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• It's always something about oil
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:01:51 -0700
  ...The feeling is overall protection may be lost for air cooled engines experiencing high temperatures. While the reformulation may be more relevant to the...
• 80 to 83 Air Cooled 2L Engine - 23 mpg
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 15:28:50 -0800
  ...com or ep.com and want a good used 2L air cooled engine let me know within next 24 hours. If you can get...
• Air-cooled reputation (type IV) .short
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:39:53 -0700
  Viva la air-cooled ! I have about 6k on my newly rebuilt 2.0 air cooled engine. It is in a 1981 Westy I...
• Re: Air cooled Vanagon engine tin wanted
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Tue, 7 Jun 2016 06:53:43 -0700
  ...Air Conditioning on my 81 air-cooled and am looking > to see if anyone has the left rear engine tin piece they would like...
• Porsche water cooling (was Re: longivity of coversion engines)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:03:40 -0800
  ...Porsche had problems with emissions, particularly cold-start emissions, because air-cooled engines run "loose" before everything expands to its proper tolerance. New air...
• Re: air cooled engine cooling tin
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 09:34:01 -0400
  ...air cooled engine cooling tin I'll have my dad check his shed...he's got several air cooled motors sort of gathering dust...
• Re: 83 f/s in PA, price is right!
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 08:43:47 -0400
  ...air-cooled vanagon ? > evenif it does have a recently rebuilt engine. > > I'd suggest looking for an 85 or later with waterboxer engine and...
• Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 6 Feb 2014 20:59:03 -0800
  ...40 yrs of VW air-cooled engines .. never melted a piston .. or even saw one. Plenty of destroyed engine parts...but no melted ones...
• Re: 82 Air Cooled Engine Swap Choices?
  Historical mailing list - brady horrace
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 17:43:08 -0800
  Don't forget about Bostig, and the Zetec conversion! We have a customers air cooled van now and will be starting the conversion from...
• Re: Questions/Advice Needed 1980 VW Westphalia
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 18 May 2012 14:29:19 -0700
  Well, air-cooled engines have an oil cooler because they are technically oil-cooled according to my understanding. In that application, one could refer...
• Re: Air vs. Water - pro's and con's
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 19:52:58 -0400
  Beckett, it is my understanding that the Vanagon was designed at its inception to use a water-cooled engine... Nothing wrong with air cooled...
• Porsche Eng. Retrofit Kits
  Historical mailing list - PETE GALT
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 10:50:41 -0500
  ...The Porsche is an air cooled engine. Vanagon's are water cooled. Why would you take a water cooled engine and replace it with...
• Re: Engine Fires - A/C vs. W/C - Any Difference?
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 25 Sep 1998 22:02:40 -0400
  ...It's always been my impression that engine fires have primarily been a > problem with air cooled VW buses/vans/Vanagons. > > Is the problem...
• Re: Air cooled and WBX accelerator cable same length?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:03:31 -0700
  Neil, Air-cooled: 3565mm Water-cooled: 3610mm Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of neil...
• Re: longivity of coversion engines
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:29:25 -0800
  ...But in response to Ken about why >they stopped making the air cooled engines, I think they just did >not want to bother to...
• WTB: Air-cooled Oil Fill tube
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 21:35:45 -0400
  Hi All, OK, I need the plastic extendable oil fill tube for an air-cooled engine. Mine was melted when the exhaust failed. I...
• WTB 2.0l Air cooled engine (sorry for the confusion)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 9 Oct 2002 16:39:31 -0400
  Just wanted to clarify that I am looking for a good running 2.0l air cooled engine from a late model VW bus 78...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:23:01 -0500
  ...There is nothing wrong with an VW air cooled engine. There is nothing wrong with a water cooled engine. Some people take care of...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 18:21:10 -0800
  ...if you every have problems finding used parts for that >air-cooled engine, I know plenty of places that have piles of air-cooled...
• Re: No Water here, Sir! Was: 'nasty' rumor!
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:25:09 MST
  ...They gave up the proven air-cooled engine. (Let's have a moment of silence) Based on the experiences shared by members with Vanagon...
• Re: [T2] 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:37:15 -0800
  ...Monday, December 20, 2004 7:52 AM Subject: [T2] 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where? > I'm helping a friend fix up...
• Re: Rebuild? was: Model/year recommandation
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:47:31 -0700
  ...the last vw air-cooled engines, '83.5 being the last year sold, were state of the art for that porche-type engine (the...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:17:54 -0600
  ...Those things in addition to installing an additional oil cooler and a Cylinder Head Temperature gauge can extend the life of Air Cooled engines...
• FS Vanagon Air Cooled Engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:20:48 -0500
  I've got a special engine for your Westy. It's a CV series for 80-83 Air Cooled Vanagons. I got it from...
• Re: interesting air cooled rear engine would this fit my vanagon :)
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:48:49 -0500
  ...interesting air cooled rear engine would this fit my vanagon :) > > >> No I don't and I don't know it I want a air...
• Oil pressure switch question (air cooled)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 13:44:33 -0700
  ...If I'm reading it right, Bentley shows the stock air cooled oil pressure switch as closed until oil pressure comes up, (engine running...
• Re: Rebuild? was: Model/year recommandation
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 01:56:01 -0500
  ...the last vw air-cooled engines, '83.5 being the last year sold, were > state of the art for that porche-type engine (the...
• Re: Case and pistons shot?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Mon, 7 Feb 2000 17:48:56 -0700
  ...this, or is it something else? VWC REMANUFACTURED 2.0L AIR-COOLED ENGINE-ENGINES, P/N 071 100 031AX, 039 100 03 B/C...
• Re: What would you do
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 08:51:51 -0700
  ...I would > like to hear from anyone else who has converted an air cooled to a water > cooled engine of any type and see...
• Re: What would you do
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Thu, 8 Jun 2006 07:07:25 -0400
  ...I have a lot of respect for the air cooled engine, and it has been reasonably reliable considering the age of the technology, with...
• Re: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:14:25 -0400
  ...Just rebuild the air cooled engine. The cost and time of a conversion are way more than what the van is worth. especially TIME...
• (no subject)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:13:14 -0500
  ...Vanagons are rear-engined. And even if you want to put the distinction on air cooled, the first few years of Vanagons were air...
• head temps gauges and seats falling out
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Sun, 5 Dec 1999 14:26:04 -0500
  Samuel Chimento wrote: > > Question?? > > Since the valve seats drop out by over heating the air cooled engines in the > Vanagons then > what heat gauge...
• Re: air-cooled vanagons are cool
  Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
  Sun, 3 Sep 2006 21:23:42 -0400
  ...Other than the lack of heat, I never > had a complaint about the air-cooled engine. It had low power, but I was > used...
• Re: Spring Cleaning an Air-cooled Motor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:32:01 -0600
  ...fuel leaks and oil buildup isn't a real problem, but air cooled engines seem to have hot spots that can ignite any fuel...
• Quick Air Cooled 2.0 Bay-Vanagon parts question
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:05:52 -0700
  ...alternator-fan, "dual relay", "series resistor", dipstick, plastic timing scale? These came out of my '81 air cooled engine. Can't find a PN...
• Air-cooled Buses are naturally loud
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 May 1994 18:26:40 -0400 (EDT)
  ...How can one limit noise from them? Air-cooled engines are inherently noisier than water-cooled engines because they do not have the coolant...
• Re: Speaking of Engine Conversions...
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:46:41 -0700
  Yeah, and old air-cooled bucket, but with a big air-cooled source of motive power... levi hawkins <b1levi@YAHOO.COM> wrote: ? wrong listing...
• Re: Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Sat, 29 May 1999 10:58:21 -0400
  ...got most of the engine > accessories rounded up). I want to install this in a bay window or air cooled > Vanagon that has a...
• engine swap question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
  Sun, 11 Aug 1996 21:55:55 -0500 (EST)
  ...Would it be possible to put a Type 4 air cooled motor in a 84-91 van? A result could be an air cooled...
• Re: air cooled eng convert.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 13:35:46 -0400
  ...air cooled eng convert. > While we are talking about Suby engines- anyone out there convert an air > cooled Vanagon to a water pumper? Common...
• Re: Block heaters for Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Paul Freese
  Fri, 7 Nov 2014 01:53:03 +0000
  With a light bulb, I was the one jump starting folks in both Alaska and Northern Minnesota in my 78 type 2.  The engine...
• Removing a water cooled engine from vanagon. Ben?
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Tue, 19 May 2009 14:53:54 -0600
  ...Ben was generous enough to post pictures of how to pull and air cooled engine from a vanagon, on his web site. The url...
• tiico
  Historical mailing list - David Ells
  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 21:54:31 -0500
  Hi, What is list consensus (is that possible?) on the 2 liter air-cooled engines from tiico? I've read a lot about the...
• Re: [WetWesties] Sealing goop on cylinder sleeve inboard ends?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:06:50 -0700
  ...Many small aircraft are still powered by air-cooled engines, why not post 1983 VW Vanagon campers?<br><br> Bill<br> '76 ASI Riviera...
• Re: 1.9 WBX VS 2.0 AC (long)
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:16:36 -0700
  Richard, I can comment on both engines, owning both an '82 Adventurewagen and an '87 Westfalia. Opinions put forth are my own. The air...
• Two Types of Air-Cooled Vanagon Stock Engines?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Elliott
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 10:57:48 -0800
  During an on-line parts search I was asked which type of stock air-cooled engine was in my 1980 Vanagon ... a 2.0L...
• Air cooled Westy EGR parts
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:40:08 -0500
  I am looking for the EGR cannister for our Air cooled westy. it's the one with that is rectangular? this is a California...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Tue, 20 May 2003 22:15:03 -0400
  Stan, if a couple of mechanics showed up in my driveway with an air-cooled engine and they said they would do a transplant...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 May 2004 22:14:45 -0500
  ...Historically Air Cooled engines last longer than WBX engines. It just depends on the loose nut behind the wheel that establishes how long the...
• experience with Rubber Molded for engine insulation
  Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
  Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:18:15 -0700
  Hi , I have a 2l air-cooled and would like to optimized the thermal isolation of the my engine from the exhaust heat. Many...
• Re: Block heaters for Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Sun, 9 Nov 2014 23:53:12 -0700
  ...I'm sure it would work as well on an air cooled engine. Works well but to be honest, I park the vanagon for...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 25 May 2004 08:26:31 -0500
  The first owner of my 83 Air Cooled westy got over 145K out of the engine before rebuild. I rebuilt the engine and sold...
• FS: AFM, Auto Trans Heat Exchanger, Air cooled injectors
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:12:59 -0400
  ...any watercooled vanagon automatic transmission ($50) -Seven fuel injectors for air cooled engines ($50) email me. Or let me know (politely?) if my prices...
• Re: Spring Cleaning an Air-cooled Motor
  Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:36:31 -0800
  ...Air Cooled Bus engine fires are often started from residual > oil that drips and then cooks down into a tar like substance. > Older engines...
• Re: Iveco diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 17:59:32 -0800
  ...air cooled Diesel engines for trucks and tractors plus water cooled ship engines. Just a question: were you thinking about a Vanagon/Iveco engine...
• Re: Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 08:09:33 -0700
  ...tranny for > an air cooled (DK?) and re-mounted orig bell housing. �He purchased and > installed the port side replacement engine mount to clear...
• thicker oil viscosity question
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 16:44:23 -0400
  ...the temperature reaches the 80-90's (82 air cooled engine)? Also is a thicker oil more appropriate for the air cooled engine? tim
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 09:31:40 -0400
  ...can anyone elaborate? Air-cooled engines and air cooled vans even more so are at risk of damage from heat when the timing is...
• Re: Two Types of Air-Cooled Vanagon Stock Engines?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 17:40:38 -0600
  ...Two Types of Air-Cooled Vanagon Stock Engines? > During an on-line parts search I was asked which type of stock air-cooled > engine...