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• Re: Mazda RX7 oil cooler on Westy
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 13:51:00 -0800
  Has anyone heard of replacing the Vanagon waterboxer Water-to-oil oil-cooler with one from a Mazda 12A rotary engine? The 12A rotary...
• Re: manual tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
  Tue, 16 Mar 2004 11:04:58 -0700
  ...On other cars this is okay, you just fix that leak but I wondered if adding it to the waterboxer would hasten the leaking...
• FS 2.1L Waterboxer long block - ATLANTA
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 14:43:11 -0700
  I bought this years ago from a reputable Vanagon list member with hopes of rebuilding and putting it in my '84 Westy.  It...
• Re: Info wanted, coolant leak, help...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 4 Aug 2008 16:26:01 -0400
  ...think to say what year, or at > least > what type of waterboxer > engine they have....... Scott, he signed off with Tom (86 2.1l...
• Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:03:55 -0400
  ...about this phenomenon, and in it recommends premium gasoline for all waterboxers, whether the bigger bore ones they sell, or original. When in the...
• Re: 1988 Rebuilt Engine Stumbling at various RPM levels2100-2300, 3400- 4000rpms
  Historical mailing list - JAIME E FORERO
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:49:42 -0700
  ...Sunday, August 9, 2009, 12:39 PM > I'm not a big fan of VW Waterboxers, > crappy power, crappy water pump and cooling system...
• Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 May 2012 23:23:42 -0400
  ...Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer? What type of oil pressure gauge shall I install? A sensor or one in which the...
• STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Exhaust
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 6 Feb 2001 06:10:12 EST
  There are still some of the STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel Mufflers for the 1.9 litre waterboxer engined Vanagons available at the introductory discounted...
• Re: Rebuilt Heads or New Heads?
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Tue, 4 Aug 1998 16:35:12 -0700
  ...Vanagon air cooled heads are about $180, and waterboxer heads are about $220. Their webpage with details and prices is at http://www.sacbiz...
• Re: 2.5L 120HP waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Harald from Austria
  Thu, 4 Jul 2002 05:44:33 -0400
  Hi, all Waterboxer engines with fuel injection since 1985 had only 2,1 l on stock. Engine code MV 95 HP for vehicles with...
• Re: Rostra cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:49:41 -0700
  ...So I can't say how to hook it up there with a waterboxer. The GoWesty setup seems slick to me--no running wires...
• Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 6 Apr 1994 09:16:25 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Kubelwagen = "bucket car" -- Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> U of MN Med.School.Admin 6-5379 1984 VW Vanagon Waterboxer 1915
• Re: Chips
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 09 Aug 94 21:14:37 CDT
  ...such reprogramming chips for >Vanagons? Something that would broaden a stock waterboxer's torque curve a >bit might really enhance driveability. unless they have...
• Advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Newland
  Fri, 03 May 96 10:51:07 PST
  ...Does anyone have an idea as to how much a rebuild costs for a waterboxer? Does anyone also have an idea as to what...
• Re: [vanagon] Reman waterboxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Mon, 5 Apr 1999 23:22:01 EDT
  Hi Karl , I got one 2.0 l Air cooled engine from them and I was on the way to send it back. But...
• Re: Water to VR6
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:27:50 EST
  ...http://www.beetleclinic.de/vw/dokumentation_d1.html Which tells about putting a Supercharged 2.1l Waterboxer into a Thing! You can translate it...
• Re: interesting but prohibitivly expensive engine swap idea
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 08:34:35 -0500
  ...How about getting a job and buying a rebuilt waterboxer and 091/1 tranny for your van? :-) -Karl Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA...
• Re: TURBO WBX in sqback (was WBX into Thing and VR6 Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Charles Hokanson
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 22:04:21 EST
  ...out of austrailia listing a squareback (i think) with a turbo waterboxer. I have seen a few other wild things for Kombi's on...
• Re: Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 22:45:51 -0500
  No, the Tiico engine kit re-uses the stock waterboxer injectors. ----- Original Message ----- > Just a quick question here... isn't there new injectors with...
• Who needs the power steering?
  Historical mailing list - DrCory
  Sun, 18 Feb 2001 10:36:04 -0700
  ...the crank pulley and I must agree with Ken, this tired old >waterboxer motorr has more pep without the drag of the ps pump. >
• Tico Conversions and California
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Bibler
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 17:50:09 -0800
  ...I've been thinking of getting another Vanagon and replacing the waterboxer with a Tico I-4. Would anyone who has completed the California...
• Re: Tiico oil filter, DO IT RIGHT!
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:55:36 -0800
  ...It can be used on all 8V inline engines [except waterboxers] according to him. -----Original Message----- what is the difference in the mann 719...
• JB weld on coolant expansion tank
  Historical mailing list - Lee Whetstone
  Thu, 1 May 2003 19:37:50 -0500
  Hi , I have an 83 1/2 waterboxer , My engine coolant expansion tank has a 1/2 inch long tube coming off the neck...
• Re: $300 84 going to the crusher... looks like could be saved
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 19:27:32 -0500
  pete owsianowski wrote: > It also says : "have a 79 Westy water cooled conversion for sale for > $900...... > > Was there a '79 WaterBoxer? Apparently there...
• Re: Oil Filter Spin-On mount came off
  Historical mailing list - Jimt Thomson
  Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:58:33 -0700
  ...Is this a common issue? What could I do to prevent it again? > > -Nate > '84 Westy > not sure on the waterboxer but on my...
• Re: Speed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:31:18 -0800
  ...williams@fire.biol.wwu.edu> wrote: > > Westfalia ---85 1.9 stock waterboxer > > 195 MPH top speed. I live in Bellingham and can make it...
• Re: Tried this cruise control?
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 17:55:46 +0200
  ...that his cruise actually works with a US spec 1.9 waterboxer - European versions of the 1.9 had carbs not FI. good luck...
• Re: 84 clutch, etal
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Jan 2007 12:55:21 -0600
  ...a Vanagon clutch...and no need to mess with that pesky > waterboxer cooling system.... > >> On a Vanagon, a knowledgeable mechanic does not pull the...
• Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat that?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:41:14 EST
  ...despite that, i still think waterboxer motors are junk. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
• Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:19:18 -0600
  ...Given the alleged propensity of the waterboxer to be >> sensitive to gasoline quality (and VW's admonition in the manual to >> use >> alcohol free...
• Re: Initial start failures
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:44:04 -0400
  ...waterboxer actually .. > but I don't think I've seen which one. > I think it's an 83 to 85 1.9 waterboxer . is...
• Re: Hankook I-Pike Winter
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Sun, 29 May 2011 22:05:21 -0600
  ...But with an automatic and a 2.1 Waterboxer, I would be afraid to go with a tire with a diameter of 29 inches...
• Re: Rear Drum - the list
  Historical mailing list - davidb
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 19:08:52 -0400
  ...questions as: * What tires are best? * Do they make headers for waterboxers? * How do I remove brake shoes? * I have a rough idle? * Gas...
• Re: head job
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:14:29 -0700
  ...ring compressor in there I have not seen a torn down waterboxer engine but can offer that there are piston ring compressors specially made...
• Vanagon Manual Trans FS $250
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 07:46:48 EDT
  I have got a manual transmission from an '85 Vanagon (will fit all waterboxers 83.5-91). This tranny has 165k miles on it...
• Re: Carbs on Wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Javier
  Tue, 13 Feb 2001 10:20:08 -0000
  ...Carbs on Wasserboxer? > Hello, > Im wondering if the waterboxer heads are the same dimensions as the > aircooled / and if it is possible to convert...
• Dipstick oil level
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 20:08:15 -0700
  Volks, Somewhere along the line I became convinced that the correct amt of oil in a Vanagon Waterboxer engine, was 1/2 way between...
• Re: Performance Mufflers.
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 21:41:03 -0800
  ...We also >have the J-pipe for the 2.1 litre waterboxer engined Vanagon and a muffler >for the 1.9 litre waterboxer engined...
• Re: Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 May 2012 13:52:10 -0400
  ...Best way to judge life left in Waterboxer? I had the dual sender and yep, they both agreed and I ignored them equally. The...
• Re: Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:58:29 -0700
  ...No cold start injector on waterboxers, 83 and up, with Digijet EFI. Generally ..air-cooled vanagons are dying out, lI'd say. Waterboxers are...
• Re: Aluminum thermostat housing............
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:35:51 -0700
  Hi Paul, there are two vanagon waterboxer engines that use an aluminum thermostat housing.. the 1.9 waterboxer, or the 2.1 Syncro .. It...
• Re: Oh, the weather out side is delightful, the fire inside is frightful...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:28:59 -0800
  ...in > slippery conditions. > > The EG33 engine is DEFINITELY heavier than a waterboxer engine, and > that extra weight is noticable most when the road surface...
• WBX Carb conversion? Hoax!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:34 -0700
  ...The intake port configuration of a Type 4 head is not close > enough to a waterboxer head for the same kit to fit both...
• Re: Still lousy gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Wed, 2 May 2012 21:57:16 -0400
  >> I would say a manual trans 1.9 Waterboxer Westy will do about 20.5 mpg tops. << That is my exact average during the...
• Slow turnover when starting.
  Historical mailing list - Ken Olsen
  Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:44:34 -0700
  ...My 85' Westfalia waterboxer has been turning over slowly since I bought it several years ago, but it has finally got to the point...
• Re: 75 Bus Oil Filter/ Can I use Golf/Filter from VW
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 15:00:26 -0700 (PDT)
  ...is the same as the a/c T4 filter, (and the waterboxer filter > for my '88). As far as I know, *all* 4 cyl...
• Alert:Water tube
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 May 1996 11:25:58 +0000
  Just a Warning for the waterboxers on the list. Due to the recent rear-ending of White Wing II (86 vanagon) The water tube...
• Waterboxer temp gauge
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 23:36:13 -0400
  I bought a clock today to replace the non-working model on the 81. Turns out this one is non-working too. I started...
• Re: 85 Westy Aux Air Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Wed, 13 Nov 1996 16:40:42 -0800
  ...an aux air regulator sitting on the front seat of a waterboxer Vanagon. > > > > Start scouring those junk yards! > > This goes for the air [intake...
• Re: Engine Conversion Options
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 13:46:59 EST
  ...you can get a used 5cyl motor for under 500 bucks that WILL OUTLIVE ANY NEW WATERBOXER.... chris '84 audi 5000 turbo w/ 160k...
• Re: Aircooled trans to watercooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Thu, 3 Jun 1999 13:15:46 EDT
  ...but is it possible to adapt a aircooled 4spd to a waterboxer vanagon? he's pretty determined on making it work... any ideas? >> Where...
• Re: waterboxer overhaul
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:36:43 -0700
  Wow, 174,000 miles and it looks that good? Why did you decide to rebuild it? Head leaks? Be sure to measure the crank...
• Re: Carbs on Wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:19:12 -0500
  ...Carbs on Wasserboxer? > Hello, > Im wondering if the waterboxer heads are the same dimensions as the > aircooled / and if it is possible to convert...
• Re: [T2] Preasure Plate New $35.00
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 19:34:16 -0500
  ...I think maybe the 215 fits the 83-85 1.9 waterboxers. > All air cooled are 228 mm. > Al Brase > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM...
• Need Auto trans - Have 2.1L Case - Trade??
  Historical mailing list - No Name Available
  Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:06:08 -0800
  ...I have a 2.1 waterboxer longblock, running (poorly) when pulled for a conversion. Should be good for a rebuild. I would like to...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:04:40 EDT
  ...about 100 miles with my '88 Westy 2.1L. > 4 cyl waterboxer 90hp underpowered engine + towing another 3000lb vehicle for 100 mi. = recipe for...
• Re: Key made for water fill?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:51:23 -0500
  ...VW knew they were going to be producing the eurovan when the first waterboxer came off the line. They were looking out for us...
• Re: � � � Evans Coolants ever hear of any one try this in a wbx'er
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 25 May 2006 15:30:25 EDT
  ...Haven't looked at waterboxer seal compatibility of thermal stresses. Frank Grunthaner
• Re: The cost of VW Waterboxer ownership - a 15 year summary
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:04:56 -0400
  My '84 7 passenger was given to me in '91 with a bad engine. I scrounged around and put a used engine and a...
• Re: new VW model has rear engine "waterboxer"
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:23:44 -0700
  Pix available here: http://www.germancarblog.com/2007/08/vw-city-expert-rear-engine-officially.html On 9/11/07, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk...