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• engine swaps - weight differences
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 11:57:53 -0500
  ...Does anyone have good figures comparing the weight of the stock Vanagon wasserboxer (1.9) to other engines, e.g. the 5 cylinder, the...
• Re: Is it Wasserboxer or waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:00:30 -0600
  ...Is it Wasserboxer or waterboxer? > Correct me please, > > I read somewhere that "Wasser" was the name of the person who engineered the > VW engine...
• What year vanagon to buy?
  Historical mailing list - JT
  Thu, 23 Apr 1998 17:36:11 -0700
  ...is better air-cooled or the wasserboxer? What year did VW change to the wasserboxer water cooled engine? and finally what year did VW...
• Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:15:37 -0800
  ...I want > to stick with a Wasserboxer 2.1 engine. > Please provide me some good feedback on where I should > purchase the 2.1...
• Re: 2.1L Wasserboxer Power Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 23:52:20 -0500
  ...2.1 l wasserboxer intriguing. > > So maybe instead of changing gear ratios or wheel sizes, > > one can make the engine more "rev happy". > > On...
• Re: Repair nightmare on vacation! (long)
  Historical mailing list - John
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 12:59:11 -0400
  ...Ended up camping in the back of > a D*dge van while my Westy got towed 200 miles home with the engine in > pieces...
• need engine...
  Historical mailing list - raul lince
  Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:42:05 +0000
  Looking for anyone with a good used low milage 2.1 l wasserboxer. Any info appreciated Raul _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail...
• '87 temperature gauge
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 15:38:25 -0700
  when an '87 wasserboxer is running at proper engine temperature, where is the temp. gauge needle pointing? 12 o'clock? 1 o'clock? 2...
• FS: 1.9L Wasserboxer engine
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kenneke
  Fri, 21 Mar 1997 01:35:16 -400
  ...I have a 1.9L wasserboxer engine that I replaced in my '85 camper. I replaced the engine, clutch and gas tank as a...
• Oil Temp Gauge
  Historical mailing list - John Brown
  Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:16:17 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Has anyone performed this installation? Were is the best place to install a temperature sensor on the 1.9l wasserboxer engine? Thanks, John Brown
• Re: 2.2 ltr wasserboxers. Comments welcome??
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Sat, 2 Nov 2002 14:18:58 -0500
  ...Are you sure that it is a new engine?
• Re: 1.9 Wasserboxer differences? (63 kW vs 66 kW)
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 25 May 2009 02:28:25 -0400
  ...Take a look at Automobiletechnische Zeitschrifte article on >> the 1.9l wasserboxer engine: >> <http://members.shaw.ca/ragnarhairybreeks/technical%20articles/WB19/WB19p1.html >> >> > >> >> Compare...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:37:05 -0400
  ...Don't overlook the fact that Bob Hoover's article is about "Air Cooled" VW engines ... not wasserboxers.
• wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Timothy J. Hannink
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:18:04 -0400
  From page 34 of the 1987 Vanagon/Transporter Volkswagen Owner's Manual STOPPING ENGINE "Do not stop the engine immediately after hard or extended...
• Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Jerry
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:18:40 -0600
  ...Re: [VANAGON] 2.1 Wasserboxer Jerry, I have heard good things,over the years, about Bob Donald's {aka Boston Bob) engines. Check the...
• Re: Aircooled transmissions better?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:07:56 -0700
  ...The air-cooled trans is a bolt-in whereas fitting the wasserboxer trans requires mounting and shifter mods to fit the early setup. IMHO...
• Re: unsubstantiated rumour about wasserboxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:07:24 -0400
  ...unsubstantiated rumour about wasserboxer engines Heard from a reliable source that you can no longer buy "re-manufactured" wasserboxer engines from VW of Canada...
• 82 diesel with an 86 gas engine
  Historical mailing list - Roland Pickering
  Sat, 29 May 1999 18:11:13 -0400
  In my search for an inexpensive Vanagon, I ran across an 82 diesel that now has an 86 gas engine (wasserboxer) in it. It...
• 1989 Wasserboxer 2.1 for sale on samba
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:16:29 -0800
  Just put my stock 2.1 engine for sale on the Samba in prep for my Subee conversion http://www.thesamba.com:80/vw...
• Re: Converting a 1.9 to a 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:26:57 -0400
  ...Converting a 1.9 to a 2.1 Wasserboxer > > > I prefer to find a good used engine with the exhaust and > everything still > attached...
• Re: Roadhaus - 2.2L Engine Install , Prelimanary Report
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 12:49:10 -0400
  ...The horizontally opposed engine used in rear engined Porsches and Subarus are derived from the same background as the wasserboxer. But they also have...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:38:25 -0500 (EST)
  ...the list and I am rebuilding an engine in a 84 vanagon > (wasserboxer). > > I have the engine cases unbolted but can't see how...
• Re: "boxer" motors
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 18:46:42 -0600
  ...mwmiller@CWNET.COM> writes: > Naw, only one water cooled boxer engine is a wasserboxer. The > Ferrari would > be a Aqua boxer maybe? [don�t...
• wasserboxer head gasket leak fixes?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Jun 1996 14:41:46 -0500
  Hi vanagoners, No I haven't traded in my '62 for a vanagon, (nor have I transplanted its engine :-) ) but a friend of a...
• Re: Ist Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 07:10:20 -0500
  At 12/31/01 10:39 PM, you wrote: >Some boxer engines: >Porsche flat 4s, 6s & 8s Don't forget the Porsche flat 12s...
• Re: regarding head gasket failures on water cooled engs....
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:08:59 -0700
  ...The problem I think you'd run into is that, unlike a "reg'lar inline type" engine head, the wasserboxer actually uses the contact...
• Re: Wasserboxer Performance
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 18:02:37 -0800
  ...All of these engines are more reliable than the wasserboxer, have more power and cost a lot less to feed. At 17:41 2...
• Re: fwd: Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 15:12:31 EDT
  Do the air cooled vanagon engines have these little spray jets too? Also would it be outrageous to put the extra oil cooler for...
• Re: E15 Coming & the Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:22:13 -0700
  ...Still looking for a discussion of the effects of E15 on a wasserboxer engine! Anthony '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo) ________________________________ From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX...
• Update on Cracked Heads
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:11:40 -0800
  I decided to go the route of the rebuilt wasserboxer. It's not my engine of choice, but it meets my current budget and...
• RE: Weld heads
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 13:47:41 -0800 (AKDT)
  ...I'm not quite ready to part with the engine yet, as I still have plans on installing a wasserboxer in a VW Bug...
• Re: Complaint Dept (engine swaps, reliability, whining)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 19:25:19 -0800
  ...Still I'd rather use a 1.8L Rabbit GTI engine than a wasserboxer - hence my engine swap! -- David Marshall Email: david@volkswagen.org...
• Re: WasserBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 22:32:46 PDT
  Do you drive 70+ on the >highway with the AC on then pull into a rest area and instantly turn off >the engine? > Whats...
• Re: Wasserboxer engine rebuild manual?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:26:09 -0500
  Blueprint from VW Germany! Or the guys who design the wasser, he is in re-hab house as we speak. Men, those guys must...
• Re: Flywheel Craziness for 83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:54:22 -0400
  ...Volkswagen....go something odd???? Like sending us the wasserboxer when they had perfectly good inline engines (like those sold elsewhere)....... I had a J...
• Re: I found a nice block heater for the wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:30:32 -0800
  ...To speed up the process, block off the all open areas around the engine compartment as much as possible, the smaller the area you...
• Re: Custom Cams for Wasserboxers
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 11:44:26 -0700
  Someone asked where one might find a performance cam for their wasserboxer. I have had excellent results with cams ground by Schneider Racing Cams...
• Re: What year vanagon to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 24 Apr 1998 06:27:37 -0700
  ...is better air-cooled or the wasserboxer? What year did VW change to the wasserboxer water cooled engine? and finally what year did VW...
• Re: Wasserboxer and NOS...ludicrous?
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 10:02:00 -0400
  ...engine. Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "JimL" <jlake@BCTONLINE.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2001 11:37 PM Subject: Wasserboxer...
• Where is the Serial # located on the Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reynaert
  Sat, 5 Sep 2015 20:45:57 -0400
  ...Serial # MV) Wasserboxer, used until the end of Vanagon importation into the US in 1991. This engine used a more advanced engine management system...
• Cheapest engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Dec 1999 22:51:42 -0600
  ...Given that the labor is hired, what would you suggest as the cheapest engine conversion that would get me out of wasserboxer engines and...
• Help decipher S.African Vanagon engine code
  Historical mailing list - Jim King
  Mon, 16 May 2005 11:28:52 -0400
  I need to decipher a VW engine code from Vanagon Wasserboxer crate engine that I've come across. Can anyone point me to a...
• How deep can a Syncro go swimming?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 22:42:51 -0700
  ...Then I got to thinking that everything is now higher up on the Rabbit engine that it was in the wasserboxer. I figure that...
• re: Wasserboxer Engine Life
  Historical mailing list - Vance Gist
  Thu, 23 May 1996 21:34:21 +0000
  ...It now has an engine transplant and is off and running again. Trust your oil pressure light, but not your water temp gage. The...
• free 1.9L engine
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Wed, 21 Jul 2004 08:56:26 -0700
  I need to clean up my place and offer 1.9L wasserboxer complete with intake, alternator etc to anyone who wants it and will...
• Some Oettinger Six info
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:22:07 +1200
  ...Both engines were based on the standard 2.1 litre (four-cylinder) Wasserboxer engine, with the same bore and stroke of 94 and 76mm...
• 2268cc engine wasserboxer engine 80 stroke and 95mm bore, smog legal and 9.3 to 1 compression and 120HP
  Historical mailing list - Bergin, Richard
  Sun, 18 May 2003 17:29:23 -0700
  GoWesty is advertising these, I wonder who makes them, if they work with existing electronics and fuel systems. Anybody heard of these or have...
• Wasserboxer Engine Life
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 14:17:58 +1000
  I have an 84 Westy with 167,000 miles. Still going strong. I bought it used with around 100,000 miles but no work...
• Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 08:28:04 -0800
  ...Re: [VANAGON] 2.1 Wasserboxer > > Jerry, > I have heard good things,over the years, about Bob Donald's {aka Boston > Bob) engines. Check the...
• A newcomer seeks advice...
  Historical mailing list - J. Anton Elmquist
  Sat, 2 Dec 95 16:56:52 UT
  ...a) a 1971 camper, some rust, rebuilt engine and clutch, and b) a 1986 Wasserboxer, scratches on body, 130K, new clutch... I'm leery...
• Re: SA 3,2litre WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:26:23 +0200
  ...litter 6-cylinder wasserboxer around 1990, which was later replaced by the Audi 5-cyls. Anybody heard of these engines before? Maybe they are...
• Re: 1983 R&T Road Test
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 17 Jun 2001 17:46:22 +1200
  ...article. >Enjoy! I note that the article claims the Wasserboxer is the only VW engine with Heron head. Well, the 1.6 Golf GTi...
• The transitional engine (was: question)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Tue, 21 May 1996 15:30:01 -0400
  ...I think Dennis called the wasserboxers a "transitional engine", meaning (pick one): (1) VW was trying to figure out some way to extend the...
• Changing WB lifters with the engine in the van
  Historical mailing list - garyes
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:28:14 -0700
  Has anyone out there changed hydraulic lifters with the wasserboxer engine in the van. My 84 Westy is clacking ( I think at least 3...
• Re: At Least 22 VW Busses Stolen...
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:32:50 +0200
  > Honestly, I bet these stolen vans are highly modified, with no *VW* > wasserboxer engines in any of 'em. Raimund? Often. No T3 delivery/panel...
• Re: 1.9 Wasserboxer differences? (63 kW vs 66 kW)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 25 May 2009 03:52:59 -0400
  ...Take a look at Automobiletechnische Zeitschrifte article on? >> the 1.9l wasserboxer engine:? >> <http://members.shaw.ca/ragnarhairybreeks/technical%20articles/WB19/WB19p1.html? >>? >> >? >>? >> Compare...
• Re: High Performance Wasseboxers?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:17:51 -0500
  ...here. > > I can build the Wasserboxer from Stock 90 hp 2.1L up to > 200hp 2.5L > > The engine I have Advertised Will fit...
• re: head gaskets & bars leaks
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 Nov 95 08:39:42 PST
  ...bunch of us with wasserboxers | that have added it. It did reduce the dripping of coolant | from my engine but I have noticed that...
• Wasserboxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 23:19:43 -0800
  Volks, I got a running 2.1L wasseboxer engine complete with all wiring and everything on top included. ECU, PS pump, AC, even clutch...
• Re: 115HP wasserboxer on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:16:22 -0700
  ...115HP wasserboxer on Ebay > > I think the big question would be, does anyone in Denver know who the heck > Eurocars Inc. is? They are...