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Re: Block heaters for Air Cooled
Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
Thu, 6 Nov 2014 17:42:24 -0600
...Block heaters for Air Cooled > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Anyone know of a block heater for the air cooled van? This would be...
Re: air cooled engine cooling tin
Historical mailing list - David Bohannan
Mon, 14 Mar 2016 09:27:25 -0400
I'll have my dad check his shed...he's got several air cooled motors sort of gathering dust as he's been putting...
Re: "Increase... Warning not for NOT for Watercooled But Aircooled
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:44:12 EDT
Ken, True if I was building an air-cooled engine, But I am not. They were talking about the air-cooled T1 engines that...
Re: Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 8 Dec 2002 14:18:04 +1300
...far superior to any air-cooled motor. >Unfortunately the last new WBX was sold 12 years ago so in engineering >terms, the WBX powertrain...
Re: 83 air cooled vanagon westfalia for sale, engine ?,some parts gone
Historical mailing list - John Brush
Mon, 14 May 2001 14:48:25 -0600
> im posting this message in the service of my neighbor. Where ya at?? John
Re: head temps gauges and seats falling out
Historical mailing list - Pabst Michael
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 10:03:33 +0100
...this is also very common problem with air cooled type 1 propane fueled engines used to power older zambonis ice resufacing machines Air cooled...
FS: Bentley Manual - VANAGON
Historical mailing list - Wolfsburg
Tue, 28 Jul 1998 18:41:31 -0700
Volkswagen VANAGON Official Factory Repair Manual, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, including air-cooled and water-cooled gasoline engines, diesel engine, and camper...
ABA 2.0 I4 @15 degree adjust engine height? (a few questions)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:15:13 -0800
...transfer mark from centre of crank pulley on my current air cooled engine to frame or sheet metal in engine bay? And.... It seems...
Re: Nobody wants air cooled! (Was Re: in the year 2015......)
Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 12:03:28 -0500
...price of Westies, should get an air cooled, get it up to snuff and then do an engine conversion down the road if they...
Re: Syntheic Oil
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 8 Aug 2002 11:40:04 -0500
...I started my new engine off with 20/50 Penzoil for 10K then went to 15/50 Mobil 1. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled...
Re: Oil Cooler Adapter
Historical mailing list - Rennie Wible
Wed, 6 Jun 2001 22:38:06 -0700
...oil cooler for my 81 air cooled, and have > found all kinds of adapters for every type of engine on the planet, but > not...
1.9 aux air valve
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:40:18 -0700
...I found one on a air-cooled and the number shows up as Audi, yet the engine runs fine. Experts? Robert 1982 Westfalia
Re: Re: '84 Westy air-cooled
Historical mailing list
05 Mar 1996 10:04:46 GMT
...Secondly, sealing the top of the engine (cool side) from the bottom (hot side) is critical to all air cooled VWs. What was this...
Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:36:01 -0500
...If you visit the type2 list, you'll get the impression that air-cooled engines are overwhelmed with problems. It's all a matter...
genuine VW rebuilt engines available
Historical mailing list - Peter B
Thu, 10 Feb 2000 15:25:33 -0800
...2.0 Air-cooled $ 1125.00 outright The air cooled engine also comes with a genuine oil filter and VW Germany oil cooler. Also...
Re: solid air-cooled performance
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 6 Apr 2002 21:32:56 -0600
...I've had six month periods that I never opened the engine compartment. My 83 Air Cooled Westy has 287K on it and I...
Re: Air cooled head gasket
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 28 Mar 2015 12:42:26 -0400
...Air cooled head gasket I'm sure others have more useful advice, but the one thing I know from my air cooled days is...
Air-cooled engine help!
Historical mailing list - Mark Sheflo
Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:17:13 -0800
...I need some opinions on an oil dripper (oops, that should be air-cooled!). Here is the story: Noticed a general lack of power...
Re: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 11 Mar 2012 13:44:15 -0700
...scott www.turbovans.com On 3/11/2012 10:14 AM, Jim Morgan wrote: > My 2 cents worth. > Just rebuild the air cooled engine...
Re: 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 20 Dec 2004 11:10:16 -0600
Your cheapest fix is to buy an engine rebuild gasket set. You'll also need to buy a front main seal and a rear...
Long block air cooled for vanagon 2.0 L
Historical mailing list - Glen Moon
Fri, 3 May 2013 15:46:18 -0400
I had very bad luck with GEX. Any other places with good reputations? Waterboxer Engines? , Glen in Florida
Swap
Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:40:30 -0600
Does it make sense to put a 2 liter air-cooled engine into an '86 Westy? Could I come out cheaper doing this? Bill...
Re: Oil light comes up, 1.9 engine
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:40:39 -0800
...Engine was reconditioned by VW Canada about > >> 70k back. Could it be the oil switch misbehaving? > >> Thanks to all. > >> Zoltan > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air...
Re: Air-cooled fuel pump ...
Historical mailing list - neil N
Fri, 4 Apr 2008 14:34:17 -0700
...be former "air cooled mind is dying to know --- ;^) > > IIRC, on mine, the FP ground wire is located in the engine bay. As you...
Re: Mechanical tests for my spare air cooled engine?
Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:48:16 -0500
...The small airplane people (who, by and large, are running flat-four and flat-six air-cooled engines) often do this, but the opinion...
Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics-Air cooled Vanagons!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 20 May 2003 20:09:31 -0400
...This engine has traveled across the country and to Alaska. Back when I drove air cooled busses most pre trip maintenance consisted of a...
AC for an air-cooled Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Glen A. Smith
Fri, 30 May 2003 18:44:24 -0400
Where can I find information on AC for an air-cooled Vanagon? I have a complete ac system from a '88 donor van. The...
Fan housing grille on air cooled engine
Historical mailing list - neil
Sat, 2 Sep 2006 15:16:39 -0400
...1981 air cooled Westfalia. Cheap-o web site: http://www.members.shaw.ca/tubanick/welcomewesty.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics-Air cooled Vanagons!
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 20 May 2003 19:41:36 -0700
...This engine has traveled across the > country > and to Alaska. Back when I drove air cooled busses most pre trip > maintenance consisted of a...
Re: Oil Temps @ 65MPH
Historical mailing list - BILL
Tue, 12 Oct 1999 20:02:52 -0600
...Best air-cooled tech info at type2.com archives. I would encourage those with air-cooled engines to subscribe to the type2 list. My...
Re: Mechanical tests for my spare air cooled engine?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:16:51 -0700
...The small airplane people (who, by and > large, are running flat-four and flat-six air-cooled engines) often do > this, but the opinion...
Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 23:46:53 -0600
Unbelievable? I think more like impossible---or perhap improbable---- Pretty tough allegations----200,000 k, with nothing going wrong on an air cooled engine...
Re: Thoughts on buying a 82 air-cooled westy?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:52:10 -0700
...Didn't you do an engine upgrade because you didn't like the Waterboxer? The air cooled is a huge step backward. At least...
Re: For real? (CL listing)
Historical mailing list - neil N
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:36:58 -0800
...1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco" > > http://web.mac.com/tubaneil > > > > Engine swap beginings: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > > -- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco...
Re: 84 Westy Gas Mileage?
Historical mailing list
Thu, 19 Sep 1996 07:22:07 -0400
Eric, It may be that the coil in the air cooled engine couldnt take the additional resistance (if any) of the plugs? Ed
Re: seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy)
Historical mailing list - David Baker
Thu, 19 Sep 2002 12:38:58 -0500
Someone (Matthew?) said the engine weighs 450 lbs. Is this the 1.9 L wasserboxer? Dave in KC 85 Westy
Re: finding a new engine?
Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 13:16:13 -0500
...My basic recommendation would be to keep air-cooled engines in originally air-cooled Vanagons, and water cooled in the 1983.5 and newer...
Re: '81 versus '83 wasserboxer
Historical mailing list
Mon, 23 Dec 1996 13:22:33 +0000
...Still I'd go with the air cooled all else being equal, engine is cheaper, expensive but cheaper, fewer systems, less to worry about...
Re: air-cooled vanagon question
Historical mailing list - Brad Snyder
Mon, 2 Oct 2000 10:30:47 -0400
...As we >were cruising to the Burningman, we kept commenting that the HP of the >2.0L Air-cooled engine was only 56 HP...
Re: experience with Rubber Molded for engine insulation
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:06:58 +0000
...experience with Rubber Molded for engine insulation Hi , I have a 2l air-cooled and would like to optimized the thermal isolation of the...
Re: Air cooled oil leak/timing
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 17 May 2003 07:48:56 -0700
...fan hub on 80-83 CV Series Air Cooled engines? I find them often in engines but have never installed one even though most...
Diesel Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
Thu, 16 Sep 1999 17:15:26 -0500
...Does this engine last? I assume it is air-cooled. Is it much less under powered when compared to the gas engine? Bill
Re: Tough driving
Historical mailing list - Nicholas Wilson
Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:44:15 -0700
Are you driving an air-cooled model? A Westy? From your MPG figures I would guess so. Any engine gets more power at sea...
Re: Air cooled head gasket
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:00:58 -0700
I'm sure others have more useful advice, but the one thing I know from my air cooled days is that deck height is...
Re: Oxyboxer Motors
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Tue, 30 Jan 2001 08:01:38 EST
...jackets and fit air-cooled cylinder barrels and cylinder heads to make an air-cooled version of the Vangon's engine. Has anyone been...
Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
Historical mailing list - Allan Bagley
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:08:30 -0800
<<<<<(that's why they stopped making Air Cooleds) My understanding is that motor vehicle noise regulations in the US had a lot to do...
Re: Air cooled vanagon trip report
Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:52:35 -0700
Wow! I could never drive my old air-cooled 81 like that! I had oil temps at 220-260, until I installed an aux...
Re: If our engine cases weren't hard enough to find....
Historical mailing list - mike boland
Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:52:22 -0500
It looks like a type 4 air cooled case to me... we better ask air cooled expert Stan... Mike At 08:14 AM 7...
Re: The Otter Has (CRASH) Landed!
Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:01:25 -0500
...I have heard that VW added water cooling to the horizontally opposed air-cooled engine because they couldn't make enough I4 engines to...
Re: converting watercooled vanagon to aircooled
Historical mailing list - Bulley
Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:10:39 -0400
...Survived the rockies twice,(NY to CA and Alaska), and the engine has yet to be touched. Yep, No head gaskets. Customers with air...
Re: Thermostat Woes
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Sat, 7 Jan 2012 22:44:24 -0500
...7/2012 10:35 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > so we are talking about a Thermostat for air-cooled Type IV VW engines.. Whoosh...
Digitool for 80-83
Historical mailing list - David Cooper
Tue, 7 Mar 2000 23:09:45 EST
Yes, Joe Darrell does make one for the air-cooled engines but you have to do some of you own soldering to install it...
Re: Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting Friday humour: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting Re: Top 5 Reasons why you SHOULDN'T try converting an 81 AC Vanagon to water cooled (pic
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 9 Dec 2007 10:02:48 -0800
...And I really enjoy the sound of an air cooled engine. > > True my 15 degree conversion site contains a "warning" of sorts, but > that...
Re: Wasserboxer reputation (Long)
Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
Sun, 8 Dec 2002 09:13:28 -0800
...Saying that a person who can > repair an air-cooled engine is necessarily > unfit to repair a water-cooled engine is > ludicrous. A person...
Re: Air Cooled Thermostat
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 21 Dec 2004 21:36:26 -0600
...Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Poole" <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent...
Re: oil pressure problem on my 1983 air-cooled
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 23 Aug 2017 13:56:18 +0000
...oil pressure problem on my 1983 air-cooled Hi guys, I installed recently an oil pressure gauge in my vanagon (air-cooled 2L 1983...
Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 6 Feb 2014 23:27:43 -0500
...I think it was there just to tell the ECU when the engine was up to temp, and it was often the cause of...
Re: Pushrods - Their Purpose?
Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 20:15:45 -0600
...The restriction is true as regards earlier than "type 4" air cooled VWs, such as old Beetle engines. I'm not certain, but I...
Water vs. Air
Historical mailing list - bell Atlantic
Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:48:39 -0400
...be talked out of making an offer :-) I have a '75 Convertible Bug, so I know about air cooled engines. Thoughts an opinions? -Bruce
E-bay sales
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Sat, 12 May 2001 09:48:53 -0500
...The only remaining item is the POE added air conditioner system for 80-83 Vanagon w/1970 cc FI engine, air cooled. The system...