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• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 14:40:11 -0500
  The waterboxer running properly is quite capable. VW went to great pains to make it "ping" resistant and able to run loaded for extended...
• Re: 2.1 needed - stuck with E-bay 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 15 Mar 2004 21:16:46 -0500
  ...We bid on and won a motor on ebay that was supposed to be the 2.1 waterboxer. Not knowing any better I went...
• Re: Spark plugs
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:52:29 -0400
  ...Now, here's my question, anyone have any real life experience with these plugs in the 1.9 and 2.1 waterboxer engines ? I...
• Mystery plug on Water pump.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:31:45 -0400
  ...Any tips on how to seal that better? And, what that opening is for? Eric Caron 85 GL 2.3 Waterboxer
• 2.1 waterboxer needed
  Historical mailing list - Dylan Friedman
  Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:43:21 +0000
  I am trying to locate a strong running motor for a van in southern Florida. Pmail me if you have or know of one...
• Re: vw doka sighting on Iron man 2
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Mon, 10 May 2010 09:53:13 -0400
  ...the List, but the characters Apu and Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon have a waterboxer, a natural choice, when you have eight children to transport. George/ATL
• Re: Kombi, Kombi, who's got the Kombi ... (differences)
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 6 Apr 1994 15:59:35 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Gerry Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu> U of MN Med.School.Admin 6-5379 1984 VW Vanagon Waterboxer 1915 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
• Re: the vw waterboxer...and why it sucks..
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Fri, 13 Mar 1998 22:34:32 -0500
  > >what's the sense of asking now...if you want reliability, and performance, go >to a different engine.. > >chris watch out chris, not everybody...
• New Vanagon Trannies and front diffs (syncros)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 03:19:06 EST
  I have two brand new Waterboxer 4-speed trannies for sale. $1600 each. Also brand new front differentials for syncros for $850 (VC not...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Christian Iversen
  Mon, 14 Feb 2000 22:42:27 +0100
  This is embarrasing, I managed to delete Bob's last message conserning Waterboxer stumble, before I got to read it!!! Can someone please send...
• Waterboxer heads, new or reman.
  Historical mailing list - Mattf
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 13:01:56 -0500
  Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with the remanufatured heads for a 1.9L? The rebuilt heads are much more afforadable, but...
• any South African listmembers???
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 11:31:12 EDT
  ...the 1.9i and 2.1i emblems that were stuck on the back of the 1.9L and 2.1L waterboxers over there... chris
• Tune up?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 19:07:04 -0800
  ...How often do you change these items on a gas waterboxer? MIKE
• Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:17:18 -0400
  ...Numerous folks, including some with claimed technical expertise, state that the waterboxer is subject to detonation knock (ping) and that the octane value of...
• 91 vanagon 4 spd to 5 spd gearbox
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Grove
  Fri, 2 Mar 2001 09:58:15 -0800
  ...I was amazed to find that none of the waterboxers (except Syncro's?) had 5 speed gear boxes. This is really noticable on long...
• Re: Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:04:41 -0800
  ...I even have late-night wild plans to fit a subaru intake onto a waterboxer engine ....though ........that might be impractical, and not even...
• Re: Eberspacher BA6 gas heaters on canadian waterboxer vanagons...
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 9 Feb 2015 13:03:21 -0600
  ...in my life, but then again ive never seen a canadian > waterboxer van with a eberspacher.. so i guess this is specific to that...
• Re: Coke vs Pepsi was Inside a Subi engine EJ22
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Sat, 14 Jul 2007 08:23:59 -0700
  ...Personally I prefer Subaru's, but I also drive Vanagons with waterboxers and am about to buy a diesel powered Vanagon....and maybe one...
• Fw: driving speed vs. engine life
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:51:39 -0400
  ...Not going to do a waterboxer again. Looking at Golf engines and Subaru engines. Seems either would be an improvement. For what it's...
• Re: Which gauges?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 12:53:12 -0700
  ...I'd rank these above vacuum, ammeter, and oil temperature for waterboxers. Oil temp is a must for air-cooled, but maybe redundant on...
• Re: Great Engine test stand event, part 2
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:32:39 -0600
  ...fit nicely in place of the steel > plenum of > the waterboxer - leaving the waterboxer's 4 down-tubes in place. > Maybe you can find...
• Vanagon Engine Weights
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:06:41 -0500
  ...1.9 and 2.1 Waterboxer 82 kg = 180 lbs longblock without intake or exhaust. Using a whole sheet of plywood and 3) 2x3...
• Re: Is it reasonable to expect a rebuilt waterboxer to be bone dry underneath?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 28 Jun 2016 14:37:57 +0000
  I remember seeing a steady oil drip from the tail end of the engine nacelle on a flight across Alaska in a Fairchild F...
• Re: Question on Waterboxer Power vs transplants.
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 31 May 2001 23:16:15 -0700
  So, how come nobody has suggested using the flat-6 Porsche water-cooled motor from the Boxter S for a Vanagon motor transplant? 3...
• FREE 1.9L Waterboxer engine in SJ Mercury Classified
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 14:45:27 -0800
  I saw this in the SJ Mercury Classified today. It's not mine and I have no info about it. Description VW '84 Eng...
• 85 gl timing?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Sid
  Sat, 28 May 2005 14:45:37 -0700
  ...85 Vanagon GL - Goldie 240,000 km ------------------------- waterboxer@shaw.ca ------------------------- "Any splelling errors are typos. Grammatical erros is because I don't bosther."
• Re: Oil plug gasket -- FLAPS?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 22:55:41 -0400
  FWIW, if I recall correctly the original waterboxer drain plug sealing washer was aluminum. I use to stock these all the time when I...
• starting FI waterboxer / clunk on bumps
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Apr 1994 17:56:05 -0400
  ...90 Transporter van (Australia) 2.1 Litre 4 cyl 'Waterboxer', gasoline, fuel injected (Bosch?), 10k miles - Dad's retired, doesn't drive that much...
• Waterboxer reliability and longevity issue / Subaru 2.2 / etc.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 12 Oct 1998 23:01:41 EDT
  ...engines! I personally service and have owned several very high mileage waterboxers. One,a ' 91 with 180K dependable miles (ORIGINAL head gaskets-no leaks...
• Re: Pics of my Frankenstein alternator bracket supports!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:45:20 -0800
  Hi, If your 'alternator bolt only has one bolt holding it to the block' is meant to apply to all waterboxer vanagons, that would...
• Re: WBX motor rather than ....
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 19:59:41 -0700
  I was already a VW nut back almost 30 years ago when it became known that VW was developing a waterboxer. My local independent...
• Re: Oil Temp Guage for Waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 09:45:17 -0700
  ...Does anyone know a >good place to put the VDO sender on a Waterboxer??? Does >VDO make a sender that fits in the drain...
• Waterboxer headset
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:10:27 -0400
  Hi Gang, I came across a good deal on Waterboxer Headsets. Nice German made by Elring. They come package with all the gaskets to...
• Advice request. Thinking about buying a later "waterboxer" vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Enriquez, Robert
  Wed, 12 Feb 1997 09:41:21 -0800
  Pleas give me some ideas as to what to expect for maintenance, maintenance costs, mileage, reliability, and which models to avoid. Also, toying with...
• Re: Advice request. Thinking about buying a later "waterboxer" vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 01:33:38 -0500 (EST)
  In a message dated 97-02-12 22:32:22 EST, REnriquez@misnt.alphamicro.com (Enriquez, Robert) writes: >Also, toying with the idea of...
• SA 5-speeds
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sat, 6 Jun 1998 11:24:32 -0700
  ...1.) Can this transmission be retrofitted to the 2.1 Waterboxer engine? 2.) Where do you get one? Thanks Todd Last (Lusting after a...
• Re: to bring back the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Sat, 21 Mar 1998 02:33:08 EST
  ...who cares about the wasserleaker? I wouldn't want one if they did bring it back. :) >> i wouldnt want one either!!!! waterboxers suck! chris
• leaker question
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:02:53 -0500
  I have a buddy who has a waterboxer that recently started leaking betweek the head gasket and the head itself. We were wondering if...
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - A. Schnickelgruber
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:51:21 -0500
  Don't go hurting yourself experimenting with some sort of ancient Japanese, ritual !! You have a Time Life instruction book on the art and...
• Re: Member hunt - Joel in AL
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Balson
  Sat, 21 May 2005 22:48:38 -0400
  Hey, I'm trying to track down a listmember -- Joel in Alabama, who helped me score the waterboxer in Athens, GA. I need some...
• anybody need spare injectors
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 14:15:35 -0800
  I forget who it was but they wanted a spare set of injectors http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-VANAGON-FUEL-INJECTORS-waterboxer_W0QQitem...
• Re: TDI bad camshaft
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 24 May 2011 19:14:21 -0700
  ...and to people who say .......'I've got 230,000 miles on my waterboxer, heads have never been off" ...... I totally cringe because the...
• RE: Waterboxer Heater Blower Motors Query
  Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
  Sat, 6 Jan 1996 08:43:21 -0900 (AKST)
  Several months ago there was a thread on waterboxer front heater blower motors. One individual recommended that the motor could be rebuilt by installing...
• Re: 2.1 WBX OIL COOLER
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:08:26 -0800
  Correction - all 2.1 Waterboxers 86-91 On 1/25/07, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote: > > To my best knowledge, an oil...
• Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:26:32 -0700
  ...I have in the back of my mind a plan to run a waterboxer off a Subaru fuel injection and ignition system ............though so...
• Re: diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 8 Feb 2003 23:50:18 EST
  ...To fit a diesel inline engine to a formerly waterboxer equipped van, you need to use an adapter or simply get a diesel bellhousing...
• Re: [Bulk] Re: Secret tune-up / service item on 1.9 waterboxer engines.
  Historical mailing list - Harry Hoffman
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:17:15 -0400
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• Waterboxer Exhost
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Crowell
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 17:28:44 -0700
  I have been searching for an aftermarket exhost system for my 84 vanagon camper. Does anyone know of a supplier? Ideally, i would like...
• Re: tranny from 81 aircooled @ 86 watercooled ?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 21:14:03 EST
  ...writes: << Anybody tried that already ? Does it fit ? TIA, >> you cannot use the 4spd trans from a aircooled van in a waterboxer van... chris
• Re: 84 clutch, etal
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 5 Jan 2007 10:36:12 -0800
  ...a Vanagon clutch...and no need to mess with that pesky waterboxer cooling system.... >On a Vanagon, a knowledgeable mechanic does not pull the...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:38:33 -0700
  ...the point is that 'maybe' you can't push a waterboxer too far in terms of displacement and compression ratio without additional electronic trickery...
• Re: This could be a real buy...
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:39:43 -0600
  Putting a waterboxer into a van that was originally air cooled must be quite a project. Radiator, fan, coolant lines ......... . I respect your skills...
• Re: main bearing torque
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 00:21:22 -0400
  ...I expect to receive ridicule for trying to rebuild a waterboxer > without the Bentley manual, but I've made it this far without it...
• Re: Carb conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:27:13 -0700
  ...The intake port configuration of a Type 4 head is not close enough to a waterboxer head for the same kit to fit both...
• FS: '82 Westfalia with waterboxer conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 03 Jul 1997 11:16 -0600 (MDT)
  ...The engine and tranny have been replaced with an early waterboxer set. The odometer repors less than 90K miles and the body looks to...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: TIICO vs. CA
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:37:57 EST
  ...He said that a Vanagon with a waterboxer in it had been flagged by an earlier inspection as a "gross polluter". When the customer...
• Re: Long block air cooled for vanagon 2.0 L
  Historical mailing list - Gus
  Fri, 3 May 2013 16:06:54 -0400
  ...Any other places with good reputations? Waterboxer Engines? > > , Glen in Florida
• "Extraordinarily bad engines"
  Historical mailing list - Frank LaHorgue
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:44:28 -0000
  Hey guys, Thanks for telling me how bad the waterboxer engine in my 1986 GL is. I guess that is why I had to...
• for sale:'83.5 Vanagon GL NINE PASSENGER SUNROOF
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Fri, 1 May 1998 17:31:22 EDT
  for sale: '83.5 Vanagon GL ,4spd, waterboxer 1.9, rare NINE PASSENGER model, also has factory 3.5 foot X 3.5 foot...
• Porsche Boxster
  Historical mailing list - Martin Wolf
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 12:48:18 EST
  ...However, is there any information there that may translate to the waterboxer, ie. head sealing, horse power, etc. I think its interesting the opposed...