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• Re: Engine Balancing
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:22:22 -0500
  Stan, Well said!! John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Stan Wilder wrote: > Engine balancing is something that is done to give longer engine life. > The...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 18:54:30 PDT
  ...If they engineered their engines to the same degree, then the masses could no longer afford their Volkswagens. Engineers are paid, I agree with...
• Re: more on engine braking
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:27:13 -0500
  ...It is the air cooled engines that can be damaged by the engine >braking. This is due to the engine coming to very high...
• Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Thu, 25 May 2000 10:35:44 -0600
  ...While the engine is hanging in the Vanagon but not tightened, engine turns fine. Once we tighten the engine to the transmission, engine turns...
• some classifieds, vehicles, engines, parts (long)
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sat, 21 Feb 1998 23:45:18 +0100
  ...Diesel engine, '83, five speed, 7J15 alloys DM 3700.00 engine, WBX, 2.1l, 112PS, 91Tkm DM 2500.00 engine, VR6, automatic box DM...
• Re: 30-50 challenge
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:55:45 -0400
  ...6.5s (not quite full throttle but givin' it the beans) Engine: 2.2l Subie Miles on engine: No idea Engine mods: Engine swap...
• RE: 911 engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 23 Nov 94 10:27:56 PST
  ...The Porsche engine is taller than the Type 4 pan- > cake, especially if you use a CIS engine. On the Vanagon, all the extra...
• Re: Fixed my Honda, Thought: Honda 2.4 I-VTEC Engine into Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:51:35 -0800
  ...This image from eBay appears to be my engine: http://www.saccar.com/images/saccar/Engine_Acc_03_4cyl.JPG Seller of that engine...
• Re: gov't sure fire way to destroy an engine Re: about oil additives
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:30:48 -0500
  ...Next thing you know "They" will be dictating that no engine replacements or engine upgrade swaps of newer engines into older vehicles are to...
• Asterisks everywhere!!! (Vanagon rebuilt engines)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 May 1999 14:51:30 EDT
  I have heard before that when a good rebuilder does an engine he puts an asterisk (looks like a star) on the engine case...
• RE:What size engine came in a '50 or '51 bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 08 Oct 1995 07:09:08 -0400 (EDT)
  Based on the engine number - 1 458 006, the engine in the bus is a 1200 cc/36hp (US figures) engine built during Nov...
• gov't sure fire way to destroy an engine Re: about oil additives
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:22:52 -0400
  ...Start the engine. 7. Run engine at approximately 2000 rpm (for safety reasons do not operate at high rpm) until the engine stops. (Typically...
• 2.1L engine FS
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 14:59:00 -0600
  I have a 2.1L engine that is in a 1987 Westy. The engine is for sale and can be seen,heard and driven...
• 1.9 @ 2.1 engines
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 22:32:17 -0500
  What year vans had the 1.9 engine and what year vans had the 2.1 engine...? How can you tell if an engine...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - Heath Vogt
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:53:11 EDT
  ...If you are running your engine in the rpm range that your match porting effects the engine, your reving that engine higher than a...
• Engine Choices swaps
  Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 15:18:08 -0000
  ...Got married and bought some cars, in line engines, V engines, all rear drive, all of them had some engine vibration intruding at some...
• Re: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Howard Fleming
  Thu, 25 May 2000 15:43:16 -0400
  ...While the > engine is hanging in the Vanagon but not tightened, engine turns fine. > Once we tighten the engine to the transmission, engine turns...
• Re: gov't sure fire way to destroy an engine Re: about oil additives
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:06:23 -0500
  ...Next thing you know "They" will be dictating that no engine replacements or engine upgrade swaps of newer engines into older vehicles are to...
• Re: Was: Re: Cool modified DOKA... engine layouts/oritntation
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 1 Sep 2009 21:05:28 -0400
  ...What's wrong with "boxer"? Orientation of the engine shouldn't have anything to do with engine-layout; an inline engine runs along the...
• Re: just how COLD is IT??? was Re: New to Me vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 17:36:23 -0600
  The engine numbers on VW engines have two letter prefix. The CV is exclusively used on 80-83 Air Cooled Vanagon Engines. Other Type...
• Re: Well oh ya?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 06:22:56 -0400
  ...Also why has porsche used horizontaly opposed engines for so long if there was an rpm limit so low? I read in Marks Engineering...
• Identifying engine type
  Historical mailing list - Per Martin Joraholmen
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 23:29:31 +0100
  ...Can anyone help me identifying the engine? Is there a type/engine number of the engine? Thanks Per Martin And thanks to all that...
• RE: 911 engine conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Nov 94 09:53:22 gmt
  ...The Porsche engine is taller than the Type 4 pan- >> cake, especially if you use a CIS engine. On the Vanagon, all the extra...
• RE: 914: Alternative Engine Swaps
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 23 Jun 95 19:39:20 EDT
  Vgon diesel engine is longitudinally mounted, and trans is Vgon-like. I don't know of any VW or Porsche rear-mounted engine that...
• Re: TYP I&II ENG. different??
  Historical mailing list - william killian
  Wed, 21 Jun 1995 00:16:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...There were two generations of engines (well simplified a lot) put into type 2s. There really isn't a type 2 engine (before the...
• Re: battery question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:48:02 -0700
  With engine off, frig on voltage fell from 12.36 to 12.08 in a slow steady decline over a minute or so. On...
• Re: Fixed my Honda, Thought: Honda 2.4 I-VTEC Engine into Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 22:37:52 -0800
  Hi , Neil, Honda's being right hand drive has nothing to do with engine rotation direction, however, it does seem logical that the engine...
• Re: Help decipher S.African Vanagon engine code
  Historical mailing list - Jim King
  Wed, 18 May 2005 09:29:27 -0400
  ...Engine ID Print E-mail The tag tells you what engine it is - it is a 2100cc DJ engine. 025-100-031D is the...
• Re: 1.9L Vanagon Engine Turn Key Weight (HELP!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:59:35 -0700
  Weigh van before removing engine, remove engine, weigh van after removing engine. See? Simple math! Glad I could help. Andrew I need your help...
• Boston Bob Engine for sale ( potentially)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:35:24 -0600
  I'm looking into aquiring a '91 Carat with a BB engine in it. The engine has 50,000 miles on it, just enough...
• Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - Sam Stone
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 10:24:28 -0500
  Hi all, It looks as though my new '85 Westy might need a new engine. The current engine has 135k miles, the cylinder has...
• Re: gov't sure fire way to destroy an engine Re: about oil additives
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:52:49 -0400
  That's horrifying --- do people actually do this -- or do they just slap a label on the side of the engine. I'm going...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:54:51 +0800
  On Monday, March 25, 2002, at 10:43 PM, KENWILFY@aol.com wrote: > Comparing a 1600cc air cooled engine to a water cooled engine...
• Re: Asterisks everywhere!!! (Vanagon rebuilt engines)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 21 May 1999 18:24:40 +0200
  ...Is there > a plaque on the canadian rebuilt engines somewhere? (I haven't looked that > close at the latest engine but the '85 engine...
• Re: 30-50 challenge
  Historical mailing list - Randal Jett
  Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:56:07 -0700
  ...6.5s (not quite full throttle but givin' it the beans) Engine: 2.2l Subie Miles on engine: No idea Engine mods: Engine swap...
• Re: Any Used Valagon 2.1L engines available
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:33:59 -0500
  The rear engine support is differant the syncro mount make the engine sit lower Brien Dews just found this out the hard way Bob...
• Re: Well oh ya?
  Historical mailing list - DOUGLAS
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 10:24:48 -0700
  Colin A Moran wrote: > > << In all oppsed engines, exceeding 4000 rpm for any lenghth of time will > heat up the oil and > >>pound out...
• Re: Engine Tin's Needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 May 2009 14:53:03 -0700
  ...there are 4 types of engines that come in US model vanagons. Humorously.......... you intentionally didn't state which kind of vanagon or engine...
• Re: gov't sure fire way to destroy an engine Re: about oil additives
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:48:38 -0400
  Having just read your post I think the gov is going to great lengths to be 100% sure these engine never see usage ever...
• Re: [Bulk] Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines.
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sat, 30 Jul 2011 07:19:34 -0700
  ...If gas engine oils are not formulated correctly for diesel engines, I wonder whether diesel engine oils are less good for gasoline engines. -- RJS...
• Re: Failed Ca Smog due to Evaporative leak
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 7 Apr 2012 17:40:39 -0700
  ...Engine changes are a modification that must meet certain requirements to be legal (please see "Engine Changes"). " Engine Changes Engine changes are legal as...
• Engine R/R question
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:37:34 -0700
  Can someone, who has perhaps done a lot of engine R/R, indicate the order of installation for the rear engine tin? ie does...
• FS 1980 camper (engine fire) $750 in Alabama
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 15:37:09 -0600
  ...Fuel injection caught fire with last owner and burned engine and about 18" around the engine. Still has the tranny and we have an...
• Re: ISO Diesel Engine for early Vanagon (Montreal, Quebec)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:10:13 -0600
  Surely he can find a 1.6 rabbit or jetta engine to bolt on the vanagon bits from the existing engine. If there's...
• Re: RE: Generator access or engine acces
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 21:21:25, -0500
  On my 71 (now rusted away in the woods), I jacked up the rear and used stands- then removed engine mount bar from frame...
• Re: new VW model has rear engine "waterboxer"
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:24:30 -0700
  hopefully this engine is designed better than the one used in Vanagons... Given that our engine is "designed" in the 70's from remnants...
• Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 15:39:38 +0000
  ...Just this week, we've seen a fastidiously engineered diesel engine <http://www.gizmag.com/ford-ecoblue-diesel-engine/43016/> from Ford and a...
• RE:Re: Well oh ya?
  Historical mailing list - Arnold Schultz
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 21:07:28 -0700
  > << In all oppsed engines, exceeding 4000 rpm for any lenghth of time will >heat up the oil and >>>pound out the main bearings. This...
• Re: Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 12:16:31 -0500
  ...If you have to get an engine from out of the area, I would use Bob Donalds of Boston Engines. Can't say enough...
• Re: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 25 May 2000 17:04:05 -0700
  ...While the engine is hanging in the Vanagon > but not tightened, engine turns fine. Once we tighten the engine to the > transmission, engine turns...
• what are the engine codes for the 1.9L wbx ?????? and timing question
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 11:17:33 EST
  what are the engine codes for the 1.9L wbx? from what i understand the '84 1.9L wbx is engine code DH and...
• Re: Identifying engine type
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 18:27:49 -0600
  I don't have a Bentley but the engine codes are listed there. I would figure the engine number is right above and behind...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 08:45:59 -0700
  ...2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine > > > Folks, > > Soon I will may be deciding which engine to put in a 90 Syncro...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - Heath Vogt
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:34:01 EDT
  ...BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche have vehicles made for people with > more money, so those companies can spend more money engineering their > engines. Volkswagen is...
• 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 08:06:37 -0700
  Folks, Soon I will may be deciding which engine to put in a 90 Syncro Westy. Been following the Eurocars Engine thread with great...
• Re: aircraft engine NVC
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:49:11 -0600
  One of the most commonly used gas engines, rebuilt and converted for use in aircraft today is the Subaru. CCR in Denver makes its...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture) A new angle...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 20:11:19 EST
  ...The reason cold engines need more fuel is so that they will run until warm because the cold engine parts make the fuel fall...
• RE:Re: Well oh ya?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 02:01:14 -0500
  << In all oppsed engines, exceeding 4000 rpm for any lenghth of time will heat up the oil and >>pound out the main bearings. This...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sat, 30 Apr 2016 22:53:23 -0400
  Unfortunately not true - Mazda used the supercharged Miller cycle engine in the Millenia right through 2003, and now the Mazda 2 has a normally...
• Vgon work: How high?
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 13 Nov 95 15:15:57 EST
  Deleted a message I wanted to answer -- about how high a Vanagon must be to get the engine out. Note that dropping the engine...