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• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Mike Bucchino Sr
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:48:12 -0400
  ...essentially origin of the WBX engine case: 1200>1600>1800 > AC to 1.9>2.1 water cooled with the addition of a water...
• Re: Air-cooled auto tranny in a water-cooled 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - David Yates
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 17:10:42 +1000
  ...You NEED the cooling in the later vans (higher powered engines) but the aircooled auto trans does not have the facility to add a...
• Re: Why the preponderance of air-cooled on Marketplace?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Tue, 9 Jul 2019 11:15:09 -0500
  ...Or, owners tend to drive the water cooled > Vanagons harder because they see them as more reliable. i.e. the > engine can take more...
• Muffler strap Q 83.5
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 3 Apr 2004 15:23:27 EST
  ...Did VW use an older style strap on the very early water-cooled engines or somewhere along the line did someone swap in an...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 02:11:17 -0500
  ...expected on other >water-cooled engines during the course of the engines lifetime. Sure -- it's just that the Japanese engines have lifetimes looking...
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Dan Soiney
  Sat, 1 Mar 1997 08:13:43 -0600
  I've also seen a breadloaf bus with a rabbit engine with a front mounted radiator a-la mexibus style. Also had mercedes wheels...
• Re: Go with the split
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 17:19:55 PST
  >I'm for the split. >Water-cooled's are orphans, not even supported by VW any longer, save >in the peripheral sense. Valient efforts...
• engine heaters
  Historical mailing list - Dave Stratton
  Thu, 4 Sep 1997 13:53:16 -0600
  ...engine heaters that attach to the bottom of a vanagon water cooled engine. I know they existed for the older air cooled engines but...
• Re: Going air cooled on my water cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 26 Nov 2000 02:08:11 -0800
  ...Going air cooled on my water cooled? > > I use exclusively air cooled engines for the sole purpose of having > minimum > > maintenance and maximum reliability...
• Oil leak from rear - oil pump gaskets
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Oil leak from rear - oil pump gaskets
  September 30, 1987
  ...Oil seepage from the oil pump on 1.9L water-cooled engines is caused by gaskets which are not fully compressed. * Replace the oil...
• Vanagon Bentley Manual
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 21:29:29 -0400
  ...any more info about my 84 model? My manual seems a little weak in some areas especially concerning the water cooled engine. Thanks Bob
• Volkswagen shop mechanics
  Historical mailing list - Dan R. Hall
  Thu, 16 May 2002 10:56:13 -0500
  ...to the wire on top of a 2.1 liter water-cooled engine? Am I correct in assuming that the timing notches on the...
• Cabin air recirc bench test VIDEO
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:20:24 -0700
  ...It'll be a while before water cooled engine conversion done, so obviously this is not tested. But this idea: http://web.mac.com...
• Cylinder 1 location
  Historical mailing list - Mike Frost
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 14:19:23 -0700
  ...2.1L water cooled digifant Vanagon: (front of van) 3 1 4 2 (rear of van) So, when leaning over the engine thru the...
• Re: A sad day in my life :-(
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 09 Feb 95 15:16:39 CST
  ...i've always heard there were two things that caused vw engine fires: - the air-cooled engine ran hotter than american water-cooled engines...
• Re: more on engine braking
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 18:27:13 -0500
  ...This is where the rumor about engine braking >being bad for your engine started. The water cooled engines have the >water jackets and thermostats...
• Fw: Advancing timing for more power, was: Boston Bob's web site
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 4 May 2002 08:45:01 -0400
  ...The air-cooled engine is very different than the water-cooled engine due to the temp ranges of the combustion chambers. Water-cooled engines...
• Re: Type 2 w/ Rabbit engines?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Estern
  Tue, 22 Nov 1994 23:46:12 -0500
  ...I knew they were water cooled because I saw the radiator up front. Otherwise they look like your average late-seventies bus, except new...
• Engine swap, Vin & other options.
  Historical mailing list - Dino Kubik
  Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:00:36 -0500
  ...I am thinking of swapping in a chevrolete 6 cylinder engine in the middle = of the bus........ >> Tom: Right on. Try the folks using...
• Re: I'm thinking about going to gas
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:15:08 -0700
  not that easy to put an aircooled engine in a water cooled body...engine bay is quite different. or is the 82 gas been...
• Re: vanagon questions to the folks that know
  Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
  Fri, 9 May 1997 12:23:14 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Not really although 84 was a split model year and the first year of the > water-cooled engine. >> > > you mean '83. :<) > > carry on... :<) > > chris >
• Re: Can I put an aircooled engine in a water cooled 91?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 02:20:59 EDT
  In a message dated 99-07-03 13:58:17 EDT, KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes: << I didn't mean it wasn't possible just...
• Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 26 Apr 1997 21:28:25 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Now I've heard a lot about this head gasket problem that afflicts water-cooled Vanagons. I owned my '89 Wolfsburg for 3 & 1...
• Re: Rebuild? was: Model/year recommandation
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 01:56:01 -0500
  I'm on an original '84 engine for 175,000 miles now. wes On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Art McGinn wrote: > rob: the last...
• Re: push rod tubes dilemma
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:45:20 -0700
  ...essentially origin of the WBX engine case: 1200>1600>1800 > AC to 1.9>2.1 water cooled with the addition of a water...
• Alternator mounting bolt loose/broken
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Alternator mounting bolt loose/broken
  August 06, 1987
  ...The increased torque specification requires use of a new bolt on 1.9L water cooled engines. To repair a loose/broken bolt: 1.9L...
• Re: Vanagon Conversion...
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 18:34:35 -0600
  ...1990-1997 Jetta or golf engine Think you'd be better off first getting a later vanagon (water cooled since 83.5) that already...
• AVP Worldwide?
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:37:04 -0700
  ...Unless I am way out of it, they are/were suppliers of rebuilt air and water cooled engines, with a good reputation? Anyone know...
• Re: Questions?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 28 Feb 1998 12:24:52 CST
  ...Air-cooled, Water-cooled -- All 1975-1990 Vehicle: Vanagon Model Year: 1980-up - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Engine Oil: Air-Cooled: 3.0 liter (3.2 quart) 3...
• Haynes Manual for Vanagon available from UK for water cooled to '91
  Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 11:18:09 -0400
  Hi Dave; Thanks for the in-depth index! But it does not appear to list a water pump under "engine", "cooling", "pump", or "water...
• Nervous about heads
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Tue, 7 Jan 1997 20:35:03 -0000
  I keep hearing about the 'heads' going on water-cooled 1.9 and 2.1 engines. Is it inevitable? My 84 GL has done...
• Fw: Sealing goop on cylinder sleeve inboard ends?
  Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
  Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:47:28 +0100
  ...The > result includes several features that no experienced > water-cooled engine designers would ever have included, > notably the head studs that pass through the...
• Re: rebuild $
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Tue, 4 May 1999 09:13:23 -0500
  ...rebuild $ | Hello eveyone just wondering if anyone knows how much it would cost to | rebiuld a vanagon water cooled engine in canadian currency, and...
• Fast German Auto
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 21:59:29 -0400
  ...ad from Fast German Autoin Hawthorne, CA that sells vanagon engines, air & water cooled. $1600 for a waterboxer and 750 for an aircooled. Anyone...
• Re: Hot Start Problem in H2O cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Tue, 4 Sep 2001 16:35:40 -0300
  ...All, > In my 83 Water cooled Vanagon, I have noticed a little problem. If I try to restart the engine after it has been...
• Re: 1983 Vanagon Westy
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:36:28 -0500
  Kenneth, The one piece of missing info is which engine it has: An '83 could be diesel, aircooled gas, or water cooled gas (wasserboxer...
• Engine Degreasing
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 09:20:24 -0700
  ...Before bringing it to his place he asked that I degrease the engine with the spray on degreaser. I looked at a few of...
• inline 4 SWAP? was Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Thu, 8 Feb 2007 01:33:00 EST
  ...OK, so now that we've determined the engine, are any of the parts interchangeable with the Vanagon if one was doing a swap...
• Re: New Guy needs info
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:10:49 -0500
  ...Air Cooled engines are about $1800.00 on a pallet. Get ready for a big blast in response: I say "never buy a Water...
• Re: WTB Rebuildable 1.9 Vanagon Engine
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:15:40 -0700
  Gary, The 1.9 is water-cooled It is a Digijet. The 88 2.1 is a Digifant. I'm not sure the Digifant...
• FS: 84 VW Van $2500 !!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 May 1995 16:21:56 GMT
  84 VW Vanagon 2 litre, water cooled engine 150,000 miles and still going ... We bought a newer Toyota van and we don't...
• FS: 84 VW Van $2500 !!!
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 5 May 1995 16:21:56 GMT
  84 VW Vanagon 2 litre, water cooled engine 150,000 miles and still going ... We bought a newer Toyota van and we don't...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 16 May 2001 13:30:06 -0700
  ...If I am ever gonna bother putting in a > water cooled, I can't imagine a reason not to go with at TDI. > > John...
• Re: contact information
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 7 Jan 2003 08:43:10 -0500
  ...I wasn't sure if water-cooled VW owners were welcome, though. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the...
• Aussie Wasserboxer Hot Rodder (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Wed, 6 Nov 1996 11:37:09 -0600 (CST)
  ...club veedub sydney inc Hi I seem to be in between the air cooled and water cooled news groups. I have a beetle fitted...
• Re: Need TDI conversion info
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 12:11:29 -0400
  ...Marine engines operate at constant power settings for many hours at a time -- this service destroys automotive engines. Example -- the engine in my boat...
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:10:15 -0700
  Frayed1003@aol.com wrote: > > I was just curious if anyone has ever turned an air cooled vanagon into a > water-cooled one. I never...
• Re: converting watercooled vanagon to aircooled
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 28 Apr 1999 08:43:56 -0400
  Friends- While it may be true that Ben would be giving up some horsepower "on paper", having driven both air-cooled and water-cooled...
• Re: Turbo Kits for VW 1.9 and 2.1 Engines
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 20:47:42 -0500
  ...significantly lower than the turbo for long life, and this turbo water cooled? problably not, again old tech. A lot of money for some...
• 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...
• Silly question on AC vs WC Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Sat, 5 Feb 2011 08:35:23 -0500
  Since my Vanagon is air cooled, am I toast on eventually converting it to a water cooled engine such as an ABA 2.0...
• re. daily driver
  Historical mailing list - Gary
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 22:07:41 -0600
  ...The water cooled engines are more expensive to fix and have cooling system problems. But the WBX also has more power, is quieter, lower...
• Long-block source recommendation ('83)
  Historical mailing list - Morris Arthur
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 17:41:11 -0500
  ...I've been told that rebuilding the engine myself is more trouble than it's worth, even though I have rebuild experience with air...
• Vanagon engine swaps
  Historical mailing list - Rick Kovacic
  Thu, 01 Aug 1996 19:14:43 -0700
  ...I am contemplating engine conversions for a Vanagon camper; my preference would be a reliable, water-cooled inline or v-style powerplant that can...
• '73 van, Water in Oil
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 08:39:06 GMT
  I was driving my van about on Saturday with no problems, however, on Sunday morning I went to start the engine but it would...
• New Vanagon Slogan
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 21:18:39 -0500
  ...friends with your slow" See you don't need no stinking engine conversion, you only need to make friends with your slow! John, (who...
• Re: Valve cover questions
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:16:15 -0800
  The valve cover from the upright engine is the same (up to 71).� The valve cover from the pancake engine (72-79) is different...
• Westy stalled/wont start
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 13:30:26 -0800
  Help! the other day my 84 water cooled wolfs westy fired up ok but a few blocks from my house it stalled and would...
• Gasket Set Brands?
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:10:45 -0700
  Hello, I found a 'Detroit Gasket' Brand (made in Germany) complete gasket set, part number 32632, for the 80's water cooled engines. I...
• Re: Porsche Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 20:02:16 EST
  In a message dated 12/17/00 3:41:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, vbob@PRIMENET.COM writes: << Could be a 914 T4 engine...