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• Diesel Holes!
  Historical mailing list - Rex Merriweather
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:34:25 -0800
  ...and every single Vanagon diesel engine there had a fist sized hole in the side with a connecting rod haging out. Some of these...
• Re: Transporter Room Three.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Dec 1994 10:15:36 -0500 (EST)
  ...the rings and pistons into the interior if the engine. This stuff is unburnt diesel fuel and air. The air puts internal pressure in...
• FS 82 Diesel Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list - adam f grove
  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:44:23 -0800
  ...1982 VW Vanagon Camper Diesel 1.6l Engine Camper conversion by ASI $2200 OBO Located in Seattle area (Shoreline) No rust, no body damage...
• Re: Air cooled diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:36:15 -0600
  ...Are the diesel engines from the early '80s based > on a Type 4 gas engine? Are there other things besides the fuel injection > that...
• Re: [DIESEL] Diesel pickup tube orientation? (EKTA Q?)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:16:10 -0700
  ...had a vanagon diesel oil pan off recently... > > This question is for a vanagon diesel with the stock 1.6 engine, > although I think...
• Re: Diesel opines
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 96 15:15:25 EDT
  ...My diesel Westy gets an average 28.5 mpg mixed city and highway. The engine is reliable if not abused, and spares are plentiful...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:44:50 -0800
  ...alistair On 2012-12-20, at 4:33 PM, neil n wrote: > Hi all. > > Did VW mount the diesel exhaust to the engine *mainly...
• Re: transmission 4 speed
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 17:16:54 -0700
  ...longer than the diesel Vanagon version. Think long and hard before increasing the gearing. It is very difficult to out-engineer VW in this...
• Re: Oil sprays all over my rear ...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Sep 1994 09:15:46 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It stopped the leaks, but 2 weeks later the engine blew up good. I then spent $1K to have a different diesel engine put...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 16:28:09 -0700
  I just spent an hour today weighing it all and the Diesel engine doesn't have any extreme left side weight problem that I...
• Re: Diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 08:14:02 -0700
  ...If you figure out a way to attach the power steering pump to the Vanagon diesel engine, the rest of the list is waiting...
• Re: New diesel from VW
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:57:40 -0800
  ...The engine was running. An hour later I passed it again. > Still there, still running. > > >> > > >> I know that diesel engines in the old days...
• Re: Vanagon running on vegetable oil
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:01:46 -0700
  ...a Bio Diesel you better check out your > local fuel supplies because you may still be paying for Diesel. > > Stan Wilder > Engine Ceramics > 214...
• was: Re: diesel parts - Now: what is needed for a Golf conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:01:56 -0600
  ...engine mounts bell-housing fuel injection system and associated controllers and sensors adaption plate? (Am I correct on this?) engine carrier?? Marshall Ruskin 84...
• How to start a diesel engine after 5 years inactive
  Historical mailing list - Henry Jackson
  Sun, 13 May 2001 22:25:43 -0700
  I have a possibility to get a Vanagon camper diesel that has been sitting in my friend's driveway for 5 years or so...
• diesel busses, what year
  Historical mailing list - Pim van Loon
  Tue, 16 Apr 96 13:23:41 METDST
  ...I know VW made/makes their busses with diesel engines. what we want to know is; what from waht modelyear was a diesel engine...
• Re: 82 Diesel seized up Help!
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 01:49:56 +0100
  ...swap the diesel out for > > a gas 2.0L golf engine or the equivelant, and get better performance and > > reliability. > > > > chris
• Engine compartment reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:50:39 -0700
  I've an '82 Diesel and no manual, yet. In the engine compartment I see the AFreeze reservoir at 2 o'clock. There's...
• Re: filters for '82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 21:55:44 -0700
  ...http://wetwesties1.tripod.com/oilfilterstudy/oilfilterstudy-german.html Jim Harmon Seaver wrote: > What's the best brand oil filter for the diesel engines? > > -- > Harmon...
• Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:26:24 -0800
  ...So you pull into the rest stop and immediately shut the engine > down. That heat has to go somewhere ... Most Diesel truck engines specify...
• Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 5 Sep 2013 17:49:29 -0700
  ...I have heard of the chemical urea, but had no idea >>> it had any use in a diesel engine. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 5...
• diesel engine not start when cold but great once warm
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Mon, 8 Oct 2007 14:32:29 -0400
  ...diesel engine not start when cold but great once warm Dear all diesel know hows ... i have a 1.6 Turbo Diesel OEM 1989...
• Sheared Crankshaft Pulley 82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 4 Sep 1997 08:23:02 -0500
  ...The VW parts guy said this is not a high failure item, but that obviously the Diesel engine pulses much harder than the gas...
• Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:00:28 -0700
  ...The question is: > > > > If a 1982 Westy has been converted from diesel to gasoline (1.8L engine > taken from a 1987 VW Jetta - the...
• Re: Diesel Rings!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:48:40 -0500
  ...David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
• Re: 55 to 65 mpg in a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 09:40:10 -0600
  ...It has a > > diesel engine? Is this possible? > No. > I get 39 MPG and they call me a liar. If got 65 MPG I...
• Re: How to swap tranny bellhousing and input shaft?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:07:46 -0700
  ...Mark Tobin Copley wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have *finally* found time to pull the transmission out of my diesel > westy in preparation of replacing...
• Re: inline 4 SWAP? was Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 09:09:28 -0800
  ...is a perfect match for a 2.0 engine. There you might obtain the Diesel hardware you need. I drove with a 1.8...
• Re: Bio Diesel Vanagon Photo Booth
  Historical mailing list - Matt Thyer
  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:33:56 -0800
  ...The original 1.6l NA engine was the same block found in the diesel Jetta, diesel Quattro, and several other much smaller vehicles between...
• Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer?
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 04:57:14 -0500
  ...pressuers a diesel generates. But I have to naively ask, because such an engine would probably easily fit under the vanagon engine lid plus...
• Re: Lose Weight While You Sleep!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:19:17 +1200
  ...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD), for sale 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi...
• Re: How fast should a 1.9L go??
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 01:26:10 +1200
  ...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi) 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon 1989...
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:24:51 -0400
  ...Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines When replacing the timing belt in a Diesel, the VW instructions say...
• Vanagon Diesel Automatic?? Do they exist??
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 03:32:51 -0800
  Was there ever a Vanagon made with the Diesel and Automatic trans? I am wondering because I want to do the engine conversion to...
• Re: Diesel "stumbling"
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Dec 1996 06:41:55 +0000
  ...engine running noticeably, then this injector/cylinder is not functioning. Also, replace that thermostat asap - running too cool is not good the diesels, although...
• Re: Trouble Fitting I-4 Engine Into '90 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:58:12 -0800
  ...If you are using the 82 diesel oil filler tube it will hit when the engine is mounted in the 83+ position. You can...
• Re: pre-83 vanagon engine swaps: gas vs. diesel
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 17:31:17 -0500
  ...But I had a diesel vanagon and a rabbit Gti as the > donor. As long as > > the vanagon is water cooled there are no...
• Re: Natural Gas Conversion Kit
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 22:31:01 -0500
  ...For diesel nuts like me there is a technology called "fumigation", in which a CI diesel engine is run partially on a gasenous fuel...
• MYT (Massive Yet Tiny) Engine
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 5 Feb 2010 11:31:55 -0800
  ...http://www.angellabsllc.com/ FAQ's http://www.angellabsllc.com/faqs.html Has info regarding what looks like limited testing with "diesel like bio...
• Queer Diesel Glow Plug Behavior
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:46:25 -0700
  ...Is there a way to adjust the "turn off" temp for the relay? http://home.earthlink.net/~gnarlodious/Vanagon.html Vanagon Diesel '83
• Re: 82 vanagon tdi?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:30:19 -0500
  On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, coffin jessup wrote: > I'm not anxious to return to the origional under powered smelly loud > diesel engine, but...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 1 Sep 2012 15:32:21 -0700
  I did my conversion in 1995 Diesel to gas. It took 3 months because the Diesel had an engine fire and parts were hard...
• Re: How much milage form 5 cyl. EV
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 09:08:16 -0500
  ...I have both a Tubo diesel and gas Audi 5000, and their engines are great (knock on wood) after 150 000 mi. Diesel John...
• Re: Quaker State Oil
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Sun, 13 Feb 2000 18:28:50 -0400
  ...40 Diesel oil. These oils are high detergent and have high corrosion inhibitors for heavily loaded engines and are safe for gas engines. I...
• Re: vanagon engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:52:26 -0500
  ...Maybe even when you buy it! > > btw does anyone have a pair of diesel vanagon engine cradle bars? mine were bent in the wreck...
• FS: Syncro Westy and Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - =David--M=
  Mon, 10 Apr 2000 10:05:01 -0400
  ...VW VANAGON CAMPER VAN, 1982, Westfalia, diesel, 20,000 miles on new engine, new tires, new exhaust system, asking $5500. (203) 922-8219. Huntington...
• jetta tranny to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Michel Bertin
  Tue, 11 Mar 2003 09:31:27 -0400
  ...tranny from my Vanagon? If yes it would mean I could convert my gas engine to diesel and swap the tranny stuff from the...
• Re: new Tiico diesel
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 17:24:09 -0800
  ...Diesel Sportsmobile hightop for sale. That's a pretty cool rig. I'm guessing it's far more than the $15000 Tiico engine and...
• Re: Speaking of diesels.... Mercedes?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 4 Jun 2013 07:00:46 -0700
  ...The adapter plate and flexplate/flywheel would also need to be custom, as would the engine mounting arms. I love VW diesels, but the...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 20 Dec 2012 16:35:28 -0800
  ...Did VW mount the diesel exhaust to the engine *mainly* to reduce transmitting engine noise to the vehicle body? ..... Or was this done mainly...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel, work?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:05:24 -0700
  ...At whichever speed a > gasoline engine is running the fuel/air ratio is nearly always near 15 air/1 > fuel, while a diesel could...
• Re: Friday NVC: European Union switch to diesel not working so well
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 22 Jun 2014 06:29:31 -0700
  ...But you CAN buy the Subaru diesel engines here: http://www.boxeer.com And for a relatively reasonably price too! Anthony Thanks for the...
• Re: Speedometer/odometer problem
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 19:39:40 +1200
  ...currently SVX engine waiting for a trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel 1989 CE96 Toyota...
• German custom T3 images
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 19 Aug 2001 11:02:45 +1200
  ...SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD 87 Corolla 1.8 DX CE80 diesel sedan FWD 89 Corolla 1.8 DX CE96 diesel van/wagon...
• Re: [Fwd: Re: Metal engine lids - what year?]
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 19:27:27 -0500
  ...Metal engine lids - what year?] > So, MIke what your saying is a diesel isn't prone to electrical fire's? > Hmm---just saw a...
• Re: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:15:26 -0700
  ...The engine in it now is a diesel, was rebuilt > about a year ago and was originally out of a Rabbit. That's all...
• Re: Diesel Westy Engine Replacement Suggestions Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Brent Taylor
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 22:54:45 -0700
  >I have an '82 diesel westy with a blown 1.7NA diesel that I put in last >fall. I never really drove the van...
• Re: Vanagon alternative fuel (long but lots of good links)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:44:34 -0600
  Cool - I thought you guys were talking about running bio-diesel through a gasoline engine.... There was a comment in one of the postings...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 12:32:00 -0700
  Diesel engines do have a fair amount of engine braking affect, just not as much as gasoline engines do, not 'horribly less' .. just somewhat...
• Re: diesel westy FS
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:16:23 -0700
  ...Don't email me! > > 1982 VOLKSWAGEN POPTOP VAN, 4-speed, DIESEL engine, > fridge, sink, bed, stereo cassette, xlnt condition > $2650 503-777-0698. Portland...