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• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 10:19:58 +1200
  >You could just put a T1 Kit in with dual dual throat carbs and redo the >engine lid to fit and rework the exhaust...
• Re: Oil Filter
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:55:00 -0400
  ...not > adequate for the Wasserboxer engine - and that contributes to the fairly > rapid drain-down of oil in the engines oil galleries and quickly...
• Re: Wasserboxer Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:09:10 -0400
  ...Subject: Wasserboxer Replacement Have an 88 Wolfsberg GL with a cracked cylinder...compression test showed 35% on number 4. Need to replace engine and...
• Re: 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:11:53 -0500
  ...Re: [VANAGON] 2.1 Wasserboxer > > Jerry, > I have heard good things,over the years, about Bob Donald's {aka Boston > Bob) engines. Check the...
• Re: '81 versus '83 wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 13:22:33 +0000
  > Any opinions on power, reliability, maintenance, etc (2.0L air-cooled vs. > 1.9L wasserboxer)? > > I have no experience thus far with the 2...
• Answers to questions of Cooling & Coolant
  Historical mailing list - J. Denis
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 22:56:29 -0400
  ...sacrificial magnesium plug for a wasserboxer. The sacrificial anode (magnesium plug) must be electrically connected to the engine block in order to protect it...
• Re: Bus westy In Sacramento for sale
  Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
  Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:05:56 -0700
  ...least. > > Mike If it's a wasserboxer with A/C I might be interested - unless the engines blown and/or trans is stuck in...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:42:35 -0700
  ...I believe he has evolved and has seen the light when it comes to newer engine swaps. best of luck, keep us posted. dylan...
• Re: Head stud of 91
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 18:43:49 -0800
  Yosh and all, About the cylinder head studs on the wasserboxer: The new oem replacement head studs sold as a part by VW are...
• Re: Vanagon Engine Alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  27 Jan 97 14:00:04 EST
  >For some time, I have been looking for alternatives to the wasserboxer engine >in my '85 Westie. You could try an Audi 5 cyl...
• Re: Cow mooing in wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 20:19:45 -0800
  ...Cow mooing in wasserboxer > > > Just wondering if anyone knows this sound. > Lately everytime I start up the van, and the engine > is cold, it...
• Diesel Syncro Question: RE: Skidplate
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sun, 4 Mar 2001 16:56:33 EST
  The 1.6TD engine in my 1989 16" Syncro is boxed on both sides and the bottom by skidplates. I noticed that the Wasserboxers...
• '85 Wasserboxer article
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Kahler
  Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:12:46 -0800
  ...html Pretty funny comparison of the Vanagon to a Porsche..."new" engine specs, etc. Worth the read for enthusiasts! D. Kahler dkahler@ups.edu...
• Re: engine conversion question...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:55:10 -0700
  ...How can a VW jetta 2.0 engine be a solution? Our 2000 Vw jetta engine is a high revving noisy powerless solution. There...
• Re: gas consumption and guiness in the oil
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Wed, 8 Mar 2000 19:33:22 -0700
  ...of the engine troubles as the wasserboxers so you don't hear from us that often. My '81 has original engine, which has never...
• Wasserboxer 2.1 Rebuild, Cam Question
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:49:27 -0600
  Does anyone know of any after market cams that work well in a Wasserboxer 2.1? I've heard that most beetle cams, which...
• Wasserboxers, cold galvanize
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Feb 1995 20:12:41 -0800
  Joel, Having a comparativly rare VW engine (VR6) myself, I don't think the wasserboxer has anything to appologize for. My friend who has...
• Re: Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 6 Sep 2007 14:55:38 -0400
  ...Hi resolution pictures of Wasserboxer > >Tank you! But i still believe in well sealed Wasser Engine... >Of what i know, every engine i have...
• 1.9 Wasserboxer differences? (63 kW vs 66 kW)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 24 May 2009 18:55:26 -0700
  ...Take a look at Automobiletechnische Zeitschrifte article on the 1.9l wasserboxer engine: <http://members.shaw.ca/ragnarhairybreeks/technical%20articles/WB19/WB19p1.html > Compare...
• Re: How deep can a Syncro go swimming?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:18:02 -0400
  ...Then I got to thinking that everything is now higher up on the > Rabbit engine that it was in the wasserboxer. I figure that...
• Air Cooled to Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:16:14 -0500
  ...The Wasserboxer came from the air cooled engines, but the driver was not "make it water-cooled" by some deadline. The driver for the...
• inadequate cooling
  Historical mailing list - Christine Murdock
  Sat, 07 Sep 1996 21:46:24 -0700
  Is my '86 Wasserboxer's inadequate cooling partly due to trapped air in upper engine compartment? In aircraft baffling you must allow as much...
• Wasserboxer into a T1?
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 23:19:09 EDT
  ...Anyone with any experience on this matter? Will the engine bolt up to a T1 trans, or will adapters be necessary? Just kicking it...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:38:40 -0800
  ...Subject: Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long >Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:16:02 -0800 > >Do you actually believe that Japaneses engines last an "average...
• Re: Converting a 1.9 to a 2.1 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Sep 1998 21:35:36 -0400
  ...I'm looking hard for the best / most reputable Wasserboxer engine >building co. I can >find. As well as any other safe ways to...
• Wasserboxer Coolant Pipes NLA
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Oct 96 17:58 CDT
  Wasserboxers: A word of warning to owners of Vanagons with (at least) the 1.9 engine (83.5 to whenever the 2.0 started...
• Re: wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:54:32 -0500
  ...WasserBoxer > > > Do you drive 70+ on the > > >highway with the AC on then pull into a rest area and instantly turn off > > >the engine...
• Head Gasket Manufaacturers
  Historical mailing list - Todd Francis
  Wed, 20 Aug 1997 09:34:36 -0800
  ...I was wondreing if anyone knows if the Head gasket kits for Wasserboxers that you get from aftermarket sources are built by the same...
• Re: WasserBoxer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:19:58 -0400
  The manual specifies that after hard running you must let the engine idle for a minute before shutting down. d At 01:32 8...
• Re: Ladies Crossing the US
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:51:15 -0500
  ...typeIV engine in a bus frequently > reaches these temperatures during extended summer use. > > The Wasserboxer engine is a much more complex engine, partially do...
• Re: Raceware Head Studs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 09:59:11 -0400 (AST)
  ...RW studs may have a place in VW/Porsche etc engines, but they are NOT the solution to wasserboxer probs, or even a significant...
• Re: Wasserboxer Reputation
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 20:15:20 +1300
  ...Honda, Toyota, Subaru or Nissan engines are class >above wasserboxer of the era(1980-1990) I agree... in general. >in reliability, quality and longevity...
• aircooled engine & trans
  Historical mailing list - Jacob Markow
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:29:36 -0700
  ...the wasserboxer (silly me) and have ended up with some spare parts. Actually, two really big spare parts. I have an engine and transmission...
• Re: The transitional engine (was: question)
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 20:57:23 -0400
  ...wonder, what is the longest life listmembers can report >for a wasserboxer? What is typical? > >Tom F. Ive seen 200K without the heads being...
• Fuel Injector Cleaner
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Fri, 7 Mar 1997 13:28:41 -0500 (EST)
  Being a neophyte with a wasserboxer engine I am looking for opinion on fuel injector cleaner. The archives have several messages endorsing the use...
• Re: 1.9 Liter WasserBoxer Rebuild Kit...need reccomendations!!!
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:45:35 -0500
  VW Vanagon Syncro Engine 2.1 L **NR** http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1813014062&r=0 &t=0 --- Outgoing...
• 115HP wasserboxer on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hartz
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 14:07:36 EST
  Just came across this on Ebay and wondered if anyone on the list can shed more info on the builder and/or engine. Sweet...
• Re: WasserBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Ken Nelson
  Mon, 14 Aug 2000 00:50:52 -0500
  > Do you drive 70+ on the > >highway with the AC on then pull into a rest area and instantly turn off > >the engine? > > > > Whats...
• Re: Wasserboxer Engine Rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Jun 1996 14:11:21 -0400
  ...I used a parts house called Olumpic Imported Parts when I rebuilt my 85 wasserboxer last year. They couldn't get everything I needed...
• Re: hesitation from a stop and replacing afm
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:38:45 -0500
  ...people who have > wasserboxer trouble... Well...I'm not sure how much you can gather from that. People whose engines are running fine tend...
• Re: Performance Wasserboxer: Fact or Fiction
  Historical mailing list - The Gunnings
  Fri, 21 Jul 2000 07:09:11 -0400
  Enjoy reading about your enhancement regime to achieve a higher performance "Wasserboxer". Sounds great to me and makes sense. Thanks for your advise concerning...
• Re: FW: Vanagon replacement engines
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 10:00:34 EDT
  ...Eurocars) to install one of his 2.2L >wasserboxers. >> This engine seems that it should be just the ticket. One thing gives me pause...
• Spectators Welcome - Zetec Conversion in Dallas
  Historical mailing list - Mark A. Kreuzer
  Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:19:02 -0600
  ...it's a pricey little upgrade but my wasserboxer is giving up the ghost and i'm sold on this engine. i should be...
• Re[3]: Engine transplant ideas??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  04 Dec 1995 11:58:11 EST
  ...The wasserboxer is about 2.5 cylinders long. The Rabbit/Jetta engines are 4 cylinders long and the Audi engines are about twice as...
• Re: Engine alternative (inline four) a bit long
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:09:29 -0400
  ...a standard Wasserboxer muffler on and I've always wondered (and doubted) if it was the best muffler for the I4 engine? Thanks, Doug...
• Vangon fired over
  Historical mailing list - Koloski, John G.
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 12:52:33 -0500
  ...the engine compartment, so I only bled from the radiator. The bleeder valve on the old wasserboxer is still on the old wasserboxer. Is...
• Re: Comments wanted: Rebuilt Wasserboxer 2.1, AVP (Bus Depot) & GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:52:47 -0700
  ...I finally had to run the engine very hard, much harder than I ever would run any cars engine, even my M3, to get...
• Re: Ceramic coatings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:00:46 EST
  ...to be there you can see and feel first hand the effects the ceramic coatings have on my Wasserboxer engine and heat reduction. Robert
• '84 (water) conversion
  Historical mailing list - Gene Drody
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 13:09:57 EDT
  What are the pros and cons of converting to either the Golf or Subaru engines? I have had it with the wasserboxer...The second...
• Any interested in a 112hp wasserboxer and a 5 speed trans?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 21:52:40 -0700
  One of my friends in Germany is offering me a *complete* 2.1L 112hp wasserboxer motor (DJ engine code) and a matching 5 speed...
• Re: 115HP wasserboxer on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Sat, 6 Apr 2002 12:01:42 -0500
  ...is? They are the folks who supposedly have done the rebuild on this engine. I am betting that I know who it is, but...
• Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 20:11:38 +0100
  Robert Lilley wrote: > Unfortunately VW moved to front engine vans. They had a SIX cylinder > Wasserboxer that was to come out but went to...
• Re: How to remover pistons from wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:30:02 +0000
  ...the list and I am rebuilding an engine in a 84 vanagon >(wasserboxer). > >I have the engine cases unbolted but can't see how...
• Re: Carrier Bars?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Dec 2011 17:58:07 -0800
  ...I keep getting ambiguous answers. > > Question: '84 wasserboxer. > > I have diesel bellhousing. Plan is a 2.0 cross flow gas motor at 50 > deg...
• Wasserboxers, heads and Vanagon top speed.
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:54:51 -0600
  ...As some of you may know I recently had an engine built for my Vanagon. I choose to use a Wasserboxer because I beleive...
• Re: 1.8 gas vs. 2.1 boxer
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 2 Mar 1996 01:46:39 -0500
  In a message dated 96-03-01 20:37:31 EST, jonww@ix.netcom.com (Jon Walton) writes: > >With all the recent wasserboxer bashing...
• Re: Oil pumps
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 2 May 1998 17:56:56 -0700
  ...If the engine is being rebuilt, otherwise stick with a stock unit for the Wasserboxer. There are some tricks that can be done to...
• Crazy VW
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Sat, 25 Jun 2005 09:43:46 -0700
  ...Take care, Gary in Goldfield, NV '82 Vanagon Diesel (Anna) '85 Wasserboxer (AnnaBelle) '85 Wasserboxer (Hector) > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List > [mailto:vanagon...
• Re: engine conversion question...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:24:26 -0400
  ...How can a VW jetta 2.0 engine be a solution? Our 2000 Vw jetta > engine is a high revving noisy powerless solution. There...
• Re: Diesel Fuel vs Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:35:11 -0700
  ...can't beat the petroleum companies with the gasoline engines. Repair. Let's face it, there are more TDIs on the road than wasserboxers...