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• Re: New 12 cyl. diesel transplant option
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:38:46 -0700
  ...http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/ > > Cya, > Robert How many vanagons can fit in one of these engines? Your mileage may vary. Tom
• Re: Your 1.6 Turbo Diesel 82 Vanagon, was Wiring plauges my van.....
  Historical mailing list - Michael Avrea
  Fri, 15 Oct 1999 12:55:50 EDT
  ...standard diesel, but not very well, and not for long. All of the above mentioned engineering differences were made by professional engineers to give...
• 1.9 TDI engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Thu, 13 May 2004 01:05:09 -0700
  I have heard of the 1.9L Turbo Diesel engines being used in the vanagon but have never found a good write up on...
• Re: anybody have 1.9TD w/ air cooled tranny
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 1 Feb 2006 15:51:18 -0700
  ...The turbo Diesel's have varying amount of lag. In my T3 it is very noticable. Going through a stoplight the engine quickly outrevs...
• Raceware Exchange w/ Diesel Engine in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Milo
  Thu, 11 Oct 2001 18:24:07 -0500
  ...Searched the archives, (both vanagon and yahoo-diesel), and found one reference. Basically, it said the short version was to drain the coolant, and...
• Re: Getting wires to...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 23 May 2003 16:16:46 -0400
  ...pretty lossy. (I have a diesel, so the battery's in the engine compartment.) David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si
• Re: Effects of tire sizes on fuel economy!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:52:17 -0500
  ...As someone who owns a diesel van with the metal noise-reduction pan under the engine, I can tell you that it will seem...
• Re: New Conversion Candidate?
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 4 Oct 2006 14:03:05 -0700
  Porsche built a couple prototype diesel engines which were installed in Beetles back in the fifties. They were set up in your typical flat...
• Re: oil for turbo diesel
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 8 Apr 2001 20:49:25 -0700
  ...The can says it is diesel rated, but at least one listmember has lost an engine due to its inadequacies in diesel applications. Mobil...
• Re: VW's Diesel vs. Gas
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Preiss
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 10:32:30 -0800
  ...You don't know you're driving a diesel, except when filling her up. Diesel is smelly, and diesel stations are sometimes a little...
• A strange sound
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Thu, 29 Jun 1995 10:49:36 -0600 (MDT)
  Just for you diesel people out there, My engine made a strange sound this morning after it started. It went away after the engine...
• Re: Debunking GoWesty!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 2 Sep 2006 22:41:30 -0700
  ...After that I got my 82 Diesel Westfalia with a engine compartment fire, and replaced the burnt ruined Diesel with a 91 Jetta(now...
• Re: Oil.. Where's it go?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:49:11 -0700
  ...Installation on the Vanagon I-4 gas or diesel engines requires removal of the oil pickup tube to put the gasket in place. The...
• Re: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:16:36 -0400
  "Neil Crawford" <vidublu@GMAIL.COM> said: > Hi volks, > > I've got a battery that's overdue and for a couple weeks now the engine...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] turbocharger versus Kompressor (supercharger)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:50:17 +0200
  ...of using a Kompressor > (supercharger) instead of a turbo for a Diesel engine. This basically would > mean that a belt driven fan pushes cold...
• Re: diesel gas conversion - which header?
  Historical mailing list - selten
  Mon, 6 May 2002 14:14:02 -0500
  ...diesel gas conversion - which header? > I'm also undertaking the GTi transplant in my '82 diesel. My mechanic wants > me to stay with the...
• Re: Using diesel pilot bearing
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 May 2010 20:14:30 -0400
  ...Using diesel pilot bearing So, just to report back, the diesel pilot bearing does work and does have a built-in seal, but, since...
• engine conversio and gas consumption
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 09:19:53 -0700
  ...If I was worried about resale value, i guess i would have kept the stock diesel engine, covered it with cosmoline, and parked it...
• Re: Listmom: Is the list receiving this?
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:36:31 -0700
  ...SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD 87 Corolla 1.8 DX CE80 diesel sedan FWD 89 Corolla 1.8 DX CE96 diesel van/wagon...
• Re: gun hiding?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Fri, 25 Jan 2002 13:55:10 -0800
  ...engine was eating its oil pan gasket and throwing > it out the exhaust pipe... OOOHhh this is exciting. > > > Daniel Snow > > '82 Vanagon Diesel > '78...
• Re: vanagon highroof camper 5speed turbo diesel on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:38:09 -0500
  ...ebay.com/ebaymotors/Volkswagen-Bus-Vanagon-TURBO-DIESEL-VW-VANAGON- > > HIGH-TOP-CAMPER-FACTORY-TURBO-DIESEL_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ220328501977QQsspa > genameZRSSQ3aBQ3aSRCHQ3aUSQ3a101 > > > ************** > Make your life easier with all...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:43:15 -0400
  ...Number one using SVO was Rudolf Diesel, guess his engine never ran successfully on peanut oil either, hmmm..... Karl Mike S wrote: > At 01...
• Re: 1.9l TD swap, Was: Re: VW I-4 Engine Blowout
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 15 Jan 1999 14:34:07 -0500
  ...Gary Shea <shea@gtsdesign.com> Martin -- Am I correct in guessing that the engine you bought came with the injection pump, turbo, etc? And...
• Propane Injected Diesel Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Gord Plouffe
  Thu, 25 Nov 1999 09:57:45 MST
  I just read an article in the Dec99 "Truck Trends" mag describing the application of propane injection to diesel engines to increase power and...
• Re: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:54:09 -1000
  ...Care to try again. ? ..about the VW engineers' thinking. Just read your original post. I still don't see what 'new viewpoint' you are...
• Re: Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  13 Sep 1995 10:04:33 -0700
  ...Even with a brand new engine. All 3 VW diesels I've had did that and I expect it is "normal". 14) Heater works...
• Dan's Diesel Rebuild Part 5
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Wed, 12 Sep 2001 13:36:19 -0700
  ...the compleat Engine Gasket Set, and I think I will get that. Daniel Snow PhD Student UC Berkeley '82 Vanagon Diesel '78 Puch Maxi...
• Re: How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:57:22 -0700
  ...86 Syncro Westy, 93 subaru 2.2 engine conversion, rebuilt trans. Big bucks, over 20K, many great features. 82 sunroof diesel vanagon, near show...
• 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: Brown Bread/B-quiet/Dynamat
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Mon, 24 Jan 2005 19:32:14 -0800
  ...Diesel Vanagon (or other I-4) owners had gone through similar experiences, and if so, what were the most effective methods to reducing engine...
• Re: ? Consequences of Broken Timing Belt (Diesel I4) ?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Sat, 20 Oct 2001 12:19:32 -0700
  ...Ironically, this > > was my first diesel and knowing nothing about this engine I made the > > mistake of asking an acquaintance who I assumed knew...
• Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 05:30:10 -0800
  ...HP little whizbang engines, when what a VANAGON needs is high TORQUE, at lower rpm's. Think diesel, direct-injected diesels. VW has the...
• Re: vanagon engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:14:16 -0500
  ...I also tried Diesel van and they are fine also if it suit your driving style. Stock engine also are fine if in good...
• Re: was: Valve Adjustment NOW: Hydraulic
  Historical mailing list - Tim McDermott
  Thu, 10 Jun 1999 21:04:29 -0400
  ...At 09:09 AM 6/10/99 -0700, Mark Drillock wrote: >This is of course only very nearly correct as Vanagons with diesel >engines...
• WTB driver's door handle
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 15:20:10 -0400
  ...Jetta TDI 85GL with basic Westy interior 82 Diesel Westy (with blown engine) + Quantum TD engine 74 Bus (Dad's) 72 Wife, 95 Cat...
• Re: Roadhaus - Need an Engine
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 5 May 2004 16:39:17 -0400
  On Wed, 5 May 2004, Stan Wilder wrote: > http://www.engineceramics.com/vw/p3ptent.jpg There are other ways to go > camping than a...
• Need help on I4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Gilles Turmel
  Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:55:51 -0400
  ...I'm getting a problem installing the diesel RH side engine support. The part is interfering with the oil filter. I want to use...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:20:54 -0800
  ...side "DV" brackets isn't as wide as a > 50� diesel Vanagon engine. The arm I built off of the driver side > bracket, Image...
• Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel - Payback
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:43:34 -0800
  ...Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel It is the shape of the graph that is important not the scales.� Send me the graph data and I...
• Re: inline 4 swap
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 18 May 2009 17:03:27 -0700
  ...diesel mounting parts sold in North America, from 82 and 83 diesel Vanagons. The more common are the 82. These mount the engine forward...
• Re: FW: Diesel No Start?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sun, 18 Jun 2000 10:26:43 -0400
  ...cycle > in a hot engine. > > Good luck, > > -Steve > > 90 Westie Syncro (to someday be a TDI) > 82 Jetta Diesel (updated to 84 GLI specs...
• Mechanic recommendation needed White Rock, BC
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 08:01:36 -0700
  ...I suspect I'm going to be in the market for a new (to me) 1.6 or 1.9 diesel engine soon... Thanks...
• Re: OT: ever own a VW Rabbit L?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 13:49:57 -0500
  > Hi Folks, > > I have a neighbor who is selling his 1984 VW Rabbit L (Diesel) for $700. > It's a manual, and has 120k...
• Re: Alternator replacement for 1.9 TDIe in my 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 26 Sep 2013 04:39:36 -0500
  ...Its the one that came on the engine I got from qualitygerman, for European model?? Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy On Sep...
• Re: Weird VW sighting...
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 15:59:46 -0500
  ...The larger 4l engine pumps 4*x*v*dT. Gearing typically differs somewhat between engine choices, but not dramatically. A small engine typically found...
• Re: TDI engine value
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 1 Aug 2011 20:06:31 -0700
  how many miles on it ? I have heard of, and seen, too many very worn out vw diesel engines, including tdi's. $ 500, say...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon Starter ?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 5 May 2016 17:06:44 -0700
  Also, Don has a gas engine with a diesel starter, and diesel flywheels may well be one piece with hardened teeth like Jim says...
• Re: Buying a Van
  Historical mailing list - Sullivan Scott
  Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:27:51 -0700
  Dan, On the van that is a diesel converted to gas, you may want to be cautious. It is illegal to swap an engine...
• Re: Ideas about 90amp Alt for Diesel Van
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 1 Nov 1999 19:20:19 -0800
  ...I have a 90 A unit in my conversion, engine at 55 degrees just like the stock diesel. The body of my alternator is...
• Re: Third Tail light
  Historical mailing list - gary
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 09:35:40 -0400
  ...engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD AG> 87 Corolla 1.8 DX CE80 diesel sedan FWD AG> 89 Corolla 1.8 DX CE96 diesel van...
• Re: COOLANT PROCEDURE AND AMOUNTS
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:35:49 -0600
  ...the engine compartment and a heater under the rear >> seat. Both must be dealt with in bleeding the system. Bleeding my 83 >> diesel, which...
• Re: Diesel Holes!
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 02:10:45 -0600
  ...a diesel Vanagon up to >its 65 mph top speed *anyway*. > >What I don't understand is how people overrev these engines to the...
• carbon cleanup
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 22 Dec 1995 23:15:22 -0600
  ...run some diesel fuel or bardhal through the carb to get rid of carbon deposits. He says this is only for engines with over...
• Re: oil level question
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hutton
  Thu, 13 Jul 1995 11:17:49 -0600 (MDT)
  ...On my 82, which is a diesel, if I overfilled the oil, it would blow out the dipstick. With my new (Ha!Ha!) engine...
• Re: EV oil filter relocation
  Historical mailing list - Peter Larsson
  Tue, 16 Dec 1997 21:27:50 +0100
  W Li wrote: > Cooments appreciated! Am I right in saying that the diesel rigs have > remote filters? I wonder about the use of aircraft...
• Re: Syncro Diesel info?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:09:06 -0400
  It may be much easier and much less expensive to "simply" use a Kennedy Engineering adapter plate with your Syncro/deisel project instead of...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 15 May 2004 05:15:31 -0700
  ...Diesel cycle engines produce CO2 as an exhaust component in approximately the same quantity per stroke regardless of the fuel source D1,D2, McDooDoo...
• Re: Bay Area Vanagons... wow.
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 01:52:35 -0700
  ...There are damn few of them on the road, so diesel parts (engine and fuel system related) are not so easy to come by...
• Re: Diesel Assembly Confusion.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 15 Jun 2001 20:40:16 -0700
  ...Diesel Assembly Confusion. > > > Please advise: > I am now assembling my '83 1.6D engine but have a snag. > There is a heat exchanger between...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec, messy eng. compartment...
  Historical mailing list - Gary, San Diego
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 11:24:53 -0700
  ...oil cooler). | | Vehicle: | -------- | 1982 vanagon westy, 1.6l NA DIESEL engine, <10K miles on engine | rebuild. Castrol GTX 20/50 dino oil, last oil...