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• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 10:33:07 -0500 (EST)
  ...The talk about installing > suburu engines in the vanagon is what really sparked my curiosity. I am new > to the list and vanagons, so...
• Alcohol, Baby ! (Was Octane)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 11:41:19 -0800
  ...Having alcohol in your fuel actually helps run the engine cooler, which an air-cooled needs. Water-cooleds like it too. Some water-cooled...
• Oil Capacity, 1985 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Pickett
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 13:08:41 -0700
  1985 Westfalia, Water-Cooled, 1.9l Way too smug doing my first oil change by myself, I replaced the exact amount called for in...
• Re: 85vanagon overheating (water cooled)
  Historical mailing list - bernie
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:26:26 -0700
  ...The back of the van is hot. > Any advice is much appreciated. > > > Erin Daniels > 85 water cooled Vanagon
• used Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Michelle Garofano
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:11:34 -0700
  ...I recently purchased a 1981 Westfalia that had been converted to water-cooled with a Mazda RX-7 rotary engine... which gobbles oil like...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk! Wilder's Law
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:50:32 -0700
  ...the 2L AC >engine wasn�t what I needed. Subie time. So you converted an air cooled to a water cooled Subie, or is...
• Re: Sportsvans (sic)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 11 Apr 1994 10:01:19 -0600
  ...are STILL making the bread-loaf body, but >with a water-cooled engine!! and a strange extra big square grill up front). I'd...
• WBX gauge value
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:07:13 +0000
  Hi Kevin, The water cooled heads just don't have the peak thermal surges that air cooled do. Consequently exhaust valve burning and loose...
• Re: Rebuilt Engine 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeff & Jean-Marie Diebolt
  Thu, 10 Oct 1996 21:40:34 -0400
  ...At 08:30 PM 10/09/96 -0500, Scott Walker wrote: >My 84 camper engine (water-cooled) has the following label on it: > > _______________________ > |exchange...
• Re: Manual on/off Switch for Radiator Fan /Radiator Questions
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:50:32 -0700
  ...1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic http://communitybuilders.dhs.org/craigoda/vw/ On Tue, 16 Apr 2002, phil stanhope wrote: > For some reason when...
• Details on my PD 115 installation
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 14 May 2006 10:59:03 -0700
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to...
• Re: tranny mount responsibility?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 25 May 1999 18:59:04 -0700
  ...If the same reasoning applies to > >removing water-cooled engines, then I'd guess the mechanic loosened the > >bolt but forgot to re-tighten...
• Re: Oil temp's up again
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Apr 1996 16:24:37 -0700
  ...Naturally this same inquiry would be appropriate for the gas motor water cooled boxes. I've recently leaned that both Ford and Chevy have...
• Nobody wants air cooled! (Was Re: in the year 2015......)
  Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
  Tue, 25 Oct 2005 10:33:05 -0400
  ...I ended up with a water cooled van because: 1.) the price was right ($750) 2.) the body is in excellent shape for a...
• More New Owner questions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Apr 1995 13:04:26 -0700
  1) I looked at John Muir's book today, and it doesn't seem to cover water-cooled engines. In fact, it explicitly said...
• End of the Mexican Beetles
  Historical mailing list - Philip R. Hanlon
  Thu, 6 Feb 1997 20:35:29 -0600
  ...The ones due here in 98 will be water cooled front engines and not really the same at all. I might buy myself a...
• ANOTHER TIP FOR MORE POWER FROM YOUR STOCK MOTOR
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 3 Jul 2001 01:07:31 -0500
  Hey digijet gang, water cooled 1.9 L only I have tried to help those who own 1.9 liter watercooled motors by advising...
• Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Deon Reynolds
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:11:22 -0800
  ...99,000 miles on the clock and I had rebuilt the engine twice, rebuilt the transmission three times, and I have lost count on...
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] New Engine
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 07:02:43 -0700
  ...after waiting a week for the engine, the wrong >one was shipped- air cooled instead of water cooled. Now we have to wait >another...
• Re: Engine installation book times
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 00:15:40 -0600
  ...engine minor". > > > > Air cooled Vanagon, 80-83, 16.9 hours. > > > > "Where AC interferes, add 1.0". > > "Auto trans, add 1.2". > > > > Water cooled is...
• Re: Radiator hoses in air cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Wood
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 17:10:13 -0800
  ...What is<br> going on, did some one try to put a water-cooled engine in this?</blockquote><br> I have an '81 Westy...
• Re: 12mm fuel line supplier?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Naylor II
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:30:51 -0700
  Craig und Volks, I replaced my engine compartment fuel lines with aircraft hose which is made from extremely durable formulas. Some of the hoses...
• Re: Vanagon engine rebuild cost
  Historical mailing list - ROGunter
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 05:53:09 EST
  ...1936-Chrysler >> Eric, Are you talking about air-cooled or water cooled boxer engines? The machinist who is supposedly the best in the Washington...
• Re: Removing a water cooled engine from vanagon. Ben?
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 20 May 2009 08:55:10 -0400
  ...Then, be logical, start by wiring, unplug everything you see around the engine and you masking tape to mark them. Second, remove fuel line...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:51:46 -0500
  ...engines.> > > Awww, geez, here we go with the Union bashing again! But, wait a > minute...isn't the Subaru also a water cooled flat...
• Re: Is my 83.5 Westy really 83.25?
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:13:41 EST
  ...Turns out she's a 83.25. > My question is when did VW switch to the water-cooled engines stateside? I > had always figured...
• vanagon education needed!
  Historical mailing list - Karen Meredith
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:01:51 -0700
  ...buying an '85 camper, and reports on the head/gasket and cooling system problems with the water-cooled campers. But, i bet there's...
• Re: Why so many '84 & '85 Westies??
  Historical mailing list - Seth F Gordon
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:26:36 -0400
  ...years for the >NEW water-cooled Vanagons/Westies and thus possibly plagued, more than >most other vanagon models, with engineering "mistakes" that have come...
• Subaru Swap, was: Re: T****a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 12 May 2000 10:39:03 +1200
  > If my van were water-cooled, I'd do that swap too (Legacy 2.2L), if given >the slightest excuse -- like needing an oil...
• different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 02:30:06 EST
  ...My relatively new to me 83.5 Westy had a rebuilt water cooled engine that was "installed" by a DPOs "mechanic." On my bus...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:29:06 -0600
  ...In a water cooled it's the air > moving through the radiator. The water pump just moves the heat from one ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS...
• Re: Van-O-Rama: update on Mike Miller's post very long
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 22 Oct 2002 14:49:02 -0700
  ...it does have a water > cooled boxer engine. > > peace, > tim >
• funky '85 on ebay
  Historical mailing list - James Ballen
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 10:13:43 -0700
  ...a built-in portapotty, 5-speed tranny, and dual carborated water-cooled engine! anyone seen anything like this before? I'm not associated with...
• Article: Vanagon Hop Ups
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 9:56:57 -0500 (EST)
  ...of '82, a new option surfaced - a 1915cc water-cooled flat four. Development of this engine has been slow but on going. RaceKraft, in...
• Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:00:39 -0700
  ...Watching one of the last aircooled Porsches, what they always call 911s, run against a newer water cooled Porsches, also sometimes called 911s, you...
• Re: Mystery (to me) wire
  Historical mailing list - Michel (O'Hara) Escaravage
  23 May 1996 12:52:53 -0400
  ...If not, what is that >wire doing? Whre does it go? > That's the wire for the patented VW Vanagon DOOMSDAY water-cooled self...
• What year vanagon to buy?
  Historical mailing list - JT
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 17:36:11 -0700
  ...the wasserboxer? What year did VW change to the wasserboxer water cooled engine? and finally what year did VW change from round headlights to...
• STEBRO/Vanagon SS header pipes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:59:35 EST
  If anyone has any more comments on the construction of the stainless steel header pipes and collector pipe for all water-cooled, boxer engined...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:25:38 -0500
  ...essentially origin of the WBX engine case: > 1200>1600>1800 AC to 1.9>2.1 water cooled with the addition of a water...
• Heat in Aircooled van, one last time: Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 09:46:34 -0500
  ...Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!? In a message dated 12/1/99 10:14:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, waxi@MAILANDNEWS...
• Re: '87 syncro 36K miles 3.2porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:09:48 -0700
  Would that be an air-cooled porsche engine ( I hope not ) or water cooled ? Scott -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: guess the engine
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:36:58 -0800
  ...s an inline four, with CIS fuel > injection, water cooled and resembels a rabbit type engine. > > Any help would be most appreciated. > > Jessup > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP...
• Re: South African van differences - when they happened
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:44:32 -0700
  ...storage > in the rear door panles..and a 2.6 water cooled engine capacity....They > seem to be more popular as a people mover...
• Anybody Tried MSD Ignition On WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:39:52 EST
  ...Jay has used these things on an older V8 Mustang, a nice looking Porsche 964 (think that's what it is -- front engine water...
• Re: Mexican VW Van Trannys
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 7 Dec 1997 22:27:06 -0500
  ...As for engine transplants, any 4 cylinder engine should probably keep the original gearing, a six cylinder could use taller gears but you'll...
• Re: Any Used Valagon 2.1L engines available
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:11:52 -0800
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to...
• A bunch of new parts at Fast Forward!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 21:22:22 -0800
  ...6Z3 Internet http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization
• Re: 85vanagon overheating (water cooled)
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:41:15 -0600
  ...I have a mechanic in LA that I finally just paid off for the engine rebuilt that was done almost a year ago. I...
• Engine Procedure
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:29:14 -0700
  Hello, I just bought a 1983 water cooled Westy and the engine is messed up. Here is what happened. The previous owner was going...
• Re: Trip report
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:56:27 -0800
  ...gas engine? > > Neil. > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> What? No pics? ;) > >> Water cooled coolant...
• Re: Air cooled to Water cooled
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 03:15:24 PDT
  > Mark Kazman wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > I plan on doing a subaru engine conversion in the future. Since I have > > an '81 air-cooled model...
• Re: Stuck together
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:26:24 -0800
  ...the transmission but leave the engine in place? If we're talking about an air-cooled vehicle - water-cooled might be the same, I...
• Re: regarding head gasket failures on water cooled engines....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 12:05:17 -0500
  ...Your gonna find out a couple of things; (A) If the guy that did the engine didn't forget to torque the heads down...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:19:09 -0500
  ...to get the fuel filter up front instead of in the engine compartment. Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo' 73 Beetle On Mon...
• bosch information
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 14:40:24 CDT
  ...i'm working on the 1991-1986 vanagons, 1985-1983 water-cooled vanagons, 1983-1980 air-cooled vanagons, and the 1979-1974 buses. well...
• Should I buy this Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - John Evaskovich
  Sun, 08 Jun 1997 16:23:13 -0600
  ...Slight oil leak from the drain plug, otherwise the engine is really clean and it runs strong. The asking price is $8950 which seems...
• Re: Aircooled engine in Watercooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Fri, 12 Sep 2003 14:24:46 -0400
  You would also need an air cooled transaxle as the air and water cooled units are not interchangeable. Scott Walker Augusta, GA ----- Original Message...
• Engine transplants
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 14:46:47 -0500
  Regarding the engine transplant thread. When this list was still in its infancy, which was probably during its first 6 months, there was an...
• Re: Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic included)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 16:36:17 -0900
  ...It would be much faster and cheaper to purchase a water cooled van, but where is the fun in that! 10. Because you could...
• Re: new engine from VW
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 16 Aug 94 16:02:50 CDT
  ...those are the water-cooled engines, by the way. BOTH of them, the 1983-85 (DH) 1.9 liter and the 1986-91 (MV...