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• Re: new engine from VW
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 16 Aug 94 16:02:50 CDT
  ...but it is NOT a 'new' engine. it's a factory rebuilt engine with new heads, and atlanta's price was $2380 NOT including...
• Re: without thermostat?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 21:19:24 -0600
  >I am in the process of rebuilding my engine after both heads blew. >I am really concerned about high temps so I was thinking...
• Re: Intake Questions on a '74
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Feb 1996 13:24:50 -0500
  ...The carbon canister collects fuel vapors when the engine is not runnig. When the engine is running, the combination of engine vacuum,(that valve...
• Re: Styled Cockpit VR6 Engine German Bus Meeting
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 19 Oct 2002 20:44:47 -0400
  On Saturday, October 19, 2002, at 06:19 PM, Robert Steven Fish wrote: > This > guy had a > 160 some HP VR6 engine built in...
• My EX engine and a cool van
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Thu, 3 May 2007 23:14:18 -0400
  I did this paint job last year, he came in today to have is engine swap for my EX Torando red engine, the old...
• Re: Friday: New VW Engine--it's Miller (cycle) time
  Historical mailing list - Scott
  Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:32:23 -1000
  ...Just this week, >> we've >>>> seen >>>>> a fastidiously engineered diesel engine >>>>> <http://www.gizmag.com/ford-ecoblue-diesel-engine/43016/> from Ford >>>>> and a...
• guess the engine
  Historical mailing list - Jessup Coffin
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:11:01 -0500
  Hey there all, trying to define what engine is in the back of my vanagon. I've been told that is everything from a...
• Re: thoughts on a late model TDI engine into a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 10 Feb 2018 11:34:45 -0800
  I think the topic could be opened up with exactly which engine is actually being installed? e.g. what is the ID code on...
• Re: engine quits, oil sprayed on engine/compartment...smoke...oh my
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:16:38 -0400
  By front of the engine, do you mean the end toward the front of the van? If so, maybe a failure of the torque...
• Re: OT: Who needs a Ford when they have a Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Bostig Eng.
  Wed, 31 May 2006 17:35:09 -0400
  I disagree, and it has nothing to do with me putting ford engines into syncros either! But since it isn't the engineering that...
• Re: Help! High Idle speed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 13:30:09 -0500
  ...1) warm the engine, then shut it down. 2) disconnect wiring on end of the idle stabilizer valve(ISV), 3) Start engine 4) Turn...
• Re: (friday) Lets do Engine Rebuilding Math!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 16:28:00 -0500
  ...when i was playing with type 1 > > engines i was never stock and liked to expirament. had at least one > > engine on a stand...
• FS: AHU TDI running/driving turbo diesel engine swap
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Aug 2017 22:29:23 -0400
  my buddy has a '97 passat tdi, runs and drives, for use as a engine swap for a vanagon. $800 for the whole car...
• Re: More wear index
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 14:11:12 EST
  Just looking over these figures there seems to be an inverse relation between engine wear and known engine-life length. In other words, we...
• Re: What size engine came in a '50 or '51 bus?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Oct 1995 15:29:50 -0400 (EDT)
  Someone posted earlier today that the 51 bus came with a 36hp 1200 cc engine as opposed to the 25hp 1100 cc engine of...
• Re: Speaking of engine swaps...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 12:59:51 +1200
  >All, > I have no intention of swaping my engine out of my Van but I do follow the >"swap threads". I have a question...
• '85 engine on Richmond VA CL for $400
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:11:30 -0800
  Not mine.� Just saw this and thought someone might need it. � http://richmond.craigslist.org/pts/2842192446.html � "85 bus engine and everything in...
• Re: Roadhaus - 2.2L Engine Install , Prelimanary Report
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:25:51 EDT
  ...A newly rebuilt stock engine, BB's big valve engine, and EC's mega HP engine. Where do I send my contribution for the...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 28 May 2004 16:05:15 -0400
  On Fri, 28 May 2004, Andrew Grebneff wrote: > Koreans for some reason seem to like large cars with small engines. Maybe cars there are...
• Re: Any Used Valagon 2.1L engines available
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:36:39 -0500
  ...looking for a used replacement > 2.1L engine. > > Would prefer a Syncro engine but would consider a 2wd engine. > > larry chase > www.roadhaus.com >
• Engine's out... one more question
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:33:30 -0500
  The engine is in the stand and I'm tearing it down. Question: what's the best way to remove the muffler, engine mounts...
• Difference between North American Engines and European Engines
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:39:28 -0800
  ...means?� What is the difference between our North American engines and the European�engines that came stock in Europe?� Heads?� Cams?� Rods? Anyone know...
• Re: Subject: What about replacing Vanagon engines with more fuel efficient ones? (long answer)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:14:21 -0700
  ...installing the inline 4 VW 1.8 gas engine (Golf/Jetta) into a *WBX* Vanagon so it fits under the engine lid, requires the...
• FS Type IV Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 21:24:25 -0500
  ...I'd expect this engine to run some cooler than the standard rebuilt engine. Price on this engine with no core charge is $1200...
• Running on tap water - didn't work!
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:09:00 -0400
  ...WWII engines such as Centaurus and Perseus and Knight auto engines of the 1930's used something called sleeve valves. It's waaaay too...
• Re: Wanted: 2.1L Vanagon with Blown Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:39:44 -0400
  ...2.1L Vanagon with Blown Engine? I'm trying to find a 2.1L Vanagon in decent shape but with possibly a blown engine...
• Re: Fixed my Honda, Thought: Honda 2.4 I-VTEC Engine into Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:15:00 -0800
  ...As to why the older Honda engines rotated CCW: http://www.ehow.com/list_7516028_car-engines-rotate-anticlockwise.html <shrugs> But then a...
• Re: Diesel Engine Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 12:27:16 -0700
  My Bluestar is getting a 1Z/AHU TDI engine with the same 50 degree install kit as came with the OP's van. It...
• F$&#$*& Transmission
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 18 May 2003 18:49:25 -0500
  ...Anyhow, I've got the engine and transmission disconnected, I've got the engine supported (by a chunk of wood and a chain in...
• Aftermarket Non-application specific engines i.e.TIICO issues
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:52:16 -0500
  ...I am an engineer for a company that remanufactures OE engines for John Deere, most 4 and 6 cyl diesel engines prior to Tier...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 20:25:50 EDT
  ...Really? It is an engine, is an engine. They all make power... > > a rebuilt high performance experiment... (perhaps experiment is not the > right word...
• Re: need list wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 14:30:40 -0500 (EST)
  ...If it's the whole engine, I'll look at engine swap options, including a subaru engine and an electric conversion (my initial estimates...
• Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - Marilyn Nelson-Ehret
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 19:54:26 -0700
  We have 126,000 on our 90 Syncro Westy on original engine and no leaks except occasionally from hoses. Roger Patrick Dooley wrote: > >Hey...
• parting out 5 Westy's-make your passenger van into a westy/parting 3 campers
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 12:18:54 EST
  ...have complete westy interiors, engines, trannys, u name it.. i am parting out the following : '90 vanagon GL w/ complete a/c system '84...
• Re: What about the Audi 5?
  Historical mailing list - David L
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 02:38:15 -0000
  Andrew, the engines from a 83 Audi 100. I was going to use a 2.0l 5cyl engine from a Santana but decided it...
• Re: Diesel Engine Source
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 21:29:36 -0400
  ...They sell diesel Vanagon engines! Prices seem OK? > > Jay > > http://www.vwdieselparts.com/ > > Although I haven't bought from him (yet, I'll be...
• Re: Sleeve valve engines - off subject
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:22:31 +0100
  ...Sleeve valve engines - off subject > > > > > > >> Much better efficiency than any poppet valve engine could ever give, > and > > much more power. > > > > Thats why Formula 1...
• Re: TDIs and interferance engines (no vanagon content).
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 00:35:33 +1200
  ...as long as the engine is a non- >interference engine the only thing that would happen if the belt breaks >is that you could...
• Re: Wasserleaker -- we will soldier on, but how?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 1 May 2005 10:57:13 -0400
  ...http://www.benplace.com/vanagon_engine1.htm http://www.benplace.com/vanagon_engine3.htm http://www.benplace.com/vanagon_engine4.htm http://www.benplace...
• Re: Flywheel and orientation...
  Historical mailing list - pederparizek
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:47:28 -0500
  ...Conversely, in the Porsche 914, where the engine is > mid-mounted ahead of the transaxle, the front of the engine is the fan > shroud...
• Re: VANAGON GEARING
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:00:40 -0500
  ...Performance will be worse and engine strain will actually increase. This engine is a short stroke engine that has to spin to make power...
• Re: Blus Star-Real or Not?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 1 Nov 2012 02:02:13 +0000
  Scott, you are 100% correct, a lesson I learned the hard way MANY years ago- no engine/blown engine is way better than a...
• Re: engine size
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:06:42 -0700
  Stamped into the block is an engine code and serial number. That info can be used to look up what the engine was when...
• Tips/tricks for cool running engine???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Bus
  Wed, 3 Sep 2003 04:57:20 -0700
  My 1987 Westy has had a new AVP engine transplant and the new engine seems to run a bit hotter than my old engine...
• ISO Diesel Engine for early Vanagon (Montreal, Quebec)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Luft
  Sat, 18 Feb 2006 10:47:00 -0500
  Hi, Does anyone know a source for diesel engines for early vanagons? There has been one stranded at the garage near my house for...
• Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:06:22 -0800
  ...make the engine fail quickly? > It's a Mazda EFI 1.6 Familia (323) engine. > > Don't say sugar, please. > > Engine-blows can be...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Hersh
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 22:30:38 -0400
  ...Click here for more info on the > warranty.The engine is available for all versions of Vanagon equipped with a waterboxer engine. > Syncros and...
• Re: Guy's got a low-mileage 2.1 engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 1 Feb 2015 09:45:41 -0600
  I had an '88 GL I bought on a used car lot with 80,000 odd miles and had an engine failure in 1999...
• Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 2 Dec 2020 10:17:45 -0800
  in 30+ years of vanagon ownership I've seen only one vanagon with a Porsche engine. Not much details to give but it's...
• Re: 1300 & 1600 in late breadloafs (was Type 2 Engine Mount)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 23:22:55 -0400
  Steve Maher writes: >I wasn't looking at buses at the time, so I don't know if these "smaller" >engines were also available...
• tiico engine conversion.
  Historical mailing list - KI
  Sat, 12 May 2001 16:40:18 -0700
  is there anyone on this list from the bay area who has done the tiico engine conversion on their vanagon? would love to actually...
• Re: Fw: Re: HELP!87 westy Engine died.140k mi. RIP or Revive?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 04:45:25 EDT
  ...The biggest ticket item she needs now is an engine. From what she tells me, the engine is shot. That was wishful thinking on...
• FS 2000 cc CV Air Cooled Engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 30 Jun 2002 22:30:33 -0500
  I just posted my spare engine for sale on E bay. If you need a 2000 cc Type Four Engine this is a good...
• Re: no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:13:59 -0500
  ...I have a book called the engine builder's handbook. I spend most all of my engine building time working on the little (1...
• auto trans questions
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Haagensen
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:53:48 -0800
  I removed the seized engine from my 83 westy wasserbox today. The engine was seized so I could not remove the 3 torque converter...
• Re: (Conversion-OrientedVC) Subaru 2.2l 4-cyl turned 260K this afternoon while coming home from Atlantic City
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:21:05 -0400
  >> So I guess it's safe to assume Subaru tranny's (manual and automatic) generally don't last as long as their engines? << When...
• Re: Engine removal by Zoltan
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:35:18 -0700
  ...Have the chain TIGHT to hold the engine up, Now take out the two bolts and nuts each end of the engine support, Lower...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:43:48 EST
  ...Comparing a 1600cc air cooled engine to a water cooled engine is not a fair comparison as far as I am concerned. Air cooled...
• Re: Top Overhauls
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 02:25:03 -0500
  ...A pilot constantly monitor and adjust his engine (not the average westy owner) The only thing similar in comparison is the engine configuration (Flat...
• Re: '83 Westy w/o engine - a deal !
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Mar 1996 14:30:28 -0700
  ...Kennedy Engineering (don't have their phone number with me) can help with alternative engine ideas. You should be able to find their phone...