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• temp gauge, wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:55:54 -0700
  ...i spared him my opinion and lack of knowledge of the wasserboxer but asked him what his temp gauge was showing. he said the...
• Re: Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck 5w40 in a Wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:31:01 -0400
  ...Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck 5w40 in a Wasserboxer? >Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:02:59 -0700 > >I bought a bunch of Mobil...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Nunya Business
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:58:20 -0700
  ...all, I need high resolution well-lit pics of a complete wasserboxer on > the bench, especially in the rubber head-gasket area, to see...
• Re: E15 Coming & the Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:22:13 -0700
  ...on 87 in my Syncro, then it dropped to 16-17.� I blamed it on a tired wasserboxer, but in hindsight, I've realized...
• Haynes VG Repair Manual-- for 85 Wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - patrice b
  Wed, 29 May 2002 13:27:58 -0700
  ...Thoughts? --Patrice 85 Wasserboxer "Vana Blue"
• Re: 2268cc engine wasserboxer engine 80 stroke and 95mm bore, smog legal and 9.3 to 1 compression and 120HP
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Mon, 19 May 2003 13:05:03 +1000
  ...2268cc engine wasserboxer engine 80 stroke and 95mm bore, > smog legal and 9.3 to 1 compression and 120HP > >GoWesty is advertising these, I...
• Re: Blown wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dave Woolridge
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 12:23:01 -0330
  I am in St. John's, Newfoundland. Cheers Dave
• Re: W/B engine speed max.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 23:43:05 -0300 (ADT)
  >> He said that not even the Wasserboxers should be fun over 4000rpm for any >> length of time because nasty things will happen. The wasserboxers...
• Four Speed Wasserboxers?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 17 Mar 1997 18:00:05 +1100 (EST)
  Hi all, I've just been reading Vanagon list #1298 re.'82 Crew Cab and would a wasserboxer gearbox fit.Chris said it wouldn...
• 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...
• Re: 1.9L Carbureted wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:43:57 -0800
  ...1.9L Carbureted wasserboxer In a message dated 11/1/00 8:24:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes: << n about...
• 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: Info.Needed (Wasserboxer Rebuild)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 19:48:20 -0400
  ...A lot of people advertise Wasserboxer rebuilds now days in DB&HVWS, One Stop MAcining (310)923-6748 $1095, Fast German (310)679-2801...
• Bosch Three Pronged Sparkplugs
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 14:05:25 -0800
  ...Not having owned an gasoline powered car since 1980, its been a while since I purchased spark plugs! Now that we own a wasserboxer...
• Re: Loud lifter problem
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:35:49 -0700
  A typical issue with all WasserBoxers, with the archives full of the correct solutions and a bunch of other junk. Three things to verify...
• Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:08:46 -0800
  ...2.1 Wasserboxer > -----OK Volks------- > I'm looking for some good advice from > Vanagon owners who can offer the best suggestions > for purchasing a...
• Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:14:23 -0500
  ...2.1 Wasserboxer -----OK Volks------- I'm looking for some good advice from Vanagon owners who can offer the best suggestions for purchasing a...
• Re: Well oh ya?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 13:21:05 -0600
  ...He said that not even the Wasserboxers should be fun over 4000rpm for any length of time because nasty things will happen. The wasserboxers...
• Re: gutless and unreliable
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 07:51:26 -0800
  I would like to thank all the people who wrote supporting the wasserboxer. I'm not sure why, but I found it refreshing and...
• Re: I found a nice block heater for the wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:15:46 -0800
  ...I then put this heater right under >> the oil pan of the wasserboxer motor and let it sit there for about 1h. The >> truck...
• Gene Berg and wasserboxer performance
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 07 Oct 1996 09:59:58 -0400
  ...You almost have to read between the lines, but it is clear that at some time their shop van was an early wasserboxer, and...
• Re: Maintenance Saga: '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Fri, 13 May 2011 15:20:26 -0400
  ...2.1 L (2100 cc) (95 bhp) (Serial # MV) Wasserboxer, used until the end of Vanagon importation into the US in 1991. This engine...
• Re: 115HP wasserboxer on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:59:48 +0200
  ...end snipped ------ My buddies here in Austria and Germany tell me that there were, in fact, VW Transporters produced with a 112 HP wasserboxer...
• Re: '83 GL wasserboxer - free to a good home
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 21:31:40 -0600
  Yea, How Come?:>( ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ||-(())----(())-| Terry 85 GL
• Re: Wanted Blanking plate for wasserboxer head
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:28:11 -0400
  Maybe a fuel pump cover plate will fit.
• Re: Wasserboxers was: Me the ass hole
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 17:32:21 EST
  ...VW introduced the wasserboxer to the North American market in the middle of the '83 model year. Unless the previous owner has done something...
• WANTED: 2.1L wasserboxer engine ASAP!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:20:59 -0800
  Hi Volks, I have a customer who needs a replacement 2.1L wasserboxer engine. No leaking heads and something that will put a smile...
• WANTED: 2.1L wasserboxer engine ASAP!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:58:38 -0800
  Hi Volks, I have a customer who needs a replacement 2.1L wasserboxer engine. No leaking heads and something that will put a smile...
• Re: 115HP wasserboxer on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 13:08:51 -0600
  ...115HP wasserboxer on Ebay Just came across this on Ebay and wondered if anyone on the list can shed more info on the builder...
• Rough Cost of Engine Rebuild??
  Historical mailing list - Chad
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:24:11 -0400
  Roughly, what is the going rate to have a wasserboxer rebuilt???
• Re: Aircooled transmissions better?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:07:56 -0700
  ...The air-cooled trans is a bolt-in whereas fitting the wasserboxer trans requires mounting and shifter mods to fit the early setup. IMHO...
• Re: 1.9 wasserboxer pic?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 16:32:21 -0700
  ...a picture of the top of a relatively unmolested 1.9 > wasserboxer? I just did another motor R&R on Folly ('84 A;wagen...
• Diesel Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - "Avery Frail (by way of Ron Lussier )"
  Fri, 26 Sep 1997 09:11:01 -0700
  ...A couple months ago I saw a posting on rec.autos.makers.vw.watercooled emphatically stating that diesel wasserboxers were once available in Finland...
• Re: "boxer" motors (other Euro)
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:03:55 -0800
  ...boxeur de l'eau > > so what does one call the experimental rear-engined Polo VW built > with a 200hp wasserboxer fitted?? > wasserpoloboxer? >
• 1600 upright into aircooled vanagon? Wasserboxer case to aircooled?
  Historical mailing list - Nemo, Bus Captain
  Sun, 15 Dec 2002 13:36:03 -0800
  ...there were some threads about converting the wasserboxer case to an aircooled engine. Is the upright 1600 fan used? What other upright components are...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:46:42 -0600
  ...the Testarossa IS a wasserboxer. > > > >> > >> Correction, Mike. He has two Syncro Westies. Let's not forget > this 911 turbo, > >> Unimog and daily driver NSX...
• Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:25:57 +0000
  ...2.1 Wasserboxer To: Dennis Haynes Cc: "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" > ---VW??? > Who are you referring to? > Where are they located? > I know the...
• 2.1L wasserboxer engine needed in Montana
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:55:09 -0700
  I just finished doing a TDI conversion for a fellow and he was going to give his old 2.1L wasserboxer to his neighbour...
• Re: Head Welded, '80 (long) & Shop Recommendation
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 May 1997 22:33:44 +0000
  ...Even the guys at Stephens will steer you toward AVP for wasserboxer head work. John
• Re: When can I get Wasserboxer power graphs?
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 21:40:57 -0700
  ...RPM vs HP/Torque for the > 1.9L and 2.1L wasserboxers. Can anyone point me in the right direction? > > David Marshall > > Fast Forward...
• Re: Tee Shirts (FF)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 23:10:16 -0400
  How about "Vanagon WetFailure" for wasserboxers and "Vanagon AirHead" for air cooled? Larry :>)
• Re: Vanagon H20 cruising speed
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 1996 23:33:48 -0400
  ...The only problem that I know of is the obvious problem of trying to bail coolant back into the Wasserboxer's cooling system fast...
• gas heater vs. H2O heater
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 10:35:35 -0500
  ...wasserboxer? Any advice/suggestions on using the gas heater? I won't be able to keep both the '81 and the '83 wasserboxer (no...
• Beetle TDI motor
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:35:58 -0800
  At 7:25 PM 3/14/98, David Marshall wrote: > The 2.1L >wasserboxer has 95hp and 117ft/lb torque and the 1.8L...
• Re: WBX into Thing and VR6 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 01:13:10 -0600
  Check out that Eaton Blower applied to the ol' Wasserboxer!!! Sure wish I could read German!!! Cool Site!! John Rodgers "88GL Driver Benjamin Tan...
• Re: Distilled water eats copper? SOME VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:13:21 EDT
  ...I was looking to purchase an Oettinger Wasserboxer 6 until my contact warned me that the Oettingers are just as prone to the same...
• Re: Vanagon gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 25 Dec 2003 00:35:43 -0500
  On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Skip Emmert-Keaton wrote: > I've heard that the diesels have less horsepower than the wasserboxer. The 1.6L...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 08:30:22 -0700
  ...all, I need high resolution well-lit pics of a complete wasserboxer on > the bench, especially in the rubber head-gasket area, to see...
• RE: '83.5 wasserboxer exhaust parts sources
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Fri, 4 Oct 96 15:41:43 UT
  ...Multiple recipients of list Subject: '83.5 wasserboxer exhaust parts sources Looks as if my being rearended has hastened the need for exhaust repair...
• Re: Vanagon auto trannies
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 8 Mar 2006 19:48:01 -0500
  ...Doesn't have provisions for the cooler, so not recommended for the Wasserboxer. Series NH = Wasserboxer 1.9 83.5-85 Series NK = Wasserboxer...
• 1.9L Carbureted wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 17:25:02 -0800
  Hi Volks, In about 1 month I will have a European spec 1.9L wasserboxer engine for sale with about 90,000km on it...
• Re: Vanagon Head Gaskets
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Apr 95 12:21:42 EDT
  This all has me wondering again, would it be a good idea on Wasserboxers to occasionally, say every 15,000 retorque the head bolts...
• Re: 2.2 ltr wasserboxers. Comments welcome??
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 01:10:00 -0500
  On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 09:43 PM, Brian D Butler wrote: > I'm inquiring about the 2.2 liter wasserboxer sold by...
• Re: Trouble with '85 1.9l wasserboxer in Europe
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 23 May 2008 08:14:00 -0400
  ...poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Hi, > > While driving the 1.9l wasserboxer first lost power and backfired on > steep uphills, then shortly started loosing...
• oil filters and I-4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 08:54:29 -0800
  ...Fram HP(HD-1?)-1 VW I-4 diesel engine filter VW I-4 gas engine filter VW wasserboxer filter All of them, except...
• Re: When can I get Wasserboxer power graphs?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 22:08:09 -0700
  ...When can I get Wasserboxer power graphs? Just draw a very low sloping line that drops off at about 4000 rpm's. "David Marshall...
• Complete 1.9L wasserboxer engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:18:36 -0800
  Volks, I have a 1.9L wasserboxer here from a 1985 Transporter that we need to find a home for. It belongs to a...
• Re: Cow mooing in wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 00:31:29 -0500
  ...Cow mooing in wasserboxer >Just wondering if anyone knows this sound. >Lately everytime I start up the van, and the engine >is cold, it...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:34:44 -0700
  ...Turbo wasserboxer >Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:25:20 EDT > >In a message dated 7/14/2003 3:21:20 PM Pacific Daylight...
• Spark plugs - 2.l L
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:49:53 -0500
  Can Bosch plugs number W7DTC be safely use in the 2.1 L wasserboxer? John