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• Re: Castrol and BP
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 22 May 2010 18:04:51 -0500
  ...Vanagon GL Campmobile with stock >> 2.1 waterboxer engine is Castrol 20W - 50, from British Petroleum. Some >> may find it foolish, but I no...
• Re: gasoline price time capsule
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 19:44:45 -0700
  ...These >> >> can all run on BioDiesel or >> >> SVO so the price of gasoline and ultimately >> >> petroleum Diesel doesn't bother >> >> me. >> >> >> >> Something to think...
• Re: Replacement fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 20 Jul 2014 19:03:33 -0700
  ...Mark Roy Nicholl wrote: > James, > > I have one of those auxiliary heaters and have seen several others {diesel, petrol, and propane} on Jokers, Californias...
• Re: Oil Weight Recommendation/ hifi
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 01:58:02 +0100
  ...Much the same with gallons of petrol (yours are smaller, making the number you get for a given volume, larger), computer screen sizes (exageratted...
• BTUs to make a new car: almost NVC
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 13 May 2004 11:52:33 -0500
  ...Keeping an old car somewhat offsets the > deleterious > effects of their filthy engines... The old vehicles may pollute, but > they're already here and...
• New lawn ornament
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Sun, 21 Jul 1996 23:51:00 -0300
  ...I kept the speed limited to 50mph as I did not want to stress the engine too much [it had been rebuilt less than...
• Jackson Tale
  Historical mailing list - Grotz, Kurt
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 17:51:15 -0400
  ...At 230,000 the only things done to engine (to my 130K knowledge) were 2 waterpumps (fun bolts) and an alternator. Have done nothing...
• Re: Oil
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 20:03:00 -0600
  ...4 VW engines should not be > > running a > > synthetic oil because synthetics don't carry as much heat as regular > > petroleum > > based oils, and...
• Re: '84 VANAGON A/C & OTHER MYSTERIES
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Dec 1996 19:22:23 +0000
  ...We've camped up to 3 days without starting the engine & had no problems. > 5)My petrol tank leaks when near full. I assume...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:13:06 -0500
  ...At any rate, after I installed it, the engine fired right up, every time, regardless of temperature. I'm sure one would work for...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:45:23 -0700
  ...Instead of spending $1500+ for an engine rebuild, buy her a better diamond ring! >You will be rebuilding your engine in the same amount...
• Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:55:19 -0500
  ...lies, all lies, told in engineering classes by the minions of the Asphalt Cartel. when in truth and physics, all lights are not 'lights...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 17:51:33 -0700
  ...Even petroleum > lubes. The problem is oil companies don't like to spend more on the > additives than they want to get for the...
• Re: Oil: 10w30? 20w50?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 11:57:02 -0700
  ...When the engine is hot..... even in winter, the engine needs an oil of a certain viscosity. A thinner, lighter weight oil just aids...
• Re: Diesels
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:42:59 -0700
  ...Please note that I have no problem with the diesel engine itself... it has a lot to recommend it. It's the damned petroleum...
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  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 22:09:11 -0600
  ...Instead of spending $1500+ for an engine rebuild, buy her a better diamond ring! >You will be rebuilding your engine in the same amount...
• Re: soap bubbles and rubber bands? (was Re: Inside a Subi engine EJ22 -)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:02:31 -0700
  ...the world today is a fine argument for the limitations of > petrol, no? > > does the "mr coffee fusion generator" produce radioactive waste, or > does...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 11:26:46 -0400
  ...Instead of spending $1500+ for an engine rebuild, buy her a better diamond ring! >You will be rebuilding your engine in the same amount...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 5 Apr 2013 18:36:19 -0700
  ...sneak small amounts into your waste engine oil that you turn in for recycling. no joke either ..something like5 or 10 gallons of old...
• Trip report: Mich to Nova Scotia
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:37:09 -0700
  ...Here we drove right past Boston Bob Donalds (the vanagon engine rebuilder), so we stopped in for a visit. What a nice guy. On...
• Re: Gradual switch to synthetic oil?
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:17:24 -0500
  ...I'm back on petrolium oil for the time being, but I intend to switch back to either amsoil or mobile 1. That engine...
• Re: new vw rotten unvieled.
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Wed, 6 Feb 2008 16:24:28 -0500
  ...In the engine shelve a 3,8-Liter-V6 with 197 HP and 312 Nm stands beside a 4-liter-V6 with 253 HP...
• FS: 1987 Vanagon GL Syncro - $3500 - long winded, again
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:30:33 -0500
  ...1987 Vanagon GL Syncro, 7 passenger, Titian Red Metallic w/brown interior, ~180K miles on van, ~40K miles on engine. Transaxle does not have...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Nov 2005 - Special issue (#2005-930)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:30:49 -0800
  ...I also did the engine deck behind the rear seats and inside the wardrobe (too lazy to pull THAT cabinet). As soon as I...
• Re: VW Customer Relations & reality check
  Historical mailing list - Ron Lussier
  Thu, 11 Jul 1996 09:26:34 -0700
  ...Lead free petrol >has been available locally since February. I don't know if any locally >produced cars have cats yet. So there's...
• Re: Any advice on bleeding lifters (2.1)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 22:58:48 -0700
  MMO is a solvent "oil." It's basically a mixture of petroleum based solvents with Wintergreen (methyl salicylate) for scent, and red dye for...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jason Kirk
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:01:25 -0700
  ...Even petroleum > lubes. The problem is oil companies don't like to spend more on the > additives than they want to get for the...
• Re: Fuel and Oil for a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Dunham
  Tue, 25 Apr 1995 12:22:30 -0600 (CDT)
  ...engine ages (it has in my wife's Honda, now at 123,000 miles). Any- thing more is a waste of money and petroleum...
• Re: Turbo Diesel Power and Economy - global efficiency Q?
  Historical mailing list - Wade Shen
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 01:00:17 -0400
  ...As you pointed out the particulate (soot) levels of a Diesel motor (not JUST the TDI as most other gas engined car manufactures want...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 8 Oct 2021 to 9 Oct 2021 (#2021-285)
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Mon, 11 Oct 2021 10:07:31 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > From a petroleum chemist’s perspective, mineral oils (non-synthetic) will > oxidize when just sitting in the engine. That oxidization will form...
• Re: gasoline price time capsule
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 15:09:48 -0700
  ...These > > > > can all run on BioDiesel or > > > > SVO so the price of gasoline and ultimately > > > > petroleum Diesel doesn't bother > > > > me. > > > > > > > > Something to think...
• Another helpful product
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 11 Dec 2022 17:10:52 +0000
  ...That Scotch Brite product is great.  I was first introduced to it years ago at work.  We used it on aircraft engine parts because...
• Re: 84 Pretend Vanagon (Toyota)- don't knock 'em!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:27:39 +1200
  ...Supposed to be quite reliable, but a hideous pain to do anything at >all on the engine (beyond checking the oil). A lot smaller...
• Re: Torque Curves for Key Vanagon Swap Candidates
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 07:55:13 -0700
  ...the petroleum. > > BUT the curves show that the so-called lack of low end torque on the part of > the I-4 engines is...
• Re: Bio-diesel in VW's
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Mark Shankland
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 20:46:24 -0700
  ...The problem with unrefined plant oil is that it doesn't burn as clean and produces nearly as much NOX as petrol-diesel. Yes...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:35:57 -0800
  ...My battery and all systems were in great shape, but >>> the >>> motor oil had turned so thick that the engine would BARELY turn. The...
• Re: Natural Gas Conversion Kit
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 31 Mar 1998 23:14:05 -0800
  ...For diesel nuts like me there is a technology called "fumigation", >in which a CI diesel engine is run partially on a gasenous fuel...
• AUDI Allroad quattro will be produced in Neckarsulm
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 16:46:47 EST
  ...the 2.7 litre V6 biturbo petrol engine and the 2.5 TDI V6. Superficially, the new model bears little resemblance to the Audi...
• Re: On being well grounded
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 10 Jun 2001 01:19:03 -0500
  ...From there I brought the wire around to the right front side of the engine bay where the power steering and AC solenoids sit...
• Re: dual fuel conversion (LPG, propane, etc)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 3 Oct 2004 23:55:35 -0600
  ...Tanks were still on them but all the engine parts had been pulled. The tanks on them were twin sixty pounders. In europe there...
• Re: Synthetic Oil(s) (long)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Fri, 10 Oct 1997 00:46:18 UT
  While I'm not a CHEMICAL engineer, I've worked a lot on the mechanical side selecting lubricants for a range of industrial products...
• Re: Rubber mats..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:48:31 -0700
  ...It made a nice rear over-the-engine cover and I extended down under the seat, across the floor and up the front of...
• Re: Another helpful product
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:38:45 +0000
  I used it to fix a hole in the oil pan of my FAS Golf engine years ago.  when I banged it again and...
• Re: Replacement fuel tank question
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 06:28:43 -0300
  ...one of those auxiliary heaters and have seen several others {diesel, petrol, and propane} on Jokers, Californias and Atlantics (1.6TD) and have not...
• Re: Sticking Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Madsen
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 00:13:10 -0400
  ...I reached over and just turned the engine off! Being > > very careful to not lock the steering wheel! I then "un stuck" the cable...
• Re: Fryeday - Bio-Diesel Exhaust/Emissions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:24:42 -0400
  ...They are produced because the diesel engines operate at temperatures high enough to burn atmospheric nitrogen. They are removed from exhaust flow by catalytic...
• Re: Motor Oil (Synthetic)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:45:24 -0600
  ...My battery and all systems were in great shape, but >>>> the >>>> motor oil had turned so thick that the engine would BARELY turn. The...
• Re: OEM Pop Top Seals
  Historical mailing list - David Menche
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 22:33:27 -0700
  ...Do not use petroleum based grease, as it will likely harm the rubber seal. dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "MC" <gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET> To: <vanagon...
• Re: Are they still making the bus/Vanagon anywhere these days?
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Sun, 8 Apr 2007 20:19:51 -0700
  ...Throw in some engine options (Subie, TDI, ??), price it competitively with modern vans and I'm there for the monthly payment. 2) someone might...
• 85 westy water pump replacement w/ a/c and power steering----- done
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:49:56 -0800
  ...me to proceed, however, I quickly found myself overmatched by german engineers(once again).There are no fewer than 6582 plumming connections that must...
• Re: Another helpful product
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 11 Dec 2022 19:33:04 -0500
  ...We used it on aircraft engine parts because it was clean. It comes in a number of different grades and does not decompose into...
• Re: Fan Belt Squeal
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 12:51:46 -0800
  ...its wax, not an oil... (and if the problem is petroleum dissolving petroleum then isn't synthetic oil safe... )<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV...
• Re: Hydrogen help for the Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:23:34 -0800
  ...Piston engined petrol military aircraft utilized water injection technology prior to World War II in order to increase takeoff power. This was used so...
• Re: 2nd batt. charging and relays. The whole truth
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 23:04:28 -0700
  ...a year to burn into your > memories!!! > > melted asphalt, indeed!!! harumph!! just another attempt by a lackey > of the petroleum industry (who sponsors and...
• Re: acetone
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 10:01:42 -0700
  ...Different organic solvents (petroleum ether, ether acetone, acetonitrile, and gasoline, for that matter) have different abilities to melt or liquify or leach (solubilize) materials...
• Re: A message from White House Spokesperson Scott McLellan: CAUTION POLITICAL CONTENT
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 14:35:00 -0700
  ...In a world of dwindling petroleum supplies controlling that supply and keeping us dependent on it equals political power. Therefore Jimmie Carter's ideas...
• Re: Diesel Fuel vs Gasoline
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 24 Apr 2005 21:35:11 -0700
  ...can't beat the petroleum companies with the gasoline engines. Repair. Let's face it, there are more TDIs on the road than wasserboxers...
• dino/synthetic blend
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 00:06:17 -1000
  ...I'm back on petrolium oil for the time being, but I intend to > switch back to either amsoil or mobile 1. That engine...
• Re: 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement Choices? Costs? Comments?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 14:53:48 -0700
  ...It would be nice to keep the vanagon completely VW and the Subaru engines are pretty thirsty, fuel-wise - GTi, other 4-cyl petrol...
• Re: Sportsvans (sic)
  Historical mailing list - William Warburton
  Tue, 12 Apr 94 8:43:39 GMT
  ...oops! > I've only seen the Audi-5 (petrol). Is there a diesel here? I have heard that the diesel isn't available in...