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• Re: Thermostats [Was: Spooked!]
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 4 Jun 2011 00:10:44 -0400
  ...Would take some fancy footwork for connections to the rest of the universe, but the engine would run more efficiently. Under-temp engines have...
• Re: C.A.R.B. Legalities. Was Re: VW Trends and Eurospec
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 23 Jan 2000 20:24:29 EST
  Hi Dave, This is for all who have been following the discussion regarding legality of engine swaps in California. Specifically installing what I call...
• Re: Vanagon Engine/Transmission Removal Websites?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:27:09 -0500
  ...You have to tilt the engine a lot, I don't think a big floor jack would work very well. No special tools needed...
• Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:30:22 -0700
  ...Boston Bob engines - Use caution > The thing to be cautious of is buying an engine long distance. Any > warranty > is useless when the work...
• Re: 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:10:16 -0600
  Your cheapest fix is to buy an engine rebuild gasket set. You'll also need to buy a front main seal and a rear...
• Re: Availability of some crucial parts & engine reman info, yes, you better read that!
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 28 May 2002 16:32:17 -0400
  ...For sure the future of the Vanagon engine (mostly the core, rods and complete engine is uncertain) Many are willing to rebuilt the engine...
• RE: 1.9 TDI article
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 09 Mar 1996 11:42:56 PST
  Jamie Bishop had asked; >What issue of European Car was that diesel engine swap from? This article looked like the same one I faxed...
• Re: timing belt?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Thu, 22 Sep 1994 11:45:14 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Does the EV have a timing belt? All the Vanagons have engines that are essentially the same as the old bug engine and will...
• Re: Heads stuck to piston sleeves
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 9 Jul 1998 09:56:27 -0700
  ...should have asked >what type engine<sheepishgrin> > >poor richard > Actually, it has more to do with 'real' engines having the cylinders a permanent part...
• Re: Engine Swap
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 18:16:01 -0400
  ...Just a thought... > > I beat my flat 4, 2.1 engine bad, sometimes. I can't find a reason > to change the engine. All...
• Re: South African Engines
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 16:46:09 -0700
  ...South African Engines Has anyone on the list done business in the past with Peter at TII? The engines he has posted sound pretty...
• Re: Damage to case behind flywheel. CHECK STUDS TOO...
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 24 Feb 2005 08:10:22 -0800
  Don't forget the 2 bottom engine studs that mate with the tranny are different lengths depending on whether the tranny is manual or...
• Subaru EJ engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:18:35 -0600
  I have made sort of a gut decision (and there is plenty of gut with which to decide) that the next engine for my...
• Re: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:04:20 -0500
  Well, one person wrote me saying that they had a rabbit diesel with a locked up engine. I didnt really intend for this to...
• Re: Rear hatch vibration Why all vanagon sound alike
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:32:08 -0400
  I covered the entire floor, including engine cover and inside the rear hatch, with B-Quiet. I did not test at stages of the...
• Re: Fixed my Honda, Thought: Honda 2.4 I-VTEC Engine into Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:46:03 -0800
  Call KEP and ask them if they sell that adapter, and if that engine turns the correct way. there are people who know this...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 24 Feb 2008 - Special issue (#2008-238)
  Historical mailing list - sam mccarthy
  Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:24:11 -0800
  ...These engines have an engine destruction onset redline (compare directly to gasoline engine redlines) of between 7000 and 7800 rpm. When TDi bottom ends...
• Re: Boston Bob engines - Use caution
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:37:17 -0500
  ...We have so fews good place to buy our stuff and get some engine, i think all of them are working hard to do...
• Re: Mexican Watercooleds = Wasserboxers?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 13:47:15 PST
  > > What I don't know is if that engine is the same "Wasserboxer" engine > found in our late model Vanagons or (in typical VW...
• WBX engine and auto trans for sale
  Historical mailing list - Karl M
  Thu, 25 Jul 2002 22:40:13 -0400
  Folks, I have a used 1.9 WBX engine and automatic trans from a 1985 Westy that the customer would like to sell, because...
• Re: 93 Impreza
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 26 Nov 2004 23:13:38 -0500
  93 Impreza should be a 1.8 liter engine. 110hp. Not turbo charged. I'd not suggest it for the westy (heavy vehicle). A...
• Re: Which Engine To Install and by Whom
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 15 May 2012 09:11:53 -0700
  ...You could keep a spare in the garage!) The other well documented swap is the Subaru 1995-96 2.2 SOHC engine. Kennedy Engineered...
• Re: Blew the heads (both)... DIESEL
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:53:22 +1200
  ...Best leave your dead engine as an offering on the plain at Nazca... >1) I can get a Toyota LD24 diesel engine for about...
• Re: How much power can a stock FI make?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 17 Nov 2001 19:06:14 EST
  ...You would not need to do this IF YOU DO NOT: -Rev the engine past 4000 rpms -Do not accelerate hard Many WBX engines...
• blinking oil light
  Historical mailing list - Bjorn Ratjen
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:24:27 -0700
  ...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: 81 Westy Dead Engine
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Sun, 15 Sep 2002 19:05:50 -0600
  ...the porsche mods with the big engines stick out of the engine bay. I am busy looking at all kinds of ways to mod...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:44:19 -0700
  ...FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine On 8/30/05, Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks <gary2a@telus.net> wrote: Is this engine...
• Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:41:56 -0500
  ...They did this one on mythbusters and Bleach did something to break down the oil or something, but it killed the engine pretty quickly...
• Re: why swap engines
  Historical mailing list - PATT
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 00:28:02 -0400
  ...why swap engines >I've been on this list long enough to notice a significant percentage >of vanagon owners have swapped out their flat...
• A Comment on TDi Engine rpm vs. Longevity and Economy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:24:45 EST
  For some time I have seen the traffic on Vanagon TDi related lists as individuals assume elevated rpms are deleterious to both engine longevity...
• Re: Has anyone saved a burnt engine?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:23:41 -0500
  This is typically not a problem for engines with minor fires like this. The mass in the block would take a long time to...
• Re: Ignition Cables, unplugging from distributor
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:42:47 -0700
  ...Cheap or no? > > "Twist and pull carefully, engine off." > > Okay, lemme ax you a question.* Why engine off? I was thinking to > unplug plugs...
• Re: 85 Vanagon engine replacement - While I'm at it?
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 08:13:28 -0400
  ...85 Vanagon engine replacement - While I'm at it? > >I've finally decided to replace the engine in my 85 - valve seat failed >causing...
• Re: Considering an engine swap for the past decade, but WBX just keeps going
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:02:16 -0500
  ...Subaru was my first choice, then I was leaning more toward an inline VW engine. But this engine just keeps going. It's at...
• Re: Should engine mount move... Now: Viewing Image of Fox mounts in ETKA
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:06:59 -0700
  ...So yes, the Jetta engine in my Vanagon is mounted at the stock "Jetta" angle. And from memory, the engine in a Jetta "looks...
• Re: A Comment on TDi Engine rpm vs. Longevity and Economy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 24 Feb 2008 19:39:31 -0500
  You forgot to mention that as you lower the engine speed increasing the torque load, chamber pressures, and combustion temps, you are also increasing...
• Re: WBX reliabilty
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 19:53:32 +1200
  >A popular replacement engine (in CA at least because the KEP kit meets >our smog specs) is the late 80's - early 90's...
• Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:37:17 -0700
  ...I might remove the right rear tire to help with engine > removal. Engines will be removed/installed using a hoist from above. > New engine...
• Re: '84 Westfalia Behr AC Woes
  Historical mailing list - lakersalex
  Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:39:11 -0700
  ...Hi Alex.� Welcome! IMHO, a good running engine is more important than an operational A/C.� That may depend on your location. In any...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 12:52:35 -0600
  Triumph (Ferguson Tractor) had a long running stint of sleeved engines, as did Renault in the Dauphine and others. The Triumph engine was bulletproof...
• Re: Follow-up odd noise on new gowesty engine
  Historical mailing list - Larry Steffen
  Tue, 30 Aug 2011 01:06:27 -0700
  ...Almost as if before and after ignition takes place a >>> compression >>> sound as the engine comes to a stop. The engine runs fine and...
• Re: Rear of engine sitting too low???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:33:31 -0700
  ...Rear of engine sitting too low??? That sounds strange to me. I just pulled the engine and tranny from my 1982 AC vanagon last...
• Re: More Conversion motor rap.
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:49:21 -0400
  ...The engines are scarce and extremely expensive on the used market. A TDI conversion, using a new engine, would cost 14,000 bucks to...
• Re: When can I get Wasserboxer power graphs?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:10:20 EDT
  ...There are good engine cross-sections, power and torque curves, the fuel consumption maps , timing and knock limit load curves, and air cooled engine...
• Re: Need TDI conversion info
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:38:13 -0400
  At 02:50 8/8/2000, Helmut Zeidler wrote: >David, > >Thanks for your introduction to marine engines. > From my experience with VW SDI and...
• Re: 2.1 running again, thanks, list!
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:56:58 -0700
  ...This is what I lower the engine down onto. Then I pull the wood with engine out from under the van with the rope...
• Re: Tiico Parts Availability?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 13:16:44 -0800
  "Unfortunately they didn't sort out the inherent 2nd >harmonic "buzziness" " My '95 Golf engine does'nt buzz. In fact, using the 2.1...
• Re: Japan Vanagon Community
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:13:30 -0500
  ...for engine transplants. The problem is that the engines often have been badly treated, since some owners feel no incentive to maintain an engine...
• simple engine questions.
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 23 Dec 1995 10:08:33 -0700
  happy holidays all - I pulled the heater boxes from my engine last night, and thanks to the paint thread I'll be fixing them...
• Re: VW drivetrains in early '80's Dodge cars
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:36:38 -0700
  ...I belive that the basic engine in the K-Car (Dodge Aries/Plymouth Reliant) was Chrysler's own 2.2 liter unit, which also...
• Re: 84 idling rough when warmed up...
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 09:01:12 -0800
  ...Maybe a vacuum leak was introduced when you resinstalled the engine. Or, maybe something was fixed and is affecting other parts of the engine...
• FS: 2.1 wbx eng. (Nor Cal.); was 2.1wbx engine needed
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Thu, 3 Jul 1997 13:01:02 -0700
  ...This would be the complete 2.1 engine, flywheel, clutch, bellhousing, all engine accessories, ECU, engine wiring harnesses and hoses, i.e., a conversion...
• FW: TiiCo engine/Audi Engine
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 10:15:19 -0400
  ...TiiCo engine/Audi Engine Bill Davidson wrote: > > > I wouldn't have a problem with the Tiico except I live in California and I > > don...
• Re: Looking for project van
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 23:26:49 -0400
  There are a couple of other considerations on the Boxster engine in a Vanagon idea. The Boxster is a mid-engine configuration (i.e...
• Re: Increasing fuel economy/decreasing con$umption
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 23 May 2008 15:49:50 -0400
  ...The engine is burning about as much fuel > idling as when driving 30mph? That can't be right, can it? > Maybe what they meant...
• Re: AHU MTDI vs. ABA?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 8 Sep 2019 09:09:16 -0700
  ...having both gas and diesel engines, comparing/searching/thinking about replacing/conversion gas engine vs diesel engine.. I am not sure about diesel engine...
• Re: Continuing saga 82 aircooled 2.0l westy emission failure issues update
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wyatt
  Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:59:51 -0600
  The old engine was an old Mark Stephens. I think they are no longer around tho. It probably had about 90K on it. This...
• transplant update - 35,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 23 May 1997 10:53:48 -0700 (PDT)
  My '82 westy with the '92 1800 8V engine just turned 140,000 miles the other day, which means I've put 35,000...
• Re: Holding off on Engine swaps?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:54:56 -0500
  ...We bought a Dodge Omni in the early 70's that was powered by a Rabbit engine!(Only for it's first year of...
• Engine swap questions, Engine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Dan Kinsey
  Fri, 19 May 2000 16:54:18 EDT
  ...This time I *will* be doing an engine conversion. Leaning toward the bulletproof inline 4 cyl. VW engine. I know that there are also...