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• Re: fastest vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 23:24:11 +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: Propane Fueled Turbo Diesel Injection
  Historical mailing list - G. Lee
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:31:38 -0600
  ...Which you don't want anyway :) Propane engines can have a high compression ratio because it has higher octane than gasoline, generally around 110...
• diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert
  Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:30:55 -0400
  ...Made it 150 miles before the engine gave up. I knew we were in trouble when the golf cart passed us going up the...
• Re: New Engine?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 18:04:10 -0400
  ...little turbine-piston device is the equivalent of a huge Cummins > diesel engine simply because they both displace a similar quantity of > air on...
• Deisel Drop
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 19:26:26 -0500 (CDT)
  ...vanagon diesel engine out on cardboard -- with enough lifting to be careful of the pan. Leave more room if you have the engine on...
• Conversions-16v?
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:24:04 -0600
  ...VW 2 liter 16v engines of the 1989-94 era? It certainly would bolt to the bellhousing of the diesel. I know it's...
• Diesel Vanagon FS
  Historical mailing list - J Frank Hammontree
  Fri, 1 May 1998 19:06:05 -0400
  A friend of mine form school is looking to sell his 82 diesel Vanagon. The body has 240k with an engine that has 85k...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:43:43 -0700
  ...1.9 diesel blocks are a whole inch taller than a 1.6 block.. and they fit in a diesel vanagon nicely. I do...
• Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger" HOLD IT!!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:26:44 -0400
  ...yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger" HOLD IT!! > Malcolm, > > I don't know, but I attribute it to the fact that I can drive...
• Re: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!! The cost of Diesel Fuel.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:32:47 -0400
  ...What a >> mess inside the van. >> >> From folks that have Diesel and turbo diesel Vanagons I think one of >> the ways they get better...
• Someone wanted Eurovan parts...
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 13 Feb 1999 22:25:04 -0500
  ...Had a minor engine fire. They paid about $1400 salvage so >a bid suitably over that could land the van unless they already put...
• Re: LED tailights/ Interior lights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 22:16:17 +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: crashing....
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 21 Oct 2001 21:47:05 +1200
  ...with Subaru EG33 engine etc) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 sedan 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 van 1989...
• Re: How to change a starter?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:56:02 -0400
  ...I've done it on Diesels a few times. Starter is mounted on the bellhousing forward on the engine bay on both gas and...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Re: HELP WATER IN MY TANK!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:39:31 -0400
  ...Add five gallons of Diesel to fuel tank. Use electric pump to prime the system. Loosen fuel lines at injectors and crank engine until...
• Re: new Tiico diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 16:27:00 -0500
  ...The engine is used/rebuilt but it sounds like a good idea if you can get through the emissions hurdle and it is not...
• Re: Subj: intermittent stalling --fuel filter? Electrical?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:02:53 -0700
  ...Goldey" <Dieselslave@WMCONNECT.COM> wrote: > Subj: intermittent stalling --fuel filter? Electrical? > I was driving the 1984 vanagon 1.9 home and experienced engine dying...
• Re: Supercharger (was: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:13:35 +1300
  ...Holden V6 1984 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel 1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel
• Re: 82 westy turbo diesel
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Fri, 20 Oct 2000 07:49:30 -0400
  ...82 westy turbo diesel > >I need to know what all you guys out there in VW land would do. > >The westy doesn't run...
• Re: What should I expect to spend on a camper?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 22:51:44 -0500
  ...component such as an engine > or a transmission that wasn't functional. Another thing to think about is that diesels and aircooleds generally go...
• Re: Crazy VW / was: Coolant Movement Problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Mon, 27 Jun 2005 06:00:24 -0700
  I've only seen this in the cars with VR6 engines. I have never seen one in a 4 cylinder VW, gas, diesel, or...
• Re: yet another engine choice - VW "twincharger" HOLD IT!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:11:29 -0500
  ...So, don't be too quick to >> judge at least in the diesel category. > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo...
• Re: Oil change intervals
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 13:11:08 -0400
  ...After the car rusted out I put the engine in a diesel vanagon for another 20,000 miles before selling it. Even at 5k...
• TD coolant circulation pump
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 9 Dec 1999 10:43:56 +0100
  ...spec 1.6 Turbo Diesel Vanagon. Since a few days, it has developed a strange problem: In the engine bay, next to the fuel...
• Re: FW: [LCML] Stupid Diesel Idea of the day NVC
  Historical mailing list - tmiller
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:28:27 -0400
  ...I was chatting Diesels with a co-worker would been looking up engine swaps on heaps. One of my favorite engines for a while...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Ebay update - stuff I have for auction - corrections
  Historical mailing list - Dominique Cormann
  Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:28:31 -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...
• Re: Vanagon Diesel Aux Heater Questions
  Historical mailing list - puzerewski
  Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:21:18 -0400
  > I looked at an '82 Vanagon Diesel today with the Diesel Auxiliary heater. The > heater ran, but I have a few questions about its...
• Re: Near Death Experience in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:22:07 +1200
  ...with Subaru EG33 engine etc) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 sedan 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla DX diesel 1.8 van 1989...
• DK into diesel, WAS:Trans. Upgrade: Secure Front Shift Rod Bushing?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:44:14 -0700
  ...I have put the DK in about 10 different 1982 diesels. Did you hang the engine/tranny while installing it or did you support...
• Re: Diesel Fuel vs. Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
  Wed, 27 Apr 2005 14:36:27 -0600
  ...In the US I am > noticing that Diesel is about he same price as Premium for some reason > - Premium is very refined and Diesel...
• Calgary listees: any good mechanics recommended? Car's symptoms (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 29 Jul 2001 23:03:19 +1200
  ...be fitted with SVX engine & G50 trans) 87 Corolla 1.8DX CE80 diesel sedan 89 Corolla 1.8DX CE96 diesel van/wagon 89 Corona...
• Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:05:27 -0500
  ...my diesel westy, but I might have kept my Carat if I had this: < http://www.gowesty.com/product/electrical/23981/gowesty-engine-management...
• Re: 1984 diesel kubvan on Chattanooga Craigslist
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 4 Apr 2014 08:51:55 -0700
  ...tubaneil.blogspot.ca '88 Westy http://tinyurl.com/c8rlw6p '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG *Gas* inline-VR Engine...
• FS 83 diesel (busted engine) $800 - NJ
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 20 May 2001 19:56:40 -0500
  contact THEM, not me!!! :) check out the ad ... http://www.ep.com/js/mi/c0/b0/v0/1130787.html it sez ... 1983 VANAGON FOR...
• for sale I-4 Parts again
  Historical mailing list - John \"Shaggy\" Donovan
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 19:13:26 EST
  ...I-4 conversation parts from a 1983 Diesel. everything including coolant hoses. asking $650(w/o 1.8) with 1.8 Golf engine with...
• Re: Tonke-T6 camper van article link The future of Diesel for small vehicles-it's Friday.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 29 Jan 2016 22:07:30 -0600
  ...Tonke-T6 camper van article link The future of Diesel for small vehicles-it's Friday. > > With the current state of direct fuel injection...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 6 Apr 2004 23:06:24 -0400
  ...If you can make the > >> muffler mounts part of the engine mounts, as VW did for the diesel, or > >> mount them to the engine...
• FOR SALE: '82 VW Vanagon Westie Camper 1.9L Diesel! EC!
  Historical mailing list - The Zimmerman's
  Wed, 11 Dec 2002 10:53:09 -0500
  ...Alaska!! I had this awesome Westie converted in April '02 from a 1.6L diesel to the 1.9L diesel for $3,600. (engine...
• Re: Dropped my motor...almost..
  Historical mailing list - *****************
  Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:24:24 -0500
  ...One more reason why engine swaps should never be driven by none mechanical people.. I've seen that strap removed from almost all diesel...
• Re: 1985 Steel Coolant Pipes and "Air Cooled" 1981 Gas Tank
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:43:06 -0500
  ...Since VW designed > the Vanagon for watercooled engines from the start I assume the tanks > are the same shape. Since diesels came out mid...
• Re: diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 1 Aug 2004 21:23:19 -0400
  Yeah, cheapest, easiest, most reliable would be to get a good air cooled engine in there. Even a good used one would leave you...
• Re: Fitting a Bosch AL33X alternator into a Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:59:02 -0700
  ...And help the diesel vanagon community .. and these engines need all the help they can get ! lol. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: Diesel Oil Pan Bolts and Washers (for gas inline engine)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:02:30 -0800
  ...2.0 engine oil pan bolt spec is significantly higher > >> than Vanagon 1.6 NA diesel but I think both engines use aluminum front...
• Re: Digifant II 'Diesel' Conversion Pics
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 18 Sep 2001 19:44:53 -0700
  ...the diesel mounting angle is no fooling around with bulges/bubbles/cakepans on the engine hatch! Alistair albell@uvic.ca '82 Westy, diesel=>I4...
• Re: diesel questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:33:30 -0700
  ...Do not look for older Diesel oils. Mobil > sells a > 5w-30 ESP which is carried at Mercedes/Sprinter dealers and has > these specs...
• Fastest Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Dempsey
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 19:02:44 -0700
  Hello, Just thought some of you people might be interested in an engine swap thats being done right now. My friend Matt in Bend...
• Re: W-8 conversion--
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 8 Jun 2002 15:12:57 +1200
  >So, would I want a diesel tranny or an air-cooled tranny for that one? My >guess is that if you had decent tires...
• Engine heaters
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:18:53 -0500
  I remember a while back someone lamented that they couldn't find engine oil pan heaters anymore. Well, today I got my J.C...
• Re: I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:53:28 -0800
  ...this technology? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Non Diesel Neil. > > > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > > > Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages...
• Re: On Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions and Fish
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 05:49:44 EDT
  ...the Diesel would win. It is slow, but the torque challenges gravity better. In my Westfalia with the 2.0 Golf engine I can...
• Re: was Still lousy gas mileage now TDI conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 2 May 2012 21:59:51 -0700
  ...My stock 82 sunroof diesel vanagon with rebuilt 1.6NA >> engine ...while very modest power wise.. >> on purely level driving in local use, where...
• Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 10:22:46 EST
  ...Following VW's lead, many aftermarket converters used parts from diesel Vanagons which permitted the engine to lie at a more dramatic angle. This...
• Re: Engine Conversion Idea...
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:00:27 -0400
  ...He had a 1983 diesel passenger van with a Mazda rotary engine, installed using parts that he fabbed and the diesel 5-speed transmission...
• Re: Is there a 5-speed out there?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Feb 1997 18:11:21 -0500 (EST)
  ...The gearing and bellhousing are specifically suited to the diesel engine. The Syncros use a "4 speed + low" transmission where there are only 4...
• Re: Leaking diesel injector pump... Please help
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:10:17 +0100
  ...Leaking diesel injector pump... Please help > > Last weekend, my Westy got an engine transplant. I (with much > assistance from Mark Drillock) installed a used...
• Re: Diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Wed, 23 May 2001 12:50:58 EDT
  ...back to tank, after the engine is shut down,making it very hard to restart. One VW diesel I had, someone had installed an...
• Re: Replace Heads or Engine? I-4.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 13 Nov 2010 13:06:12 -0800
  Hi, I don't consider the diesel parts that hard to find. I do collect them when I see deals on them. They're...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:41:52 -0500
  ...need a new engine anyway, so for many the calculation needs to be done on the "premium" charged for a diesel conversion over a...
• Re: Grey oily spots on rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:31:10 -0500
  ...and it's one of the numerous 'challenges' ( >disadvantages I say ) of diesel engines.. the engine depends on it's >own condition to run...
• 1.9L TD update,`82 D-Westy conversion!
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Sat, 19 Jul 1997 08:09:13 -0700
  ...Bob Bellanca `81 Diesel Rabbit `82 Diesel Westy (soon to be 1.9L turbo, I hope) `84 Turbo Diesel Jetta