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• Diesel Vanagon conversion project starting.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 21:30:56 -0400
  ...I purchased a 1982 Diesel Westy with a sick engine, with the sole purpose of upgrading to a gas-powered engine. I have also...
• Re: Looking for Diesel mount brackets
  Historical mailing list - Owen
  Sun, 21 Sep 2003 11:28:23 -0500
  ...Is this also made of steel plate or something softer? Any info on how this is set up with a diesel engine mount would...
• Re: How much oil to use in a Vanagon TDI application?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 20:49:54 -0700
  ...and run the engine > until fully warmed up. > > 2.) Park on a straight and narrow. > > 3.) Connect up tachometer to diesel. Use W terminal...
• Re: Auto trans interchangablibilty
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:40:20 -0600
  All of the VW diesel engines made back then were made in the USA. VW contracted the work out to a US engine company...
• Diesel antifreeze replacment
  Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
  Mon, 11 Nov 1996 14:55:49 -0500
  > > Hi volks. > > Well I have replaced my 82 Vanagon diesel engine (ALMOST) need to finish up > the install this week.....QUESTIONS > > How do you...
• Re: which vanagon for intercity transport
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 12:24:47 EDT
  ...Please be specific with production year and engine > displacement. > > Ifeanyi > id go with a diesel.. 81-82 chris [text/html]
• Re: Diesel Westy Engine Replacement Suggestions Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 10:52:31 -0400
  ...Diesel Westy Engine Replacement Suggestions Wanted I have an '82 diesel westy with a blown 1.7NA diesel that I put in last fall...
• Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:38:18 -0700
  ...If this Westy has the original diesel Vanagon > tyranny, you may find the gearing too high. (engine revs higher than > needed. Especially at highway...
• Re: Need help re Cylinder Leak Test
  Historical mailing list - Madeline Mullen/Ed Lowe
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 21:01:27 -0800
  ...Did you say why you did the test? Any problems on hills or the like? Ed Lowe 82 Westy Diesel 85 Golf Diesel 92...
• Re: diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:31:07 -0700
  ...diesel engines That's nor really answering his question which is TDI or AAZ. Mike wants a diesel. That's all he's talked...
• Re: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:12:05 -0800
  ...This > adds > a few cents per gallon to your fuel cost. > > Also, be aware that Diesel-grade engine oil is not the same as...
• Re: Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 22:03:40 +1200
  ...as gas engines. New European diesels now have catalytic converters. >It's been suggested that it's the sulpher in the diesel >exhaust that...
• Re: Anyone have a Eurovan Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - James N Gagliardi
  Wed, 22 Feb 1995 16:26:02 -0500 (EST)
  ...I have a 1981 audi 5000 diesel. I have been told that the Eurovan engine is based on the engine that I have in...
• Re: Hoo Boy! (Was: Corrado Powered Westy Syncro -
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 29 May 1996 08:59:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...In California, Diesel vehicles (re-engined or not) are EXEMPT FROM SMOG INSPECTIONS!!! -drool- /\ / \ \ \__ _ \ \o\ |_0 \ \o\= ~~~~~~~~~~~||~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______________________________________________________________________ Steve Maher smaher@gi.com '80 V6anagon...
• Eurovan list?
  Historical mailing list - Zach Kaplan
  Wed, 1 Nov 2000 08:52:11 -0800
  I didn't receive many replies to my question about importing a front engine diesel Transporter or Eurovan. It seems like most of the...
• Re: Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 4 Jun 2013 21:59:54 -0500
  ...You may consider me a Mercedes Snob because of my opinion but I've worked on enough VW and Mercedes diesel engines to say...
• Re: why does diesel residue cover my vanagon tailgate?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 19:32:15 -0700
  Does the engine leak oil? Oil leaks can be sprayed on the back of your Vanagon if you have severe oil leaks- I had...
• Re: gasoline and diesel
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 21 Apr 1999 22:41:46 -0400
  ...The diesel fuel burns efficiently, and transfers more of its Btu's into locomotion, and less into heat than gasoline engines. You can put...
• diesel warm start ??
  Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
  Mon, 03 Mar 1997 11:27:55 -0500
  Hi Volks, I"m having problems starting the 82 Diesel Vanagon when it's the engine is warm (after sitting about 2 hrs). It...
• Mechanic/experienced for 1.9TurboDiesel Upgrade?
  Historical mailing list - maded
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:24:20 -0700
  Greetings from Seattle, I am ordering a 1.9ltr Turbo Diesel engine for an upgrade to my Vanagon Westy 1.6diesel. I am seeking...
• TDI six anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 26 Oct 2001 19:24:51 +1200
  ...with SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD 87 Corolla 1.8 DX CE80 diesel sedan 89 Corolla 1.8 DX CE96 diesel van/wagon...
• Re: Diesel Performance
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 1 Oct 2003 10:02:01 +1000
  ...Diesel Performance > >Anyone who thinks they need more diesel performance should check this out. > >Steps leading to the crankcase, what a concept!!!!! > >http://www...
• Re: Diesel good idea? Engine idling!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 15:35:17 -0700
  ...and when you pass bicyclists driving a diesel vanagon or whatever ...your engine exhaust is contributing to shortening their life. Back up in still...
• An adventure while fetching a parts vanagon
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Tue, 13 Jun 2006 14:36:41 -0700
  ...I had a real coup on my hand here.A diesel knock is usually a dirty injector. See the Bentley ,on diesel engines. Every...
• Re: engine efficiency, I4s, subies, etc
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 Nov 2001 11:59:55 +1200
  ...these engines, and finally coupes and even sporties (don't make the mistake of confusing the two) will soon be offered with diesel option...
• Re: '88 Westy value?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 20:54:29 -0600
  ...This includes all the > plastic bits, dash, cabinets, etc... > - engine options: a stock diesel is a capable engine, but anemic. > You'll get there...
• Looking for diesel westy!
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 14:02:31 -0800
  ...Canada tobin.copley@ubc.ca Looking for a diesel vanagon westfalia (gonna keep the diesel engine) '76 Westy Deluxe (Daisy) -= SOLD! *sniff!* =- '89 Trooper...
• Re: contaminated fuel?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:45:29 -0500
  If you had any significant amount of diesel fuel in there you would know it. Excessive engine smoking and a rising crankcase oil level...
• Re: Snorkel elbow... was Re: Big empty space just forward of Passenger Side brake light
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:11:30 -0800
  ...It's like this? engine | Volkswagen Vanagon 1982, air filter diesel eng.: JX direct image link: http://www.oemepc.com/files/img/Bilder/004...
• Re: Diesel Rings!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:44:51 -0500
  Are you sure it is blow-by? I had that problem in my 81 Rabbit Diesel and found out there was air getting into...
• Re: Chineses Diesel Heaters Youtube series of technical evaluation
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:13:44 +0000
  ...Chinese Diesel Heaters will answer most, if not all, question.  They are very thorough, he probably has an engineering background. Chinese Diesel Air Heaters...
• Re: I want a bigger diesel turbo in it ...
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:56:05 -0500
  ...or you would know anyone who did change to > bigger diesel engine. > Gas is expensive over there. Has to be diesel turbo. > Anyone? > Zoltan >
• Re: Draining Fluid From the Fuel Filter
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:18:22 -0500
  ...a jet engine with a gearbox and a propeller on it. The "Jet Fuel" was "Arctic Diesel", a lightweight grade of diesel that had...
• diesel rebuild every 50K miles?
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:31:34 -0500
  I've really got to talk myself out of an '82 diesel Vanagon. One of the ones that I'm looking at has had...
• Re: The Car Talk Brothers strike again
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Nov 1994 10:04:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...Jeez, a Rabbit Diesel will blow the doors of of NuBus ('82 Vanagon Diesel). I need a reservation to merge on to a highway...
• Re: New EPA rules for gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 22 Dec 1999 14:32:12 -0500
  ...It supposedly played hell on >VW, Volvo, MB, and other automotive Diesel engines because the sulphur was >acting as a fuel system lubricant (?) and...
• Re: aircooled transaxle with 1.6NA diesel
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:45:44 -0800
  ...Will the 1.6L NA diesel engine be able to push enough?
• Re: was Still lousy gas mileage now TDI conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 May 2012 16:40:40 -0700
  ...VW's car engine , which all of the diesels are, with > one exception .. > and it's just rougher on the engine, > pushing that big...
• Re: slow pressure buildup [diesel]
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 12:50:23 -0700
  In the diesel engines, a vacuum pump is used to provide the vacuum needed by the power brake booster. In your VW diesel engine...
• Re: TDIs and interferance engines (no vanagon content).
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 19:54:50 -0800
  Which VW engines > are interference engines besides the 1.9 TDI's. The 1.8Turbos? What else? Not just TDI. All diesels. Can't...
• Re: omni engine...
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 19:20:18 -0500
  ...engine fit in a vanagon? The early Omni used the gasoline Rabbit/Golf engine, til they switched to Mitsubishi. I always assumed the diesel...
• Re: LPG diesels, anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 15 Jul 2001 10:56:32 -0400
  ...and how can dryness affect a diesel more than a gasoline engine, which is basically identical in design? I guess a diesel COULD be...
• Re: Overland TDD conversion details
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 18:57:06 +1300
  ...t install the >diesel because the engine needs to be able to cruise down the highway at 4000rpm. Dr. Diesel wouldn't like that...
• I-4 conversion: power steering lines
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:40:15 -0500
  Hi, I'm putting an Audi 80 (3A engine code) into an '86 westy using diesel parts. I'm using the small, round cast...
• Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger" HOLD IT!!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 13:55:55 -0500
  ...So, don't be too quick to > judge at least in the diesel category. > > I don't know about gasoline engines, but Diesels REALLY...
• Re: 82westie 1.6 diesel upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:54:04 -0700
  ...are conventional pre-chamber purely mechanical diesel engines. the TDI ..starting with the 1Z engine code in 1995, in the US, in the Passat...
• Re: Friday NVC: European Union switch to diesel not working so well
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:16:04 -0700
  ...Jim On Jun 22, 2014, at 6:12 AM, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > But you CAN buy the Subaru diesel engines here...
• Re: Nissan 2.2L diesel in vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:37:28 -0700
  ...putting a Nissan 2.2L diesel in a vanagon? I've just been >offered a really good running engine for free. > >-- >Harmon Seaver >CyberShamanix...
• FS 1982 diesel Camper, ebay, chesterfield, MI, usa
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 19:47:46 -0500
  ...assuan brown, diesel westfalia, 139,000 miles, claims engine rebuilt at 135,000 miles, all new hoses. "would suggest a new battery and tires...
• Re: Diesel mounts
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Mon, 4 May 1998 19:19:28 -0700
  ...I was going to use the Kennedy adapter and get them to lean the engine over at the stock diesel angle. >| You have to...
• Wilfy-spec 4-cylinder conversion kit :)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Apr 1999 08:51:55 EDT
  ...and engine carrier, Diesel starter, a alternator (minus voltage reg), diesel Vanagon exhaust setup, '89 Jetta exhaust manifold (to get around the diesel mount...
• Re: Motor quieting material stuff thing
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 13:02:52 -0700
  ...But, without the > sound proofing material, the engine is a bit loud. Yes, I have a diesel > vanagon. > > Dunno if the soundproofing is the...
• Five Cylinder Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 01 Oct 1995 20:46:52 PDT
  ...model to a five cylinder ? I've been told the diesel bell housing will bolt to the Audi five cylinder engine but that is...
• Re: 82 Diesel seized up Help!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:43:43 EST
  ...The diesel engine is an interference engine so he has bent a valve and perhaps damaged a piston or rod. He is looking at...
• Re: Overcooling Hypothesis--Long
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:16:41 -0800
  ...Winter fronts on modern diesels are as much (or more so) to block cold airflow to the engine itself as through the radiator. -- John...
• Re: 82 Diesel oil pressure switch and thermal sensors
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:15:39 EDT
  ...what it is off of. engine is a 91 jetta 1.8L. which starter should I get? vannie diesel or vannie auto?? thanks mark...
• Re: ELVIS IN A VAN?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 20 Jan 2001 18:33:34 +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: passenger side lock- while we're at it!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:56:44 +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...
• What Konis fit 2WD?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Oct 2001 22:14:32 +1200
  ...with Subaru EG33 engine etc) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 sedan 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 van 1989...
• Re: diesel Vanagon vs. MB, Volvo, other diesel VW
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 7 Dec 2007 13:13:36 -0800
  ...I recall > hearing or reading that they were fundamentally a gasoline engine > block that had been converted to diesel. But, I will admit that...