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• Re: Value of '82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:15:21 -0500
  ...Value of '82 diesel Historically, that is a lot for a stock diesel engine passenger Vanagon but diesels have gained a following in the...
• Re: All good reasons to be a man
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 13:14:32 +1200
  ...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD), for sale 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi...
• Re: Alarm - Remote lock - Etc.
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:54:15 +1200
  ...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD), for sale 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi...
• Re: Parts for conversion to inline VW engine
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:56:18 -0800
  ...Are there other > things I would need from the donor diesel van? What is a typical price for > all that? I've been keeping...
• Re: h2o engine transplant sounds tinny/diesel-like
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 28 Apr 2004 00:36:04 -0700
  ...h2o engine transplant sounds tinny/diesel-like > Hi Folks, I'm back in the Vanagon groove after several months of > Vanagonlessness. I got my...
• Re: 82 Diesel Van
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 15:39:49 -0400
  ...when the engine fires. In cold weather this helps by delaying injection and thus reducing the cooling effect of the diesel mist in the...
• Re: Snorkel elbow... was Re: Big empty space just forward of Passenger Side brake light
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2020 10:38:38 -0800
  ...It's like this? > > engine | Volkswagen Vanagon 1982, air filter diesel eng.: JX > > direct image link: > > http://www.oemepc.com/files/img/Bilder/004...
• Re: Diesel is noisy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:34:05 -0500
  ...Without it, you're hearing the inside of the engine when you run it... there's no throttle plate on the diesel to hold...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Dalton
  Sun, 14 Oct 2001 19:31:11 -0700
  Kevin, I like my 82 diesel Westy, although you have to use a lot of patience to drive it. If traveling in the mountains...
• Re: VW's Diesel vs. Gas
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 13:10:29 -0800
  ...In the type of use that > creates this problem, some > disassembly and cleaning is in order periodically. > The later model gas > engines have a...
• 82' Diesel 1.6 NA Injector leakage
  Historical mailing list - Frank Lee
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:32:18 -0400
  ...The diesel always starts easily anytime winter or summer. Runs well. But diesel fuel seeps onto the bracket below the injector pump body. None...
• Re: Diesel Overheating...HELP!!
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 8 Jul 1996 13:05:21 PDT
  ...if you can remove the head without pulling the engine on a Vanagon diesel. Parts cost is about $100-150 including new head bolts...
• Re: diesel oil pressure gauge
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 23:18:04 -0800
  ...mind that the 924 had an Audi engine and may just fit my 1.6NA diesel? It would take a seriously demented schmuck to...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Tom C
  Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:25:32 -0400
  ...www.autozone.com/motor-oil-and-transmission-fluid/engine-oil/p/shell-rotella-t6-diesel-engine-oil-hd-full-synthetic-15w-40-1-gal...
• Re: noticed a diesel while
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sat, 16 May 2015 20:29:45 -0700
  ...Chrysler Nissan Diesel engine has the same block shape and offset from > 90degree mounting that my California Model 5 speed diesel had - very > interesting...
• Pointing out the Facts on Vanagon Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:17:34 EST
  ...The N/A engine was extensively tested by VW engineers during the Vanagon diesel development cycle. Including more than a million miles in variable...
• Re: Increasing fuel economy/decreasing con$umption
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Fri, 23 May 2008 15:49:50 -0400
  ...Diesel engines idle very efficiently, because they ignite by compression not spark, and at idle you only need to burn enough fuel to keep...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions!
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 15 Sep 2013 16:05:09 -0700
  ...Diesel is a longtime coming . You will and up re gearing > the > > trans and the other sneaky issues that come up with an engine...
• 90+ Fox engine @ 54 degrees
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Tue, 24 Sep 2002 22:21:07 -0400
  Has anyone installed a 1990 or newer Fox engine into Vanagon using the diesel mounts? Did you have to bang the sheet metal to...
• Re: Was: Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 10:04:29 -0400
  ...I thought the engine was under the driver's seat? David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia '86 Volvo 240DL wagon
• Diesel oil filter on gas engine?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 21 May 2000 11:26:19 -0700
  Is there any reason not to use a VW diesel oil filter on a gas Vanagon (it should fit...)? I recall hearing of this...
• More Diesel Coolant questions
  Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
  Fri, 4 Feb 2005 08:45:36 -0800
  After much monkeying around on my engine, I finally realized that while I have an expansion tank that has a filler cap, I have...
• Re: Parts search
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:06:52 -0600
  My diesel seems to have a ball socket end that attaches to the ball on the end of throttle arm on injection pump. Did...
• Re: laplander photos
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 10 Apr 1998 21:00:50 -0400
  ...About the only advantage with the newer series was the optional 6cyl VW diesel engine. The carbed Volvo gas engine never had much low...
• Re: 82westie 1.6 diesel upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:00:33 -0700
  ...82westie 1.6 diesel upgrade > So... you want the best fitting diesel for your Vanagon? > > How about the complete drive-train from a 1...
• WATERCOOLED in4CyL GASKETS
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 13:21:41 -0400
  JUST A QUICK SURVEY , I NEED TO KNOW IF THE GASKETS ON A 4 CYL R/J/S GAS ENGINE AND DIESEL ARE THE...
• [DIESEL]Help Vanagon coolant tank needed badly!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:48:59 EDT
  Hi All, Does anyone have a Coolant expansion tank (the one on the right side of the engine compartment next to the battery) and...
• Re: The best engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:17:12 +1200
  ...SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD 87 Corolla 1.8 DX CE80 diesel sedan FWD 89 Corolla 1.8 DX CE96 diesel van/wagon...
• Re: Broken down in bishop ca!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 28 May 2013 23:16:45 -0700
  How many miles on the engine swap? If relatively low miles (i.e. swap recently done...) I assume you're running the stock diesel...
• Re: Question RE installing late radiator into 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 10:25:49 -0700
  ...Mark Jim Felder wrote: > As part of my diesel westy TD conversion, I have already mounted the > compressor in the car with the engine...
• Re: 82 Vanagon gearbox swap ?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Mar 1997 10:54:59 +0200
  ...ALD for engine 1.6L 1.6L 1.6L 1.6L 1.6L 1.7L Diesel Diesel Diesel Diesel T-Diesel Diesel < 82.9...
• Re: diesel rods weights
  Historical mailing list - jbclem
  Fri, 27 Dec 2002 19:51:20 -0800
  ...This was for gasoline VW engines, and looking in a Bentley vanagon manual at the diesel engine there is no mention of the numbers...
• FS: Bentley Manual - VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:41:31 -0700
  Volkswagen VANAGON Official Factory Repair Manual, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, including air-cooled and water-cooled gasoline engines, diesel engine, and camper...
• Engine Site
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 20:28:44 -0500
  There is a guy in the Northeast that works on diesel. He has a website and sells parts and engines. I have lost that...
• Re: Conversion kits now online, for A2, A3, and Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 20 May 2002 12:13:04 -0700
  ...associated with horizontally mounted engines in the Vanagon". What are these mounts? how do they differ from the standard diesel mounts and do they...
• prospective '82 diesel -good mechanicals, so-so body
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:09:02 -0500
  I'm still considering the purchace of an '82 diesel 7-passenger. I had a chance to look at more closely the other day...
• Re: Compare & Contrast: Diesel Westy vs. 2.1 WBX Westy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 14 Jun 2003 20:34:24 -0400
  ...For example I've heard that Diesels burn starters, that early watercooled engines had radiator/fan shroud problems, that diesels don't have power...
• Re: Why has the list been so quiet lately/ 1.9TD
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:13:10 -0500
  ...be a diesel Unimog soon.... ----- Original Message ----- > Dealing with engines "out of the box" the 2.0L Audi or Golf engine would be > a...
• Re: diesel compression testers
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:26:31 -0800
  ...As long as the injectors are out I go ahead and test their spray pattern and pressure specs with my Bosch diesel injector tester...
• Re: Diesel Westy Engine Replacement Suggestions Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 08:19:00 -0500
  ...Diesel Westy Engine Replacement Suggestions Wanted > > > Hi- > > > > I have read many of the diesel engine replacement posts in the archives > but > > few of them...
• Re: 82 diesel with an 86 gas engine
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 30 May 1999 00:34:46 -0400
  ...82 diesel with an 86 gas engine > > > Pat Dooley wrote: > > > why would you convert to a wbx when an inline gas motor would > bolt...
• Recent Transmission Adventures/ Rest of the Story
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 03:41:23 EST
  ...In the past I published the torque curves for the VW/Audi series of engines ranging from the 1.6 NA diesel to the...
• Re: 82 Diesel Overheating
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 4 Nov 94 16:09:46 PST
  ex Palo Altan David Carment writes: > Does anyone have the definitive answers on the correct engine operating > temperatures for all VW engines? Diesel, Air...
• Re: [DIESEL] mount-to-block torque spec
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:38:29 -0700
  Bentley is talking about the bolts (M10 or M12) holding the front end of the engine carriers to the front engine carrier brackets. For...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....long
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:29:05 -0400
  ...of its time, red line at 5000 RPM's > > My DIESEL Toyotas reline at 5000. I'm curious what gasoline 4-cyl engines had...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:40:21 -0600
  ...They make good expensive new engines. > > the subaru diesel may have some 'not vanagon' friendly > characteristics.........like CAN BUS electronics, > and a too low...
• questions putting in turbo diesel
  Historical mailing list - Sharon Simpson
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:57:05 -0400
  ...But I think my husband will wind up putting the new engine in the bus himself and with the help of some local diesel...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 24 May 2004 22:14:45 -0500
  ...Historically Air Cooled engines last longer than WBX engines. It just depends on the loose nut behind the wheel that establishes how long the...
• Parts needed... Looking for some diesel bits or a cheap WBX in southern Ontario
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:10 -0400
  ...I can replace it with another waterboxer or I can use the diesel conversion parts and engine that I had been planning to install...
• Re: diesel warm start ??
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Diebolt
  Fri, 07 Mar 1997 16:13:00 -0500
  ...Volks, > I"m having problems starting the 82 Diesel Vanagon when it's the >engine is warm (after sitting about 2 hrs). It starts...
• New brake parts FS, 1.9 engine + other misc
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Wed, 8 Nov 2000 18:00:01 -0500
  ...complete '94 Jetta diesel instrument cluster, nice shape, includes tach, electronic speedo, etc., $75 1.9 waterboxer engine, complete, ran fine when pulled several...
• Re: Diesel Campers and a Door Handle
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 21 Apr 2003 02:09:48 +0000
  ...The engine is basically a rabbit engine that is set on its side at a 45 degree angle. Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.367...
• Re: 1.9 Turbodiesel, boost pressure, exhaust temperature
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 11:36:42 -0500
  To lower exhaust temp (and engine heat load in general): 1/ Intercooler: An Audi 5000T unit fits well in the driver side rear air...
• Re: Diesel VS Gas
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:34:11 -0500
  ...If one were to assume - validity aside - the cost of diesel and petrol both remain constant at $1.25/gal, and that a petrol...
• FW: 82 vanagon - I need a new engine - questions
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Mon, 29 Apr 2002 13:57:42 -0400
  ...Well, I'm looking for a new engine for my 82 diesel Vanagon :-( Took it in for a timing belt adjustment and it turns...
• Re: omni engine...
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:08:02 -0800
  ...I'm not aware of any diesel engines in that series vehicle. On 2/9/06, Matthew <mpteleski@yahoo.com> wrote: > just got a...
• Re: Question to a diesel expert... :o)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 22:08:02 -0400
  ...Question to a diesel expert... :o) Hi all! I own a 1982 1.6l TD vanagon westy. Everything seems ok with my engine execpt...
• Re: 2.0 Swap. Oil pump prime puzzler.
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Mon, 28 Feb 2000 15:30:30 -0800
  ...The engine is mounted on the stock > > diesel mounts. > > > > After it sits for a week, the oil pressure will not come up for more...
• Re: Somthing is up! Sharan
  Historical mailing list - NotaJeep
  Tue, 3 Mar 1998 22:31:03 EST
  ...5 tonne)....front engine rear drive....uses either the 2.0 "audi,924" or the D-24, 2.4L diesel "6" or, my favorite...
• Re: Relocating the battery in an '84
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 Feb 2003 14:23:34 -0800
  on 23/2/03 1:42 pm, developtrust wrote: > I wonder if it is a good idea to put a battery in the engine...