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• Re: Engine Removal Tool
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sun, 6 Apr 2008 20:27:12 -0400
  ...Since > > the weight of the engine is taken by the van, not the ground, the van doesn't sag > > and change your angles when...
• Metal Engine Cover.. Who?
  Historical mailing list - davidson
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:06:26 -0700
  ...Someone recently posted that they had metal engine covers that would replace the plastic ones on later model Vanagons. I was adamant that my...
• Engine Rebuilding Questions
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Thu, 4 May 2000 01:36:33 -0500
  ...I am interested in learning about VW engine rebuilding. It seems like the only written source is for air cooled engines. Therefore, I have...
• 2.1L for sale. Re: Friend needs 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 20 Mar 2003 12:49:25 EST
  ...come drive it before you pull the engine! let me know chris
• Re: Engine Case Cleaning
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 09:35:13 EST
  ...Looks like an engine sauna to me. No solvents from what I understand. My parts engine parts all seem to come out sparkling clean...
• Parts Needed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Fri, 4 May 2012 13:09:31 -0400
  I had a little mishap (engine fire) today and yes I changed the fuel lines I'm hopping someone is parting out a van...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 May 2011 18:18:30 -0700
  ...Maybe the new engine > mounts are thicker, this would account for the rear engine mount bar > being closer I think ? They did look a...
• Re: seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:26:52 -0700
  ...The burnt engine has 95K >original miles. > >I > >>have an engine hoist, jack stands and a fairly >comprehensive tool > >>collection, > >>but have never removed...
• Re: Wanted: 2.0 engine for 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:59:32 -0400
  ...And the 914/912 engine tin isn't going to fit the vanagon, either. I had a 914 engine in a 1972 westy for...
• Re: new VW model has rear engine "waterboxer"
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:38:50 -0700
  Ok, so it may be a 3 cyl, or 4, but the engine will live in the back. Economical peeples kar aside, obviously they...
• Re: Engine Puzzlememt
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sat, 23 Jun 2018 10:49:28 -0400
  The engine turns maybe 270-300 degrees. I can see all three TC bolts and checked them for tightness. All were tight. All three...
• a boy and his bus. '82 Van w/411?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Peterson
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 14:38:56 -0400 (EDT)
  ...he rebuilt the engine according to Muir replacing everything. ran the bus for 3 years to work (school) putting 6000 miles on the engine...
• Re: Which VW engine fit in the Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Roger&Zoe Ann Banker
  Tue, 18 May 1999 00:01:28 EDT
  ...I like the extra low end torque of the 5 cylinder compared to the Subaru engine also. The engine hatch is modified to have...
• <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - Todd Kaderabek
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:54:18 -0400
  ...Once the engine revs over 2500rpm the oil light starts blinking and the buzzer sounds. When you shut of the engine and start again...
• Re: Dolly for engine removal
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:30:45 -0800
  I should add that I used this setup for engine/transmission removal. Not sure if it would help when just taking out engine. Neil...
• Best Practices for Engine Rebuild Break In Process
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Tue, 5 May 2009 18:27:00 -0400
  Hey Everyone, My rebuilt engine is going back in the van this week. What are the best practices to follow when breaking it in...
• Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 16 Jan 2014 21:22:44 -0600
  Rough engine - the latest pita I'm having to deal with on a string of many!! I'm on a roll!! Ok - hot or...
• spare engines
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Jul 94 11:03:10 -0400
  Steve Johnson says if you are thinking of taking a spare engine on the Brick Trek, maybe you should just install it. Two comments...
• Re: Weight of 2ltr air-cooled engine ???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 15:09:38 -0400
  ...de Graaf) writes: << For repair I would like to remove the engine ( just the engine, not the transmission !) from under the vehicle and bring...
• GTI Swap
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 8 Aug 1999 09:06:08 -0500
  I received this email today concerning a GTI 1.8 8V engine. Can anyone tell me where the computer is located. Is the computer...
• Re: Vanagon w/ Olds V8 in VW Trends
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 21 Feb 2001 22:41:53 EST
  ...The one engine tiny engine compartment PIC in the magazine article looked like a mid-engine installation with a 423ci (?) IIRC. MSDS installation is...
• Engine removal
  Historical mailing list - Jack Pronovost
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 02:35:54 -0800
  Chris The engine is a three point mount, the rear crossmenber bolted at each end and the rubber mount at the front end of...
• air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Clay Moore
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:07:34 -0700
  ...I assumed they must have had some kind of engine other than the air cooled version of that era. Since there are inline engine...
• Re: 80 Westy Engine Fire - Mystery Solved
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Sat, 10 May 2003 09:00:39 -0700
  First, how come a new engine was using so much oil it ran out and threw a rod? My AVP rebuild has about 15000...
• O2-sensor blues and more on '84 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 13 Aug 2011 11:46:31 -0400
  ...When the O2-sensor is connected and I measure the voltage between the connector and engine ignition control module heat shield, I am getting...
• Re: Dropping Aircooled Engine
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 13 May 2002 15:15:04 -0500
  ...Trolley jack, engine hoist (from > above, > inside rear hatch) or other? Any advice appreciated. I have > previously > dropped a '71 Beetle engine using a...
• Re: Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 May 2012 19:56:04 -0700
  ...on our usually very used engines ..the higher number is the more important one. In summer on most vanagons engines that should be 50...
• Re: Pull engine and tranny together?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 9 Apr 2005 12:34:40 -0700
  ...I dropped the engine partway onto two jackstands on each end > > of the engine carrier bar, then moved the floorjack to just behind the...
• Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - Neil
  Wed, 2 Dec 2020 12:58:45 -0800
  ...Not that Dan was suggesting this, per se, but shipping engine to Hungary costs €€€ ? If one could buy just the Boxeer mount etc components...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 5:55:44 PDT
  > > > I got to step in here on the oil cooling bit....the oil cooler was > put in to make the engine run cooler...it...
• Re: 2.1 L engine mount bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 22:56:34 -0400
  ...2.1 L engine mount bolts I picked up a used engine from a parts yard. The engine is missing the two bolts on...
• Re: gov't sure fire way to destroy an engine Re: about oil additives
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:23:49 -0700
  ...Start the engine. >> 7. Run engine at approximately 2000 rpm (for safety reasons do not >> operate at >> high rpm) until the engine stops. (Typically...
• Engine lopes at idle
  Historical mailing list - George Averill
  Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:08:39 -0500
  ...The engine slows down then speeds up in a cyclic pattern when idling. The engine runs fine while traveling down the road. I would...
• Re: VW approved engine conversion kit
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 12 May 1999 19:03:37 -0600
  ...what is Motronic? From "Bosch Fuel Injection & Engine Management" (http://www.rb.com/bosch/gfib/gfib.htm), "In simple terms, Motronic is an engine...
• Re: Opinions Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 23:07:15 -0600
  > Holm wrote: > Would readers just put in a good (stock) rebuilt > engine or go for broke > and spring the $$ for a VW Golf or...
• 2.1L engine dipstick tube
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 14:53:18 -0400
  Dear list, I need a 2.1L engine dipstick tube. Mine got horribly bent in a freak "accident" involving 1) a running engine & rotating...
• Other things to do with a VW engine
  Historical mailing list - Carlen, Gregg
  Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:45:58 -0400
  Here's an interesting way to reuse that old VW engine. I have no idea what kind of VW engine it is, but it...
• Re: BAD OIL Again!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 11 Feb 2003 09:09:17 -0500
  Eric I would guess that the engine has at least 140k on it or that some gas station has reassembled the engine and never...
• Re: Oil: 10w30? 20w50?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:28:41 -0500
  Wesley, the main reason for keeping the heavier oil throughout the year is that the engine lives at temperature most of it active life...
• Re: 666 torque, say no more - NVC ;^D
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:33:15 -0700
  ...I suspect this monster air-craft radial engine is barely loafing. After all..........air craft engines operate at pretty high output and load constantly...
• Re: vw industrial aircooled motors (was: Re: better blog, good vehicle on ice (LVC)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:26:36 -0500
  Chris and fellow vanagon types I still build and sell allot of air and water cooled engines for the Zambonis mostly propane and some...
• Re: cracked AMC heads question
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:09:35 -0700
  $1000 bucks for a new engine I have alot more than that in parts in one of my rebuilt engines you must be talking...
• Re: 5 cyl engine clearance follow up, long
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 1 Mar 1999 12:23:52 -0500
  Helmut, I have seen you say before that the Syncro engine is lowers compare to a 2WD. This is a miss conception. The engine...
• Re: Rough Cost of Engine Rebuild??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:49:59 -0500
  ...Stuart and the list the cost of a stock rebuilt engine is $2050 plus core at Boston Engine at least as long as my...
• great 1.9 for sale... probably...
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 20:40:28 -0800
  Hey all, I'm really thinking about converting my westy to a westyroo, even though my engine seems to be in splendid shape. See...
• Re: Shipping an engine to Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Tue, 17 Apr 2001 18:32:17 -0400
  ...Shipping an engine to Boston Bob > Hello Listmembers: I have an opporunity to buy an > engine from a listmember. What is the best way...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 16 May 2001 14:31:26 EDT
  Hi Would Vanavairs, After having owned a split window single cab and 69 Westy with one of these "belt-slinger engines" I can say...
• Re: everybody knows them to be high maintenance
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 19 Mar 2003 15:45:30 -0500
  ...Most engines cruise at HALF the RPM that the bus engines do. That includes all the DOHC Honda and Nissan engines that rev happily...
• IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is out there...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:12:25 EDT
  I think that those who want convert to another engine generally are looking for a "quick fix" to their engine problems and are just...
• Re: Rear hatch vibration Why all vanagon sound alike
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:36:52 -0700
  ...I quickly realized > that if I did a Vanagon engine tempo it sounded as if my engine was > actually running. I always wondered why...
• Re: Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Fri, 2 Mar 2012 16:55:21 +0000
  ...I went to the Forum/Tech Talk and searched "engine o/h". Several nice threads on engine o/h's were listed. Also, a...
• Engine Still Overheating - Need Advice / Problem Found
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Thu, 3 Mar 2005 06:45:14 -0700
  Volks, Found the problem with my AVP 2.1L Rebuilt Engine. One Cracked Head, leaking paste intake valves and one cylinder o-ring damaged...
• Re: Vanagon trivia - Now Question
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:44:00 -0700
  ...Mark Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > it doesn't say 'more with 1.6 TD engines than gas engines' > it says 'more 1.6TD engines...
• 1.9 Tdi diesel engine, please share your experiences..
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 18 Jun 2017 15:38:53 -0700
  ...price? (engine + labor) - extra things that you add on the engine? (oil cooler? performance chip?) thanks in advance, dan
• Re: Timing belt replacement and valve timing in VW gas and Diesel engines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:54:34 -0600
  ...It is ok when the engine is out on a stand, but in the van? No way. > > http://shufti.files.wordpress.com/2011/04...
• Re: Subaru engine swap list??, and FS 1.9l engine complete
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Tue, 10 Mar 1998 20:06:58 -0500
  Tim, I guess I'm kinda bias, since I'm planning an engine swap too. I think you should stay on this list with...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 21:36:18 -0600
  ...We are talking � seconds! > What I didn't like was this engine produces _NO!_ heat!! It would > take an eight hour trip to heat...
• Steam Cleaning?
  Historical mailing list - Trenholme, Phil
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 10:48:45 -0700
  ...Are there concerns about doing this? Are there better ways to clean an engine? There is quite a bit of gunk on the engine...
• 1985 Vanagon - setting initial timing, idle speed and mixture
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:52:11 -0400
  ...1.9l Gas engine. What would be the correct "engine code" for this model - and how to I "see this for myself?" Do I...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Peter Young
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 00:11:38 -0500
  Jay, Thanks for that! I had no idea there was a kit available like that from Bostig, or that the engines were so inexpensive...