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• Re: Raceware Head Studs
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 09:59:11 -0400 (AST)
  > I have heard a lot about RACEWARE studs for the Wasserboxer heads. >Supposedly they have been able to stop the leaky head gasket syndrome...
• Re: fwd: Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 15:12:31 EDT
  ...Also would it be outrageous to put the extra oil cooler for a vanagon in the front grille a la porsche or wasserboxers? DC
• What is redline?
  Historical mailing list - CBK
  Mon, 8 May 2000 10:41:06 -0700
  ...What is so special about it? Should I use it in my `88 Wasserboxer Vanagon? Thanks, Brion Laguna Beach, Calif.
• Re: High Performance Wasseboxers?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:17:51 -0500
  ...Following is the note from the high performance wasserboxer people , I > would normally never post a private message to the list but feel this...
• Some points on why the Wasserboxer was the way for me...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 23:51:38 EST
  ...And the Wasserboxer has its own problems which are well known. When I looked at the engine possibilities AND my POCKETBOOK, I choose to...
• Re: Top end problems, 2liter motor
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sat, 23 Sep 2000 07:25:47 -0500
  ...Sorry I thought you were asking about a wasserboxer. I have never had a timing light on a 2 L. The 1.8L on...
• 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
  ...I suspect a lot of the wasserboxer problems are due to the same situation. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si
• Re: I am not alone
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 23 Feb 2014 21:08:09 -0500
  ...Since the vast majority of water cooled Vanagons have wasserboxer engines, the odds are overwhelming that if a Vanagon has an engine failure it...
• Turbos
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 Apr 1996 23:40:36 -0700
  ...I just read that Dennis Haynes asked about a turbo >for the wasserboxer. It would be great if *someone* developed one for the >Vanagons...
• 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...
• Seattle Area Body Shop?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:27:02 -0700
  ...Seattle, WA '87 GL Wasserboxer '82 L Diesel '89 Jetta Diesel
• Re: WasserBoxer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 13 Aug 2000 22:32:46 PDT
  Do you drive 70+ on the >highway with the AC on then pull into a rest area and instantly turn off >the engine? > Whats...
• K&N Part Number?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 16 Mar 2001 09:21:20 -0800
  ...a royal pain trying to get the P/N out of K&N. Does anyone have it handy? (1.9 ltr. Wasserboxer.) Thx. Jim
• injector resistance
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 14:59:02 -0400
  ...Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '82 VW diesel westy '84 GL wasserboxer
• 1.9 L ebgine for sale
  Historical mailing list - Data Services
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:06:29 -0400
  Hi Volk Dave here with the 1.9 L wasserboxer for sale. I'm located in the Boston area. Thanks for the responce! And...
• Re: Wasserboxer engine rebuild manual?
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:26:09 -0500
  Blueprint from VW Germany! Or the guys who design the wasser, he is in re-hab house as we speak. Men, those guys must...
• Re: Flywheel Craziness for 83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Baird
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 15:54:22 -0400
  ...Volkswagen....go something odd???? Like sending us the wasserboxer when they had perfectly good inline engines (like those sold elsewhere)....... I had a J...
• Wet Westies ... clarification, please
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 8 Dec 2006 20:43:46 -0500
  ...I've seen some posts that indicated they were a wasserboxer group ... hence the wet. Which is REALLY correct? Mike
• TDI gearing changes?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 17:54:13 -0400
  ...Current wasserboxer redline = 5200rpm Current wasserboxer @70mph = 4000rpm w/ 27"x8.5 tires Future TDI redline = 4600rpm Future TDI @70mph = 3550 w/ 27"x8...
• Re: Anyone looking to trade a diesel for a wasserboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 16:12:55 -0700
  ...Anyone looking to trade a diesel for a wasserboxer? >Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 09:32:28 -0400 > >I have an '85 7-passenger...
• Re: 1.9 Wasserboxer differences? (63 kW vs 66 kW)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 24 May 2009 21:12:41 -0600
  "How do I make my US spec 1.9 give me a torque curve like that?" Turbo? 4 lbs. boost. Daryl has used one...
• Leaking Tranny Fluid in 1986 Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - johnny Raffi
  Thu, 24 Jul 2003 08:07:59 -0700
  This problem has gotten so bad, that i need to refill the tranny with ATF twice a week or more!! How do i fix...
• have a spare Bentley manual for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Gina
  Mon, 5 Jul 2004 17:55:49 -0400
  ...list might have one to sell? I've got an 85 wasserboxer danke, Gina ...kaufe es, es w�re dumm, es nicht zu tun
• 2.1L Wasserboxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 5 May 1998 17:42:02 -0700
  My 2.1 wasserboxer is for sale (fits 86-91 Vanagons, all others with a bit of messing around). First up the known problems...
• Re: '81 Engine work
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 23 Jun 95 10:21:00 PDT
  ...The telescoping tubes allow a pushrod tube to be changed without removing the cylinder HEAD on the type I and wasserboxer. The design of...
• DS-Tuning, company profile
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Sat, 21 Feb 1998 21:28:41 +0100
  ...engines DM 450.00 Alfa Romeo wasserboxers DM 480.00 Ford V6, Polo DM 550.00 Subaru wasserboxers DM 600.00 AUDI 5 Cyl...
• Re: Gotta Be a Wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 14:11:48 -0000
  ...Gotta Be a Wasserboxer! > > > > Really, where is the WB advantage? > > Simple.... > > Try to get any dealer or almost any mechanic to work on a...
• 1983 1.9 liter Wasserboxer for sale
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pohlhammer
  Mon, 3 Dec 2001 22:48:44 -0800
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Just repowered my Westy with Legacy 2.2 liter, so the 1.9 liter Wasserboxer is available...
• 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: temp gauge, wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 07:02:49 -0700
  ...i spared > him my opinion and lack of knowledge of the > wasserboxer but asked him what > his temp gauge was showing. he said the...
• Wasserboxer engine rebuild manual?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:27:35 -0500
  Just what *is* the proper workshop manual for rebuilding Wasserboxers? Is it readily available, or out of print and hard to find? Not that...
• 84 auto Wasserboxer gas tank problems
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 15 Apr 1997 21:09:10 -0400 (EDT)
  Has anyone else had a problem with the internal plastic gas tank hose supposedly collapsing and cutting off the gas supply causing their box...
• JOEL, change the stats!
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Tue, 25 Mar 1997 11:56:53 -0500
  Hi Volks, The 83.5 wasserboxer will be gone on Saturday. That leaves us with: 1986 weekender 1971 westy 1960 westy 1984 westy weekender...
• Re: Idle Problem (87 Wasserboxer)
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 20:54:08 -0400
  >Nice helpful attitude! I've been with the list for 2 1/2 years and I >haven't seen the solution yet...so stop...
• Recomended Brake Fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 19 May 2006 12:47:58 -0400
  Hi All, The list has always preeched the use of special coolant to protect wasserboxer heads, lots of people love redline MT90 transmission oil...
• Re: Points and rotors
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:27:56 +0100
  ...Bosch 1 234 332 303 Rotor, rev limiter >5400rpm (stock rotor for Transporter= T3/ Vanagon, 2.0 and 1.9 wasserboxer) Bosch 1 234...
• Jetta heater core
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 08 Nov 95 16:45 CST
  ...In view the location of such hoses in wasserboxer Vanagons I *have* wondered about the possibility myself. The plastic cover for the front heater...
• Re: The Misadventures of Vanagon Stan. Long, Long
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 19 Jun 2002 11:35:23 -0700
  ...It makes me wonder why you so often deride the wasserboxer when you've just given more than sufficient proof that (as most of...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 11:11:42 -0500
  ...I removed the fuel injectors from my wasserboxer to transfer them to my Tiico inline-4. The hard plastic (ceramic?) tip of one of...
• Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:53:46 -0500
  ...I removed the fuel injectors from my wasserboxer to transfer them to my Tiico inline-4. The hard plastic (ceramic?) tip of one of...
• raceware vanagon head studs
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 24 Dec 1995 13:37:33 -0500 (EST)
  ...i think i will try a set of those redesigned head studs for the wasserboxer. worth a shot i think. maybe they have a...
• Wasserboxer Engine Life
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 22 May 1996 14:17:58 +1000
  I have an 84 Westy with 167,000 miles. Still going strong. I bought it used with around 100,000 miles but no work...
• Stainless Exhausts?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 12:55:33 -0700
  ...Seattle, WA '89 Oil Burning Jetta "Jake" '87 Wasserboxer GL "Lewis" '82 Oil Burning L "Billie Rae"
• fuel pressure regulator
  Historical mailing list - Woody Halsey
  Sat, 5 Feb 2000 12:44:00 -0500
  Dear List, Is replacement of the fuel pressure regulator on my Wasserboxer wise preventative maintenance after 16.5 years? Do they inevitably wear out...
• July 4th, State College
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 11:25:35 -0400
  ...Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '82 VW diesel westy '84 GL wasserboxer
• 83+ 4spd manual tranny rebuild cost?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Barrett
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 23:27:01 -0500
  Folks, Can anyone give me an idea of what they've paid for a wasserboxer tranny (four-speed manual) rebuild? I'm assuming I...
• Re: Turbo wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:25:20 EDT
  In a message dated 7/14/2003 3:21:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > are turbos more trouble prone...
• Re: Cylinder Types
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 13 Dec 2003 22:57:56 +1300
  ...They'll make a VW wasserboxer last longer.
• Re: bad engine survey
  Historical mailing list - Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:41:06 -0800
  ...I have owned two Wasserboxers, each bought new, but each has it's own distinct story. I bought an '84 Wolfsburg which was my...
• A newcomer seeks advice...
  Historical mailing list - J. Anton Elmquist
  Sat, 2 Dec 95 16:56:52 UT
  ...a) a 1971 camper, some rust, rebuilt engine and clutch, and b) a 1986 Wasserboxer, scratches on body, 130K, new clutch... I'm leery...
• Re: Vanagon case breather hose...
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 May 1996 12:30:50 -0400
  On May 14, 1996, Grungy was looking for Wasserboxer Oil Breather Hose: Most dealers I've dealt with will just sell you the desired...
• Re: SA 3,2litre WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 08:26:23 +0200
  Hi from SA There are no standard "3,2 litter 6-cylinder wasserboxer" here that I am aware of. The different models were: 2...
• Re: wasserboxer problem
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 07:55:04 -0700
  ...VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 5:29 AM Subject: wasserboxer problem > Hi > > I'm new to this list, and not an experienced...
• FW: Vanagon replacement engines
  Historical mailing list - Kirchner, Tony
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 17:44:20 -0600
  ...Eurocars) to install one of his 2.2L wasserboxers. At this point I've got just about 1K on it and the performance is...
• Re: Wanted! 1600cc Vanagon Engine Case- REALLY!
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 6 Jan 95 9:26:16 PST
  > > To build a UNIQUE engine for my '69 Beetle! > (No, NOT for my '88 Wasserboxer! I'm crazy, not stupid!) > > These cases have *cast...
• Re: Flywheel Craziness for 83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 10:42:19 -0400
  ...I don't think many wasserboxers built during this timeframe were imported to North America. Dennis Haynes' guess is probably right; that VW started...
• I've got photocopies of '85 Vanagon wiring diagrams.
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Fri, 11 Nov 1994 15:06:16 -0500 (EST)
  ...Sorry, I've only got '85...However all wasserboxers are probably somewhat similar. Cheers <sstones@io.org> SStones Toronto, Ontario.
• Re: subaru engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dan Moy
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 13:30:09 -0400
  ...From what I seen the torque is lower in the subaru engine compared to the wasserboxer, which may be a consern for longevity. Dan
• rod bolts part #?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Fri, 11 May 2001 22:28:28 -0400
  ...bolts would work with a new oversized piston set? (068 107 081BB) Bradley Flubacher State College, PA '82 VW diesel westy '84 GL wasserboxer