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• Re: Diesel Heat
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 22:44:30 -0600
  ...It takes heat > to burn the diesel fuel, but excess heat is generated in the process. > A diesel engine's efficiancy can be measured...
• turbo manifold and Saab engine mounts info
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:53:36 -0800
  ...his work on using a Saab 9000 hydraulic engine mount on the stock Vanagon diesel engine carriers. deep link is: http://www.members.shaw...
• Re: Vanagon Brakes
  Historical mailing list - James Eaton
  Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:41:12 -0400
  ...Excerpt taken for Wikipedia which is ac= > curate enough for this discussion. > > "Diesel engines do not have engine braking in the above sense. Unlike...
• Re: TDI Eurovan
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 06:48:53 -0500 (EST)
  ...Remember ALL of the T4 engines, gas & diesel, have lower horsepower outputs than the passenger car versions...but have higher torque production, and the...
• Re: How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:04:23 -0700
  ...People sometimes ask about diesel engine upgrades and as you said the 1.9NA is the easiest way to go. I wanted to know...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 16:33:40 -0500
  ...The diesel truck with jake brakes indeed has engine braking. So far as I know, that is pretty much all diesel tractors for over...
• Re: DIESEL is............
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Mon, 18 May 1998 20:26:40 -0400
  ...DIESEL is............ >One final word of advice .......DON'T BUY A DIESEL > >D = D@MNED >I = INSIDIOUS >E = ENGINE; >S = SLUGGISH,, >E = EMBARRASSING, >L...
• Diesel to Gas conversion! Oil Pump Input Shaft Length?
  Historical mailing list - Joe Hunt
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:57:54 -0700
  ...they only say to swap the diesel oil pump into the donor gas engine. But my diesel Pump input shaft is an inch shorter...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 21:38:16 -0700
  ...83 diesels were offered (can you say s-l-o-w ?) Can you also say 27-30 MPG, smog *exempt*, and engines with a...
• Re: starter bushing removal
  Historical mailing list - sean fleener
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:03:52 -0800
  ...engine, continue to turn tap bushing will pull itself out. Sean Fleener 80 porchegon 81 vanagon GL. 81 rabbit diesel 82 P/U diesel...
• Re: part needed: diesel tranny
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:08:40 -0400
  ...The DK tranny gearing is to tall for a diesel Westy with > it's stock 1.6 engine. This is because of the power...
• Re: ? Consequences of Broken Timing Belt (Diesel I4) ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 23:03:46 -0400
  ...Re: ? Consequences of Broken Timing Belt (Diesel I4) ? Yes, the diesel is an interference engine. In the belt breaks, the pistons will hit the...
• Re: 2.1 liter engine - important news
  Historical mailing list - John \"Shaggy\" Donovan
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:29:59 EDT
  Isn't it more like start looking for Diesel vanagons or Diesel Vanagon parts so you can put an I-4 in them time...
• 55 to 65 mpg in a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:44:14 -0600
  I saw a vanagon on ebay that the owner claims gets 55 to 65 mpg. It has a diesel engine? Is this possible? Paul
• Re: transmission for I4 conversion--will a DK fit?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 22 Mar 2014 22:07:19 -0700
  ...I currently have a > diesel vanagon transmission in there (code DZ), and an audi 80 engine (code > 3A), supported by the earlier version diesel...
• Re: Diesel mod people question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 11:01:02 +1200
  >What engines did you look at in deciding to mod? > >What physical size problems? > >Weight problems? > >Are there any relatively "flat" diesels out there...
• Anyone needs Vanagon Diesel Engine Mounts?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 14:36:53 +0200
  Hi, if anyone needs the engine mounts of the Vanagon Diesel (maybe for a four inline swap) should e-mail Juergen at: kleverland@t...
• Re: Snake Oil or Legit?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Sat, 24 May 2008 18:46:21 -0700
  Well, I have long said that a system is missing from diesel engines.......... an electrical ignitioni source ! ( not counting the glow plugs ) . Shame an...
• Re: Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 6
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 17:58:00 -0700
  ...It has been languishing in a > > broken-down 1980 dasher diesel. It had no head, and the transmission had > > been removed. The engine was...
• Re: !982 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Sylvain B
  Tue, 26 Dec 2000 10:53:10 -0500
  ...Nothing will destroy >your engine faster than too little oil. Diesel engines consume small >amounts of oil in normal operation. An engine that has...
• 1.8 timming
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:01:18 -0500
  1.8 liter gas engine i put in my 88 vanagon using a diesel flywheel and pressure plate.I need to get timing right...
• Vanagon Diesel Parts For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 7 Oct 2019 13:30:01 -0400
  ...Includes engine carrier and 4 Spd transaxle in good working order. I have another 1.6L engine from a diesel rabbit pickup truck with...
• Speaking of diesels...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:01:42 -0700
  All this talk of diesel engines seems like a great lead in for... I two complete 2WD Vanagon 1.6TD drive-trains with 5...
• Re: Diesel Tin
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 16:56:50 -0700
  ...I noticed that removing it reduces oil temp on my diesel -> gas conversion. alistair >What is the use of the tin under the engine...
• Re: diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 28 Aug 1998 20:01:44 -0400
  I'm not in the business of selling engines. However I'm converting my own VW bus to a 1.9l turbo diesel engine...
• Frydae: Another Small Modern Diesel Coming
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:56:32 -0700
  ...experience with this engine in a Holden? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/automobiles/gm-said-to-consider-diesel-cruze.html Cheers, Anthony...
• User friendly fuels (was you fixed it..)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 09:38:04 -0800
  ...Which means I have to waste that fuel mileage Diesel offers looking for a pump. Notice that I did'nt down the Diesel engine...
• On the Lower Perceived Lifetime of Diesel Vanagons ACT VW Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 03:42:01 EDT
  ...oxymoron generated upon using diesel and forms of fast, faster and fastest in the same sentence) than do similar engines mounted in G/J...
• Re: West Moreland diesel
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:32:12 -0700
  ...West Moreland diesel Aren't all the engines made in a Teutonic factory? Local guy in SF installs AAZ's in the Caddies all...
• Re: Amsoil vs. Mobil Delvac vs. RedLine Diesel Oils?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Q
  Sun, 19 Sep 1999 23:08:57 -0400
  ...a 1.6 diesel in a westy pushing it to the max (especially up those long mountain roads). My engine is a new VW...
• Re: Diesel Fuel vs Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 18:24:18 -0500
  ...the trouble and > expense > of installing a diesel in their van vs staying with a goline > engine???? > Gasoline here in my are can be...
• '82 Diesel Conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Jun 1997 16:55:44 -0600
  I'm looking at an '82 Westy that was a diesel and now has a Scirroco 1.8 gas engine in it. I'm...
• Diesel starter wanted
  Historical mailing list - Ram�n Celaya
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 14:54:00 -0800
  ...Or if want a trade parts for 1.6 diesel engine, or gas vanagon 1985. Ramon Celaya Sycro 86 Weekender 87 (1.8 not...
• Diesel mania???Or, swap and transmission options?
  Historical mailing list - brian M.
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 20:09:00 -0800
  ...Besides the special oil pan and all- is it possible to bolt the diesel engine to the gas trans?? Anyone ever do this or...
• Planning an I-4 Conversion - need parts ?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss
  Sun, 25 Nov 2001 20:50:58 -0800
  FOR SALE Diesel Vanagon engine mounting parts : Engine Cradle Bars, 4-speed type - several sets Diesel Vanagon Aluminum Oil Pan . . . a couple available Diesel...
• Re: Bluetec diesel
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:15:33 -0800
  ...diesels are noisy, dirty, expensive, and slowish..... > ( and not to deny that there are now fantastically quite and very, very > powerful diesel engines in...
• Re: Transplant: Diesel Bellhousing Question
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 19:27:53 -0800 (PST)
  On Thu, 9 Nov 1995, Tom Forhan wrote something like: > ...5cyl non-turbo engine ... is an eight bolt affair... > The 4 cyl. vanagon diesel...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Diesel_Engine_Position=3A_4=C2=BA_Angle_From_Centre_of?= =?UTF-8?Q?_Rear_Wheels?=
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 28 Oct 2017 09:24:13 -0700
  ...diesel or gas VW inline gas engine mounted on > > > diesel carrier bars, ..... how far down is the centre of the crank > > pulley from > > > engine...
• diesel oil cooler???
  Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
  Thu, 07 Nov 1996 13:10:54 -0500
  ...I'm still working on my engine swap form an 86 jetta diesel to my 82 vanagon. Question....the 86 engine does not have...
• Re: 82 DIESEL FLYWHEEL
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 22:27:36 -0700
  ...82 DIESEL FLYWHEEL Does anyone know if it's possible to install a flywheel incorrectly on a 1.6 diesel. My engine isn't...
• FW: transmissions: the story
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 2 Aug 2000 11:52:32 -0400
  ...speed transmission for DIESEL engines. Volkswagen have made 5 speed transmission for diesel van only? Is it rare a diesel 5 speed transmission? Does...
• Re: Thoughts on a GEX engine
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 16:17:51 +1200
  ...be fitted with SVX engine & G50 trans) 87 Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan 89 Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van/wagon 89 Corona...
• Re: Raceware Head Bolts in a Diesel Vanagon w/o removing anything?
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Wed, 10 Oct 2001 20:56:18 -0400
  ...on the Vanagon Diesel. I've also wondered whether the studs create a problem removing/installing the head with the engine in and the...
• RE: TDI Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 07:32:06 -0700
  ...The 2.5 litre engine in the Eurovan is an Audi diesel >power plant. It has no turbo, and is not direct injection. This...
• Re: 1.8t motor confirm my suspicions
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 1 Jun 2017 14:57:54 -0700
  ...engine for my syncro. To be honest the > adapter plate vs diesel bell housing ( and no doubt unobtainium in North > America syncro diesel fuel...
• Re: vanagon DIESEL vs Gas crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - Derek
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:13:50 -0700
  ...In other makes of vehicles, the Diesel and Gas crankshafts ARE different for good reason. The forces a crankshaft experiences in a Diesel engine...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 14:26:18 -0400
  ...Excerpt taken for Wikipedia which > is accurate enough for this discussion. > > "Diesel engines do not have engine braking in the above sense. Unlike > petrol...
• Re: diesel to gas conversion ongoing...WARNING!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 3 May 2002 22:58:45 -0700
  ...transverse mount engine is not as deep as the diesel block. My trans guy had to take several mm from the shaft. My engine...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Questions
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Sat, 31 May 2003 10:57:27 -0400
  ...Logic tells me that the "High Torque" VW diesel engine should > find it easy to run the AC. With a turbo added I could...
• ETKA CD for Mac?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:53:06 +1200
  ...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi) 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon 1989...
• For the East coast wanna-Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 08 Jan 96 01:19:35 EST
  ...I'm looking for a diesel Westy, but that is a bit steep for me! The new diesel engine does little for me, since...
• Re: diesel vs gas vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:42:13 -0700
  Entity David Brodbeck spoke thus: > - Better fuel economy > - Better availability of some engine parts (many are common to all > 4-cyl diesel VWs.) > - No...
• Two VW Turbo Diesel Engines FS!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 May 2000 11:56:40 EDT
  At the moment I am the owner of two turbo diesel VW 4-cylinder engines complete. One of these engines is from a VW...
• Re: Diesel Heat
  Historical mailing list - Mike Moery
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 23:19:02 -0900
  ...A diesel engine is much more thermodynamically efficient than a gasoline engine (that's why it uses so much less fuel; less is converted...
• ' 82 Vanagon diesel for sale
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 15:45:22 -0500
  ...Fix to drive or use to convert a waterboxer Vanagon to inline gas or diesel engine (TDI?) Must sell all asap, I'm moving...
• Re: turbo diesel install info
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:43:27 -0700
  ...on diesels. It humps right along w/o a proper barbeque. Failing cats usually fail California emissions tests. BenT ps: keep your engine oil...
• Re: 1985 Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:39:30 -0700
  ...first, you know it would be a gasoline van converted to diesel, right ? then your next question is WHICH VW diesel engine does it...
• FW: Diesel good idea?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 16:31:16 -0400
  ...Then shut the engine of. Modern day HD diesel engines record idle time in the ECM. The life cycle of most HD diesel engines...
• Re: Road rage cause--Diesel powered vanagons - Driving Slow
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 23 Sep 2005 11:46:42 -0500
  You won't be getting passed much anymore, because everyone will be driving 3 cylinder diesel Smart Cars. Your van may soon be the...
• Re: 1.8t motor confirm my suspicions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 1 Jun 2017 18:31:10 -0700
  ...engine for my syncro. To be honest the adapter plate vs diesel bell housing ( and no doubt unobtainium in North America syncro diesel fuel...