From arnoldg2 at juno.com Mon May 10 11:31:41 2010 From: arnoldg2 at juno.com (arnoldg2@juno.com) Date: Mon May 10 11:33:27 2010 Subject: [mkiv] Advice Requested Message-ID: <20100510.113141.24596.1@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> I am considering relocating to Southern California and would like to bring my modded(Big Single, No Cat,etc) MKIV. I have heard that the State very strongly punishes the owners and their modded cars. If you have any recommendations let me know! Thanks A Lot ____________________________________________________________ Penny Stock Jumping 2000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4be8353c2dfb6372c0est03vuc From triffid_98 at yahoo.com Mon May 10 23:34:46 2010 From: triffid_98 at yahoo.com (David Regan) Date: Mon May 10 23:35:29 2010 Subject: [mkiv] Advice Requested In-Reply-To: <201005101700.o4AH03sr015187@mkiv.com> Message-ID: <437908.8114.qm@web54405.mail.re2.yahoo.com> I recommend you don't relocate here? If you must, I highly recommend registering your car in another state. Aside from our absurd real estate prices and 91 octane gas, you'll have a track-only car unless you can find a shady smog tech every 2 years. BAR fines can range up to $150k and a revoked license, so best of luck on that front. > From: "arnoldg2@juno.com" > > Subject: [mkiv] Advice Requested > To: MKIV@mkiv.com > Message-ID: <20100510.113141.24596.1@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > I am considering relocating to Southern California and > would like to bring my modded(Big Single, No Cat,etc) MKIV. > I have heard that the State very strongly punishes the > owners and their modded cars. If you have any > recommendations let me know! > Thanks A Lot > ____________________________________________________________ > Penny Stock Jumping 2000% > Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free > today! > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4be8353c2dfb6372c0est03vuc > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Mkiv mailing list > Mkiv@mkiv.com > http://www.mkiv.com/mailman/listinfo/mkiv > > > End of Mkiv Digest, Vol 85, Issue 9 > *********************************** > From arnoldg2 at juno.com Tue May 11 07:57:10 2010 From: arnoldg2 at juno.com (arnoldg2@juno.com) Date: Tue May 11 07:59:22 2010 Subject: [mkiv] Advice Requested Message-ID: <20100511.075710.1723.3@webmail14.vgs.untd.com> I planned to keep to keep the car registered in another state; is that still as major of a problem ____________________________________________________________ #1 Oil & Gas Penny Stock PDGO - Paradigm Oil and Gas $800Million in Probable Oil Reserves http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4be95468dc53342aea3st05vuc From myothersupra at yahoo.com Tue May 11 18:42:00 2010 From: myothersupra at yahoo.com (Thomas Bradley) Date: Tue May 11 18:43:29 2010 Subject: [mkiv] I found extra parts and gravel in my fuel tank In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <891339.10270.qm@web56607.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Hey Bill, I'm sure people have figured out the correct link but it's actually flickr.com without the e and the people search from there to find your tank parts pic. ? Can you snap some better pics of the cylinder piece in question (different sides/angles)? Is that like a round inlet/outlet on one end?as if it maybe connected to the metal pipe on the pump assembly somehow?? Just thinking out loud... ? I wonder what the EPC might show for fuel?tank components?but I don't have it installed on this PC. ? I also wonder if?some sort of?vacuum/suction pump would actually suck the debris out for you easily, like one of those one-man brake bleeder pumps or maybe even a turkey baster. ? Thomas ? --- On Sun, 5/9/10, Bill Lawry wrote: From: Bill Lawry Subject: [mkiv] I found extra parts and gravel in my fuel tank To: "The MKIV.com National Mailing List" Date: Sunday, May 9, 2010, 1:37 AM I created a flicker account and posted a picture there.? Please go to flicker.com search for inov8tn as a person.? Click on the item. The cylindrical piece fits inside and 'locks' inside the loop.? It's not apparent where the assembly is mounted or what it does.? Both items were found outside the pit where the inlet sock lives. I can't figure out what they do. I think I have an intermittent fuel starvation problem (no boost, mildly increasing EGT) so I tried checking the fuel pressure.? It seemed fine when I tested it and the car performed OK that time.? So I pulled the fuel pump to see if there was anything that might be blocking the inlet sock.? There is a tablespoon or so of fine gravel/course sand in the pit where the sock lives.? The sock is pretty stiff so I'm ordering a new one. I'm thinking that I have to drain the tank to get the gravel out.? Does anyone know of a clever way to remove the gravel without draining the whole tank (it's about 1/4 full).? If I pressed a lump of modeling clay onto the gravel would it stick to it? Thanks in advance! - Bill _______________________________________________ Mkiv mailing list Mkiv@mkiv.com http://www.mkiv.com/mailman/listinfo/mkiv From inov8tn at gmail.com Tue May 11 20:36:02 2010 From: inov8tn at gmail.com (Bill Lawry) Date: Tue May 11 20:36:28 2010 Subject: [mkiv] Re: I found extra parts and gravel in my fuel tank In-Reply-To: <891339.10270.qm@web56607.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <891339.10270.qm@web56607.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Thanks for persisting to the point of correcting my typo. The cylindrical piece is pretty smooth all around but in a week I'll be back home and able to take and post more pix. The turkey baster is a novel idea. I'll get one and try it out. It may be able to develop enough local velocity to pull some gravel along into the tube. I have a shopvac (sears version) that I know would have the suction but I'm concerned that the motor might cause the gasoline vapors to explode. Thoughts? On 5/11/10, Thomas Bradley wrote: > Hey Bill, > I'm sure people have figured out the correct link but it's actually > flickr.com without the e and the people search from there to find your tank > parts pic. > > Can you snap some better pics of the cylinder piece in question (different > sides/angles)? > Is that like a round inlet/outlet on one end?as if it maybe connected to the > metal pipe on the pump assembly somehow?? Just thinking out loud... > > I wonder what the EPC might show for fuel?tank components?but I don't have > it installed on this PC. > > I also wonder if?some sort of?vacuum/suction pump would actually suck the > debris out for you easily, like one of those one-man brake bleeder pumps or > maybe even a turkey baster. > > Thomas > > > --- On Sun, 5/9/10, Bill Lawry wrote: > > > From: Bill Lawry > Subject: [mkiv] I found extra parts and gravel in my fuel tank > To: "The MKIV.com National Mailing List" > Date: Sunday, May 9, 2010, 1:37 AM > > > I created a flicker account and posted a picture there.? Please go to > flicker.com search for inov8tn as a person.? Click on the item. > > The cylindrical piece fits inside and 'locks' inside the loop.? It's not > apparent where the assembly is mounted or what it does.? Both items were > found outside the pit where the inlet sock lives. > > I can't figure out what they do. > > I think I have an intermittent fuel starvation problem (no boost, mildly > increasing EGT) so I tried checking the fuel pressure.? It seemed fine when > I tested it and the car performed OK that time.? So I pulled the fuel pump > to see if there was anything that might be blocking the inlet sock.? There > is a tablespoon or so of fine gravel/course sand in the pit where the sock > lives.? The sock is pretty stiff so I'm ordering a new one. > > I'm thinking that I have to drain the tank to get the gravel out.? Does > anyone know of a clever way to remove the gravel without draining the whole > tank (it's about 1/4 full).? If I pressed a lump of modeling clay onto the > gravel would it stick to it? > > Thanks in advance! > > - Bill > _______________________________________________ > Mkiv mailing list > Mkiv@mkiv.com > http://www.mkiv.com/mailman/listinfo/mkiv > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mkiv mailing list > Mkiv@mkiv.com > http://www.mkiv.com/mailman/listinfo/mkiv > -- Sent from my mobile device From sl300gullwing at gmail.com Sun May 16 16:43:26 2010 From: sl300gullwing at gmail.com (Arif Khan) Date: Sun May 16 16:43:55 2010 Subject: [mkiv] boost problem (update) Message-ID: <7CEB3883-607C-442E-AA45-7AA156B715E8@gmail.com> After replacing the WG VSV, I wired up the actuators as outlined in the tech article on the mkiv site but unfortunately, there was no "ah ha" moment. Now, instead of building 7-8 psi, I'm getting a consistent 10 psi in 4th and 5th gear but no boost in 2 - 3 below 4k rpm. Before doing the above I did confirm that there was pressure in the line before the check valve on the IACV actuator as well as the lower EBV actuator. Furthermore, at the time I installed the replacement turbos I verified that all butterfly valve operations were smooth and unobstructed. As of now, I still have to test the pressure tank circuit and the wastegate actuator on #2 turbo. There is also an actuator on #1 but I can't get to it without removing the air tube assembly. Lance - While I was searching the mkiv archive I came across a set of posts by you in which your coils had gotten weak and presented symptoms that appeared to be boost related. Could this be a similar case? Thanks, Arif sl300gullwing@gmail.com