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• Re: Need Help with NLA Coolant Hose project
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:11:30 -0700
  ...Later diesels used the same expansion tank as the > waterboxer (maybe 1.9 only?) engines, and it would be far more helpful > to have...
• Re: gauges for a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Rokus
  Sat, 05 Jul 1997 04:00:20 -0700
  Concerning the Oil Pressure gauges; 0 - 80 # is used on all air cooled and waterboxer motors. 0 - 150 # is for the "Rabbit type" motors...
• Re: Reman waterboxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 12:12:36 -0400
  OK, the most recommended is AVP from all the replies I've received so far. (thanks to all !) Anyone have any bad vibes about...
• Temp sensor and Temp sender
  Historical mailing list - John Mahnken
  Sun, 12 Dec 1999 11:27:59 EST
  Hi Folks, Can anyone tell me what the difference is between the Temp sensor and the Temp sender on an 84 1.9 waterboxer...
• Perf Exhuast: Anyone use S&S, Fast German, other?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Denton
  Mon, 3 Jan 2000 00:49:03 EST
  ...squeeze just a small bit more power out of a new waterboxer I am installing. Anyone have any good experiences with aftermarket exhuast or...
• cruising speed
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:14:06 -0500
  ...the mpg drops to 15! But Jenny is an old lady compared to all your punk new waterboxers :-). Karl '81 Westy "Jenny" Wilmington, DE
• Dyno (torque) curve for 1.9L WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Berchin
  Thu, 16 Aug 2001 07:01:41 -0700
  ...Does anyone have a dyno curve (torque especially) for the 1.9L Waterboxer? A link, picture file, anything would be cool. Thanks! Chris Chris...
• Re: $300 84 going to the crusher... looks like could be saved
  Historical mailing list - pete owsianowski
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:21:29 -0500
  ...Was there a '79 WaterBoxer? Pete '87 Westy "Joe's Van" > 1984 going to the crusher...$300 and lots of parts. > looks like could...
• Re: Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:44:38 -0800
  ...equipment almost > ,......waterboxer intake set up. > > I even have late-night wild plans to fit a subaru intake onto a waterboxer > engine ....though ........that...
• Re: Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 19:19:56 -0500
  ...Rebuilt Engines >If I were you I would replace me Waterboxer with a nice 4.3 liter V6 Chevy. >The motor, parts and labor...
• Re: Is it Wasserboxer or waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:19:51 -0600
  ...Is it Wasserboxer or waterboxer? > > > > Correct me please, > > > > I read somewhere that "Wasser" was the name of the person who > engineered > the > > VW engine...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 18 Nov 2001 19:04:33 -0600
  ...all 80-83 non waterboxers had metal lids. all waterboxers had plastic lids. chris [text/html]
• Re: cheap '85 vanagon ASI Popup camper on Samba
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:55:23 EDT
  ...had gone out of business before the advent of the waterboxer vanagon.. so i guess this 85 is one of their last, perhaps.. chris
• 83 WaterBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:18:13 -0500
  ...After a year of lurking on the list we now have a waterboxer in the family, to go along with three Baywindow buses and...
• Anyone going from north east to Florida this week?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 16:37:21 -0400
  I just finished rebuilding a waterboxer and I am getting ready to ship it to Florida. It is going to cost around $250. Was...
• Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Mon, 7 May 2012 15:44:56 -0700
  The 1.9 engine in my 85 manual Vanagon has 198,000 miles.� Never been opened for any reason.� Runs smooth as silk.� Gentle...
• Castrol and BP
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 22 May 2010 12:51:53 -0500
  The oil I have been using in my '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile with stock 2.1 waterboxer engine is Castrol 20W - 50, from...
• Fwd: a proud new 83 owner
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 May 1997 12:04:04 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Are these safe? It works VERY well. >> is your van aircooled, waterboxer, or diesel? chris
• Re: NEED HEAD advice
  Historical mailing list - William H. Collins
  Tue, 3 Nov 1998 12:09:20 EDT
  There is a way (documented in the archives somewhere) to remove the waterboxer heads (with cylinder sleeves still attached), while leaving the pistons attached...
• Re: waterboxer longevity
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:29:31 -0800
  What is the down side of doing this? Doesn't the aluminium stop leak stop everything else up too, like bars leak does? Joel...
• glass removal
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 11:30:38 -0700
  ...Jim 83 waterboxer [text/html]
• Oil viscosity ??'s
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:50:00 -0700
  Hello, I am wondering if it is okay to use a 5w-30 motor oil in our waterboxer motors. I know it is way...
• Waterboxer rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Don & Sue Welch
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 18:13:25 -0700
  Hi all, I am new to the list but not to VW.. Am considering a re-manufactured 2.1L engine from Fast German Auto...
• Re: defeat
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:10:09 EDT
  There is no cold start valve on an '84 waterboxer. The cold start enrichment is provided by the coolant temperature sensor. Also there is...
• FS: vanagon engines & trannys
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:27:06 EST
  ...boxes, runs good. $500 or best offer '83.5-'85 Vanagon waterboxer 1.9L engine, runs, with all FI, wiring, etc. $500 or best...
• Re: stripped flywheel bolt
  Historical mailing list - Denis B�lisle
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:36:22 -0800
  ...Tim wrote, "All Aircools and Waterboxers say to tighten to 81 ft/lbs with no mention of loctite." 139303 JUL 93 Flywheel Mounting Bolt...
• factory rebuilt 1.9 engines in stock $2050.00
  Historical mailing list - Peter B
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 10:50:27 -0700
  I have 4 factory rebuilt VW 1.9 Waterboxer engines in stock for $2050.00 outright (no core return req'd) plus freight from...
• Re: � � � Re: Syn oil in Co nverted S/A Inline 4
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 17:19:39 EDT
  ...The tiico engine (NOT the waterboxer).
• Wanted, usable road-worthy 2WD Westy
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:41:44 -0800
  Sorry for the multi-cross posting....I have a friend looking for a inexpensive 2WD Westy full camper, prefer waterboxer or diesel. Does not...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:08:05 -0700
  ...Why are we making this comparison? The waterboxer engine management system works perfectly well managing a 1.9 or 2.1 liter Volkswagen water...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:28:00 -0800
  good point..........the waterboxer engine is closer to the 'forever' 1600 air cooled engine, than it is to the Type IV engine. even the...
• Fast German Auto
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 21:59:29 -0400
  ...CA that sells vanagon engines, air & water cooled. $1600 for a waterboxer and 750 for an aircooled. Anyone done business with them or know...
• Re: Before I buy an engine ...
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:28:32 -0400
  ...The waterboxer oil pump is a type 1 oil pump and as such there are aftermarket pumps with higher output then stock that will...
• Re: Most reliable; auto or manual tranny
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 04:29:36 EDT
  ...I have an automatic and it has been reliable and worked great. >> automatics are more reliable, in the waterboxer years. chris
• idle adjustment on 85 2.1L vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Hurley
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 16:27:03 -0400
  ...screw that stops the mechanism from returning all the way)? And what is the proper idle speed for a 2.1L Waterboxer Thanks john
• Re: Zzzz . . . least interesting Friday ever
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:16:41 EDT
  ...What do you call it?" And the guy says, "The Waterboxer". Best, Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA In a message dated 8/11...
• Re: [TDI-conversion] Flywheel depth specs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:12:14 -0500
  ...which flywheel? Waterboxer, AEL-TDI? Tom Sinclair wrote: > Anyone have specs (either factory or hard and fast) > for the depth of a stepped flywheel...
• Re: Tire Carriers Again (cooling system comments)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 26 Apr 2000 12:38:41 -0700
  ...My I5 runs cooler under heavy load than the waterboxer under > normal load due to the more efficient water pump of the I5. The...
• Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:47:59 -0700
  ...Numerous > folks, including some with claimed technical expertise, state that the > waterboxer is subject to detonation knock (ping) and that the octane > value of...
• Re: Tools for engine overhaul on 85 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:41:55 -0400
  ...Tools for engine overhaul on 85 waterboxer > When I rebuilt my 2.1 waterboxer, I never needed any special tools. I used a > slide...
• Re: 4 pin fuel pump relay(s) question.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:47:29 -0700
  ...That's how all waterboxer vanagons are - what would jetta have that's extra ? I for sure wouldn't' use anything from an air...
• Volks-Motorsports blow out. EV Manuals too!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Nov 1997 10:08:02 -0800
  ...Rebuilt Waterboxer Tansmissions, $950.00 Plus Core of $300.00 S&S waterboxer header&muffler, $280.00 Used items, Viscous Coupler, $600.00 Many...
• A Waterboxer is coming our way...
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sun, 19 Dec 2004 10:43:35 -0500
  Hi Volks, I've been lurking on this list for most of a year now, and there's now a waterboxer in the family...
• Re: Muffler supplier in Canada
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 25 May 2020 11:37:43 -0700
  ...telus.net> wrote: > Needs muffler for my 83.5 1.9 waterboxer. Any recommendations? I am in > western Canada and would prefer the simplicity...
• Looking for good used Automatic transmission differential section
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 19 Nov 2012 10:49:44 -0500
  I have a customer that needs a good used differential section for a waterboxer automatic transmission. If you can supply one please pmail me...
• Re: Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:07:25 -0400
  You're likely to find a few of them in the list here... :) Sadly, I'm not one since I have DV tattooed on...
• Contacts for VDO Gauges
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Nov 1995 10:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...Output (preferably in Amps), and maybe Fuel Pressure on a 1989 Waterboxer Westy. Any contacts or advise on how to proceed? VDO is $$$, but...
• G60 motor in an '88 westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark R Drovdahl
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 15:51:32 -0800
  I've got leaky heads in my 2.1 waterboxer, a line on a G60 motor with 5 spd. tranny and conversion kit, but...
• Re: radiator question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 22:50:12 -0700
  ...My diesel radiator is identical to the stock waterboxer one except for slightly different mounts. Larry
• Push rod tube guards?
  Historical mailing list - John Langowski
  Sat, 11 Sep 1999 17:10:55 -0500
  ...Does anyone have one they would like to sell or know where I might find one? Thanks, John 84 Westy 1.9l waterboxer [text...
• Re: IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is out there...
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:07:53 -0500
  ...He won't touch a >pancake or waterboxer. Do you know why he doesn't like these motors? He fell in love with the...
• adding Temp. gauge to 84 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schiebel
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 14:28:14 EDT
  Greetings from Minnesota to all! I am debating about adding a temp. gauge to my 84 Westy. To those that have done this. Who...
• Re: 16" Transmission Codes
  Historical mailing list - Harald from Austria
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 07:27:23 -0400
  ...88 Caravelle CL syncro with drive shaft decoupler and 112 HP waterboxer On Wed, 24 Jul 2002 19:57:16 +1000, simon glen <simonglen...
• Smog Check In SF Bay Area
  Historical mailing list - Paul Rogers
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:28:11 EDT
  ...would like to have someone with a bit of experience with waterboxers do the test in case there needs to be some tweaking done...
• FS: 2.1 waterboxer engine complete and running
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Fri, 9 May 2003 10:31:56 -0700
  I'll be pulling a good running 2.1 WBX next week, from a 1987 Syncro. Mileage not known, but drives and sounds good...
• Vangon Haynes Manual (1990s ?)
  Historical mailing list - Joe Chasse
  Wed, 21 May 2003 12:23:46 -0400
  Working on a Vanagon 90 Carat Waterboxer Have the Bentley guide on order with Amazon, but have heard mention of the Haynes's Manaul...
• Need rebuildable 1.9l core in NJ
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:29:10 -0400
  I am looking for a good, rebuildable 1.9l waterboxer case in New Jersey. I feel really bad because I had one a couple...
• Re: Diesel input shaft
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Fri, 20 Dec 2013 09:08:57 -0800
  ...Diesel input shaft Any waterboxer input shaft will work, after the end is trimmed by 10mm length. Thanks Karl, I was not sure of...
• Re: Update: Evaluating a "Found" Engine
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:21:23 -0500
  Greg, Compression of 180-195 in a used waterboxer is really good. Almost too good to be true. I rarely see WBX's with...
• Re: TDI bad camshaft
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 24 May 2011 20:46:24 -0700
  ...and to people who say .......'I've got 230,000 miles on my waterboxer, heads have never been off" ...... I totally cringe because the...