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• correction Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:46:28 -0800
  ...the bostig site and you can choose and compare a few engines. http://bostig.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=261...
• OK, now everyone will have SA grilles,what next? (F)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 00:15:35 -0500
  ...throaty rumble? Or instead of those dreamy 5-cylinder-gas Audi engines, why not install the 5 cylinder TD or the std. 5-diesel...
• Re: GEAR UP! 15" rims 75 series?
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 13:53:23 -0500
  ...our vanagons to complement the horse power and torque of the >engines they put into them. Most of the troubles I've had with...
• Oil pressure standard -- 13.1 or 29 PSI?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Thu, 28 Sep 2000 20:53:17 -0700
  ...as normal in an apparently healthy 2.1 waterboxer? What pressure do list members observe in new engines? Mike <mjcatlin@pacbell.net> Davis, Calif.
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:52:58 -0700
  ...A SETUP WAY, WAY > BETTER Than a waterboxer Vangon engine ............ > there are much better more modern engines that will advance you > light years , and...
• Re: Porsche trans. (automatic -sort of) swap.
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:09:04 -0600
  ...engines which, I think, means it doesn't bolt right up to the >watercooled engines. The triptronic, again expensive, is similar Actually, the waterboxer...
• Re: head work
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:46:32 -0600
  On early Split and Bay busses up to 79 the engines need to be pulled to replace the heads. On Vanagons you can replace...
• Re: SDM07- many engine conversions
  Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
  Wed, 9 May 2007 09:45:56 -0700
  ...I tried to count up the different engines that had been > installed to replace the original 2.1 waterboxer. > > Here is a list so...
• Re: Top 3 Oils for 2.1 Again
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:39:00 -0800
  ...for newer roller cam follower engines, and not so > much > for flat cam follower engines like our waterboxers. > I regard Delo 15W40 as 'just...
• Re: Is my 83.5 Westy really 83.25?
  Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 10:09:50 +0200
  ...But as carburated engines they didn't pass the smog laws in US, always w/o cat. So you still got the 2.0...
• Re: What's wrong with my VW? Friday
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 16:06:11 -0500
  ...Japanese engines will take abuse and >>total lack of maintenance and still give really high milages (of >>coures there ARE unreliable Japanese engines, but...
• Re: Longer Lasting Clutch?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:38:26 -0700
  ...On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > I only use Sachs clutches myself. > either waterboxer...
• Re: Porsche six transplant
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 21:06:55 -0600
  ...engine in my vanagon, is that mine's a waterboxer, and that porsche engines can be quite pricey, especially since you need to use...
• Re: Originally: JLP rebuilt wbxr engines in Denver
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Mon, 7 Feb 2011 10:19:37 -0500
  ...shops here in the US that do performance waterboxers, use these exact sets in their engines (I have sold them to them myself). So...
• Re: engine stand
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:15:53 -0700
  ...It is made I think for American engines. I would like to > know if I can use it for the waterboxer engine. I picked...
• Re: Which Engine To Install and by Whom
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 14 May 2012 19:50:10 -0600
  ...I think the Oettinger waterboxer 6 is pretty rare and not a normal option. oh heck ..we didn't cover air-cooled Porsche engines...
• Re: Boston Bob engines - Use caution
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:41:39 -0800
  ...Head gaskets have nothing to do with oil leaks on a waterboxer. Front and rear main seals are not related to head gaskets. While...
• Re: rod knock on ivory '84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:32:01 -0800
  ...the Chris Corken tencentlife 'better waterboxer' .. spendy and takes a while to get one.. and .. having installed one of his engines ............... and I've...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 13:10:08 -0700
  Interesting, especially with two waterboxers torn apart in my barn at the moment! What are my odds? I could also point out that the...
• Re: What I Learned Today...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:00:21 -0800
  ...I have like 20 engines , probably a dozen waterboxers. Need a core ? lol. scott On 2/10/2013 5:42 PM, J Stewart wrote...
• Re: Dangers of Ebay Adventures
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 3 Jun 2007 11:36:20 -0700
  ...Valve Lifter Noise Patti, that describes a common situation with the VW Waterboxer engines (and a lot of others in the world). Part of...
• Re: Tips 'n' Tricks - cold cylinder check
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:09:31 -0800
  ...it's really nice where there is a header pipe for each cylinder, like a waterboxer vanagon has. that check.......temp of the exhaust...
• Re: Are all 2.1 engines digifant?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 4 May 2014 20:45:11 -1000
  ...Are all 2.1 engines digifant? > > > > >From the factory, yes. But..... > > I've read of 2.1 engines installed in Digijet Vanagons. The owner...
• Re: 2.2 into a 1.9 case
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 7 Oct 2013 20:49:53 -0400
  ...That even includes the air cooled engines. As you go into the industrial or even the truck-Bus world, engines get rated based on...
• Re: drips of antifreeze off head
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 2 Jan 2013 09:54:43 -0800
  ...However, it is a testament to good metallurgy and precision German assembly that the original engines last as long as they do, but now...
• Re: Cooling System stop-leak compounds
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Jun 2005 02:53:33 -0500
  ...These engines >fail for this problem more than waterboxers loose head gaskets! > >Dennis > >-----Original Message----- >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: subaru head leaks (SVC)
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:14:09 -0600
  Pretty revealing, aparently this mostly is the 2.5 engines? One comment I liked: "This car counts as two- my first and my last...
• Re: DJ Compression Ratio
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:35:46 -0500
  ...A SETUP WAY, WAY >> BETTER Than a waterboxer Vangon engine ............ >> there are much better more modern engines that will advance you >> light years , and...
• Re: Engine oil
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 7 Aug 2022 08:41:55 -0700
  ...the Waterboxer. The pre-ignition, > detonation control is just another consideration for using oils that are > designed for gasoline, not diesel engines. Pre-ignition...
• Re: Friday NVC-MGB engine that rebuilds itself
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:01:49 -0500
  MGBs had a > three main engine until 1965, and all LBC (Little British Car) engines were > based off the same MOWOG design, which was...
• Re: Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:52:45 -0700
  ...Now, here's my question, |anyone have any real life experience with these plugs in the |1.9 and 2.1 waterboxer engines ? I...
• Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:51:21 -0400
  ...Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > 'normal' 1.9 waterboxer engines .......for US models, 1983 to 1985 > use...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 18:15:17 -0700
  ...and lots of things are hard to work on too, on stock waterboxer engines, like a water pump job with the engine in the...
• Re: waterboxers in Mass./ coolant redux
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 5 Sep 2006 06:53:44 -0400
  ...It claims to > be good for Mercedes and other European engines. FWIW it is yellow. > > What thinks The List? > > Also what do you know...
• Re: oils and gasoline
  Historical mailing list - James Eaton
  Wed, 29 May 2013 08:16:12 -0400
  ...business of selling > oil and in the business of building engines that the waterboxer does not > have tolerances that would take advantage of the...
• Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 25 May 2004 23:32:11 -0400
  ...Cooled Vanagons engines with over 200K on them? I have a number of customers who have done it with the WaterBoxer. The FUN BUS...
• Re: EB2007 Vanaru Test Drive
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:15:10 -0700
  ...Subaru engines are usually quieter than the waterboxer engine (SVX > > engines excepted.) > > > > Now Tiico engines sound a lot like the original engines...cause they...
• Re: Hatch mosquito net
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 11:51:19 EST
  ...Most of those engines or the heads were replaced under warranty. I seem to remember a recall on the Vanagon waterboxer engines as well...
• Re: Spark plug gap
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 8 Mar 2012 15:46:43 -0800
  ...I have boxes of lots-of-life left-in-them Bosch and NGK spark plugs removed from waterboxer engines. I hardly give them a...
• Boston Bob s AMC head rantings
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 5 Oct 2000 20:18:26 -0400
  ...in part are the heads are differant in the 1.9 and the 2.1 waterboxer engines Kenneth and the list Im not on...
• Re: Noisy Valve lifters
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 3 Feb 2013 10:18:23 -0700
  ...I've seen this on > older Waterboxer engines I have had ( with lots of miles on them), BUT > the question is: Is this something...
• Re: Push covers/enging tins
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:21:25 -0400
  ...I've _already_ said that I don't know how important that is on a waterboxer. It's very important on an aircooled. But...
• Re: Rebuild specialists: speculation
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 2 Mar 2000 09:53:30 -0800
  ...Is there a parallel concerning the rebuilding of waterboxer engines? What is the success rate for a large sample of shops doing only one...
• Re: Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:51:04 -0400
  ...Fwd: '87 Westy - Oil Change, out of hibernation Well, obviously waterboxer engines with not that many miles on them are not highmilage wbxr engines...
• Re: rod knock on ivory '84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:53:14 -0800
  ...and really ....I am realizing more and more that for high mile waterboxer engines, the only way to know the crank and bearings are...
• Re: More powerful waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 3 Feb 2005 19:22:32 -0800
  ...More powerful waterboxer > >From: Damon Campbell > >>IMO, building a substantially higher power WBX comes >>from two main methods: >>1) Displacement. I've done this...
• Re: Trans upshift
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 17:02:16 -0700
  ...for engines that are more like 6,000 or 7K rpm engines, rather than waterboxer 5,000 rpm engines.. this makes the trans wait...
• Re: Coke vs Pepsi was Inside a Subi engine EJ22
  Historical mailing list - Jason Ewing
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 14:46:53 -0400
  ...regarding engines without having to > use disparaging comments and/or flamesuites. > > Personally I prefer Subaru's, but I also drive Vanagons with > waterboxers and...
• Lubricant Capacities/Lubricant Type
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Lubricant Capacities/Lubricant Type
  August 31, 1990
  ...Waterboxer & Thru 1986 MY 15.2 liter (16.9 quart) Diesel Waterboxer From 1987 MY 16.7 liter (18.6 quart) Use only Phosphate...
• Re: Anyone going from north east to Florida this week?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:56:47 -0400
  Jim, you know what they say, "Two engines are better than one!" :-) Ken On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Jim Felder...
• SV: Re: 1980 Vanagon L
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Wed, 26 May 2004 15:10:06 +0200
  ...Cooled Vanagons engines with over 200K on them? I have a number of customers who have done it with the WaterBoxer. The FUN BUS...
• New to list
  Historical mailing list - Rob Lawson
  Sun, 28 Aug 2005 13:52:15 -0700
  ...work on my vans, but these waterboxers are a little more complex than the carbureted 1600cc engines I'd grown used to. Still, I...
• Re: vanagon engine conversions vs rebuilt 1.9 waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:44:45 -0700
  ...I just picked up an '84 >Vanagon Westy with a bum engine-and I have 2 Corvair 110 engines sitting in >my garage-hmmmmmm...
• Re: Coolant Problems - Texaco Extended Life Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 01:48:35 -0400
  ...Is this stuff safe to use on our waterboxer engines? I hate to > pay the price for Autobahn coolant but I don't want...
• Re: Waterboxer Power vs transplants
  Historical mailing list - Carl Cobb
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 15:04:03 -0700
  ...The power is the same as an unmodified > waterboxer. Personally I'd avoid this engine in a Westy if converting. > Why pay the price...
• Re: VDO oil sender extension hose
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 16 May 2005 20:12:19 -0500
  ...VDO dual output > pressure senders on the aircooled or even the waterboxer engines. > > http://tactical-bus.info/oilextend.html > > jimt > > > -- > No virus found in...
• Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:39:10 -0700
  ...All the gas pumps say, right on them, 'may contain up to 10 % alcohol." I would not say that waterboxers engines are 'sensitive to...
• Re: [VW gas I4 Conversions] AFM ? (as related to the air filter housing)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:24:29 -0800
  ...I install them on 2.1 waterboxer vanagons sometimes. I had a van that went to Burning Man with one of those on the...
• Re: OIL, What do you use?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Thu, 21 Oct 1999 09:41:38 -0400
  ...the water cooled engines hotter heads make less power and degrade valves, guides and outer rubber coolant gaskets on the waterboxer at a faster...
• Re: Dennis has a question-Carbureted 1.9L engine!
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 9 Apr 2014 01:51:56 -1000
  ...the external dimensions of both 1.9 and 2.1 waterboxer engines are identical. I have mounted all compoenents from either onto both , including...