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• Re: rebuild $
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 4 May 1999 07:12:11 -0400
  ...wrote: > Hello eveyone just wondering if anyone knows how much it would cost to > rebiuld a vanagon water cooled engine in canadian currency, and...
• Re: winter oil
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Mon, 6 Nov 2000 21:26:02 -0500
  ...I suspect that synthetic is probably similar, but since this oil was designed for water-cooled engines this may not have been an issue...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 11:35:12 -0700
  ...The water-cooled are head and shoulders above the air-cooled in many respects. Most air-cooled Vanagons suffered expensive engine failures are much...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#323681370: Volkswagen : Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 3 May 2000 17:17:14 -0400
  ...This is a 1984 VW VANAGON.a 4 cyl ENGINE (Water Cooled) Automatic Transmission.# of Miles 280,000.Has some Rust. A dent on...
• Re: Zetec Westy Site
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 09:48:06 -0700
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:28:40 -0800
  ...expected on other > >water-cooled engines during the course of the engines lifetime. > >Sure -- it's just that the Japanese engines have lifetimes looking...
• It's tax time - I must sell a Crew Cab Syncro for cheap!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:25:58 -0700
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to...
• Re: Compression pressure figures?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 09:15:40 -0500
  ...I'd hate to see how his "rushed" engine rebuilds turn out! The low pressure (75psi) on one cylinder is a problem. The oil...
• Re: Latest dyno run
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:28:32 -0700
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca > Email sales@fastforward.ca > > - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens > - Electrical harness fabrication and customization > > Due to...
• Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 6 May 2009 10:34:16 -0700
  ...Assuming your water cooled Vanagon is in good shape, you find a good Zetec engine, and can get an honest Vanagon knowledgeable mechanic willing...
• Re: Diesel exhaust system on 84 I.9 l
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 06:28:46 EDT
  ...be mounted in the '84 Vanagon with the 1.9 water-cooled boxer engine. Sorry for the mix up, we had no idea until...
• Re: Someone show me a picture of the color Merian Brown
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 07:14:14 -0800
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to...
• Re: 1982 Vanagon Westfalia-no engine - $800 obo
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:47:56 -0800
  ...no engine - $800 obo > This 1982 Volkswagon Vanagon westfalia conversion was originally > equipped with a water cooled, fuel injected 1.6L diesel engine which...
• Re: engine temperature
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 14:31:44 EDT
  This discussion of oil and engine temperature relates to an idea I am currently trying. Ideally as David Kao says, you don't want...
• Revell/Germany plastic Vanagon models
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 09 Jul 1995 00:36:05 CDT
  ...Was there ever a 2.0L 70hp water-cooled Vanagon engine - waterboxer or diesel????? The box has a copyright date of 1988 on it...
• Re: fatal waterpumper flaw/Subaru?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 13 Jul 1996 09:51:13 -0600
  ...James >>>>Steve Tokar said: > > Bob Hoover wrote: > > > > >The water-cooled horizontally opposed four cylinder engine designed by > > >Volkswagen has a fatal design flaw... The...
• Re: Tiico convert question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 19:47:18 -0700
  ...Tiico convert question > I just have a regular 2.1 water cooled engine (factory rebuilt 35,000 miles > ago) and find myself cruising at...
• Re: [Syncro] Heat in an air-cooled Syncro (long, boring, self-involved)
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 17 May 2000 07:05:02 -0400
  Being in the middle of an engine swap right now, I would suggest keeping it water cooled. The only reason for this would be...
• Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 3 May 1998 15:08:25 EDT
  ...540-667-5400 (Winchester VA) 9-5 weekdays. '84 Vanagon Westfalia, $8500, 47K original miles, perfect condition, a/c, 4-speed, water-cooled, am...
• new van! & haines, bentley, owners manual?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Payton
  Mon, 17 Jun 2002 18:34:58 -0400
  ...Recently had a new engine & transmission dropped in it & now all the little stuff is left to me. Probably have a decent amount of...
• Re: Ignition Switch Procedure?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:00:43 -0700
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to...
• Re: Auto tranny advice and more
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:50:27 -0700
  ...I think Neil did that to his >Westy (air cooled to water cooled, plus an engine conversion to boot), you >might want to pick...
• Re: 81' New Owner To Do
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 May 2004 23:17:11 -0500
  Shaping Up that new Old Vanagon or Westy This document addresses both Air Cooled Type IV 75-83 and Water Cooled Engines 83-91...
• Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:15:47 -0500
  ...ENGINE. I cannot emphasize this enough. >Do you have the correct switch installed? Most parts books and ETKA are >confusing here. Most water cooled...
• PARTS FOR SALE (LiMBO want ads) ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 19 Jun 96 21:03:22 CDT
  ...2.1 liter water-cooled Vanagon Engine. runs great, was in a van that got hit and rolled. motor replaced by VW about 33k...
• Need "obsolete" and rare bleeder for 83.5
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 21:32:17 EDT
  ...I don't think too many of the water-cooled busses have this part. The vw dealer cannot get it as it is "obsolete...
• Re: td/tdi noise
  Historical mailing list - sam mccarthy
  Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:29:47 -0800
  ...And the many four cylinder water-cooled VW's I have had over the last twenty something years have been rock solid reliable engines...
• Re: Maintenance Intervals
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 16 Oct 95 13:17:37 CDT
  ...but it would eventually tear up the engine, and THAT would cost a lot of money. :( for those of you with water-cooled vanagons...
• Re: Air vs. Water - pro's and con's
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Fri, 4 Aug 2000 21:39:08 -0700
  ...water cooled have lots of power even in stock form and more useable room. The downside to watercooled is the various little understood engine...
• Re: 1990 Vanagon FS, 128k, very good condition. No pop top. has rear bed.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Osborn
  Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:36:53 EST
  ...The engine is a 2.1 water cooled, which runs strong, and has had good care since I purchased it in 1998. When I...
• Re: digijet timing
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Mon, 30 Apr 2001 22:43:51 -0400
  ...On the engine side of the pulley nearest the engine there is a notch like there was on US cars of 20 years ago...
• Re: converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 8 Dec 2007 11:33:26 -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...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 08:41:55 -0700
  ...engines. I've owned dozens of VW vans from split windows to Syncros. Aircooled 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 2.0, water cooled...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - James
  Tue, 8 Sep 2015 23:10:17 -0400
  Ah yes, the argument for rear radiator(s) on a rear engined car, such as this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0koda_1000...
• Re: the cool lingo.......help!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 17:19:55 -0700
  ...I have four Vanagon variants, two air-cooled, two water-cooled, and used to have an early split (not barndoor, but still 36hp engine...
• Re: Fiat (no vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:14:18 -0700
  ...A nice inline four water-cooled engine would really make it great. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zeitgeist" <gruengeist@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM...
• Oil Leak at Oil Cooler Solved
  Historical mailing list - dennis lockwood
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:12:08 -0800
  ...If your water cooled Vanagon has an oil leak at the oil cooler, try retorqueing the cooler nut first. Second rhetorical question: does your...
• Re: adjusting CO with O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 20 Oct 2002 08:34:59 -0700
  ...I hook up my tachometer and disconnect the electronic idle control stabilizer (N/A for water-cooled) since I find that adjustment to CO...
• Re: clarify .006 on lifters
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Jan 2002 23:40:27 -0600
  ...It seems to deal mostly with proper bleeding of lifters and adjusting them in new engines Reply: That procedure will not hurt any engine...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:04:26 -0700
  ...but that's bolted to the engine in both waterboxer versions .. so I wouldn't call it remote. and you're right ......a very...
• Vanagon tools and manuals (videos) FS.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Mar 97 14:42:55 EST
  ...I have no connection with them) /Martin ('82 diesel westy) --------------- Our firm services and sells exclusively front engine water cooled VW/Audi autos and...
• Re: six cylinder vanagons
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 19:31:14 -0700
  ...for the water-cooled Vanagons are: >1.) TDI diesel -- 110hp/170ft lbs, $8,000+ installed, great mileage, modern >design, low-revving engine requires different...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 6 Jan 2001 - Special issue (#2001-26)
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 04:25:31 -0500
  Hi Dan, You're right on the money about the required air-cooled/water-cooled shift. However VW with their clear collabaration with Porsche...
• Re: Purple Vanagon on CL in VA. Wowzer!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 28 Aug 2013 05:36:24 -0700
  ...plenty of hauling > space. Water cooled 2.1. I replaced cooling tubes, gas tank, mass air > flow sensor, engine and a bunch of other...
• Re: VW Vanagon Camper FORSALE (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Sat, 10 Jun 1995 16:46:22 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have had nothing but odd, nightmarish > problems with water cooled vehicles!! Welcome to the list! Hope you find yourself an air-cooled bus...
• Re: AC 81 vanagon grill insert
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Jan 2018 11:52:24 -0500
  ...Although more so in a water cooled engine. They force the air coming through your grille to go through the condenser, as opposed to...
• Re: exhaust gaskets + permatex?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Dec 1995 19:46:12 -0600 (CST)
  ...Using Permatex or other compounds was common on water cooled engines that had cast iron on both sides of the gasket. If the manufacturer...
• Re: Mice!!!
  Historical mailing list - Karen Meredith
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:15:12 -0700
  ...Seriously though, mice, (or some other rodents) once gnawed some of the rubber hoses in my engine until there were almost holes in them...
• Re: Cooling System Pressure
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Wed, 15 Mar 2000 07:55:15 -0500
  ...In fact, the insiduous thing about a coolant system failure is that the temp II sensor doesn't tell you the engine is hot...
• Re: re. heat in vw vans, block heater for WBX
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 10:03:38 -0500
  ...no way to >install a block heater, even in the Vanagon water-cooled models as >there are no frost plugs. Block heaters are something...
• Re: Gas Heater Newbie
  Historical mailing list - Paul M. Hillbish
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 15:08:53 EST
  ...Saul >> I don't have a gas heater (I have a water cooled engine) but one of the guys I work with does. If...
• Re: Water cooled AT 1980?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Van Till
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 14:44:45 -0500
  ...A photo of the engine compartment > would answer a lot of questions. > > Mark > > Roger Van Till wrote: > >> I didn't think they got A...
• Possible Parts Source
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 05:40:12 -0600
  ...Maybe a dozen other engines. Several watercooled engines for GTIs. Alot of headlights, turns, etc. A mess of gauges. A coupe of frames. And...
• Re: Wasserboxer Heads..
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 06 Apr 95 22:32:43 CDT
  ...Is this >true? Or is ANY watercooled Vanagon a possible target right through >to 1991 models? as i understand it, ALL water-cooled engines...
• Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:20:58 -0800
  ...busdepot.com/details.jsp?partnumber=251201075AD During the air cooled to water cooled swap, I installed the coolant pipes before fuel tank. IIRC, there...
• Re: Cruising Speed
  Historical mailing list - tbill
  Wed, 14 May 1997 23:24:49 -0500
  ...Another Westy owner once > > suggested 55 as optimal (for water cooled late 80's models). I happened to > > meet this guy while I was...
• Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Mon, 8 May 2000 14:58:11 -0400
  ...Use the stock TD water-cooled oil cooler, but instead of utilizing the already-hot coolant of the engine's cooling system to try...
• Re: Engine question just curious (long winded reply)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 25 Oct 2017 09:48:14 -0700
  ...The Vanagon had its own design and engineering team, and their choice was to keep the boxer engine alive by making it water cooled...
• Re: [VWVANFULLTIMERS] New Engine
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:16:56 -0400
  ...Unfortunately, after waiting a week for the engine, the wrong one was shipped- air cooled instead of water cooled. Now we have to wait...
• unsubscribe
  Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
  Tue, 19 May 1998 11:15:02 -0700
  ...They have one that is temp controlled (180 > degree > valve) but these are for the water cooled engines. Do any of the list > vendors...