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• Re: extraordinarily bad engines
  Historical mailing list - William Dummitt
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 18:09:57 -0500
  Here's my waterboxer experience: 87 Westy-PO only took it to dealer, only autobahn antifreeze-new heads at 55K mi. in 1995. another...
• Re: any experience with GEX rebuilt waterboxer engines?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:07:29 -0600
  At 02:19 PM 12/10/00 -0800, Ed DeBolt wrote: > >anyone out there have any first or second hand experience with the GEX...
• Re: Warming Engine OIL
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Jul 1996 19:32:38 -0400
  ...Does anyone know if the type4 AFC engines use the same oil pump as a w/b engine? From some comments on early bus...
• Re: Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:31:59 -0500
  ...Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation > > > > Well, obviously waterboxer engines with not that many miles on them are not highmilage wbxr engines...
• CL ad: 1896 Camper. 1.9 WBX w/Carburetor?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 11:19:51 -0500
  http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/rds/cto/2650699811.html From ad: "It has its original 1.9 waterboxer with factory 2 barrel carburetor , manual...
• Re: Installed Waterboxer Rebuild Prices
  Historical mailing list - drc11
  Sun, 6 Jun 1999 07:14:34 -0700
  I live near Seattle and have had 2 van engines "rebuilt"... price over the years has been the same though labor goes up, I...
• vanagon engines/trans, etc. for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 13:02:19 EST
  ...2.0L aircooled vanagon engine, complete, runs, has all FI, htr boxes, and ecu. $400 1.9L vanagon waterboxer engine, recent head gaskets, complete...
• Re: Tiico oil filter, DO IT RIGHT!
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 6 Jan 2003 11:31:50 -0800
  ...It can be used on all 8V inline engines [except waterboxers] > according to him. > > -----Original Message----- > > what is the difference in the mann 719...
• Re: Is it Wasserboxer or waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 14:36:26 -0500
  ...was that a joke or a myth? Horizontally-opposed (flat, pancake) engines are called "boxers" because as you say the pistons appear to box...
• Re: waterboxers in Mass./ coolant redux
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Mon, 4 Sep 2006 20:35:05 -0400
  ...It claims to be good for Mercedes and other European engines. FWIW it is yellow. What thinks The List? Also what do you know...
• Re: Low compression, more test results-busaid inying used vans!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 11:41:33 -0700
  ...in my mind, the air-cooled engines, the stock diesels, and the waterboxer engines are all weak in a few fudnamental ways. VW's...
• Re: Question about testing O2 sensor with digital meter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:58:19 -0700
  ...I don't think there are any modern engines that have them. here's a fun one for ya .........I can't remember the...
• Re: 719/5 vs 719/12
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:41:26 -0700
  ...The oil filters on both the 1.9 and 2.1 waterboxer engines are exactly the same. ANY "GOOD" brand of filter is acceptable...
• Re: Some interesting uses for VW engines...A new type of VW poweredcamper...
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 22 Nov 2001 10:02:24 -0800
  ...I wonder if you could dual plug a waterboxer, and if so, if it would offer any performance improvement? Todd '88 Westy Robert Lilley...
• Re: TDI bad camshaft
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 24 May 2011 20:46:24 -0700
  ...and to people who say .......'I've got 230,000 miles on my waterboxer, heads have never been off" ...... I totally cringe because the...
• Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:38:11 -0700
  ...they'd be such robust reliable engines ..at least this way, with the various weeknesses of waterboxer engines we all get to know and...
• Re: Basic VW camper info needed
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 9 Aug 1997 03:29:37 -0400 (EDT)
  ...These have small, rear, air cooled engines with rear wheel drive. Bay window buses (sometimes called bubble windows of breadloafs) were made from 1968...
• Re: DIESEL need rod cap nuts
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:00:43 -0700
  AFAIK, the typical VW gas inline engines use a different rod nut, except for the supercharged Corrado which uses the diesel rod nuts you...
• Re: When can I get Wasserboxer power graphs?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:10:20 EDT
  ...There are several superb design articles on the waterboxer series of engines. I will give the references in the following. I have meant to...
• Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - John Goubeaux
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 09:08:23 -0800
  ...I've seen this on older Waterboxer engines I have had ( with lots of miles on them), BUT the question is: Is this something...
• Re: was: Valve Adjustment NOW: Hydraulic
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 08:27:36 PDT
  All Vanagon engines, both air-cooled and waterboxers, have hydraulic valve lifters. MM >From: "Pollard, Matthew" <Matthew.Pollard@OREADCA.COM> >Reply-To: "Pollard, Matthew...
• Re: Friday Thoughts about Turboing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:01:08 -0600
  If you guys turbocharge those engines known for throwing rods and leaking heads you're going to create a national shortage of bricks by...
• Re: Tires Too Big - Thx + Short Rant
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 19 May 2002 10:10:52 -0500
  Alan Pickersgill wrote: > More important case is how the Waterboxer continues to be built with a maximum life before coolant leaks of 100,000...
• Re: Head Gasket sealant sorry 1 more time
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:38:08 -0800
  ...air cooled vw >engines in the late 40's even. > One guy told me how they came up with this waterboxer engine - they told...
• Re: Oops, inline 4s, was invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:20:17 -0800
  ...wrote: > >> VW not only put inline 4 engines into Vanagons, they did so years before >> the waterboxer even came out. >> >> 1981 17,000 inline...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:26:32 -0700
  ...I have in the back of my mind a plan to run a waterboxer off a Subaru fuel injection and ignition system ............though so...
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Wed, 30 May 2001 10:09:52 -0500
  ...waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping Sounds like someone should search out the Subaru List and see what their gripes are about their engines...
• Re: installed new engine.. now have ecu/fuel pump woes....anyone help me?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:17:12 -0700
  ...make me think it's a waterboxer. I intentionally don't speak 'air-cooled' that much. BTDT, way, way too much. On 4/22...
• Re: Tiico
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 11:34:54 EDT
  ...Is it the same as withthe waterboxer? . . . Gotta wonder if the inline 4 can handle prolonged highway driving that could be above 4500 rpm...
• Re: More powerful waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:13:13 -0600
  ...So here's my short list > >S&S headers-- 4 cylinder engines live only if they scavenge. See their >site and Header 101 Tech...
• Re: [WetWesties] Reflections on working on a waterboxer. :-)
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:19:43 -0700
  ...they'd be such robust > reliable engines ..at least this way, with the various weeknesses of > waterboxer engines we all get to know and...
• Re: Trans upshift
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 10 May 2011 17:16:11 -0700
  ...back together. > for engines that are more like 6,000 or 7K rpm engines, rather than > waterboxer 5,000 rpm engines.. > this makes the...
• Re: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:37:52 -0700
  ...and part of why waterboxer engines produce less power, burn more fuel, and have higher emissions than much more modern engines. I included how...
• Re: Engine replacement for 1990 Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 16:16:27 -0600
  ...has information on new kits to allow 1999 and later engines to be installed. Regards, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Dave Weaver wrote: >My...
• Subaru 2.2L Engine- Any Experiences?No rice burners,,,,
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Sun, 11 Oct 1998 22:03:07 EDT
  ...Since you are so rich, then the appropriate engine for your vanagon would be the new waterboxer engines from Porsche. Now you have power...
• Any feedback on the GoWesty 120HP WaterBoxer motors
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 03:14:30 -0700
  ...There are several "stroked" engines available and I was wondering if anyone on the list has had any experience with any of these. Has...
• Re: Replace Heads or Engine?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 12:49:09 -0800
  ...Mark Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > I just installed one of his 2.2 waterboxer engines ....and his deluxe air > type oil cooler kit . > No...
• Porsche water cooling (was Re: longivity of coversion engines)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 15:03:40 -0800
  ...Porsche had problems with emissions, particularly cold-start emissions, because air-cooled engines run "loose" before everything expands to its proper tolerance. New air...
• warm up and coolant pressure on head gasket seals
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 4 Jan 2002 08:15:58 -0800
  ...The VW waterboxer differs from other water-cooled engines in that it's cylinders are not cast into the block. The result is that...
• Re: Waterboxer reliability and longevity issue / Subaru 2.2 / etc.
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 08:59:21 -0700
  ...they have had with the original engines! I personally service and have owned several very high mileage waterboxers. One,a ' 91 with 180K dependable...
• Re: Do waterboxers have core plugs (freeze plugs)?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:14:54 -0600
  ...in cold temps, and which helps immensely. > > A friend with a waterboxer Vanagon (not sure if it's a 1.9 or 2.1L...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 12:19:15 -0500
  ...I've seen this on older Waterboxer engines I have had ( with lots of miles on them), BUT the question is: Is this something...
• Re: Engine Rebuild Questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:59:53 -0700
  well, it sure is better if the guy has waterboxer engine experience. They are not really quite like 'normal engines' ..........certainly not at the...
• Re: '87 Westy for $2900 bucks!!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Sep 2013 23:51:55 -0400
  ...This is a $1000 van that will take $15,000 to get into decent shape unless you have a supply of used engines and...
• Re: So my stepson asks . . .
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:25:18 -0700
  ...Actually, I would say that vanagons and waterboxer engines do pretty well considering the abuse many of them get. re Chris ... I installed one...
• Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - Marilyn Nelson-Ehret
  Tue, 14 Apr 1998 19:54:26 -0700
  ...Roger Patrick Dooley wrote: > >Hey guys, > > > >Thanks for telling me how bad the waterboxer engine in my 1986 GL is. I > >guess that is...
• Re: 75 Bus Oil Filter/ Can I use Golf/Filter from VW
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 12 Jul 1996 15:43:27 PDT
  ...filter, (and the waterboxer filter > > for my '88). As far as I know, *all* 4 cyl gas VW/Audi/Porsche > > engines have always used...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:20:55 -0800
  ...One glance at the intake runner size, length and shape on a DOCH 2.5 subaru engine, and the waterboxer plenum and intake runners...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:11:58 -0700
  ...what you are talking about when it comes to big valve waterboxer engines and the power they can make http://www.Boston.com/engine...
• Re: TIICO: Conversion Discussion
  Historical mailing list - Damian Shaw
  Thu, 12 Jul 2001 11:36:09 -0600
  ...Those engines go forever and are very reliable. It still breaks my heart to pull the waterboxer - it feels like I'm spitting in...
• Re: Oil change intervals
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 12:41:35 EDT
  ...More frequent is better (up to a point), especially on engines that keep the oil hotter (air cooled engines especially). Synthetics are more tolerant...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:26:33 -0700
  ...and has better throttle repsonse, and HOLDS A SETUP WAY, WAY BETTER Than a waterboxer Vangon engine ............ there are much better more modern engines...
• Re: Value of 2.1 Engine Cores / Crankshafts?
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:31:58 -0800
  ...engines a year for list members here and there, and have built countless for personal use to resell in vans, and several waterboxers on...
• Re: Starter Motor Bushing Lube. Quick Answer? Daylight Abating!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:58:01 -0800
  ...if you're talking about a manual trans waterboxer. On 12/17/2012 3:17 PM, neil n wrote: > Hi all. > > Quick search of...
• Re: Cooling System stop-leak compounds
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 00:06:09 -0400
  ...These engines fail for this problem more than waterboxers loose head gaskets! Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Wasserboxer Performance
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Fri, 27 Feb 1998 17:41:13 -0500
  ...parts for the Waterboxer. Any listees have any experience or thoughts on the following: Ported Big Valve Head ($369 ex., Mark Stevens High Performance...
• Re: Is it reasonable to expect a rebuilt waterboxer to be bone dry underneath?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:31:09 +0000
  ...Is it reasonable to expect a rebuilt waterboxer to be bone dry underneath? I want to see what other folks are experiencing on this...
• Re: digijet engine swap?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Mon, 8 Dec 1997 09:28:09 -0800
  Marcus wrote the source of this excerpt: >Now I have checked out the archives and found ideas regarding > the swapping of Audi 5E engines...
• Re: Subie engine prices
  Historical mailing list - Craig Morton
  Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:04:53 -0800
  ...cleaner than a waterboxer. So people in California who want legal Subaru power have to use tired old Subie engines from 1990-94, or...
• Re: vanagon Digest Huffer motor post
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 18 May 2007 14:18:38 -0700
  ...I have 3 right now that have engines never installed by VW in Vanagons. 2 are inline 4 cyls and 1 is an inline...