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• toyota 2C diesel engine
  Historical mailing list - Michel Bertin
  Tue, 25 Mar 2003 12:40:08 -0400
  Anyone know about the 2C toyota diesel engine? Does it fit in the vanagon and anyone ever made that conversion or heard of anybody...
• Re: My new camper!!!
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 16:09:58 -0400
  Hi Javier, Congrats to your new Diesel Westy. As you've already noticed with the original 1.6l engine it is not for people...
• Re: Propane Fueled Turbo Diesel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:06:21 -0700
  ...Diesel engines became better engineered. Everyone started switching to Diesel. Then the Diesel price went up higher than gasoline. Now everyone wants to switch...
• Re: Propane Fueled Turbo Diesel Injection
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 10:33:01 -0400
  On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, John Rodgers wrote: > Chevy diesel engine was dyno'ed at 190 BHP. A bolt-on propane injection > kit was...
• Re: New diesel from VW
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 18 Nov 2014 18:50:55 -0600
  ...The engine was running. An hour later I passed it again. Still > there, still running. > > I know that diesel engines in the old days...
• Re: TDI Eurovan
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Jun 1996 12:28:21 -0400
  ...Notice how much more horsepower they're able to get out of a TDI engine? I think the old 1.6L turbo-diesel in...
• Re: Propane Fueled Turbo Diesel Injection
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:24:16 +1200
  ...Everyone I have talked to has said that Chev V8 diesels are best avoided. Not reliable. Most diesel engines will not last for more...
• Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:35:40 -0800
  ...11K ....."For sale a complete Subaru diesel conversion setup! 11k all assembled , plug and play and includes everything! Engine + everything that is on the...
• Re: VW diesel engine available on Craigs List for $300 98K miles
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:55:58 -0800
  Why not just make that diesel generator into a trailer with a complete drivetrain? If your primary engine fails, you fire up the trailer...
• diesel parts
  Historical mailing list - David Moyal
  Thu, 27 Feb 2014 21:58:23 -0800
  ...I have the engine belly cover and apron off an '83 diesel Vanagon - decided to leave 'em off after my AAZ conversion. Free if...
• Fwd: Diesel Conversion specialist in CA?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Wed, 18 Nov 1998 20:04:10 EST
  There is a person, Scott Foss, in Sausalito, who specializes in converting diesel vanagons to use larger, more powerful diesel engines. Scott Foss Foreign...
• I4 Transmission Input Shaft Length
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 4 Feb 2002 00:30:45 EST
  ...For example, the 1.6L NA diesel was available in the US as the CS engine (Vanagon Diesel) (longitudinal mount), the CR (Golf, Jetta...
• Re: T-3 Transaxle Needed: 82 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:11:00 -0600
  ...the bell- housing and input shaft from your diesel trans to fit your diesel engine. Larry '83 diesel Westy soon to be GTI Westy
• 1.6D to 1.6TD
  Historical mailing list - Eren Berberoglu
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:43:53 PDT
  Hi vanagoneers, I want to install a turbo to my 1.6 diesel westy , I was thinking to install a 1.9 TD engine...
• Wacky T3 images
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:19:02 +1200
  ...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi) 1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon 1989...
• LVC Recommending diesel forums
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 17:42:01 -0400
  Can anyone recommend some well-used forums for discussing VW diesel engines? Not necessarily TDIs, but NA as well I just bought a 1986...
• Re: anyone know how the 1.8 TDI compares to past VW diesels?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:05:29 -0500
  ...Beetle diesel with the 1.8 TDI engine the other day. > > Is this a gas converted to diesel or a "ground up" diesel? > > They...
• Re: New diesel from VW
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:11:31 -0800
  ...The engine was running. An hour later I passed it again. > Still there, still running. > > > > I know that diesel engines in the old days...
• Re: Diesel verse gas?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:43:45 PDT
  ...It's great on fuel, almost > never needs engine work, and is fun to drive... > But, VWoA simply dropped the 52 hp diesel engine...
• Re: diesel tach
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:23:52 -0700
  have you been asking for 'jetta diesel tach' ..? that's what you want.. it wouldn't be a diesel tach for an AAZ engine...
• Basement cleanout, Diesel parts.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand 1
  Wed, 9 Aug 2000 19:01:28 -0400
  ...4 Exhaust bracket and rubber mounts for Diesel Vanagon (works with any I4 engine) 5 Injection pump idler pulley. 6 Injection pump mounting bracket...
• Re: Zetec diesel/Euro Diesels
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:35:47 +1300
  ...Even Chrysler has been selling the 300C with a diesel >> > engine there, but not in the USofA. Chrysler finally put a diesel >> > in their...
• diesel converstion from golf
  Historical mailing list - T G
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 13:34:41 -0800
  Hello, I am wondering if anyone knows about converting a vanagon diesel engine with a rabbit or golf engine. This engine I believe is...
• Re: My 82 Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Mon, 9 Aug 2004 21:00:25 -0600
  WoW! Welcome to the diesel club! Who is this Doug dude anyway? I promise you won't have any engine fires with diesel. Why...
• Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:50:11 -0600
  ...With a gas > > engine when you lift your foot the engine and the vehicle slows down. With a > > Diesel the vehicle will only slow...
• Re: '82 Diesel features and price
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:08:28 -0500
  ...The way to go with this vehicle is the 1.9 turbocharged diesel engine if you must have the diesel. Keep in mind that...
• Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???(5cyl diesel)
  Historical mailing list - KBatzler
  Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:05:45 -0800
  ...Diesel engines will go 4-500,000 miles without a complete rebuild. Karl Batzler 84 Vanagon 87 Audi 5000 S
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:55:35 -0700
  ...Excerpt taken for Wikipedia which is accurate enough for this discussion. "Diesel engines do not have engine braking in the above sense. Unlike petrol...
• filters for '82 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Harmon Seaver
  Sun, 21 Jul 2002 22:40:37 -0500
  What's the best brand oil filter for the diesel engines? -- Harmon Seaver CyberShamanix http://www.cybershamanix.com
• Reliability of turbodiesels
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 20:05:30 +1200
  ...currently SVX engine waiting for a trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD) 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel 1989 CE96 Toyota...
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:29:36 -0400
  ...I suppose that requires a definition of "green." Compared to SI engines, diesels are better for some pollutants, worse for others. Real world diesels...
• Re: White Westy convoy, I-4 gasser advice
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:08:09 -0400
  ...No fuel-injected gasoline engine can come anywhere near the diesel for electrical simplicity. The 1.6D/TD and 1.9D/TD engines require...
• Re: horse power
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 9 Nov 2019 18:24:17 -0500
  ...it's Boxeer engine 2.0 Common Rail Turbo Diesel - not boxer engine > > and aahh no ... not a 1.6 NA VW Diesel... :-) >
• Golf/Jetta power in Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 16 Oct 1996 00:20:19 -0400
  ...The guy that would sell them does diesel engine upgrades. He installs 1.9 liter diesel engines in diesel vanagons. He a= lso does...
• Re: 82 Diesel Overheating
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Nov 94 7:44:07 PST
  Matthew Drahzal states about wonderful diesels: > > Other than oil-changes, this is a zero maintenance engine. > If you want your diesel live a long...
• Re: New diesel from VW
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 18 Nov 2014 12:00:43 -0600
  ...The engine was running. An hour later I passed it again. Still there, still running. > > I know that diesel engines in the old days...
• Diesel Subaru Conversions info
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 9 Mar 2006 16:01:56 -0800
  ...I wrote to Richard Jones at Engineered Solutions ( www.rjes.com )in the UK to inquire about the upcoming Subaru diesel. Here is Richard...
• Re: Diesel $$ RE: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!!
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:31:50 -0500
  ...In Alaska, in winter, we switched to Arctic Diesel, basically a very clean fuel oil, and the engines just ran along, happy as clams...
• F.S. Jetta Turbo-D in Cleveland
  Historical mailing list - Mark Thoma
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 15:22:28 -0400
  Hey diesel lovers... Found a junked '84 Jetta with a turbo diesel engine. Don't know condition of the engine, and no IT WON...
• Re: I4 Transmission Input Shaft Length
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 3 Feb 2002 22:36:39 -0800
  ...For example, the 1.6L NA diesel was available in the US as the CS engine (Vanagon Diesel) (longitudinal mount), the CR (Golf, Jetta...
• Re: Diesel Oil?
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Fri, 2 Nov 2012 18:46:11 -0400
  ...favorite oil for 1982 1.6l Diesel Engine > Westie? > > Last time I looked, a 15-40 diesel weighted oil did the trick. Synthetic or...
• Diff btw '84 Jetta gas and diesel oil pumps?
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 1 Dec 2000 14:32:02 -0800
  ...will the Jetta gas pump work on my jetta diesel engine? (I know I'll have to swap the oil pick up tubes for...
• Automatic Transaxle w/ Diesel?
  Historical mailing list - David M Luddy
  Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:14:13 -0400
  Hello all, Is it OK to install a suitable diesel engine in a Vanagon w/ an automatic transaxle? Are the final drive gears the...
• Diesel Article
  Historical mailing list - Donna Stewart
  Thu, 24 Oct 2002 13:48:19 -0700
  Diesel engine fans should check out article on the front page of today's Wall Street Journal - I haven't had time to finish...
• Re: Used Diesel Vanagon Popularity in Europe?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 24 May 1998 10:42:28 -0700
  ...a broken diesel vanagon from Philadelphia to >Cleveland with my 1.6 litre rabbit pick-up turbo-diesel. Could a gas >engined rabbit have...
• Re: Talking about exhausts
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:10:23 -0800
  ...at least vanagons have small diesel engines. I'm next to a diesel trucking company .....unlike most members on here I suspect. they idle...
• Re: Picture of prototype T3 TD mount on line!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 21:16:09 -0800
  ...http://www.cs.yale.edu/~jag/vw/engine/diesel1.9/motormount1.9l.html http://www.cs.yale.edu/~jag/vw/engine/diesel1.9/motormountExpo...
• Re: Mythbusters - veggie oil
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Mon, 15 May 2006 09:07:19 -0700
  In my experience (we have two VW diesels, and two early 1980s Mecedes diesel) is: 1) In a VW engine, straight (or anything more...
• Re: more Q's on the TDI
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Jun 96 10:26:18 +0200
  ...Putting normal gas in a diesel will give a lot of power and will destroy the engine in a few minutes, the diesel has...
• =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_Diesel_Engine_Position=3A_4=C2=BA_Angle_From_Centre_of?= =?UTF-8?Q?_Rear_Wheels?=
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Oct 2017 13:47:12 -0700
  ...AAZ diesel using stock diesel carrier bars (and piece of wood at driver side but engine looks level). I think this is a 2WD...
• Re: Fw: Subaru EJ20 Turbo Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak VE3SMF
  Wed, 13 Nov 2013 09:25:33 -0800
  ...11K ....."For sale a complete Subaru diesel conversion setup! 11k all assembled , plug and play and includes everything! Engine + everything that is on the...
• Re: Diesel Rabbits - Diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 09:00:40 EDT
  ...NET writes: > Curious to know if the Rabbit Diesels had the same engine as the Diesel > Vanagons. With some minor mods like oilpan, oilpick...
• Re: Engine out--won't come apart. Need heads!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:16:49 -0500
  ...diesel engines, unless someone >> retro-fitted a set to save a head. >> The cam runs in the aluminum head on VW diesel engines, with...
• Diesel Engine Upgrade
  Historical mailing list - Gary Bawden
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 15:06:36 -0800
  ...Diesel Engine Upgrade > > I am the new proud owner of an 82 diesel pass. van. > Currently it has a gas 1.8L 87 GTI...
• Re: 1.9 TDI article
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 08 Mar 1996 12:24:35 -0600 (CST)
  What issue of European Car was that diesel engine swap from? Jamie Bishop '72 Westy '85 Golf Diesel
• Re: Diesel $$ RE: 88 GL - Failure to Start - but now it does!! Hip Hip Huzzah!!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:17:17 -0700
  ...In Alaska, in winter, we switched to Arctic Diesel, basically a > very clean fuel oil, and the engines just ran along, happy as clams...
• [Fwd: Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] diesel mount config. question]
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sat, 28 Jan 2006 10:49:41 -0600
  ...of the driver's side cast aluminum engine mounting > strut bolts to in the original diesel setup. Exhaust? http://Gnarlodious.com/Vanagon/Exhaust/ -- Gnarlie...
• Re: Vanagon? Really?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:45:24 -0500
  I don't think Chrysler offers any Diesels except for the Cummins trucks engines and maybe a small Diesel for the Jeep Liberty. As...
• Re: Espar heaters in '82 diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Bob O Shaughnessy
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 13:04:55 -0500
  ...Mine's ~60 miles away. _________________________________________________________ Bob O'Shaughnessy, Columbus, OH vanagon@columbus.rr.com 99 A3 Jetta TDI 82 Diesel Westy (with blown engine...
• re: joels status and mine
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Sep 1994 14:28:11 -0400 (EDT)
  ...NuBus is back "home" now ('82 diesel with blowed-up engine), and I have received an estimate for engine replacement. I have located one...