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• Head Retorquing On New Engine
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:06:43 -0800
  To all those who a competent with engine rebuilds. Is it common that heads have to be re-torqued after a rebuilt engine has...
• Bolt for mounting 1.9L 84 wasserbox engine to stand or Tranny?
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Fitterer
  Thu, 29 Jan 2015 08:02:11 -0700
  Anyone know the correct size bolts to mount these engines to a stand? I have the stand and the engine just not the original...
• Where to hook up engine hoist?
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:26:35 -0800
  For those of you who have lifted a waterboxer with an engine hoist, where / how did you make the attachment to the hoist to...
• Re: TDIs and interferance engines (no vanagon content).
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 19:54:50 -0800
  Which VW engines > are interference engines besides the 1.9 TDI's. The 1.8Turbos? What else? Not just TDI. All diesels. Can't...
• vanagon conversion to mazda rotary engine
  Historical mailing list - Michel Bertin
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 14:21:42 -0400
  Is anyone aware of any conversion done with mazda's rotary engine. These engines I think are quite small and I wonder if they...
• Re: omni engine...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 19:20:18 -0500
  >so, will a dodge omni >engine fit in a vanagon? The early Omni used the gasoline Rabbit/Golf engine, til they switched to Mitsubishi...
• Re: Engine question just curious
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:51:35 -0400
  ...Many people were upset when VW went to inline water cooled engines with the Golf/Polo. Recall how Porsche fans felt when they did...
• Re: Which VW engine fit in the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 18 May 1999 07:26:46 -0400
  ...This includes the > 158hp 1.8L G60 Corrado engine and the 150hp 1.8L Passat Turbo engine. Can > the transmission take the huge jump...
• Re: (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 22:38:44 -0600
  The simplest, most effective thing is to simply get a rebuilt engine from a reliable rebuilder. Bob Donalds of Boston Engines is one. Ron...
• Re: Double cab for sale/engine longevity - Torque Kills
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 09:47:14 -0500
  The first thing I learned about cars when rebuilding my own engines as a teenager was not to lug the engine. You could drive...
• Re: New engine thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:00:22 -0700
  ...New engine thoughts > > The engine in my 83.5 Westy is getting a little tired. It was > rebuilt by a > drunken Hungarian 8 years...
• Re: Engine lift
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 19:01:38 -0700
  I tried the 2 ton engine hoist $199 made in China from my local Pep Boys. Very heavy duty unit with telescopic boom from...
• Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Randy C. Nunes
  Wed, 6 May 2009 15:03:21 -0400
  ...BUT, the Zetec engine appears to be really common. A low mileage engine should be easy to find and I'm sure Jim and...
• Re: leakdown test values needed
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:57:50 -0500
  ...it's about rebuildng an engine, but has good info http://www.pelicanparts.com/bmw/techarticles/Borrowed/mult_engine_rebuild-1.htm "A newly...
• Re: Boston Bob Engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:59:10 -0500
  ...Seems that it is very seldom that anybody buys anything else besides a Boston Bob engine for a WB. Larry Chase bought an engine...
• RE: 3.0 Liter Subaru Six
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 05 Jan 1996 21:51:29 PST
  On January 4, 1996 Kevin Disse wrote: > I've found out from an independent mechanic that the Subaru six > cylinder engines go through cylinder...
• Removal of Vanagon Engine
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Fri, 5 Jun 1998 12:24:55 -0400
  ...So I want to remove the engine and take a look. Here is a few questions about the removal of the engine: 1. How...
• Re: Water Injection
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 May 2008 21:49:06 -0500
  That's interesting - Water Injection in jet engines. Never heard of it done. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Pomgranite Peter T. Owsianowski wrote: > A...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:36:59 -0400
  Actually most diesel engine braking systems work by turning the engine into a compressor. Some use a valve on the exhaust. Jake is a...
• Re: 2nd Oil Cooler...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Jun 1996 23:16:58 -0700 (PDT)
  >>> but I disagree that a bigger engine >>> will not run hotter. Increasing engine displacement without beefing up the >>> cooling system is a bad idea...
• Engine missing
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 11 Jun 1995 12:20:28 -0700
  >The van ran flawlessly except for a bout of engine missing 30 miles >into the trip! As Joel and Jerry have explained, this is...
• Re: VW rebuilds junk?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 13 May 1999 04:07:28 +0200
  ...Now is the time to discuss the VW rebuilds, or are they VW rebuilds? Does any of you listees know where these engines come...
• engine swap
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 11 Aug 1999 07:32:46 -0400
  All these engine swap......and not enough info. Every engine swap is different. I'm in the middle of one myself, but it does...
• Re: How to throw a rod
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 23:54:03 EDT
  The Inlines NEED the counterweights to help them RUN SMOOTHER along with the special fluid engine mounts, counter balance shafts and what ever else...
• Re: BMEP question
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 17:08:33 -0700
  ...how efficient is your engine at a certain horsepower and rpm. any change you make on an engine will change the numbers. changes to...
• Regarding purchase of engine (car-part.com)
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:13:44 -0400
  I bought an engine for a Mazda 323 GTX from one of car-part's advertisers a couple of years ago when I was...
• Re: Timing 1.9,2.1 engines
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:17:40 -0500
  Timing these engines is straightforward, though reading Bentley doesn't make it sound simple! Here's a paraphrased posting of Dennis Haynes' which explains...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:27:55 -0500
  fuel injected engines should not have the accelerator pushed or pumped to start. On some carburetor engines with a choke linked to the fuel...
• Re: used Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:47:15 -0400
  ...used Vanagon engine > > >> Greetings all! >> >> To you folks who have done your engine swaps and have an old (but good) >> Vanagon engine that needs...
• Re: CA Smog Legal Conversions/Facts
  Historical mailing list - eric unrau
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:02:56 -0500
  ...The > > best > > of these is the Audi 3A 2.0L engine (88-92) > > installed with either its > > CIS-E > > engine and fuel management or...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 31 May 2011 20:16:09 -0700
  wow..GoWesty a two point eight liter engine !? that must be one torquey mutha ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny C." <bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon...
• Re: Boston Bob engines - Use caution
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:29:21 -0600
  ...It's the pits when an engine goes bad, especially early on. Had that happen on a couple of aircraft engines. They had just...
• Looking for 2.1l engine complete in Florida area
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 7 Jan 2014 13:45:47 -0500
  I have a customer that needs a good, used 2.1l engine along with the wiring harness, ecu, distributor, idle stabilizer, idle air valve...
• Re: Update on Cracked Heads
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 14:39:01 -0700
  ...Uhohhh! I am sure others will speak up about their experiences w/ GEX engines? Worst case scenario in AC engines, FWIW. YMMV, Mr. BZ...
• Re: aircraft engine NVC
  Historical mailing list - Charles Nighbor
  Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:24:58 -0700
  go westy will sell you a 160 HP rebuilt VW Engine ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Timing puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Sykes
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 11:01:57 BST
  ...I have a 1971 bus, which at some point has had the engine replaced, I think from a 1600 Beetle. The engine number is...
• Re: Wesipes - pizza in the engine box!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 3 Feb 1999 03:31:27 +0100
  ...Alexander" wrote: > I really do suspect my '74 van's engine box was hotter. Maybe there's > just too much free air > circulating in...
• Re: VW rebuilds junk?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Thu, 13 May 1999 10:30:10 -0400
  Now is the time to discuss the >VW rebuilds, or are they VW rebuilds? Does any of you listees know where these >engines come...
• FW: engine
  Historical mailing list - Rodrigo Bonilla Soto
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 10:37:12 -0600
  ...It is water-cooled SALUDOS Rodrigo, Bonjour! Is your vanagon 1983 the model with the air-cooled engine or the water-cooled engine? VW...
• Re: 2.1 engine to a 1.9
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:43:13 -0500
  I had an '85 GL with a 1.9L engine. In many ways it outperformed the 88 GL I now have. Regards, John Rodgers...
• Re: GEX Rebuilt Engines
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:26:08 -0800
  My fathers 81 Vanagon mit 2.0 l air-cooled engine has 135,000 miles on it and still runs good...and believe me...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 7 Oct 2008 19:33:31 -0400
  This interests me, if I could get a $1500 kit, I can get those engines locally for $500-600 dollars. What else is needed...
• Re: What's wrong with my VW? Friday
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 12:05:35 -0000
  ...Modern engines should be low-maintenance, and coolant > type uncritical. VW is neither. Japanese engines will take abuse and > total lack of maintenance and...
• Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 7 May 2009 11:28:46 -0400
  the zetec is a ford engine line built from 1992 to the present. I think the bostig conversions use the Zeta spec engine, but...
• Friday - engine stand, cleaning, painting.
  Historical mailing list - Zolly
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:12:43 -0700
  I had to get a bell housing that I bolted onto a Harbor Freight engine stand. Then I made a galley to be able...
• Re: 2.1L engine parts for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 14:17:21 PST
  ...So any more infor > on your engine would be great! > Austin, The engine in the 86 vanagon should be 2.1L so it should...
• re:My bus engine(again)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Nov 94 11:27:20 PST
  I have just rebuilt a 2.0L engine and also assumed that I could rebuild it for $700 or $800. My engine is from...
• Re: Difference between North American Engines and European Engines
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:55:45 -0500
  ...Difference between North American Engines and European Engines > > They may have referred to DJ-code WBX, which was not available in US. > > On 2...
• WBX engine for sale....
  Historical mailing list - Mike & Shari
  Sat, 10 Nov 2001 15:38:46 -0800
  Who wants to buy my '87 syncro WBX engine, (180,000 miles)? Only engine ( minus one head stud, which broke off),brain and air...
• Re: Auto Trans Install - Take Out Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 17 Aug 2004 10:28:56 -0700
  Craig, I support the engine with a 2.4 across the engine bay, too. But, I took a chisel and made a small well...
• Partial engine drop for stripped exhaust stud
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 17:25:31 -0400
  ...Does anyone know if the engine will tilt downward enough to work there if the engine crossbar is unbolted, leaving the tranny attached (and...
• Engine Change
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Fri, 3 Dec 2004 11:12:33 -0600
  I'm toying with the idea of replacing the 1.9 waterbox with another engine. I have seen VW/Audi and Subaru engines, many...
• Wanted: 2.0 engine for 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:29:00 -0500
  ...He is willing to rebuild a bad engine. Does anyone have an engine or thoughts on where one can be obtained at reasonable cost...
• Re: Engine Conversion MPG - We don't need no stink'n TDI
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:02:15 -0400
  ...You can probably run the American engine on the McDonald's dollar menu but I'll be those foreign engines will want a higher...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 31 May 2011 21:25:44 -0600
  On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Danny C. <bruiserbabie@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have the new Gowesty 2.8L engine and...
• Re: Suburban Engine Exchange
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:26:03 -0500
  Gary is a friend of mine, from back when I used to visit him and Bob at Boston Enginein Wayland, MA. We keep in...
• Re: Cool modified DOKA and BRM
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:20:17 +1200
  > Say what you will about Subaru engineering, they are no less subject to the need for marketing doublespeak; witness their Symmetrical All Wheel Drive...
• Re: GEX engine
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:58:34 -0500
  ...This engine has shown all signs of oil pressure problems from the the day I purchased the Van, with 10,000 miles on the...
• Re: Bus Depot Rebuilt 2.1L - opinions?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Coseo
  Mon, 25 Jul 2005 14:16:19 -0700
  ...Within a relatively short period of time, the new engine > develops > some sort of failure. The rebuilder inspects the engine (or has a mechanic...
• Re: Spring Cleaning an Air-cooled Motor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:36:31 -0800
  ...With later > Type IV 2000cc engines the fan shroud is magnesium and it can ignite, I > tend to think the engine fan is magnesium...