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• Re: Milestone
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:48:12 -0500
  ...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: Haynes Manual 1982-1990
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 01:40:53 +0000
  ...Haynes manual for the 1.9L and >2.1L engine vanagons prioced at $24.95 part number HAY3452. plus shipping. > >No vested interest here...
• Re: WTB 15" South Africa rims
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:48:02 -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: Porsche in a van
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:24:24 -0400
  I would like to add that in all the driving I have done, the engine was the breaking factor. >:D On 9/13/07...
• When & why replace heads?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Fri, 7 Apr 2023 10:03:54 -0700
  ...and about how important it is to not overheat the water cooled engine. Anyway - it is never too early to replace a leaking head...
• Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:05:00 -0400
  ...diesel to gasoline (1.8L engine > taken from a 1987 VW Jetta - the water cooled, fuel injected CIS engine) > will that set up be...
• two ebay parts providers
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 08:49:49 -0800
  ...Maybe a dozen other engines. Several watercooled engines for GTIs. Alot of headlights, turns, etc. A mess of gauges. A coupe of frames. And...
• '83 water-boxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - John Unger
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:03:55 -0500
  ...1983 water-cooled Vanagon -- $1200.00 BACKGROUND: I am the original owner of this fine vehicle and have been its friend through thick and...
• Re: Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Mon, 8 May 2000 16:15:39 -0500
  ...Use the stock TD water-cooled oil >cooler, but instead of utilizing the already-hot coolant of the engine's >cooling system to try...
• Re: re. MAX out your Propane Capacity / Do propane tanks HAVE to be
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 25 May 2002 21:06:10 -0500
  ...In 1972 I had a Cabana Motor Home with a 440 Wedge head Chrysler engine and the dual fuel setup worked good. We just...
• Re: Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 3 Mar 2008 16:16:24 -0800
  Another factor, say if doing a soobie, You have dozens of sources for engines, and many choices of engines by type and size. And...
• Re: heat ideas
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:16:12 -0500
  ...The vanagons had a fairly good heater but dufus engineering for a lot of those vans makes them have issues. Like Removing the T...
• Re: '90 Carat - Radio turns off and back on when starting the van
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:38:49 -0800
  Looking at what I think is a supplement diagram for a factory option, "water cooled - digifant from 1990" shows the stereo with 4 speakers...
• Re: Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Danny C
  Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:14:30 -0700
  ...It sleeps 4 has a working fridge, stove, yes the van has a more reliable water cooled engine and for that it also has...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk! Wilder's Law
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 10:26:30 -0800
  ...is best served by a stock 2.1L Waterboxer engine that is easier to get serviced." No flames here Larry, this response is offered...
• Vanagon Models, 1990 - USA
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:08:03 -0400
  ...Drivetrain 2.1 liter water-cooled horizontally opposed engine Digifant electronic fuel injection 90HP @ 4800RPM (SAE net), 117FtLbs @ 3200RPM 4 speed manual transmission Rear...
• want an 83.5 Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Fall
  Wed, 18 Oct 2000 10:36:38 -0700
  ...White 83.5 Water Cooled Power Nothing CD player Full Camper (everything works great) Capn's Chairs hitch with great hitch mounted mike rack...
• fizzix ?
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Tue, 18 Jul 95 11:23:17 PDT
  ...Putting a water jacket around an air cooled engine makes it a water cooled engine! > Lemme see, you're worrying about the air to...
• Re: Donations Requested - Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:45:37 -0400
  ...Engine fame. > > http://www.bostonengine.com/ > > Bob built what many of us feel was "State of the Art" VW Air cooled, > Water cooled & Zamboni...
• Re: 83 Vanagon Water Cooled Camper-HELP
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Mar 1995 18:51:28 -0600 (CST)
  ...This is my > Final rebellion and I need HELP! > > Pep boys in Santa Maria said we had a blown engine when my daughter got...
• Re: AFM track cleaning wisdom
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:23:45 -0700
  ...I've had good results by opening up the AFM (air-cooled, and I'm assuming the water-cooled engine's AFMs are the...
• Fwd: 2 rust-free buses FS Moab,UT (Cheap!)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 07:41:37 -0800
  ...scanned for viruses by AMaViS 0.2.1 (http://amavis.org/) > >Hey Tobin, > >I came across an interesting "water cooled" camper deal today out...
• Re: Bucking
  Historical mailing list - WVVW
  Sun, 24 Aug 2003 20:49:57 -0400
  ...My water cooled 1.9 was >doing the same thing. Engine would suddenly cut out and them come back >on with much driveline windup...
• Re: Dash coming out. Any prev. maint tips?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:55:42 -0800
  ...I will > > inspect seals on heater box too. > > > > Too bad I didn't know what engine I might be swapping in. Now would be...
• Choices on Heat: Real and Imagined
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Nov 94 7:58:48 EST
  ...bugs only); effects on oil temp and engine unknown; a challenge worth exploring; d) water cooled heater boxes - upside - may be the most efficient...
• Re: Questions from a Vanagon Newbie
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 30 Mar 2002 15:18:24 -0400
  ...Old fuel lines are the #1 cause of engine box fires. Change ALL of the fluids (tranny, oil, coolant etc). Change ALL filters (oil...
• Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:32:10 -0800
  ...http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization -----Original Message...
• Re: What I did a few weeks ago--a pallet in my Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Longing
  Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:05:55 -0500
  ...I began to take parts off in hopes of installing a new engine. The current engine will run when fully assembled but on torque...
• Re: Donations Requested - Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:47:38 -0400
  ...Engine fame. > > http://www.bostonengine.com/ > > Bob built what many of us feel was "State of the Art" VW Air cooled, > Water cooled & Zamboni...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 13:27:39 -0400
  ...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: Ebay:90 Syncro Crew Cab
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 22:10:17 -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: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Wed, 9 Sep 2015 06:48:41 -1000
  ...Sideways mounted rear engine. > a hint .. > name is just letters. > > but rear radiator/s in a Vanagon ..someone build one please ..with huge > rear...
• Re: Subject: Boston Bob Engine
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:06:42 -0400
  ...I also supply the ice rinks with air and water > >cooled zamboni engines for the last 15 years. I have learned a lot from...
• Re: Coolant leak...the story continues...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 1994 11:00:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...when > I tried to turn it. :( Now when I run the engine (actually my wife > ran it while I looked) this thing pees straight...
• Re: Hella H4 xenon blue 100/80w bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:33:39 -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: All engines have issues...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 May 2010 16:53:43 -0700
  ...and heck...in South Africa the stock vanagon engine is an inline 5 water cooled, cast iron block, aluminum head. anybody happen to know...
• Re: My ultimate section, but, 1.9 or 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:15:36 -0700
  ...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: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 21:09:02 -0500
  ...to other water-cooled engines." Yet, in your first post you said "I must disagree about 1980 - 1990 Honda, Toyota, etc. engines being a...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:57:54 -0500
  Diesel engines do not create much heat at idle. Why? Because they do not have throttles. Every time a piston goes down on the...
• Re: My vanagon has trouble starting sometimes,, help please
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Wed, 15 May 2002 00:04:35 -0700
  ...rotating and the engine doesn't fire? -- Craig -- Craig Oda craigoda@communitybuilders.info VW Info: 1983 VW Westfalia, water-cooled, automatic On Tue, 14...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 20:52:32 -0800
  ...that couldn't be expected on other water-cooled engines during the course of the engines lifetime. I wasn't trying to single out...
• cooling air cooled vanagon's
  Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
  Tue, 19 Jul 1994 16:22:24 -0400 (EDT)
  ...the engines for these models (which had a life span of only three and half years-before VW switched to water cooled) were/are...
• Re: Dying when warm and smells funky
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:26:44 -0700
  The funky "old engine" smell is atypical of these aircooled engines. Smells almost like hot engine steam doesn't it? But that's what...
• finding a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - JASON M YASMENT
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:17:51 -0500
  ...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: aircooled intake elbow
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:30:06 -0700
  ...Foust Architectural Drafter Civil Engineering Consultants TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR YOUR USE: Civil Engineering Consultants, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as "CEC") is providing data...
• Re: The King's English
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 14:33:04 -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: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 May 2009 18:14:13 -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: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:30:29 -0700
  ...They get newer 2.0 ABA engine VW >> cars just about every week, as well as 1.8Turbo VW and Audis. The newer >> engines...
• digifant/ digijet? little vanagon content me thinks
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:55:46 EST
  ...My 83 water-cooled Vanagon has Digijet fuel injection. But I think the later busses had the Digifant fuel injection (?). The Fox is a...
• Re: Oil recommendations simplified-cold starts!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 18:48:54 -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: 1982 Heater Cables for Climate Control - Part Number and Source
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 3 Mar 2018 22:46:50 +0000
  No, sorry, all this stuff is water-cooled, diesel and water boxer. Jim On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 1:08 PM John Thiessen...
• Re: Larger or additional radiator?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Semko
  Tue, 31 Jul 2001 22:52:57 -0400
  ...Cummins engines in those mountain climbing busses also <DIV></DIV>&gt;have a 5 to 10 gallon coolant capacity, plus a water cooled oil...
• Re: Neil's Engine Conversion. Progress Update.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:20:43 -0700
  ...Niiiiiice. > > This is ok, as I consider this a christening of my Westy as a water > cooled beast. --- ;^) > > Figured out the position of heater...
• Re: used Vanagon engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:16:31 -0700
  ...I recently purchased a 1981 Westfalia that had been >> converted to water-cooled with a Mazda RX-7 rotary engine... which >> gobbles >> oil like...
• Re: Coolant overflow tank question...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sun, 21 May 2017 06:22:04 -0400
  Roman, the cooling system on the Vanagon waterboxer engined Westy operates pretty must as on any other water cooled engined vehicle. As the engine...
• FS: '86 Syncro Pop-top Weekender $7k
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:52:21 -0700
  ...27,000 miles on THIRD locally rebuilt engine (2.1L water cooled) NEW clutch and transmission Recent brakes, rear, new brakes, front Nearly new...
• Re: New mexican bus ad in uk mag.
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Feb 1995 16:25:18 -0500
  ...Mexican built Type 2 features a 1781cc 63 kW water cooled >in-line engine with electronic ignition and a regulated catalytic >converter. Gearbox is...
• Re: Oil light flickering
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:15:49 -0500
  ...The flat four engines both air and water cooled need higher viscosity oils due to design tolerances and some things that happen as these...
• Re: Buying vanagons as parts donors
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:50:36 -0800
  ...Has a TON of VW water cooled parts. Super nice guy. He had the engine wrapped and on a pallet. We loaded that in...
• Re: Need good 1.6TD or na head
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:51:51 -0800
  ...Quality spec workmanship always from these guys on ANY VW engine, air/water cooled, gas or diesel. Their Wasserboxer long blocks are just superb...