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• Re: Engine oil change interval (VW content...)
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:51:39 -0500
  ...quality oils, and poor quality engines. > > > > > >-- > >============================================================--------- > >Dominique Cormann Email: kozmik@home.com > >Homepage: http://kozmik.guelph.on.ca > >Diesel page: http://kozmik.guelph.on...
• Re: Jetta fires and Mexico specials
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Tue, 20 May 2008 08:40:50 -0700
  ...When I say Diesel Westy, you say SLOW. Basically, when a 'known' system (trans, A/C, engine) or make (Skoda, Aeroflat, Flying Pigeon) is...
• Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!! The cost of Diesel Fuel.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:23:58 -0500
  ...What a >> mess inside the van. >> >> From folks that have Diesel and turbo diesel Vanagons I think one of >> the ways they get better...
• Re: Tiico and Diesel Bent Frame Rails
  Historical mailing list - Sean B.
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:43:03 -0700
  ...Potter" > > '82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt" > > '82 Vanagon GL Diesel "Sluggo" > > '93 EV GL "Klinger" > > '00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo" > > '84 Jetta GL TD "Donor...
• 1.6l TD engine fs $600 complete
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Apr 2000 22:19:10 EDT
  I have a friend that is selling a 1.6l Turbo Diesel engine from a Jetta. This engine was rebuilt 140k miles ago including...
• Re: Diesel vs Gas Vanagons?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:00:55 -0500
  ...This adds > a few cents per gallon to your fuel cost. > > Also, be aware that Diesel-grade engine oil is not the same as...
• Re: VW
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Wed, 23 Sep 2015 18:31:24 -0400
  ...the engineer guy in West Virginia whose crew uncovered this >> VW >> > > problem also found a precedent in the late '90s with big diesel trucks...
• Question on 1.9 Vanagon conversion
  Historical mailing list - Paul A. Cianciolo
  Sat, 15 May 1999 11:56:00 -0400
  ...Diesel Need engine and mounting parts!! Paulc W1VLF Cloudbounce Webpage http://www.qsl.net/w1vlf/ 1986 Vanagon Gas 1982 Vanagon Diesel Need engine and...
• Diesel head gasket blown?
  Historical mailing list - Felder
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:50:48 -0700
  ...The engine starts a little rough but seems to run OK, it's the first diesel I've ever messed with so I'm...
• Re: introduction, story, questions about new '82 diesel westy[longish]
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 06:55:34 -0500
  ...Maynard Southard (OvO) '79 '86 Double Cab Diesel "Col. Potter" '82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt" '82 Vanagon GL Diesel "Sluggo" '93 EV GL "Klinger" '00...
• Re: Engine (VanaJetta) won't shut off when hot.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:34:48 -0700
  ...run-on" caused > by pre-ignition AKA dieseling??? > > It's quite possible for a hot engine to continue to run without spark. > Usually that...
• Re: Diesel Westy (needs new engine) on CL - Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:49:30 -0800
  ...though I'm currently leaning toward a Subie engine conversion. > And yes I tend to change my mind on *some* things. "Diesel, Gas I4...
• Re: On the essential utility of the Bentley
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 01:09:24 -0500
  ...I've found a lot of things missing from both Bentley and Hayes but roughly thirty five years of working on gas engines of...
• Success: tachometer in my TD Syncro Westy!
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 15:01:18 -0500
  Ever since I converted the Westy to the 1.9 TD I have been without a tachometer, as some of you know, the diesel...
• Re: Zetec diesel
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:46:36 -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: '81.5 Diesel 1.6, Won't start
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:35:43 -0500
  ...A diesel vanagon with poor grounds and inferior cables won't start dependable no matter how many starters or batteries you put in it...
• How do you say...
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 20:14:10 -0400
  ...columbus.rr.com 99 A3 Jetta TDI 82 Diesel Westy (with blown engine) + Quantum TD engine 74 Bus (Dad's) 72 Wife, 95 Cat...
• Re: 1.6 litre diesel heads - regular vs turbo-diesel
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Dec 1996 01:10:33 -0700 (MST)
  Mike: >I would check with Ben at European Engine Parts, in Eugene, Oregon, phone >503-485-5148. He may have a valuable comment about...
• Re: Is this coolant pipe position correct? (Pic included)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:25:43 -0800
  ...it's > done diesel vanagon style. > I just copy the diesel vanagon layout for hoses and connections on the > engine and it works perfectly...
• Re: How to do a head reseal on a diesel vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:35:52 -0700
  ...diesel westy. Does > anyone have a better writeup than the bentley, especially, do i need these > specific tools for the drive belt? > The engine...
• Re: Can VW find it's Beetle Juice?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 12 Feb 2005 18:31:53 -0700
  ...The toureg was available with a smaller diesel but there are states that have made it almost impossible to send new diesels to them...
• Re: ..TD conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Dec 1996 00:05:00 -0500
  wkwood@burgoyne.com comments, >While turbocharging a Diesel will clean up the smoke, >you'll actually lean out the engine without the corresponding increase...
• Re: My VW TD - Translation (I think)
  Historical mailing list - robot .
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 15:55:35 PST
  ...This sounds like canabalizing the engine oil because of faulty (worn) lower rings. I saw this after awhile in my folks Turbo Diesel Jeta...
• Free van to good home
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Jan 1995 09:24:26 -0800
  ...Mike Catlin mike_catlin@fire.ca.gov 82 Vanagon diesel 84 Jetta turbodiesel 78 Rabbit diesel 78 Rabbit f.i. (the $150 car that...
• oil changes
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 19:45:29 -0800
  A mechanic mate of mine down here in Oz - only uses diesel engine oil as lubricant in his petrol motor. He claims that the...
• Re: Any Idea what this is?????
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Jul 1999 23:30:43 EDT
  ...the engine is diesel, and sits over/behind the front axle like the old '60's ford greenbrier vans. Looks like a early '60...
• for sale: 1982 diesel westy, 5,500 obo...
  Historical mailing list - scott jones
  Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:52:03 PDT
  ...my 1982 diesel Vanagon Westfalia full camper. She looks and runs great. alternator and battery are less than 2 weeks old. Engine was rebuilt...
• Re: WTB: aircooled tranny
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Tue, 15 Jan 2002 23:06:52 EST
  ...cooled for your Diesel, I doubt that the stock engine will be able to push the higher gear ratios. >> All diesel westy owners take...
• Re: Diesel owners get ready...
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Thu, 9 May 2002 23:38:03 -0700
  >There is a diesel vanagon on e-Bay for sale. It is identical to mine, which >is nice because I have been wondering for...
• Re: Diesel Westy (needs new engine) on CL - Vancouver BC
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:51:57 -0800
  ...year-old westy goes for that amount, what are the runners worth? > And I thought the 1.6 diesels weren't all that loved.
• Re: engine choices
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:55:54 -0800
  ...want to upgrade the engine on eventually. I >have read about several different options, including the VW turbo >diesel, 4 cylinder from an Audi...
• Re: 82' Diesel 1.6 NA Injector leakage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 00:25:19 -0400
  ...82' Diesel 1.6 NA Injector leakage > > I see diesel fuel leakage at the base of the Injector. > .... It works. ... > Starting is getting to...
• Re: On Conversion Engine Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 21 Apr 2002 19:18:38 -0700
  ...My earliest downloads on the issue of diesel engine mods for more power are in 1986. For nearly two years I accumulated material on...
• Re: Zetec diesel
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:18:49 -0800
  ...But all politics aside........technically is the TDCi engine considered "clean diesel" in its current form of development? Thanks, Anthony '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo...
• Re: LVC: OPOC engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:44:49 -0500
  ...Coast Guard cutters (the big white ones) have their 2 main >"diesel" engines running JP5 fuel thru Fairbanks Morse 12 cyl with 2 >pistons...
• Re: The best engine conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Tue, 14 Aug 2001 16:57:11 -0400
  ...If using a diesel bellhousing you don't go above the decklid. Con you usually have to modify the driverside engine bay because the...
• Re: WANTED north American right-front door lock
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:57:32 +1200
  ...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD), for sale 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi...
• Re: 5 speed transmission for Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 23:12:25 +1200
  ...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: Trailer Fishtailing...
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 23 Aug 2001 18:52:20 +1200
  ...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: Buying an '82 Vanagon Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 13:54:17 -0500
  ...Diesel several times while the engine was > hot. I don't know as I'd want to try it with a cold engine, though...
• I-4 info
  Historical mailing list - John \"Shaggy\" Donovan
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 14:48:09 EDT
  I forgot to say, this is what my is.1986 Vanagon GL with a 1985 golf GX engine using parts from a 1983 Diesel...
• Frank G's turbo info
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:29:15 -0700
  ...on exh manifold and engine mounts. http://www.members.shaw.ca/ragnarhairybreeks/me/memain.html Alistair '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94...
• Re: Modified Covers
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:35:02 -0400
  ...raise needed for the engine cover by dropping the engine down similar to the way vw did with the diesel or with the syncro...
• New Super water bug
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Mon, 13 Jul 1998 11:22:09 -0400
  ...89 GTi 16v 87 Syncro 83 Rabbit GTi 82 Vanagon Diesel (w 83 GTi engine)
• Re: why swap engines
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 14:03:15 -0700
  ...Didn't see much advantage in that. > > > Mike, > If you had a tired 49HP diesel engine in a Westy, you would see a big...
• Re: Westy ocassional missing & bucking...
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:35:34 -0400
  ...The power brakes are powered by engine vaccuum. David Brodbeck, N8SRE '82 Diesel Westfalia '94 Honda Civic Si
• Re: Vanagon conversion with Previa engine - anyone has done it?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:17:34 +1300
  ...The first generation gas engine was also available with supercharger. Of course all the diesels are supercharged. -- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3...
• Re: starting engine w/out tranny fluid
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:49:32 -0500
  ...Will I harm the tranny (manual 4 speed 091) if I start the > engine without fluid in the tranny? Of course I will keep...
• vwdiesel mailing list
  Historical mailing list - Tom Guptill
  Tue, 4 Feb 1997 13:40:03 -0500 (EST)
  ...note, I'm looking for a diesel Vanagon in reasonably good condition (i.e. solid body, engine, fuel pump). Anyone looking to part with...
• Re: slow pressure buildup [diesel]
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:36:42 -0400
  ...slow pressure buildup [diesel] > Although my diesel runs fine for some years, there is one thing that > keepsing me, and I wasn't able...
• Re: 82westie 1.6 diesel upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:41:57 -0700
  if you have a stock 82 diesel westy , 1.6 NA .. you can't really add a turbo to that engine .. you 'could' if...
• Re: Diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:17:39 -0700
  dear deisel what a good idea where did you get the donor engine regards On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:15 AM, TJ...
• Re: 1987 Vanagon for sale - without engine.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:06:43 -0700
  ...diesel > conversion, but instead found a diesel Westfalia. I noticed an ad for an > engine on the list yesterday (1.9 WBX engine for...
• 1.9 Wasserboxer differences? (63 kW vs 66 kW)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 24 May 2009 18:55:26 -0700
  ...of discussion on the Diesel-Vanagon lists about the design criteria for the Vanagon. Frank Grunthaler mentioned the engineering data that he scanned and...
• FS diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Steven Broomhead
  Sat, 16 May 1998 18:59:16 -0500
  I have a diesel engine from a 1982 vanagon, head and injector pump have less than 12K miles. The block looks good but it...
• Quantum - Suitable Motor for Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Bertschi
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 07:56:10 -0400
  ...There were several engines used. I'm no expert, but I can think of a 1.9 diesel, 1.9 turbo diesel, and 2...
• Re: 82 vanagon - I need a new engine - questions
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 30 Apr 2002 07:36:21 -0500
  ...I'd think that you can buy a good running Diesel Vanagon for less than a rebuild engine and all that life stealing labor...
• Re: Diesel good idea?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Ohana
  Mon, 3 Jun 2013 23:00:18 -0700
  ...there are expensive parts on them that need rebuilding and gas engines don't even have. I don't know where Organ is. I...
• Re: Replaced Diesel Engine with Honda Civic
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 10:41:26 -0400
  ...82 Westy diesel=>gas conversion 65 Notchback > My diesel in the new camper that I bought broke. In search for > another > engine I found...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon history
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:31:40 EST
  ...It was the most practical choice for the Diesel Vanagon. I heard that someone is planning to sell German 112 hp waterboxer engines in...