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• Where to put oil filter on 69
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Sat, 22 Jun 96 12:41:57 EDT
  ...Supposedly in the engine compartment is a bad idea, so where do you bolt the sucker on? TIm--69campmobile
• Re: What Fire?
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 02:01:21 -0500
  ...Wasn't too bad north of the engine compartment other that the sun-visors' with 18" drapping plastic hanging down and other plastics drapping...
• Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 08:44:31 +0100
  ...The only question is, does this engine fit the Vanagon engine compartment? Why not to swap to a six inline diesel? Helmut '80 Vanagaudi
• Cow mooing in wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 16:54:23 -0800
  ...Lately everytime I start up the van, and the engine is cold, it sounds like a cow mooing coming out of the engine compartment...
• Re: 85 misses when wet
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:15:53 -0400
  On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Frank Condelli wrote: > Pressure washing the Vanagon engine and engine compartment should have > no effect on any components. If...
• 2.1 engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Rob Le Duc
  Wed, 5 Dec 2001 18:18:28 -0500
  i work at a salvage yard and got an 86 westy in the engine compartment wiring was all destroyed before i got it .... i...
• Re: cleaning engine bay
  Historical mailing list - ray berthiaume
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:59:28 -0800
  ...I cleaned my entire engine block / cooling tins / engine compartment with it and they look new. 1981 Vanagon L --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make...
• Re: I win!!! the worse ever "westy part" picture...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:07:56 -0500
  ...engine block, that would mean a fair amount of heat retained by the block that otherwise would be radiated into the engine compartment. Then...
• Accelerator cable extras?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Wise
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 11:47:22 -0600
  ...I have a frayed cable in the engined compartment. I don't know what it does and can't find it in Bentley, but...
• Monrovia show
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 20:29:37 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It's a blue 71 westy with white rear corners and a red engine compartment lid. Erik Burtis 71 Westy
• Re: more grate $CRAP for sale
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 11 May 2000 00:05:13 -0400
  ...rear brake shoes $20 K & N Filter for 2.1 Wbx (Upgrade time!) $35 foglight switch, VW $10 engine compartment rubber seal, original VW...
• Re: Air conditioning ports
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 09:43:03 -0500
  ...is the high pressure side, it should be there, in the engine compartment, just forward of the compressor. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine) 85 GL...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 19:04:33 -0600
  ...are you guys talking about engine compartment lids? I've never seen a plastic one. AB JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: all 80-83 non...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 08:08:55 -0500
  ...I find the metal lids ridiculously heavy, and if your engine compartment seal is not up to snuff, resonate vibration through the car. The...
• Re: water pump problems
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 10:10:01 -0400
  One of you is talking about the bleed csrew on the radiator ans one is talking about the bleed screw in the engine compartment...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:26:25 -0500
  ...The metal firewall behind the rear seat kept the conflagration away from the passenger compartment. After the engine wiring and all engine compartment plastic...
• 1.9L vanagon - which hose is to the rad on the right side of eng. top or bottom?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:03:30 EDT
  83-85 vanagon- the 2 coolant hoses coming into the engine on the pass side of the engine compartment - which hose is going to...
• Re: occasionally won't start.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 14:48:50 -0400
  ...This wire feeds everything in the engine compartment *except* the starter. Open the black box on the firewall (on the left side, as you...
• Insulation on Engine Compartment? Side Steps?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:52:39 -0800
  ...Are engine compartments supposed to be sound-insulated? Has anyone done a re-insulation? What is the preferred material, etc? Thnx. 2. Side Step...
• Re: rear defogger wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 Dec 2011 08:20:27 -0500
  That connecter is one of the round ones in the black box in the left front corner of the engine compartment. Dennis -----Original Message...
• Re: 91 Vanagon w/ large gas leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Fri, 06 Jun 1997 11:07:54 -0700
  ...the filter to >the plastic gas line that goes to the engine compartment, and so forth. >be aware that there is a rubber hose...
• Aux Battery in Engine compartment, Good Idea?
  Historical mailing list - Chad Bearden
  Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:58:57 -0400
  ...Yesterday while I was replacing the voltage regulator I noticed quite a bit of empty space in the engine compartment (extreme back right corner...
• '85 Westy Brake Booster Location
  Historical mailing list - MMunn
  Tue, 14 Jan 2003 19:20:25 -0800
  ...Is it in the Booster in the engine compartment? Matthew
• Re: Friday curious picture
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 19:36:12 -0800
  ...105-9661617-1.html?subj=Crave&part=rss&tag=rss My goodness but isn't there a lot of electronics in that engine compartment?
• Upright AUDI 5 Cylinder in Vanagon? Kevin Disse asked.
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Mon, 15 Dec 1997 14:56:39 +0200
  ...The plastic don't resist the temperatures in the engine compartment and this cause some leaks and wrong air comes into the system. I...
• Re: 88 fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:52:20 -0400
  ...He said that the kit that he has is just for the lines in the engine compartment. The kit actually looks like a 10...
• Re: Engine fire... again!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 14 May 2008 12:20:23 -0600
  ...not be very hard to do -- plumb some > piping into the engine compartment, connect to an extinguisher located > maybe under the back seat, run...
• Re: Proper adhesive for engine compartment seal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:47:08 -0700
  ...My '84 has no engine seal at all. Nor does the '82 diesel. The '81 air- cooled does though. Push on. No adhesive. J
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care! FISH Y
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 01:07:07 EDT
  ...low pressure in the engine compartment so that more air flows in? Someone must know what the intended engineering airflow was supposed to be...
• q's about 3.4liter chevy v-6 installation
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 22:38:55 -0400
  ...guages back to the engine compartment? does anybody know the number for ACDelco? i have to get a water pump, a crank pulley, a...
• Re: Cleaning Engine, Do's and Don't
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 08:49:25 EST
  ...clean up the engine compartment-Gunk?, what needs covering up, protected? This is a 2.1L engine. >> Why bother w/ engine cleaners? I just...
• How I filled 1.9 with coolant, was; Roadside BREAKDOWN...Water Pump Belt
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:33:01 -0500
  ...What I have never read in any place except the Bentley is the direction to open and close the engine compartment bleeder screw. Why...
• Coolant Fairies - Another Q
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:03:31 -0700
  On one occassion, months ago, I heard a gurgling sound from the engine compartment. I checked, but found nothing amiss: no leaking coolant & coolant...
• Re: Hard start relay- NAPA p/n
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 19:26:33 -0500
  Dennis Haynes wrote: > Mount it up into the engine compartment so there is >some protection from direct spray. > > > > > It's not hard to mount...
• Re: Vapor lock? Static electricity? Help!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:51:49 -0400
  ...It had metal fuel lines, in the engine compartment, that would get too hot. I wrapped insulation around them and had no more trouble...
• Fuel hose diagram
  Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 14:36:57 EDT
  I am fixing to replace all the hoses in the engine compartment on my 1987 Wolfburg. Does any one have access to the diagrams...
• cheap engine (1.9) needs to go_buffalo NY
  Historical mailing list - PNC Allen
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 10:59:38 -0400
  ...I just don't have time, and, scrapped the van. (sigh) other parts mostly from the engine compartment. calll me at work tim allen...
• Dirty vs. clean
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:56:13 -0500
  So, what is the collective preferred method for cleaning engines/compartments? I've used the Gunk brand spray on degreaser with some measure of...
• Engine Fire - Suppression System Quote
  Historical mailing list - Elfes, Orlo
  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:27:41 -0400
  ...Thank you for visiting our web site, the following is the requested price for an Aero-K fire system to protect the engine compartments...
• Does anyone have the 5 way coolant plastic coupler? Broke mine.
  Historical mailing list - John Hawk
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 15:49:41 -0600
  ...This is the coupler on the upper leftish side of the engine compartment. I should change the metal pipe that goes across the engine...
• Removing the rear heater
  Historical mailing list - Ron 'Coyote' Lussier
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:16:24 -0700
  ...Does anyone know if it's possible to close this loop inside the engine compartment? Ideally, I'd just put a nice tight loop...
• Re: Relocating syncro fuel filter
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Wed, 29 Dec 1999 06:30:25 -0800
  ...Putting the filter in the engine compartment has the added > benefit of maximizing fire potential and creating all types of vapor lock > problems. Fuel...
• Re: Help! Fuel leak - FIXED!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Wed, 28 May 2003 08:09:30 -0700
  ...actually, I brought both mine into the engine compartment through an elongated hole at the front right corner of the engine compartment.... cuz that...
• Re: Vanagon motor mounts chirping?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 07:25:05 -0400
  There is a large wire clip that holds the air cleaner to the right side of the engine compartment. IT has 2 small holes...
• Parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Joe in NH
  Sat, 20 Mar 2004 06:35:10 EST
  ...engine compartment wiring harness from injectors to ECU(no wires cut)$50 4. all eng. compartment hoses and water pipes(except the small u...
• Re: spare tire compartment gas can?????
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 16:10:33 -0400
  ...spare tire compartment gas can????? >To: "80 Westy Pokey" <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> > >Where did you get your spare tire gas can and how much...
• YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec, messy eng. compartment...
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:54:09 -0700
  Hi gang, Blew something in my diesel vanagon yesterday, and lost nearly all our oil in just a few seconds, coating the engine compartment...
• Gas Heater Thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Shaun Dustin
  Mon, 11 Dec 1995 13:51:59 MST
  ...The heater is mounted inside the engine compartment, and it vents to the passenger compartment. It does not have it's own fuel pump...
• Re: HICCUPS, HICCUPS, HICCUPS!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 07 Sep 94 12:34:43 EDT
  ...the relays in the relay box in your syncro in the engine compartment. He says this worked for him because it stopped the relays...
• Re: Capacitor fix questions
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 10:56:43 -0700
  Brian, The tantalum will have a better life than the electrolytic under the adverse conditions of the engine compartment. Capacitance adds for capacitors in...
• Re: What is this thing?
  Historical mailing list - LOREN BUSCH
  Fri, 11 Jun 2004 09:05:27 -0700
  ...Short Bus Saw one like it in Seattle three weeks ago, nine feet long, front seats and engine compartment only. Looked like you could...
• Re: air-cooled or water-cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 00:05:52 -0400
  ...hose) in the engine compartment. Look at the picture below and compare with your engine. http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/engine/water_pump_overview1...
• What is this "extra" part? (see photo)
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 06:49:43 -0700
  ...The engine from the donor vehicle has this extra doohicky mounted in the front passenger side of the engine compartment. Does anyone know what...
• Re: Installed Fire Suppression System
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sun, 12 Nov 2000 09:16:10 -0800
  ...not recommending these or even saying they will actually work/fit into the vanagon engine compartment (have concernse about the temperature at which they...
• FIRE!! How did it happen? How to fix?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:57:49 -0700
  ...Pics at http://home.comcast.net/~tomyoung1/Engine_compartment.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~tomyoung1/engine_compartment_lid.jpg A quick inventory suggest I...
• Re: Where's the gas heater go?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 17 May 1996 13:28:21 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Freaks me out enough just to have it in the engine compartment. Mind you, the Eberspacher is as safe as gas heaters get--lots...
• Re: No Start 83.5: Fuel pump test?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:12:24 EDT
  ...Of course dealing with fuel and open lines in the engine compartment when your testing deserves caution as you don't want to start...
• Re: How much damage to engine block, heads, etc., in fire from leaking fuel ines?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 22 Jul 2017 10:55:47 -0400
  ...This is your opportunity to make some money. > Assuming engine is okay, I will have body shop remove everything from > engine compartment, repaint, etc...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:54:03 -0800
  ...My guess is that there is are no wiring points in the engine compartment that can be used to start the starter, and climbing...
• Re: Does back closet have a floor?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 15:51:31 -0700
  ...The stuff in it fell into the > engine compartment when I removed the engine cover! > > > > Stuart > > '85 Westy, lots to do