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• Heat/Hot Showers Cheap!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 1995 14:03:24 -0400
  ...the 1.9l engines have them, but you still get (some) cooling via the shower water. 2) Aircooleds get wasserboxer heating system - worried about...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:29:04 -0400
  At 10:02 AM 7/22/96 -0500, you wrote: >> My '87 Westy, 2.1 L wasserboxer engine, is getting only 17 mpg >> highway...
• Free Engine & "Not a problem"
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:48:32 -0700
  I have a 2.1 wasserboxer with a broken head stud taking up space and it needs to go. It's dirty, but it...
• Re: Head Gasket Manufaacturers
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 13:02:27 -0400
  ...I was wondreing if anyone knows if the Head gasket kits for > Wasserboxers that you get from aftermarket sources are built by the same...
• Re: Bosch 4-pronged spark plug not for Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:33:36 EDT
  ...Bosch tested the plug in all possible engine applications, including the Vanagon, and it did poorly in the Vanagon, which is why the parts...
• Re: Replace Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Thu, 02 Jan 1997 21:18:34 -0700
  ...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: Ladies Crossing the US
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:08:29 -0700
  ...The Wasserboxer engine is a much more complex engine, partially do to the manner in which the watercooling for the heads is implemented. The...
• Re: Recommended Breakin method for new engine
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 19 May 1999 06:24:52 -0400
  ...Recommended Breakin method for new engine I'm getting a rebuilt Wasserboxer in my '84 Westy (1.9l). What kind of driving practices are...
• Re: Some points on why the Wasserboxer was the way for me...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 19:59:46 +0100
  Robert Lilley wrote: > I was thinking about VWs use of hoses and why are the hoses on the outside of > the engine rather than...
• Re: Engine swap conversion details are now online!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 25 May 1999 17:43:23 -0700
  ...determined? Is this for an 1.8 or 2.0 litre engine? CIS or Motronic management system? The "demo" vehicle (syncro doublecab) is claimed...
• Re: Synthetic Oil Grade
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:03:49 -0400
  ...So........those of you >that are using Synthetic in your wasserboxer engines what grade are you >using ? 5w50 ? 15w50 ? These are two grades I...
• Re: Before I buy an engine/oil pump replacement...
  Historical mailing list - Jwilli941
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 15:59:25 EDT
  ...We would run into similar problems with Wasserboxers at the dealer and the only way to fix was to either go the rigged way...
• re: Vgon work: How high?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 14 Nov 95 10:34:17 EST
  > pulling the engine out are three separate steps. You don't have to position > the car once for all three. You can for instance...
• Re: Is it Wasserboxer or waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:27:15 -0600
  Willam---- A "Boxer" is a description of a flat, opposing firing engine. BMW flat twin motorcycle is a "Boxer" type engine---same thing with...
• Re: Vanagon engine heater
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:31:47 -0500
  The paper that comes with it only says, "Volkswagen Vanagon Engine Heater". I've only seen them used on wasserboxers and had one previously...
• I DID NOT SOUP UP MY 2.1L- BUT WHAT I DID DO WAS...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:44:38 PST
  ...Exhaust valve. (The Wasserboxer runs hotter due to emission requirements.) Before the coatings when I went into the engine compartment immediately after a long...
• Re: The transitional engine (was: question)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 May 1996 18:06:22 -0500
  TF>It makes me wonder, what is the longest life listmembers can report TF>for a wasserboxer? What is typical? TF>Tom F. Talked...
• Re: V-Belt Pully Bolt
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:30:00 EST
  ...Have a friend stand on the engine block while you are removing the bolt. Tom Illinois
• Re: Manifold Destiny in a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:01:33 -0600
  ...food on your car engine while you drive. > > amazon link -- > > http://tinyurl.com/yluzag > > Has anyone cooked on a wasserboxer? I am trying to...
• Re: '87 temperature gauge
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:00:09 -0600
  > when an '87 wasserboxer is running at proper engine temperature, > where is the temp. gauge needle pointing? 12 o'clock? 1 o'clock? 2...
• Re: Diesel Powered Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 21 Sep 2005 21:12:17 -0700
  ...Jim On Wednesday, September 21, 2005, at 07:48 PM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > I4 engines do have the cam bearing problems. They are compounded...
• Re: Will an early Subaru engine fit the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 14:53:53 +1300
  ...They leak oil like wasserboxers leak coolant. It's common to >do anything from the cam seals to a complete engine reseal every 60K...
• Re: '84 Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 18 Jan 95 15:29:34 CST
  ...What sort of mileage can one expect to get from a wasserboxer engine? nobody seems to know for sure ... yet. they haven't been...
• Re: CO Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Tue, 28 Feb 1995 15:29:32 CST6CDT
  ...seems to be a function of high miles on the engine and an aging air flow meter. but don't run out and replace...
• low temp and howling
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sun, 16 Oct 1994 14:17:38 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I've got a strange howling in my engine compartment that I can't hear when I open the engine compartment. I only hear...
• connecting rod bolts on 2.1L wasserboxer engine
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Sat, 30 May 1998 14:39:30 -0700
  Hello- After a nice vacation, I return to my first top end rebuild of an engine. Before attempting to reassmble everything, I ran across...
• Re: Subaru engines in the long run
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Thu, 26 Mar 1998 09:47:01 -0500
  ...How many people have had a stranger drop off a free wasserboxer engine at your door step? This one's going in the 85...
• Re: Ceramic coatings
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:03:17 -0800
  ...ceramic coating applied to the internal engine parts also protects from overheating damage on heat sensitive Wasserboxer engines, protects the combustion chamber floor from...
• Re: The transitional engine (was: question)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 10:27:13 -0500
  ...said: >It makes me wonder, what is the longest life listmembers can report >for a wasserboxer? What is typical? We have 146K on an...
• Re: Porsche Eng. Retrofit Kits
  Historical mailing list - jim catterson
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:49:43 -0700
  ...btw, other than the engine as a unit, i never found 911 parts to be all that expensive compared to wasserboxer parts. having owned...
• 81 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Andersen
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 01:40:54 -0700
  ...It bucks and shutters, the AFM has been replaced, the hose in the engine have been replace and it has been to an independent...
• Re: Wasserboxer and Porsche 914?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 20:59:16 EST
  ...even cooler are the 914-6....with the REAL Porsche (flat 6) engine in it. those things can FLY... chris [text/html]
• Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power... Ignorance
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:46:41 EST
  Eric, Increasing the power of the stock VW T1, T4, Wasserboxer, Inline 4s or 5s or 6s or 8s engines has been going on...
• Re: 1600 upright into aircooled vanagon? Wasserboxer case to aircooled?
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:34:00 -0800
  Upright 1600cc Beetle engine in a vanagon isn't such a crazy idea. The first vanagons sold in Europe did come with a modified...
• Re: WBX bashing
  Historical mailing list - Simon
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 09:49:54 -0600
  ...technology." The aircooled engine was good for it's time and implementation, the I-4 was and is good, the wasserboxer just had no...
• Wasserboxer fuel injectors
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Dec 1995 00:31:17 -0500
  ...I think the hose was accidently cut when the auto wrecker removed this engine from its previous home and cut a few coolant hoses...
• Re: Digifant I
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Fri, 1 May 1998 23:16:59 EDT
  ...Joe, "How To Understand, Service, and Modify Bosch Fuel Injection and Engine Management" by Charles O. Probst. Excellent book. Published by Bentley. Available thru...
• resealing heads: two tubes of stuff in the gasket kit??
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:16:35 -0800
  Folks, just starting to do my first wasserboxer head job... oh joy. I picked up a engine gasket kit and in it are 2...
• Re: Where to adjust Gas Pressure on 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Sun, 25 Jun 2000 10:07:36 PDT
  Hans, the fuel pressure is not adjustable on these engines. If there is not sufficient pressure, the cause could be the fuel pump or...
• Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - Loren A. Busch
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:20:27 -0800
  ...The engine cooling system in the Wasserboxer is marginal enough (seems to have just enough heat transfer capability to keep up with the engine...
• Re: tiico engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:36:00 -0800
  > So I'm thinking a lot about putting in the TiiCo 2.0l Golf engine from > South Africa. > Here's my thoughts - I would...
• Re: current list of recommended rebuild longblock sources
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 17 Dec 2004 06:04:26 EST
  ...I'm aware of Boston engine. Are there any other sources for 2.1 wasserboxers? Right here. See my _VW Waterboxer Engine Rebuilding_ (http...
• big coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Sun, 30 Mar 2003 18:03:36 -0500
  ...the engine? It's got 166k on it; rebuilt under warranty by VW at 70k. I'm well aware of the wasserboxer's penchant...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:23:56 -0600
  ...I'm up to 100k miles and going strong on this engine. Relatively speaking of course. I love the hum of an aircooled engine...
• Re: '99 SA Vanagon pics
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 19:36:19 +1300
  ...While the inline 4 and 5 cylinder engines could meet this last >with little effort by VW, it is highly unlikely (due to expense...
• Continuing Cold Stall Problem - HELP!!!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 18:54:52 -0400
  I've noticed a rash of cold start problems on wasserboxers lately on this list. My 87 has had the same problem for a...
• Re: Timing Belts
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Sun, 4 Dec 1994 07:32:15 -0600 (CST)
  ...The newer vws - front engine types - may have timing belts -- I don't know, but generalizations are dangerous. -- Gerry '84 1.9L wasserboxer Gerald...
• Re: How fast should a 1.9L go??
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:17:07 +1200
  ...other major engine problems? I've heard some list members >mention that they have gotten 200,000+ miles out of a wasserboxer w/ no...
• Obscure gaskets and seals, 1.9L wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dyer Lytle
  Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:31:24 -0700
  Hi, I am reassembling my 1.9L engine out of my '84 westy and am looking for a few gaskets that did not come...
• Re: 91 Carat has the highway hick ups
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 May 2010 14:28:06 GMT
  ...wasserboxer has been humming along for several hours and runs really good. Then all of a sudden, out-of-the-blue, the engine cuts...
• Re: Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:58:38 +1300
  ...a WATER-cooled boxer before they >left! >Well, what sort of engine would YOU design under those >circumstances? I'd say we got it...
• free 1.9L motor - upstate NY
  Historical mailing list - Robert Harris
  Sun, 18 Jul 2004 21:47:57 -0400
  hi Volks, One complete 1.9L wasserboxer engine is up for grabs to a good home! Pulled from an 84 van with circa 145K...
• Oil Cooler leaking coolant
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Sun, 7 Dec 2008 03:35:39 -0600
  Hey Volks 2.1 stock wasserboxer in an '86 Westy I installed a new oil cooler about 7 months and 2,000 miles ago...
• Safe 2.1/1.9 Rpm: survey/query
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:26:34 -0400
  ...Vanagon engine? Or, what did the engineers really intend? Or maybe a hypothetical question is best- if you had designed the wasserboxer engine, how...
• Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 16:47:29 -0600
  ...John Rodgers "88 GL Driver > Notice that the writer SAID that the Eurospec engine power was really no > better than a STOCK Wasserboxer???? > > Adding...
• Need Major Advice!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Nov 1995 15:17:39 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Do I proceed with new head gaskets? With 150,000 on this engine, I'm wondering if I should consider a remanufactured engine? If...
• Re: Some points on why the Wasserboxer was the way for me...
  Historical mailing list - Pierre A Lachance
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 12:16:42 -0500
  ...of hills , but personal opinion...it is a good and reliable engine to leave quebec city, canada to drive down to florida anytime or...
• Re: Boston Bob....AVP....GEX...???
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:10:10 -0500
  ...TC wrote: >>Good New Year's Eve Morning! >>With 150k miles, it doesn't seem to make sense to pull the engine and >>replace...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 10:35:40 -0400
  ...That rat's nest of cooling hoses and fracture-prone plastic fittings in the Wasserboxer engine bay would haunt my dreams. I had a...
• Re: Re; Going Air Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:00:27 -0500
  ...Re; Going Air Cooled? > I agree that simplicity should be a first thought in a vehicle. > However, the benefit of Having a wasserboxer engine...