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• Newspaper article on the end of Combi production in Mexico
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 11:31:48 -0800
  ...It is being replaced in the VW lineup by the Eurovan, a more modern vehicle with a water-cooled front engine. The demise of...
• Re: pre 83 manual shifting, substandard or unrelable?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:11:02 -0700
  ...Bear in mind that aside from clutch componenents, and assuming engine runs well, there's basically 2 different systems that would affect tranny shifting...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:56:29 -0700
  ...which one? > > > > > > Eurocars: > > > > > > www.eurocars.bz > > > > > > 2.2 liter water cooled 115Hp of torque Engine > > > $3500 > > > > > > > > > Boston Engine: > > > > > > http://www.bostonengine.com > > > > > > 2.1...
• Re: Can I put an aircooled engine in a water cooled 91?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 20:17:59 -0400
  ...Can I put an aircooled engine in a water cooled 91? I had the question asked of me tonite, as my friend was pulling...
• Re: 85vanagon overheating (water cooled)
  Historical mailing list - Erin Daniels
  Tue, 1 Jul 2014 10:38:07 -0700
  ...The engine sounds terrible. Almost about to backfire. It won't go past like 5-10 mph. >> It's only 9am and it's...
• Re: Fuel flow senders
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 11:37:03 -0800
  ...sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to the large quantity of email...
• Re: coolant hose number
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Mon, 16 Aug 2004 11:34:15 -0700
  ...and 71-73 Type 4 engine compartments several years ago. Note that > > it's a Group 121 (Water Cooled Component) part number, which is...
• Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Randy C. Nunes
  Wed, 6 May 2009 15:03:21 -0400
  ...Assuming your water cooled Vanagon is in good shape, you find a good Zetec engine, and can get an honest Vanagon knowledgeable mechanic willing...
• Re: finding a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 09:33:21 -0800
  ...want to go to a Subaru engine or an Audi 5 cylinder or some other > water cooled is it possible to do this--how...
• Re: Muffler Parts
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Fri, 24 May 2002 12:52:02 -0700
  ...so, should we be putting on two gaskets on the water cooled engine > too? My guess is that they should get two if the...
• Re: Valve Adjustment-Help! (and Digijet Timing)
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Wed, 9 Jun 1999 23:02:14 -0700
  ...Valve Adjustment-Help! Hi All, I have an '84 1.9L water-cooled with Digijet. Can anyone give me advice of: a)how to...
• Re: More Reliable: Air or H2O
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 3 Aug 2005 17:59:14 -0400
  ...Of course it was relatively inexpensive to fix but engine durability was not there. My 70 was slightly better. I had and worked on...
• Re: HEAT glorious heat!!!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:17:35 -0700
  ...Keep in mind I have new heater > boxes on my freshly rebuilt engine. > > Sean Garrett > 1981 Westy (his) > 1995 Eurovan Camper (hers) > sean.garrett...
• Re: used Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:47:15 -0400
  ...1981 Westfalia that had been >> converted to water-cooled with a Mazda RX-7 rotary engine... which gobbles >> oil like crazy & requires an elaborate...
• Re: More Fuel Pump Weirdness - Has Mercury gone retrograde again?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:11:36 -0700
  ...1987 1.8 L Jetta engine about 60,000 miles ago. So > she > is now a water-cooled, gas-powered van. Since buying her...
• Re: Westy Engine Swap questions 1.9L to a 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:36:22 -0700
  ...You are then faced with a choice about the stock water cooled oil cooler/filter set up for the 2.1, which will no...
• Re: BN-4 or BN-6?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 02:31:28 -0500
  ...For the Synchro model there was a Canadian only optional >heater booster >called the BBW 46 which heats the engine coolant. Something >similar to...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:04:14 -0600
  ...that couldn't be expected on other water-cooled engines during the course of the engines lifetime. --------------------- Clip --------------------- No automobile manufacturer ever intender or...
• New mexican bus ad in uk mag.
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Grant
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 16:10:18 +0000 (GMT)
  ...Mexican built Type 2 features a 1781cc 63 kW water cooled in-line engine with electronic ignition and a regulated catalytic converter. Gearbox is...
• forwarded:
  Historical mailing list - Skip Montanaro
  Sun, 8 Dec 1996 02:34:49 -0500 (EST)
  ...dtrejo@erols.com I have a 1986 vanagon with 2.1 water cooled engine. I live in Maryland and park it outside. I would...
• Re: looking to buy...
  Historical mailing list - Houston
  Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:36:19 -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...
• Re: Common problem, I think
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 01:14:41 -0500
  ...I am left not >knowing exactly what's happening. > >2.1l water cooled, automatic, 160k miles > >engine starts as normal but whether cold or...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#306561314: 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon Synchro 4x4 wagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:41:49 -0400
  ...1987 Volkswagen Synchro 4x4 passenger van with 4 cylinder water cooled engine and 4 speed manual transmission & air conditioning. Dark Brown in color with...
• Re: Vanagon fuel requirement
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 13:20:12 -0700
  I use regular 87 octane on my 87 GL and it has worked fine.. (original owner, 120K miles..orig engine..no rebuilt yet!) The...
• Re: Is there any way...
  Historical mailing list - Hugh Smith
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 16:21:07 -0700
  ...The headlights do load the alternator, which makes the engine work a little harder. The extra heat generated will be somewhat greater than the...
• Re: Heresy: I bought a Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Mon, 6 Aug 2012 01:09:05 +0000
  ...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: My ultimate section, but, 1.9 or 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:45:39 -0400
  ...1's are worth bothering with, for a stock water-cooled gas >vanagon engine anyway. >Those 1.9's wbxr's....no offense, but...
• Re: Head gasket again...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:46:59 -0500
  ...with a > water cooled. I had a Bus in HS that I did a lot of successful work on the > engine, brakes, clutch, front...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan with 127,000 miles: yes or no
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Tue, 4 Feb 2014 19:53:44 -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...
• More Vacuum leak Qs 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 03:57:44 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The other question is, will this prove to be the whole problem? (Just for history, my engine, a VW of Canada rebuilt long block...
• Re: tiico engine ?
  Historical mailing list - dunks
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 22:10:09 -0400
  ...tiico engine ? > the noise: a few options. 1 is an exhaust system that goes forward about > 6' and then back and exits behind the...
• 86 Drivetrain Into 82 Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 03:37:08 -0600
  ...However, upon reviewing the body condition of the '86 Westy Weekender (ex-inline conversion, now missing engine, transmission, engine wiring harness, brake/clutch pedal...
• a new idea on the well beaten subject of leaking head gaskets...
  Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
  Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:05:55 -0800
  ...a leaking head gasket will require a major engine operation, as head removal and resealing is not a trivial operation. The heads must be...
• Another Westy vanishes
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 08:33:06 -0700
  ...He's more than once asked me about gutting the engine and making it a trailerable camper that he would tow behind something else...
• Re: finding a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:49:23 -0800
  ...want to go to a Subaru engine or an Audi 5 cylinder or some other > water cooled is it possible to do this--how...
• Mexican VW's
  Historical mailing list - Sue Booth
  Fri, 08 Nov 1996 01:20:32 +0100
  I was in Baja this past September and after seeing hundreds of newer beetles and lots of water cooled buses cruzin around the country...
• Re: flashing coolant light purpose (Friday non-sequitur and long)
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:59:08 -0700
  ...No dipstick for engine. More computer monitoring. There is a nice warning on the oil fill cap that says overfilling can damage the engine...
• Re: In the Dog House
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sun, 12 Oct 1997 13:01:36 -0700
  ...A lot of air-heads seem to think that we inherited horrid complexity when VW water-cooled the old Beetle engine. Our engines look...
• Re: Ceramic Coated Heads
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:54:50 EDT
  ...water-cooled heads in an attemp to protect them from the damaging effects of the corrision problem that exists in the WBX engine. The...
• Re: Those dreaded 9 words...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 18:19:12 -0800
  ...sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Boston Bobs type 2-4 engine comments was <no subject>
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 12 Nov 2006 23:09:50 -0500
  ...The air-cooled engine unlike the water cooled WBX engine sees higher temps and shorter engine life. The ability of this engine to maintain...
• Re: front end work -- advice?
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sat, 21 Nov 1998 16:54:47 -0500
  ...the wife blew the hell out of two engines since she didn't think water-cooled VWs had any need of checking water and...
• Re: Fire Suppression Solutions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 13:04:32 -0500
  ...and heard quite a few stories about rear-engined > VWs, both air and water-cooled, that caught fire, but why would > VWoA be concerned...
• Re: 1.9 automatic vanagon syndrome ??
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 22:26:17 -0500
  ...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: Dr. Z - (vague volkswagen content)
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:54:19 -0700
  ...L'Universelle and Greenbrier - water cooled (v-8) vs. air cool (flat 6,) front vs rear wheel drive, engine placement front vs. rear. I...
• Wasserboxer cooling (was:Re: aftermarket instrumentation)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 15:26:32 -0400
  ...These are all problems that can and do affect all water cooled engines. Can you site any examples to the contrary? My recent experience...
• Re: Van on Bring a Trailer
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:59:56 -0600
  ...When I got the first water cooled<BR>vanagon (an 84) after few years I realized that trip preparation no longer<BR>included a...
• Re: leaking head gasket
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Wed, 19 Oct 94 23:35:26 CDT
  ...if i remember rightly, there was a recall for re-torquing the heads on the early (83? 84?) model vanagons with water-cooled engines...
• Re: [Syncro] Sealant between transmission and engine?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 06:19:32 -0400
  ...Email sales@fastforward.ca <mailto:sales%40fastforward.ca> - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to...
• Re: Help! Flashing Temperature LED
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Fri, 17 Jan 1997 22:58:07 -0800 (PST)
  ...Starting my 88' Westy > > (water-cooled) was no problem however the Temperature LED would not sto= > p > > flashing. > >=20 > > This was with the engine...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sun, 14 Apr 2013 08:39:07 -0600
  ...Full throttle with a supercharged engine would blow > the > > thing up but the water cooled it enough to save the engine but still get...
• Re: Milestone
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Sun, 20 Jan 2019 00:22:21 -0800
  ...The bottom end of the engine still seems to in good shape. No strange noises and oil pressure still on spec. I’m thinking...
• Re: repost: 82 camper for sale (Ohio)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 17 Aug 94 08:54:46 CDT
  ...would duralube or synthetic oils be >appropriate for aircooled van engines? This is probably a FAQ so please >ignore my ignorance.e DC so...
• 87 Vanagon - Considering Purchase - Need advise
  Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
  Sun, 28 Sep 1997 12:51:34 -0700
  ...Aside from head jobs every 80K or so, is there any way I can reassure her that the water-cooled engines are more maintenance...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - should I buy
  Historical mailing list - John H. Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Jul 1998 08:18:53 -0500
  ...85 Vanagon - should I buy I personally would run, not walk, from a water cooled engine since they have a terrible history. But you...
• Re: Muffler Parts
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Fri, 24 May 2002 16:22:01 -0400
  ...so, should we be putting on two gaskets on the water cooled engine too? My guess is that they should get two if the...
• Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Wed, 6 May 2009 20:21:59 -0700
  ...shop for a good > engine. > > Assuming your water cooled Vanagon is in good shape, you find a good > Zetec engine, and can get an...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:26:34 -0600
  ...I know John Muir's book was about air cooled VWs and some think it has no place in the modern water cooled VW...
• Re: Tach swap?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:06:57 -0400 (EDT)
  ...tach in my "new" 83 water-cooled Westy. I've never been quite so far from an engine, and since i replaced that noisey...
• Re: Wankels
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:56:21 -0400
  ...The HP/TORQUE figures on the Mazda rotary vs the VW water-cooled show no apparent problems, but, as I put it to Ari...