Search messages and discussions

Search preserved mailing-list messages and current email and website contributions. Current posts are searchable before weekly archival. Recovery gaps remain possible. Words are matched together; try fewer terms if needed.

Page 14+: 60 results shown for Engine compartment.

Source-balanced relevance: matches from both collections are interleaved, with source dates breaking ties. Restoration time is not the original posting date.

• Re: starting issue with '81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 25 Dec 2014 12:58:17 -0500
  ...It is located on the left hand side in the engine compartment held by a mounting bracket to the "inner side wall". On Thu...
• Re: Radio DIN for 1982 camper
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:28:06 -0600
  ...I cut them to go from the back hatch, forward over the engine cover, then down the slope of the engine compartment, across the...
• Aux Battery in a 74
  Historical mailing list - Craig Standley
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 16:46:53 -0800 (PST)
  Hi all, I was poking around in my engine compartment today, replacing the distributor cap that had cracked open, and noticed something. On the...
• Re: Fwd: air intake snorkel hose
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:13:13 -0400
  At 06:28 PM 6/25/2012, Dave Mcneely wrote: >Don, what is the disadvantage of the "hot stuff from the engine >compartment"? The...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:41:58 -0700
  ...Recalling Bostigs own engine compartment temperature monitoring reporting. They were seeing overall, lower temps than with a WBXer installed. Three weak cells will certainly...
• Timing light connections
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:01:59 -0800
  ...to get the 12V connection for a timing light in the engine compartment. My instincts tell me it should be at the alternator but...
• Automatic Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:37:58 -0400
  ...I would think you would need something to remove the Oxygen in the engine compartment and something to cool off the hot engine components...
• 83 vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:19:44 EDT
  hi all- selling parts from my subaru conversion parts are: > wiring harness- engine compartment $25.00 ; intake manifolds-center section and throttle body-$60...
• Re: What does this do ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:46:46 -0400
  ...One less >wire in the engine compartment as i will remove it. Don't throw it out - some AR person doing a restoration will...
• Re: So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 13:43:38 -0800
  ...So thar I was (Engine wouldn't start) My 1961 Morris Minor had a place in the engine compartment where the start knob (what...
• FIRE safety tip for late Bus Westys
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 21 Sep 95 16:44:21 EDT
  ...BTW cleaning up a dry chemical extinguisher from all over a Type 4 powered Bus engine compartment isn't fun. Thank the environmental freaks...
• Daily driver
  Historical mailing list - LA and Glen
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 01:05:42 -0700
  ...Lots of room to work on the engine too. The back engine lid on the Transporters is huge ( 41" by 12") compared to the...
• RE: Early 70's Van with Toyota Engine
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 13 Nov 1995 08:41:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...the engine compartment door should be. i talked to >the >owner he said he bought it and it had a Toyota Corolla engine in...
• 86-91 labeled diagram of engine/engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:10:20 -0600
  ...i was out there yesterday and noticed a few of my labels i made when removing the old engine are not readable :( i shoulda...
• Re: Rainy Day Starting Blues
  Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 12:14:24 -0400
  ...No evidence of water geting in the engine >compartment. Crank it a few times, throw around a few superlatives, >go in the house and...
• 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - by way of Ron Lussier
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 10:47:21 -0700
  ...I have been looking for some after market items to dress out the Vanagon engine compartment, ie crome valve covers and any other dress...
• two batteries in one for aux?
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Wed, 12 Jun 96 00:13:12 EDT
  ...since the best place to locate a batery in my 69 is the engine compartment but the left side is in reserve for a...
• Re: Second Battery Installation
  Historical mailing list - Russell, William
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 09:45:57 -0400
  ...Larry in Ontario, Canada "Russell, William" wrote: > I had intended to run a nice big cable from that battery compartment back to > the engine...
• Re: <F> Offroading VW
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:19:44 -0500
  ...show any pictures of the engine compartment! :) with those dual carbs, there's probably no cover on the engine ... as i recall from my...
• type 1 engine in t2
  Historical mailing list - Michael D. Bowling
  Wed, 17 Aug 1994 08:04:21 CST
  ...on the bus or what? I really want to get that engine compartment sealed adequately. Any help is much appreciated, Mike ================================= Mike Bowling BOWLING...
• vanagon spotted on TV
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:51:10 -0500
  ...The shots of the engine compartment looked realistic, but the sound of the engine was all wrong. Larry A.
• Re: Correct idle speed for 60's engine?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 23:15:14 -0700
  ...You could also check the engine compartment sticker and see what that says. Actually, Muirs idea of turning the idle up until it just...
• Re: Anyone installed a subwoofer?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 21:46:34 -0500
  ...dirty as all get out american engine doing things you can't imagine to my engine compartment. Sudhir H. Desai 1984 VW Vanagon 3...
• 80 Westy For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 9 Jun 2003 06:27:56 -0400
  ...Has all the parts necessary to get the 80's engine compartment back into shape. It also has a Weekender folding rear seat and...
• Re: Craigslist Ad
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:43:44 -0600
  ...Look at the photos, or read that there is a "New engine compartment seal." Air-cooled. Richard
• RE: 68-71 Total Restoration
  Historical mailing list - Wagner Michael
  11 Jul 1995 18:32:26 -0800
  ...The offer 1600-1750cc engines. Top of the line camper will run you $6800! Phone #619-562-1940 Do they leave a pound of...
• Re: hoses for pipes
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 10:57:17 -0700
  ...beaded it on the ends and sweated some street ell's at the back to make the turn up into the engine compartment. looked...
• fuel filter bracket attachment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 23:50:17 -0800
  ...attached to that bugle in the forward passenger corner of the engine compartment? Is the whole bracket welded there, are there threaded stud posts...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 16:46:43 -0700
  ...That said the diesel vans put the battery back there in the > far right corner of the engine compartment so that compensates for > the...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec, messy eng. compartment...
  Historical mailing list - Nate Wall
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 14:22:18 -0400
  ...Oil dripping from all over right side (FIF) of engine. - Removing the engine compartment cover, entire right side (FIF) of engine compartment heavily coated...
• Re: Deck lid insulation plastic sheeting
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:07:54 MST
  ...and if your engine compartment is sealed properly then the heat it reflects should be swept away like the insulation you talk about. Also...
• Coolant Bleeder Link Under Engine Cover
  Historical mailing list - Greg McKinney
  Tue, 3 Jan 2023 00:01:22 -0600
  ...edge of the engine cover and connects the coolant system to the bleeder valve at the back of the engine compartment. I've seen...
• Re: Another Vanagon Burns Up
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:01:17 +1200
  ...any advice from someone who has handled this >before? If your Type 2 is watercooled, spray the extinguisher into the engine compartment from below...
• Re: YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec, messy eng. compartment...
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 15:31:08 -0700
  ...engine compartment cover, entire right side (FIF) of > engine compartment heavily coated in oil, with spray concentrated to > forward portion of engine compartment. Appeared...
• Re: hatch seal
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 8 Apr 2017 14:48:00 -0600
  ...to access the rear sleeping > compartment of the van--underneath is the hatch to access the engine > compartment The part is called the Rear...
• Re: Intake Questions on a '74
  Historical mailing list - Andy Erskine
  Mon, 5 Feb 96 12:34:00 gmt
  ...There seems to be some metal tubing that comes >up out of the engine, bends and heads back down into the engine >compartment. This...
• Re: Wesipes
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 18:21:55 -0500
  Ian - Actually, in seems like the engine compartment in my '74 van was actually hotter than my '85. We have so many "engineer" types...
• WTB: Cooling Tin/Heat Shield 82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 23:50:28 -0400
  ...Vanagon and I need the replacement engine cooling tin for the left rear section of the engine compartment. The VW part number is 071...
• need some ID on parts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 28 May 2003 11:42:30 -0700
  Hey, Does anyone know, in the engine compartment on the .. left hand side wall its a green box, is that the engine transfer control...
• Flashing oil light and buzzer problem SOLVED
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:20:46 -0600
  ...It's down low in the engine compartment, and is the one connector on the car that's shown such corrosion. Thanks for all...
• Old vs New Engine seals was Re: Further adventures
  Historical mailing list - dean c aukes
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 08:22:30 -0500
  ...This is the big >>gasket that goes between the engine tin and the floor of the engine >>compartment to keep all that nasty hot...
• Re: OXS wire in black box engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:44:53 +0000
  ...OXS wire in black box engine compartment > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > At 12:22 PM 3/27/2012, Jamie Fitterer wrote: > >Hey everyone...
• Re: maxima engine in a vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:26:31 -0700
  ...One for the Westy that hangs lower but keeps the interior of the engine compartment stock and one for the non-Westy that has...
• Re: Behind light storage was:vanagon Digest - 20 Feb 2020 to 21 Feb 2020 (#2020-66)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:23:03 -0500
  ...I think that is where the battery was for my air cooled busses., the side of the engine compartment. Do you have a vanagon...
• Friday bus prices
  Historical mailing list - ed donnen
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 08:19:09 -0500
  ...you know, "The Barn Door name comes from the large rear engine compartment" ? That's what the video says, so it must be true...
• Re: 84 Electrical-Fusible Link?
  Historical mailing list - Mark E. White
  Sat, 20 Jul 1996 14:00:26 -0500
  > > if not (in engine compartment) > if not (behind fuse box) > do while (not working) > ask the list again > keep checking on my own > enddo...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 22:49:49 -0400 (EDT)
  Hello All, I have a noise from my 1986 Vanagon engine compartment. Upon further investigation I find that the waterpump bearing has a lot...
• CRUISE CONTROL MOUNTING
  Historical mailing list - Julianna Thoennes
  Thu, 15 Nov 2001 23:07:52 -0800
  ...CRUISE CONTROL MOUNTING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT..... HMM, NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE?, I HAVE INSTALLED HUNDREDS OF CRUISE CONTROLS IN VW VANAGONS OVER THE...
• Re: Cow mooing in wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 21:46:45 -0600
  ...the van, and the engine >is cold, it sounds like a cow mooing coming out of >the engine compartment. >Sort of like this. Moooooo...
• Re: Can you make the bus quiet?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 21 Sep 95 14:29:39 CDT
  ...Are there any kits to soundproof the engine compartment? >What has worked for you? once again, 3M comes to the rescue. :) they make some...
• Re: Intake Questions on a '74
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 04 Feb 1996 17:42:26 -0600 (CST)
  ...There seems to be some metal tubing that comes > >up out of the engine, bends and heads back down into the engine > >compartment. This...
• Re: Update: permanent fuel pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 15 Mar 2006 08:46:01 -0800
  You could easily install a permanent bourdon tube-type mechanical guage in the engine compartment. I think I've seen the ricer crowd installing...
• Re: Cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 10:01:22 -0500 (CDT)
  Jeff Rosen would like to scoop in more air into the engine compartment of a '78 bus. I don't think this would help...
• Engine compartment fans
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Mon, 13 May 1996 12:39:27 CST6CDT
  On 13 May 96, Ed Mellinger wrote: >Has anyone > experimented with adding a booster fan to increase the airflow thru the > engine bay? I...
• Re: Rearview Camera Cable Routing
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 8 Apr 2019 09:57:02 -0700
  ...When I look at the > driver's side of the > rear engine compartment, I can see the electrical wire bundle going up to > the...
• 93 Eurovan Fire Update
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 11:22:35 -0500
  ...One of the major problems has been trying find a new main engine compartment wiring harness for the engine compartment. There are none in...
• Advice Needed on Buying Used 2.1L Engine...
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 19:44:24 -0700
  ...starts & runs fine...no damage to rear or engine compartment.) Guy wants $1500 for the engine. This includes extras (alternator, distributer...everything but the...
• Evaporative Emission Canister? (re: Fuel Expansion Tank)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 25 Aug 2019 08:15:04 -0700
  ...Shall I replace them with good quality continuous rubber fuel lines all the way to the engine compartment? After having the fuel lines in...
• Re: rear defogger wiring question
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Dec 2011 07:28:11 -0800
  ...in the black box in the left front > corner of the engine compartment. > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
• gas smell
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Jul 96 18:58:02 CDT
  ...You want to replace them all, including those in the engine compartment (there's also one hidden behind the spare wheel well). While the...