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• Price of 81 Vanagon engine? Plus Oil Cooler question
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Sykes (SWUS)
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 10:37:14 -0700
  ...except motor (needs one). $1800." Could anybody tell me a ballpark figure for a 81 air-cooled engine? Also, a 83 Westy I looked...
• Re: Fire Investigation Type IV engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 19:17:43 -0500
  ...Fire Investigation Type IV engine > > > > I submit this information so folks with the 74-83 Air Cooled FI > engines > > might add the air distribution...
• '80 air-cooled power loss
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Foust
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 10:17:37 -0500
  I have a 1980 air-cooled vanagon w/ 2.0 F.I. non-calif. model, M/T Items recently replaced: fuel tank fuel pump...
• Re: AW FS in Vancouver/Sunshine Coast
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:22:31 -0700
  ...it needs a new engine. > > > > http://vancouver.craigslist.ca/car/612267352.html > > > > Cheers, > > > > Neil. > > > > > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > > http://web.mac...
• Re: Exhaust hangers for the 1.9 don't exist either......
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:05:35 EDT
  ...tube COVER TINS ! AND -- air cooled push rod tubes and not the same as the ones in the waterboxer engine !!!!! Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte...
• Tachometer and oil temperature indicator
  Historical mailing list - thomas agus
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:12:52 +0700
  Hi Volks, I am looking for engine tachometer and oil temperature sender including temperature indicator for my '74 air cooled bus. If you have...
• Re: Marvel Mystery oil... Should I add it to oil or gas tank (Was: Help! Engine Tapping Noise in Air Cooled Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:42:01 -0500
  Tim, If you can't locate the Marvel locally, let me know and I'll ship you a gallon. Later, ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine...
• 81 California Vanagon -- will it pass Air Care in BC?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 10:11:25 -0500
  Does anyone in British Columbia have an 81 air cooled Vanagon that was originally sold in California? (i.e. with California emission equipment). Have...
• '80 Vanagon getting chopped.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 12 Oct 1995 21:47:26 +0500
  ...engine&drive in front, and called it a EuroVan.... :-) Cetin > I really think VW should have put out a performance edition of the > air...
• what kind of oil?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Dale Will
  Tue, 2 Apr 1996 10:46:32 -0600 (CST)
  ...Is that synthetic/natural blend any good for air cooled engines? If I go w/ natural, what weight should I get? Thanks, jeff
• Re: Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting Re: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 15:38:31 -0800
  ...And I really enjoy the sound of an air cooled engine. True my 15 degree conversion site contains a "warning" of sorts, but that...
• Re: request for information, please
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:58:23 -0500
  ...The type-2 air-cooled engines were bad enough but the later pancake air-cooled engines found in the Vanagons were the worst of...
• Re: Thoughts on buying a 82 air-cooled Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 20:18:47 -0700
  ...That engine was never intended for the Vanagon, but they couldn't get the waterboxer figured out in time for the new model introduction...
• Re: Air-cooled engine help!
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 12 Mar 2002 07:20:31 -0500
  ...Air-cooled engine help! Seems like most of the talk about heads on the list revolves around Wasserleakers. I need some opinions on an...
• Re: Adjusting the idle on '82 AC Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:25:41 -0400
  ...Any old car, and air-cooled ones as much or more than most, need to be well maintained. One tendency of air-cooled engines...
• Engine conversion: use auto transmission engine? (VW I4 2.0 or 1.8)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:06:45 -0700
  ...Hopefully people aren't getting fed up with all these engine converison questions! Since I'll be installing a new flywheel/clutch with my...
• Re: Go with the split
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Wed, 10 Jul 1996 14:52:49 -0700 (PDT)
  ...it takes to even handle something as simple as the air-cooled engine and abandon it for some younger Japanese model. Harumph! Steven Sacramento...
• Re: Commentary on Air Cooled Cylinder Heads
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:19:19 -0400
  ...The current version of the air-cooled AMC are staked in place and I have not seen any of these newer staked heads loose...
• Re: Engine Is In!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:04:10 -0700
  ...No engine support in yet. > > > > > > (beer time) > > > > Enjoy! > > > > Neil. > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > http://tubaneil.googlepages...
• Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 00:26:26 -0700
  ...Air-cooled engines in Busses and Vanagons are usually short lived. When octane was lowered the air-cooled was doomed. They are from an...
• Spare parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:20:32 -0500
  ...injectors for air cooled vanagon....new lines installed and work perfectly ( kept them around for when i test run and engine) $100 Auxiliary air...
• Re: air cooled rear hatch ...
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 07:57:05 -0700
  ...engine lid is plastic? >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:17 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The older, air-cooled and...
• Re: 1 - power; 2 - cooling; 3 - weekender
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:53:56 +0100
  ...Personally, I would be happiest with either the 2.0 litre air-cooled or the 2.1 litre water-cooled injection engine. The 2...
• Super-technical question
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Oct 1996 11:37:17 -0400
  ...Im guessing that it's the same kind as on air-cooled engines, so there might be a source to look up for that...
• VW Fox rubber engine mounts L/R Same? (Vanagon conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:13:13 -0800
  ...Are the left and right rubber mounts for the VW Fox engine the same? Thanks, Neil. -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http...
• Water Cooled, was Re: Temp II sensor o-ring confusion
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:07:02 -0500
  ...are talking about. > > > If it is a Type IV FI Air Cooled Engine in a Vanagon it just > > screws into > > > a threaded port in...
• Vanagon Parts Supplier
  Historical mailing list - Terry Tan
  Wed, 18 Sep 1996 15:02:49 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Most places I know carry mainly parts for the air-cooled but not the wasserboxer. I am looking for complete engine rebuilt gasket sets...
• Re: air cooled alternator not charging
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Fri, 4 Apr 2008 15:24:54 EDT
  ...Comes on with key in the on position then goes out after the engine is running. Jim Morgan 80"stink bomb" **************Planning your summer...
• For real? (CL listing)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:33:53 -0800
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:46:10 -0800
  ...I assumed they must have > had some kind > >> of > >> engine other than the air cooled version of that era. > Since there > >> are > >> inline engine...
• FWD (1600 engine parts needed in Portugal)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Mar 1997 20:19:46 +0000
  ...engine motor > >Hello, I'm the owner of VW Combi 75, with a 1600cc air cooled engine. I'm >having troubles with my engine...
• Re: GEX engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:50:54 -0600
  ...the engine is to run it for about an hour on the highway to get it to full temperatures (Air Cooled engines tend to...
• 1980 air cooled engines
  Historical mailing list - RAS
  Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:00:09 -0800 (PST)
  ...My mechanic >said it would be quite expensive to rebuild and that volkzwagon 2 litre air >cooled engines are not easy to come by...
• Re: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:35:49 -0700
  My '81 air cooled has far more heat than we need. It will drive us out. The air coming out of the vents is...
• Air Cooled to Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:16:14 -0500
  ...The driver for the demise of air cooled engines was increasing government regulation of emissions which required greater control over engine operating temperatures. What...
• FS Air Cooled Parts and Full Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 18:14:24 -0600
  Type IV air cooled engine parts, short blocks and full engines. --------------- Number 1-------------------------- 1) CV or GE series Stock crank, standard, will polish to...
• Re: New Guy needs info
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:38:11 EDT
  ...to work for long. >Waser boxer engines are about $3500.00 on a pallet. >Air Cooled engines are about $1800.00 on a pallet...
• engine conversion gear ratios
  Historical mailing list - Sally Lecrone
  Sun, 2 May 1999 08:23:35 -0700
  I'm concerned that the ring and pinion in the gas air-cooled vanagon is to high for my turbo diesel 1.6. After...
• Re: New Guy needs info, thanks
  Historical mailing list - Kent Mitchell
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:15:30 -0700
  ...to work for long. > Waser boxer engines are about $3500.00 on a pallet. > Air Cooled engines are about $1800.00 on a pallet...
• Re: Air cooled head gasket
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Fri, 27 Mar 2015 21:14:49 -0300
  ...Probably 60. > > I burned up a 1600 engine by not paying attention to this years ago, but > maybe the 2.0 is more forgiving...
• Re: milestone
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 May 2002 09:16:54 -0500
  You're missing one of the most wonderful things about driving an air cooled ......... the smell of fresh engine oil burning off your muffler...
• Re: Transmission upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:38:16 -0400
  ...Also the air cooled tranny is a weaker box overall. A number of parts are smaller and thus weaker. A turbo engine especially a...
• Re: 83 Air Cooled Fuel Pressure Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:36:43 -0500
  The system only needs to hold pressure long enough to keep the fuel from boiling as the engine heat makes it into the fuel...
• Re: Fuel pump on for one second normal w/key to "ign." position?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:11:43 -0700
  ...unlike my *former* air cooled Westy --- ;^) may, or may not, > spin for a brief time before actually cranking the engine. When > cranking, the pump...
• Re: Diesel and WBX Coolant Temp gauges same?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:37:44 -0700
  ...Best to put the relay in the engine compartment but not critical to do so. The relay needs switched +12 power like from the...
• Air Cooled Sunroof Vanagon: Vancouver BC Canada
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:30:40 -0700
  ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
• Air cooled trans
  Historical mailing list - Bob Kelly
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:35:16 -0700
  Two of the "D" to GTI engine conv. that we have done, any my own 82 camper "D" to gas conv. had a trans...
• Vanagon tranys FS
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:23:05 -0500
  good used automatic trany with converter $350 air cooled trany rebuilt by Tom Long aprox 40 K on rebuild $400 type 2 1975 bus...
• Tranys for sale
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:49:32 -0400
  good used automatic trany with converter $350 air cooled trany rebuilt by Tom Long aprox 40 K on rebuild $400 type 2 1975 bus...
• Re: anybody want a 90 syncro camper with a 3.2 liter porsche 911 engine? ;)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 21 May 2005 22:33:43 -0700
  ...I'd hate to have that thing in Wisconsin. > The Porsche 3.2 is air-cooled, I wonder how you keep heating in a...
• Re: 1-800-Howsmydriving?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 5 Dec 2007 14:51:08 -0800
  ...The air-cooled engines do like to be wound out partially because the volume of cooling air provided by the cooling fan increases with...
• Re: Leak Down Testing for Dummies?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:54:37 -0700
  ...At some point, I am hoping to verify condition of a spare (unkown working) air cooled engine I have. Though it seems the engine...
• Re: [Syncro] Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 17 May 2000 07:05:02 -0400
  ...And the place where this thing enters is exactly where the > ductwork from the engine arrives on the air-cooled Vanagon. > > So am I...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon history
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 13:44:12 EST
  ...Air cooled engines are cheap, > easy to work on, and have relativly good power (with some mods.) > > So why did they go to the...
• Any Cal Air-cooled Vanagon Tinware experts out there??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:23:46 -0700
  ...I have a VERY obscure question for the true air-cooled Vanagon expert.... I've assembled the two 2.0l Vanagon engines I'm...
• cams and lifters and more power wasRe: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:23:01 -0500
  ...The benifits of the stock cam is that it helps the air-cooled type 2 engine warm up fast in the winter and that...
• Re: Oil cooler in 1980-1982 air-cooled buses?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Sep 2010 23:26:18 -0400
  ...None of the air cooled Vanagon engines had any factory remote oil cooling. The stock oil works well for most situations and cooler oil...
• Re: Air Cooled Crate Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Jul 2014 12:38:47 -0400
  ...Especially for the air cooled engines one needs to consider that most engine and head cores are junk. The usually require major machine and...
• Re: AC Compressor
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 20 Nov 1999 06:51:08 -0500
  ...GA >> > 81 Westy Roxy >> >> I second that >> I do not warrenty air cooled engines that have an AC unit installed >> Bob >> www.bostonengine.com >
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics-Air cooled Vanagons!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 May 2003 18:46:46 -0700
  ...Wasser Boxer Westy with a dead engine I'm going > to > plug one of my Air Cooled engines in it. An Eberspacher heater will...