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• Re: Sportsvans: the saga continues ...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Apr 1994 20:09:55 -0600 (CDT)
  ...Surprise Your Relatives! but the air-cooled vanagons will outturn the water- ]cooled ones. if you park it with the wheels turned to lock...
• Re: 84 Westy Hydaulic Lifter problem
  Historical mailing list - Shawn & Janis Wright
  Mon, 17 Feb 1997 20:03:38 -0800
  > I have been having problems with the hydraulic lifters loosing there > oil fill on my 84 westy 1.9 liter water cooled engine.The...
• Re: Wanted Thermostatic Oil Sandwich Plate for Air cooled 82
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 19 May 1998 18:07:44 -0500
  ...They have one that is temp controlled (180 degree > valve) but these are for the water cooled engines. Do any of the list vendors...
• Re: nice clean RED '88 Doublecab on ebay...in Virginia
  Historical mailing list - robert shawn feller
  Sun, 26 Mar 2006 23:49:39 -0500
  ...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: 1.9L exhaust system comments
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 23:12:55 -0500
  > Ok, while on technical subjects - onward to the wizardry of VW water cooled > boxer engines. I'm on a roll now . . . heregoes . . . You have...
• Re: New to list and to Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 03:24:18 -0500
  ...If you had to hire a shop to rebuild your engine, the labor cost exceeds the value of the complete running vehicle.;-( Whilst Vanagons...
• Heresy: I bought a Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 5 Aug 2012 15:13:25 -0700
  ...cooled, water cooled, 2WD, 14" and 16" syncros, pop-tops, and high-tops, carburetors and fuel injected, flat-4 and Zetec engines.� I've...
• Re: OIL, What do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 09:41:38 -0400
  ...thats a problem for both the air cooled and the water cooled engines hotter heads make less power and degrade valves, guides and outer...
• Re: Cool modified DOKA and BRM
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 2 Sep 2009 07:06:06 -0700
  ...I saw an 88 Volvo 740 turbo with water cooled bearings in a junk yard today - perhaps your engine would like a mild boost...
• Re: Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 7 Dec 2002 19:56:30 -0700
  ...of an assignment to design a WATER-cooled boxer before they left! Well, what sort of engine would YOU design under those circumstances? I...
• Conversions and common sense observations
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:04:39 -0700
  ...new engine, it is essentially the well proven 2.0 air cooled case and internals with water jackets cast on and water cooled heads...
• Re: [WetWesties] Sealing goop on cylinder sleeve inboard ends?
  Historical mailing list - Rob Scott
  Sun, 19 Oct 2003 18:06:50 -0700
  ...actually.  Emissions.  Air cooled engines can't maintain the tighter tolerances of a water cooled engine and require more room between parts...
• Re: Standard Repair Times - Rings / Heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 10:17:01 -0400
  Is this a water boxer? If so the heads can be replaced with the engine in the van. The air cooled engines can not...
• Re: auto. trans. towing - Rambling questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 May 2005 20:00:19 -0400
  ...The later vans have better front brakes, better AC, and the engine has better main bearings. There is also an oil cooler but the...
• Re: Replacement fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 20 Jul 2014 17:28:03 -0700
  ...On 20-Jul-2014, at 20:50, Stuart MacMillan wrote: > No, and blame Volkswagen for introducing the vanagon with the obsolete > air cooled engine...
• Re: looking to buy...
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 17:14:02 -0700
  ...Is this a problem or just a result > of stop and go driving? he's asking $3,800, says the > engine is a factory...
• FW: Diesel exhaust system on 84 1.9 l
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 23:24:21 -0400
  ...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: Headlight question (ignition "lock")
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 08:07:30 -0500
  John, My 66 beetle had it and the thinking then was it kept a person from reactivating the starter when the engine was running...
• Re: 84 with carburetor!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:37:20 -0800
  ...most unusual was that it had a carburetor! It was definitely water cooled. Does anyone on the list know this van. VIN was WV2ZB0252EH058356...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:59:07 -0500
  ...It causes the same problems that removing a thermostat on a water-cooled engine causes. Slow warm-up, possibly never coming up to proper...
• Re: Aircooled upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 28 May 2002 07:57:25 -0400
  ...Now I consider myself an aircooled guy, but I also have an 88 weekender that is water cooled. So I feel I can compare...
• Re: Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 01:47:31 -0700
  ...My problem remains, and I'm starting to hear some kind of compression noise when I let the clutch out and give the engine...
• Head lamps--Strange problem Help
  Historical mailing list - Brian Curtis
  Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:08:06 PST
  ...Having an American Specs Water-Cooled Vanagon and getting it serviced here--at a reasonable price is worse than having a Saab in rural...
• Re: Need 1982 coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:24:13 -0700
  ...Diesel engine seems to increase the value substantially. Even broke diesel engines. Probably has something to do with the multi-fuel capabilities. And the...
• Re: Hella H4 xenon blue 100/80w bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:18:40 -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...
• replacing manual transmission
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:51:26 -0500
  ...I think I've heard that the auto transmissions are different for different year water-cooled Vanagons, but I think all the manual tramsmissions...
• 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
  ...The 2.0 is a better engine , has less vibration than a 1.8, more torque and hp. There is a place in Montclair...
• Re: Replacement fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - James
  Sun, 20 Jul 2014 21:15:43 -0400
  ...Replacement fuel tank question > > > > All, > > > > Does anyone make a replacement fuel tank for the water-cooled Vanagon w/o > > the cavities/moulded passages for...
• Re: Fw: Westy stalled/wont start
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:25:44 -0800
  ...No further problems in >45K >> miles. >> >> Good Luck! >> >> Scott Maurer >> 84 Vanagon GL >> >> Help! the other day my 84 water cooled wolfs westy fired...
• Re: Will loud lifters ruin my engine?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 5 Dec 2005 17:21:00 -0600
  ...1) Change the engine oil to a 20W50 wt Dino oil or s 15W50 Synthetic. Personally I run Mobil One 15W50 synthetic. 2) Install...
• Seen on San Antonio Craigslist the other day...
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski
  Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:16:12 -0600
  ...I can do most machine shop services, engine repairs and transmission work and all the rest too- like ball joints, king and link pin...
• Re: Exhaust pipe
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Fri, 27 Mar 1998 08:53:01 -0800
  When I look down on my engine (84 westy water-cooled I notice a crack on the right exhaust pipe where can I find...
• What is the best location for an external oil cooler?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 16 May 2006 18:30:41 -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...
• need new engine for air-cooled van (overheated one)
  Historical mailing list - Kragen Sitaker
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 20:15:42 -0400
  ...some other kind of engine in here, such as a diesel, water-cooled, Subaru, or a Jetta or Golf engine? Would it cost a...
• Re: 82 Air Cooled Engine Swap Choices?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 12:43:21 -0800
  ...Porsche 3.2 engine, I haven't found any mentioned. I know that there are several options for water cooled vans, how difficult would...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome TSB 92-02: Also Applies To Digijet ?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:03:47 -0400
  ...All Water Cooled > >> Engine Vanagons SUPERCEDES TECHNICAL BULLETIN 24-92-01 (February 29, > >> 1992) CONDITION After driving for an extended period of time at...
• Re: SoCal
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 19:57:28 -0700
  ...Rational was air cooled bikes had to keep moving or they'd toast the engine. > > Aren't most all bikes water cooled now days...
• Re: Sportsvans (sic)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 11 Apr 94 08:27:03 CDT
  ...are STILL making the bread-loaf body, but with a water-cooled engine!! and a strange extra big square grill up front). i guess...
• Re: Someone show me a picture of the color Merian Brown
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:35:48 -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: More HP Stories?
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Thu, 25 Aug 94 9:16:56 PDT
  ...It is chocked full of good information on how the engines work and even includes a complete history of the type I engine, along...
• Re: Valve cover oil leak..
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 09:52:19 -0600
  ...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: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:47:42 -0800
  ...engines.> Awww, geez, here we go with the Union bashing again! But, wait a minute...isn't the Subaru also a water cooled flat...
• Re: Serious question
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 22:24:42 -0500
  If you are speaking about an air cooled VW engine, it is because the #3 is the greatest distance from the fan, and shares...
• Re: Thanks and Broken Stud Removal
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 13:56:42 -0400
  ...Basically, I opted for an outsourcing of the stud removal job since I've gotta start work on putting the engine back together. Well...
• Dying when warm and smells funky
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:23:47 -0700
  ...I've been following suggestions as they have cropped up (although most seem directed to the water-cooled models), and replacing things and doing...
• Re: Where's Waldo? (Something is missing?)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 23:05:07 -0500
  ...Proper functioning of the EGR system is extremely critical for these engines as it lowers the peak flame temperatures thus reducing both NOx and...
• Head bolts, studs turning?
  Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
  Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:58:45 -0600
  Hi folks, I am working the engine on my 81 air cooled. I have my engine out, and in a place where I can...
• Re: Steam Cleaning?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 18:36:29 -0500
  ...It is standard procedure to avoid all oil additives in VW Air Cooled and Water Cooled engines. In many cases additives have been used...
• Re: 2.1L Wasserboxer Power Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Doug Jones
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 00:31:30 -0800
  ...engine to 6,000 rpm at >the strip! > >I just have my doubts about a 1.9 or a 2.1 VW water-cooled...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan with 127,000 miles: yes or no
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 4 Feb 2014 19:21:23 -0800
  ...I don't know much about that engine, but IRRC >> it's >> a Mexican made version of the Audi engine. I'd look into...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:35:50 -0500
  ...Or am I just trying > to over engineer something? Anyone with experience with an auxiliary oil > cooler might know if I am trying to...
• Re: Need 1982 coolant reservoir
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:17:20 -0700
  ...Why? They powered them with wimpy 1.6 engines that do fine in a rabbit, but not a heavy Vanagon. That's why I...
• Re: 2nd try - Bostig 2nd Gen Zetec Kit
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Tue, 27 May 2008 20:57:30 -0400
  ...v2.0 List of required parts: (4/4/08) - Engine (same engine call sheet as v1.x applies) - Alternator (either salvage or new, for...
• Re: Scoop Update and oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 19:56:13 -0700
  ...I then used sheet metal to close that area off from the engine compartment and threaded the high pressure oil hoses through the sheet...
• An Amateur's Rap on Camshafts
  Historical mailing list - Dyer Lytle
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 09:52:25 -0700
  ...looking for a replacement camshaft for the 1.9L VW water-cooled boxer engine that I am in the process of rebuilding. A camshaft...
• Re: Air vs. Water
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:35:43 -0500
  I didn't see any pancake or type IV air cooled vw engines in Mexico. All of the bug, thing (pretty common) and bay...
• Re: 80 Vanagon Thermostat ?'s
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 4 May 2000 09:54:11 -0400
  ...finest engineering schools. Removing the thermostat on an air cooled motor is just as dumb as it is on a water cooled motor, but...
• Re: 80 to 84 parts swap.What will work?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 10 Apr 2002 08:25:37 -0500
  All parts not specific to the Water Cooled will swap. 85 Up sliding door and panel, longer, no fit. Late 83-up disk rotors...
• Re: HELP Flashing red temp light!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 25 Apr 2001 17:52:42 -0700
  Actually, the Flashing LED serves both functions in 83 and newer water cooled Vanagons. It will flash if the engine temp gets too high...
• 83 Vanagon Water Cooled Camper-HELP
  Historical mailing list - Shirley Anderson
  Fri, 3 Mar 1995 15:25:57 -0800
  ...1.) Put in another 83 waterboxer engine pros-it will fit easily cons-this engine has problems they are expensive ($1800-1500 price range...