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• Re: NOW - Stainless Steel Mufflers
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:44:45 -0700
  ...Exhausts for the 1600 based air cooled engine. Nothing has been said about continuing and Type 4 based or Wasserboxer based Ernst products (yet...
• Re: Mr Lube / Walmart oil changes OK? I have the 'Mahn' OEM Oil Filter....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:19:51 -0400
  ...They aren't familiar with the type 4 air-cooled VW engine; ::: :::2. They probably won't clean the strainer screen. They probably don...
• Vanagon tools and manuals (videos) FS.
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 4 Mar 97 14:42:55 EST
  ...arm front axle VW 796 flex wrench-remove trans mainshaft type 4 for engine removal Joel Osserman, Proprietor Select Transportation 0685 Waterloo-Geneva Rd...
• Care and feeding of pilot bearings
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 14:13:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Being a type-4 ignoramous myself, I have no way of knowing, until I drop the relevant part on my foot. Anyone know for...
• 911 of vans?, mullets, was: Porsche 6 cyl
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:48:00 -0500
  ...and finally 2.0 air cooled type 4 VW motors. Those VW sellers who stretch reality during the sales process often equated "a Porsche...
• Re: How fast should a 1.9L go??
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 25 Jan 2001 21:23:34 +1200
  ...They didn't realize its engine was Type 1-based, calling it virtually new, aligning it with the Type 4 rather than Type 1...
• Re: Why this type IV engine caught fire, spun the mains and ruined everything.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Thu, 8 Aug 2002 21:41:37 -0400
  ...van was torched when he could not make the engine work the type 4 case does not snap in place. the 6 large bolts...
• Re: Okrasa (was Fryeday - What kind of VW are you?)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:00:57 -0600
  ...of >big bore kit for either the Vanagon engine or maybe it was the Type 4. >Took it out to like 2.5 liters...
• Re: Head Welded, '80 (long) & Shop Recommendation
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 May 1997 19:04:58 +0000
  > He went through what they do to assure that the Type 4 valve seats > won't drop. I like their approach and solution to...
• Re: Air vs. Water: suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 22:29:50 +1300
  ...The Type 4 engine, which is what the 1.7, 1.8 and 2.0 aircooled bus engines are, can be hotted-up quite...
• Re: Commentary on Air Cooled Cylinder Heads
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 16:39:43 -0500
  ...new AMC heads on my rebuilds for the following reasons > the type 4-2 heads take a beating and see hotter temps than most...
• 125 HP Wasserboxer Ghia (non-transplant for Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 18 Dec 1995 10:33:34 PST
  ...via Type 4 solid tappets (in place of the standard hydraulic tappets), chrome moly pushrods and bolt-up rocker shafts. The engine is topped...
• Re: Oil Pump Replacement.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 6 Nov 2015 17:06:11 -0800
  ...bearing wen like the type 4 engines did. VW reman engines reached a point that almost all used new engine cases. Welded heads, reground...
• Re: Mr Lube / Walmart oil changes OK? I have the 'Mahn' OEM Oil Filter....
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:19:20 -0700
  ...They aren't familiar with the type 4 air-cooled VW engine; > ::: > :::2. They probably won't clean the strainer screen. They probably don...
• RE: Cruise control for '80-82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 16:05:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Sounds like it's a non-problem on Type-4 engined VWs. Mike, do you happen to know the model number of the unit...
• Re: type?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 16 Mar 2003 19:21:47 EST
  ...VW confuses things further by putting Type 4 power in the later years of the loaf vans. Later derivatives of the same engine powered...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 16:25:37 -0700
  ...83 >> >> www.marksbugbarn.com - indicates the extension is only for >> type 4 engines >> >> www.bus-boys.com/bbvdo.htm - sells a VDO-360023 sender...
• engine is out
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Oct 1995 00:22:57 -0500 (CDT)
  It took me all day, but the engine is now in the basement. Used Tom Wilson's trick with the plywood board, but badly...
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 30 May 2001 20:42:47 -0500
  ...engine > 54 Bug./ 1960 356 engine > 74 FJ55 Landcruiser / Chevrolet > 68 Camaro 6-cyl / Corvette 327 > 67 Karmann Ghia / 2.0 914 Type 4...
• Re: Air cooled diesel Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:25:34 -0400
  ...Are the diesel engines from the early '80s based on a Type 4 gas engine? Are there other things besides the fuel injection that...
• Re: Reasonable cruising speed?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Thu, 3 Aug 2006 17:48:03 -0700
  ...Windows as > well as some 72-79's with the Type 4 engine. > However, I am sure with enough > investigation, one could have Rancho...
• Re: Castor oil as lubricant
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:16:12 -0800
  ...and big knobby?? (Van content) That was when the first Type 4 engines were just coming out in the Bay windows. ;-) Courtney ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Always be...
• Buy it from me or else? (and) The free Westy lives!
  Historical mailing list - Radish150
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:39:49 -0800
  ...a hypo style type 4 bus one piece? Also upgrading the ignition to MSD, any thoughts on MSD vs Jacobs engineering? Then, there is...
• WBX in Porsche
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:48:25 -0600
  ...the engine and all the parts to do it. but now, I think how superior this WBX is to the old type 4 motor...
• Re: Raceware Head Studs
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Wade
  Wed, 18 Dec 96 23:55:20 CST
  ...Cafe)have used them on HP type 4 engines too. We've yet to build a Waterboxer engine with Raceware studs, but with the...
• Re: Camshafts Hyd/solid ?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:01:21 -0600
  One of the best sites for type IV information is http://tunacan.net/t4/index.shtml Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www...
• Re: EMERGENCY POWER PLANT
  Historical mailing list - Frank Miller
  Sat, 6 Nov 1999 06:42:58 -0500
  On a similar subject - Someone used to have plans for converting a VW engine into a self-contained air compressor - 2 cylinders for the...
• Re: Air cooled blocks
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 17:27:31 EST
  ...Can't use the type 4 engine in your van 'cause the law is that the vehicle that the engine comes from has to...
• Re: Aircooled rules
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 20:43:02 -0800
  ...There was a reason why the Type 4 > engine > > was developed. But that's a different subject.... > > > > This long response is case in point...
• Re: best way to remove original hose clamps?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:02:02 -0800
  ...And replace them with good quality screw type # 4 size American style small hose clamps, or There are German small ones that are even...
• Re: Engine Repair or Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 14:15:05 +1300
  ...1916 Type 4, and could easily have taken plenty more power. I drove it really hard on twisty roads. A stronger engine is always...
• Circle Yer Wagons
  Historical mailing list - lbart
  Sat, 10 May 1997 23:59:49 -0400
  ...One had a Type 4 engine in it, very poorly done. No Type 4s. Very few Karmann Ghias, one really nice red one and...
• Re: What in fuel can wreck engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:26:12 -0800
  ...the type 4 man deluxe > he informed me of some of his engine blow techniques > he would custom build a very loose engine to...
• Re: Aircooled rules
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sun, 3 Dec 2006 23:30:20 -0800
  ...There was a reason why the Type 4 >> engine >>> was developed. But that's a different subject.... >>> >>> This long response is case in point...
• Re: VDO Oil Pressure Extension Adaptor
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 12 Feb 2003 11:52:34 -0600
  ...83 > > www.marksbugbarn.com - indicates the extension is only for > type 4 engines > > www.bus-boys.com/bbvdo.htm - sells a VDO-360023 sender...
• FIRE safety tip for late Bus Westys
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Thu, 21 Sep 95 16:44:21 EDT
  ...BTW cleaning up a dry chemical extinguisher from all over a Type 4 powered Bus engine compartment isn't fun. Thank the environmental freaks...
• Re: Oil pumps
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 2 May 1998 17:56:56 -0700
  >No, unfortunately the Oil Pump on the Type 4 based engined Vanagons is an >entirely (and expensive) beast. The only company making a heavy...
• Re: Porsche 914 heads on Vanagon motor...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:52:18 -0700
  ...1) The 914 2.0 heads are unique to the VW Type 4 engine as used in the 914. You have already noted the...
• Re: the care and feeding of type 4 engines
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 18:10:35 -0400
  ...If van already running ok, take off dist.cap and turn engine til rotor is lined up w/#1 mark on rim of dist...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:35:50 -0500
  ...Or am I just trying > to over engineer something? Anyone with experience with an auxiliary oil > cooler might know if I am trying to...
• Re: Subaru Engines (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Gies
  Thu, 27 May 2004 13:31:06 -0500
  ...Subaru Engines (NVC) On Thu, 27 May 2004, Andrew Fox wrote: > honda no longer sells a small fuel efficent hatchback, their only > hatchback is...
• How lifters work and Two turns to set valves?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 00:32:41 -0500
  ...So you set the Type 4 lifters to .006 clearance cold, right? As the engine warms up that clearance decreases to somewhere near zero...
• Re: Volkswagen part numbers
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 13:09:51 -0700
  ...4 = Type 4 (411/412 "abortions"). 7 = Eurovan Here's some Vanagon specific Model Numbers: 251 = Vanagon (Basic) 253 = Vanagon Deluxe (Also Westfalia 80...
• Re: compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 08:01:45 -0700
  ...advance spec > is for the distributor on this particular Type 4 engine? What can I do > about it? I have a spare distributor that...
• Re: Can I put an aircooled engine in a water cooled 91?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 3 Jul 1999 20:17:59 -0400
  ...Bottom line, the type 4 motor is a hardy, strong, and dependably motor used in a staggering variety of VWs and Porsches from 1968...
• Back in Action!!! 1982 Westfalia hits the road again
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 13:16:56 -0400
  ...CS (Cheng Shing) 96mm alloy pistons were designed for the Ford Pinto, and modified for use in the Type 4. As such, they do...
• Re: Oil pumps
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Sun, 3 May 1998 16:59:39 -0700
  ...Robert Lilley wrote: > >No, unfortunately the Oil Pump on the Type 4 based engined Vanagons is an > >entirely (and expensive) beast. The only company...
• Re: Transporter designations
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Wed, 27 May 1998 09:25:03 -0400
  ...VW engine that we came to love in our '73-'82~ transporters and A/C vanagons. Commonly refered to as a type 4 motor...
• Great idea, WRONG motor. was: turbo? supercharched?
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Wed, 11 Mar 1998 09:11:01 EST
  ...These engines are routinely supercharged in Rabbits and Sciroccos without much pain. I've seen turbos and super-chargers on the type 4, but...
• Re: oil temp sensors
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:25:08 -0800
  ...That motor lasted over 100k, but little thngs that Gene Berg espoused(he hated the type 4 engine) conceptually like lower compression ratio, one...
• Re: Leaky pushrod tubes...who changes oil?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 04 Jul 94 23:02:30 CDT
  ...on the type 4 engines, (1972-1983), they used the porsche seals for the 914/912E ... it seems that the porsche seals lasted longer...
• compression & advance
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Thu, 4 Jun 1998 10:39:43 -0400
  ...advance spec is for the distributor on this particular Type 4 engine? What can I do about it? I have a spare distributor that...
• New and used parts Blowout sale!!!
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 17:48:36 -0400
  ...10 per set of 8 used push rods solid lifter type 4 engine $40 a set Auto trans flex plate $50 2.0 liter...
• Selling '81 Westfalia in Montreal
  Historical mailing list - Johannes Emigholz
  Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:36:27 -0400
  ...Engine: CV Type; 2,0 L 51 kW (70 HP) air-cooled boxer / gasoline (min. 91 octane) / Fuel Injection. Transmission: DK Type; 4 gear...
• Re: Where's Waldo? (Something is missing?)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 23:05:07 -0500
  ...Where's Waldo? (Something is missing?) Ok, two questions on a 82 Vanagon with a 2.0L Type 4 engine I'm piecing back...
• Re: WBX in Porsche
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 29 Nov 2004 01:22:06 +0000
  ...the engine >and all the parts to do it. but now, I think how superior this WBX is to >the old type 4 motor...
• Re: 81 Vanagon Type 4 Motor Timing
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Thu, 9 Apr 2020 09:35:42 -0400
  ...the distributor > to determine it's heritage). > > > > Looking at other Type 4 engine layouts I see the vacuum can is near the > shaft that...
• Re: Aircooled ?s here for my 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:54:09 -0400
  ...As for oil consumption, I've never had a type 4 that used much oil, unless it was leaking, or worn out. Have your...
• Re: Compression Question
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Sat, 17 Aug 2002 18:49:01 -0400
  ...I just pulled a 132,000 mile Type 4 apart today, and what a mess. I think this guy never changed his oil, or...
• Re: How lifters work and Two turns to set valves?
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 02:05:45 -0800
  ...That wrecks > your compression. > > So you set the Type 4 lifters to .006 clearance cold, right? As the > engine warms up that clearance decreases...