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• Coolant additives
  Historical mailing list - David Prager
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 14:32:03 -0700
  ...tumble and purchased a Vanagon with a wasserboxer. As I read everything I can about this engine, I have questions regarding the use of...
• Re: what do you need with a TIICO conversion
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:08:16 EDT
  ...What do i need to use from my old wasserboxer engine on the tiico? see below regarding my concerns: 1) an oxygen sensor wiring...
• Re: Tweak yer heater output!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:22:42 -0500
  ...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: 25 MPG Wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:06:14 -0700
  Your engine management system sounds the the same as the European 112hp "DJ" wasserboxer, which I always found ran better than the "MV" system...
• Re: Victor Reinz full gasket kit concern (2.1 wbx)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 20:13:54 -0700
  ...The 0.004" gasket i finally used was from an Elring kit, I think for a different engine. cheers alistair On 2013-06-07...
• Re: Blinking Temp Light.
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 09 Jul 94 10:55:12 CDT
  ...3 miles, or until the engine warms up. Does anyone >know what this indicates? ... >'84 Vanagon GL Wasserboxer 1915 FI Gas sans A/C...
• Re: Is my 83.5 Westy really 83.25?
  Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:09:50 +0200
  ...My Canadian customer's alleged 1982 >Vanagon is a 1.9L wasserboxer. This I can confirm because I have shipped >him parts for it...
• diesel water pump finally went
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:52:57 -0500
  ...get it off the engine next week. Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '81 diesel rabbit '82 diesel westy '82 diesel van '84 GL wasserboxer
• Re: It's Alive!!!
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 07:22:23 -0700
  ...Next wasserboxer I have that gives me trouble gets > > replaced by an inline VW engine... > > You mean like the diesel I need to do...
• Re: W.B. Turbo and weak spots
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 09:02:14 -0500
  ...Wilfy and Robert > Lilley. > > I think the wasserboxer to be an engine well balanced to the vanagon, and when > overhauled, if certain issues of...
• Subaru
  Historical mailing list - First Name Last Name
  Sat, 31 Mar 2001 11:28:03 -0800
  ...The new engine happily pulls all the way to 6800rpm, so finding the right gear/rpm for climbing is no sweat. The wasserboxer died...
• Re: VW approved engine conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 11 May 1999 08:58:49 -0500
  This is a -very- interesting development in the engine swapout arena. My question is, as I own both an auto and a 4spd: Would...
• Re: WBX bashing
  Historical mailing list - Simon
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 08:37:52 -0600
  ...Then you have the wasserboxer... WHY are there external hoses just to go from one part of the engine to another? WHAT is the...
• Re: Porsche six transplant
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 21:06:55 -0600
  ...wasserboxer. It's been done before, go see for yourself: >http://www.volkswagen.org/Vanagon/EngineSwap.htm >Sure it's not the same engine...
• Re: '83 wasserboxer wiring harness melted!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 22:01:00 -0600
  ...I have read several others post about problems with shorting In the engine compartment. Darrell -----Original Message----- From: Joel Walker <jwalker@TUSC.NET> To...
• Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:55:58 -0500
  Engine sounds and shakes like it has a dead cylinder. I had new plugs installed and went thru the entire ignition system and all...
• Re: right sized tires, wrong speed indication
  Historical mailing list - Matthias Kuster
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:44:43 -0800
  ...My speedometer says 95 mph when I'm at 4100 rpm, stock engine. Go figure. I let her have it, actually think maybe it...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:07:16 -0700
  ...See >http://www.fastforward.ca/VanagonSwap/AHU/ahu.jpg for a torque and power >chart of the TDI vs the wasserboxer engines. ------------- Just to...
• Re: Wasserboxer corrosion problem
  Historical mailing list - SBate82659
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:55:40 EST
  On 3/14/98 Tim spoke thusly: <At the risk of irritating folks (do I care?) go look at a Subaru engine. It has...
• Re: Vanagon conversions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:09:56 PDT
  ...cylinder engines in with 100kW of power and 200Nm of torque - the inline 4 is used for SA engines that were wasserboxers - (no ones...
• Re: Wasserboxer (was: I drove it! (engine swap info)5Cyl.)
  Historical mailing list - Steve
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:24:28 -0800
  ...Not saying that any of these figures are unrealistic, but aren't > you affraid of your engine digesting it self at these speeds? Keeping...
• Fw: used 1.9 Eng For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 16:52:36 -0700
  ...sale the 1.9 VW wasserboxer engine left over from my van conversion to a Subaru engine. This engine has 165K miles on it...
• Re: Update on Cracked Heads
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:24:00 -0500
  ...I decided to go the route of the rebuilt wasserboxer. > It's not my engine of choice, but it meets my current budget and...
• Re: Wasserboxer Heads..
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Schuster
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 10:46:20 +0200 (MET DST)
  ...it's not even listed. ??? why would the 2.1 liter engine need > the head gasket sealant, but the 1.9 liter engine would...
• Re: turbo or supercharger addition?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Thu, 15 May 1997 16:17:27 +0000
  ...The Talon has 93k miles and the engine still purrs, has good compression, and uses almost no oil. Turbos are often oil-cooled and...
• Re: Any recommended sealant for o-rings?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sat, 18 Aug 2001 21:22:06 -0400
  ...rebuilt or fixed an engine. Hope this helps, Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '82 VW diesel westy '84 GL wasserboxer -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Re: Busses To Drown Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Apr 95 18:41:29 EDT
  ...experiencing., yeah and maybe I could swap my air-cooled engine for your wasserboxer? Hey as long as there is at least one person...
• Re: Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 18:07:11 EDT
  ...It has a constant 12 volt source and on the diesels its where the choke goes; on the wasserboxers its where the rear passneger...
• Re: In Withdrawl - NOTHING Wrong with my Westy!
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 16:04:18 -0700
  ...What is the furthest anyone has gone with a wasserboxer 1.9L engine without a leak so bad it needed fixing? And once it...
• Re: It's Alive!!!
  Historical mailing list - Randy Huyck
  Fri, 9 Aug 2002 08:00:20 -0700
  ...Next wasserboxer I have that gives me trouble gets > replaced by an inline VW engine... You mean like the diesel I need to do...
• Re: Don't cry for me Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:19:27 -0600
  ...Added another, final bottle and never leaked again (changed out engine at 300K due to old and tired.) My next Syncro, purchased with 100K...
• how much should I sell my 2.1L engine for?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 24 Feb 1998 17:06:22 -0800
  I have a 2.1L wasserboxer engine sitting on my garage floor, complete with exhaust, cat and injection system. This is the engine that...
• Re: Trouble Fitting I-4 Engine Into '90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:24:30 -0800
  ...the different position of the rubber mounts along the engine carriers? Are the wasserboxer trannies equal in length to the 5 spd.? Would what...
• Re: extractor exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 20:13:04 -0800
  ...And as I said before, this is for aircooled engines. I must plead complete ignorance concerning wasserboxers (and some other things). DougJ
• "Foreign" Engines in VWs /L
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 04 Jan 1996 13:01:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I've never owned a wasserboxer, or an air-cooled type-4 engine either, but I'll throw in my $.02 (after inflation-- watch...
• Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???
  Historical mailing list - David-M
  Mon, 11 Jan 1999 22:35:56 -0500
  ...only pays if your engine needs replacement anyway. I'm not going to tear out my newly rebuilt Wasserboxer to replace it, unless I...
• Re: Engine Swap
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 20:00:41 -0700
  ...Magee wrote: > I think that doing a "hop up" on the wasserboxer is the solution as > being routinely published on the list here by...
• 1986 Wasserboxer making Clack clack clack sound? AND power steering fluid
  Historical mailing list - John Morganfield
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:16:45 -0800
  ...it runs, but makes this clacking sound as the engine runs. faster idle, faster clacking. souns like...a constant, loud knocking. metal on metal...
• Re: Ebay vin# switcharoo?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:32:21 -0600
  ...which would be an additional pain to install along > with > the '87 weekender interior and wasserboxer engine. > > The rear apron is different on '85...
• Re: Woody Woodpecker Sound.....
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 30 Oct 2002 20:40:16 -0600
  ...But I have not heard them in a > wasserboxer. How fast is the noise compared to rpm? 1 peck per > revolution? Maybe something in...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:56:58 -0600
  If you visit the Type2 list, you'll get the impression that air-cooled engines are overwhelmed with problems. -------------------- Clip ------------------------ You'll find that...
• Re: '85 Wasserboxer article
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 20:08:09 -0800
  Gotta love this quote: "Since we mentioned the Rabbit engine, you may recall that it made a brief appearance as the Vanagon diesel power...
• Re: re. daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Mon, 11 Sep 2000 23:01:16 -0400
  ...wasserboxer to the air-cooled models. I bought a well-abused van with 125,000 miles--drove it for a year until the engine...
• Re: WBX6 RE: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:07:13 -0700
  What's really amazing is that within 4 years new it already had an engine transplant . Must have been one of the earliest transplants...
• Overheating's effect
  Historical mailing list - Paul Henderson
  Mon, 22 Sep 1997 09:30:05 -0500
  ...The engine no longer smoothly revs up. It doesn't backfire, just stumbles. My ignorant guess would be "burnt valve". Does anyone have any...
• Re: Diesel good idea?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:31:48 -0400
  ...as someone who drives 2-cylinder cars regularly and finds the wasserboxer engine plenty peppy. Of course your take may differ from mine. - Ron...
• Re: Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:18:55 -0700
  ...Driving Folly ('84 wasserboxer Adventurewagen(Vanagon content)) through 5 pm LA traffic reminded me that LA drivers are the best in the world. (And...
• Re: wasserboxer cold weather prep
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Sep 95 14:26:23 PDT
  ...The engine was running cold so I used Duct Tape to cover seven of the nine holes in the grilles at the air intakes...
• Re: vanagon turbo-diesel
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 17 May 1996 11:34:17 EST
  ...an engine that is config- ured very much like the VW four. For those of you who are looking to power up wasserboxers, here...
• Re: omni engine...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 14:36:17 -0800
  I sort of remember Omni's having VW Golf/Jetta engines for a while. Chrysler and VW have been associated for a while--the...
• Re: Ignition - 2.1L wasserboxer, 1991 Carat
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 28 Sep 2014 17:20:16 -0600
  On 28 Sep , 2014, at 3:55 PM, Stacy Schneider wrote: > 1-4-3-2 permanently displayed in an Air Cooled engine on the...
• Re: Bentley cost?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Jun 1995 10:33:12 -0300
  ...Bear in mind it covers aircooled, diesel and wasserboxer engines, as well as 4sp + 5spd + Syncro-bits tranny, and is thus twice as thick...
• water pump
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 24 Aug 1994 10:05:46 -0500 (CDT)
  I've got some interesting noises coming from the engine compartment and I suspect the water pump. Very preliminary suspicion here. There's some...
• Re: Flywheel Lightening
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 21:35:52 -0600
  ...Sounds -very- interesting to me as I've decided to stay wasserboxer, but need a little more umph for trailer towing on my 91...
• Re: OIL PRESSURE LIGHT/ALARM
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 09:16:27 -0500
  ...engine. I remember having to have the case line bored. Of course, this required OD bearigs. Is this common with the 2.1 Wasserboxer...
• Re: Well oh ya?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 00:12:27 -0400
  ...If that is the case, why is the red line on the wasserboxer tach all the way up to 6000rpm? (or thereabouts, I just...
• Re: air vanagon vs water vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:23:27 -0500
  ...than the wasserboxers to keep smoke down. In very cold weather you can sometimes overcome the amount of heat the engine is generating at...
• Re: Boston Bob....AVP....GEX...??? - LILLEY???
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 1 Jan 2008 06:58:02 -0800
  ...Boston Bob....AVP....GEX...??? > Good New Year's Eve Morning! > With 150k miles, it doesn't seem to make sense to pull the engine...
• Re: W.B. Turbo and weak spots
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Thu, 4 Nov 1999 07:05:24 -0800
  ...Wilfy and Robert > > Lilley. > > > > I think the wasserboxer to be an engine well balanced to the vanagon, and when > > overhauled, if certain issues of...
• Re: Carburettor Set Weber 44 IDF VW Wasserboxer 2,1
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:26:11 -0500
  ...The instant that ice melted that slug of water went directly into the engine and snuffed out the flame in both engines. At 12...