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• Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 18:24:12 -0500
  Mercedes has been using urea in their modern diesel engines for a while. It reacts with the exhaust gas to reduce NOx emissions that...
• Re: New diesel from VW
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Nov 2014 20:27:54 -0500
  ...The engine was running. An hour later I passed it again. Still there, still running. I know that diesel engines in the old days...
• Re: Diesel verse gas?
  Historical mailing list - Mark M. Schirmer
  Wed, 22 Jan 1997 15:43:33 -0500 (EST)
  ...The big "but" is, that diesel engines put less greenhouse gasses in our air, partly because they burn hotter, and cleaner, and partly because...
• Re: diesel pump questions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 23:03:56 -0800
  ...Diesel in a van here... I think the injector pump on this is a little larger as it will almost interfere with the engine...
• Re: 82 diesel with an 86 gas engine
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 29 May 1999 19:43:34 -0700
  ...The fuel line from diesel tank to engine is not designed for high pressure, but the gas application is a high pressure system downstream...
• Re: Diesel engines available
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:21:29 -0400
  And to think I passed up that $500 diesel Westy with the blown engine. The fact that it was literally half-buried made that...
• Re: Compare & Contrast: Diesel Westy vs. 2.1 WBX Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 15:08:56 -0400
  ...For engine mounting parts, if you keep the '86 you may be best off getting a diesel van with a blown engine and scavenging...
• diesel water pump
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 4 Dec 2000 11:41:53 -0500
  Does anyone know if the waterpump on the diesel engine is the same for a vanagon vs. a rabbit, quantum, etc? I'm putting...
• VW of Canada Remanufactured Diesel Engines?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:26:41 -0800
  ...If I recall, VW of Canada (or America) remanufactured 1.6 NA diesels. Any user experience with these? i.e. anyone end up with...
• Re: Questions about Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:27:07 -0400
  ...engine service SOON. >Excessive soot in the oil will KILL the engine. Check the archives on this >one. Someone blew a low mileage diesel...
• Re: diesel Vanagon vs. MB, Volvo, other diesel VW
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:41:14 -0800
  ...But with a decent TD or tdi engine, not bad. Just expensive to acquire. Forget Volvo diesels. They only have one engine, a vw...
• Re: 82 Diesel seized up Help!
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 15:44:42 -0500
  I had a diesel Westy for several years. Had no problems with the engine. Sounds like this prior owner had a crappy job done...
• Re: Diesel good idea?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:31:48 -0400
  ...a diesel, or whether it is a gray market import. (If it's a European spec camper with a larger diesel engine it's...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 06:30:12 -0800
  ...I'll take mine with the diesel over a gas engine any time. Now, about that horsepower thing.... Mike Snow Terry Kay wrote: > So...
• Re: Diesel syncro?
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Sat, 19 Oct 1996 19:07:52 +0200
  ...Both 14 and 16 inch wheel versions had this engine. Peter 1994 syncro diesel crewcab
• Re: Who had that Diesel Engine for Sale?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Sep 2000 09:49:06 EDT
  I have brand new 1.9l NA diesel longblocks available that have had new 1.6l heads installed on them. These engines are factory...
• Re: Diesel Power
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:47:38 +1200
  ...Or look at an alternative diesel >>engine, but realize that you'd have to have a flywheel & adaptor >>plate custom-fabricated. > >-=-=-=- > >Into a wasserboxer...
• FS: rare '83 diesel 5 SPEED vanagon w/ gas heater and sunroof
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Mar 2004 11:48:53 EST
  ...its got a 1.7L diesel engine w/ only 30k mi on it that was installed by the PO and it has the orig...
• Re: Diesel Engine Source
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 23:08:12 -0400
  > Anyone dealt with these guys? Might be looking for a new engine for my '89 > Jetta at some point. They sell diesel Vanagon engines...
• Re: gas tranny in a diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 23:42:30 EST
  ...I was very impressed even with this non-TDi engine. Has an air-cooled tranny in it with a diesel bellhousing. This is the...
• Re: Speaking of diesels.... Mercedes?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 4 Jun 2013 22:11:35 -0500
  ...The adapter plate and flexplate/flywheel would also need to be custom, as would the engine mounting arms. I love VW diesels, but the...
• Re: diesel engine question. Little Vanagon content
  Historical mailing list - Southard Family
  Mon, 27 Dec 1999 08:08:09 -0500
  ...we are going to get into without this? > Diesels are new to me. Gas engines are begining to have much less > of an appeal...
• Re: 82 diesel with an 86 gas engine
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sat, 29 May 1999 21:01:33 -0400
  ...82 diesel with an 86 gas engine > > > In my search for an inexpensive Vanagon, I ran across an 82 > diesel that now > has an...
• Wanted: Rebuildable Diesel Engine
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 19:39:33 -0700
  ...diesel in their parts stash that they are willing sell? I will pay a reasonable price. I would prefer to have a complete engine...
• Re: overland 5cyl conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:16:17 -0500
  ...Buy someone's dead diesel Vanagon and strip out the engine mounts, bellhousing, and snorkel. ;) The diesel carrier bars will fit any year, IIRC...
• Re: steel coolant pipes 82 diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 7 Nov 2009 01:43:31 -0500
  ...Is it even possible to remove and replace these with the engine and tranny in-place? -- Alan Felder Austin TX 82 Diesel Westy
• Re: Resolved!!!!: Problem putting Golf diesel into Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mladen, Zoran
  Mon, 29 May 2000 19:05:27 -0600
  ...We have a customer that brought us his > > diesel Vanagon (with a bad ebgine) and a diesel engine from a Rabbit/Golf. > > We took...
• [Syncro] 2WD Diesel mounts in a Syncro... will it work?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 12:20:46 -0700
  ...http://cs-www.cs.yale.edu/homes/jag/vw/engine/diesel1.9/motormount1.9l.html I would lower the engine a bit anyway, if...
• Re: Anyone Turbo'd Their Non-Turbo 1.6L Diesel Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 22:42:13 -0400
  ...Diesel Westy > Kemah TX > i don't have a diesel, or a turbocharged one, but i thought that adding a turbocharger to any engine...
• Re: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:23:51 -0500
  ...VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K >> miles >> >> >> I didn't see the ad, but if it's the original engine...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Diesel to Gas engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Tue, 23 Oct 2001 08:51:26 -0700
  I am in the process of installing a turbodiesel in my diesel vanagon. This is an issue that hes concerned me. What is involved...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:23:29 -0800
  ...40gmail.com>> wrote: > > Did VW mount the diesel exhaust to the engine *mainly* to reduce > transmitting engine noise to the vehicle body? > > ..... > > Or was...
• Re: 1.6NA Diesel Rebuild Options ???
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 19 Aug 1999 06:56:17 -0700
  ...m looking for an engine, I have a question for you diesel > owners who have rebuilt or replaced your engines. I am > interested in...
• Re: diesel tach
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:27:28 -0700
  ...asking for 'jetta diesel tach' ..? > that's what you want.. > it wouldn't be a diesel tach for an AAZ engine .. > it would be...
• Re: Westy Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:19:15 -0600
  ...Swapping engines within a particular manufacturer line is much simpler. You might be interested in knowing that caravans can be had with Diesel engines...
• Diesel VW's and others
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 17:20:33 -0500
  ...I think GM wanted to kill diesel engines for use in automobiles long ago when "dieselgate" became a household word. Now people have low...
• Re: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:37:43 -0800
  ...A real he-man loves the sound and smell of a noisy diesel engine. It's a real harsh sharp sound to me too...
• Re: All This Talk About Inline VWConversions...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 May 2013 12:10:52 -0700
  ...Turns out it was a diesel, and it was overheating. I'd never really seen a diesel Vanagon engine bay up close before ( seriously...
• 1.9 TD group purchase: pictures.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 3 May 1998 23:15:44 -0400
  ...http://www.cs.rochester.edu:80/u/jag/vw/engine/diesel1.9/diesel1.9.html There are still 6 engines available. Contact me if...
• Re: white smoke?
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 07:27:09 -0700
  ...Volks, Does white smoke coming from my '82 Diesel mean anything bad? Is it the same for Diesel engines as it is for gasoline...
• Re: Holding off on Engine swaps?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:36:12 -0700
  ...engines. > > From what I remember last time that I was in Germany, Chrysler builds the Caravan in Austria with Steyr/Puch diesel engines. (4...
• diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Buckmaster
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:41:21 -0500
  ...I also have a '84 Volvo that has a Volkswagen diesel engine in it. It's a 6 cylinder. I was wondering if this...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:15:20 +1300
  ...Nissan (and other Japanese manufacturers) have made some engines with really bad reputations, especially diesels (here in NZ there's a saying: "Don't...
• '81 Vanagon Diesel, small gears
  Historical mailing list - Wiebo Troost
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 21:31:42 -0600
  HI, We are the proud new owners of an 81 Vanagon Diesel. The engine has been recently replaced by a '93 Turbo Spec 1...
• Re: Diesel emmissions.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 11:16:36 +0200
  >The European automakers are actively pursuing small automotive >diesel engine development (typ about 1l 3 cyl engines) to meet >new (.2 to .3 l...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Questions
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 10:13:58 -0700
  ...the NA Diesel Vanagons had a factory placed sticker on the engine > > that read "Not Suitable for AC Installation". If the Diesel had so...
• Re: Haynes manual for diesel Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 22:22:45 -0500
  > I was wondering which Haynes manual would cover the diesel > Vanagon engine? Would it be this one: 1977-84 Rabbit, Jetta, Pick-ups? Yes...
• Re: vw diesel engine in old type 2
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 7 May 1999 19:22:44 -0400
  ...a gas VW I4 engine in the back. /Martin -- Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel Quantum 1.6l Turbo Diesel Martin Jagersand email: jag@cs...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Convert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:02:48 -0400
  ...On diesel Vanagons, to make the rather tall engine fit under a decklid designed for a pancake engine, the engine is tilted way over...
• Diesel Rabbit
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 20:15:27 -0700
  Just in case someone cares saw rabbit with complete diesel engine and trans at PYP Yard in Wilmington. near Los Angeles, CA Leon 85...
• Re: Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 1 Dec 2002 10:04:03 -0800
  ...What were the reaction of the authorities when they learned that the engine is not diesel anymore, and did you have to do anything...
• Re: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:48:43 -0700
  ...your gas engine will run on diesel. On second thought, it may be an explosion hazard. Either put in a small diesel fuel tank...
• Re: Questions about Gas Heater from 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:48:43 -0700
  ...your gas engine will run on diesel. On second thought, it may be an explosion hazard. Either put in a small diesel fuel tank...
• Newbie - Turbo Diesel Power global efficiency
  Historical mailing list - Gary Liess
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 21:52:35 -0700
  ...Anyone concerned about diesel emissions can easily use bio diesel with no engine modification and no effort. There is study after study that says...
• Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 8 Feb 2008 21:17:53 +1300
  ...Diesel maintenance costs may be higher than gas engines (older diesels had about 5000km filter/oilchange interval). The exhaust is messy and the oil...
• Batteries in parallel
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hill
  Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:38:11 -0500
  ...It is common practice in large diesel engine applications, and has been for the past 35 years that I know of personally. I have...
• Re: Engine Swap - what about TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:53:13 -0400
  ...The other smaller problem is getting the diesel-specific Vanagon parts to install the inline engine in the proper VW 50 degree attitude. Ground...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Klankenstinkenwagen
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 13:53:18 -0400
  ...Jetta engine in there, you're noise problem may be influenced by the air cleaner set up. On a stock Vanagon diesel, the air...
• '94 Diesel EV - any problems?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 06:20:39 -0800
  ...2> I'm assuming the engine is a 5cyl Audi diesel - is this correct? Are there any known problems with this engine? (ie: piston...
• User Friendly?? (was " you fixed it with what?!")
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:22:24 -0800
  ...Which means I have to waste that fuel mileage Diesel offers looking for a pump. Notice that I did'nt down the Diesel engine...