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• Re: it's Friday, she blew the microwave up
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:33:32 -0500
  ...water cooled means that, literally, though there are other things going on. It is the heat capacity of water (and in modern engines the...
• Re: Air vs Water
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 06:47:34 -0600
  ...In your eyes what are the advantages and disadvanges of the water cooled design and the air cooled design? Presently have a water cooled...
• Re: Looking for a good water-cooled vanagon Mechanic in Northern New Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 19:37:39 +0000
  ...in Santa Fe and was sorely > disappointed.> Pablo Sanchez is the best, but he doesn't work on the water > cooled> engines.> > Can someone...
• Re: First Jump Into Water (water cooled VDubs that is)!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 17 Aug 1999 01:02:16 +0200
  ...Vdubs for me."), I bought a water > cooled vanagon And, frankly, the water feels fine! The main difference isn't what the engine is...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 16 May 2001 14:30:10 -0600
  ...looking because my vanagon is water > cooled, so I am not eligible for most of the popular engine swaps. The > Perhaps I am missing...
• Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 29 May 1999 07:26:44 -0700
  ...of one or both of the two engine air intake vents. I saved the 'Mexican water cooled bay window' site, but deleted the posts...
• Re: Model/year recommandation
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 21:19:56 -0700
  ...an air-cooled vanagon in reasonable shape with a recently rebuilt engine and a recently rebuilt transmission (rebuilt engine is necessary since the most...
• Re: Can I put an aircooled engine in a water cooled 91?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 08:43:31 EDT
  No. Any more questions? Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3:16
• dumb idea 104??
  Historical mailing list - Michael Heron
  Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:30:29 -0400
  is it possible to swap in a 80-82 air cooled bus engine into a water cooled bus circa 85"" m.
• Re: Going air cooled on my water cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:56:13 -0800
  ...cooled engines for the sole purpose of having minimum > maintenance and maximum reliability. > You can not leave town with a water cooled one as...
• Re: Anyone running a Porsche 6?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 17 Feb 2002 18:49:42 EST
  ...But maybe I just get that idea because it was a water-cooled bus originally. I'm not to knowledgeable on Porsche engines, so...
• Re: Alcohol, Baby ! (Was Octane)
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:16:23 -0500
  ...Having alcohol in > your fuel actually helps run the engine cooler, which > an air-cooled needs. Water-cooleds like it too. > > Some water-cooled...
• 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...
• 2 questions...(still looking for a westy)
  Historical mailing list - gordy jones
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 11:08:44 -0700
  My first question is about air cooled vs water cooled. I am still on the hunt for a westy and i have really appreciated...
• Re: Brrr - is it always so cold in a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Nolan
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:35:49 -0700
  ...I have three water cooled vehicles and the one air cooled Vanagon. The heater in the Vanagon works as well or better than the...
• Re: "Increase... Warning not for NOT for Watercooled But Aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:44:12 EDT
  ...They were talking about the air-cooled T1 engines that run hotter with higher compression ratios than 7:1. The water-cooled Wasserboxer stock...
• 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: Engine Fires - A/C vs. W/C - Any Difference?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 22:02:40 -0400
  ...engine fires have primarily been a > problem with air cooled VW buses/vans/Vanagons. > > Is the problem equally prevalent in later water-cooled models?
• Re: 1 - power; 2 - cooling; 3 - weekender
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Thu, 18 Sep 2003 09:53:56 +0100
  ...You will get exactly as many opinions as the number of people you ask! I think the greater power of the water-cooled engines...
• Water Temperature Sensor
  Historical mailing list - Rodrigo Bonilla
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 21:58:43 -0500
  I have a vanagon 83 water cooled, the engine is not working properly, I need the Water Temperature Sensor, Do you know if other...
• Removing a water cooled engine from vanagon. Ben?
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Tue, 19 May 2009 14:53:54 -0600
  ...So, long story short, is there any site that provides the pictures and steps for dropping out the water cooled engine, like Ben has...
• New Engine Prices??
  Historical mailing list - corky.williams
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 15:49:54 -0400
  Hey Everyone, I blew a ring in my engine. How much would a 1.9L water cooled engine for a 84 Wolfsburg cost? And...
• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sat, 14 Dec 2013 12:33:04 -0700
  ...Water-cooled (1983 onwards) � 1.9 litre engines: � 1.9 L (1,913 cc) (83 bhp) (Serial # DH) water-cooled (or "Wasserboxer") engine used...
• Re: Porsche Eng. Retrofit Kits
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 9 Oct 1998 01:15:39 EDT
  ...The Porsche is an air cooled engine. Vanagon's are water cooled. Why would you take a water cooled engine and replace it with...
• Re: Oil in coolent
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 22:42:11 -0400
  ...Oil in coolent I think you are in for a top job on the engine, if it is like the regular water cooled engines...
• which vanagon for intercity transport
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 17:16:56 +0100
  Please advise on the vanagon best for intercity transport- air/water cooled , or diesel. Please be specific with production year and engine displacement. Ifeanyi
• Re: Engine Choices swaps
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 20:10:37 -0800
  Sudhir Desai wrote: > > how bout one of those new 911 engines? flat-6, water-cooled, 200+hp, > 300+lbft torqu. > > Sudhir H. Desai Yup...
• FS: Bentley Manual - VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:41:31 -0700
  Volkswagen VANAGON Official Factory Repair Manual, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, including air-cooled and water-cooled gasoline engines, diesel engine, and camper...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Convert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 19:02:48 -0400
  ...VW boxer engines than it is for their I-4 engines. > - If I start with a Vanagon that has a water-cooled > motor, wouldn...
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Alo Robinson
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 15:43:10 +0000
  ...He is a bit miffed about moving down to a 1600cc unit, but its a lot cheaper than a replacement water cooled engine. Has...
• Need 1.9 Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:11:27 -0600
  My 85 tossed the engine, so now am looking for one in good working order at a low price. I live in centeral Wisconsin...
• Air-cooled to Water-cooled
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 13:09:30 -0500 (EST)
  I was just curious if anyone has ever turned an air cooled vanagon into a water-cooled one. I never hear much on the...
• Re: Worst vanagon change
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:44:13 -0400
  ...Waterboxer when they already > had perfectly usable, reliable, proven I4 water cooled engines. To much of a paradigm shift for the boxer aficionados? Mr...
• Re: Vanagon Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 11:06:38 -0700
  ...NO...your PRV (PeugeotRenaultVolvo) V6 is NOT a water-cooled BOXER engine. A Boxer is horizontally-opposed...
• Re: Boxer engines
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:03:56 -0800
  ...It is now being manufactured in the UK instead of Austria with a water-cooled diesel! another important boxer engine ( not water-cooled) would...
• Re: New Guy needs info
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 20:38:11 EDT
  ...engines are about $1800.00 on a pallet. >Get ready for a big blast in response: >I say "never buy a Water Cooled, stick...
• Re: Engine Choices swaps
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sun, 15 Mar 1998 00:30:05 EST
  ...EDU writes: << how bout one of those new 911 engines? flat-6, water-cooled, 200+hp, 300+lbft torqu. >> sure, you buy it for...
• Re: why did VW ditch the boxer motor?
  Historical mailing list - James R. Wetzel
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 07:09:27 -0400
  Kent Christensen wrote: > > Latest Porsche boxer engine (Boxter, for example) is water > cooled. 928 has been watercooled since at least 87 hasn't it???
• Re: VW Fires
  Historical mailing list - Timothy O. Crooks
  Tue, 11 Aug 1998 03:02:13 -0400
  ...Additionally, the rate of air-cooled VW engine > fires is << that of water-cooled VWs. (Can anyone back me up or shoot me > down...
• Re: Can I put an aircooled engine in a water cooled 91?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 21:07:24 +0200
  KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > Like putting an aircooled engine in a New Beetle. I'm really surprised that this haven't been done yet...
• Re: Putting a water cooled engine in an 82
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:35:27 -0800
  ...That extra hundred items in the water cooled engine speeks for itself on the pages of the list where you find members having all...
• Re: [T2] Can you identify this distributor??????
  Historical mailing list - Karl
  Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:22:11 -0700
  ...Your number starting with 025 leads me to believe it is a water cooled distributor. A water-cooled 84-85 1.9 DigiJet engine...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 16 May 2001 16:11:14 EDT
  ...looking because my vanagon is water cooled, so I am not eligible for most of the popular engine swaps. The only up-side to...
• Re: � � � 2 questions...(still looking for a westy)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 15:09:56 EDT
  ...So even if I did get a water > cooled it would be an early one. > > The air cooled engine is (or was in the...
• spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Mon, 31 Oct 94 09:30:48 CST
  ...Water-cooled engine, code CS (1982-1983 Diesel models) **Glow Plugs** Bentley Book FLAPS AC 31G Autolite 1104 Bosch 0250-201-021 0250-201...
• Re: 666 torque, say no more - NVC ;^D
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:22:45 -0700
  ...I do have a plan though .....in case I put an water-cooled engine where there was an air-cooled one........ say I find...
• index of tech bulletins affecting vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 17 Apr 94 01:35:27 CDT
  ...Engine Cranks Too Slowly or Water-Cooled System Won't Crank - Battery Cable Vanagon ALL 97-87-07 Electrical Engine Stalls and Misses Water...
• 82 Air Cooled Engine Swap Choices?
  Historical mailing list - Wetzel, Scott
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:43:15 -0700
  ...Porsche 3.2 engine, I haven't found any mentioned. I know that there are several options for water cooled vans, how difficult would...
• Re: porsche water cooling
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:41:40 -0500
  >Like I said, Water cooled is better Just can't help by notice that a huge percentage of the requests for help in this...
• Advice for Rebuilt Engine Source
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 09:34:05 -0500
  We will need to replace our 1.9L water-cooled ('85) Vanagon engine before March. We would like to hear from List members about...
• Re: Putting a water cooled engine in an 82
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:18:37 EST
  ...I am wondering if it is possible or for that matter even a good idea to try put a water-cooled engine in it...
• Inline 4, Mexican Vans
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 20:14:54 -0700
  ...81 vanagon The water cooled Mexican vans that I have seen are T2 variants and so have a taller engine compartment (able to accept...
• pushrod tubes
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Nov 1995 13:05:12 -0600
  ...type 4 "pancake" engine with the relatively easy pushrod/seal replacement. I've used 2 piece pushrod tubes on water cooled vanagons and they...
• compression data
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 18:32:49 CST
  ...for air-cooled vanagon engines: nominal ........... 85-131 psi minimum ........... 73 psi max diff .......... 44 psi between any two cylinders for water-cooled vanagon...
• Re: Oil pump removal
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 May 2003 21:09:07 -0400
  ...I have seen pullers to remove the oil pump on air cooled engines but nothing for water cooled. Does anybody have any hints on...
• Re: Muir Vanagon equivilant?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 1 May 2003 17:13:21 -0400
  ...the only water cooled Vanagons were diesels (essentially, rabbit engines). MIke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Brennan" <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Re: Why the preponderance of air-cooled on Marketplace?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 9 Jul 2019 08:14:43 -0700
  ...Or, owners tend to drive the water cooled Vanagons harder because they see them as more reliable. i.e. the engine can take more...
• Is my 83.5 Westy really 83.25?
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Sat, 4 Apr 1998 02:24:32 EST
  ...My question is when did VW switch to the water-cooled engines stateside? I had always figured it was in late 83. But this...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:29:31 -0700
  Yes, that's the essentially origin of the WBX engine case: 1200>1600>1800 AC to 1.9>2.1 water cooled with the...
• Re: Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sat, 29 May 1999 10:58:21 -0400
  ...of one or both of the two engine air intake vents. I saved the 'Mexican water > cooled bay window' site, but deleted the posts...