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• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 13:16:05 -0800
  ...There was the 1700 bus, which behaved quite differently than the 2.0 liter Type 4. Also the Porsche 914 Type 4 engine is...
• Re: Head gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Fri, 14 Jul 2000 10:41:57 -0700
  ...The VW dealer obviously has forgotten how the air-cooled Type 4 VW engine is designed. Assuming your camper has an air-cooled, VW...
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:50:45 EST
  ...The aluminum/ magnesium alloys in the ACVW engine these are only in type1 motors , vanagons and type 4 are all aluminum later mark d
• RE: Heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 20 Oct 1994 17:04:28 EST
  ...The higher-priced heater boxes in JCWitless are for the Type 4 engines, commencing with 8/71 manufacture for the 1972 model year. B.
• Re: Use this for fire safetey... Now magnesium burning...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 21:10:26 +1200
  ...The aircooled T3s sold in USA, like the later T2s, used the Type 4 engine. Of course the T2 was available with type 1...
• Re: Some 1600cc questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 May 95 13:00:23 EDT
  ...back end had been burnt up from the origional Type 4 having an engine fire I guess. I have no idea how the clutch...
• Re: 1971 on Bring a Trailer for sale
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Tue, 1 May 2018 20:02:44 -0500
  There are 2 engines that came in the VW Van's from the factory, type 1 which is the upright Beetle engine and type...
• Re: vw type I, type II, type III and type IV
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 22:30:34 +1200
  ...411 & 412 The 1.7, 1.8 & 2.0 aircooled engines used in Bay vans & early Vanagons were Type 4 engines. Type 3s used...
• Re: Bob Hoovers "...Hot Rod your VW"
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Tue, 26 Sep 1995 09:09:48 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Paperback, $14.95. ^^^^ It may have been reprinted in 1988, but still only covers engines up to ~ 1970. Hence nothing *specifically* on type 4...
• Set of Heads for a VW Vanagon 2000cc Type 4 engine - heads.txt [1/1]
  Historical mailing list - Marty Lefkowitz
  11 MAY 1995 14:33:48 GMT
  I have a set of VW Type IV engine heads. These are the ones that fit the air cooled newer VW bus/vanagon. Approximately...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:01:07 -0700
  ...On watercooled engines, the manifold air box comes off the intake and is replaced with the supplied adapter plate. Then you bolt the carb...
• RE: Question re: engine removal
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 14 Oct 1994 09:14:06 EST
  My impression is that the Type 4 engines, including Peter Williams' 73, hold up the transaxles, rather than vice versa. So Peter you do...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon history
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 14:30:33 -0800
  As to why Volkswagen switched to a water-cooled design for the Vanagon in 1983.5, the air-cooled "Type 4" VW engine that...
• Re: experience using Mocal Thermostatic Sandwich Adapter (Oil Thermostat), Type 4 Engines (-8AN Tight Clearance Fittings), MOC-SP1TM18
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Jun 2017 21:24:39 +0000
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• Re: Oil Cooler Install
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 21:17:03 -0500
  ...do on type 4's, i.e a kit) is to remove the stock oil cooler and run lines inside the engine compartment then...
• engine swap question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Sun, 11 Aug 1996 21:55:55 -0500 (EST)
  ...Would it be possible to put a Type 4 air cooled motor in a 84-91 van? A result could be an air cooled...
• WANT 86MM piston (type4)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 09 Jun 1996 19:16:40 -0800
  Hi All I have a type 4 engine that lost a valve seat a couple of thousand miles after a rebuild. The engine has...
• Type4 distributors
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Mon, 04 Nov 1996 09:55:09 EST
  ...good technical article about type 4 distributors, complete with parts explosion and which Bosch serial number goes on which engine. December issue, with the...
• Re: cylinder index (funny Friday hijinx)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 2 Aug 2002 23:52:45 +1200
  Subaru SVX engine (6) (awaiting fitment to my Caravelle) Toyota Corolla diesel wagon (4) Toyota Corolla Sprinter liftback diesel (4) Echo chainsaw (1) Doesn...
• Re: GEX Engines
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Fri, 14 Apr 95 11:05:33 EDT
  A lot of friends have used GEX Type 1's without problems and I had a very nicely built GEX Type 4, frankly most...
• Re: why does #3 pist/cyl always go bad first?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 07:34:57 -0400
  ...always go bad first on the aircooled type 4 > engines? had the same prob on 2 engines...always #3 that goes bad... > > anyone know...
• Re: Newbie, (well sorta), 83 wasserboxer westie, with questions.
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 02:01:10 +0200
  ...engine shouldn't be too new for you, you see the wbx (Wasserboxer) is basically a Type 1 with watercooling. Not some converted type...
• Re: want 96mm piston not 86mm type 4
  Historical mailing list - yale jay lubkin
  Mon, 10 Jun 1996 19:56:31 -0400 (EDT)
  Not directly related, but who has what to say on the 92mm adaptions for bug style engines, turns 1500 and 1600 to 1800ccs, but...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 16:12:10 -0600
  ...There was the 1700 bus, > which behaved quite differently than the 2.0 liter Type 4. > Also the Porsche 914 Type 4 engine is...
• Re: factory rebuilt engines?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Montgomery
  Fri, 2 Jun 1995 14:59:03 -0700 (PDT)
  On Fri, 2 Jun 1995, dean c aukes wrote: > curiosity I called my dealer and asked what the price was for a '73 type...
• Re: 009 & #3 problem - Pertronix?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Feb 1996 07:39:07 -0600
  ...3 retard? The retard wouldn't be necessary on a type 4 engine, but the PO installed a 009 on it. Same on my...
• Re: Bob Hoovers "...Hot Rod your VW"
  Historical mailing list - Martin Garramone
  Tue, 26 Sep 1995 16:16:33 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Hence nothing *specifically* on type 4 engines. Still worth reading > though, IMHO. > > Sami So that means no info on dual port engines, right? Martin.
• Vanagon advice needed
  Historical mailing list - Robert J Schreiner
  Wed, 24 Jul 1996 07:44:46 -0400 (EDT)
  ...the engine slightly and its gone. It's not a pounding rap, just a knock but it still bothers me. Are type 4's...
• Re: Cooling problems / engine swap
  Historical mailing list - Joe Beckham
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 15:38:45 -0700
  ...want to swap the engine and I don't >mind switching to the 2000cc Type 4 Air Cooled engine used from '78 - '83. >Could...
• Re: WBX Carb conversion? Hoax!
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 06:05:13 -0700
  ...While even > the Weber site lists it as working with the early watercooled as well as > the aircooled Vanagons and earlier Type 4 motors...
• Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:05:17 EST
  ...I have seen vented type 4 motors mostly due to lack of oil later mark d
• somebody spiked my coffee!!!
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 23 Sep 94 14:11:31 CDT
  ...streamlined brick on wheels, Type 4 engine in the back. a volkswagen bus. everything on wheels, including the kitchen sink. volkswagen camper. honest, folks...
• AW: video: rear engined buses 1948 till 1993
  Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 18:33:52 +0100
  ...Siegfried Maier is an not only a journalist but an enthusiast in old OPELs, Type 4, and Buses. I enjoy it everytime I'm...
• Re: 81 Westy questions with Pica
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Wed, 7 May 2003 08:57:15 -0700
  ...Oil Pump > The oil pump I pulled from my engine is not the type 4 > oil pump pictured in any of my books. > Can...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 4 Apr 2005 to 5 Apr 2005 - Special issue (#2005-285)
  Historical mailing list - Vwghost
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 15:52:21 -0400
  ...silver 5.00 a frame Engine lid 15.00 44 idf webers and linkage 285.00 pair type 4 intake 1986 vanagon steering box...
• Vanagon engine number?
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Mon, 3 Jul 1995 15:44:54 +0100 (BST)
  ...Now I haven't seen his '80 Vanagon, but apparently it has 'CT' stamped on the engine. Surely this means it is a type...
• Re: Increase 2.0 to 2.4
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 17 Oct 2000 22:11:24 +1200
  ...now possible using a Type 4 case is 2.8 liters. Someone has brought out a VW-style aircooled engine available in up to...
• FS dual 40mm Webers
  Historical mailing list - Will&Angela
  Fri, 29 Mar 1996 12:06:43 -0500
  ...If someone has the linkage and manifold for a type 4 engine that goes with the DCNF's we'll buy them from you...
• Re: Cylinder firing order: Bentley & Muir
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 22:01:08 -0500
  On my type 4, it is in raised letter on the engine tin. Hard to see if you do not know it is there...
• Re: replace FI with carbs?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Oct 1994 10:44:50 -0700
  ...the 914 (read Type 4). Fuel injection will give you the best performance and fuel economy on a stock 914 engine. Do NOT remove...
• Re: WBX Carb conversion? Hoax!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 09:54:42 -0700
  ...While even > the Weber site lists it as working with the early watercooled as well as > the aircooled Vanagons and earlier Type 4 motors...
• Re: What are these bearings telling me?
  Historical mailing list - Douglas
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 19:23:00 -0400
  ...U1; first undersize 0.25; mm cut The type 4 had 3 undersize bearing sets, 0.25mm, 0.5mm 1.0mm Douglas Tom Young...
• Re: What's the correct torque here??
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:56:03 +0200
  David Beierl wrote: > Maybe the aircooleds used M8s? Idont know about the Vanagon / type 4 engine, but I checked the Type 3 Haynes. The...
• Re: Need 050 dizzy
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:06:44 -0500
  ...I have found the 050 distributor to work slightly better than an 009 in a type 4 engine. I tend to recommend it for...
• crud in the gas tank....(tech question)
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 18:58:45 EDT
  this is pertaining to a type 4 engined late bus ('72-'79) but is relavent question to all vehicles. vehicle has been sitting awhile...
• RE: IWannaBuyABus
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Mar 1996 06:19:28 -0500
  The type 4 and the it's Fuel Infection are nothing from which to shy away. I feel FI is far easier to diagnose...
• Re: TIICO vs. hot rod WBX
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:04:11 -0400
  ...A fair comparison is a 2 liter type 4 engine in a bus vs. a 2 liter engine in a Porshe 914...Both type...
• Stroking a type 4
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Apr 1996 22:01:35 -0700
  ...in boxes are remains of a type 4 . If nothing else I'm an optimist. The engine was in the process of throwing the...
• Air cooled blocks
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 09:47:51 -0500
  Does anyone know if the blocks for the 1.8 liter type 4 engines are interchangeable with a 2 liter block? I have a...
• Re: experience using Mocal Thermostatic Sandwich Adapter (Oil Thermostat), Type 4 Engines (-8AN Tight Clearance Fittings), MOC-SP1TM18
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 6 Jun 2017 12:39:21 -0400
  ...cooler and found the Mocal Thermostatic Sandwich Adapter (Oil > Thermostat), Type 4 Engines (-8AN Tight Clearance Fittings), MOC-SP1TM18 > (https://vwparts.aircooled.net/Mocal...
• Re: Frydae - For VW Oldtimers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 1 Mar 2014 13:53:19 -0600
  ...the Type 4 Variant (a/k/a Volkswagen 412) came out a few years later and > introduced the aptly-named Type 4 engine (which...
• Cleaning out the garage
  Historical mailing list - Richard & Rose Greaker
  Sat, 20 Sep 1997 19:57:31 -0400
  ...There's all sorts of items glass, mirrors, doors, bumpers, gas heaters (complete gas heaters!!), diesel parts, camper parts, Type 4 engine parts. You...
• Re: "Foreign" Engines in VWs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Jan 1996 18:11:41 -0400
  >I've never owned a wasserboxer, or an air-cooled type-4 engine either, >but I'll throw in my $.02 (after inflation-- watch...
• 81 Westy questions with Pica
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 7 May 2003 08:45:42 -0700
  ...Oil Pump The oil pump I pulled from my engine is not the type 4 oil pump pictured in any of my books. Can...
• Cool Air-Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:12:13 -0600
  ...Does anyone want to tell us the secret of Jake Raby's cool running type 4 engines? Chuck Hill
• Air cooled diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Larry Edson
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:25:09 -0700
  ...Are the diesel engines from the early '80s based on a Type 4 gas engine? Are there other things besides the fuel injection that...
• Old vs New Engine seals was Re: Further adventures
  Historical mailing list - dean c aukes
  Tue, 09 Jul 1996 08:22:30 -0500
  At 02:40 PM 7/8/96 -0500, you wrote: >>4) New engine seal gasket [whatever it is called]. This is the big >>gasket...
• Re: Is GEX Reputable
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 19:17:50 -0700
  ...I have one of their engines (2.1 Type 4) in my '82 Adventurewagen. Runs nice, and feels like it has as much power...
• Re: Porsche Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:02:16 EST
  ...The VW Type 4 was only used in the 912E circa 1976. The early 912s had updated 356 engines. << As for watercooled... how many...
• Re: Is GEX Reputable
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:22:16 EDT
  ...djs@gene.com writes: << I have one of their engines (2.1 Type 4) in my '82 Adventurewagen. Runs nice, and feels like it...