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• Re: Diesel coolin problems
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 22 Jun 1996 13:54:25 -0400
  ...IS there. > Does anyone know whether the diesel's thermostat is interchangeable >with a gas engine van? > Is there any way to check the...
• Re: Add on A/C BTU Requirements 82 Diesel Westy: Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 29 Mar 1998 23:16:36 -0800
  ...Magee > 82 Diesel Westy (micro motorhome: diesel pusher/needs a/c) I added AC to my 82 Diesel Vanagon. I used the overhead stock...
• Re: <diesel> oil pressure light at idle/ goes away once engine is warm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Jan 2004 18:04:43 -0500
  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: <diesel> oil pressure light at idle/ goes away once engine is warm In my 82 diesel van, the oil...
• Re: Tip and Tricks: Smoke Signals
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:21:07 -0400
  In a diesel it is normal to see white smoke on start-up on cold days with a cold engine. It's unburned fuel...
• Re: [VWPICKUPS] Fw: Kleen-Flo Diesel Conditioner
  Historical mailing list - Thom Singer
  Sat, 29 Jan 2000 18:24:51 -0800
  ...diesel fuel was introduced in California in the mid 80's. > It was developed to help decrease the amount of emissions from diesel > engines...
• Re: Awesome new Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:16:08 -0800
  ...Here in the land of Oz, for the T5 we get the choice of 3 diesel engines from 4cyl 1.9 NA thru to...
• Re: engine swap source: TDI
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Mon, 16 Mar 1998 08:37:30 -0600
  Bj�rn wrote: > At 10:58 AM 15/03/98 -0500, you wrote: > >Following is excerpt from company profile for VW Industrial engines that...
• 82 Diesel coolant temp sender location
  Historical mailing list - Pete Geisen
  Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:12:38 -0400
  I'm a new owner of an '82 diesel westy, and I've really enjoyed reading the wealth of info everyone has put on...
• Re: Re powering `82 Diesel with 1.9 Tur
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 4 Jul 1997 23:28:42 -0400
  ...setups used on VW diesels sold in the US. See: http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/jag/vw/engine/turbo/turbo.html The installation...
• Re: Diesel mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:15:29 -0600
  ...diesel list (over a year) long enough to know hers is not just a cursory observation. It's got to be how the engine...
• Re: Awesome new Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:03:38 -0800
  ...Here in the land of Oz, for the T5 we get > the choice of 3 diesel engines from 4cyl 1.9 NA thru to...
• for diesels: some bosch information
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 12 Aug 94 14:39:08 CDT
  Bosch Gasoline and Diesel Injection Products Catalog 221132 1992 Diesel Fuel Injection - Volkswagen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 1983 1982 Model Vanagon Vanagon Engine 1588cc (CS) 1588cc (CS...
• Re: Engine shot? Odd compression readings
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 17 Sep 2001 20:45:07 -0700
  ...Installing the engine in the Diesel Vanagon resulted in 205-205-205-200 when it was warm. Why? The Diesel starter sure spins the...
• FW: Diesel No Start?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Fri, 16 Jun 2000 19:13:48 -0400
  ...1982 diesel westy and > everything is great with one exception... it will not start up when the > engine is warm. > > When the engine is...
• Re: Coolant hose tap
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:57:42 -0500
  ...Stefanovich wrote: > in the engine compartment, I noticed that the coolant hose that came off > the front of the block and went forward to...
• Re: Parts needed... Looking for some diesel bits or a cheap WBX in southern Ontario
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:45:18 -0700
  ...I can replace it with another waterboxer or I can > use the diesel conversion parts and engine that I had been planning to > install...
• Re: WBX6 RE: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 29 Sep 2014 21:56:45 -0700
  ...The original diesel vans were very very underpowered...The gas inline is the identical block to the diesel, castings are the same anyhow, so...
• Re: Retrofit Electric Pumps and a 110V pre-heat circulating system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 4 Mar 2008 23:15:28 -0800
  ...So you pull into the rest stop and immediately shut the > > engine > > > down. That heat has to go somewhere ... Most Diesel truck engines > > specify...
• 82 Diesel Vanagon Engine Replacement Choices? Costs? Comments?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Sykes
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:59:58 -0400
  ...wasserboxer than for the diesel. It would be nice to keep the vanagon completely VW and the Subaru engines are pretty thirsty, fuel-wise...
• Audi 5-cly turbo diesel Vanagon- on it's way to Alaska
  Historical mailing list - R.Joseph Murphy
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:06:32 -0700
  Listmembers, Yes, Audi 5-cly turbo diesel. Just finished the installation on Sunday leaving to Alaska for 2 months this wendesday. First, the installation...
• Re: Add on A/C BTU Requirements 82 Diesel Westy: Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 11:20:35 -0800
  ...Magee > > 82 Diesel Westy (micro motorhome: diesel pusher/needs a/c) I added AC to my 82 Diesel Vanagon. I used the overhead stock...
• Re: 1.8T conversion question
  Historical mailing list - James S. Cohen
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:42:15 -0500
  ...CVs torqued, diesel bellhousing, input shaft, and clutch >> lever installed, new Redline MT-90, etc.. I have drilled two additional >> rear engine carrier mounting...
• Re: Where have all the Vanagons gone
  Historical mailing list - Bill Thomas
  Sun, 8 Mar 1998 23:16:59 -0500
  As I recall the motoring press at the time said that the VW engine foundries producing Rabbit engines could not keep up with the...
• Re: Easiest Platform to Convert to I-4 FROM?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:36:36 -0700
  ...The Diesel parts can be hard to find. > > What makes the Diesel style nice is it keeps the engine below the lid. > > The Diesel...
• Re: BLUE TEC
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 26 May 2008 19:23:17 -0700
  ...other paradigm. > > Yes, a blue tec engien is a piston diesel internal combustion engine just > like yours........but the ENTIRE fuel and combustion management...
• Re: Diesel as carb/injector cleaner?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:33:17 -0400
  Kind of makes you wonder why diesel injectors get fouled? Jay Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 09/13/2002 09...
• Re: Fwd: VW GTD data (turbo-diesel-sport)
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Sat, 1 Apr 95 9:55:12 CST
  ...Union standard), what kind of fuel (S bf = super unleaded, D = diesel doh!), consumption in l/100km (I'll let someone else do the...
• VW Vanagon Turbodiesel conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Sep 1998 17:30:42 EDT
  ...TURBO DIESEL VANAGONS Asking Price: $ 3995 up Ad Placed On: 98-08-21 Contact: Scott Foss (turbovan@pacbell.net) Scott Foss Turbo Diesel Vanagons...
• Re: Cold start problem-87 Diesel 1.6L
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:14:39 EDT
  ...Also what oil are you using? I had hard starting with my '81 Jetta diesel using straight 30 weight motor oil until someone suggested...
• Re: 52 degree Inline 4 hydraulic lifters leaking down
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:30:25 -0700
  ...Lifters do not start in VW diesel engines until 86, maybe a year > earlier in Audi - or something close to this. > 82 diesel vanagon...
• Re: Engine Transplant Homework
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 05 Nov 1995 09:12:32 PST
  ...I know of a wrecked Volvo 740 Turbo Diesel with the six cylinder VW engine so I called and asked the dealer/junk yard...
• Re: HHO Kits
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 19:22:25 -0400
  ...David Beierl wrote... >diesel fuel to obtain 1.125 units of HHO fuel. Now you run it back >>into the engine and burn it...
• Syncro single cab for sale
  Historical mailing list - Matt
  Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:55:29 -0700
  > > Rusty 1986 syncro singlecab turbo diesel (1.9 aaz) for sale. Moscow Idaho. It is originally from Montreal. > > New zero mile engine, 10k on...
• Re: ~Flaming DIEsels~ Re: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl ...
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 23:07:49 -0500
  ...into the intake of the fuel/air management device of the engine. Am I missing something here? BOB - WA4RRN '85GL ALGORE FOR FOUR MORE!
• Re: 4 Cyl VR-6: Maybe Not!!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 2 Dec 1999 17:38:45 EST
  ...Just for your interest, this engine is the closest thing to a diesel but running on gas. It red lines at 4500 rpm, puts...
• Re: VW do Brazil parts CD for trade
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 06:03:14 +0200
  Martin Peitz wrote: > I also did not know that they sell the Eurovan down there, with the VR6 > and a diesel engine. > No Vanagon...
• fuel filter bracket attachment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Mon, 13 Nov 2000 23:50:17 -0800
  ...how the diesel vanagon has the fuel filter bracket attached to that bugle in the forward passenger corner of the engine compartment? Is the...
• Need a good cheap Air Cooled transmission, Code "DK"
  Historical mailing list - Joe Hunt
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:21:57 EDT
  ...I have many diesel parts that I could trade, transmission, head, injection pump, etc. My Deisel to Jetta gas engine looks like its going...
• Re: places where rodents get into vanagons... save this list!!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:52:16 -0600
  ...I have never YET had a mouse problem, but the depressions cast into the block on the topside of my diesel engine are full...
• Re: Electric Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:31:17 -0500
  ...This is a particular problem on > Diesels. Just ask Ford power Stroke owners that have replaced engines.
• Re: Rebuilt Tire?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 21:17:18 +1200
  ...SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans) 1985 Mitsubishi Galant Sigma 2.0 (FWD), for sale 1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi...
• Re: WTB: Diesel Auxillary Heater (DA6)
  Historical mailing list - Doublecabguy
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 08:14:44 -0700
  ...Diesel Auxillary Heater (DA6) I know this is a bit of a long shot, but does anyone have a diesel aux. heater that they...
• Re: I'll bite on the diesel---safety and getting flipped off
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:17:07 -0500
  ...Pugetropolis area), & having owned > two different Diesels (not counting a parts van or > two), with 4 different > engines, & three different transmissions I have a...
• Re: Oil question....not the dreaded which motor oil is best....
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:38:19 -0800
  No problem ! I've put a jillion gallons of Delo 15W40 in all kinds of engines. I wouldn't give it a thought. Scott...
• Has Parts Place Improved?
  Historical mailing list - Keith Olsen
  Thu, 13 Jan 2000 14:40:25 EST
  ...ie diesel motor parts from Jack Ewalds Diesel Shop or a rebuilt Vanagon Auto trans from Weddle engineering were both cases where the price...
• Re: Fw: Re: safe speeds, underpowered engines, Vanagon diesel mortality (LVC, some Friday content)
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 1 Jun 2004 07:20:32 -0400
  ...back >:-) >But the problem with low power is not in the engine compartment but between >the front seat and steeringwheel on most cars today...
• I4 Engine mounting
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 30 Sep 2002 06:47:36 -0700
  ...Mark David Brodbeck wrote: > My '82 diesel has this setup, too. The bearer bars are on rubber bushings > and then the engine is tied...
• Re: Synthetic oils in the vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 2 Jun 2004 13:28:28 -0400
  ...I know this is a common practice on large low-speed > diesels, but I suppose it's less cost-effective on car engines. > > > David...
• Re: 094 5 Speed Kit Diesel Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Tue, 3 Jan 2017 10:26:18 -0600
  ...That early 5 speed > > was meant for the 48hp early 1.6 diesel engine. > > > > Your proposal to combine the tallest 5th option with the...
• Re: Diesel mileage update
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 13:49:10 -0500
  ...diesel list (over a year) long > enough to know hers is not just a cursory observation. It's got to be > how the engine...
• Frydae NVC - Octane Gas Used by 1.8L & 2.0L
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Fri, 14 May 2010 06:10:28 -0700
  I'm shopping for a Passat or Jetta wagon, and I'm wondering if the 1.8L and the 2.0L turbo engines use...
• Strange sounds from my engine
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 94 22:19:19 EST
  ...in other > engine types as well - DC David, Stuart would have to find an 8-mile, 10% slope tp get his diesel over 65...
• Gear ratios for Syncro 16"
  Historical mailing list - Philippe Oudot
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:54:15 +0200
  ...The engine has an Oettinger intercooler and it gets something like 90 HP. The engine revs too fast : 100 km/h at 4000 rpm...
• Electrical Turbo
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:49:44 +0100
  ...It is said to be applicable for both normally aspirated and turbo engines, both gasoline and diesel, and controls the pressure from feedback from...
• Re: Grey oily spots on rear hatch
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:43:00 -0600
  ...and it's one of the numerous 'challenges' ( disadvantages I say ) of diesel engines.. the engine depends on it's own condition to run...
• vanagon: turbo-diesel in america
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 12 May 94 09:26:14 CDT
  ...around quite nicely. "The camper is great," he wrote, "but the diesel engine doesn't give it enough power to accelerate safely in some...
• Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 12 Dec 2015 00:13:33 -1000
  ...bottom line, there is more cleverness to the diesel vanagon hose layout in the engine compartment than is readily apparent. happy dieseling and please...
• Re: doing more brake jobs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Sep 2005 00:19:06 -0400
  As the owner of a Diesel powered motor home that weighs almost 25,000 pounds empty, I can answer these questions. Diesels do not...
• Re: static timing help!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:38:44 -0400
  ...Static timing is common on diesels but gasoline engines are best timed with a strobe light. They're not very expensive these days. The...
• Re: LED tailights/ Interior lights
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 12:37:57 +1200
  ...SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD 87 Corolla 1.8 DX CE80 diesel sedan FWD 89 Corolla 1.8 DX CE96 diesel van/wagon...