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Re: Question on Biodiesel
Historical mailing list - jimt
Tue, 17 May 2005 11:07:37 -0600
...without engine mods. Check the pump though to see what type it is. Commercial bio usually comes in B10 or B20. All diesels can...
Re: Etka favor!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:53:02 -0500
The trick is not to pull the engine, but to lower the engine carrier. This is job for a lift. Hang the engine and...
Re: What does "GL" mean?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 16 Dec 2001 13:50:34 +1200
...0064 (3) 479-7527 1986 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan 1989 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van 1989 Toyota Corona 2...
Re: SDM07- many engine conversions
Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
Wed, 9 May 2007 09:45:56 -0700
...I tried to count up the different engines that had been > installed to replace the original 2.1 waterboxer. > > Here is a list so...
Re: Bostig, Zetex, Tiico - what do those names refer to?
Historical mailing list - Alan Felder
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:10:53 -0500
...wiki/Ford_Zetec_engine > Bostig is the name of Jim Akiba's business: http://www.bostig.com/ > > -- > Alan Felder > Austin TX > 82 Diesel Westy >
Re: FS: Bentley Manual - VANAGON
Historical mailing list - Chris R. Rowland
Wed, 29 Jul 1998 05:50:31 -0600
...1983, 1984, 1985, including air-cooled and water-cooled gasoline >engines, diesel engine, and camper. By Robert Bentley. $20.00 + $5.00 >shipping. > >E...
Re: Gas engine in Diesel Vanagon...finally
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Thu, 30 Jul 1998 09:38:13 -0600
...you're feeling better! Tell us more about your project-what engine did you use, did you swap out the trans, etc.-and would...
Re: Engine oil
Historical mailing list - Jack R
Thu, 21 Jul 2022 12:52:26 -0400
...www.autozone.com/motor-oil-and-transmission-fluid/engine-oil/p/shell-rotella-t6-diesel-engine-oil-hd-full-synthetic-15w-40-1-gal...
Re: Diesel and WBX Coolant Temp gauges same?
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:29:25 -0400
...I wired the low level warning controller as per a 1.9 WBX. > Likely I should wire things as per the diesel, which may...
Re: Low-Level Coolant Blinker
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Mon, 24 Jun 2002 09:13:07 -0400
...Potter" > '82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt" > '82 Vanagon GL Diesel "Sluggo" > '93 EV GL "Klinger" > '00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo" > '84 Jetta GL TD "Donor"
Re: redline waterwetter
Historical mailing list
Mon, 25 Mar 1996 21:35:27 -0500
...It is especially recomended for use in Vanagons or any engine that uses sleeves for cylinders. It is required in most diesels that are...
Re: Thinking swap? ...Stay focused on the context...
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 6 Sep 2000 23:09:59 +1200
...Also, VW itself did an experimental rear-engined supercharged WBX Polo wagon in the earlier 90s but never put into production. I suspect that...
82 Vanagon D: oil light blinks on after hard braking
Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:08:33 -0700
...I just drove my 1982 Vanagon diesel after it had been sitting for two years during which I replaced the main and connecting rod...
Re: Raised floor heater duct in diesels
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:59:53 -0800
...All European Diesels have different sheet metal in front of the shifter. Once my 1987 Turbo Diesel Syncro Westfalia High Top (say that three...
Re: Engine Is In!
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:04:10 -0700
...Diesel > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:10:06 -0700 > > From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > > Subject: Engine Is In! > > > > Images of mounted engine...
Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:44:22 -0800
...diesel, converted to gas I4 way back in '94. At that time my van had around '95K miles on it. The transplant engine was...
Re: TII conversion
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 5 Jun 2000 15:41:39 EDT
I have seen the TII conversion and it is nothing more than a Diesel type set up with a gas engine. I drive a...
January HMN adds
Historical mailing list
Sat, 4 Jan 1997 10:47:19 +0000
...are supposed to DEDUCT half of list value for a diesel engine.) '82 diesel Westy, 93k, synthetics (what?), beautiful $5950 (706)965-7580 GA...
Re: 82 diesel 1.6na- Blowing out filters
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 20 Jun 2015 09:37:57 -0400
These engine normally operate at oil pressures up to 90 psi. The oil pressure relief is in the pump itself. Yu may have one...
Re: FRIDAY diesel conversion option
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:14:08 -0700
Theonly reason this engine can't be used in a vanagon is the transmission can't handle the torque. Fuel milage won't be...
Re: HHO Kits
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:15:49 -0400
...David Beierl wrote... diesel fuel to obtain 1.125 units of HHO fuel. Now you run it back >into the engine and burn it...
Re: A dirty Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:50:06 -0800
Castrol Super Clean It'll clean diesel engine oil off the back hatch. (It'll also take the color right off your red license...
Re: EBay item Throttle Cable
Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 19:43:40 -0700
...cable on the diesel Vanagon. Goes from the > accelerator > pedal Oh OK, I thought there was a gnarbule for the engine speed also making...
Potential new Vanagon owner {long}
Historical mailing list - Michael Townsend
Thu, 20 Aug 1998 11:46:30 -0400
...changing the engine. I have heard of someone on the diesel list changing a 1.9l Canadian Turbodiesel into a regular diesel. Is it...
Re: Bostig, Zetex, Tiico - what do those names refer to?
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:47:18 -0600
...NOT a good motor for a heavy vanagon IMNSHO >> >> >> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Alan Felder >>>> Austin TX >>>> 82 Diesel Westy >>>> >>> >> > > > -- > Alan Felder > Austin TX > 82 Diesel Westy >
Re: Golf/Jetta engine in gas Vanagon
Historical mailing list
Mon, 14 Oct 1996 17:58:23 -0700
...As long as you have a Diesel to get parts from, it's "Fairly" striaght forward. One of the biggest problems we run into...
Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:34:06 -0800
...At the same time VW >> had plenty of good gasoline I4 engines - using a lot of the same >> parts as the diesel-i4 - so...
Selling my 82 Diesel Vanagon ASI Camper
Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:15:11 -0400
I'm reluctantly selling my 82 diesel Vanagon ASI camper. I bought the vehicle back in February as a realization of a long-term...
Re: Get engines??
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 5 Jan 2013 10:50:37 -0500
...How many incorrectly machined heads cut the gaskets? How about valve stems wearing the point the keepers would fall off? The Diesel engine is...
Re: oil drain AHU diesel
Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
Thu, 3 Jul 2014 10:45:11 -1000
...van was a diesel, an upgraded 1.9TD that used the stock 1.6NA oil pan. > > I bought a re-engineered drain bolt from...
Help...
Historical mailing list - Lisa Allseits
Fri, 6 Apr 2001 13:54:02 -0700
...I'm not even sure how much alteration is necessaary, since it's the same diesel engine inported here. Hope only safety (DoT) fearures...
Re: repost- guy wants to buy
Historical mailing list
Wed, 19 Jul 95 16:46:35 EDT
...Also, check the engine from top -- in mine the coolant was forming a small pool at a depression on the engine block right under...
Re: TDI in the Paris-Dakar Rally?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Sat, 27 Jan 2001 23:26:04 -0800
...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi) 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon 1989...
Re: Whoa! H6 subie & Dieselboxer
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Wed, 5 Sep 2007 11:01:03 +1200
...but the secondhand owner can still expect cracking heads. <http://www.autoblog.com/photos/subaru-boxer-turbo-diesel/176943/> The engine appears...
Re: F/ Rear-engined Van Video
Historical mailing list - Rick Sherrod (Certifiable VW mech)
Tue, 2 Dec 1997 12:27:28 +0000
...F/ Rear-engined Van Video: No VW Content: Pidgeon German-American Overdub Joel Walker wrote: > > i don't know about the rest of the...
help me stop the oil light from blinking!
Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
Thu, 30 Mar 2000 23:37:06 EST
Hi again, My oil light blinks when the engine revs go over about 2500 ( and then stay on) in my 87 2.1 wolfsburg...
Ebay update - stuff I have for auction - corrections
Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
Tue, 5 Dec 2000 00:27:53 -0500
...513300875 84 NA diesel injection pump http://cgi.ca.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=513369209 84 diesel engine that came from...
diesel Rusty Cam
Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
Thu, 8 Nov 2001 12:16:15 -0800
...My rebuilt engine has been sitting on the floor of the van until I get time to put it in. In the meantime, a...
Starting Troubles...again
Historical mailing list - Dave Chameides
Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:00:55 -0800
...these things? I know with gas engines it�s basically fuel or fire. So in a diesel would it be fuel or compression? Dave
LVC Does anyone know what years Diesel syncro VW LT's were made?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:26:52 -0400
...add on camper body - I think it's called the "Florida"), diesel engine, and syncro four wheel drive. Does anyone know what years I...
Re: Which Engine To Install and by Whom
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 14 May 2012 18:07:08 -0700
...There's an inline 5 Audi engine too. There is the Nissan V-6 . and in VW diesel ...about 6 choices there .. best ones...
Re: Propane fired airconditioning
Historical mailing list - Matthew Bulley
Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:43:48 -0700
...Most are diesel fired; converting diesel through a piston/compression ignition engine to spin a traditional compressor + evaporator/condenser combination. This type of diesel...
Re: Oil question - synthetic, 'real' oil, etc
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Sat, 13 Apr 2002 10:27:39 -0500
Stan Wilder wrote: > The diesel engines in 18 wheelers with turbo chargers use the same oil > that you do. It might be noted that...
Re: AHU MTDI vs. ABA?
Historical mailing list - Jason
Sat, 7 Sep 2019 16:35:30 -0400
...I am thinking 2.5 Subaru but my son wants to keep it > > original with diesel engine. > > https://www.boxeer.com/ > > > > dan > > > > On Sat...
Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel
Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:12:50 -0600
...Unless you are very attached to diesel, you can get better yet mpg and lower cost overall, by considering a Subaru H6 3.0...
Re: Bostig, Zetex, Tiico - what do those names refer to?
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:17:30 -0600
...wiki/Ford_Zetec_engine >> Bostig is the name of Jim Akiba's business: http://www.bostig.com/ >> >> -- >> Alan Felder >> Austin TX >> 82 Diesel Westy >> >
Re: T-3 Transaxle Needed: 82 Diesel Westy
Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
Wed, 29 Apr 1998 12:28:08 -0600
...swapped to a more powerful engine, or put on really > > small > > tires, the 4.57 will make your diesel agonizingly underpowered. > > Going to more...
Hot Engines for Swapping!
Historical mailing list
Tue, 25 Jan 2000 17:35:32 EST
...The third is the AAZ 1.9l Turbo Diesel engine complete with turbo, intake, exhaust manifold, water pump, timing belt and cover, injectors and...
Re: Diesel as carb/injector cleaner?
Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 08:10:20 -0500
>"I really shouldn't be telling you this 'cos I want to sell injector >cleaner but putting >a litre or two of diesel in...
Bostig Zetec conversion in Seattle area?
Historical mailing list - Pat Little
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:05:52 -0800
...the cost of a new VW engine. So, I am thinking about alternatives. I drove a diesel conversion done by a local company near...
Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:05:00 -0400
...The question is: > > > > If a 1982 Westy has been converted from diesel to gasoline (1.8L engine > taken from a 1987 VW Jetta - the...
15 degree swap..aha!
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Fri, 9 Nov 2007 08:50:47 -0800
...diesel parts to the gas parts can't be huge work...And having hoses fit (sometimes) the same air cleaner, no re-engineering of...
Re: Zetec diesel
Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:00:47 -0500
...thoughtful reply. >> >> But all politics aside........technically is the TDCi engine considered "clean diesel" in its current form of development? >> >> Thanks, Anthony >> '89 Syncro...
Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
Tue, 14 May 2013 07:57:12 -0400
...Where does one find an Audi A3A engine? To what vehicles was it fitted? The diesel vanagon oil pan and bellhousing, mounting cradle etc...
Re: Parts for conversion to inline VW engine
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:50:21 -0800
...Parts for conversion to inline VW engine > Local seller is selling parts from an 82 diesel. Includes mounts, oil pan > & pump, bell housing, flywheel...
Re: vanagon 1.9l diesel oil blow by in air filter issue?
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:40:31 -0500
My limited knowledge of diesels is further limited to Mercedes turbodiesels, so take what I tell you with a huge grain of salt... Looking...
Re: German Golfs (was RE: Diesels in California?!)
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:09:28 +0200
...I know that > the VR6 > engines were imported to Mexico from Germany. > > PerL > 87 Syncro 112i
Re: California Bienniel Inspections 86-later
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 7 May 2010 00:23:25 -0400
...try to get more power and > more smoke out of there Diesel engines. So the inspection is to find > Vehicles they smoke and/or...
Re: Diesel Auxillary Heater
Historical mailing list - T G
Tue, 22 Feb 2000 22:57:45 -0800
...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I removed the diesel auxiliary heater from my 82 Westy recently to repair >some torn rubber boots and hopefully try...
Re: Forgot to replace flywheel-to-crank bolts
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Mon, 26 Nov 2001 19:18:59 -0800
...especially diesel folks)- > Let's just say hypothetically I know this dumb idiot who, in the course of > rebuilding his diesel engine, neglected to...