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• Re: Differences between 81 and 82 Air Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Tue, 7 Nov 2006 14:57:39 -0800
  ...air cooled Vanagon. Was > running, (stalled when hot) currently not running now, > (starter will not turn when jumped. Maybe elec. > connections or seized engine...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk! Wilder's Law
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:50:32 -0700
  ...engine wasn�t what I needed. Subie time. So you converted an air cooled to a water cooled Subie, or is there an air...
• Going air cooled on my water cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Javier Zavala
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 21:33:49 -0500
  ...As the subject says and, after reading some posts here, I was thinking about getting an air cooled engine (which is pretty cheap and...
• 2.0 Liter air cooled rod mod
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:26:06 -0500
  I seem to remember seeing a modification "suggested" when rebuilding rods for the Air cooled Westy. I am ready to reassemble mine and thought...
• Re: 1.9 WBX VS 2.0 AC (long)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 21 Jun 2000 14:38:17 -0500
  ...Comparing the two engines is sort of like comparing apples and oranges. The major advantage of the air-cooled engine is that it lacks...
• Re: Why the preponderance of air-cooled on Marketplace?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:15:09 -0500
  ...the > engine can take more of a beating. > > That's a lot of air cooled Vanagons for sale. From the perspective of > possible getting...
• Re: Air cooled oil leak/timing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 17 May 2003 18:06:28 -0700
  ...fan hub on 80-83 CV Series Air Cooled engines? > I find them often in engines but have never installed one even though > most...
• Re: Interstate MTP-91 Battery Fits?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:19:05 -0700
  ...Nope. ;) > Does the air-cooled body have the starting battery on that side. Your > van is an air cooled converted to an inline 4...
• Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 08:44:08 -0400
  ...Air-cooled engines acumulate heat over time depending on load and abient air temp. As I like to say the air-cooled engine has...
• Re: O2 vs. H2O and HEAT?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:58:58 -0400
  ...fuel injected air-cooled engines? NO. >And last but not least, how does the heater system work in an air-cooled van? Think of...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 17:49:27 -0600
  ...I assumed they must have had some > kind > >> of > >> engine other than the air cooled version of that era. Since > there > >> are > >> inline engine...
• engine tin
  Historical mailing list - Sharon Simpson
  Wed, 12 Jun 2002 12:43:49 -0500
  Does anyone have the engine tin that goes underneath the push rods to protect them? This is for an 82 air cooled westy. TIA...
• Re: Know if someone has created an engine and transmission stand for the 1.9 / 2.1?
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Tue, 2 Jul 2013 17:43:18 -0400
  The Trans/ engine 4-bolt pattern is the same as earlier air cooled VW's. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2013, at...
• Air cooled 1985!!! (was In praise of aircooled vanagons)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:27:08 -0500
  ...Air-cooled engines acumulate heat over time > >depending on load and abient air temp. As I like to say the air-cooled > >engine has...
• Re: Air vs Water
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 10 Jan 2002 07:16:43 -0500
  In general, the air cooled engines have less power, lower fuel economy, and shorter life. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: Need Reassurance on 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 13 May 2010 18:38:05 -0400
  ...You're really splitting hairs on most points outside of the engine difference though. I've had two air cooled vanagon westys and they...
• Re: Update: 81 Air-Cooled Vanagon Stalling at Warm Idle
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Sat, 1 May 1999 19:37:37 -0500
  ...81 Air-Cooled Vanagon Stalling at Warm Idle >Problem Solved: Simple Solution! > >Recap: I was experiencing a stalling problem when the engine was warm...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 12 Dec 2002 15:20:28 -0800
  ...I assumed they must have had some kind >> of >> engine other than the air cooled version of that era. Since there >> are >> inline engine...
• Re: solid air-cooled performance
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 20:22:10 -0700
  I >the ability of the air-cooled engine. I put over 400 kms today driving >throughout the mountains of WV & VA with relative ease...
• Air Cooled 2.0 : High Hydrocarbon (smog) Parts Check?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:10:15 -0800
  ...Posted to the WW list as I bet there's Bay owners with the 2.0 air cooled engine. I'm viewing an air...
• How to Adapt Brake Vacuum line for engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 19 May 2008 17:31:48 -0700
  ...Pic of air cooled part and engine: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/BrakeVacuumLine2.jpg/BrakeVacuumLine2-full;init:.jpg Pic of how I need to route...
• Re: seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 19 Sep 2002 13:47:04 -0400
  ...seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy) Someone (Matthew?) said the engine weighs 450 lbs. Is this the 1.9 L wasserboxer? Dave in...
• Re: Flywheel Lock
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 9 Mar 2009 12:36:35 -0700
  most flywheel locks fit both 6V and 12 volt air cooled engines..... slightly different flywheel teeth spacing on those two......and one side fits...
• Re: Block heaters for Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Thu, 6 Nov 2014 14:53:22 -0600
  Not sure where to by them but these are the only block heaters I have seen for the Type IV engine. http://www.thesamba...
• Friday F/Water in Exhaust of Air-Cooled Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Fri, 13 Jun 1997 16:17:54 -0500
  ...Should I be concerned if, when running, large volumes of water comes from the tailpipe of this air-cooled engine? Thinking about this, should...
• Re: Air cooled oil pressure question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:28:34 -0700
  ...Air cooled oil pressure question For those of you with an air cooled vanagon, if you have an oil pressure gauge, what is your...
• Re: '84 Westy air-cooled
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 6 Mar 1996 00:37:10 -0500
  ...Many air cooled vanagons regularly blow engines. You are probably also missing the EGR set-up. This will cause an air colled engine to...
• Re: air cooled rear hatch ...
  Historical mailing list - Mudd \"Not Jack\" Sparrow
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 07:20:37 -0700
  My 91 engine lid is plastic? > On Apr 3, 2015, at 7:17 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > > The older, air...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 20 May 2003 22:47:04 +0000
  ...Wasser Boxer Westy with a dead engine I'm going to > plug one of my Air Cooled engines in it. An Eberspacher heater will...
• Corvair Engines
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 08:13:59 -0700
  ...Kennedy's comment on the Korean War vintage helicopter and engine. They were Hillers with, I believe, Lycoming(sp?) engines... air cooled. Thanks, Pat...
• Re: WTB: Air-cooled Muffler, but a weird one...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 14:28:27 -0500
  ...on the 80-83 Air cooled Exhaust link for more info. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From...
• repost: another bus for sale
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 04 Apr 95 20:10:26 CDT
  ...VW Type IV (Air cooled Vanagon, bus) Heads For Sale - heads.txt I have a set of VW Type IV engine heads. These are...
• Re: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 15:55:17 -0700 (PDT)
  Citroen (French company) for a long time (up until almost 1980) produced a series of air-cooled cars (starting with the famous 2 CV...
• Re: vanagon.com writing contest
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 19:32:04 -0500
  ...Air-cooled 2.0L engine. If you had a power loss with your air-cooled vanagon what is the first thing you would check...
• Re: VW Fires
  Historical mailing list - Marty Wallace
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 19:14:28 -0700
  ...Additionally, the rate of air-cooled VW engine fires is << that of water-cooled VWs. (Can anyone back me up or shoot me down...
• Re: grounds: air cooled vs water cooled
  Historical mailing list - Justin Mayrand
  Thu, 16 Feb 2006 09:43:56 -0500
  Hi jake, My air-cooled does not have this ground either, thought the PO changed out the engine and may have eliminated it. When...
• Re: External oil cooler, Help overheating
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 11:35:46 -0700
  there is one school of thought which says an air-cooled vw engine, running the way it's supposed to, does not need an...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Mon, 13 May 2002 13:27:36 -0400
  >>>The '68->'71 buses used an upright air-cooled motor.<<< What the hell is an "upright air-cooled", in my book an upright engine...
• auxillary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Sat, 7 May 2005 11:11:01 -0500
  ...Anybody out there have experience with auxillary oil coolers on air cooled engines? Any advice, horror stories, good stories, etc. Thanks, Jake
• Help needed with AIR-COOLED parts identification
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 May 2010 08:56:24 -0400
  ...of the engine room. It may be in a different location in the air-cooleds. >#6 -- This is either an air-cooled or diesel...
• Electrical questions. Radiator fan circuit from 85 Vanagon into 81 air cooled Westy.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:04:05 -0800
  ...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" http://web.mac.com/tubaneil Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
• Adjustments to help 81 Air Cooled Westy pass emissions?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:12:29 -0800
  ...In prep for my engine swap, I will be running my 2L manual tranny air cooled 1981 Westy through "Air Care". An emissions testing...
• Trans Question
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:06:26 -0800
  Is the diesel westy transmission compatible with a 2.0L air cooled engine? Steve
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 19:02:45 -0800
  ...if you every have problems finding used parts for that >air-cooled engine, I know plenty of places that have piles of air-cooled...
• Re: More rant on grounds---AIR COOLED too?
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:22:30 -0400
  ...What about ground locations on 2.0 air cooleds? Any special locations----the one on the transmission up on the trans. mount, the multi...
• Need new Engine
  Historical mailing list - Randy C
  Thu, 1 Oct 2020 03:04:31 +0000
  I'd love to get some feedback on thoughts regarding my need for an engine. 82 Air cooled, Approx 175,000 miles on engine...
• Re: [T2] Tip for anyone installing 30mm oil pump on vanagon air cooled engine.
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sun, 14 Mar 2004 09:26:19 -0500
  ...Re: [VANAGON] [T2] Tip for anyone installing 30mm oil pump on vanagon air cooled engine. > You have to machine one corner of the stock...
• aircooled part needed.
  Historical mailing list - Adam Puzerewski
  Sun, 14 May 2000 06:03:15 -0400
  ...the engine from the alternator/blower, and thru the engine compartment tin to the rear of the heat exchanger. No air cooled parts for...
• longivity of coversion engines
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:55:18 -0500
  ...But in response to Ken about why they stopped making the air cooled engines, I think they just did not want to bother to...
• Re: '81 air cooled dual relay?
  Historical mailing list - sleepingmonkey1
  Sat, 8 Mar 2003 10:19:00 -0500
  ...in the black box on driver's side of engine comp. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael S. Nichols" <msnichols@MINDSPRING.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON...
• Re: Porsche engine mounting ring work on waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 15:09:33 -0800
  ...www.mainelycustombydesign.com/enginecomponents.htm#enginestand > > The description says it will work on Porsche 911/356 and VW air-cooled. > > Are the mounting studs...
• Re: Confused owner?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:48:55 -0500
  ...They just copied the VW Air Cooled / Porsche Air Cooled and Vanagon WBXer and built the engine without the gremlins that VW had in...
• Re: any years / models we should avoid
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 Jul 2003 08:47:00 -0700
  ...The air cooled have less power but engine rebuilds are about half the cost of a Wasser Boxer engine. I've gotten 150 K...
• Re: [WetWesties] '83 air-cooled Vanagon For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 27 Jan 2002 07:02:39 -0600
  ...40,900 original miles! > Lovingly > maintained air-cooled engine equipped Vanagon has traveled the > Pacific NW > and Alaska. Rebuilt engine has less than 3000...
• Re: Adjusting Valves 78 Air Cooled
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:02:00 -0500
  ...1987 Bay, with type IV air-cooled FI engine, solid lifters. > Question: Valve setting .006 do these things ever get real quiet or > should...
• Re: dropping the engine, 81 air cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:14:43 -0400
  ...Then clink on the link for 'Engine Removal'. Sean Bartnik has put together a nice description of removing air cooled motors from Vanagons. My...
• Re: air cooled rear hatch ...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 09:17:30 -0500
  The older, air-cooled and diesel engine lids are all steel, not plastic. Except for the sound deadener which looks like coir. When I...
• Re: compression data
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Jan 95 21:01:12 EST
  Joel Walker writes: > > bentley sez: > > for air-cooled vanagon engines: > nominal ........... 85-131 psi > minimum ........... 73 psi > max diff .......... 44 psi between any two...
• Re: Books on engine rebuilding?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:17:28 -0400
  ...How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine Tom Wilson ISBN: 0895862255 jonathan On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Erin Randolph wrote: > Hello list, > Much...
• VW gas I4 Engine Conversion input needed. (I think I've made my choice)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 27 Sep 2007 12:23:09 -0700
  ...I hope to swap the geared ring from air cooled flywheel to the I4 flywheel thus keeping the I4 clutch/flywheel. Is this possible...