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• Re: 85 Vanagon - should I buy
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 22:07:56 -0700
  I personally would run, not walk, from a water cooled engine since they have a terrible history. But you might get lucky with an...
• Re: Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic included)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 09:55:05 -0800
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" (Bustorius) http://web.mac.com/tubaneil Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ On Dec 7, 2007 9:30...
• Re: Euro Vanagons 2.1L have 112 horsies......how do they
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:08:30 -0500
  fellow vanagon types The increase in horse power per point of compression is 4 percent with a water cooled engine so that does not...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Armstrong, Charles L.
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 12:34:00 cdt
  ...He describes the 911 as an air cooled engine that, as HP and emission controls increased, became more of an air/oil cooled engine...
• Re: nice clean RED '88 Doublecab on ebay...in Virginia
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 27 Mar 2006 17:44:05 -0800
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to...
• Re: Fire Suppression Solutions
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:24:54 -0700
  ...and heard quite a few stories about rear-engined VWs, both air and water-cooled, that caught fire, but why would VWoA be concerned...
• Re: Trans fluid in coolant system
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 4 Apr 2012 19:11:50 -0400
  ...Due to space advantages and efficiency water cooled transmission coolers are much more common in cars. Even my motorhome with the Cat C7 engine...
• Re: Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:17:59 -0400
  ...probably wasn't implying drafting, the question remains, does drafting affect the cooling system significantly on a water-cooled vehicle? Additional question, assuming you...
• Re: How do you replace the electical switch on the bottom of the lock cylinder?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 20:58:29 -0500
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca > > > Email > > sales@fastforward.ca > > - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens > - Electrical harness fabrication and customization > > Due to...
• 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
  ...Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic Hopefully I'm not misunderstanding your post...
• vw bus/vanagon/eurovan rentals around Disneyland
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 21 Jul 95 00:02:16 CDT
  ...and I quote: 'Luxury vehicles are newer models equipped w/ water-cooled engines') Three days min.; 100 miles/day free w/ 1,000 free...
• Re: [Help] Radiator Fan going really fast with vibration
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 11:48:20 -0400
  ...Yes, the radiator fan on the water cooled Vanagon's has two speeds. Under normal conditions only the lower (and quieter) speed is used...
• Re: Radiator hoses in air cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 14:41:16 -0500
  ...What is going on, did some one try to put a water-cooled engine in this? Sean
• Re: [T2] Distributor for electronic ignition
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:26:34 -0700
  ...Air Cooled or Water Cooled? This changed in mid year 1983. 2. If Air Cooled, Federal or California Model? Air Cooled Federal Models came...
• Re: Engine Comartment Lid
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 20:01:47 -0600
  ...Engine Comartment Lid > In a message dated 11/25/00 10:53:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, > jimlipman@YAHOO.COM writes: > > << My engine compartment...
• Re: Engine installation book times
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 9 Aug 2007 06:32:55 EDT
  ...engine minor". Air cooled Vanagon, 80-83, 16.9 hours. "Where AC interferes, add 1.0". "Auto trans, add 1.2". Water cooled is...
• Re: New to water cooled, temp questions(long response)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 10:44:03 -0500
  ...New to water cooled, temp questions > Good Day guys & gals, > I have recently gotten an '83 watercooled vanagon. This is the first water cooled...
• Major engine problems
  Historical mailing list - jay wade
  Thu, 20 Jan 2000 12:26:56 -0800
  ...2? &nbsp;Would it be worth it?<BR> Does the water-cooled Vanagon engine have more power than my 2.0L type IV?<BR...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:02:37 -0800
  ...I know John Muir's book was about air cooled VWs and some think it has no place in the modern water cooled VW...
• Re: repeat: vanagon surging and jerking and low power. more tech
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 05 May 94 08:15:41 CDT
  ...i guess since they sent out that second Tech Bulletin, for ALL water-cooled engines, vw must a seen a way to pay for...
• Re: Air cooled to Water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 23:43:52 -0600
  Mark Kazman wrote: > > Hi All, > I plan on doing a subaru engine conversion in the future. Since I have > an '81 air-cooled model...
• Re: Mod. Fresh air box to recycle cabin air? (did some searching in arch.)
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Miller
  Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:48:33 -0600
  ...Am rebuilding fresh air box and will install heater core as I will convert to a water cooled engine. I understand how the box...
• Re: VW vin numbers
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:38:44 -0700
  ...If there is an engine determination, it is VERY basic (such as: Gasoline, 4 Cylinder (Air or Water Cooled), it doesn't get very...
• Re: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jul 2011 06:08:57 -0400
  ...dumb fuel injection question David White wrote: > I can rearrange the fuel injector wires on each side of the engine > without effecting how it...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#57591519: VW Vanagon Official Factory Repair Manual
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Jan 1999 07:39:25 -0800
  ...1980 - 1985 VW Vanagon "Official Factry Repair Manual including air-cooled and water-cooled gasoline engines, diesel engine and camper." by Robert Bentley. VW...
• Re: Help! Vanagon timing
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 14 Aug 1999 15:12:27 -0500
  ...timing on my '84 Westie >with digijet fuel injection and water cooled engine. The sticker just >says n/a but the distributer can be...
• Re: question of oil level (II)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Sun, 2 Oct 94 6:41:57 PDT
  So Stuart Redford says: > > > Now, I KNEW that no mere mortal can read a water-cooled Vanagon oil > > dipstick accurately unless he has let...
• what? electro-waterPump??? was: Re: Oil temp's up again
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 06:40:27 -0400
  ...should start building water-cooled alternators :-) Cetin One interesting thing: the '82 diesel westy is the one with the least engine heat problems among...
• Re: .... choose ... engine conversion. Additional Costs Budget.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:56:22 -0700
  ...I wonder if an OBD1 ECU typically has the means to shut down an engine if it senses coolant temps too high? Nope. Pretty...
• 84 vanagon engine troubles
  Historical mailing list - Brian Healey
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:21:25 +0000 ( )
  ...water cooled vanagons & this kind of mileage? Two years back I had a mechanic on the east coast tell me that the entire engine...
• Re: 88 fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 20:45:01 -0700
  ...Do you water-cooled guys really need 10 feet of fuel hose in the engine compartment. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82...
• Re: Head gasket FIX!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 13:00:57 +0200
  ...Hey, sounds like Vanagon engine >compartments. What air flow? >VW has on water cooled cars put in either an afterrun fan thermo switch OR...
• FW: Heads up Problem micalg=sha1; boundary="------------msFC33FD617683A3912A89128A"
  Historical mailing list - coyote
  Fri, 15 May 1998 09:52:54 -0700
  ...so It doesn't happen to you.I have a 1983 water cooled Vanagon that I bought new.A few days ago after getting...
• 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 included)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:06:02 -0800
  ...I look forward to learning more about how your > conversion goes because after my new engine wears out I may put a more > modern...
• Re: guess the engine
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:29:43 -0500
  ...s an inline four, with CIS fuel > injection, water cooled and resembels a rabbit type engine. > > Any help would be most appreciated. > > Jessup > > _________________________________________________________________ > STOP...
• Re: Head gasket FIX!!!
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 05:42:37 -0700 (PDT)
  At 07:38 PM 7/12/97 -0500, dgibbons@presray.com wrote: >VW has on water cooled cars put in either an afterrun fan...
• Re: Engine question just curious
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:17:32 -0300
  ...the Type-2 T2 (loaf) used an in-line (i4) water-cooled engine and not the flat four from the T3. > On 24-Oct...
• Re: bosch information
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 13:12:32 PDT
  ...i'm working on the 1991-1986 vanagons, 1985-1983 > water-cooled vanagons, 1983-1980 air-cooled vanagons, and the 1979-1974 > buses. well...
• FW: Requesting Advice on an 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:19:39 -0400
  ...have all been water-cooled (gas and diesel). Now for my questions: What do folks think of the air-cooled engine? Is this the...
• Re: John Wessels Glori's Import offering Zetec & Subie engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 13:54:47 EDT
  ...From air cooled VW to 930 Turbo Porsche to a variety of German water cooled engines. We will also maintain your stock WBX or...
• Re: request for information, please
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 13 Sep 2013 12:58:23 -0500
  ...Any step into a water cooled engine will become very >> expensive fast just due to the labor involved unless you can do it >> yourself...
• Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:41:29 -0800
  Sorry, the MexiBus engine mounting angle makes it too tall for a Vanagon. Vanagon stock inline engines are leaned over at 50 degrees so...
• Re: porsche engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:52:27 -0700
  ...engines - not sure when the change is, but all 911's, Boxsters, >and now the new sports model - they're all water cooled. I...
• Vans for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:36:16 EST
  ...They are Left Hand Drive and are water cooled. Next, from the "Something Different" section of their classifieds: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1988 1600CC T/DIESEL SYNCRO 4X4...
• Re: Boxster motor in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:56:37 +1200
  ...know I saw that some >German salvage yard guys installed a water cooled 911 motor into a >van....never really saw the finished product...
• Re: Aircooled Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Lloyd McClelland
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 17:28:27 -0800
  ...1980 VW Poptop, rebuilt engine, runs well, Must sell !, $1500 obo call Laura for more info : 707- 677-0288. Thats cheaper AND closer to...
• Re: Adding windshield fluid? Where?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 24 Dec 2005 10:58:50 -0800
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization -----Original Message...
• WBX motor rather than ....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 15:18:38 -0700
  So, I wonder which German company copied which? When Porsche changed to water cooled they built a motor kinda like VWs..in that it...
• Re: tranny mount responsibility?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 25 May 1999 06:27:43 -0700
  ...If the same reasoning applies to removing water-cooled engines, then I'd guess the mechanic loosened the bolt but forgot to re-tighten...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 22:01:08 -0500
  Yes, extra stress on the studs but someone who knows water cooled engines will need to tell you if it matters. It did matter...
• Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 21:07:37 -0800
  ...that the best way to heat your water cooled >>Vanagon >>after installing a air cooled Porsche engine is to make a water heat >>exchanger...
• Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:33:57 -0500
  All of this talk about engine conversion options - Tiico, Jetta engines, inline 4's, Subaru engines - yet no one ever talks about the Bostig...
• Re: Windage Trays and Lubrication Issues (Air and Water Cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:41:53 -0600
  ...good windage tray, like the VW one for the water-cooled inline > 4 > cylinder engines, a set of cutters (or scrapers) are formed into...
• Re: used Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:03:59 -0700
  ...I recently purchased a 1981 Westfalia that had been > > converted to water-cooled with a Mazda RX-7 rotary engine... which > gobbles > > oil like...
• Re: 1.8t engine conversion into 84 2wd
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:01:03 -0800
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to...
• Re: Vanagon books
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 05:20:12 EDT
  ...Transporter and Bus Range (Type 2 Vehicles) with water-cooled carburetors or fuel injection engines". I have not seen the inside of the book...
• VW Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sean Barry
  1 MAR 1995 00:20:43 GMT
  I have a 1985 VW Vanagon in pristine condition but for one small problem--the engine. No, not a blown engine. The water jacket...
• Re: '84 California water-cooled fuel probs
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 4 Aug 2001 07:53:58 -0500
  ...and the pump > (on California water-cooled's, the fuel filter is between the pump and the > engine... seems odd). I still get intermittent...
• Rialta sighting
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:44:39 EST
  ...They're interesting but too blatently RV-ish for me :-) Not to mention too water-cooled, too front-engined, and too expensive! :-) Oh well...
• Re: Air vs. Water - pro's and con's
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 01:56:12 -0400
  ...in the US, maybe earlier overseas) a 1.6L diesel, water-cooled engine was available in the Vanagon. I hadn't heard the story...