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• Re: Open Letter to GEX
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 25 Aug 2000 12:57:22 -0500
  ...boxes on the type 4 >engine. This probably should have been done less than a year ago when the >engine was installed, but that...
• Re: finding a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:49:23 -0800
  I would go for a tuned type 4 engine. I read only today about a Beetle in a german mag (VW Speed), this type...
• Re: air cooled engine cooling tin
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 14 Mar 2016 12:48:51 -0700
  ...air cooled engine cooling tin Thank you. The 72 uses the type 4 engine. Dennis Sent from my Windows 10 phone From: David Bohannan...
• Re: Engine Sealant and Oil Galley Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:11:59 -0500
  ...On the type 4 engines there are allot of these plugs around. only a few are accessible with the engine installed. None of mine...
• Re: Pilot Bearing...Out!, Another Question
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 95 8:11:20 MST
  ...Note that there are 2 types of pistons on the market right now for the type 4 (bus, type 4, and porsche 914) engines...
• Re: Carburetor in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 14:08:39 -0800
  For a type 4, It's even easier than getting a Euro manifold for a 1980 engine (since it's a Type 4). Do...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:02:45 -0500
  My comments were directed to the Vanagon-type 4 engine. Those blown out gaskets are not the failure source, they are a symptom from...
• Re: vw 411 and 412 quest.?....some (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:04:04 EST
  ...Most type 4's (411/412 are called "type 4") were automatics. gas heaters were standard on all of them, and even have a...
• "Foreign" Engines in VWs /L
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 04 Jan 1996 13:01:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...I've never owned a wasserboxer, or an air-cooled type-4 engine either, but I'll throw in my $.02 (after inflation-- watch...
• Re: Name that engine...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 23 Feb 95 13:42:07 CST
  ...Type 4 CARS that were not made in 74 (? not sure about that either), but the type 2 bus (with the type 4 engine...
• Wanted: 2.0L Air-cooled Vanagon motor (SoCal preffered)
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:30:34 -0700
  ...I was hoping to shoehorn a 2.0L type 4 (Vanagon) motor in there. I'd preffer a motor in SoCal that I can...
• Mark Stevens Article
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:25:11 EDT
  ...put a reliable 104 P/C in a type 4 making a 2.4 engine. After driving from Knoxville to Farmington, NC and experiencing...
• Re: WBX in Porsche
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:05:36 -0600
  ...Or even an authentic 912E engine, which I have. (But since they only made 2099 total cars, original spare engines and junkyard parts are...
• Re: The tale of the 3 cyl bus
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Fri, 6 Oct 2000 21:32:30 -0500
  ...just > drop the motor and tranny on a type 4 Vanagon and work on the engine on the > ground still connected to the tranny...
• Re: no VW sports cars?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 28 May 2004 16:50:12 -0500
  ...As an aside, inside the air-cooled community I find it quite ironic that when you put a type 4 engine in a Porsche...
• Re: Pitfall FAQ add'ns
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 17:57:00 -0700 (PDT)
  So KevinM9696@aol.com says: > > How `bout the design of the exhaust gaskets on the type 4's, or even > just the prospect of...
• Does anyone rebuild air-cooled engines with increased performance? If I want to tweak mine what should I do?
  Historical mailing list - '80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 2 Jun 2001 06:31:20 -0700
  ...oem cams new German lifters new cylinders and pistons all type 4 engines can be upgraded to two lyter hydraulic.". I confess to still...
• Oil Temp revisted (unfortunately)
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 01:21:12 -0500
  ...than what everyone has been saying is bad for the Type 4 engine (250esque)?? I have yet to stick a lab thermometer in the...
• Re: My name is Ben, and I'm a projectaholic (was: ever heard of a turbo)
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Mon, 12 Nov 2001 19:42:57 -0800
  ...ever heard of a turbo aircooled type 4 engined vanagon? > >Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 05:12:15 EST > > > >In a message dated 11...
• Re: Heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 21 Oct 1994 08:56:11 -0500 (CDT)
  ...The higher-priced heater boxes in JCWitless are for the Type 4 engines, > commencing with 8/71 manufacture for the 1972 model year. > B...
• re 914 heads on an air cooled 2liter
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Fri, 8 Jun 2001 00:22:18 -0400
  ...914 IS a type 4 with better flywheel and much improved heads. I once had a built up modestly 914 engine that I put...
• Flywheel and orientation...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 19:26:58 -0700
  ...As an aid, the Type 4 engine's sheet metal has the cylinder numbers stamped into it, but the rule holds true for all...
• Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 4 May 2008 02:48:48 +1200
  ...and NOT next >week: >http://www.benplace.com/fuel_line.htm From what I hear, Ben, the Type 4 luftboxer was a GOOD engine...
• Re: TIICO vs. hot rod WBX
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:15:08 -0500
  ...a 2 liter engine > in a Porshe 914...Both type 4 engines, both look the same except the Porsche > engine has much better heads...
• RE: 911 engine conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Nov 94 09:53:22 gmt
  ...The Porsche engine is taller than the Type 4 pan- >> cake, especially if you use a CIS engine. On the Vanagon, all the extra...
• Re: Lapping cylinders to heads?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:01:02 -0600
  ...cylinders. > could you clarify? if it's needed on the type 4 engine I > need to know before putting the heads back on when...
• Re: V-belt failure & engine health
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 21:25:52 +1200
  ...Type 4 engines (and flat Bug-type ie Type 3) have crank-mounted fans, so a broken belt may cause a flat battery but...
• wanted: Bay Area air cooled guru/tinkerer to help with engine rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 22:29:37 -0500
  So I pulled a "leaking oil" air cooled engine out of an 81 "Type 4" engine Westy. (see my earlier post and photo). I...
• oil mist in engine compartment. HELP.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:22:59 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the heads are "bastard" type 40hp heads. any idea as to why the motor mist's oil. it apears to be comming out fron...
• Re: Lapping cylinders to heads?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 18:47:16 -0800
  ...could you clarify? if it's needed on the type 4 engine I need to know before putting the heads back on when I...
• bosch info: vanagons 1980-1983 air-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 14 Aug 94 20:05:53 CDT
  Bosch Gasoline and Diesel Injection Products Catalog 221132 1992 Gasoline Fuel Injection - Volkswagen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 1983 1983 Model Vanagon Vanagon Engine (Air-Cooled) 1970cc (CV...
• Help me split the case!!! (amended)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:55:46 -0700
  ...Tom Wilson's book "How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine" says "there are 20 case parting-line fasteners on the Type 4...
• valves -> rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 2 Oct 1995 13:03:35 -0500 (CDT)
  ...We're talking about a '75 type 4 engine, 1.8 liter and fuel-injected. Questions arise... 1) do I really need to drop...
• Re: Is this worth it?????????
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:41:55 -0500
  The 72 bus was the first of the type 4 motors, but the access hatch from the top of the back deck didn't...
• Re: vw type I, type II, type III and type IV
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 10:06:22 EDT
  ...An earlier post in this thread said that the loafs had Type 4 engines. This is correct starting in '72. Before that they had...
• Re: Has anyone ever replaced a later WBX engine with an earlier air-cooled Vanagon engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:53:38 -0800
  ...net> wrote: > I have a nice '83 2.0 ACVW Type 4 engine that I could install into my '87 > automatic Westy. > > I was...
• engine question
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 26 Feb 97 16:47:31 EST
  ...version of the 2.0L engine. In fact, it's probably a Type 1 case with the Type 4 fan housing installed. Any of...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:19:20 -0700
  ...advance spec > is for the distributor on this particular Type 4 engine? What can I do > about it? I have a spare distributor that...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:50:22 -0500
  ...83 > > www.marksbugbarn.com - indicates the extension is only for > type 4 engines > > www.bus-boys.com/bbvdo.htm - sells a VDO-360023 sender...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:19:42 -0500
  Your reply mostly applies to Type 1 engines that have no head gasket and frequently pull head studs out of the magnesium case. Type...
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Wed, 30 May 2001 20:31:29 EDT
  ...engine 54 Bug./ 1960 356 engine 74 FJ55 Landcruiser / Chevrolet 68 Camaro 6-cyl / Corvette 327 67 Karmann Ghia / 2.0 914 Type 4...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, VW using oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:50:06 -0500
  VW added oil filters with the type 4 pancake motors with them being used in the busses starting in 1972. They didn't go...
• Re: Mexican buses
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 13 May 1999 10:08:42 -0500
  ...you can get a beetle engine, a porsche engine, or a type 4 bus engine. only real downside was that the cost of the...
• Re: Air cooled diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:22:51 -0700
  ...Are the diesel engines from the early '80s based >>on a Type 4 gas engine? Are there other things besides the fuel injection >>that...
• Type 4 engine: plastigaging rods
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 05 Jan 1996 19:57:14 -0700
  ...I had to more-or-less hammer a socket onto each rod bolt while disassembling the engine, so I guess it shouldn't surprise...
• RE: Chirping engines...
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:39:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...VWs dating back to >the type 1 engine, but still somewhat present even in the type 4... >Or is this a different sound? My...
• Re: Stroking a type 4
  Historical mailing list - Scott Morrow
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 12:08:16 -0500
  ...I had a 140hp corvair engine in my buggy, ran great (when it ran) I think finding someone to work on corvairs is even...
• Article: Vanagon Hop Ups
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 9:56:57 -0500 (EST)
  Here is the article from Hot VWs about adding performance parts to the Vanagon engine. FYI, I did not include the picture captions since...
• Re: Crank Bearings - Non-Availability
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:10:44 -0500
  ...only as part of a complete engine I am currently tooling up to align bore type 4 and waterboxer cases and will be offering...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 16:49:15 -0700
  ...Windows as well as some 72-79's with the Type 4 engine. However, I am sure with enough investigation, one could have Rancho...
• bosch info: type 2's 1974-79
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 14 Aug 94 20:05:11 CDT
  Bosch Gasoline and Diesel Injection Products Catalog 221132 1992 Gasoline Fuel Injection - Volkswagen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 1979 1979 Model Type 2 Type 2 Engine (Air-Cooled...
• Re: Fuel Injector Question Part 4 (aircooled)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:55:52 -0600
  ...1970cc 1973-68 Type 3 1584cc (U) 1973-70 Type 4 1679cc 1974 Type 4 1795cc (EA,EC) 1985-80 Vanagon 1913cc (DH) Volvo...
• Commiserate with me now..
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Aycock
  Wed, 8 Jun 1994 00:44:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...The fan looked a little cockeyed in the housing (73 type 4 engine). I go to push it on, and the (*&(*& thing comes off...
• new Limbo want ads: buses for sale
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sun, 09 Oct 94 00:58:27 CDT
  ...call Jack Sullivan, NY H(716) 876-7972 W(716) 846-4964 1981 Vanagon 2.0L type 4 engine, less than 80k miles, complete...
• Re: '81 #3 cylinder
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Mar 1997 23:37:08
  >As I reported earlier, pulling off the #3 wire from the distributor makes >no difference how the engine runs. > >I checked the spark, and...
• Re: Debunking GoWesty!
  Historical mailing list - John Lane
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 10:09:09 -0700
  ...What the author fails to mention is that HP increases can be attained easily as many VW Type 4 engine owners will testify. James...
• 1600cc Vanagon: Oh well...
  Historical mailing list - Ian E. Abbott 225-1793
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 12:31:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...cast-in bosses for the Type 4-style fan housing. These would prohibit mounting the standard Beetle engine sheet metal. Probably not insurmountable, but...
• re: Pitfall FAQ add'ns
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Apr 1995 20:46:18 -0400
  ...How `bout the design of the exhaust gaskets on the type 4's, or even just the prospect of remounting the exhaust after you...
• Re: Mr Lube / Walmart oil changes OK? I have the 'Mahn' OEM Oil Filter....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:50:52 -0400
  ...They aren't familiar with the type 4 air-cooled VW engine; 2. They probably won't clean the strainer screen. They probably don...
• Damaged 1975 Type 4 Bus engine FS in NZ
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:19:57 +1200
  ...The original twin-carb 1.8 engine from my 75 Bay could be for sale, if there are any NZ listees listening who know...