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• Re: Oil pressure light comes on after about 7 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:10:36 -0500
  ...ENGINE. I cannot emphasize this enough. >Do you have the correct switch installed? Most parts books and ETKA are >confusing here. Most water cooled...
• warm up and coolant pressure on head gasket seals
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 20:49:51 -0800
  ...The VW waterboxer differs from other water-cooled engines in that it's cylinders are not cast into the block. The result is that...
• Re: Gas tank capacity
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Wed, 3 May 2000 12:37:27 -0700
  ...air-cooled than in the water-cooled engines used later. Lower compression reduces the efficiency of the engine, which translates to poorer mileage, but...
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 22:39:17 -1000
  ...VW's firsat effort at a water-cooled vanagon of any type. ( the 1.9 wbxr starts in 1983.5 ) ... there are quite a...
• Re: places where rodents get into vanagons... save this list!!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:03:44 -0800
  ...http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines
• Re: OK, sold 79, now I'm after a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Thu, 31 Oct 2002 01:11:18 -0500
  ...to a 2.1L engine and modified the cooling system a little bit. You will find that the water cooled vanagons have a lot...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:25:12 -0800
  ...That's why water cooled VWs have been famous for their great > heat. > > Edward > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Don...
• Is Digi-jet Bosch?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 5 Jul 1997 15:38:06 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Can anyone tell me if the Digi-jet system on my 83 water-cooled is a Bosch product? Or, will the Bosch literature give...
• Re: different exhaust Q? studs or bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Rogers
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 15:17:22 -0500
  ...My relatively new to me 83.5 >>Westy had a >>rebuilt water cooled engine that was "installed" by a DPOs "mechanic." >> >>On my bus...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:25:47 -0500
  I don't know about the water cooled engines but pushing a set of air cooled cases could make the studs that fasten the...
• Re: Someone show me a picture of the color Merian Brown
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:08:30 -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: This GoWesty is really starting to annoy me/Sportsmobile
  Historical mailing list - Bernie
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 17:19:35 -0700
  ...I did not exist my bus did not exist and what is a water cooled engine anyway? I could swing buying something newer with...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 12:35:33 -0600
  ...Here is > where the VW boxer engine, (both air and water cooled), need some attention. > These engines are really loose tolerance, that gets even...
• Re: contemplating engine upgrade
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:55:30 -0700
  ...that it's easier to upgrade the engine (swap to subie VW I4) in a water cooled van, I'm sticking with it. In...
• Re: What is the transformer under my rear seat for?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Aug 2006 17:00:44 -0400
  ...Internet > > http://www.fastforward.ca > > > Email > > sales@fastforward.ca > > - Classic water cooled Volkswagen engine conversions > - Electrical harness fabrication and customization > > Due to the large...
• Re: Cut tranny input shaft while still in tranny? (for engine conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:18:09 -0800
  ...For example, when I bought a throttle body air duct for a Subaru engine in a vanagon, they ask �air cooled or water cooled...
• Oil recommendations simplified
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 10:43:04 -0500
  ...Here is where the VW boxer engine, (both air and water cooled), need some attention. These engines are really loose tolerance, that gets even...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 14:28:15 -0800
  ...Engine Conversions All of this talk about engine conversion options - Tiico, Jetta engines, inline 4's, Subaru engines - yet no one ever talks about...
• Re: Timing
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 21:53:34 -0400
  ...I have an 83.5 Vanagon with 1.9 water-cooled engine code "DH". >According to the Bentley manual, (my engine code is not...
• Re: vanagon buying advice needed
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:33:55 -0700
  ...You need to check the engine. If it is OK, you got a great deal here because a good used engine is worth close...
• Thanks/Water-cooled Westfalia found...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 13:29:38 -0700
  ...But it does have a factory remanufactured engine with only 16K miles and a transferable warranty, and the price is well below both Blue...
• Re: Eurospec conversion
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 07:18:43 -0500
  ...Perhaps an engineer type could explain this > better. > >> > >> However in real world tests (brain feeling better) we have found very > >> consistantly that installing a...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:25:19 -1000
  ...name a German car that is rear engine air-cooled, inline 4, OHC, from the 60's. Sideways mounted rear engine. a hint .. name...
• Sportsmobile
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:18:33 -0800
  ...The Germans know how to engineer things (except water cooled boxter engines :-)). The American made vans are just not as well crafted and innovative...
• Re: Removing engine the German way
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 19 May 2009 20:48:14 -0400
  ...Removing a water cooled engine from vanagon. Ben? > > > hey John It isn't as hard as an aircooled. hardest thing is taking the >> exhust...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:30:42 -0800
  ...expected on other water-cooled engines during the course of the engines lifetime. I think it is important that an engine not NEED mollycoddling...
• Re: Coolant line complications - early vs. late vanagons.
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:23:33 -0400
  The problem with the earliest water-cooled vanagons was that the coolant lines were metal (so they rust through). The later vans (I believe...
• Water boxer cooling
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:48:47 -0500
  ...The engine and oil where thourghly heat soaked. I don't think that the water cooled vanagons have a design error in the cooling...
• Re: Help in salt lake
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 19 Mar 2019 23:49:58 +0000
  ...I just broke down off of hwy 15 in Ogden.  Smoke came from the ignition and the engine quit.  Any advice where to tow...
• Water Pump O-Rings, Sealant Needed?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Thu, 13 Jun 2002 13:10:07 -0700
  ...1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic
• Re: Question re buying & selling a westfalia in Europe
  Historical mailing list - zolo
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 13:47:40 -0800
  ...My preference is the air cooled engine with carburetors. The newer models are water cooled and they can have endless troubles that you don...
• Re: Body Work, welding, and danger - A question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 11 Jul 2006 16:05:29 -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...
• FI Vacuum leak 83 Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Jun 1997 04:45:00 -0400 (EDT)
  ...It has a rebuilt water-cooled engine (or actually long-block) with allegedly about 1,000 miles on it (digi-jet FI ). The idle...
• Re: Possible Parts Source
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:17:06 -0800
  ...close to 20 buildable cases. > > Maybe a dozen other engines. Several watercooled engines for GTIs. Alot > of > headlights, turns, etc. A mess of gauges...
• Re: 1.9L coolant hose question
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 16 Aug 2002 07:52:42 -0400
  ...What I have is depicted on page 19.10 of the Bentley manual, described as 1983-1985 water cooled. This also matches Ken Wilfy...
• Re: dual fuel conversion (LPG, propane, etc)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:23:59 -0400
  ...I build lots of engines for the ice resurfacer Zambonis they have air and water cooled engines most have been set up to run...
• Re: More Reliable: Air or H2O
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:14:02 -0400
  ...The engine has never even had the heads removed. TIme to fess up here.... HOw many of those 224k miles are from being towed...
• Weinberg Vanagon Project - Request for Work
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:27:32 -0800
  ...Lane had started a subaru engine conversion on his Westy some time ago before his health declined. They would like to get the job...
• Re: What's Your Dream VW Bus?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 13 Sep 1997 01:38:10 CDT
  ...of the Type 4 engined buses. the Syncro cause it was the latest and greatest of all the water-cooled Vanagons. that's IF...
• Re: Head Leaks
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Fri, 5 Jan 2001 17:08:13 -0600
  ...Head Leaks > > > > > > > > > > I have been reading about all the head gasket leaks on water cooled gas > > > > engines do the same faults apply to the...
• Re: RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 May 2002 23:04:24 -0500
  ...I initially set it up for the AC VW engine > (dropped > top speed a bit with additional drag!). I then kept both it and...
• Overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 May 1995 13:48:50 -0700
  ...Compression ratio is the product of the parts an engine is built out of, the rest are adjustable. Besides the above, VW engines have...
• Re: 88 fuel lines
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:52:20 -0400
  ...Do you water-cooled guys really need 10 feet of fuel hose in the engine compartment. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young '81 Vanagon Lafayette, CA 94549 '82...
• Re: Original Vanagon heater for sale ...
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 4 Jan 2015 18:52:02 -0500
  ...imagine it is possible to fit it to a gas engined water cooled Vanagon. As an aside, years ago I went through emissions inspection...
• Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:13:07 EDT
  ...If a 1982 Westy has been converted from diesel to gasoline (1.8L engine taken from a 1987 VW Jetta - the water cooled, fuel...
• Re: WBX6 RE: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:27:28 -0700
  ...VW only talked about a special water cooled engine in the new model before it was released (obviously the body was built to accommodate...
• Re: Friday subject - are we on the list just old farts?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 15 Feb 2020 17:01:57 +0000
  ...Often massaged the internals of the engine relying on the Water-cooled Idiot's Guide. Lots of cash went into engineering mods, grills, gauges...
• Re: Is it time for a Tiico list?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 5 Jun 2002 21:33:15 -0500
  ...As for me I'm an Air Cooled guy but am currently watching a fellow put a Water Cooled Subaru in an Air Cooled...
• type 1 verses wbx RPM
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 25 Jan 2000 09:55:51 -0500
  ...I run both my air and water cooled van engines at 4k all day long on the highway no problem. A max RPM of...
• Re: Confused about valve adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:25:26 -0700
  I haven't been following this thread, and really don't know anything about water-cooled engines, but this seems like a more general...
• 1987 Head gasket, replace once or more?
  Historical mailing list - Mark St. Andre
  Thu, 03 Oct 1996 13:49:09 -0500
  ...system replaced some time soon after that, 2.1 litre water cooled engine, automatic transmission am/fm cassette with sweet speakers, power locks and...
• Re: Using old phones as an intercom in your VW bus
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 9 Jun 2012 00:02:02 -0500
  ...just to talk.' maybe this is why VW went to water-cooled engines. ( not really of course, but it's a fun thought ) On...
• Re: 1993 Eurovan with 127,000 miles: yes or no
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 5 Feb 2014 06:11:43 -0600
  ...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: Higher output alternator?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:11:39 -0400
  Most of the water cooled Vanagons came with 90 amp alternators. If the engine had a three groove pulley the 90 amp was there...
• Re: Spay expandable foam insulation in Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:24:24 -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: Another compression question
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 15:41:54 -0700
  ...Bentley says that the water cooled engine is nominal 145-189psi, minimum is 116psi, and the max difference between any two cylinders should not...
• Re: Advice on rebuilt engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Engel
  Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:04:57 -0600
  ...a water-cooled. > Also replaced just about everything else that is involved with the engine at > the same time. > > If you get engine from...
• Water Wetter
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:34:51 -0600
  ...Redline" >that is supposed to lower the temperature of your water cooled engine by 40 degrees... > >Seems like a tall order but since we...
• Re: Any TIICO wasserboxer experiences out there?
  Historical mailing list - raul lince
  Fri, 30 May 2003 20:08:11 +0000
  ...also have 2.1L horizontally opposed VW wasserboxer 92 HP water cooled rebuilt engines for sale. Im trying to find out if anyone out...
• Re: Gaskelet leak and overheating
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 9 Jul 2024 09:38:47 -0700
  ...That worked and the > engine is still running today powering a friends now water cooled Bay > window. > >> But, this was some air in the...