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• Red light temp and engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - Pierre Beaudry
  Sat, 29 Dec 2001 12:22:20 -0500
  Hi volks ! I have a Vanagon West 1989 with an engine that has 224 000 Kms (123 000 miles). I live in Quebec close...
• Re: Vanagon conversions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:09:56 PDT
  The engine lid may very well be higher in SA, but they're now putting in 2.6 liter 5 cylinder engines in with...
• Re: 81 Clutch Slave Cylinder Removal
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 00:23:45 -0700
  ...When done just raise the engine back into place and tighten the engine hanger bolts. The 1st time I replaced the slave I did...
• Re: He will be a Vanagon owner in 15 years.../ college fund
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
  Fri, 2 May 2003 15:11:53 EDT
  ...I open the hatch and starts smiling as he studies the engine. He likes it when I start the engine and rev it while...
• Re: Febi Diesel Vanagon Oil Pump Quality?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 12 Aug 2016 19:26:23 -0700
  In terms of the Mk3 gas engines, my A3 Bentley manual is somewhat vague as to which gas engines have oil squirters. If I...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 13:08:48 -0700
  ...So, seems that a diesel engine has little or no engine braking capacity in its raw form, because it gives it up as the...
• small car VW engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - bryan duggan
  Mon, 23 Feb 2004 19:14:59 -0800
  Hey there What does anyone know of the Tacoma WA "Small Car" VW engine conversion business? Their website (www.smallcar.com/vx.htm) offers...
• Engine swap questions (1.9 van w/2.1 to 2.1 van)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 11:14:15 -0500
  ...I have a line on an engine from a van that originally had a 1.9 engine and now has a nearly new 2...
• Re: Anybody Got A 1.9 Exhaust System For Sale?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:04:55 -0700
  An entire engine. Looks like exhaust isn't too old. $900 for engine/auto tranny. Maybe get just engine for much less? Spare engine...
• Re: 84 Westy stumbles off idle
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Wed, 5 May 2010 11:24:58 -0400
  ...the engine revs nicely -- > but if I trounce the pedal too abruptly the engine stumbles... >
• Any engines for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Steven E. Broomhead, Sr.
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:00:17 -0800
  ...Do I rebuild this engine? Do I buy a "pre-owned diesel? Do I buy a long block diesel? Do I opt for the...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 14 May 2002 20:15:07 +1200
  >It's also called the "doghouse" fan shrouded engine. Last year for it >in the "loaf" was '71. It's the engine found in...
• Re: Engine tin for air cooled Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 13 May 2008 15:10:22 -0400
  I have a large supply of air cooled tin for the vanagons and a complete engines worth For $200 Bob Donalds Boston Engine 508...
• '73 westy with a bug engine
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 03 Mar 1996 13:12:03 EST
  I found a '73 westy for sale (real cheap) with a blown bug engine. The body is excellent. Is it bad to use the...
• Re: Holding off on Engine swaps?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Batzler
  Sun, 25 Apr 1999 07:36:12 -0700
  ...possibility of domestically-produced cars powered by German TDI engines, > >or other good German engines. > > From what I remember last time that I was...
• diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Buckmaster
  Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:41:21 -0500
  ...I was wondering if this was the same engine that powers some Vanagon's around? Anyone know anything about this engine? Thanks, Jeff Buckmaster...
• Re: FS: 91 syncro camper with Audi 5-cyl engine ...
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:47:38 +0200
  Hello, I never would suggest to put a Audi 5 cylinder engine into a Syncro. That's the wrong engine for Off-Road application...
• 2. 1 engine and ic trays
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 03:50:32 -0500
  ...Found a burned out full camper with a 2.1 engine here in North Carolina and the engine can be bought for $ 100.00...
• Re 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:20:15 -0500
  ...This engine woukd more than likely fit your bill Mike. T he entire engine compartment and body is completly burned up. The yard worker...
• 85 Westy, 91 Subaru engine, for sale on Craig's List
  Historical mailing list - jennifer dumpert
  Thu, 1 May 2003 21:20:24 +0000
  ...85 VW Westfalia ("VW Joker") imported from Holland in 86, 91 Subaru engine done with Kennedy Engineering Conversion Kit, 50,000 miles on new...
• Conversion bound folks:146 HP 2.6 liter 5 cylinder Engine for Vanagons and Smog Legal*
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:11:16 -0700
  I ran across the website offering this engine for sale. Seems interesting.Prices START at $7500. for those folks that want to change the...
• Engine number info
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hemrick
  Thu, 22 May 2014 10:05:57 -0400
  I have a spare engine here I'm working with, engine code DH007726. It's just a tad different than others I've worked...
• Bad news I need a new engine
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 Aug 1996 16:43:39 -0400 (EDT)
  1 year after Jerry died, my engine was pronounced dead. Wanted: 1.9 Liter watercooled engine for 1984 Westphalia just west of Philadelphia. Rebuilt...
• Re: Replacing long coolant pipes on 84 , alternative fixes?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 12 Apr 2002 22:00:55 -0500
  > Henry Ford always said that farmboys make the best engineers. Now, if that > is true, do engineers make the best farmers? well, engineers certainly...
• FS: vanagon engines and trannies
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 23:50:22 EDT
  ...2.1L wbx vanagon engine w/ 70k mi runs great complete w/ exhaust 1.9L wbx vanagon engine runs great complete w/ exhaust auto...
• Re: [vanagon] VW Bashing
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 16:00:32 -0500
  ...Great engineering by Harley putting a John Deer engine on a motocycle frame. Stan Jeff says, "Hey, I resemble that remark!" What Deere engine...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:37:07 -0700
  ...undo the outer ends of the moustache bar.. (with a jack under the engine ) lower the engine some........support it well. remove the muffler...
• Re: Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 9
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:05:21 -0800
  In the last installment, we completed the build of the 1.6 NA dasher engine that was destined to be installed in the Vanagon...
• Re: Preventing a fire in your vanagon
  Historical mailing list - C. Sullivan
  Fri, 21 May 2004 11:42:52 -0700
  > Well I went to Bens site and read about the engine fire stories and boy it > sure gives me pause. > > I would like to...
• Crummy Vanagon performance
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sat, 15 May 2021 02:25:22 +0000
  ...Engine starts reliably; Engine idle is stable; Engine RPM and power consistent with Throttle position - no stumble/hesitation; Engine power good at speeds up...
• Re: Rings? New engine?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 10:14:07 -0700
  ...Blake's engine has 160K miles on it. My engine number 2 has a bit over 100K. Once you drain the coolant, oil, take...
• Re: interesting lifter thinking?? 1.9L still a problem child (update)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:10:15 -0500
  Stan Wilder wrote: >John Rodgers, you're just singing to the choir! >I can agree about the aircraft engines (which Vanagon owner is running...
• Re: '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 10:52:12 -0800
  ...At the >| same time, the tach is bouncing all over the place but the >| engine is NOT racing. Then, the engine will "catch" the...
• Re: Mechanics findings with 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 12:02:19 -0800
  ...Bad engine: $1200 for Cyl head gaskets, $1750 for cyl head gaskets >with >cyl heads, $3000 for rebuilt engine. OVALS in Federal Way "Suspects...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:18:20 -0800
  ...I sure can't think of many parts from vw's diesel engine that go on a waterboxer engine.... not one part actually. Do...
• Re: Oil changing engine damage
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 15:38:41 -0500
  ...Oil changing engine damage > Mark, > > First, take a deep breath and relax. You did no damage to your engine by changing the oil yourself...
• Re: Boxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 20:24:28 -0800
  ...Boxer engines > > Andrew Grebneff wrote: >> >>> Some more aircraft engines offhand, include the Franklins, Jabiru and >>> Rotax. What engine did the Haflinger have? I've...
• Re: Recall on 91 engine. Fact or Fiction?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:35:13 -0700
  ...By a new engine, it would likely be a VW reman engine. My '88 Westy had a VW reman engine (long block) AND trans...
• Re: Rough Cost of Engine Rebuild??
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:22:54 -0800
  ...impovement might be? Thanks, Bill > The 1.9 & 2.1 engines are assembled with the 2.1 heads. The head work > includes mild porting...
• Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:55:17 -0800
  I did not fill the engine with colman fuel I put it the tank to get to a gas station 3 blocks away WOW...
• Re: Ladies Crossing the US
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:08:29 -0700
  ...Unlike the later aircooled engines, the type I engine in a bus was much more likely to suffer rod failure than valve problems. The...
• Re: Disaster PT. 2
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:48:29 -0500
  ...Put metal all through the engine. Pulled the engine, and low and behold, there was a yellow tag on the engine case that said...
• Re: Oil Cooler Upgrade I did...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Hugill
  Wed, 5 May 1999 10:36:29 -0400
  ...Nothing like running 80-0 in 30 seconds and then breathing 6 miles of tail smoke to heat up the engine. >In a message...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:23:01 -0500
  ...I don't really care about the emissions, and the engine is very well designed so it just works. There are water cooled engines...
• New engine questions
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 05:41:41 -0800
  Just had the engine rebuilt. Both heads needed replacement. Mechanic could not believe that I was getting the mileage I was getting. One of...
• Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Tue, 31 May 2011 15:35:15 -0700
  So , just to follow up on this thread I determined that the "clunk" noise I ( sometimes) hear when starting or stopping the engine is...
• Re: 1.9L exhaust system comments
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:14:59 -0400
  ...this engine simply doesn't like to run over 4000rpm. Over that, the power curve is gone. Running an engine that way for that...
• "Help, Vanagon down in O.K.C."
  Historical mailing list - zephyrman
  Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:14:12 -0500
  ...My 89 Westy blew the engine in Oklahoma enroute from Memphis to CA. I towed her and left her at Cable VW in OKC...
• Right turn into driveway kills engine (1.9L '84 2-WD)
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 04:48:56 -0400
  My mechanic had my van for a week and the only thing he could find that he thought was causing sporadic engine shutoffs was...
• RE: Engine temperature non-problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 14:15:52 -0700
  ...Have you checked to see if the engine thermostat is present and working properly? The coolant is supposed to circulate only in the engine...
• engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 10:07:36 -0800
  Hello Volks, I'm working on a fire alarm for my engine compartment. I figure that I will install a heat sensor/switch in...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What ...
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 00:13:29 -0700
  Well, as to the cost of designing an engine. The BMW V-8 cost, according to the figures the company put out at the...
• 81 Westy Dead Engine
  Historical mailing list - Jon Beekman
  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 17:41:38 -0700
  Greetings everyone, Well I have taken the plunge and bought a pretty clean 81 Westy with a dead engine. Minor bumps and rust here...
• using rhino liner in engine bay for that nice and tidy look?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Mon, 16 Feb 2004 20:51:28 -0500
  ...I will soon be doing an engine replacement.. and while i have the engine out.. i want to clean the engine bay.. but i...
• Re: Other engine conversion options?<F>
  Historical mailing list - tim
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 14:15:07 -0800
  ...Fred Flintstone. > > > > Throw the engine cover away, drop the engine/transmission, put a small jump > > seat in the engine bay and get your tennie...
• Re: The curse of the Syncro....
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 8 Mar 2005 22:02:16 -0800
  Hello Ben, Is this the engine you found on a Cousteau adventure? I have never seen an engine that looks this bad. Just needs...
• Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Thu, 7 May 2009 11:32:16 -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: 666 torque, say no more - NVC ;^D
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:22:45 -0700
  ...There's been a recall on crankshaft failures though.............in Continental engines I think. how wide is an opposed 6 aircraft engine ? seems it...
• 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement Choices? Costs? Comments?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:59:58 -0400
  ...I was beginning to weigh these costs against the cost of replacing the engine altogether. The vehicle has over 200k on the original engine...
• Re: Top Overhauls
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:12:12 -0800
  ...A pilot constantly monitor and adjust his engine (not the average westy owner) The only thing similar in comparison is the engine configuration (Flat...