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Re: Need a 5-cyl engine hanger?
Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
Sat, 22 May 1999 21:34:24 -0400
...As we speak the rear > engine hanger is just about complete. It would be a good time to make a > few more if anyone...
FS: I4 conversion parts from diesel Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Fri, 19 May 2000 16:38:49 -0600
I have all the basic mounting parts to install the VW I4 engine in your Vanagon: _Engine mount cradle tubes with frame mount brackets...
oil pressure switches
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sat, 2 Jun 2001 20:22:03 -0400
...Mine is closed with the engine off, opens when the engine starts and never closes again as the engine revs up. Is that at...
Re: Recommended Auto Body in South, FL
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Mon, 13 Aug 2001 14:21:23 -0500
Dave sez: >What does it do the engine if you, for example, park on a hill, put it in >first or second gear, but...
Re: Water pump removal, the section is up!
Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 13:12:10 -0500
>I'm grateful you did this incredible site, and I don't care if your engine >is dirty. I live in Winnipeg, so my...
Re: Roadhaus - Need an Engine
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Wed, 5 May 2004 11:26:18 -0600
...Putting a high-performance engine in a long-haul Westy and expecting a normal lifespan is an exercise in futility. For anyone considering a...
Re: Shortest rubber motor mount? (Vanagon/Jetta conversion)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:48:16 -0700
...I have the exhaust side Jetta engine >> bracket and the stock threaded DV engine carrier holes appear to line >> up with this bracket.
Re: Manual Transmission Removal - 89 Westy
Historical mailing list - JRodgers
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:13:09 -0500
I haven't pulled the tranny or engine in my '88 Van but a cracker-jack mechanic here did, and he nailed two 2x4...
Re: VW supplied reman. 2.1
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:00:52 -0500
...Boston Bob engines - Use caution > The thing to be cautious of is buying an engine long distance. Any > warranty > is useless when the work...
Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 08:57:16 -0700
...For removing a complete WBX, 25" floor to skirt below bumper is enough room right? I will be lowering engine onto carpet. (working on...
Re: Considering an engine swap for the past decade, but WBX just keeps going
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Thu, 27 Nov 2014 13:09:21 -0800
...when I got my Syncro tintop 5 years ago it has an unknown age rebuilt engine... and I feel it's quite underpowered compared...
Re: 87 Vanagon -w/VW rebuilt engine
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:39:13 -0500
Ned, Just a little note to lead you to the proper way to store an engine--- And Stan was correct--either blow some marvel...
Re: New Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - --------
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 07:08:58 -0400
...W neil wrote: > On 6/21/07, John Reddick <SVYOLO@yahoo.com> wrote: > > SNIP > >> After evaluating other engines based on fitment, performance, >> availability, and...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 09:57:11 -0500
...It's a fairly pricey kit but looks very well engineered and seems to include pretty much everything. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL David Marshall...
Re: Oil: 10w30? 20w50?
Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:57:02 -0700
...When the engine is hot..... even in winter, the engine needs an oil of a certain viscosity. A thinner, lighter weight oil just aids...
Re: Castrol Hypuron 15W-40 Synthetic Blend?
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Sun, 13 May 2012 22:21:00 -0400
...Generally speaking, an SAE 15W/40 diesel engine oil for about 500 miles might do the trick. http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html...
Re: Air Fuel Mixture Logic
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 28 Dec 2003 08:40:14 -0600
Not unusual to need to run the engine faster on a cold start ----- if the idle stabilizer system is not working properly. However, to...
Re: What about replacing Vanagon engines with more fuel efficient ones?
Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:41:55 -0700
Hi Katherine - the short answer is 'yes.' If staying with gasoline ( and there is not much advantage of a diesel engine these days over...
1.8T conversions
Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:07:33 -0800
David Marshall wrote: > > If you want power, install an Audi A4 or VW Passat 1.8L Turbo engine. 150hp > plus a lot of FLAT...
Re: horse power
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sat, 9 Nov 2019 09:03:50 -0800
...My first conversion to Jetta engine was done on an air cooled Vanagon with tired engine. I drove that van differently, right away. Same...
Upcoming smog test and Ethos products
Historical mailing list - Paul
Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:01:47 -0700
...For Your Engine's Performance and The Environment. EthosFR lubricates, cools, cleans, and protects your engine - for longer life, improved horsepower and Increased mileage...
Re: Engine Fire - Suppression System Quote
Historical mailing list - bueses
Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:58:44 -0600
> After all the engine fire horror stories, I asked Nautical Fire > Suppression Ltd. > (www.nauticalfire.com) for a quote on a DIY installation kit...
Re: New Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:32:50 -0700
Could you please give us the RPMs for the max HP and the max Torque (for each version of your engine). A graph of...
Re: Turbodiesel question: Need to help to ID part on left side of engine compartment
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:31:00 +0000
...Need to help to ID part on left side of > engine compartment >Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:38:18 -0800 > >Hi folks, > >First...
Re: Auxiliary Air Regulator - Testing - Digijet
Historical mailing list - George Laubach
Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:42:00 -0500
...Now after the engine case is warm, > when the engine is turned off the warm engine keeps the vlave closed so that > when restarted...
Re: several questions about my 1984 westy
Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
Mon, 7 Aug 2006 10:55:11 -0700
...When I flat-bedded it home, I opened the engine cover and promptly saw a nice hole the size of an average fist. Definitely...
Re: LVC: OPOC engine
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Fri, 4 Dec 2009 19:12:11 -0800
...Please send the > free engine. �;-) > > > 2009/12/4, Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@gmail.com>: >> So how does doubling the amount of friction on your...
Re: Engine needed
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sun, 9 Jan 2000 17:42:14 -0600
Bob Donalds of Boston engine is the way I would go, given where you are located. His reputation for good work and solid engines...
Re: '86 up vanagon owners.....all please read,and post it to the list..
Historical mailing list - Thomas Czerniak
Tue, 29 Aug 2000 08:35:30 -0500
...This is the original engine. I had done the heads(with JB weld) at 141000mi. At the time of the head work I checked...
Vanagon Engine Temps & Oil Levels / Drama or Contribution / Technical Comment
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:38:30 EST
...These were available for all the VW air-cooled engines including the Type 4 and were fitted on most wet sump Porsche engines. Oil...
Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Wed, 6 May 2009 16:38:14 -0400
You have to keep in mind that with the Bostig kit, the engine itself will be cheap. With a lot of the other conversions...
Re: In praise of VW inline fours
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:04:14 -0700
Hate to say this, but these inline 4s are actually modified Audi/NSU engines that VW got a hold of when they bought those...
Re: I-4 conversion general info
Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
Tue, 27 Oct 2015 22:36:18 -0700
Their kit will, indeed, allow for mounting of the ABA/AEG engines under the engine cover. The kit is designed with flexibility to locate...
TDI, TD and 2.0L conversions
Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
Fri, 28 Aug 1998 19:31:45 -0700
...They run between Can$3000 and Can$3500 for a used engine. Then you need the electrical cables the accelerator poti, engine mounts, exhaust...
Re: Vanagon Brakes
Historical mailing list - James Eaton
Sun, 15 Sep 2013 00:41:12 -0400
...Excerpt taken for Wikipedia which is ac= > curate enough for this discussion. > > "Diesel engines do not have engine braking in the above sense. Unlike...
Re: engine swap source: TDI
Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:57:42 -0800
...For all of you who talking about >> >swapping engines, this may be of help. >> > >> > >> >Volkswagen Of America Inc., Industrial Engine Div.,450 Barclay Blvd...
Re: 1986 2WD Engine/Electrical Problems/Questions.
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:01:11 -0700
...If you goose the engine, the alternator may have enough inertia so that it doesn't catch up to the engine RPMs, hence, a...
Re: Soft lifters (was: clarify .006 on lifters) and Trasco filters
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Thu, 10 Jan 2002 17:04:13 -0800
...I first cleaned out my engine by adding Gunk engine flush > and running the engine for 5 minutes as per instructions on the can...
Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
Thu, 6 Feb 2014 20:59:03 -0800
...40 yrs of VW air-cooled engines .. never melted a piston .. or even saw one. Plenty of destroyed engine parts...but no melted ones...
Re: High Idle, Setting the timing
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 23:20:43 -0600
Joel, you didn't mention what year your van is so I am going to assume it has a 2.1L Wasserboxer engine. If...
Re: 30 to 50mph... PATHETIC!
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:53:41 -0700
...There are only 2 > reponses for 1.9 engines. Any 1.9L under 11.0 seconds out there? > * Only 1 turbo engine owner sent...
Engine and Transmission Swap BS: was Thinking Swap ...(Now Full)
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Wed, 6 Sep 2000 02:33:18 EDT
...Engine longevity is assured by operating the engine with minimal bearing surface loads (not lugging!!!). Summary: Running your engine (I4 statement) at 3400 (60...
Re: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:12:29 -0800
...Like with 90's era subaru engines, and 80's waterboxer ones, 600 dollar low mile engines are not even an option, so there...
Re: In praise of VW inline fours
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:23:22 -0400
VW (not Audi) designed the VR6 engine. It was MANY years in the making and forms the basis of many of their gas engine...
Re: digijet engine swap? Reply to Ken's comments!
Historical mailing list - CARVER, JEFFREY D
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 04:46:25 -0800
...I changed a '80 non-CA engine into a California engine (better emissions right!) and I had to go through the hassles of a...
Subaru engine swap list??, and FS 1.9l engine complete
Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
Tue, 10 Mar 1998 16:29:41 -0400
...After having a careful lookover the Subaru engine, the 10 years of technology between vanagon wassers and this engine are quite obvious. Arguably 50...
Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 4 Jan 2018 09:45:58 -0800
...Engine thoughts > > GoWesty has published dyno horsepower and torque graphs comparing their engines to a stock 2.1 engine. Here is a link to...
Re: Engine oil
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sun, 7 Aug 2022 08:41:55 -0700
thank you Dennis, I wonder if there's something to do with the oil grade they recommend with the RPM of the engines... On...
Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:08:01 -0700
So the WBX isn't that much, or at all, different than most engines. Good piece of mind to know. I'd rather see...
Re: Trouble Fitting I-4 Engine Into '90 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 19:24:30 -0800
...I'm using the Vanagon diesel parts and mounting the engine at > > a 50� angle. The rightside engine carrier is attached fore and aft...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:00:16 -0500
...My engine is running fine, like always since i had it, i like the modern style engine start in the morning. My engine was...
Re: Engine Swap - what about TDI?
Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 22:53:13 -0400
...Engine Swap - what about TDI? > Frank H wrote: > <<How many of you folks that are recommending an engine swap have actually > done > it?>> > > I...
Re: several questions about my 1984 westy
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:59:40 -0500
...I personally have never seen a 1.9L with a rod through the case, but I have seen several 2.1L engines with holes...
Re: Tiico convert question.
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Fri, 7 Dec 2001 20:15:24 -0500
...The engine gets cleaner air than it would if sucking from the engine bay, and more importantly, it gets cooler air than from the...
Re: Engine Rebuilders
Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
Wed, 29 Oct 2003 08:30:38 -0800
...GEX seems to be unreliable from what I've heard so they're out. > Boston Engine has been recommended to me many times, but...
Re: OHC heads on VW luftboxer?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:31:49 +1200
...he MADE the DOHC engine from scratch as well. Most OHC engines have hydraulic valve-adjusters. >Right now I can't even think of...
Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:57:40 -0400
On 9/28/07, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Tiico "buzziness" is not due to the angle the > engine is mounted. Agreed Vibration...
Re: Engine Is In!
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:32:34 -0700
...At one point, I looked into an SRI to see if it would reduce the amount I need to raise the engine lid. It...
Re: Conversion Choices
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 1 Sep 2012 11:14:34 -0700
Deciding on which engine conversion involves more factors than people may realize. A few some may not consider: - who will maintain the engine? If...
4K miles on rebuilt AVP engine--Brief Report
Historical mailing list - Dave Mancuso
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:13:50 -0400
Hello All, To make it brief, I now have 4,500 miles on my AVP rebuilt engine, installed by Autohaus Lancaster in PA. Nothing...