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• Aftermarket Non-application specific engines i.e.TIICO issues
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 15:52:16 -0500
  ...The Vanagon has 5 different engines (1.6D, 1.9D, 2.0 Air cooled, 1.9 and 2.1 water-cooled, pardon if I...
• Re: bubbles in coolant
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 12:25:16 -0600
  ...Some engines do not display much corrosion if any. > Maybe > because they were always used for long journeys that caused the > engine heat > to...
• Re: westy propane in europe
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 22:33:22 -0500
  ...with an water-cooled background and some other equally bright fellow decided propane would lower the emissions of an internal combustion engine used indoors...
• Great News! After presenting Mercury insurance with documentation (invoices and comparable vehicle pricing) they decided to repair my Westy.
  Historical mailing list - Bergin, Richard
  Wed, 7 May 2003 15:40:05 -0700
  ...4 Cyl Gas Water Cooled Engine. 68,000 Total Miles - Rebuilt w/ 2,500 miles. Automatic Trans. Front & Rear A/C & Heat. AM/FM...
• Re: Tiico Engine Questions
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 9 May 2003 17:01:48 -0400
  ...cooled 1600 cc engine that moved my ol' 1973 super beetle, and the sheer chutzpah of a water-cooled rear-engine machine. Henry Ford...
• Air cooled stock gas heater/exhaust heater questions (longish)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Fri, 4 Aug 2006 17:56:22 -0400
  ...Plus when I convert to a subie or vw water cooled, I will need the room and will have real heat. So..... I'm...
• Re: Neil's Engine Conversion. Progress Update.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:54:42 -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: More Reliable: Air or H2O
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:53:51 -0400
  ...I currently have 6 customers with over 200k on their engines. Just saying it is possible. The real trick is that it was never...
• FW: '84 VanagonAdventurewagon valuation sought for ins. claim
  Historical mailing list - Deborah Chapin
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 04:09:26 -0800
  ...claim</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <P> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Have '84 Vanagon GL with Adventurewagon that had an engine fire that...
• Re: equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:37:05 -0600
  ...when i used to have my engine oil analyzed (got the idea from the helicopters in the army), i found that at about 1800...
• Re: [WetWesties] The Vanagon cooling system.. it's counterintuitive.. (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 10 Sep 2015 11:30:34 -1000
  ...Im familiar with DKW but their designs were front engine/front wheel drive in that time frame. 3 cylinder 2-stroke, some of them...
• Re: Super high HC on smog test - help
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:41:57 -0400
  ...Super high HC on smog test - help Hi - Just took my 83-1/2 water cooled westy in for smog test. I'm in...
• The water heater project
  Historical mailing list
  12 Jan 95 14:45
  ...Seriously all small water cooled FIATS seem to have these nice little water heater units in the engine bay that consist of a small...
• RE: Heat handling design error help
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 09:39:30 -0700
  ...It would have been easy for VW engineers to locate this switch on the engine, but they didn't. I doubt that relocating this...
• grease monkeys
  Historical mailing list - Ronald Michaels
  Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:53:06 -0500
  ...engine (bought long before the above vow), etc. So last year when my wife wanted a vehicle to travel in, she bought a water...
• Re: Ebay:90 Syncro Crew Cab
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 06:14:16 -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: gak! another road test: 1993 VW Eurovan
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Tower
  Thu, 12 Jan 1995 14:54:23 -0800 (PST)
  ...fact that I still don't think a front-engine, front-wheel drive, water-cooled vehicle belongs in the same class as the T2...
• Re: Vanagon - "Introductory Service Information"
  Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
  Fri, 16 Jul 2004 14:13:58 -0700
  ...The second way, should you choose to do this, is to run it through Acrobat's OCR (optical character recognition) engine and create a...
• Re: Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:46:02 -0700
  ...probably wasn't > implying drafting, the question remains, does drafting affect the > cooling system significantly on a water-cooled vehicle? Additional > question, assuming you...
• Re: Florida lemons
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 24 Aug 94 10:15:45 CDT
  ...innocent airhead. ;) >four (IMHO) is a poor imitation of a Subaru engine. It was nothing >more than a stop-gap measure. then, on the...
• Re: Engine question just curious (long winded reply)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:49:33 +0000
  ...The Vanagon had its own design and engineering team, and their choice was to keep the boxer engine alive by making it water cooled...
• Re: It's alive, but it gives bad head! (Fixing head leak on '87 2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:19:48 -0500
  ...But I agree that this is not a great way to run any water-cooled engine. > If it has to be moved, have it...
• Re: Help needed - time to sue my mechanic ...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:07:48 -0700
  ...and replacing air-cooled engines, but I'm sure the times for the same R&R on water-cooled engines is different. --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Young...
• Re: [DIESEL] Leaking diesel injector pump... Please help
  Historical mailing list - Alan J. Flint
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 07:18:04 -0800
  ...by side > at: > > http://volksweb.relitech.com/vanagon.htm > > The Rabbit engine bolts right to the tranny, but you need to use the clutch...
• Non-phos E-Glycol(Dex Cool)
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 16:12:10 -0700
  ...Otherwise, ist gut vor Wasserboxer, and other water cooled VW's up until more recent models having one of 3 different spec anti-freezes...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 16:23:59 -0800
  ...engine other than the air cooled version of that era. > Since there > >> are > >> inline engine alternative's for the water cooled > vanagons, what > >> engine...
• Re: water pump
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 27 Aug 94 01:31:51 CDT
  ...Autobahn ZVW-237-104 antifreeze & summer coolant Phosphate free formula for use in Volkswagen & Audi water cooled vehicles Ethylene Glycol based, Phosphate free recommended...
• Re: Eurovans --help, comparison
  Historical mailing list - Tiberius Gaius
  Tue, 15 May 2001 19:18:48 -0700
  If this is the audi five cylinder motor this, indeed, is a hardy engine. At least, it is very durable in the various audis...
• Re: subaru 6 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:00:09 +1200
  ...eye on this engine/conversion now. The opposed design and new >technology >sounds like a perfect fit - and its water cooled! Heat! And sounds...
• Re: Source for small auxiliary coolant pump? (oil cooler idea!)
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 9 May 2000 11:40:31 EDT
  ...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: Water Wetter by Redline
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:49:26 PDT
  ...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: lifters that go flat
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:09:54 -0600
  ...lifters that go flat How the heck do you get the lifters out? I've turned my engine, sans heads, on its sides, and...
• Re: Re-occuring problem
  Historical mailing list - Charles McGehee
  Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:15:35 -0700
  If your battery is good and your connections clean and tight, and if it only does it when the engine is hot, you may...
• Re: Is John right about the temp gauge
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 18:12:07 -0700
  ...Overheating problem > > Jack, please note that when coolant sensor thinks > there is low coolant, > the > temp gauge goes to H even though the engine...
• Re: Daily First Start Hard
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 20 May 2003 20:32:00 -0700
  It is possible to flood an injected engine in a Air Cooled or Water Cooled Vanagon. The cold start valve sprays fuel into the...
• Re: More on rods and bolts/2.1 in '83.5-'85
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:54:06 -0000
  ...re talking about an earlier > water cooled vanagon in which only the internals of the 1.9 engine have > been modified to make it...
• Victoria VW show mini-report
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 08:46:33 -0700
  ...The engine install looks stock, expect for the air to air intercooler and its associated small scoop intake on the hood. Russell is still...
• Diagnosing a low (8-10 inches) vacuum gauge reading
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 02:24:26 -0700
  My 1983 water-cooled is getting a lot of pressure in the coolant reservoir(head gasket or cylinder spacer-seal or green o-ring...
• Re: Where can I find " plastic wheel arch extensions" & ROO Bars?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:16:22 -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...
• Posting Pictures: was something about scoops. :)
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Spurgin
  Fri, 12 Jul 2002 16:34:33 -0500
  ...I then >used sheet metal to close that area off from the engine compartment and >threaded the high pressure oil hoses through the sheet...
• Re: Why convert to a engine that is not better than WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:49:09 -0700
  ...Alas, that "room" seems to have been used up in the transition to a 2.1 liter water cooled engine, and we are essentially...
• Re: oil leak from crankcase vent?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Oct 1996 0:54:36 +0000
  ...I own both a water cooled and air cooled Vanagons so I guess I need to be on both lists. Here is my dilemma...
• New Syncro! - some questions
  Historical mailing list - JLDilworth
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 01:49:47 EST
  ...I just sold my '83 water-cooled Westy (172K), and bought an '86 syncro Westy (73K). We like to camp in out of the...
• Re: Transaxle noises
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 21:01:01 -0600
  ...Listen to an air-cooled motor and then to a water-cooled >motor. Hear the difference? Most of the engine mechanical >noise is blanketed...
• Re: Fuel flow senders
  Historical mailing list - Marc Sayer
  Thu, 1 Dec 2005 10:49:43 -0800
  ...sales@fastforward.ca > >- Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens >- Electrical harness fabrication and customization > > > > -- Marc Sayer Journalist, Photographer, Dog Trainer (APDT...
• Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 7 May 2009 11:28:46 -0400
  ...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: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:47:40 -0700
  ...82 DV is the first ever water-cooled vanagon of course. there are quite a few things that appear on that version only, and...
• Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:00:16 -0600
  ...from >>>the descriptions I'm hearing. >>>Do you mean the later water cooled rear heater? I'm thinking of doing >>>that also - I >>>assume...
• Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:46:01 -0700
  ...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: Oil overfill... or not? (long post)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:59:29 -0700
  ...let's not confuse air or water-cooled opposed four engines. with inline fours. It's well known, as far as I know, that...
• Foggitaboutit, was: HEADSTUD HORROR!
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:45:11 -0500
  ...Follow the advice of the water-cooled brains in the collective. G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary...
• Re: Advice requested....'81 AdventureWagen
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Mon, 11 Aug 2003 20:23:43 -0700
  personally, i wouldn't trust such a mechanic, who likely makes a good living fixing the extremely flawed water-cooled vw engine, which had...
• adding guages to Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:19:19 EDT
  ...I'm wondering if they can be used to benefit the passing of information from the engine compartment to the pilot in my Vanagon...
• Re: Fuel econmy and VW Camper Family
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 23 Nov 2012 20:46:38 -0800
  ...My engine is the bostig 2L. > I'm running a set of 16" rims. > > Cheers, > Harry > > Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > >> Hi...
• Reinventing the wheel WAS Re: In praise of VW inline fours
  Historical mailing list - ---------------------
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:08:57 -0400
  ...limited or non-existing >help. > >A good book on water-cooled inline four VW >engines is the Watercooled Volkswagen Performance >Handbook by Greg Raven...
• Amazon.com Books, re: A book from Peter Russek Publications, Ltd.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Jul 1997 15:16:03 -0700 (PDT)
  ...transporter, covering Volkswagen Transporter with 1200, 1500 and 1600 c.c.engines: repair guide Peter Russek / Unknown Binding (Hard to Find) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you return...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:03:40 -0700
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >> A kind listee provided a link to this "tank type" engine heater: >> http://www.jcwhitney.com/ZEROSTART-TANK-TYPE-ENGINE...
• Re: aircooled to subaru
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:23:05 -0500
  ...Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Stevens" <dosteven@SYR.EDU> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
• Re: Complaint Dept (engine swaps, reliability, whining)
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 09:35:40 -0500
  ...Simply poor engineering, never believe anything else, the pliable seal combined with porous cast aluminum heads is doomed for crevice corrosion, possibly enhanced by...
• Oil musings on a hot day....
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 08:49:04 -0700
  ...Here in Phoenix, I've run Valvoline Racing oil during the summer in all my air and water cooled vanagon motors. For air-cooled...