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• V6anagon un-V6'ed (continued a little more)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 16 Apr 1996 11:20:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Another poster asked if I was considering losing the V6 and going back to a Type-4. ******************************************************************** ** ** ** FFFFFFF IIIIII EEEEEEE ** ** FF II EE ** ** FF...
• Re: [T2] AFC injection problem
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 21:08:39 -0400
  ...type 4 engine!! > > But not in VW's humble opinion. Here are the > specs from oldvolkshome.com for a 7.5btdc timed > engine (note...
• Re: Head temperature sensor
  Historical mailing list - francoix gagnon
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 08:19:48 EDT
  ...Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:26:02 -0700 > >Francoix, > >Not that high! > >The Type 4 VW engine is prone to dropping exhaust valve seats...
• Re: Choosing a case sealer
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:44:03 -0700
  ...I've used the product(s) to assemble aircooled engines (Type 1 and Type 4 in the past with excellent results thanks to the...
• Re: The Clutch Eater
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 02 Apr 1996 10:10:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...And, this Chevy engine might have a different arrangement than the original type-4 engine, although Kennedy once told me that the Chevy conversion...
• Re: Wasserboxer Horsepower Increase, an intellegent discussion
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 1 May 1998 10:47:19 -0700
  ...Everything is working well but I would like to >improve the oil pressure. ************************************************* No, unfortunately the Oil Pump on the Type 4 based engined...
• Re: Engine advise
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Tue, 18 Feb 2003 08:02:14 -0500
  ...The cheap engines that are seen advertised are just that. I have built several type 4 and WBX motors over the last few years...
• Buses FS (CT,MA,NY Areas)
  Historical mailing list - Ron Van Ness
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 08:44:30 -0400
  ...Free standing engine rebuild stand for VW case, much heavier duty than the commonly available bench mounted type $40; '66 bus front doors $40...
• Re: Price of 81 Vanagon engine? Plus Oil Cooler question
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:56:26 -0500
  The absolutely cheapest you will find a type 4 engine in operating condition is in an 1975-1979 bus or earlier 411/412...buy...
• Re: Heat exchangers
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 20 Oct 94 16:12:41 CDT
  ...august of 1971 are actually the 1972 models (with the type 4 engine ... which has very different heat exchangers). you bus would have been...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, VW using oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:57:52 -0800
  ...They type 4 still had a removable inlet screen that >> could be serviced at every oil change. >> >> Dennis >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Joe Luther
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:16:50 -0500
  ...General engine bolt/nut sizes As improved over the type 1 engine that the type 4 or Vanagon engine is, the load and emissions...
• Re: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:43:40 -0600
  ...not a Waser Boxer guy but on type 2 and type 4 engines I use two of the tire tools used for changing motorcycle...
• Re: Craigslist 72 Bus
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 12:58:25 -0600
  ...The first year the type 4 motor went in there, they didn't bother to put an access hatch from the top to get...
• 1.9L Build early stages rod question
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 6 Nov 2005 23:35:32 -0500
  ...9L rod bearings the same?? or are they the same as type 4? or 1.9L special? ( to me they look like type 1...
• Re: V-belt failure & engine health
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 26 Nov 2001 06:55:58 -0800
  ...Type 4 engines (and flat > Bug-type ie Type 3) have crank-mounted fans, so a broken belt may > cause a flat battery but...
• F/ Guns!?? I got your guns right here!! (vw-powered guns, that is...)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 16:23:29 -0500
  ...Carrying the designation Type 127, the unit is, in fact, the 1800cc twin carburettor 'Type 4' engine as fitted to the VW 411/412...
• oil temp up
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 21:53:03 -0500 (CDT)
  ...type 4 engine kept running fine. The only three differences I can think of compared to previous trips was 1) my switch from Castrol...
• Re: Japanese Westy
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 7 Jun 2008 18:57:07 +1200
  ...Reliability depends on the engine type. 4th-gen Hiaces came with these engines: 2L 2.4 diesel 2L-T 2.4 turbodiesel 3L 2...
• Re: Rocker Bolts
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:33:26 -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...
• Re: TIICO- Oil Filters - P/N Clarification
  Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
  Sat, 3 Nov 2001 22:02:30 -0800
  ...on my old 1835cc engines because they wouldn't pop when the pressure got too high for the type 4 filters. Second, the P...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:44:28 -0700
  ...I've been told that these do not fit water cooled engines, but I'm not the expert. I have been running a carb...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 12:12:30 EDT
  ...Or am I just trying to over engineer something? Anyone with experience with an auxiliary oil cooler might know if I am trying to...
• Re: Cool Air-Cooled (long)
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 7 Feb 2002 08:22:30 -0500
  ...Does anyone want to tell us the secret of Jake Raby's cool running type 4 engines? Chuck Hill
• Re: oil temp. gauge & sender 72-79 models
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 May 1996 01:22:04 -0400
  ...oil sump plate just below the oil filler on the Type 4 style engines. Having owned a '73 and currently an '80 Vanagon I...
• Re: Vngns ARE junk!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 22:48:49 +1300
  ...yes? In fact the T3 engine IS a modified Type 1, adapted for watercooling; NOt a Type 4. The crank is interchangable with a...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:25:28 -0500
  ...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: valves -> rebuild
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 01:21:46 -0500
  ...We're talking about a '75 type 4 engine, 1.8 liter and >fuel-injected. Questions arise... > >1) do I really need to drop...
• Re: Tom Wilson Head Torquing
  Historical mailing list - Sami Dakhlia
  Tue, 26 Dec 1995 11:30:45 -0600 (CST)
  ...The previous sequence is for all type 1-3 engines with 10mm studs, and all type 4s. Types 1-3 engines from '73-on...
• Engine conversions (was: Why do we all love our "bricks" so much?)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 28 Dec 1995 12:30:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...In my V6anagon (this might also be true of a type-4-engined loaf) there is a LOT of room on either side of...
• Re: can't find timing marks
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:31:00 -0800
  ...http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ignition.htm#V8384 The plastic (or metal) gauge you refer to is used on the aircooled Type 4 style engine...
• Re: EMERGENCY POWER PLANT
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 03:26:09 -0500
  ...Of course, a type 4 motor would be easier, as cooling fan is direct drive, alt pulley could be used for generator drive, no...
• Re: OHC heads on VW luftboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:31:49 +1200
  ...and you'd need a Type 4 base (well, who in their right mind would hop-up a Beetle engine anyway? Grenade...). Good for...
• Re: Mexican buses
  Historical mailing list - Vanman
  Thu, 13 May 1999 09:13:45 -0700
  ...you can get a beetle engine, a porsche engine, >or a type 4 bus engine. only real downside was that the cost >of the...
• Some 1600cc questions.
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Mon, 15 May 1995 14:28:00 +0100 (BST)
  ...of the same type for both engines? Having changed the engine mounting arrangement to suit the type 4 style (i.e.) solid mountings on...
• Re: Aircooled rules
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 12:22:49 -0800
  ...There was a reason why the Type 4 engine > was developed. But that's a different subject.... > > This long response is case in point...
• Re: Commentary on Air Cooled Cylinder Heads
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:19:19 -0400
  I currently use new AMC heads on my rebuilds for the following reasons the type 4-2 heads take a beating and see hotter...
• Re: Oversized main bearings?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 24 May 2012 00:18:33 -0400
  In general the aluminum cases of the type 4 based air cooled engines and the water boxers hold up much better than the magnesium...
• Sale Prices for Parts
  Historical mailing list
  2 Nov 95 11:54:52 -0600
  Automotion (mentioned here as a source for type 4 engine & related parts) recently sent me a sale flyer. It appears that they are offering...
• Re: Oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 21:52:42 -0500
  ...I've seen lots of things but 99% of the Vanagon and Type 4 engines I've seen still need the OEM cooler. In...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:42:36 -0500
  ...General engine bolt/nut sizes As improved over the type 1 engine that the type 4 or Vanagon engine is, the load and emissions...
• Re: Air cooled blocks
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 13:43:27 -0800
  ...anyone know if the blocks for the 1.8 liter type 4 engines are > interchangeable with a 2 liter block? I have a 2...
• Vanagon TSB's Technical Service Bulletins
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:33:31 -0400
  ...92-02) Vanagon Driveability Complaints * (24/24-90 T01) Rough Idle, Engine Stalls - Tow in * (17/87-05) Oil Cooler seal leaks in extreme...
• Re: Mr Lube / Walmart oil changes OK? I have the 'Mahn' OEM Oil Filter....
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:33:58 -0700
  ...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: What in fuel can wreck engine?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:15:09 -0800
  So we are talking engine blow why did you not say so I have spoken with Jake Raby the type 4 man deluxe he...
• Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off Why, VW using oil filters
  Historical mailing list - Tyler Hardison
  Thu, 31 Dec 2015 19:37:25 -0800
  ...They type 4 still had a removable inlet screen that >>> could be serviced at every oil change. >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Vanagon Mailing List...
• was:Re: '79 westy For Sale/ vw 411-412
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 Nov 1998 18:23:03 EST
  ...a front and rear "trunk" but they had the type 4 pancake ( late bus) engine. they are quite comfortable to drive ( i used to...
• Re: Aircooled rules
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:34:47 -0800
  ...There was a reason why the Type 4 > engine > > was developed. But that's a different subject.... > > > > This long response is case in point...
• Re: Aircooled Cylinder Head Temps - first observations
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:04:13 -0800
  My Type 4 mechanic recommend throwing away my stock exhaust (which included a catalytic converter) in favor of a Bugpack header & muffler combo. Not...
• spin-on filters
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:46:23 -0800
  ...The engine case was essentially the same as any late model bug or case you've ever seen, EXCEPT that VW FINALLY got around...
• Re: Mr Lube / Walmart oil changes OK? I have the 'Mahn' OEM Oil Filter....
  Historical mailing list - Burdett, Jean-Pierre
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:54:20 -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: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Mon, 14 Feb 2011 16:50:40 -0500
  ...Also, Joe's discussing an air-cooled Vanagon 2.0 Type 4 engine. It doesn't have a magnesium Type 1 case that flexes...
• Re: Engine Stands. Which works best for WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:30:14 -0500
  Hi John Most Engine stands will work if they have the adjustable mount points on it. Ive used a roll around standard Bug type...
• Re: 1972 (en... morphing to rear apron disscussion :-).
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 12:50:57 +0600
  ...Always learning, always learning..... >It is possible to put the type 4 engine in the '73 with the fan housing on. >I have always...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon Ignition
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 03 May 1996 09:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...type-4, or Thing that has/had a gas heater, and mount it in your dash. Want to play the radio while your engine...
• Re: high volume oil pump
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:35:37 -0700
  ...However, if you're building a dragstrip or hi-po engine, running separate finned oil coolers and such, then the BKHD may be desirable...
• Re: WBX in Porsche
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:37:35 -0700
  ...Or even an authentic 912E engine, which I have. (But since they only made 2099 total cars, original spare engines and junkyard parts are...
• Re: General engine bolt/nut sizes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:21:35 -0500
  ...General engine bolt/nut sizes As improved over the type 1 engine that the type 4 or Vanagon engine is, the load and emissions...
• Andrew Grebneff caught on VW&Porsche magazine 1991
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:52:15 EDT
  ...On page 12 there was a letter that read: <<SIX CHANGE It's good to see that Type 4 engines are finally starting to...
• RE: '81 Westy Pilot Bearing
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 10:21:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...present ones be saved? I know, my engine is the Chevy V6, not a VW type-4, so things may be very different. But...