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• 1985 Vanagon - engine case stud ? - Must have good answer - Calling Boston Bob
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sun, 11 May 2008 08:30:30 -0400
  I'm trying to avoid splitting my case/removing my engine in order to remove an engine stud and R& R that stud which...
• Help! Engine rattle from '84 Vanagon 1.9l gas - TERMINAL?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Tue, 23 Apr 2002 18:34:17 +0100
  Bad news from the UK. :-( My recently purchased '84 Vanagon has a 1.9 liter water cooled boxer engine. It runs on gasoline, has...
• Re: New Engine Wanted: 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 9 May 2012 00:35:45 -0400
  Before condemning an engine proper diagnoses needs to be performed. 1) Unusual noises or smoking. 2) Oil pressure cold and hot, idle and at...
• Re: Engine removal
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Mon, 18 Mar 2002 16:08:26 -0800
  The only problem with this method is that the height of the van changes when you drop out the engine (the van is lighter...
• Silicon Sealant for engine tin ?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Dec 1995 09:26:20 -0700
  g'day everyone - I procured a replacement engine for my tired 82 westie and am slowy removing and cleaning parts from my old engine...
• Engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - =David-M=
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 15:21:48 -0500
  What would happen to an owner of an engine-converted van when he goes for an enhanced emissions test? Here in AZ they look...
• Re: Why Do Late model Vanagon Engines Catch on Fire?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 17 Dec 2003 14:47:35 -0500
  ...Hole in fuel line, hot engine, add a spark, and boom, engine fire. Replace fuel lines to correct issue. Another consideration why Vanagons might...
• Re: Engine stand for Wasserboxer 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 6 Feb 2003 15:51:26 -0800
  A VW Bug engine stand works great. Cheers, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of will...
• Re: 84 Westy needs new engine
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:40:27 -0800
  ...If I had not figured it out I would not recommend the engine. I would give the engine a 7 out of 10. If...
• Re: EGR-air cooled_reduce engine temp?
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:29:06 -0400
  ...It should not reduce engine temps. The cooling system should keep engine temps in check. However, reduced combustion temps will reduce detonation, which may...
• Re: Silicon Sealant for engine tin ?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Sedgmen
  Thu, 21 Dec 95 09:50:40 EST
  ...g'day everyone - I procured a replacement engine for my tired 82 westie and am slowy removing and cleaning parts from my old engine...
• New High Power Subaru Boxer Engines
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:13:33 -0500
  ...Subaru noted the new engine produces more than the 165 horses of its longstanding, 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine, yet is only 0...
• Re: How far is this Vanagon insanity going to go?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:18:34 -0800
  Stan Wilder wrote: > Engine test stand results; (Everything is related to type IV Air Cooled > Engines) > My goal in building an engine test stand...
• Re: New engine start-up, help a brother out
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:39:19 -0700
  I can only suggest that you first ask your engine provider these questions. They warrant the engine and their answers are the ones to...
• Re: Difference between North American Engines and European Engines
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:37:56 -0800
  Yes! That's it! Any idea what is different internally in the engine?? Z ________________________________ From: Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> To: Zoran Mladen <zmaninco...
• Subaru Engines
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Fri, 5 May 2000 13:18:56 -0400
  After hunting for a good Subaru Engine for a KEP installation, I found a good source that I thought might help some others in...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:31:14 EST
  Jeff sez: "When I do 75MPH in any of my Vanagons, the engine is turning over 4000RPMs. Without a 5 speed, or a completely...
• Re: ISO Diesel Engine for early Vanagon (Montreal, Quebec)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:18:41 -0500
  I have a good running complete 1.6 hydraulic lifter diesel engine that came out of a wrecked jetta it has been sitting in...
• Suburu Engine Transplants into Vanagons
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jun 1996 08:47:06 -0400
  As a new owner of a 1987 Vanagon waterboxer with a bad engine I wonder if any one out there in VW Bus World...
• Re: Bosch Quad 4 Plugs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 19 Jan 2003 16:46:59 EST
  I have had quad tip plugs in my modified WBX engine and the engine fires INSTANTLY as I just bump the starter. At times...
• Re: vw diesel engine in old type 2
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 7 May 1999 14:48:36 -0400
  ...Conversion would involve getting parts (engine mounts, bell housing, flywheel, cooling system etc.) from a crashed Mexican loaf. Install engine mounts and engine, run...
• Re: Other engine conversion options?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:14:13 -0800
  I've toyed with the idea of putting a Toyota Previa engine in a Vanagon. The Previa engine seems like a good choice since...
• Re: vw diesel engine in old type 2
  Historical mailing list - Scarlett Semko
  Fri, 7 May 1999 18:10:13 -0400
  Martin, Do you know what engine they use? Thanks in advance Ron Semko Orlando Fl. 1984 Vanagon with 200,000 plus miles 1978 300D...
• Re: engine quits, oil sprayed on engine/compartment...smoke...oh my
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:59:56 -0500
  I might have missed it, have you tried to restart the engine? Check the oil, restart, look, listen, smell. A loose rod will make...
• Re: Corvair Engines
  Historical mailing list - Dwight Mattix (Dwight Mattix)
  Mon, 29 Apr 1996 08:29:47 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Hiller 12's look similar but have an aluminum monocoque tail and have Franklin Engines. both engines are 6 cyl vertical opposed. flat/opposed...
• Re: porsche conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:55:40
  ...why do you want an air-cooled engine? >Ive lost 2 engines due to cooling system problems, air cooled might be >my solution....but...
• 6.3 liter TDI engine... not :-(
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 17 Aug 2000 17:08:24 -0400
  Steve wrote: >[...] >There were also several 4 cylinder diesel engines available on the EuroVan >(VW T4), though I don't know if any of...
• I stand corrected.
  Historical mailing list - Rachel Cogent
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:37:35 -0600
  I did a search and discovered that Volkswagen does have a peculiarity of describing the front of their engines as the flywheel side. This...
• Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:00:24 -0400
  ...I was considering replacing it with good used engine, I also considered putting in a used Golf, Jetta or GTI engine in. What I...
• Re: Fixed my Honda, Thought: Honda 2.4 I-VTEC Engine into Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:41:55 -0800
  Find out which way the engine turns first. that late a Honda engine may turn 'normal clockwise.' for many years of Honda engines turned...
• Name that engine...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 Feb 1995 14:15:38 -0500
  ...Its code doesn't match any of the engine codes listed in Muir's book either: Engine code: AW-A Engine size: 109 CID...
• Re: Oops - I let the engine freeze
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Thu, 3 Feb 2011 15:54:30 -0700
  ...In most engines, freeze plugs are placed in the engine block which could protect the engine if no antifreeze was present, or if the...
• Re: Wont start
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:57:09 -0500
  At 07:34 PM 11/25/2012, Harry Hoffman wrote: >flywheel to turn the engine over. Even though the van is now at the...
• Re: Engine conversion on 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 6 May 2009 10:34:16 -0700
  ...BUT, the Zetec engine appears to be really common. A low mileage engine should be easy to find and I'm sure Jim and...
• TiiCo Conversion Engine
  Historical mailing list - James Adams
  Thu, 6 Jun 2002 11:54:46 -0700
  Hello, I have recently had a TiiCo engine put into my 1990 Vanagon GL and I am not very pleased with it, especially considering...
• Re: gov't sure fire way to destroy an engine Re: about oil additives
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:50:51 -0500
  ...Start the engine. >> 7. Run engine at approximately 2000 rpm (for safety reasons do not > operate at >> high rpm) until the engine stops. (Typically...
• Re: What's wrong with my VW? Friday
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 13:38:53 +1300
  >Many of the problems encountered with VW engines is the extreme lack of >maintenance. I can't agree. Modern engines should be low-maintenance...
• Re: Vanagon Engine Swap information please!
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Wed, 29 Oct 1997 07:51:00 +0200
  >I want to install a more powerful engine in my Syncro Transporter. I was >thinking of installing a 2.0L engine from a Audi...
• Re: Wanted: Engine cleaning tips
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 17 Sep 1999 08:36:02 -0700
  If your engine is not bad, first spray the entire engine/compartment with WD40 (outdoors is best). Let it soak. Then spray the entire...
• Engine oil leak
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:49:14 -0700
  I seem to have a substantial oil leak coming off the rear face of my 2.1L engine (88 GL). The problem is that...
• 2.6 l , I5 Cyl. Information
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Fri, 26 Mar 1999 00:25:25 EST
  ...This engine are discontinued,as the saler say. The Kit offer that I posted for the complete conversion is because of the discontinued engine...
• rebuilt engines for '87 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jenny Fontaine
  Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:37:57 -0500
  Hi All, while trying to obtain as much knowledge as possible regarding the variety of rebuilt engines for my '87 Westy, I stumbled upon...
• 914 engine
  Historical mailing list - Jack W. Evans
  Tue, 25 Jun 1996 16:26:49 -0500
  ...I have a 914, and the engine is tired --to say the least--. Is your engine in good running condition, or would it require...
• New Engine Wanted: 85 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jon Durham
  Tue, 8 May 2012 18:30:04 -0500
  I know there is probably a mountain of info on this digest about acquiring a new engine. I think my engine is slowly dying...
• if that Oil Press thing is about an air-cooled engine ..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 21:28:46 -0700
  ...because with an air-cooled engine you wouldn't really have a way to know oil temp ... unless with a gauge .. or with an...
• Vanagon Conversion...
  Historical mailing list - Sylvain B�langer
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 19:37:37 -0400
  I have a 1980 air cooled automatic transmission Vanagon and want to fit a 1990-1997 Jetta or golf engine. Can someone give advice...
• 1.8T engines where to get
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 2 May 2000 16:05:03 -0700
  any y'all know where i can get my hands on a crate 1.8T engine .. it is motronic correct? anyways, just curious... i...
• Re: FW: Vanagon replacement engines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 11:57:56 -0400
  ...2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine Bob Donalds Boston Engine exchange http://www.bostonengine.com
• rude marketing cylinder heads
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 25 Aug 2005 12:08:58 -0500
  ...Both heads came from running engines and have been bead blasted and inspected. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com
• Re: 2.1L engine failure?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 24 May 2010 15:05:59 -0700
  ...Engine died on the highway If you are SURE that there were no red lights, either alternator or temperature, before the engine died and...
• 666 torque, say no more - NVC ;^D
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:25:57 -0400
  ...The German Engineers at work. Maybe a great alternative for a Vanagon Engine conversion!!! .. http://jalopnik.com/5302246/awesome-defined-the-10+liter-radial...
• Engines and parts
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 02:06:45 -0600
  I was searching various sites for engine possibilities and found this. Check it out. There were nine wrecked Passats listed in various areas around...
• Re: Confused owner?
  Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
  Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:01:58 -0400
  I think it is kind of cute how the mechanic likened the VW engine as like a Subaru engine. Especially since the Subaru engine...
• Re: prospective '82 diesel -good mechanicals, so-so body
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:08:04 +0000
  > How about opinions on rebuilt engine with rusty body vs. older > engine and good body? Give me a good body and blown engine-WAY...
• engine speeds
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:35:11 -0500
  Hey fellows that has the golf jetta at or tiico engines what are your engine rpm at 65-70mph? Darrel
• Engine out, CHErry picker is a pain in the ....
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:21:00 -0700
  Hi guys, I have written this up some time ago, and now that a member was asking about how to get the engine out...
• This engine or that engine or that...BUT What is most practical...18K and going.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:03:07 EST
  Given enough time AND money ANY engine can be put in ANY car. But the question is "what is practical for most drivers?" On...
• Re: Other Engine Swaps
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 18:13:21 EDT
  ...I would check out the performance curve of the engine and match it against the vw system to see how compatible it was. For...
• Re: VW Factory engine
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 11:34:59 -0500
  ...Does VW still provide new engines or > rebuilt engines in the U.S ? I don't need a new engine, but was just > wondering...
• Holding off on Engine swaps?
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 24 Apr 1999 23:04:14 -0500
  ...possibility of domestically-produced cars powered by German TDI engines, or other good German engines. Does anybody have any information re upcoming Daimler-Chrysler...