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• Re: diesel warm start ??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Mar 97 13:13:36 EST
  ...However it is worth verifying that the voltage is off when the engine is running. Use a voltmeter or a testlight. /Martin ('82 diesel...
• Re: Plastic Vs Steel Engine Cover in a Diesel Vanagon..
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Apr 2001 23:11:01 EDT
  ...in > reducing the diesel clatter. > > The alternative lid is attarctive in terms of being lighter ? > > steve > i have the metal engine cover from a...
• Re: OK diesel dudes
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 27 May 2001 12:44:56 EDT
  ...I have done this very same thing on a VW diesel pick-up and solved a badly smoking engine problem for about $120 and...
• RE: Anyone have a Eurovan Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Jones,Rich
  Wed, 22 Feb 95 14:30:00 EST
  ...Is the Vanagon diesel engine unique to the Vanagon, just as the Eurovan diesel is? If so, have you had trouble finding parts at...
• Drove the TDI today... :)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 20 Oct 1996 18:38:03 +0000
  ...This is one kickbutt diesel engine! It seemed almost too quiet, in fact, only a trained ear could tell it as a diesel. And...
• ' 82 Vanagon diesel for sale cheap! (last call!)
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:07:40 -0500
  ...Fix to drive or use the parts to convert a waterboxer Vanagon to > inline gas or diesel engine. Must sell all asap, I'm...
• Re: Turbo Diesel Power and Economy - global efficiency Q?
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 01:00:17 -0400
  ...As you pointed out the particulate (soot) levels of a Diesel motor (not JUST the TDI as most other gas engined car manufactures want...
• stretch Syncro/Vanagon lives!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 21 Dec 2002 19:11:24 -0800
  ...The Vanagon diesel engines do not support both of these. I may use an Audi 5 cylinder turbo diesel as this will allow all...
• Re: 1982 Vanagon Westfalia-no engine - $800 obo
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:47:56 -0800
  If someone picks the bus below to do an engine conversion on (and therefore would be looking to sell the low-geared diesel transmission...
• Re: Intercooler for TD engines?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:24:15 +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: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:58:40 -0800
  ...VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles On 12/12/07, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: How that...
• Help-Diesel Coolant tank needed badly!!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:57:44 EDT
  ...cap for an 82 diesel NA 1.6 for sale?? (the one on the right side of the engine compartment next to the battery...
• FREE Diesel vanagon in NJ ... (read)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Apr 2001 13:14:16 EDT
  ...for those of you who are looking to put the inline 4 gas or diesel engine into your waterboxer van, this van has ALL...
• Re: FS 82 Diesel Vanagon Camper IE oops oil filter
  Historical mailing list - Evil Pig
  Thu, 1 Nov 2001 23:27:06 -0800
  ...FS 82 Diesel Vanagon Camper > > > > > > > Details: > > > > > > FOR SALE: 1982 VW Vanagon Camper > > > Diesel 1.6l Engine > > > Camper conversion by ASI > > > $2200 OBO > > > > > > Located in...
• Re: Gas Vanagon to Diesel Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:17:55 EST
  ...If cooling for diesels was not an issue, I don't think VW's engineers would have created in the more cavernous cooling tunnel...
• 1997 TDI Turbo Diesel for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim Robinson
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 10:54:29 -0800
  ...Will sell engine only or Engine trans and everthing to install. Engine running and in good condition. E-mail for more info. Engine only...
• Re: Diesel camper, low miles, be tempted?
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 1 Jun 2013 11:14:57 -0600
  ...With diesel tranny think of 58mph as top end, who gasser tranny its about 68 and not much oomph. the reason for ny turbo...
• Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 22:35:47 +1300
  ...Also the big diesels will be too heavy and produce really BAD understeer. And they cost more than twice what an SVX engine does...
• Re: VW Caravelle C, Turbo Diesel... info on turbo....
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 07:34:10 -0500
  ...Gary >> I have got a \26488 VW Caravelle Turbo diesel (European). >> Last fall I had a timing belt failure, and had to change >> engine...
• Re: vanagon DIESEL vs Gas crankshaft
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 07:14:21 -0700
  ...The forces a crankshaft experiences in a Diesel engine > are often greater than those in a comparable Gas engine, so they often > require heavy...
• Re: DIESEL is.(no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Tue, 19 May 1998 02:14:52 -0700
  I don't know how many miles a VW diesel engine can last, but I know that a properly tuned and maintained mercedes diesel...
• Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement Choices? Costs? Comments?
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 22:26:17 -0400
  ...Please send along the source of brand new 1.9 diesels. At the price you quote that's cheaper than most 2.1 WBX...
• Re: Eurospec conversion available on East Coast!!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 23 Sep 1998 15:54:35 -0400
  ...However, I believe one would also need to modify the >rear engine hanger and subframe to work with the diesel mounting bars. There >is...
• Re: Engine conversion questions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 19:36:41 +1200
  ...0064 (3) 479-7527 1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan 1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van 1989 Toyota Corona 2...
• Diesel engine conversion update!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 11:51:19 -0500
  I updated my website with the latest info on my never-ending Westy diesel engine conversion project. Feel free to take a look at...
• Re: Diesel Engine Source
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:17:11 -0700
  Here is what they sent me last week when I asked about their diesel engine rebuilds: >Motor pricing, pictures and what is included at...
• Re: vanagon highroof camper 5speed turbo diesel on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:55:45 -0800
  ...Is this correct? Aren't those configurations also found on the Jetta Eco-Diesels? Essentially a turbocharger added onto an NA engine with no...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Jack Botts
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:57:47 -0500
  ...johnnyjewel :Better built engines have little oil nozsles that squirt oil under pressure onto the undersides of the pistons. All vw turbo diesel engines...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] turbocharger versus Kompressor (supercharge r)
  Historical mailing list - Ferreira, John
  Fri, 24 Sep 1999 00:40:05 -0400
  ...Joel Walker and I have been tossing around the idea of using a Kompressor(supercharger) instead of a turbo for a Diesel engine. <snip...
• Re: Think I found the reason for SLOW DIESEL vanagons...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Tue, 2 Dec 2003 20:52:05 -0700
  Entity Felder spoke thus: > So I think I know what makes the diesel so SLOW: it's the incredible > weight of the engine cover...
• Re: Engine performance vs tire size
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:24:24 -0800
  ...They had the 1.9 Diesel industrial engine and a air-cooled Vanagon > > transmission with the 4.57 final drive . This engine, non-turbo...
• Re: Leaking head gasket-diesel/TD conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Wed, 4 Dec 1996 10:48:18 -0800 (PST)
  ...Are you using the standard diesel injector pump or the pump for a turbodiesel along with the added turbo? I think that adding the...
• Re: Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:32:00 -0600
  Entity Felder spoke thus: > 83 diesel (maybe) Argh! If it is a blown gasket you can shave the head and put a thicker gasket...
• Re: Diesel Van Bell Housing
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 18 May 2004 12:51:51 -0500
  ...Except (I think) for the oil pan, engine mounts, and the "throttle" arm on the fuel pump (in the vanagon they are bent down...
• diesel injection pump timing
  Historical mailing list - Alex Towner
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 01:57:49 -0400
  ...Diesel Vanagon Timing Advice I love the waterboxer engine. No timing belt. On the diesel VWs it is a different story. I have all...
• Re: DynaCam Engines - Possible V-gon Engine Swap!!!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 17:55:27 -0400
  ...wear surfaces on that engine. I wonder how the long-term durability will be. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si
• Re: Diesel Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:14:09 -0800
  ...The diesel engine dream is one > where you get > alternative fuel for next to nothing and then > extrapolate that cost > structure across the entire...
• Re: Question on 1.9 Vanagon conversion
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 23 May 1999 20:35:38 -0400
  ...edu/~jag/vw/engine/diesel1.9/D1_6lOilRet.jpg > >/martin >-- >Westy 1.9l Turbo Diesel >Quantum 1.6l Turbo Diesel > >Martin Jagersand email: jag...
• Diesel waterpumps
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 11:10:42 EST
  ...He stated in his reply that he had inspected 3 diesel engines whose demise was related to overheating caused by the wrong waterpump. Wrong...
• Re: Friday NVC: European Union switch to diesel not working so well
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 21 Jun 2014 21:21:30 -0700
  ...It's too bad we can't get some Subaru boxer diesels here...they would make great Vanagon engines. On Sat, Jun 21, 2014...
• Re: My 1991 Vanagon Carat is getting a new life
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:46:13 -0400
  ...It's not a good idea (for longevity) to consistently rev a diesel engine. From the research that I have done and the opinions...
• Re: '82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Tue, 27 Oct 1998 21:13:02 -0600
  ...A compression test may also be a smart idea? It shows the overall health of a diesel engine. Anyway my head and engine turned...
• Re: [DIESEL] Reinhardt Lives!! (well, almost ...) {Longish}
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 22:47:42 -0400
  ...dieselwesty [SMTP:dieselwesty@yahoo.com] wrote: > In doing my engine conversion I to had a hole in my original steel pipe at > the engine...
• Re: oil burning on new engine
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:30:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...The only Diesel engines with >>which I have any familiarity are Cumins, which have a very low oil >>consumption and regularly achieve service lives...
• Re: bashing was: vanagon engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:36:40 -0800
  ...He > currently > has an 04 Dodge Ram 2500 4X4 with some huge diesel engine. It is > embarrassingly big and tall.It gets 14mpg on...
• Re: Coolant/Oil that oil filter interface.. reasons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:53:35 -0700
  ...Even the plain diesel engine Vanagons had the oil cooler, starting in 1981. The turbo diesel Vanagons can make enough engine heat that they...
• Re: Friday NVC: European Union switch to diesel not working so well
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:37:43 -0400
  ...It's too bad we can't get some Subaru boxer diesels here...they would make great Vanagon engines. On Sat, Jun 21, 2014...
• Re: push start
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:20:55 +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: 82 diesel air intake elbow
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 21:07:18 -0800
  ...I believe I’m right in remembering in the old diesel westy that there was a rubber drain grommet below the hole in that...
• Re: Febi Diesel Vanagon Oil Pump Quality?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:52:38 -0500
  Ahh, I believe the turbo Diesel's have the squirters for the extra fuel/heat load to help cool the pistons. My 1.6na...
• diesel vanagon parts quest
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 16 May 1999 22:54:03 -0400
  ...A diesel vanagon, that is. The engine was gone, but the oil pan was laying inside the van. I got the transmission, starter, slave...
• Re: antifreeze from diesel engine block
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 May 2004 23:19:24 -0400
  ...antifreeze from diesel engine block On Tue, 25 May 2004, Eric Zeno wrote: > Markus, > You have a freeze plug that went bad. Cheap and...
• Re: All good reasons to be a man
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 14 Jan 2001 22:16:44 +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...
• Re: Diesel 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Stivers
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 00:41:23 -0400 (EDT)
  ...high retail> and it says to "deduct 50% of value for diesel engine" This seems like a rather steep asking price, I saw one...
• Re: DIESEL is............
  Historical mailing list - Steven Broomhead
  Mon, 18 May 1998 22:42:15 -0500
  ...DIESEL is............ > > >One final word of advice .......DON'T BUY A DIESEL > > > >D = D@MNED > >I = INSIDIOUS > >E = ENGINE; > >S = SLUGGISH,, > >E = EMBARRASSING, > >L...
• Re: 85 Uneven idle again
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 06:54:51 -0800
  The diesel engines used in Vanagons have no throttle housing or AFM. The air supply to the intake is neither controlled or measured. Diesels...
• Re: Flashing Coolant light on a diesel van.
  Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 21:10:31 -0400
  ...diesel van. > Hi ...more problems! . > > ..the coolant lamp has just started flashing ....I key on and it starts > flashing ...it never stops ...then engine...
• Re: Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 20 Sep 2003 15:15:07 -0400
  ...Also, the driver's side engine mount has to come out to get the exhaust manifold off. Have a bottle jack and block of...
• Re: Diesel Engine on eBay - Funny Paintjob
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 4 Feb 2004 18:33:17 -0800
  ...Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > I was wandering around eBay and noticed this "remanufactured" diesel Vanagon > engine. Something didn't quite look right, finally I figured...
• Re: diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 23:35:50 -0700
  ...Mounts at 50 degrees with stock diesel Vanagon mounts. Less >> power and noisier. >> >> Either group of engines will require a diesel tank unless you...