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• Re: TD/TDI noise?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:22:02 -0800
  ...My '96 Passat tdi was remarkably quiet and vibration free. Awesome engines--just clean out the intake manifold, or better yet, trick the 'puter...
• Parts Sources for the TDI Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 23 Feb 1998 19:24:07 -0500
  ...A TDI donor car, a diesel T3 bus (Vanagon), and from the aftermarket. From a T3 Diesel If you already have a diesel you...
• Re: Need TDI conversion info
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:50:05 +0300
  ...From my experience with VW SDI and TDI engines I like to give you some more details to answer your statements. >Incidentally it would...
• Re: TDI no vanagon content.
  Historical mailing list - Amy and Andrew
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 21:58:04 -0500
  ...TDI no vanagon content. > My 99 A4 TDI Jetta has about 53k Kilometres on the Od. My dealer says > it needs to have the...
• Re: [VW-TDI] Thoughts on why the diesel prices just went up on th e east coast
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 19:05:34 -0500
  ...ford diesel list; mercedes diesel list; VW-TDI@onelist.com; Vanagon > Mailing List; VW pickup list; diesel list; Diesel onelist > Subject: [VW-TDI] Thoughts...
• Re: Plastic noodles in cooling system, '90 Wolfsburg TDI
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Fri, 1 Apr 2011 12:59:13 -0700
  ...Plastic noodles in cooling system, '90 Wolfsburg TDI > Hi, > > I had a leak at the rear heater that turned out to be the o...
• Re: My new camper!!!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 18:17:16 -0700
  ...This does > have the original diesel TDI engine installed. It is a 1982 model. I am > noticing no great amount of power and fuel...
• nice Syncro webpage
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 10:36:37 -0500
  ...Sullivan </bold>Marshfield Hills, MA Central America 2001 or bust! '87 VW Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny" (soon to be TDi-powered) '86 VW...
• Re: Engine Swap - what about TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 17:46:50 -0400
  Dear Douglas, I am "in the middle" of doing my TDi conversion but have to temporarily stop due to moving to a new house...
• Re: Installing adapter for TDI Starter on Auto trans Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:23:01 -0400
  ...The correct one is from a 1996-2003 manual trans TDI. > >There is a slight difference in length. But the problem is the bolt...
• Re: VW is #1 - NVC
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:21:44 -0700
  ...The H2 will burn more fuel per mile than the TDI but except for CO2 emissions, the H2 exhaust will be much cleaner even...
• Re: Strange diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 08:01:06 -0700
  ...I believe you can bolt a 1Z/AHU TDI head onto an 1.9L AAZ block, if you also swap in the pistons. That...
• Re: small car VW engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mr. Polak
  Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:47:13 -0600
  ...Getting a TDI > installed will cost you 7 to 8K if you get it done *right* and > professionally. You can get a Subie SVX...
• Re: Can VW find it's Beetle Juice?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 20:19:08 -0800
  ...As fellow TDI drivers put it, "People drive torque and buy horsepower". My 2001 NB TDI puts out 145 ft/lbs of torque at...
• Re: 1.6 -> 1.9 pistons ??
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:39:17 +0200
  ...1.9 specs posted any where? Take a look at http://tdi.abahn.bc.ca/ for TDI stuff and specs. PerL 87 Syncro 112i
• Stuff wanted 'n stuff available
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Tue, 2 Sep 2003 12:14:52 -0400
  Just FYI, www.vwparts.com has 1.9 TDI AHU long blocks, shipped, for a pretty $2,200 and 1.6 D CS complete...
• 82 vanagon tdi?
  Historical mailing list - coffin jessup
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 08:21:45 -0800
  ...wondering if it would be possible to drop a 1.9 TDI engine in there. Has anyone done this? Thought about or heard of...
• Fwd: 1991 Syncro 16" panel van w/ 19.tdi for sale
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:59:41 -0800
  ...Syncro16@yahoogroups.com 1991 orange 1.9 tdi ex swedish telecom van,owned by me 6 yrs,uk registered and taxed,pwr steering.contact...
• Re: TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 15:35:28 -0700
  ...TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears? Given the increasing interest in TDI conversions for Vanagons, and the demonstrated superiority of the automatic transmission :-) and the...
• Re: LT28 Sighting / TDI Beetle Driving Impressions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 18:24:12 -0700
  ...I really liked the TDI. Although it doesn't pin you back in your >chair it is very spirited. It, like other TDI VWs...
• Re: New motor selections for vanagons.
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 18 May 1998 22:40:25 -0700
  ...87 syncro. > The newer TDI's are 115 HP and 160 torque.
• TDI arrived
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:35:20 -0800
  Hello Volks, Yesterday I finally got my complete almost new 1.9L TDI engine which will find its place in my Syncro Vanagon. I...
• FS: '87 Syncro engine, ECU, and gastank for sale
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 16:33:46 -0500
  Dear List, Now that "Sunny's" TDi transplant is underway, I will shortly be selling my '87 Syncro 2.1L engine, ECU and gastank...
• Re: Vanagon Starter
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 8 Sep 2016 20:41:06 -0700
  ...Use a new > > Latrical TDI starter, no core, and the total cost is $155. :) > > Karl > > westyventures.com > > > > > > -- > Brent Weide > Portland, Oregon > www.weidefamily.net...
• LVC: TDI Problem
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:12:43 -0700
  1999 TDI New Beetle; it hesitates (not a stall, just a hesitation) at about 1800 rpm and now it's doing it 2,000...
• Re: TDI engines availability
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 18:36:45 -0500
  VW industrial sells TDI engines for industrial applications. The 1.9l 4cyl 'AFD' industrial version is derived from the automotive counterpart, but with different...
• Minor changes to Sunny's website
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Sat, 11 Mar 2000 15:00:55 -0500
  ...Sullivan </bold>Marshfield Hills, MA Central America 2001 or bust! '87 VW Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny" (soon to be TDi-powered) '86 VW...
• Re: Less than 60 mph??? Really?
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Wed, 10 May 2000 16:55:10 -0500
  ...Sullivan Marshfield Hills, MA Central America 2001 or bust! '87 VW Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia "Sunny" (soon to be TDi-powered) '86 VW Syncro...
• Re: Anti-Freeze opinions
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Sun, 2 Apr 2017 09:27:29 -0500
  ...I don't know if > you > > are talking about a VW TDI car that came with that engine or a Vanagon > with > > a TDI...
• Re: Engine oil change interval (VW content...)
  Historical mailing list - Pierre A Lachance
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:27:23 -0500
  dear John, if you had bought a tdi from my girlfriend, guylaine, here in quebec city, canada, she would have told you that your...
• Re: Sharan (was: The Coming 450 HP VW Colorado - NO JOKE)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 29 May 2000 02:00:21 +0200
  Andrew Grebneff wrote: > Now, it they'd bring the TDI Syncro Sharan here in Westfalia > >(or at least weekender) form..... > > > >Keith Adams > > I have...
• Re: AT rebuilding
  Historical mailing list - Robert Berkemer
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:19:41 -0600
  Helen, I wanted so much to put a TDD or TDI in my 84 automatic westy but it isn't a possible match. The...
• Re: 82westie 1.6 diesel upgrade
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:54:16 -0600
  What are my odds on finding a td vs a tdi On Mar 24, 2011 8:23 PM, "ralph meyermann" <ralphmeyermann@gmail.com> wrote...
• syncro fs WI
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Soiney
  Fri, 6 Mar 1998 10:04:51 -0600
  Hi all; My wife has bought a passat tdi, so my syncro has to go. I've posted this car before, but only recieved...
• 1.9 TDI engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 13 May 2004 01:05:09 -0700
  ...fuel prices getting way out of hand, sure seems like the TDI engine would have some good merit. I have heard rumor they deliver...
• Re: Photo of Fast Forward's prototype Vanagon ALH [TDI] Conversion Kit
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 08:52:43 -0600
  ...the full engine > >conversion > >kit for the 1999 to 2003 ALH TDI Engine to be ready. Here is a photo of > >a > >prototype installation...
• Re: Diesel conversions for Vanagons??
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 23:28:14 -0500
  ...A TDI conversion, even done independently, is extremely expensive unless you happen upon a great local "find" of an engine. And then regearing your...
• Re: diesel Vanagon vs. MB, Volvo, other diesel VW
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 09:57:31 -0800
  ...If you need more for > whatever reason, well...the V6 TDI could be fitted more easily than the > Mercedes, perhaps. > >
• NVC - but VW_C - Vote for Jetta TDI Today!
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:28:07 -0500
  ...Jack Hi! The new Jetta Clean Diesel TDI is in the running for Automotive News' North American Car of the Year, but in their...
• Re: thoughts on a late model TDI engine into a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Feb 2018 09:22:01 -0500
  ...thoughts on a late model TDI engine into a Vanagon Foreign Auto Supply has some really cool stuff. IMO, their "Inline 4 cylinder vanagon...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 24 Jan 2017 to 25 Jan 2017 (#2017-38)
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Thu, 26 Jan 2017 05:10:37 +0000
  Well, at the time I purchased mine, several years ago now, I didn't find any reasonably priced TDI starters anywhere. Did they exist...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:20:28 -0500
  ...Bernd J�ger is THE guy in Europe: > http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/ENGLISH/TDI-Umbau/tdi-umbau.html Sorry, he does not...
• Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:05:57 -0800
  >>Chris S, and other TDI, or NA Diesel aficionados; My New Beetle TDI gets 45 MPG in Atlanta traffic. A gas powered New Beetle...
• Re: VW to cut 2001 Eurovan price by 16 pct in U.S
  Historical mailing list - Zach Kaplan
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:01:11 -0800
  ...As I understand it one of the big problems > with bringing further TDI technology here is the poor quality of diesel > fuel in the...
• Re: GoWesty's Gear Reduction Starter
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:53:36 -0800
  ...I have an SVX installation, the reason to try the TDI starter of course. Two starters failed, neither failure was related to the adapter...
• Re: TDI into vanagon.. subie into Vanagon... how about TDI into subie?
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:52:18 -0400
  >> Folks, my wife has been driving my sister's subaru for the past few days and is liking the small-car and modern safety...
• Re: TDI, TD and 2.0L conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 09:54:18 -0400
  David Marshall wrote: > I will put money on Bj�rn's TDI (to be) winning a race against your 1.8L or > my 2...
• Re: EuroVan syncro TDI / sharan url
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 22:34:07 -0500
  ...What I would really, really > love is the long wheelbase Winnebago EV Camper with a TDI. Being a > 4X4 would be an extra added...
• Re: Change 1.6 to 1.9 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:38:28 -0800
  ...If you still want a Tdi, maybe a 2.0 CR Tdi > from a Jetta or 2.5 Tdi from an Audi will make...
• Late Model 1.9 TD HP Rating
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 07:45:23 -0500
  Volks, I am thinking of purchasing a 1.9 TD (not TDI) to replace my 1.6l diesel. I can't find any figures...
• Re: Van Spotting
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:36:58 -0700
  ...Mike 85 van 02 TDI On 6/17/03 5:48 PM, "Matthew Pollard" <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> wrote: > i've helped a few buddies...
• Price of Syncro Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 10:27:08 -0500
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-4x4-Syncro-TDI-DIESEL-Westfalia-Camper_W0QQitemZ270092466155QQihZ017QQcategoryZ15291QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Sandy Milo PS the TDI Westy doesn't have ice cube...
• New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
  Historical mailing list - rpc
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:04:41 -0800
  Chris S,and other TDI, or NA Diesel aficionados; Looking at the Samba today: 4 Diesel Vanagons posted for sale in the last 24...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 28 Dec 2006 13:24:47 -0800
  ...Bernd J�ger is THE guy in Europe: >> http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/ENGLISH/TDI-Umbau/tdi-umbau.html >> Sorry, >> he does not...
• Re: FS: '90 wolfsburg Syncro TDI
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:12:17 -0800
  In answer to Al and Andrew both..My target rpm for a TDI re-gear is 3000 rpm..Seems to be a good compromise...
• Re: [VW-TDI] Thoughts on why the diesel prices just went up on th e east coast
  Historical mailing list - Magsino, Jonathan
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 17:03:19 -0500
  ...ford diesel list; mercedes diesel list; VW-TDI@onelist.com; Vanagon Mailing List; VW pickup list; diesel list; Diesel onelist Subject: [VW-TDI] Thoughts...
• Re: Gowesty reduction starter user input please
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:26:30 -0800
  ...I was, and may still be leaning towards your adaptor plus TDI starter setup, but am Leary of trying to remove the starter stud...
• Re: diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 23:01:58 -0400
  ...Of course the TDI has a lot of torque, and not as much Hp because it is makes its power at lower rpms. I...
• Re: Diesel ring and pinion changes with a 2.1L gas engine
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:12:50 -0600
  ...Maybe Max will pipe up and say what ratio? This is one problem of putting in a TDI engine. While the WBX engine makes...
• Westy Front AC?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 4 Jun 1999 12:05:59 -0400
  I'm thinking ahead a bit......My westy doesn't have AC, and the TDI engine that is to be installed soon came with...