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Intermittent CC function
Norman Leong
Hi, all
For those w/ '93 EV w/ cruise control, has anyone experienced a problem in which the CC will engage, but will not hold the set speed? In other words, you can feel the pedal depress, and it will seem like the cruise is functioning, but it quickly becomes apparent that the EV is steadily slowing down. Yet, there are times (maybe 10% of the time) when I'll set the desired speed and it stays right at that speed, over undulating terrain. If anyone could shed some light on this interesting situation, I would be grateful. TIA, Norman '93 EV MV w/ PT CC ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at |
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Re: 4Motion
Blaine,
Actually VW has had a syncro version of the EuroVan available in Europe for some time now. Apparently VW has not felt they could not sell enough units to justify importing this model to the USA. Personally I'd like to see a 5 speed TDI model but that too is very doubtful. Your thought of writing letters is not a bad idea. Ron |
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Re: bilstein shocks again
John Waterman
Alexis,
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I put them on both my "95 and my "99. Same model number. Pretty good guess that the "97 is ok (as a matter of fact, when I called Bilstein on this they told me that they were all the same even if they wern't shown in their catalog). John Alexis Neely wrote: Hi! We want to put the bilstein shocks on our 97EVC. |
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"S" switch follow up
Thanks to all who let me know the function of the "S" switch. My
owners manual addresses the Sport and Economy modes of the transmission program. It says that the sport mode is invoked by pressing the accelerator pedal quickly and economy mode by pressing slowly. I thought that this switch might have something to do with the transmission because last week when I washed down the engine compartment with a garden hose my transmission acted up the next time I drove. It shifted erratically (sp?)and even shifted into 1st gear at 40 mph! I thought I'd discovered why the original owner sold me this great van for only $3600. But it turned out to be water in the connector on top of the transmission. When I was driving it and it was acting up I switched the "S" switch and the transmission shifted gears. So I conected it's function with the transmission but just could connect the "S" with Sports mode. Thanks! |
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bilstein shocks again
Alexis Neely
Hi! We want to put the bilstein shocks on our 97EVC.
Our mechanic called Bilstein and they said they don't make em for this model. I know that some of you have said that the shocks that fit the 93-96 will fit, but have any of you with a 97 EVC put them on? Thanks, Alexis __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. |
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"s" switch on dash of 93 autos
Team Degenerate Motorsports
Can you switch from sport to normal at any time or should the van be in
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park? stopped? shut off? Bill 93 wkndr (only put it in "s" once since 11/99 purchase) kgervais@... writes:Just bought a 93 EV MV. There's a rocker switch with an orange lightYou must have the automatic transmission. That switch causes a change in the |
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4Motion
Blaine
Just got the spring 2000 copy of VW Driver. It has an article on the
4Motion VW AWD system that is now available in North America, but only on the Passat. I have sent an e-mail to VWoA asking them to add the 4Motion option for EV's. If others are interested in getting 4Motion EV's in North America also send VWoA an e-mail indicating your interest (it never hurts to ask, well almost never). It would be great to see 4Motion EVC's in NA. Also listed in this issue is a VW Event "50th Anniversary of the production of the bus" May 21, Auburn Hills, MI check it out at Blaine |
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Vibration Damper Center Bolt
Kit
To start off, my apologies to Donald Gibbons for mis-informing him that
the Vibration Damper (which also drives the serpentine belt on the 5 cyl. Eurovan motor), is only held by four bolts with 13 mm. heads to the crankshaft sprocket similar to how AUDI designed it in their automobiles. I stand corrected. Part of my visual confusion had to do with the poor rendering of illustartions in the Bentley manual. On the Eurovan, the vibration damper is held in place to the crankshaft sprocket by four bolts with Allen heads, AND the crankshaft center bolt. Why VW decided to do it this way, I do not know. There is no way to get to the Timing belt without crossing swords with this monster Hex bolt. I found that out the hard way last weekend when I tried to replace both T-belt & S-belt. I was only able to do the S-belt. The good news however when removing the serpentine belt, is that the tensioner arm that holds the ribbed tensioning pulley does not really require the 3299 VW special tool. I read in this forum that someone successfully used a 10" adjustable wrench instead. Since I didn't have one, I opted for a vice grip and inserted a 21mm. box wrench on the adjusting handle for leverage. That too worked fine! Following are some additional trivia on this repair for those inclined. 1. The 2 smooth surfaced idler pulleys that guide the S-belt are mechanically identical but they have different mounting depths and different part numbers. However, the pulley near the A/C compressor (P/N 037.145.276A) can be used to replace the one on top of the vibration damper by adding 2-3 flat washers to the mounting bolt so that the S-belt will run centered on the smooth surface. (Sometimes you're in dire need and your dealer will only have this one because it wears out faster from load due to its close proximity to the A/C compressor.) This is not an endorsement, I'm merely suggesting it as an option in case you wind up in a bind. NOTE: The idler on top of the vibration damper can ONLY be used at that location. 2. All the serpentine pulleys (both smooth & ribbed) have sealed bearings that supposedly have extremely long service lives, PROVIDED the grease inside does not dry up. I found out that the seals on these bearing can be removed using the thin blade of a Swiss Army knife and re-installed thereafter. The pulleys themselves have an additional dirt cover so even if you mess up the seal, it'll still be protected from dirt & grit by the pulley cover itself! After 120K miles, the grease in my original pulleys had indeed dried up. I've regreased them using molybdenium disulfide and from the way they look, I think they should work properly till 200K miles. Kit Samson |
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Re: "S" switch on dash?
Jerry Carter
I use the "Sport" mode all the time. Having added a VDO vacuum gauge
in-line with the vacuum signal from the MAP sensor to the ECU, I have learned to drive by using RPM, vacuum, and speed as inputs. For example, when merging with traffic, I use the extra RPM (= little more HP) to get me in with traffic. For those times when I don't need to come up to speed as fast, I don't toggle the S switch - I ease off the throttle a bit to get the vacuum signal above 10" at 45 MPH for a split second and the transmission shifts to 4th gear. I gotten used to doing this and almost do it without looking at the gauge. I found using the gauge has helped me to get less variability in fuel economy, or about a better ~1/2 MPG on the average. Jerry PS If anyone is interested in a pic, email me and I'll send you one so you can see where I mounted it in the dash. I'm still trying to find a good looking pod that will hold 3 gauges so I can mount all of them on the top (and middle) of the dash. If anyone out there knows of one, please reply against this thread! --- In ev_update@..., kgervais@h... wrote: Just bought a 93 EV MV. There's a rocker switch with an orangelight in it on the top row of switches (above the recircuate airSupplemental Manuals discuss it. Anyone know the function of this switch? |
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Re: "S" switch on dash?
John R. van Venrooy
The "S" dash switch controls the shift control points in your automatic
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transmission. In town with the "S" light on you should notice the upshift point is at higher rpm accelerating and the downshift is also at higher rpms. I may also suggest not flipping the switch during heavy throttle application as an abrupt possibly damaging shift may occur. John 93 EV MV auto ----- Original Message -----
From: <kgervais@...> To: <ev_update@...> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:05 AM Subject: [ev_update] "S" switch on dash? Just bought a 93 EV MV. There's a rocker switch with an orange light |
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EV heater fan resistor
Donald Gibbons
OK, did a archive search, a few posts on the problem but no real
information. If your main heater (the one in the dash) only works on the high speed then the resistor pack has failed. The dealer may ask for $30 or more for a new resistor pack but the thermo fuse itself is widely available and costs about $1. While it is possible that the resistors are burned out it is also possible that the thermo-fuse (AKA TCO, thermal cut off) has blown. This is easy to replace after you remove the glove box. 1. Disconnect the ground cable at the battery. Safety first! 2. Remove the glove box. 3. There is a 4 position connector just to the left of the blower fan motor. Under this connector is the resistor pack. Remove the connector. 4. Remove the single screw that fastens the pack to the blower housing and remove the pack. OK, if the resistor pack is all burnt up you will need a new one. But if all looks good but there is no continuity between terminals 1&4 then the thermo-fuse is blown. thermo-fuses are available from many electronic supply houses. Look on the side of the old thermo fuse for a temp rating. Mine was rated for 216c. Pretty hot! Radio shack lists only low temp units, Don't use anything with a lower rating. I recommend equal or higher, but not too much higher. Newark electronic carries them, price less then a dollar. The package will have instructions and may say not to solder but to crimp it on. Thats up to you, I bought two :) and had no problem soldering the first one. Cut the old thermo fuse off, clean the resistor leads and solder the new one in place. Just use good soldering practices (heat sinks) and tin the resistor leads first. |
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Re: fuel hoses
Dean Knutson
....are you saying that VWofA has acknowledged the problem and is about to
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issue an official recall? ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ercole, Chris" <cercole@...> To: "EV list (E-mail)" <ev_update@...> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 11:04 AM Subject: [ev_update] fuel hoses Just got off the phone with VWofA and they said to bring my van to |
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Re: Good Shops Bad Shops
Zaborenko, Alex, NNAD
I created a table on the groups website at:
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I included some comments about my dealer. If anyone has some suggestions about columns to add, just let me know. The table is open for anyone on the list to enter information. Alex -----Original Message-----
From: Edward A. Bevan [mailto:pcbevan@...] Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 1:46 PM To: ev_update@... Subject: Re: [ev_update] Good Shops Bad Shops Joan: Sounds good but how about just keeping track of the positive comments. It would cut the work in half and still accomplish the same thing. Also; how about totaling the no# of good remark per business per year. Kind of like a rating system. BTW: I liked your other posting with the thumpa thumpa thing. Nice. EAB 99 EVC J Henley wrote: participate can. I can email it out to anyone who wants it. I will be around here forleast once a week. Or I could turn it over to someone else then.and tricks. He is just learning how to work on the EVC's, but has worked onan emergency I have no doubt that he'll work with you.They totally blew me off when I tried to get the EVC in for an oil change, eventhrough, too. Go to The Tire Shoppe instead.------------------------------------------------------------------------ High rates giving you headaches? The 0% APR Introductory Rate from Capital One. 9.9% Fixed thereafter! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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