, I
suppose. (It's the stuff used to deaden sound booths. Looks sort of like
foam egg cartons. They have versions of it for all sorts of environments.
Sonex used to sell a "sampler" kit that had 10-15 sq ft of the stuff.)

   I wonder about engine and transmission mounts also.  If these are going bad
   do they cause much more interior noise from the engine/transaxle?

Not likely.
--
Skip (montanaro@crd.ge.com)
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From: tomh@wes.on.ca (Tom Haapanen)
Subject: Re: Info needed on VW EuroVan
Organization: Waterloo Engineering Software
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 12:41:51 GMT
Keywords: Van...slow but solid

ward@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Christ Ward) writes:
> I tried e-mail, but, I got bounced.  Anyway, with the new VR6 the new van
> should be O.K. on power.  [...]
> As to quality and reliablity who know's it's new.  At least
> the engine (VR6) has been out for a while in the Corrado, but most evrything
> else is new.

Actually, the VR6 is newer than the van.  The new Transporter/Bus has been
out in Europe for almost two years now, and you see them everywhere on the
roads.  VW sells hundreds of thousands of them every year, mostly in 
Europe, and mostly as cargo vehicles.  They've been quite trouble-free in
Europe, but of course those vans don't have air conditioning, central
locking, power windows and all those other features the US market loves...

> Oh well, VW's you either LOVE them or HATE! them...          

Well put!  B^]

[ \tom haapanen  | "only bullfighting, mountain climbing and motor racing are ]
[ tomh@wes.on.ca |  sports -- all others are only games" -- ernest hemingway  ]
[ waterloo engineering software |     "to thine own self be true" -- polonius ]
From: keys@csmes.ncsl.nist.gov (Larry Keys)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: Junky Japanese cars? (Re: Production Delay)
Date: 28 Aug 92 15:56:13 GMT
Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology

In article <1992Aug28.061322.23461@uwm.edu> greis@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gayla Ann Greis) writes:
>In article <1992Aug28.040704.19637@sei.cmu.edu> gjp@sei.cmu.edu (George Pandelios) writes:
>>In article <Aug25.190026.12518@engr.washington.edu> eliot@stalfos.engr.washington.edu (eliot) writes:
>>>In article <1992Aug25.101404.2523@mdcbbs.com> jan@camhpp12.mdcbbs.com (Jan Vandenbrande) writes:
>
>>  Those of us
>>over 30 who like VWs would like to have our creature comforts, too.  In 
>>the GTIs, VW didn't even make available power door locks and windows.  Here 
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^        >>we are eight years later and roughly $4,000 higher in price, and VW seems
>>to be going backwards.  I realize a lot of the $4000 is inflation, but VW
>>didn't even give me those options.  I think VW may lose some older customers
>>this way.

>It's too bad that you weren't able to wait for the A3 bodied cars. You
>will see much of what you want in these new '93s. Unfortunately, this
>won't be for a few more months. Power glass moonroofs, and central
                                                            ^^^^^^^
>locking will be available in the Jetta, and I'm sure the Golf as well.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>On the whole, I love this GTI 16V.


The GTI 16v doesn't have central locking and power windows available?

When i looked at the GLI in '90 i almost ended buying a model which had
ABS, central locking, heated seats, power windows etc.  As it turns out
i decided to spend a little less, and my GLI has central locks, but i 
thought that those same features were available on the GTI's as well.

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        Fahrvergnugen forever!

From: moussavi@hplred.HP.COM (Farshid Moussavi)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:54:54 GMT
Subject: Jetta GLI recalls and quality
Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw

About 90 Jetta GLI recalls .....


I have a 90 Wolfsburg GLI, and I haven't received any recall notice
like yours.  However, I did have idling problems before, and they fixed it
by "updating" the computer, whatever that means (new chip? new computer??),
and I haven't had any idle problems after that.  Other replacements include:
ox sensor and water pump (recalls), distributor (faulty seal leaked oil, fix
was another "update"), EGR valve (third one) and turn signal indicator
relay ( I paid for this one out of pocket!) Other than that I had no problems!
But seriously, none of these were major problems, and for the most part they
were taken care of.  So the bottom line is that although VW leaves something to
be desired with its reliability, I still love that car.  It is really too bad,
because I think they could really do better in the U.S. if they would
just improve their quality control.  I wouldn't drive anything else, but lot
of people would.


Farshid
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: Frozen or broken stud removal
From: jan@camhpp12.mdcbbs.com (Jan Vandenbrande)
Date: 2 Sep 92 10:11:34 PDT
Organization: M&E (Division of EDS), Cypress CA

In article <1992Aug31.180706.25851@newsgate.sps.mot.com> mark@wdcwdc.sps.mot.com (Mark Shaw) writes:
>then use the appropriate "Easy-Out" to back out the broken piece.  Easy-Out's are really not
....
>Mark Shaw   (mark@wdc.sps.mot.com)   Tempe, AZ

For extremely stuborn situations, someone advised me to also use
vise grips over the stud (if you have space) to ensure that the 
stud wont crack.

Jan
-- 
Jan

jan@camhpp12.mdcbbs.com		(work)
jan@lipari.usc.edu		(school, usually works, forwards)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw,rec.autos
From: mcr@cactus.org (Mike)
Subject: '84 White Rabbit Convert for Sale in Austin, TX
Organization: Capital Area Central Texas UNIX Society, Austin, Tx
Distribution: tx
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 23:03:34 GMT

Please do NOT send email my way, but call the phone number listed below
if interested.  Thanks!

1984 White/white convert Rabbit (Wolfsburg Edition) with 100,000 mi.
One owner, tranny is 5 speed manual.  Runs great, car in very good shape.
Tracy Puryear at 512-454-5416, (after 6pm) if interested.


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Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
From: eliot@stalfos.engr.washington.edu (eliot)
Subject: Re: The best water-cooled VW?
Organization: clearer than blir
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 01:27:30 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.175934.9141@bsu-ucs.uucp> 01ksdavis@bsu-ucs.uucp writes:
>I might have to get a new car soon, one that insurance would cover.  

>	SO, what do you consider to be the best of the second-generation VWs?

Well, since no other constraints were mentioned, I'll have to say that
the Corrado VR6 is the best VW ever made or sold.  Every single review
that I have seen of it has been a case of the reviewer being reduced
into a salivating mess, including the one that I did for r.a.vw.  :-) :-)

>Which are the most affordable in terms of mileage, used cost, upkeep, etc.
 
appliance value?  wait for the Golf III.


eliot
From: ward@m.cs.uiuc.edu (Christ Ward)
Subject: Re: Info needed on VW EuroVan
Keywords: Van...slow
Organization: University of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci., Urbana, IL
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 13:33:57 GMT

>In article <1992Aug26.232551.1149@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com> chesky@squirrel.austin.ibm.com (Bill Chesky) writes:

>>One of the vans that they are looking at is the VW EuroVan (EuroSport???).
>>They can't find much information on it since it hasn't been sold yet in
>>the US.  They are very leary about buying a VW van since we had lots of trouble
>>w/ our VW Vanagon a few years back.  You were lucky to reach 65 mph in that
>>thing going down a hill w/ a tail wind.  Plus the dashboard layout was 
>>really hokey - nobody, not even the dealership, could figure out how the
>>airflow controls worked.  And worst of all the engine seized up - twice!

I tried e-mail, but, I got bounced.  Anyway, with the new VR6 the new van
should be O.K. on power.  The main thing I wanted to tell you was that
VW was converting Vanagon's for free.  They (VW) would do the lift and 
deal with the front seat as a public service for handicaped people.
Now I don't know if they will be doing this with the new van, or even
if the program survived very long with the Vanagon's.  I can find the  
article (that had a 1-800 number) if your dealership is clueless or 
whatever.  As to quality and reliablity who know's it's new.  At least
the engine (VR6) has been out for a while in the Corrado, but most evrything
else is new.  Oh, and I have figured out my airflow controls and I only 
had to read the manual six times (and re-view for each new seasion) 
complicated yes...but still the best I've ever had.  Oh well, VW's you
either LOVE them or HATE! them...          

chris ward
From: doug@ulysses.att.com (G. Douglas Humphrey[drew])
Newsgroups: rec.autos.vw
Subject: Re: Corrado questions
Date: 27 Aug 92 16:35:06 GMT
Reply-To: doug@ulysses.att.com
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ

Christopher-

In an attempt to answer your questions:

(1) Mine does it too. Sorry, not an answer but at least a little sympathy.

(2) Before I added my AutoThority Stage II kit my Corrado used to have this
   problem due to the Air Conditioner taking its own sweet time disengaging
   when the power was needed. Were you using the AC? If so, then yes, it is
   inherent in the Gutless-60 motor design. I fixed that with the kit. Most
   people now fix it with the VR6! If you weren't using the AC then my best
   guess is that you need to clean your fuel injectors w/some Techron. Since
   you've already tried that then I'm at a loss...if you weren't using AC!

- Doug Humphrey

In article <1992Aug26.124756.16746@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, anh@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (christopher.j.hapeman) writes:
|> 
|> Couple of questions regarding my '90 Corrado:
|> 
|> 1.  Occasionally when the rear spoiler retracts it makes a 
|>     rubbing/sticking type of noise.  Anyone know of a way
|>     to lubricate it?
|> 
|> 2.  When driving at a cruising speed, ie: on the highway, 
|>     I have experienced a 1-2 second loss/decrease of power.  
|>     Everything else appears and sounds normal and no outside
|>     events appear to effect the problem, it is not experienced
|>     on acceleration.  It is at its worst when applying light gas 
|>     when going down hill at 60-70 MPH.  The car has been almost 
|>     exclusively run with Amoco Ultimate and recently I have tried 
|>     Mobil Super+ with no effects.  Also a bottle of STP fuel 
|>     injector cleaner has not appeared to help.  Is this something
|>     inherent with the G60 design?
|> 
|> Any thoughts, comments, ideas would be greatly appreciated. 
|>    
|> Christopher Hapeman
|> cjh@garage.att.com 

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From: teek@kingcong.UWaterloo.ca (Prateek Dwivedi)
Subject: 91 GTX 16V throttle probs
Summary: whats going on with the damn car? 
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 15:38:54 GMT


there is a good chance that the width of the article
is greater than 80 columns because I opened the editor
in X windows at some random screen size... sorry.  


Ok... I'm new to this... so I hope this question is in line with the scheme of things

I own a 91 Jetta GTX 16V (in the states, they might call it a GLI 16V or something.

Since I picked it up, it has been plagued with throttle problems... the throttle body has been
replace twice and the oxygen sensor and car computer have been adjusted many time.

Heres the problem.... at times (ie random times.. but usually when the gas tank is NOT full) the
cars decides to hunt for idle (with the clutch down) between 1500 rpm and 2500 rpm... as in it
keeps searching making a great "Let's drag" sound.

Then... when it finally stops doing this (a minute or two later) it decides to idle at a low 
750 rpm ... but only nails that after struggling at 500 (near stall) for a half second.

When in gear... you can tell that it is having throttle problems when you play with the accelerator
pedal. If you let go of the accelerator then hit it (gently) again... the car will kind of serge
(a noticeable thump).

The mecahanics are not being very helpful.  Its like they dont know what's going on.

Has anybody been able to fix this problem (or better.. has anyone had this problem)?

My car has just come out of warranty... and I don't want the mechs playing thrying to fix
it when it costs me $56 an hour.

Another thing... has anybody been able to push their car over 200 KPH .  The car is rated to go
210 KPH but I just can't do it.  Is there any thing wrong with the car then?
\
Also anyone with a Cobra Stealth radar detector?  Do you know if they are really stealth from
the cops radar detector detector?

Thanks

TeeK
C
My car just came out of warranteE 
-- 
Teek (Prateek Dwivedi)
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