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• Screech
  Historical mailing list - Colin A Moran
  Wed, 1 Oct 1997 12:33:50 -0500
  ...When I first start the engine and the engine is cold, it will >idle at about 400 RPMs and a high pitch screech will...
• Yes!! finally!! an audi 5cyl into an automatic vanagon!! :<)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Nov 1998 12:31:59 EST
  ...The audi 5000 engine is basically bulletproof ( i have an '84 5000 turbo, never even had the valve covers off, has 160k mi, most...
• Re: Conversion? JETTA ENGINE??
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 2 Jan 2010 04:26:25 -0500
  ...If you want a better and torquier engine, go to the 2.0L 3A engine from the Audi 80. The engine is more robust...
• Engine Starting Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:28:58 -0500
  1985 1.9 liter After changing the coolant, I started the engine to get it circulating. I turned off the engine for a minute...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 16 Jan 2014 19:46:46 -0800
  Bad gas? On Jan 16, 2014 7:23 PM, "JRodgers" <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Rough engine - the latest pita I'm having to deal...
• '87 2.1 Engine running rich
  Historical mailing list - Bob Anderson
  Fri, 9 Aug 2013 11:42:38 +0000
  Hi, I have a question regarding my 2.1 engine running rich when first started and then seems to smooth out when warmed after...
• JC Whitney wider coolingfan.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 27 Sep 95 11:17:27 +0100
  ...I would be interested in a wider-than-stock fan to improve cooling at lower engine speeds*, but i doubt if this fan is...
• Steam Clean Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Sun, 2 Aug 1998 12:11:52 -0700
  ...Is there any reason to NOT steam-clean an engine? Are there any arguments FOR steam-cleaning an engine (other than it being more...
• Re: 81 engine in 77 bus?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 09:42:43 -0700
  Here's what Tom Wilson's book has to say about the relevant differences (in this case) about the 2000cc engines used in later...
• Re: Boston Bob Engine - Follow Up
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:20:10 EDT
  ...Fuel Pressure at idle - 34 Connected 38-39 Disconnected Engine Vacuum at idle - 10 >> Gentlemen, There seems to be something wrong here. While I...
• Re: Comments on Splittie (hp... Corvair)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 14 Sep 2002 21:30:55 +1200
  ...My Corvair engine's exhaust ports were too small to fit a finger right into! >Not a popular engine some folks but not worse...
• Re: Other engine conversion options?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 9 Jan 2005 21:05:15 +1300
  >I've toyed with the idea of putting a Toyota Previa engine in a Vanagon. >The Previa engine seems like a good choice since...
• Re: Wierd (Ignition?) Problem...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 11:29:45 -0500
  ...How long does the problem last when the engine cuts out? The distributor in my Ford Fairmont was located snug up against the engine...
• Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 12 Jan 1999 20:13:07 -0500
  Chris wrote: > ive also heard the turbo diesel > 5cyls were mechanical nightmares. (the 5cyl diesels i have seen in > junkyards have half the engine...
• Re: Unknown plug in engine bay
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Mon, 3 Jun 2002 13:25:04 -0700
  ...all the vanagons are fuel injected, right? usually when an injected engine has an unplugged wire that *does something* the engine 'd run like...
• Re: 1st time pulling my WBX, Advice?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 11 May 2004 02:55:33 EDT
  ...I prefer to support the engine from above by way of a suitably stiff crossbeam across the engine bay and raised up a bit...
• Rear of engine sitting too low???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:37:39 -0700
  ...A couple of years ago I rebuilt and installed an engine in my '82 Westy. Intallation went fine, no problems that I can remember...
• Re: need new engine for air-cooled van (overheated one)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 11:01:50 -0400
  ...We have an offer for a $700 pig-in-a-poke air-cooled Vanagon engine. What are our other options for a new engine...
• Re: why no ridge in waterboxer cylinders?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 21:12:56 -0500
  ...My experience is with V8 engines and two 2L air cooled engines. I think we tend to over look how very solid the wasser...
• Re: [WetWesties] noticed a diesel while
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 May 2015 19:14:34 -0700
  KEP http://www.kennedyenginc.com/Pages/EngineOptionList4cyl.aspx shows this Nissan engine as an option: 4800 *Nissan SR 20*, '91-94 , Sentra SE-R...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 17 Jan 2014 00:27:41 -0500
  ...Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine Rough engine - the latest pita I'm having to deal with on a string of many!! I'm...
• Re:[F] Extra large engines (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Crazed Idiot
  Thu, 01 Feb 1996 14:11:12 EST
  ...If I'm not mistaken, The crank was bolted to the frame > >and the engine rotated, as in the early aircraft. The Julian was...
• Subaru 2.1 transplant
  Historical mailing list - Ed or Cheryl Beggs
  Sun, 01 Jun 1997 17:11:32 -0700
  Seems like there is some interest out there in my posting on putting in the Subaru Legacy 2.2 litre engine. In a nutshell...
• Re: FUNKY-SOUNDING VANAGON ENGINES!
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 18:27:26 -0600
  ...I seriously doubt you could keep a harley engine cool in a vanagon application. Keep in mind that on the bike they probably operate...
• Re: 1987 syncro westy w/bad engine, what can be done?
  Historical mailing list - Herbert S. Phillips III
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 21:22:41 -0600
  ...I have experience with VW inline 4 > engines but know nothing about the flat fours. > Compression is: > 1 - 95 psi > 2 - 115 > 3 - 120...
• Re: Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Dawson
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:51:17 EDT
  Hi all, Ya, the air cooled engines already have a oil cooler but over the years crud can get packed into the imput side...
• Re: Adding Slick50 to engine and transmission of 91 Westy, Opinion?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 12:31:33 +1200
  >This is a 91 Westy with 92,400 on the engine, still running really good. I >have just flushed the engine and now have...
• Re: Faintly Van related/TDI
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:54:04 -0500
  Try http://www.car-part.com -- not sure about www.car-parts.com, but the former asks you (when it's applicable) which engine...
• Re: Engine Is In!
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:01:25 -0400
  ...On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:10 PM, neil N wrote: > Images of mounted engine and input shaft stuff in no particular order: > > http...
• EGR-air cooled_reduce engine temp?
  Historical mailing list - Glen Moon
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:08:01 -0400
  Have air cooled 1981 Camper and it over heated and destroyed engine, Suspect, was s bad thermostat. Rebuilt now, No thermostat, internal baffels in...
• Re: Very Interesting Fire Suppresion System
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:39:17 -0700
  ...Just how hot does the engine compartment, especially the engine lid, get when running? Like climbing a mountain pass? I'd hate to spend...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:29:31 -0700
  Yes, that's the essentially origin of the WBX engine case: 1200>1600>1800 AC to 1.9>2.1 water cooled with the...
• RE: Lousy idle and sneaky booster leaks
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 13:20:53 EST
  Dave Kautz points out correctly that your vacuum leak may be far from the engine, but you can confirm or eliminate the brake system...
• Re: Tragic story: Wonder what failed?
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Sun, 12 Nov 1995 10:26:30 -0600 (CST)
  Dunno what happened to the engine, but trying to return to the field with an engine-out on take-off is pretty much the...
• Re: to fix or buy $$$
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 00:07:51 -0400
  Seems like your engine is questionable. Remember what a new car costs. If you get a engine form GEX it'll be guaranteed too...
• Re: Ignition Timing Setting??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jun 1997 17:19:43 +0100
  What Motorcode is your engine ? for example DJ, MV, GW .... Look at your engine, in the middel near by the pulley, there are a...
• Re: Mexico/Vanagon report-Guadalajara/Puerto Vallarta
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 07:22:25 -0800
  > But, most significantly, in the Gol-Parati-Pointer range the engines are > fitted in a North-South direction while the Golf-Jetta range engines...
• 1984 parting
  Historical mailing list - dawn
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 13:54:37 -0700
  hey all parting out 1984 vanagon with a blue interior captains chairs up front complete with arm rest automatic shifter 1.9 engine good...
• Wanted: Engine, preferably alive
  Historical mailing list - jeremy kron
  Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:51:30 -0700
  Hey, My SF-Bay area '84 west needs an engine, 2.1 preferred, diesel considered. I'm looking at $2K repair on a 130K...
• motor for trade
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Mon, 3 Sep 2001 11:14:17 -0400
  I have a rebuilt 1800 cc air cooled engine .I would like to trade this engine for a set of alloy wheels for my...
• Vanagon replacement engines
  Historical mailing list - tshanley
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 19:57:06 -0600
  Hey all, I thought some may be interested in these replacement engines. A claimed 115hp and 135ft.lbs. of torque!? See replacement engines at...
• Re: Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:28:30 -0700
  Well, obviously waterboxer engines with not that many miles on them are not highmilage wbxr engines. There are a lot of those around. Possibly...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:54:26 -0800
  ...Longevity of Conversion Engines one thing no one has considered about aircooled engines is air conditioning, something that car buyers began to demand in...
• diesel (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 4 May 97 16:04:06 EDT
  ...However, whenever I have > been able to nose around a golf diesel engine bay, the engine seems very > tall vertically, whilst to my knowledge...
• Mark Stephens Engine?
  Historical mailing list - 1980 VW Westfalia \"Pokey\"
  Tue, 2 Jan 2001 23:16:39 -0500
  ...Anyone know anything about a "Mark Stephens" engine? This camper has just over 1000 miles on a new engine. This engine was built by...
• Re: More Conversion engine stuff.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 3 May 2007 12:32:58 -0400
  ...A VW factory engines is WAY cheaper than a comparable replacement HD engine. A V-4 100cc engine from a 1985 Honda Magna or...
• Re: Fixed my Honda, Thought: Honda 2.4 I-VTEC Engine into Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:16:25 -0800
  ...they were installed in RH drive vehicles. > > My K series engine rotates CW as does the WBX. Under "VOLKSWAGEN AND > PORSCHE > ENGINE ADAPTERS" KEP...
• new engine from VW
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Aug 1994 13:38:16 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Loss in oil pressure, clanking sound from the right side > (possibly a collapsed hydraulic lifter under the valve cover?) ... > > Or, possibly the engine sucked...
• Re: Engine blown...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Thu, 5 Dec 1996 01:19:42 +0000
  ...I did not find any working engines in Portland, OR, auto recycling yards. One place had sold one recently for $550. The Vanagon it...
• Re: Subaru vs. VW Swap
  Historical mailing list - t
  Fri, 19 May 2000 23:24:07 -0700
  And the Subaru engine swap is legal in the state of Calyforneeaaa. Iffun the swap is done here, or if you ever plan on...
• metal engine lids for sale..keeps flames out of your interior in a engine fire
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:31:08 EST
  ...since the recent thread of engine fire posts have been up on the list. a metal lid will keep flames from spreading to your...
• Re: New engine start-up, help a brother out
  Historical mailing list - Motlagh, John N [GMG]
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 07:55:21 -0500
  ...New engine start-up, help a brother out Got the oil light off!! Engine started fine, however there is a great deal of smoke...
• Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:57:58 -0500
  ...Is this an oil-temp sensor? The 1.9 > does not have this sensor. > > http://oda.bz/vanagon/stand/van_engine/van_engine-Pages...
• Re: Friday - engine stand suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:04:59 -0400
  I wouldn't recommend the use of all-thread to support your engine. It's only rated Grade 5 and it's simply not...
• Re: How To Choose YOUR Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:23:49 -0700
  ...I hate used engines --nobody changes their oil anymore. When I first started looking last year I found them for $750. I guess I...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:49:02 -0700
  ...The >engine has suffered from detonation issues among other things. Any >ideas as to practical machining processes to REDUCE the compression >ratio? > >Ian Is...
• Kadrons on SP engine
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Apr 95 13:12:39 PDT
  I'm considering putting dual Kadron solex carbs on an engine for a '71 bus. Either a single-port or dual-port engine, 1600cc...
• Re: vanagon TD automatic??
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 07:35:43 +0300
  >Can anybody tell me, what I've seen? Is it possible to >install a straight 4 (or 5) VW engine to the automatic >tranny...
• How to remove Oil fill tube?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:21:57 EST
  Hi I'm replacing the engine in my van with the engine from a syncro. The oil fill tube from the syncro engine is...
• Re: Poll: How many miles on yours?
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 12 May 2000 08:21:35 -0400
  197K on first engine, same heads but 2nd set of gaskets and leaking again in the winter. Rebuilt tranny put in about 185K when...