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• Great idea, WRONG motor. was: turbo? supercharched?
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:11:01 EST
  ...for increased power via engine swaps. why hasn't anyone been able to turbo or supercharge their 2.1 wasserboxer? this doesn't seem...
• Noisy Lifters on new Heads (86Westy)?
  Historical mailing list - Vance
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 19:30:38 +0000
  Hi, I'm still fiddling (probably out of paranoia) with worries on my new engine wasserboxer. AFTER replacing the '86 Westy's 2.1...
• Re: Engine bay sound dampening
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 3 May 2007 10:43:40 +1200
  ...There's >something appropriate about hearing the engine in these old cars, in my >opinion, but to each his own. I find that the...
• Re: SA 3,2litre WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 10:08:27 -0700
  ...litter 6-cylinder wasserboxer > > around 1990, which was later replaced by the Audi 5-cyls. Anybody > heard > > of these engines before? Maybe they are...
• Wasserboxer problems!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Fri, 09 Feb 96 11:38:57 -0500
  ...An offnet friend has an '84 Vanagon with original engine, 155K miles. He had a "mild" coolant leak, and I had downloaded Dennis' stop...
• Your GoWesty Engine...how do you like it?
  Historical mailing list - RICHARD KOERNER
  Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:59:23 -0700
  Steve, You wrote, "...In May, I took my camper to GoWesty to have the new higher-compression engine put in along with a lot...
• Re: 82 diesel with an 86 gas engine
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Sat, 29 May 1999 19:43:34 -0700
  ...Roland Pickering wrote: > In my search for an inexpensive Vanagon, I ran across an 82 diesel that now > has an 86 gas engine (wasserboxer...
• Re: omni engine...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 12:39:51 -0600
  /correction! I THINK some of the early Omni's had Audi engines. I know at least one did, but I guess that doesn't...
• Re: 2.1L Wasserboxer Power Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 22:47:37 -0800
  ...I am talking about the effects of hi-speed revolutions and unbalanced crank/engine loads. A fully balanced engine is "happier" at high rpms...
• (newbie) Engine swaps, adapter-less
  Historical mailing list - Chris Harris
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 13:22:09 -0500
  ...Wolfsburg) w/ 2.1L wasserboxer, and have been enjoying the wealth of information on the net about Vanagon engine swaps, but remain confused by...
• Re: Headlight question (ignition "lock")
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:01:23 -0500
  ...Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '81 diesel rabbit '82 diesel westy '82 diesel van '84 GL wasserboxer
• Re: VR6 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:57:22 -0800
  ...http://volksweb.relitech.com/../helmut/VR6-engine/vr6-engi.htm Alistair PS David, how did your Digifant problem work out? any joy? -- '82 Westy...
• Re: Won't Start
  Historical mailing list - frank
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:21:34 -0400
  ...Won't Start What kind of engine do you have? Wasserboxers don't have timing belts or chains. The cam is gear driven right...
• Re: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 05:59:06 -0500
  ...When you start the engine, this valve is open, allowing additional air (and hence gas) to be consumed by the engine. It is electrically...
• Re: Why wasserboxers leak
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Thu, 18 May 2006 23:09:22 -0400
  ...Why wasserboxers leak Both the 1.9L and 2.1L engines leak due to faulty engineering. Three problems: 1. The cylinder head rests on...
• Pictures of my 'new' Syncro Westfalia Joker online!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 20:22:53 -0800
  ...If anyone is interested in the 112hp 2.1L wasserboxer motor please let me know. This will be getting a 2000 TDI motor installed...
• Re: longivity of coversion engines
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:30:47 +1200
  ...But in response to Ken about why >they stopped making the air cooled engines, I think they just did >not want to bother to...
• WANTED: 2WD Transmission casing cheap or free
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 18:02:19 -0800
  ...it and have a wasserboxer bell housing on it as we will be using it for mock up engine installations. Thanks David Marshall Fast...
• Re: 2 Cups low on coolant made my vanagon overheat?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 05:26:45 -0400
  ...the diesels use a different coolant tank than the wasserboxer engines. in the early style wasser boxer engine there is a sensor in the...
• I am almost ready to shoot my vaagon!
  Historical mailing list - gcarcher
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 17:31:26 -0800
  ...My 83.5 Wasserboxer runs better than ever during the 60,000 miles I have owned her. Yet, the MPG has been declining over...
• Re: Trouble starting after sitting awhile?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:10:09 -0400
  The air cooled Vanagons have a cold start valve but not the wasserboxers. Mike Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote: > Anthony Kimmons wrote: > >> ...I can start...
• Re: torque and HP
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 23:18:37 -0700
  ...8V - 2.1L wasserboxer 90hp@5500 117ft/lb@3200 8V 1.8L 86-88 GTI/GLI 102@5250 110@3250 8V - 2.0L 93...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Edward Nutter
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:07:40 -0800
  ...The Type IV and Wasserboxer are heavy duty engines, > and barring overheating in the type IV and head gaskets in the WB seem > to...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 09:55:57 -0400
  ...a modern car unless you want short engine life.) And VW certainly stuck with the Wasserboxer for a long time considering its fundamental design...
• # head gasket failure modes and emergency temporary fixes
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 06:25:37 -0800
  ...it works?...:-) When real engine rebuild time comes by (and I have a feeling that a properly maintained wasserboxer can even go as high...
• '83-'85 Cooling Hoses
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 09:53:32 +0000
  I was wondering if anyone has a lead on '83-'85 cooling hoses for the engine compartment. About a year and a half ago...
• Re: Hello Everyone...Im new to the List....
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 4 Jul 2003 15:23:24 EDT
  ...If you get an inline-4 swap, you will already know how to work on your engine. The Wasserboxer can be a handful if...
• Re: Knocking Rod arm/B. Bobs
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 06:43:56 -0800
  raul lince wrote: > Hello there, I seem to have developed a knocking in my engine. At first > start up you dont hear it but...
• Re: 86 head retorquing?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Jun 1996 23:08:15 -0800
  ...heads on a wasserboxer 2.1. I have heard that it >>is not necessary, like it is on a bug engine, but considering the...
• Re: Does air cond.=hp loss?
  Historical mailing list - Jim-2 Davis
  Thu, 12 Sep 96 08:43:00 -0800
  Chris writes about A/C in wasserboxers: >Does it really put that much of a load on the engine? How long does it take...
• Vanagon Traction
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 21:32:12 -0700
  ...I'll never forget getting my 85 Wasserboxer stuck in a campground on wet grass. Very humiliating experience. Had lots of clearance but clearly...
• Re: re. daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Cooper, Jonathan R.
  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:48:08 -0400
  ...Some problems that were not indigenous to the Wasserboxer. Stuff wears out (alternators, O2 sensors, exhaust, CV joints) and sometimes parts are not manufactured...
• Re: New to List, Best Bus?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 22:14:42 -0700
  ...I wish that all engines were as unreliable as the wasserboxer. A subie might be nice, and if I had a Westy I might...
• Re: Oettinger flat-six motor and accesories info wanted
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 16 Jan 2005 23:04:01 +1300
  ...stretched VW Wasserboxers. Not cut & welded, but manufactured as sixes, but with the VW design throughout. >Heard something like the engine has 175 >HP...
• Re: Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:56:30 -0700
  ...m pretty good with those engines, too. THEN I got a Vanagon- as I started digging into the wasserboxer, I actually got offended by...
• Re: 4 Cyl VR-6 Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:08:32 -0500
  ...4 Cyl VR-6 Conversion Can anyone tell me about what goes into an engine swap using a 4 cyl VR-6 engine. Is...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:54:51 +0800
  ...Beetle engines last as long as Golf engines, and Type IVs last as long as Wasserboxers (or longer). Air cooled engines are more difficult...
• Re: Vanagon Tug Of War
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:23:04 -0700
  ...What are you using for an engine? >> > > For Wasserboxers sakes. My Vanagon came from the factory with a turbo > VW charged engine. I simply...
• "special gastank" part number???
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 May 1996 11:46:11 -0500 (EST)
  ...like, carbureted wasserboxer motors, late FI systems Without lamba or cat, stuff to make your van an ambulance or fire engine, all kinds of...
• /f Re: Type VII
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 1 May 1996 16:27:58 CST6CDT
  ...wouldn't this be offset by the H3O heavy water produced in the cooling jacket of the wasserboxer? don't see it being a...
• Re: FS: 1993 EV MV Weekender
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 21:49:35 +0000
  > $ 19500 > 89000 miles The guy wanting this SHOULD GET REAL > New engine at 74k, new ac with warranty. Will consider trading for AHAH, EV...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:42:57 -0500
  ...To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."
• Re: Motor quieting material stuff thing
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 09:11:45 -0600
  ...I imagine the wasserboxer would also sound this way without the snorkel on the opposite side, but I don't know. Bob Stevens http...
• Re: Does anyone have this part for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:19:43 -0700
  ...Does anyone have this part for sale? > This is the wiring harness for the Temp II Sensor, for > the wasserboxer engine 83+ models ( I...
• Re: Ebay vin# switcharoo?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:06:00 -0400
  ...which would be an additional pain to install along with the '87 weekender interior and wasserboxer engine. The rear apron is different on '85...
• Re: Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentation)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 00:37:05 -0400
  Jim Davis (SyncroHead) writes: << All VW needed to do is determine the proper engine coolant operating temperature, and choose a radiator mounted switch with...
• Re: What's wrong with my VW? Friday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 20:39:09 -0600
  Stan >Many of the problems encountered with VW engines is the extreme lack of >maintenance. ---------------------- Andrew >I can't agree. Modern engines should be...
• Re: Some points on why the Wasserboxer was the way for me...
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:34:16 -0500
  ...Also, with all these folks going to other engines, waterboxer cores should be cheap and Bob Donalds will keep us going for some time...
• Re: More Reliable: Air or H2O
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 08:07:50 -0700
  > I currently have 6 customers with over 200k on their engines. Just saying it is possible. The real trick is that it was never...
• Re: 83 wasserboxer swap?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Mar 1995 20:28:50 -0600
  ...basicly play dumb and tell you to put in the same engine it came with. >But you can call them and get a pamphlet...
• Re: RE HP and Torque Specs
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 10:12:24 MST
  ...wasserboxer from the V6anagon and put it in his Chop-top Mustang! And we thought it was a crime to put an American Engine...
• Wasserboxer Performance
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:41:13 -0500
  ...system, and the long runner intake manifold, these engines should be good for alot more than 100hp and still be reliable. Do these seem...
• Re: Buying a vanagon??? What do I look for? (Or,for you English professors, For what do I look?)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 13 Apr 1999 06:29:06 -0700
  ...As for a specific checklist for Wasserboxers, I've never seen one. Why don't you compile one? Jim Veverka Family wrote: > > Jim, > It...
• Re: Travel necessities
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 17:50:36 -0700
  ...wrote: > Oh--a modern engine--eh Mike--? > > What in the hell is a Wasserboxer? > > Flatthead Ford? > > Oh maybe a Briggs and Stratton? > > Koehler? > > Wisconsin...
• Emission Test Readings
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Thu, 23 Jan 1997 14:02:37 -0800
  ...should a healthy engine trend? Thanks in Adance Fellas! Chris P. Seattle, WA '89 Oil Burning Jetta "Jake" '87 Wasserboxer GL "Lewis" '82 Oil...
• Re: VANAGON WITH AUDI ENGINES
  Historical mailing list - Frank
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 09:00:02 -0800
  I don't understand the comment about "Extraordinarily bad engine" in the wasserboxer. I've been driving my '89 Carat since new for over...
• Re: TIICO: Crank Pulley
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 22:27:48 -0400
  Well, this probably isn't help, but on the diesel engines, there's a belt off the crankshaft for the water pump. There's...
• Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:22:34 -0500
  Jim Felder wrote: > Good advice, but somewhere during the 80s vanagons gained both a > bleeder valve in the engine compartment and a heater under...
• Re: buzzing fuel pump - additional info
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:04:48 -0800
  ...the pressure to the 50 or so PSI needed on the wasserboxer engine. David Marshall Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning 4356 Quesnel Hixon Road...
• Re: Nice 82 Westfalia FS
  Historical mailing list - David Wallace
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 18:35:41 -0700
  On 7 Mar 2002, at 10:18, Stan Wilder wrote: > What are these folks doing to crater an engine in 55 - 60K? Stan, the...