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• Re: Air cooled diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:36:15 -0600
  ...Are the diesel engines from the early '80s based > on a Type 4 gas engine? Are there other things besides the fuel injection > that...
• RE: loss of power on hills
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 10:15:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I have no experience with Type-4 engines. But if I had this happen to an older baywindow bus with a type-1 engine...
• Re: 125 HP Wasserboxer Ghia
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  19 Dec 1995 09:28:09 EST
  ...via Type 4 solid tappets (in place of >the standard hydraulic tappets), chrome moly pushrods and bolt-up >rocker shafts. The engine is topped...
• [A] engine temperature
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 18 Aug 94 15:08:48 EDT
  ...Years ago I saw an article about dry-sumping a Type 4 engine. It struck me as the wrong way 'round to solve the...
• gas leak, type 2 or 4
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Wed, 8 Oct 1997 07:45:41 EDT
  ...my engine a type 2 and my van a type IV? i see references of people calling air cooled vanagons being type 4 yet...
• Re: question of oil level
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 30 Sep 94 08:17:51 CDT
  ...but i thought i might point out here that it SEEMS that the type 4 engines are a bit better able to handle SMALL...
• Re: Stroking a type 4
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 15:43:43 -0700
  ...If mor is needed, go the corvair option. >>>Dennis. >> >>I had a 140hp corvair engine in my buggy, ran great (when it ran) >>I...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:32:47 -0800
  ...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: 87 Vanagon: installing VDO oil pressure and temperature
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 30 May 1996 08:17:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...I'm not to familiar with the sensor on wasserboxer or type-4 engines. But on all the upright engines I've seen ('71...
• Re: rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
  Fri, 24 Nov 1995 20:42:09 -0700
  ...a Type 4 2.0L from an '82 bus (I think...), and about the head-cracking and seat-dropping problems. My engine is also...
• Re[2]: Heater Box
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Dec 1995 09:53:09 -0700
  I am slowly transplanting my engine for a newer one, and I was wondering if it would be good to paint the heater boxes...
• Re: oil pressure problems
  Historical mailing list - VW Addict aka The Bus Nut
  Wed, 21 Mar 2001 00:32:35 -0800
  ...If I reved the engine, the pressure would rise to normal. When at idle the light would stay on bright. I pulled the pressure...
• the care and feeding of type 4 engines
  Historical mailing list - nick greenaway
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:19:35 -0700
  so, lacking a bently at the moment (all those t1 manuals arent worth a hill of beans right now!) i want to do a...
• IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is out there.
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:34:47 -0400
  ...is a TRUE way to get a high hp (torque actually) type 4 motor and have reliablilty, please post it to me and the...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, VW using oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:39:08 -0800
  ...On Thursday, December 31, 2015, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > VW added oil filters with the type 4 pancake motors with them being...
• Re: Engine removal
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:37:03 -0500
  ...I was going to remove the engine from my 82 Westy > (2 L type 4 with auto trans.) but ran into a major snag...
• Re: I heard a 'nasty' rumor!
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Sun, 3 Mar 1996 22:40:49 -0500 (EST)
  ...The older T1's have engine cost advantages over the T2 with the type 4 engine. But the type 4 engine is "better" just...
• Re: Why convert? was Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:20:05 +1200
  ...My T2's Type 4 engine had a 1916 slip-in kit but was otherwise stock and it would hit 100kmh pretty quickly and...
• Syncro exhaust (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 21 Oct 1997 00:19:39 -0400
  ...Performance? - using our muffler, you could expect some increase in engine efficiency: gas mileage and/or power. Materials? - type 409 stainless steel piping and...
• Cleaning engine parts
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Dec 1995 12:07:28 -0700
  Since it just snowed, it must be time to clean engine parts! My case (aluminum type 4) was 'cold-tanked' or whatever, it's...
• Re: whisle
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 17:49:49 -0400
  ...78mm x 94mm makes for a very reliable, VERY torque-y, very reliable type 4 motor. Check out Jake Raby's www.aircooledtechnology.com...
• Re: Type 4 Necromancy?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 16:41:59 -0500
  ...Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> writes: > I am currently disassembling a stock, 1982 Type 4 motor that > apparently > suffered from lots of abuse...
• Re: Has anyone ever replaced a later WBX engine with an earlier air-cooled Vanagon engine?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:25:57 -0700
  ...Has anyone ever replaced a later WBX engine with an earlier air-cooled Vanagon engine? >I have a nice '83 2.0 ACVW Type...
• Re: Why this type IV engine caught fire, spun the mains and ruined everything.
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 22:53:53 -0500
  ...make the engine work. Stan Replies: It wasn't insured other than Liability. Doubt the torch aspect. Bob Said: the type 4 case does...
• Re: The Non-Conversion Diesel Conversion (Compression Ratios)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 19 Nov 1998 19:23:18 -0800
  ...Audi Type 44 (5000) 5 Cylinder Engines DE 2.0L 23:1 83@4500 127@2800 Turbo ( Europe / Canada ) A3 Golf Engines ?? 1.9L...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 23:08:36 -0400
  Don't know for a fact, but understand the type 4 case to be predominantly Aluminum, like >90%. Check with Jake Raby at www...
• Re: Rocker Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:23:40 -0500
  ...Rocker Bolts I have an 82 Vanagon 2.0L Type 4. I was wondering if you all know what size nut I need for...
• Copy of: Re: VW Newbie...
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  26 Nov 96 13:35:49 EST
  ...The engines are just bug engines, and they are alot easier to find/ replace/ work on than the '72-'79 type 4 engined buses...
• Re: Okrasa (was Fryeday - What kind of VW are you?)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:11:55 +1100
  ...of big bore kit for either the Vanagon engine or maybe it was the Type 4. Took it out to like 2.5 liters...
• Re: My name is Ben,and I'm a projectaholic (was: ever heard of a turbo)
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Mon, 12 Nov 2001 20:35:41 -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: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:02:26 -0500
  As improved over the type 1 engine that the type 4 or Vanagon engine is, the load and emissions differences in the Vanagon application...
• RE: loss of power on hills
  Historical mailing list - H. Steven Dolan
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 13:52:21 -0400 (EDT)
  > I have no experience with Type-4 engines. But if I had this happen to > an older baywindow bus with a type-1 engine...
• Re: Porsche Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 15:24:11 -0800
  Hi, The seller might be talking about a 914 engine if for some reason he wanted to get rid of the wasser and wanted...
• Re: Part number clarification
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:50:22 -0700
  Bus Depot shows both parts as applicable to the '82 aircooled engine. ETKA states 023 906 031 as the part number which Bus Depot...
• Re: Waterboxer Exhaust idea
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 10:22:46 -0800
  ...Performance? - using our muffler, you can expect some increase in engine efficiency: gas mileage and/or power. Materials? - type 409 stainless steel tubing and...
• RE: air dams (was mpg enhancements)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Nov 1994 13:38:17 -0800
  Dave Carment wondeers about airdams effects on aircooled engines. Cooling air for Type II (upright) and Type 4 (pancake) engines MUST flow from above...
• Re: Missing Problem on Ljet Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 15:13:33 -0700
  ...Type 4 knowlege on the 914 list so.... I have an 82 Vanagon Westfalia camper with the 2.0 Ljet aircooled engine.The engine...
• Re: no VW sports cars?
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Fri, 28 May 2004 15:15:13 -0700
  ...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: Flywheel and orientation...
  Historical mailing list - pederparizek
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:47:28 -0500
  ...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: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE:UNBALANCED crank the ...
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Sun, 11 Feb 2001 20:36:41 EST
  ...the BEST engine designs have a very short stoke with a a LONG rod..the 3.0 buick V-6 is a super smooth...
• Re: Bus for sale....(which year is best)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 13 May 2002 11:26:16 +1200
  ...The" early" Type 4 engines (1.7, 1.8) available were carburetted, at least to 1975. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New...
• Re: Mr Lube / Walmart oil changes OK? I have the 'Mahn' OEM Oil Filter....
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:07:01 -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...
• Re: Camshafts Hyd/solid ?
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:19:56 -0500
  I assume you are speaking of the type 4 2.0 air-cooled the lift is the same on all bus vanagon cams as...
• Re: 1.9 WBX VS 2.0 AC (long)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 22 Jun 2000 21:01:53 +1300
  ...Maybe US-market Type 4 engines were detuned? I can't believe a mere 100cm3 increase in capacity and slight compression increase could account...
• gauge stuff coming together
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Fri, 25 Jul 1997 23:07:43 -0400
  ...I also need the VDO extension hose for the oil pressure sender (used with Type 4 engine). I have heard that Ron can't...
• Re: Question about VW Bus Heads?
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Fri, 5 Jan 2018 17:26:38 -0800
  ...vwparts.aircooled.net/Cylinder-Head-Square-Port-1979-1-2-83-Type-4-VW-p/071-101-061d.htm If the are 071 heads...
• Smoke Help
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brown
  Tue, 25 Feb 2003 17:46:41 -0500
  ...I've rebuild a couple of type 4 air-cooled and this engine doesn't look too much different. I'm debating of whether...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Nov 2015 19:49:52 -0500
  ...bearing wen like the type 4 engines did. VW reman engines reached a point that almost all used new engine cases. Welded heads, reground...
• Re: 411 & 412: 911 of vans?, mullets, was: Porsche 6 cyl
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 17:46:50 -0800
  ...type 4 VW motors. > > >From the same reason, the VWs 411 & 412 Variants (Squarebacks) were called > "Long-Porsches" since they had the same engine...
• Re: Is a Porsche 911 engine too powerful for a Vanagon and/or Syncro Drivetrain?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 14 May 2001 19:49:00 +1200
  ...Enough 091s and 094s blow to indicate that they have trouble handling the stock Type 4 engine. And you put a powerful engine in...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:37:01 -0700
  ...http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Weber-Carburetor-83-84-85-Volkswagen-Vanagon-Van-Type-4_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33550QQihZ001QQitemZ110017817234QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWD1V $351 with free shipping (Excellent price IMO) David...
• Sunday Washington Post Classifieds
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Sun, 26 Oct 1997 15:17:46 EST
  ...703-549-5661. '78 Van, Type 2 engine (DUH! *SMACK* I assume he meant Type 4), loaded (since when is a '78 Bus "loaded...
• Webcam #107i for sale with lifters
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 07:01:31 -0400
  ...http://www.webcamshafts.com/volkswagen-auto.html#3 VOLKSWAGEN TYPE 4/PORSCHE 914/912E VALVE LIFT DURATION Degrees DURATION @.050 Degrees GRIND NUMBER DESCRIPTION...
• Help me split the case!!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:55:51 -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...
• Re: 009 Distributor in Type IV
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:04:50 -0500
  ...Since the oil cooler was moved to the rear of the Type 4 motor, the thinking was that a centrifugal distributor for that engine...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:42:48 -0500
  ...The type 4 is vastly improved and updated by VW engineers over the years, and the Vanagon engine contains all of these improvements. Mike...
• Re: Free Mercedes V-8 (minor VW content)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:12:02 -0700
  I read a story in a Swedish mag about two engineers that welded together two type 4 2,0 to make a 8-cylinder...
• Re: Anyone seen this van in person
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:49:05 -0700
  ...For that matter, stock street engines are intentionally defined for longevity vs. racing engines which are pushed near the engineering limit with the expectation...
• Re: coolant hose number
  Historical mailing list - Jim Thompson
  Sun, 15 Aug 2004 23:49:39 -0700
  ...with FI systems in the Type 3 and 71-73 Type 4 engine compartments several years ago. Note that it's a Group 121...
• Re: 1800cc type 4 carb adjustment...
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 21:48:20 -0700
  ...I don't know of any way to advise further without seeing the engine, unfortunately. Hope this helps... -David ============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare...