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• Use this for fire saftey... AND eliminate the fire hazzard...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:59:07 -0700
  ...You can also take the material off the engine hatch and put the mat on the engine hatch, then add a layer of heat...
• WBX 2.1L Engine Case - Reman
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 1 Oct 2004 04:18:55 -0500
  A question for Bob Donalds, I have the case and crank from my engine that failed back in 1999 at about 90,000 miles...
• Re: Friday - engine stand suggestions
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:21:41 -0400
  ...Friday - engine stand suggestions 1/4-20 threads x 3 supporting a 200-300 lb engine is way, way under the strength of all...
• Re: Bostig Zetec conversion in Seattle area?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:43:45 -0600
  Pat, I got 205,000 miles on the original engine in the 85 GL I had. Never once had to crack open the engine...
• Re: Japan Vanagon Community
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:34:22 -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...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:08:02 -0400
  Hey Ian, Why ask this list? Why not ask Go Westy, that designed and built that engine. Lucas was at some point or perhaps...
• Re: Leaking oil seal
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 20:50:24 -0500
  >but the engine oil is still a pristine green (on the dipstick) and >the stuff being dropped is black. Could this be clean engine...
• rebuilt engine suppliers
  Historical mailing list - WOODRUT
  Fri, 12 Aug 1994 07:04:33 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Now I have to decide whether to just have a valve job or bite the bullet and swap for a rebuilt engine. I am...
• engine: rebuild or replace?
  Historical mailing list - DZIADECKI JOHN
  Thu, 1 Jun 1995 17:44:41 -0600 (MDT)
  I've got 166K on my 77 camper's engine and blue smoke when I start it. I'm not mechanically-minded and I...
• Re: diesel /diesel replacement
  Historical mailing list - Brian Ratliff
  Mon, 28 Oct 1996 07:55:17 -0500
  Brian Ratliff wrote: > > Sorry Volks > > I didn't explain my engine swap...I want to go with a replacement DIESEL engine for my 82...
• Re: RX7 Conversion
  Historical mailing list - garth woolstenhulme
  Thu, 23 Oct 1997 20:11:18 -0700
  > You might want to keep in mind that RX7 engines are great engines -- Compact, light, last a long > time and are easy to work...
• Re: Engine noise?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 9 Mar 2000 18:29:57 -0800
  ...The noise goes away or at least is greatly diminished when >the engine warms up. Any ideas? >Jerry >P.S. Check out the background...
• Electrical problem with new engine
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gkikas
  Sun, 10 Dec 2000 16:30:28 -0500
  Hello, I just installed a freshly rebuilt 1.8L engine in my 80 Westy. I've got an electrical problem like this: no juice...
• Cool Air-Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:12:13 -0600
  ...What are the things that you folks can point out to us to help make these engines last? I really have an interest, having...
• Re: regarding purchase of new engine
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Wed, 22 Sep 2004 10:40:24 -0500
  ...regarding purchase of new engine > Has anyone used theses sources for a new engine. > http://www.car-part.com/ > I would find it valuable...
• Re: maxima engine in a vanagon???
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 13:26:31 -0700
  ...maxima engine in a vanagon??? > > http://www.vwmaxiwesty.com > > What does everyone think? It seems like the engine hangs a little low? > > > --------------------------------- > Do you...
• Low Engine Temps
  Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
  Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:59:45 -0600
  ...6 week "Engine Coolant" ordeal. I'll do a full post mortem report in a couple of days. One question ... The engine temp gauge...
• Re: Engine parts needed
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 13 May 2005 13:27:01 -0400
  I have all of that Bob Donalds Boston Engine 1 508 358 6264 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Jeffrey" <oldbus@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY...
• FS TR2
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:30:24 -0500
  1955 TR2 Triumph http://www.engineceramics.com/vw/tr2.jpg Asking $6500.00 the restored car should be in the $25,000.00 range...
• Muffler knocking on Van
  Historical mailing list - Tim Kasher
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:35:10 -0400
  I noticed a wierd sound the other day and I finally figured it out...it is my muffler that when the engine runs a...
• Re: Average time to pull transmission, engine, etc.
  Historical mailing list - -------------
  Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:29:47 -0400
  ...What is the average time to: > > 1) Pull a syncro engine and transmission together > 2) Pull a transmission (without pulling the engine) > 3) Replace...
• Re: No start after temp II replacement - conclusion
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 19:47:05 -0500
  ...The mixture has a definite affect on engine temperature.
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 18:39:26 -0500
  ...It it was not done, that engine would not turn over until spring thaw. In the morning, the engine was started, and allowed to...
• CA Smog Test - Engine ID Rule Changes
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Fri, 25 Jul 1997 15:43:44 EDT
  ...By the way, when I tested my 84 Westy, they didn't even bother to look for the engine number to determine the engine...
• Re: Motor Theory For Dummies
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Hart
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 02:14:38 -0700
  ...I fall back on this for troubleshooting whenever I'm faced with a puzzling engine problem that defies easy solution. All 4 cycle engines...
• Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:18:21 -0400
  ...Anybody on the list know what the horsepower rating is of Bob Donalds' big valve engines is? That's what I'm running, not...
• Re: How much life in a Factory Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 May 2007 21:24:08 -0400
  Generally speaking, if a rebuilt engine has a defect, it shows up immediately or in the fist few hundred miles. Poorly machined valve seats...
• Re: Is my Aux Battery Charging
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:25:57 -0700
  ...Start the engine and make sure the Alt light goes out. With the engine idling put the meter on the aux battery again. You...
• Engine surge
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 May 1996 13:40:34 EDT
  ...Occasionally, specifically when he is running at higher rpms, the engine seems to surge or kick out. The engine doesn't actually stop as...
• Changing Rods
  Historical mailing list - David Bayer
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 13:34:29 -0700
  Hello- Is it possible to remove the rods on a 2.1 engine AND resemble without splitting the case? More to the point with...
• Digifant warming up
  Historical mailing list - Jochen Hampe
  Fri, 22 May 1998 14:27:00 +0200
  Hi, I own a 1987 Vanagon 2WD, which behaves funny during warm up: - starts fine - engine runs initially at approx. 1200rpm (which is probably...
• Fwd: Questions for the Engine Builders Re: high lift rocker arms
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 24 Oct 1999 11:55:20 EDT
  In a message dated 10/24/1999 11:54:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Wolfvan88 writes: > The engine are similar outside, but also vastly...
• Re: Slow Down And Save Some Gas
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 17:01:51 -0800
  Unfortunately, most cars today are built with far more powerful engines than cars from that era. It seems that much of the efficiency improvements...
• Whats the REAL poop on gowesty engines
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:03:08 -0400
  >hey all, >so, by now i am sure someone on this list has had a gowesty engine long >enough to give us some real...
• Re: GoWesty2.3--how do you like it?
  Historical mailing list - Markus Mumper
  Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:14:38 -0800
  > > Can you comment on how you like the GoWesty2.3? Hello Richard, I had GoWesty install a rebuilt engine in my '87 Westy about...
• Re: Which Subaru engine?
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Fri, 18 Jul 1997 14:49:44 -0700
  I called a few wrecking yards and found that Subaru engines complete w/all the stuff Kennedy needs (wiring harness, etc.) is running between...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 23:19:02 +1200
  ...The Subaru engines in question are not small low-powered engines. They also rev high and are designed to do so all day utterly...
• 1.9 without expansion tank?????????
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:42:55 +0100
  ...Owner says it had a 1987 engine, and that died, so he swapped in another engine. He says cooling system is different on the...
• Re: Amish and polution
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:45:43 -0600
  ...One of the most onerous areas of aircraft engine overhaul work is getting a good break-in on a newly rebuilt engine. If parts...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 12:19:15 -0500
  What I find worse than the engines sitting is when they are started and ran for short periods such as changing a parking spot...
• Re: group (of 2) purchase;
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:37:45 -0800
  ...the only one tiny detail that matters which type of trans the engine goes onto next is the lower engine mounting studs... auto trans...
• Re: LVC: OPOC engine
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 22:06:38 -0500
  ...Also, each of the two cylinders travels the same combined distance per given compression ratio as a single cylinder in an traditional engine. Not...
• RE: How to check for loose main bearings
  Historical mailing list - Armstrong, Charles L.
  Tue, 06 Sep 94 09:25:00 cdt
  >I have the engine out and pistons/cylindars off. Any suggestions how to check >the main bearings with our cracking open the case, I...
• Re: Jackin' Up The Van
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:36:36 -0600
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Stan Wilder wrote: >The key in lifting your engine for whatever reason other than to drop the >engine and...
• Re: Advice on possible engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - Brent Weide
  Fri, 9 Sep 2005 11:43:14 -0400
  ...The subaru engine is left intact, including the Electronic Control Unit, so the engine is running the same regardless of whether it rests in...
• Re: interference engines.....was Re: How much would this cost
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 12 Jan 2006 18:02:20 -0800
  I beg to differ on the 2.0 liter engine...it IS an interference engine. I have seen the timing belts break and the...
• Flushing Tee and Filling cooling system procedure.
  Historical mailing list - Vince P.
  Wed, 12 May 1999 11:05:02 -0700
  ...With engine still running at 3000 RPM, close bleeder screw on radiator. 6) With engine still at 3000 RPM, top off reservoir in engine...
• Re: Stall during long decent
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:20:15 -0400
  What I have discovered is going down large hills with the engine being overrun by the wheels, the engine gets maximum cooling and produces...
• Re: Stand or Bench for engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:38:29 -0500
  ...Stand or Bench for engine? Something I read recently in either bentley or haynes says to take some certain measurement when the engine is...
• Re: Volvo B23 (B230) inline 4 in a T3 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 16:53:49 -0800
  ...got the B21F engine ( and the whole volvo car ) . ( the B230 is a 2.3 liter version of that engine ) the adapter from Kenedy...
• Re: 30 to 50mph... PATHETIC!
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:27:49 -0400
  ...There are only 2 reponses for 1.9 engines. Any 1.9L under 11.0 seconds out there? > * Only 1 turbo engine owner sent...
• Re: Engine Stand [was Re: Re: Sears Cycle Jack reduced to $69]
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:25:16 -0800
  IIRC, I didn't start suffering until I actually got into the engine trying to decipher and fix the PO's 'repairs'. As far...
• Re: Engine swap step by step.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:54:57 -0700
  ...If you wanted to swap stock engines, there's a blow-by-blow for each stock engine in section '10' in the Bentley (labeled...
• Re: My ultimate section, but, 1.9 or 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:45:39 -0400
  ...engine: >-How to prepare yourself (mentally and physically) >-Which tools >-how to drain coolant >-how to remove the engine >-how to clean the engine...
• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:16:04 -0500
  ...I have an '87 Westy with a Boston Bob big valve engine. It's NOT stock. Bob Donalds told me that I should always...
• Re: Has anyone saved a burnt engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:15:00 -0600
  ...The engine was full of coolant. > > No fire burnt under the engine, which is shiny new. It has a yellow > engine > sticker that tells...
• Re: Use this for fire safetey... AND eliminate the fire hazard...
  Historical mailing list - jbclem1
  Wed, 4 Aug 2004 15:01:33 -0700
  ...The pistons and cylinders were a total loss because the > engine seized from lack of oil and with a nasty oil saturated engine bay...
• Re: Great Engine test stand event, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 09:37:14 -0600
  ...If the engine is out of the vehicle during > this process It makes very little noise on the run in routine. When > engines are...
• Re: A/C tranny in my na diesel!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:46:08 -0700
  ...If you think about it, the waterboxer is the only true 'vanagon only' factory engine. All the rest of them are car engines, not...
• Re: Using Gunk or other engine cleaning solvents!
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Fri, 11 Jan 2002 22:52:36 -0500
  I would certainly agree with Dennis regarding being cautious of running solvents through the engine. That said, and since it's Friday, here's...