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Re: Vanagon Engine Swaps
Historical mailing list - John Parson
Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:34:07 -0400
...Rabbit engine 3. Subaru engine and probably others. Check out Kennedy Engineering for the Subaru conversion. There is a subaruvanagon list like this one...
Re: Seized Engine?
Historical mailing list - neil
Sat, 20 May 2006 12:16:38 -0400
--- MM <marknyc28@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > 1985 Westy 4 speed. > rebuilt Boston Bob Engine 8,000 miles on it. > > The engine quit on my one...
Re: guess the engine
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Tue, 28 Jan 2003 19:39:27 -0800
IIRC, except for the 1.5 Bunny motor, the engine size is cast into the block. You might poke around Tom Carrington's engine...
Re: Zoltan's Porsche engine
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Wed, 2 Dec 2020 11:17:00 -0800
To add to Neil's suggestions, I think a Boxeer engine (USA) a 2.0 Common Rail turbo diesel would be nice but not...
wanted, Heat sheilds
Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
Tue, 16 Jul 2002 15:58:13 -0400
...Somewhere along the line when a new engine was installed the heat shields were lost and I am looking for some one who has...
Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:02:41 -0700
> What can I put in the fuel of a car to make the engine fail quickly?> It's a Mazda EFI 1.6 Familia...
81 Westfalia Blues
Historical mailing list
Mon, 11 Sep 95 15:44:17 EDT
...Cover popped on I-80 in Wyoming, > overheating and contributing to eventual engine replacement. Engines 3 - > 5 were from VW dealer, who blamed 2...
WaterBoxer Engine Comparison .. INPUT REQUESTED
Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
Sat, 24 Aug 2002 09:23:43 -0700
Folks, Thanks to all that contributed to the "2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1L Boston Engine" thread. I have summarized the inputs and...
87 Vanagon used engine search
Historical mailing list - Rick Stansby
Sun, 10 Oct 1999 09:47:49 -0700
I have an '87 Vanagon, with a blown engine (rod is sticking through block) pars places tell me the core charge on these engines...
Re: Better Mileage Anyone? (without going ala Lilley)
Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:31:28 PDT
The engine in 72 transporters was the pancake engine - and I've always heard it was crap... > > Also... I'm a little confused about...
Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:55:23 -0400
...2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine > > Folks, > > Soon I will may be deciding which engine to put in a 90 Syncro...
1600cc Vanagon: Oh well...
Historical mailing list - Ian E. Abbott 225-1793
Fri, 13 Jan 1995 12:31:00 -0800 (PST)
I'd like to thank Andy Erskine and MIke Catlin for their responses to my post looking for a 1600cc Vanagon engine case. The...
Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:40:33 -0800
It seems the most common VW gas inline engine is a 2.0 block with 1.8 8V head. Doing this on a 2...
Engine removal by Zoltan
Historical mailing list - Zoltan Kuthy
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:34:58 -0700
...Have the chain TIGHT to hold the engine up, Now take out the two bolts and nuts each end of the engine support, Lower...
Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
Historical mailing list
Thu, 18 Aug 94 16:12:12 PDT
...I think keeping the engine cool really depends on the cooling air. If the engine is hot, cooling the oil will not bring down...
Re: engine size
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:41:52 -0700
assuming it's a 91 waterboxer Doka.. ( engine type is coded in the VIN btw.....whether gas or diesel, from the factory ) at the...
Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
Historical mailing list - Jon Joyce
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:02:28 -0600
...they've been building powerful airhead motorcycles for 80 years! JJ Beetle engines last as long as Golf engines, and Type IVs last as...
type 1 engine in t2
Historical mailing list - Michael D. Bowling
Wed, 17 Aug 1994 08:04:21 CST
I have recently acquired a '71 bus and a 1641 engine out of a type 1. It was my understandind the engine are interchangeable...
Re: new engine for my 86 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:44:49 -0700
...new engine for my 86 Westfalia I am contemplating replacing my 2.1L WBX engine with either a 1.8L out of an 1989...
Re: What glue to use for engine lid seal?
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sat, 17 Jun 2023 12:51:51 -0700
What engine do you have? On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 12:38 PM Markus Benne <mbenne@m-bass.com> wrote: > I accidently let...
Re: 6.3 liter TDI engine...not :-(
Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 12:33:39 +1000
...6.3 liter TDI engine... not :-( >> >>Here's a look at a 6.3 liter TDI engine available in Europe. >> >>http://eurocampers.com/WhatsNew...
FS Vanagon Air Cooled Engine
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 24 Jun 2004 04:20:48 -0500
I've got a special engine for your Westy. It's a CV series for 80-83 Air Cooled Vanagons. I got it from...
Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:17:30 -0500
Marc Purdues recent issues over auto-tranny shifting in the mountains got me to thinking about alternative engine/tranny combo's for the Vanagons...
Details -Free Delivery 8K Type IV Engine
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 4 Jun 2001 18:08:42 -0500
I'm finishing up rebuilding my 110K engine out of my 83 Westfalia. I'm running an 8K engine that I took out of...
Hello List...Just bought a 89 Carat!!
Historical mailing list - jesse and monica
Fri, 1 Aug 2003 12:11:15 -0400
...I am not new to building engines...I build the engine that is in my Scirocco...but doing a Vanagon engine would be my...
why swap engines
Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:36:01 -0700
I've been on this list long enough to notice a significant percentage of vanagon owners have swapped out their flat-four engines and...
1.9l Vanagon waterboxer Complete FS $900
Historical mailing list
Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:17:17 EDT
This is a good running engine with new waterpump, new distributor cap and rotor, new plugs, and wires, new muffler, oxygen sensor, and passenger...
Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Sun, 24 Mar 2002 08:14:39 -0800
>The Subaru engines in question are not small low-powered engines. >They also rev high and are designed to do so all day utterly...
Re: Engine removal by Zoltan
Historical mailing list - vanagonvw
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:08:02 -0600
Zoltan Kuthy wrote: > > Now, I have a short CHAIN attached to the engine lifter holes in that are in the middle on top. Zoltan...
Re: 80 d Thermostat rocks/ brings up question
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 24 Sep 2002 13:04:47 -0400
...When the engine is cold, the thermostat prevents coolant from returning to the engine from the radiator. As the engine warms, the thermostat opens...
Re: Engine detailing...like from the Craigslist guys
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Tue, 13 Nov 2018 08:55:48 -0800
this is how I clean a very dirty engine... it's may be not the right or elegant way but quite satisfactory for me...
Re: another van or rebuilding the engine?
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Mon, 7 May 2018 15:53:37 -0700
...Whats wrong with the 150K mile engine? Low oil pressure? Or? I'm just finishing up a DIY engine conversion. True to my nature...
RE: unknown engine thingie
Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
Fri, 03 Nov 1995 11:09:00 -0800 (PST)
>My buddy just bought a t-1 engine, (1973, DP 1600, full compliment of >emmissions junk), and found somthing that neither of us is...
Re: Engine stalling at high speed
Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
Sat, 16 Apr 2016 09:38:33 -0700
...Engine Stalls Tyler, could you give us a little more details about how the engine stalls. Just quits dead? Or stumbles but keeps running...
new engine question
Historical mailing list
Thu, 4 Jan 1996 10:15:54 -0700
I am considering purchasing an '83 Westy without an engine. I live in the Los Angeles area and am wondering how dependable these engines...
Re: Mexican Water cooled loaf bus? what engine?
Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
Thu, 8 Feb 2007 20:38:51 -0500
d'ohh! It should say water cooled engine! You're the first person that has reported that typo... >"This is a recent model complete...
Re: Engine Removal. Van Height Double Check Please
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Sun, 24 Sep 2017 17:15:29 -0700
So with tape measure on cardboard and tape threaded through engine fairly straight, taking into account cardboard thickness and bracket at rear exhaust cross...
Re: Volvo B230FT Engine --> Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - neil n
Tue, 3 Nov 2009 16:10:01 -0800
...Calles Volvo engine (B21?.... it's from a 245) is already quite close to firewall: http://www.members.shaw.ca/bilbo/calle/source/access...
Re: Advice on possible engine replacement
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 7 Sep 2005 11:35:51 -0700
> > 1) Is it worth it to fully diagnose this problem? Or save that money for > the new engine? The old engine will never be...
Re: how to identify engine
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 10 Aug 2000 07:44:23 -0700
83.5 - 85 were the same engine, just some of the bolt-on stuff changed. The Stebro is designed for the 2.1. You...
Re: off subaru, vw ......engines
Historical mailing list - PSavage
Thu, 31 May 2001 10:32:12 -0700
Karl, At moment I am content with my 1.9 stock Vanagon engine, but--I saw list member Ron Bloomquist's Subie conversion & know...
Re: Travel necessities
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Sat, 27 Apr 2002 17:50:36 -0700
Only the manufacturer of an engine can adequately determine what type of oil to use during the break-in period. They have first hand...
protect your van from fire!!! metla engine lids FS
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 20:31:58 EDT
i've got a few metal engine compartment lids is anyone is interested.. they fit ALL 80-'91 vanagons. if your van should have...
Re: Subject: Fuel octane
Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
Thu, 27 Dec 2001 19:39:54 -0800
Hi All, FWIW My first engine went at 93,000 miles and I only used 91 octane... which cost me about 30 cents more...
List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
Historical mailing list
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:42:07 EST
ok, im making a list of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock vanagon engine lid.. WITHOUT rising up above the stock rear...
Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:20:36 -0800
...What in fuel can wreck engine? > Nitro > > > On 11/29/07 12:18 AM, "Andrew Grebneff" > <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: > >> What...
Re: Head gasket FIX!!!
Historical mailing list
Mon, 14 Jul 1997 13:00:57 +0200
.. >Many cars today have engine compartments that have very bad air flow for >cooling. When the car is stoped and engine turned off Coolant...
Re: Porsche Eng. Retrofit Kits
Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
Fri, 9 Oct 1998 01:15:39 EDT
...The Porsche is an air cooled engine. Vanagon's are water cooled. Why would you take a water cooled engine and replace it with...
'82 diesel coolant problem
Historical mailing list - GREEN-DANIEL ALLAN
Sat, 31 Oct 1998 13:04:21 EST5EDT
...Topped up main coolant tank today, engine ran cool, then coolant started to leak out of hoses onto my passenger floor matts, and engine...
Re: what are the engine codes for the 1.9L wbx ?????? and timing question
Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 00:25:49 +0100
snipped------ what are the engine codes for the 1.9L wbx? from what i understand the '84 1.9L wbx is engine code DH...
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Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 19:56:43 -0700
...For Vanagon owners with a diesel or gas VW inline gas engine mounted on diesel carrier bars, with the engine lid on if you...
Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
Historical mailing list - Angus Macnab
Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:24:05 -0700
...As I recall Sudhir > did some work with bigger engines and found that more powerful and > torquey engines soon wiped out the trannies. So...
Re: seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy)
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:04:03 -0700
After many years of using floor jacks for this I also now use a hoist to lower the engines to a plywood sheet and...
Re: 73 Camper needs engine?
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Thu, 1 May 2003 08:40:59 -0700
Is the stock engine and all it's parts still in the engine compartment? If so, you might get away with spending as little...
Re: Suburu/Golf or a transverse engine anyone?
Historical mailing list - Rich Propsom
Thu, 4 Jan 2001 20:21:04 -0600
...higher power, has anyone ever seen or considered installing a transverse engine in the back. Now most of us see transverse engines in front...
Re: 2.1 in a 1.9?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:08:28 -0400
...My 88 GL with 2.1L engine - 0 to 96,000 miles - three new engines. 1) Original engine, 2) VW of Canada Remanufactured Engine...
Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid...
Historical mailing list - hunnam
Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:45:25 +1100
...List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine lid... ok, im making a list of vanagon engine conversions that fit below...
Re: Vanagon Engine Alternatives
Historical mailing list - Lund
Sun, 26 Jan 1997 23:58:29 -0800 (PST)
At 11:56 PM 1/26/97 -0600, you wrote: >For some time, I have been looking for alternatives to the wasserboxer engine >in...
Re: Engine Removal Tool
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 6 Apr 2008 09:30:46 -0700
...http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ZoltanHoist.jpg/ZoltanHoist-full;init:.jpg It was also *super* handy for fine tuning engine position before making the carrier...
Subject: Broken New Engine
Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
Thu, 11 Apr 2002 21:10:17 -0700
Peter, I would say that the engine builder isn't liable until a tear down of the engine reveals a failure point he is...