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• Re: new engine from VW
  Historical mailing list - Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers
  Wed, 17 Aug 1994 10:33:24 -0400
  ...those are the water-cooled engines, by the way. BOTH of them, the >1983-85 (DH) 1.9 liter and the 1986-91 (MV...
• '81
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:56:57 -0700
  ...The water cooled engine isn't a completely different animal. It is basically an air cooled engine retrofitted with the water jacket for cooling...
• Re: Request for Service Bulletins (The little red light)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:47:42 -0700
  ...ALL Water cooled > > Model years: ALL > > Order number:90-92-03 > > Electrical System > > Coolant Indicator LED is Flashing at Normal Temperatures > > > > Affected model: ALL...
• Re: What can I do with a 1.9?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 5 Jul 2021 12:03:30 -0400
  ...now? My 1.9 engine has been relocated to a 1978 Bay window that is now water cooled. That engine fits nicely in the...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mari
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:26:25 -0800
  ...vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com All of this talk about engine conversion options - Tiico, Jetta engines, inline 4's, Subaru engines - yet no one ever...
• Some points on why the Wasserboxer was the way for me...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:51:38 EST
  ...I looked at the water-cooled VW news group, and saw that the inline engines had engine problems too- head gasket, oil problems, etc...
• Re: oil how to cool it?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 19:43:56 -0700
  ...If the engine is running hot, why? Is the engine tuned right? Is the timing too advanced? Is the thrermostat flaps stuck closed? Did...
• Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:00:28 -0700
  ...diesel to gasoline (1.8L engine > taken from a 1987 VW Jetta - the water cooled, fuel injected CIS engine) > will that set up be...
• Re: I4 Engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 25 May 2008 21:56:49 -0400
  ...I4 Engine conversion I am considering an engine swap in my van and do not understand what the clearance issues are. I would like...
• Re: Another new owner question...
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Cortright
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 22:37:35 -0400
  ...Wolfsburg, my first water-cooled VW so I am not really > > familiar with their behavior. The PO had the engine rebuilt about > > 20,000...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:29:56 -0800
  ...False of course, > > > > since VW started building > > > > diesel engine models in late 81 and these are > > > > watercooled. > > > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > neil N wrote: > > > > > Hey Robert. > > > > > Thanks...
• Add WBX Temp Gauge/Coolant Low LED
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:34:28 -0700
  ...For any of you air heads converting to water cooled, adding a coolant low warning system isn't too hard. I have to test...
• Re: Ultimate engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:15:51 -0500
  ...So, of the three production water cooled boxers only Subaru > got it right the first time? But maybe not the on the later engines...
• Re: Tale of Two Heads
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Mon, 02 Dec 1996 17:39:26 -0500
  ...A service bulletin from VW states the proper way to check this is to reinstall the head, fully warm up the engine, and check...
• Re: Syncro Doka on eBay - VIN?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:57:03 -0500
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca > Email sales@fastforward.ca > > - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens > - Electrical harness fabrication and customization > > Due to...
• 1983 Water cooled running rough?
  Historical mailing list - wayne withers
  Mon, 9 Apr 2007 21:00:18 -0700
  ...Actually it kills the engine. It runs even worse when it is cold though. Please help me!! Anyone in boise willing to come take...
• Re: Water Wetter...??
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:45:40 -0400
  ...Redline" that is supposed to lower the temperature of your water cooled engine by 40 degrees... > > Seems like a tall order but since we...
• For sale: 1985 GL Weekender, 1983 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Rio Rafael
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:31:22 -0700
  ...If you have priced just the engine recently you know this is a great deal. 1983 Volkswagen Westfalia Vanagon Water cooled 186,000 miles...
• Looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 9 Mar 2016 10:17:12 -0800
  ...The air to water cooled aspect is somewhat of a "bolt on" affair but one does need to pull the dash, modify the air...
• Re: list census
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 22:07:54 -0700
  ...I along with my wife H�l�ne run a home based business specializing in pre 1992 water-cooled VWs and Audis. Vehicles Currently...
• Re: Motorcycle Hitch for 1985
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:47:09 -0700
  ...cooled but that later water cooled were rated higher. The weight restriction on the air cooled was probably the engine. Only 67hp and overheated...
• Re: Cabin air recirc bench test VIDEO
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:39:39 -0400
  ...the cold cold climes. > > > > > > It'll be a while before water cooled engine conversion done, so > > > obviously this is not tested. But this idea...
• Re: 81 Clutch Slave Cylinder Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Mon, 6 Aug 2001 11:19:36 -0700
  ...think he incorrectly assumed that you were replacing the slave cylinder >>on >>the water-cooled motor. That one is reachable from the engine compartment.
• Re: Engine Comartment Lid
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 10:11:04 -0500
  I think one would probably run into problems > trying to use a water-cooled hatch cover on an air-cooled. Is there anyone out...
• Re: Timing
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:46:04 -0700
  ...I have an 83.5 Vanagon with 1.9 water-cooled engine code "DH". > According to the Bentley manual, (my engine code is not...
• Electronic Ignition Questions
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 8 May 2002 16:10:05 -0500
  ...Which sensor and where should it be located on the engine? I know that the aircooled Porsche had fancy electronic ignition systems and there...
• Re: No Water here, Sir! Was: 'nasty' rumor!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Mar 1996 14:32:18 -0500
  ...inherient to the water cooled design appear to be the replacement of heads and water pumps. An air cooled engine would not likely do...
• Re: Low oil pressure in a Type IV...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 22:12:31 -0500
  ...IV engine, only to Type I > design > as used in Beetles, early Busses (thru '71) and the wbx engine in > late > water-cooled Vanagons...
• California resident, purchasing out of state van...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Fri, 14 Apr 2000 20:20:51 -0700
  Thanks for all the feedback so far on my questions about purchasing a water-cooled Westfalia. The answers have been most illuminating! I went...
• More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:27:07 -0700
  ...1987 1.8 L Jetta engine about 60,000 miles ago. So she is now a water-cooled, gas-powered van. Since buying her...
• FS: 1984 GL in NC
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Tue, 26 Jan 1999 19:51:34 -0800
  ...Brown, 1.9L 4-cylinder, water-cooled, automatic transmission, air conditioner, seats 7, AM/FM/cassette, excellent engine, drivetrain, & suspension, very good interior, rusty...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:17:27 -0800
  Hello, I'm new to the list and recently purchased a '91 Carat (3rd bus, first water-cooled) and I love it! I know...
• Re: User friendly fuels (was you fixed it..)
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:13:13 -0600
  ...power/weight, cooling not needed (though high temp alloys are), low maintenance when compared to reciprocating engines. And On 17 Mar 2004 at 22...
• Re: Off topic - Aircraft Engine
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 11:40:56 -0400
  ...This engine had > spark > plugs at both ends, and you could shut down one bank of plugs and save > fuel. It was water cooled...
• Re: Another compression question
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 13:53:30 -0700
  ...Bentley says that the water cooled engine is nominal 145-189psi, minimum is 116psi, and the max difference between any two cylinders should not...
• Re: '87 Westy - need to buy engine
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 14:05:16 -0400
  ...the re-built engine search to GEX and > Fast German Auto. Anyone out there purchased a 2.1L rebuilt > water-cooled long block from...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 24 May 2004 23:34:45 -0400
  ...All AC engines where burned up early. All water cooled engines, have out lasted my needed for the vehicle. Have seen this with many...
• New Day Saturday
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:03:52 -0600
  ...It requires a lot of courage to continue with the Water Cooled VW engine but even with the down side maintenance I believe that...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 13 Apr 2013 21:19:16 -0700
  ...Full throttle with a supercharged engine would blow the > thing up but the water cooled it enough to save the engine but still get...
• coolant renewal/flushing procedures (james lu)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 03 May 94 20:54:36 CDT
  ...sorry to be so long, but i had misplaced james' procedure for flushing the coolant in a water-cooled vw. i had to retype...
• Looking for diesel westy!
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:02:31 -0800
  ...Much as we loved our '76 westies, with our Canadian climate and the kids and all, we've decided on water-cooled. Diesel, actually...
• Re: Are Vanagons more fire oriented than any other old car?
  Historical mailing list - John Fowler
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:32:21 -0800
  ...and perhaps the aircooled cars/buses are even more so ... > as the engine seems to run a bit hotter than the water-cooled > engines...
• Re: Need new Engine
  Historical mailing list - Dan Lamb
  Thu, 1 Oct 2020 11:50:30 -0500
  ...rebuild your engine > 2. get a rebuilt engine > 3. watercooled WBX conversion > 4. Subaru conversion > > All you need to do is define your goal...
• Re: .... Porsche 6 cyl heating van
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 19:21:16 EST
  ...that the best way to heat your water cooled >Vanagon >after installing a air cooled Porsche engine is to make a water heat >exchanger...
• Re: Front Heater fan sources?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:39:59 -0800
  ...I hope to have a water cooled engine in before the spring so I can try out the fabulous real heat! Neil. On 12...
• Looking to buy
  Historical mailing list - Standley, Craig
  Wed, 18 Jul 2001 11:25:18 -0800
  ...Any tips? Should I avoid the '83 since it's the first year of the water cooled engine? Any way to tell if the...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:44:28 -0700
  ...I've been told that these do not fit water cooled engines, but I'm not the expert. I have been running a carb...
• Re: resolved, was: oil pressure warning system anomaly?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 5 Dec 2010 00:15:19 -0800
  ...Duly noted for my next air to water cooled swap. Ha ha! But seriously, thanks for posting those PN's. Neil. On Sat, Dec...
• Re: Japanese style vans! for info
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:55:53 +1200
  ...They now run on water cooled engines. The air cooled >vans even had the same number three cylinder problems. >jimt I don't know...
• engine woes
  Historical mailing list - animal
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:41:13 -0400
  ...We are presently investigating possible engines. We need a rebuild no matter what with the 240,000 miles on the present engine. We, myself...
• Help! Engine rattle from '84 Vanagon 1.9l gas - TERMINAL?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:34:17 +0100
  Bad news from the UK. :-( My recently purchased '84 Vanagon has a 1.9 liter water cooled boxer engine. It runs on gasoline, has...
• Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:57:28 -0700
  ...with those engines. > I have not heard yet, that one converted a water cooled one to an air > cooled > VW engine. I seen a...
• Re: RPM's
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 May 2001 10:13:16 -0500
  ...I only turn my engine 4000 RPM getting onto freeways. Sometines use it as a shift point. You've also got a water cooled...
• Porsche engines
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy
  Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:35:14 -0500
  ...want to go to a Subaru engine or an Audi 5 cylinder or some other >> water cooled is it possible to do this--how...
• Re: finding a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 22:02:44 -0600
  ...want to go to a Subaru engine or an Audi 5 cylinder or some other >> water cooled is it possible to do this--how...
• Re: Sqirting water on an oil cooler et al
  Historical mailing list - Scott Beckstead
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:44:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Putting a water jacket around an air cooled engine makes it a water cooled engine! Scott ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any nation that trades Liberty for Security deserves...
• Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 16:13:24 -0800
  It's a 1.4 DOHC 75hp all-aluminum Golf engine (made for the international market). I had the same engine in my 2001...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 15:10:15 -0800
  ...vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > > > All of this talk about engine conversion options - Tiico, Jetta > engines, inline 4's, Subaru engines - yet no one ever...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:12:30 EDT
  ...Or am I just trying to over engineer something? Anyone with experience with an auxiliary oil cooler might know if I am trying to...
• Looking for Westfalia
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Apr 1994 00:02:18 -0800
  ...the air-cooled engines that much better? - Is it really that hard to get mechanics that know the water-cooled engines? - Are the 85...