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• Re: Gaskelet leak and overheating
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 9 Jul 2024 06:20:45 -0400
  ...That worked and the engine is still running today powering a friends now water cooled Bay window. But, this was some air in the...
• Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:19:20 -0700
  ...If a 1982 Westy has been converted from diesel to gasoline (1.8L engine taken from a 1987 VW Jetta - the water cooled, fuel...
• Fw: Westy stalled/wont start
  Historical mailing list - Karen Olson
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 11:07:09 -0500
  ...No further problems in 45K > miles. > > Good Luck! > > Scott Maurer > 84 Vanagon GL > > Help! the other day my 84 water cooled wolfs westy fired...
• Re: SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 18:32:52 -0700
  ...Rational was air cooled bikes had to keep moving or they'd toast the engine. > > Aren't most all bikes water cooled now days...
• Re: Another inline Bay conversion (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:48:28 -0600
  Reminds me of one I saw years ago with a Pinto engine installed. Tom From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On...
• Laguna Beach 'Falia Rental Info (finally)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Harvey
  Mon, 21 Nov 94 12:02 PST
  ...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: Oil Capacity, 1985 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 4 Oct 2001 16:29:06 -0400
  ...Oil Capacity, 1985 Westy > 1985 Westfalia, Water-Cooled, 1.9l > > Way too smug doing my first oil > change by myself, I replaced the exact...
• Re: Fuel Rails on Stock WBX
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 13 May 2008 08:32:43 -0700
  ...AFAIK, it would basically be like the air cooled engine setup. Pretty sure there would be less joins to *potentially* leak using the WBX...
• Air-cooled Buses are naturally loud
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 May 1994 18:26:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...How can one limit noise from them? Air-cooled engines are inherently noisier than water-cooled engines because they do not have the coolant...
• Re: How to bleed the cooling system???
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 18 Nov 2000 19:00:28 -0800
  The heater system on the 82 is different than any other water cooled Vanagon. The heater valve placement and hose routing is different along...
• Seeking Wisdom on Buying a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Stangeland
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 20:22:45 -0800
  ...1) i'm wondering whether it is better to get a water-cooled or an air-cooled engine. i owned a 1970 poptop some...
• Should I buy? followup
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 07:17:04 -0800
  ...The 83 Westy I was inquiring about has a water cooled engine. Beyond that I don't know much more. I am still trying...
• Re: 2 questions...(still looking for a westy)
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:02:28 -0700
  At 11:08 AM 08/23/2002, you wrote: > The main thing that I have heard about the water cooled is the problem > with...
• Re: Muirs Idiot Guide Equivalent??
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 09:14:36 -0500
  The Bosch Fuel Injection book by Robert Probst ( an automotive engineer ) is the closest I've found. It's well written and didn't...
• Re: Vanagon-Bug Motor Parts (shared)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 1 Dec 94 11:52:52 PST
  > Derek Drew reports: > In the latest issue of Hot VWs a writer enquires about high performance water > cooled motor parts and the editors respond...
• what with cold weather coming up ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 15 Nov 95 08:21:52 CST
  ...especially if you have gotten a water-cooled vanagon recently ... the oil cooler seal, if it breaks, can dump ALL your oil on the...
• Re: Reducing exhaust heat extends the life of water hoses.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 14 Jul 2001 09:35:50 -0400
  ...fresh air to the engine compartment and to the air intake manifolds are a great way to keep the intake system cool I used...
• Re: FI fuel pressure issues
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:25:13 -0400
  ...this lean fuel condition could cut the engine life to a couple thousand miles if that. This goes for both air and water cooled...
• Re: Tiico convert question
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 18:35:54 -0800
  I just have a regular 2.1 water cooled engine (factory rebuilt 35,000 miles ago) and find myself cruising at 80 MPH at...
• Re: 87 syncro won't start
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Wed, 31 Jul 1996 12:43:22 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Bear wrote: > I have an 87 syncro (MV with digifant water-cooled engine) which will not > start. It died in the middle of an...
• Re: Aux Oil Cooler install...results Aircooled vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:24:59 EDT
  ...Yes (for the nonbelievers) cylinder head temperatures follow oil temperatures even in water-cooled engines (just not so large a delta). I also agree...
• Re: nvc: anyone had/have a Porsche 944?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:27:36 -0700
  A 944 is a water cooled straight 4, basically half of a 928 Porsche V-8. You must mean a 914. Mike > From: Dan...
• Re: OK, sold 79, now I'm after a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:19:22 +1300
  ...to a 2.1L engine and modified the cooling system a little bit. >You will find that the water cooled vanagons have a lot...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 08:45:59 -0700
  ...which one? > > Eurocars: > > www.eurocars.bz > > 2.2 liter water cooled 115Hp of torque Engine > $3500 > > > Boston Engine: > > http://www.bostonengine.com > > 2.1...
• Re: Craigslist: 1984 Volkswagon Vanagon Westfalia - $10000 (Bend)
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Thu, 10 Apr 2014 23:10:19 -0400
  Hey it's worth it because it's the first water-cooled engine VW produced. Umm, except for the Golf 10 years earlier. Or...
• Re: 2.1L vs. 1.9 L? and other questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 00:11:52 -0400
  ...cooling system differences just a little? Apparently my experience with early water cooled gas and diesel VW motors is not typical of later generation...
• Vanaogon repair in NY?
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 15:12:33 -0400
  ...and unfriendly, when I asked "are they familiar with the water-cooled Vanagon engine", answered nastily "thats what we do for a living" - immediately...
• Re: Wankels
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 19:08:20 -0700
  > > The HP/TORQUE figures on the Mazda rotary vs the VW water-cooled show no > apparent problems, but, as I put it to Ari...
• Re: Can pilotbearing be changed with flywheel in place?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 9 Jun 2007 18:01:23 -0700
  ...I think you can do it with the 6 bolt engines but not the 5 bolt ones, referring to the bolts that hold it...
• Re: Long Brake Line Tips + Removal Question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 4 Sep 2009 15:27:58 -0700
  ...Though I installed my long coolant lines after the fact for an air cooled to water cooled engine swap, the key was to undo...
• Re: Lens for Vanagon 83
  Historical mailing list - Rodrigo Bonilla
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 22:02:17 -0500
  ...Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodrigo Bonilla" <rodru1@PRODIGY.NET.MX> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 13:05:07 -0500
  ...That's why water cooled VWs have been famous for their great heat. Edward On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Don...
• Re: Another inline Bay conversion (not mine)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:55:51 -0800
  A week? Its already been a week and the guy's hardly started to get the engine sorted, let alone the harness and cooling...
• Re: 85vanagon overheating (water cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 09:18:50 -0700
  ...The engine sounds terrible. Almost about to backfire. It won't go past like 5-10 mph. It's only 9am and it's...
• F$%*ing Water cooled @$@%^#%
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Mon, 6 Feb 1995 18:40:38 -0500 (EST)
  Alright, Who's the genius who decided that after 83 these things need to be watercooled? They're such great engines except for their...
• Re: AC and engine temps
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 10:39:05 -0400
  ...ago!!) Is it dangerous to the engine to run it that hot? Sounds about like any water cooled VW that I have ever had...
• Re: different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Fred Younger
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 09:57:18 -0600
  ...My relatively new to me 83.5 Westy had > a > >rebuilt water cooled engine that was "installed" by a DPOs "mechanic." > > > >On my bus...
• Re: Another new owner question...
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 21:19:33 -0400
  ...Wolfsburg, my first water-cooled VW so I am not really > familiar with their behavior. The PO had the engine rebuilt about > 20,000...
• Re: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:52:35 -0700
  ...to rear, removing the dash for a water-cooled airbox and heater core, splicing in a engine harness, and mods to the transmission.�The...
• Re: Wasserboxers Suck! Was Extraordinarly Bad Engines... Bla, Bla....
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Mon, 30 Mar 1998 06:17:19 -0800
  ...With the water cooled engines, I try to keep the rpm below 4000 until the temp gauge lifts off the peg, then I shift...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon history
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:31:40 EST
  ...High-lift ratio rockers and lowering the cylinder compression are a few of the solutions for the air-cooled engine. Water-cooled engines run...
• 83 Westy Trans. Trouble
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jun 1997 14:04:02 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I just bought a nice '83 Westy with a rebuilt water-cooled engine. (My first Westy). It has a bearing noise in the trans...
• Re: Questioning 1.9TD Swap?? (New info)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:19:10 -0500
  ...It all depends on how the engine is driven and how it is maintained. If you are going to install a TD in your...
• 87 Syncro Westfalia For Sale-Cheap!
  Historical mailing list - chris rahn
  Sun, 1 Apr 2001 09:20:35 -0600
  ...net/~chris.rahn/Syncro.html 4 Cylinder 2.1 L water cooled engine, 4 speed manual 4 wheel drive transmission plus granny gear(Professionally...
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Feb 1997 09:14:19 -0800 (PST)
  saw a 68 camper in La Jolla recently w/ a pinto engine. that's a 100hp before any performance tweaks. tough little motor. i...
• Re: oil leak from rear main seal?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 22 Nov 1999 13:59:16 -0500
  While I think it is probably easier to pull the transmission than the engine on the water-cooled vans, I think it is easier...
• Re: New to list and to Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 4 Feb 2011 17:49:21 -0800
  ...If you had to hire a shop to rebuild your engine, the labor cost exceeds the value of the complete running vehicle.;-( Whilst Vanagons...
• '87 Westy - need to buy engine
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Howard
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 12:13:18 -0400
  ...the re-built engine search to GEX and Fast German Auto. Anyone out there purchased a 2.1L rebuilt water-cooled long block from...
• rebuild $
  Historical mailing list - Julio T.
  Tue, 4 May 1999 01:55:42 -0700
  Hello eveyone just wondering if anyone knows how much it would cost to rebiuld a vanagon water cooled engine in canadian currency, and also...
• Re: Automatic Transmission Coolant Hose
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 6 Apr 2005 10:58:14 -0700
  ...the stock water cooled one? Good luck Tim jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET> wrote: I'm preparing to change out my engine and want to...
• Re: This could be a real buy...
  Historical mailing list - Joe T.
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:10:24 -0700
  ...cooled westy vanagon. > or use it to put some good water-cooled engine into. > > it's an antique all right, 30 yrs old. > > ----- Original...
• Re: Air cooled to Water cooled
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 24 Jun 1999 16:08:30 -0400
  Mark Kazman wrote: > > Hi All, > I plan on doing a subaru engine conversion in the future. Since I have > an '81 air-cooled model...
• FS in Rochester NY
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 07:04:23 -0800
  ...Gray Velour Engine: 4 Cyl Water Cooled Transmission: Auto Radio: AM/FM/Tape Price: $9,995 Notes: A real beauty, one owner from Lancaster...
• Re: request for information, please
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 12 Sep 2013 12:21:49 -0700
  ...On 9/12/2013 12:02 PM, neil n wrote: > For me, in a nutshell.... > > '81 air cooled Westy to water cooled Jetta engine...
• Re: Early Instrument Cluster Difference Questions + PICS
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:02:15 -0700
  ...the story about management giving engineering a few months > to turn the air-cooled engine into a water cooled one, thus accounting > for the...
• Smogging
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 22:38:11 -0400 (EDT)
  My 84 Water-cooled vanagon will not pass the smog check. I told my mechanic to just "fix it" and he can't. He...
• Re: now: John Muir Publications was: Death Valley
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:43:14 -0500
  ...My brother rebuilt >the engine...and I used it for a few more years until an engine fire >finally put me out of my...
• RE: ADVICE/Info Needed!
  Historical mailing list - King, Robert
  22 Feb 1995 15:46:50 +1000
  > I am wondering what my options are as to replacing the original engine > in a ('50-'79) bus with a water-cooled engine so...
• Re: Air cooled to Water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 09:15:11 EDT
  In response to an inquiry regarding the installation of a water-cooled engine into an air-cooled van, Larry wrote: <<Next, get a couple...
• Re: D15 connector revealed
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:00:04 -0500
  I believe early (aircooled 80-81) Vanagons had bus fuses like the Baywindows, but later ones (with water cooled engines, whether diesel or gas...