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• 2.1 wasserboxer bottom end ?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Blotz
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:20:34 -0600
  ...I'm looking to have anice reliable engine til I can save up to do a conversion. also would like it to be reliable...
• WTB: TRW Exhaust Valves for Wasserboxer 2.1 (Sodium Filled)
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 4 Dec 1998 11:06:56 -0600
  I am in the middle of an engine rebuild and I need new exhaust valves. I know there are other manufacturers that make valves...
• Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 21:10:53 EST
  ...these engines arn't THAT expensive or that > hard to install. > REALLY, DOES it simply bolt up? Or do you have to fabricate something...
• Replace Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
  Thu, 2 Jan 1997 15:11:22 -0700 (MST)
  ...Weld) 3) Replace the heads/Gaskets 4) Replace engine The main contingency is that I'm planning on driving down to Cabo San Lucas...
• Re: re Fires
  Historical mailing list - Sam_Scholten
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:28:25 -0400
  The aircooled engine compartment is enclosed, so this system may be of some benefit to them. (I remember looking at my first Wasserboxer and...
• Re: gutless...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:11:07 -0500
  ...Or diesel. :) I may be biased but I tend to think the diesel engine is less problematic than the Wasserboxer. It's certainly easier...
• Re: What's wrong with my VW? Friday
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:05:35 -0000
  ...But the 112hp wasserboxers, and the Oettinger six > versions, suffered from all of the problems the US engines have. > > >I must say at this...
• STUFF FS - (addendum)
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Mon, 13 Oct 1997 17:06:18 -0400
  ...1) semi-auto tranny for '68 and up beetle, complete and in good shape 2) various 40hp engine parts - inquire 3) stale air heater...
• Re: Gene Berg and wasserboxer performance
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 8 Oct 1996 00:05:43 -0400 (EDT)
  ...head due to increased compression ratio, would it not make > the engine work harder at high rpms? > Cetin > > > ========================================================================= > So here is a specific question...
• Re: how to change drivebelts??
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 21:31:08 EST
  ...People with inline VW engines would know what I'm talking about. I don't know why VW never applied this to the Wasserboxer...
• Re: Ultimate Fix #1
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:10:57 -0700
  ...Or perhaps this vehicle you're describing actually has a battery within sight of the engine and alternator and ISN'T a Vanagon at...
• Porsche six transplant
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:06:01 -0800
  ...wasserboxer. It's been done before, go see for yourself: http://www.volkswagen.org/Vanagon/EngineSwap.htm Sure it's not the same engine...
• Re: [DIESEL] mount-to-block torque spec
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 09:03:53 -0400
  Clarification- I'm referring to the 4 - 8x1.25 bolts on the rear on the engine block (manifold side) of the 1.6L engine...
• Re: Test stand running a wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Thu, 5 Dec 2002 11:46:40 -0800
  ...Mine didn't leak until the engine was under load. If I went to all the trouble of pulling the old engine, I'd...
• Re: 90 Carat Auto TDI Conversion: MPG ect.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:19:10 -0700
  ...Volks, I am considering using a Fast Forward kit and salvage later model TDI engine to drop in my 90 Carat w/automatic. Fast...
• Re: SA 3,2litre WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:23:25 +0200
  ...litter 6-cylinder wasserboxer >around 1990, which was later replaced by the >Audi 5-cyls. Anybody heard of these engines >before? Maybe they are...
• Pulsating idle on 87
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:47:14 -0800
  ...My son and I exchanged the engine ( Fast German Auto longblock) last week, and I replaced the air flow meter with a new one...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 19:03:36 -0500
  ...reliable engine and at their reputation for being durable goes without question, was it perfect, no ? But I now have a wasserboxer multivan and...
• Re: '84 (water) conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 16:14:59 -0700
  ...of converting to either the Golf or Subaru >engines? I have had it with the wasserboxer...The second replacement lasted >about 15-20K and...
• Re: Emissions, Was: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:06:36 -0700
  Jake, One assumes that your engine swap was brought about by some weakness of the old wasserboxer, making one wonder how close to spec...
• Re: Should I Buy this Synchro?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Apr 1995 15:21:47 -0300
  >> The kicker is this, brand new 2.1 Wasserboxer, dealer installed, with >> new clutch etc and new front exhaust manifold at the same time...
• Re: Engine temperature non-problem
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 22:46:19 -0500
  ...writes: >All you Diesel-Vanagon and Wasserboxer drivers out there, how long after >you start your engines, does it take for the cooling fan...
• Re: SA Vanagon exhausts
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:50:27 -0500
  ...I > guess that 5-cyl engine hogs all the space where the wasserboxer exhaust sits. > > John Bange > '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger" >
• Manifold Destiny in a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Myers
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:41:56 -0400
  ...food on your car engine while you drive. amazon link -- http://tinyurl.com/yluzag Has anyone cooked on a wasserboxer? I am trying to...
• More wear index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 10:43:04 PST
  ...The german reference shows all wasserboxers as having the 091/1 ratios. The Bentley view puts the 1.9 wasserboxer as the lowest wear...
• Re: oil additive to clean engine
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 19 May 2011 22:14:21 -0400
  ...It will keep your engine cleaner and lifters will pump up more quickly, but expect no miracles. Try adjusting the lifters as well. Chris...
• RE: The transitional engine (was: question)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Thu, 23 May 1996 14:06:37 -0500
  ...The transitional engine (was: question) TF>It makes me wonder, what is the longest life listmembers can report TF>for a wasserboxer? What is...
• I found a nice block heater for the wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:40:04 -0800
  ...I then put this heater right under the oil pan of the wasserboxer motor and let it sit there for about 1h. The truck...
• Re: � � � engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Sep 2002 00:24:34 EDT
  ...US market (Oettinger was the OEM maker of the 4 cylinder wasserboxer engine, I understand). The above is, of course, just the gas powered...
• Re: Vanagon repair manuals-How Many?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 May 1996 13:34:09 -0400
  ...Not sure what the dealers use. >Jim Kirk Please note that the Haynes & Chilton books DO NOT cover the Vanagons with the wasserboxer engines...
• Re: Rigid Clutch Disk for an 84?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Nov 1996 22:33:26 -0500
  ...The spring center and cushions between the disks do an awful lot to keep the engine vibrations from transferring to the gears. Dennis
• tranny swap
  Historical mailing list - Philip Morris
  Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21:43:54 +0000
  I have a westy diesel that I am getting myself ready to convert to a jetta gas engine. Some of you have given me...
• Re: Bosch Platinum +4?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:31:21 -0400
  The Bosch Platinum plus 4 sparkplugs that I have in my '84 and '85 Vanagons (the '85 now has a 2.1 engine) are...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:17 -0500
  ...With my background of a previous '58 walkthrough panel "Bus" and a '64 "Bus" my '84 and '85 wasserboxers are "Buses", too. Their lineage...
• Re: Wasserboxer (was: I drove it! (engine swap info)5Cyl.)
  Historical mailing list - Curtis Graham
  Tue, 9 Feb 1999 12:33:42 -0700
  ...I think the wasserboxer is a great engine for the Vanagon, it cruses fine all day near the redline and doesn't complain. I...
• Re: Wasserboxer Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:44:38 -0700
  ...have you checked w/ your dealer on the possibility of ordering a vw engine? They have been discontinued. Go with either boston bob or...
• Re: Fellow Oddballs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:48:08 -0400
  ...from VW are a better choice, if you need a different engine, in the Syncro there is no loss of ground clearance or any...
• Re: Suburu/Golf debate - NOT
  Historical mailing list - Mike Garske
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 00:33:22 -0600
  ...on 'pins and needles' around their wasserboxers. "(EEEEK!)" Went out and bought me a 1992 subaru engine with only 62k on the clock, 195...
• Wasserboxer Engine Codes
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jan 1997 11:12:56 +0200
  The manual is on my desk and I like to write something about the engines available on German market: Engine Built in Power cubic...
• RE: Auto Techs: the Next Generation
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Nov 1995 18:20:32 -0800 (PST)
  ...Even if the wasserboxer powered amongst us have to drop in a new engine every decade... There are other reasons for buying a new...
• RE: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentatio
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 19:27:55 +0000
  ...Normal running seemed be around 210-220 for the G60 engine. Now that I've slowed down considerably, I tend to watch the temps...
• Re: porsche 3.2l adapto kits
  Historical mailing list - David Griffin
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 14:04:12 -0400
  ...3l wasserboxer. The kit is made, it's the same (KEPs' ) as for the 2.2-2.5l Legacy 4 cyl engine. Voila, heat...
• Re: Back-fire
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 8 May 2001 21:50:01 -0400
  ...Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '82 VW diesel westy '84 GL wasserboxer -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 20:09:40 -0700
  ...Early aircooled engines (25 & 36-40 hp) used AS41 alloy for the cases. AS41 is: aluminum 4.2% silicon 1%. The remainder is... magnesium...
• re: Argh! My transmission went kaput!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Dec 95 13:09:40 PST
  ...I think this is only a concern for '83.5-'85 wasserboxer owners. When the engine was lowered to remove the transmission, the small...
• Re: coolant change - 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 12:26:02 -0700
  ...Just don't believe that rule of thumb interval in regards to Wasserboxers. Coorosion will get started within 2 years for the Vanagons so...
• WANTED: dead 091 transmission - cheap or free
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 21:33:33 -0700
  ...I really don't care how screwed it is as long as it has a wasserboxer bell housing on it and it is possible...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:07:48 -0400
  ...With the numerous turbo-charged air-cooled engines out there, I'm sure it can be done quite "easily". Redo your head gaskets in...
• Re: Update on Cracked Heads
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:15:29 -0800
  ...I decided to go the route of the rebuilt wasserboxer. > It's not my engine of choice, but it meets my current budget and...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:30:49 -0800
  ...wasserboxer fuel for those >> five >> years. > > That sounds good to me. > > >> The above can be done without a Diesel, but there are few engines...
• Re: Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 18:00:13 -0800
  ...isn't there new injectors with the Tiico I4 kit? The T3 injector from a MV engine code part number is 025 906 031...
• Mechanical lessons?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 08:36:13 -0700
  ...I'm a total illiterate when it comes to engines. But I have a LONG trip coming up... about 6 months in my van...
• Re: horsepower increase TANSTAAFL
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:39:30 -0500
  ...engine my Westy I'll go for a 1.9L normally-aspirated diesel. But that certainly won't make it faster than a wasserboxer...
• Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 15:49:49 -0800
  Hi Folks, I have a new engine still in the break-in period, nearly to the 500 mile oil change. I've started driving...
• Re: wondering out loud (several questions) in Colorado
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 29 Oct 1999 21:05:12 +0000
  ...The engine in the '77 is a PIA to get out, relatively speaking. Cramped working quarters. The wasserboxer is almost as easy to remove...
• Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:28:24 -0500
  ...Even me, if i'm over my head with work and in need of a fully rebuilt engine, i would ask Bob to built...
• Re: Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:40:41 -0500
  ...6TD engine in my 1989 16" Syncro is boxed on both sides > and the bottom > by skidplates. I noticed that the Wasserboxers aren't...
• Re: Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 22:40:41 -0500
  ...6TD engine in my 1989 16" Syncro is boxed on both sides > and the bottom > by skidplates. I noticed that the Wasserboxers aren't...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Michael Norden
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 23:09:02 -0800
  ...diesel or a blown wasserboxer westie to use a hourded set of diesel engine mounts/stuff for a jetta engine. ;-) not for the speed...
• Re: I'm Back! Timing belt question.
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 09:09:22 EST
  ...Just like a Beetle engine :-) This is, of course, assuming you have a wasserboxer. If you have an inline 4 diesel engine, then who...