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• Re: open your eyes
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 14:02:39 -0700 (PDT)
  > The water-cooled horizontally opposed four cylinder engine designed by > Volkswagen has a fatal design flaw as numerous posting to the Vanagon list I...
• WTB 4 spd. transmission : 81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Lon Herman
  Thu, 12 Jun 1997 11:13:05 -0400 (EDT)
  ...So I need a tranny, I think; water-cooled won't work, I am told. I live in Granville Ohio If you can help...
• Re: FS: Bentley Manual - VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Chris R. Rowland
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:50:31 -0600
  ...Manual, 1980, 1981, 1982, >1983, 1984, 1985, including air-cooled and water-cooled gasoline >engines, diesel engine, and camper. By Robert Bentley. $20.00...
• oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Bill Hayeslip
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 19:12:51 -0400
  Hello List, There has been a continuing discussion about the use of various oil filter on water cooled Vanagons. I got the impression that...
• Re: Wrong fan advice was: is your Vanagon your main/only vehicle?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 10 May 2001 15:24:56 -0400
  At 03:15 PM 5/10/2001, Mark Drillock wrote: >I'm pretty sure that all water-cooled Vanagons use a relay for cooling...
• Re: Air Cooled or Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Sibley
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 17:18:11 EDT
  is there a resevoir with coolant in it in the rear engine bay? coolant is green, orange, or blue...usually and should be in...
• Re: coolant?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Sun, 23 Jun 2002 22:05:17 -0700
  ...1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic
• Re: no oil pressure, new engine, need help!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:00:31 -0600
  ...Stan --------------- Clip -------------------- Any water cooled kids want to chime in and give an alternate procedure (and more importantly, the "why" for that procedure)? Thanks...
• Best Oil Viscosity?
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Mon, 1 Dec 2003 13:22:48 -0500
  ...Can someone please tell me what the suggested temperature range for 10W30 is in a water cooled vanagon? How about 20W50? I need to...
• Re: To Buy or not to Buy? 86 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:34:50 EDT
  In a message dated 9/26/05 8:41:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time, doug.alcock@GMAIL.COM writes: > Round headlights and water-cooled...
• Re: new VW model has rear engine "waterboxer"
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:24:30 -0700
  ...VW engineers have learned a thing or two by now about water cooled boxer engines. --------------------------------- Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight...
• FS Behind the Dash Air Conditioning System
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:36:59 -0600
  ...It fits 80-91 Vanagons, Air Cooled or Water Cooled. (Water cooled will need compressor bracket) It comes with the parts you see in...
• Re: Air intake boot
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:49:32 -0700
  ...The water cooled variety (there are 3 different ones, one of them Syncro only), depending on the year is becoming hard to find and...
• Re: John Muir Publications
  Historical mailing list - Jim Stout
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 23:41:32 -0600
  ...The original book was > oriented towards aircooled vehicles, though it did reference the > water cooled ones prior to the 2nd book, at which point...
• Re: Coolant Change
  Historical mailing list - Ted Zateslo
  Sat, 8 Oct 94 09:26:06 -0400
  ...And that goes double for the water-cooled Vanagon! That little pump is already working its heart out... Ted Zateslo ('88 Westy, on its...
• '80 Vanagon getting chopped.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:47:26 +0500
  They have -- they water-cooled it, put the engine&drive in front, and called it a EuroVan.... :-) Cetin > I really think VW should have...
• Re: Heil Hitler <F>
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 23:44:52 -0800
  ...Gau Yeah, but some of us know what happened to those water-cooled vehicles trying to disperse ammunition among the outposts of Dien Bien...
• Re: Source - head gasket kit
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 01:17:47 -0400
  ...for a good deal on a head gasket kit for a water cooled >Vanagon. The VW dealer wants $150 a side. Too mucha dinero...
• Re: VW Vanagon Official Factory Repair Manual
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 May 1996 05:23:41
  ...It does cover the 1.9 liter water cooled motor, plus air cooled and diesel. -Ron Salmon
• Re: Air Filter Intake Assembly
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Sun, 11 May 1997 17:24:34 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The vanagon (water cooled at least) stalls once the water level is about an inch deep over the floor in the passenger seats (and...
• Need 2.1 liter new, rebuilt, running, rebuildable or toasted, ASAP
  Historical mailing list - meek
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 01:07:04 -0700
  ...If anyone has a 2.1 liter short or long block, water cooled gasoline motor in running condition or not running, but rebuildable, please...
• "what to look for when buying a vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Salzman
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 01:02:26 EDT
  ...Am I making a big mistake by buying a vanagon? What years are most reliable? Air vs water cooled? Any info would be greatly...
• help
  Historical mailing list - JarsofClay
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 19:54:04 -0800
  help with my '84 water cooled vanagon (auto trans) .... I am experiencing a trans fluid leak and need to replace torque converter seal... I...
• Re: '84 California water-cooled fuel probs
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Tribble
  Sun, 5 Aug 2001 12:46:55 EDT
  Hmmm.. well I do get a small leak when I fill up completely. It looks like the (very small) leak is from the hose...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:54:07 -0800
  ...2002 09:59:35 -0800 mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> > writes: >> Naw, only one water cooled boxer engine is a wasserboxer. The >> Ferrari would
• running fridge on propane while driving
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:40:08 -0800
  ...so I'm wondering if the risk is actually fairly minimal under normal conditions. -- Craig 83 Westy water-cooled -- Craig Oda craigoda@communitybuilders.info
• Easiest Platform to Cnvert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:51:28 -0700
  ...With that in mind, is it any easier to start with an early air cooled or later water cooled Vanagon and just adding the...
• Re: Powder Blue Westy in Elkhart
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 Jan 2004 21:50:45 EST
  ...EARTHLINK.NET writes: > Saw a Powder Blue with a White top Water Cooled Vanagon Westfalia parked on > the South Side of the US20 Bypass...
• Auto Tranny Anyone?
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Sat, 12 Aug 2006 10:54:15 -0700
  A friend of mine has an 85 water cooled that her transmission failed her on. She is on the oregon coast, but could get...
• Re: Alcohol, Baby ! (Was Octane)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 13:31:38 -0800
  ...Water-cooleds like it too. > > > > Some water-cooled engines can do without a fan > running > > on straight alcohol. > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business...
• Re: Need 1982 coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:06:45 -0700
  ...So, you need to look at the back badge (or the underside engine area) to really know what year an early water cooled vanagon...
• /f NYE Resolution (was Re: love our "bricks" so much?)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Dec 1995 17:43:20 -0700
  ...But the cost of owning a >water-cooled van or one having the Type IV engine has been rising steadily. > Many loyal owners will...
• Re: new beetle
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 13:55:50 EDT
  ...The new ones are Water (Cooled) Bugs! > And the old bug was GERMAN and the new one is MEXICAN. >> And the old bug engine...
• Fuel Gauge/Sending Units Common on all vanagons??
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 12:57:38 -0600
  ...Hope this makes it to the list :-) Any learned opinions on whether the fuel gauge from an 85 water cooled will work if I...
• 1980 1.9 WBX VANAGON on EBAY
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 2 Mar 2006 13:16:35 -0800
  Here again must be another converted Vanagon from an air to water-cooled engine. Seller says it has a 21 hp engine! It sure...
• Anyone rebuilt an Auto Transmission?
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:59:26 +1000
  ...I am also interested in experiences of people who may have put an '86 transmission (or one from a water-cooled Vanagon) into an...
• ~Flaming DIEsels~ Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm White
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 10:13:05 -0000
  ...It is for this reason that some people (me included) use a water-cooled chargecooler (not stock!) to keep the charge temperature right down...
• Re: Pristine A/C Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 22 Jul 2006 12:43:11 -0400
  My view of the pictures was that the bra was a generic one for water cooled Vanagons, but that this was definitely an air...
• 1986 VW Westfalia Engine for Sale - $500 (Sacramento)
  Historical mailing list - Amy
  Thu, 30 Apr 2015 08:58:27 -0700
  ...1986 2.1-liter water-cooled
• Re: sliding windows in an 84
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 1 Jul 1994 12:57:35 -0500 (CDT)
  ...They specialize in rubber and plastic > products for VWs and have recently introduced a water cooled catalog. I Yeah. I guess those catalogs do...
• Re: ref head gasket (fix?)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 00:37:48 -0400
  ...But FWIW the water cooled rebuilders "claim" that with welded heads there will not be the same high level or porosity and not nearly...
• Re: Haynes Manual
  Historical mailing list - gerry rafferty
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 20:57:13 -0700
  ISBN 1 85960 452 8 Haynes VW Transporter Service and Repair Manual Models covered-rear-mounted water-cooled petrol engines 1913cc & 2109cc gerry -----Original...
• FS: 1984 Vanagon - very good condition
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:33:59 -0500
  ...1.9 liter water cooled engine. Runs well. Well maintained. 140K miles. In New Jersey near I-78/287 intersection. Make an offer. The...
• daily driver
  Historical mailing list - kevin
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 14:34:53 -0700
  ...Sometimes I wonder why anyone would even consider a 83 or newer with the water cooled, from the sound of this list they don...
• FS VW/Audi Turbocharger New - never used
  Historical mailing list - George J. Lampman
  Thu, 3 May 2001 17:12:47 -0400
  ...These are a brand new, in the box VW turbo used on 4 cyl water cooled diesel engines for sale. I had a few...
• Re: looking for water-cooled Vanagon with sunroof
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:34:59 EST
  In a message dated 4/3/02 10:46:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU writes: > . Couple that with a giant sunroof...
• Re: Inline 4 COnversions
  Historical mailing list - "Robert KeezerHolen Sie mehr aus dem Web. Unter http://explorer.msn.de/intl.asp#de gibt es einen KOSTENLOSEN Download von MSN Explorer."
  Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:41:18 -0700
  ...1980 Westfalia (to water-cooled inline four) Conversion 4: 1978 Bus to Audi 4000 engine ----- Original Message ----- Wrom: DMNNSKVFVWRKJ Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002...
• Radiator fluid
  Historical mailing list - Martinez
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 18:13:22 -0700
  ...Any clues for me to follow up on? Thanks, Juan 85' Wolfsburg weekender water cooled 1.9 liter gas
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 16 May 2001 14:05:04 -0600
  ...If I am ever gonna bother putting in a water cooled, I can't imagine a reason not to go with at TDI. John
• h2o cooled is not that bad, right?
  Historical mailing list - Julio T.
  Wed, 5 May 1999 11:54:57 -0700
  ...Now remember I dont know much about vanagons, but are water cooled vanagon really as bad as the myths say they are? Can modifications...
• Call for North American VW Shop Reviews
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 07:47:50 -0700
  ...http://www.roadhaus.com/shops.html Include Repair Shops, Parts Stores and Salvage Yards Include Air and Water Cooled Include Busses, Vanagons, Syncros and...
• Re: 83 Vanagon Water Cooled Camper-HELP
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Mar 1995 22:33:22 -0600 (CST)
  David Kao says: >If the engine has minor problems then I would rebuild it myself. Buy all needed >parts from VW dealer. That strikes...
• Re: Water-cooled Mexican bus info, anyone?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Apr 1994 12:51:21 -0600 (CST)
  I'll begin by saying that i don't know much about later busses. However, I've heard that golf engines are an easy...
• FS: 84 VW Van $2500 !!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 May 1995 16:21:56 GMT
  84 VW Vanagon 2 litre, water cooled engine 150,000 miles and still going ... We bought a newer Toyota van and we don't...
• engine swap
  Historical mailing list - David Moreland
  Sat, 1 Aug 1998 09:28:22 -0700
  I have a 1986 Vanagon water cooled witha blown engine. I don't need more power. I just need to get my van going...
• Re: Porsche 6 cyl, was conversion
  Historical mailing list - John-Reed Maffeo
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 11:46:12 -0700
  ...Its not Friday is it? Must be that pesky Y@K bug! > > Which is why the WATER-COOLED Porsche engine is the way to...
• Wanted: Front turn signal lamp sockets
  Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:31:37 -0400
  I don't see why thy didn't use stainless steel on those water-cooled front turn lamps! Just kidding. But that's exactly...
• Barbecue Sunday at NEW Buslab in Berkeley, CA
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Sat, 28 Sep 2002 22:22:15 -0400
  ...Berkeley. (Will also service other VW boxer powered vehicles, air and water cooled) WELCOME BARBECUE FOR ALL (Sunday, Sept 29th) from 2-6. (Sorry...
• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:31:23 -0500
  ...downloads.html > > Water-cooled (1983 onwards) > � 1.9 litre engines: > � 1.9 L (1,913 cc) (83 bhp) (Serial # DH) water-cooled (or "Wasserboxer...
• Engine carrier question
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:24:09 -0600
  Is an air cooled and a water cooled engine carrier (cradle) interchangeable? All of the mounting points appear to line up the same. The...