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• if that Oil Press thing is about an air-cooled engine ..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 15 May 2012 21:28:46 -0700
  ...because with an air-cooled engine you wouldn't really have a way to know oil temp ... unless with a gauge .. or with an...
• Re: if that Oil Press thing is about an air-cooled engine ..
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 16 May 2012 16:09:46 -0400
  From experience the air cooled engines need head temperature monitoring more than oil temperature. Oil temperature rise from excessive load can be too far...
• Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 06:39:03 -0500
  My wife and I own an '82 Air-Cooled Gasoline-powered Westfalia Vanagon. It currently has a rebuilt original engine which, I assume, might...
• Re: Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:23:51 -0500
  ...Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled? My wife and I own an '82 Air-Cooled Gasoline-powered Westfalia Vanagon. It currently has a...
• Re: Engine tin for air cooled Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Tue, 13 May 2008 15:10:22 -0400
  I have a large supply of air cooled tin for the vanagons and a complete engines worth For $200 Bob Donalds Boston Engine 508...
• Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Waxman
  Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:12:33 -0500
  ...Maintenance of your air-cooled vehicle will also be much cheaper. Check out the following run down: Air-cooled Vs. Water-cooled - Engines cheaper...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Kim Howe
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:54:51 +0800
  On Monday, March 25, 2002, at 10:43 PM, KENWILFY@aol.com wrote: > Comparing a 1600cc air cooled engine to a water cooled engine...
• Re: Air Cooled or Water Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:37:08 -0500
  Greg, The air cooled engine is easier to work on than the WBX?---- Yea, all except the suitcase 914 type engine -- I'd rather...
• Re: 81 Air cooled... Engine conversion options??
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:52:35 -0700
  I think that a 115 hp 2 liter inline 4 engine is a vast improvement over a 67 hp air-cooled engine.Worth the...
• Re: Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 10:49:58 -0800
  ...AFAIK, any engine that fits in a water cooled Vanagon, will fit in an air cooled Vanagon. Adding the needed cooling system parts isn...
• Re: EGR-air cooled_reduce engine temp?
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:29:06 -0400
  ...EGR-air cooled_reduce engine temp? Have air cooled 1981 Camper and it over heated and destroyed engine, Suspect, was s bad thermostat. Rebuilt...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 12:00:38 -0600
  ...VW made air cooled in Mexico, Brazil, South Africa clear up until 2001. New 2000cc in the crate Air Cooled Engines only were available...
• Re: Air-cooled to Water-cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:13:08 -0400
  ...my 82 air-cooled engine > (3rd!) with something else. > > As I see it, I have three alternatives: > > 1) Re-engineered air-cooled (bored out...
• Air-cooled to Water-cooled?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 12:25:06 -0400
  ...1) Re-engineered air-cooled (bored out, new cam, etc) 2) Vanagon water-cooled engine 3) Subaru I have two questions to help me...
• Re: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 09:28:01 -0500
  ...the only car manufacture to >> make air cooled autos...i said that porsche also made air cooled >> engines but could not think of any...
• Re: Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 6 Dec 2009 07:01:08 -0600
  ...Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled? My wife and I own an '82 Air-Cooled Gasoline-powered Westfalia Vanagon. It currently has a...
• Regarding
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:25:16 -0700
  Putting an air cooled engine back on an air cooled van . -Stacy
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:09:18 +0000
  ...However, according to Wikipediea, Porsche continued to make air cooled boxer engines until 1996 ( I thought it was 1989). Maybe it was 1989 when...
• Re: Can I put an aircooled engine in a water cooled 91?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 4 Jul 1999 11:17:52 -0600
  ...One reason air cooled engines aren't seen much anymore is that they generally produce more emissions. Regarding interior heat. If you need a...
• Re: Air vs Water
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 7 Jan 2002 09:38:19 -0600
  ...Air Cooled engine rebuilds are about half that of Water Cooled. The air Cooled system has fewer parts since it has no radiator, water...
• Re: porsche conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:55:40
  ...why do you want an air-cooled engine? >Ive lost 2 engines due to cooling system problems, air cooled might be >my solution....but...
• Re: Air cooled overheating
  Historical mailing list - Marvin Westenburg
  Sun, 4 Oct 1998 09:06:02 -0500
  You wrote: >I have an '80 VanagonL and was wondering if there was any way that an air >cooled engine would overheat like under...
• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 25 Mar 2002 21:32:45 -0800
  ...You are the exception-you must know this-I worked at a VW shop-air-cooled was the bread and butter. Air-cooled engines...
• Cool Air-Cooled
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Hill
  Wed, 6 Feb 2002 18:12:13 -0600
  ...Air Cooled Vanagon that runs cool? The Vanagon, especially the Westy, has the frontal area and the weight to work the air-cooled engine...
• Re: Engine Rebuilding Questions
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Thu, 4 May 2000 14:21:56 +0200
  ...Can I learn enough by studying an air cooled manual to do a > watercooled 1.9 L engine? It depends what air cooled manual...
• Fw: Advancing timing for more power, was: Boston Bob's web site
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 4 May 2002 08:45:01 -0400
  ...The air-cooled engine is very different than the water-cooled engine due to the temp ranges of the combustion chambers. Water-cooled engines...
• Mechanical tests for my spare air cooled engine?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:57:31 -0700
  ...wrong with a given 2.0 air cooled engine? (like spun bearing etc.) I have a spare engine that I've harvested external parts...
• Re: In praise of aircooled vanagons
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 18:03:54 GMT
  I'd agree you in general, having made the switch from air-cooled to water cooled, but I feel the air cooled engine is...
• Air Cooled Temperature Sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Glen Moon
  Tue, 3 Dec 2013 14:27:56 -0500
  Has anyone put an engine temperature sensor on 1981 air cooled and a gauge on the dash?
• Porsche engine mounting ring work on waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:46:42 -0800
  ...www.mainelycustombydesign.com/enginecomponents.htm#enginestand The description says it will work on Porsche 911/356 and VW air-cooled. Are the mounting studs...
• Air cooled Vanagon engine tin wanted
  Historical mailing list - J B
  Sat, 4 Jun 2016 11:53:34 -0400
  ...Conditioning on my 81 air-cooled and am looking t= o see if anyone has the left rear engine tin piece they would like...
• Re: air-cooled vs WBX transmission
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 09:24:29 +1000
  ...MV series WBX engine is worn out, I replaced it with an air-cooled CJ or CU or CV series engine. One reason for...
• RE: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 12:29:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the only car manufacture to make air cooled autos...i said that porsche also made air cooled engines but could not think of any...
• '81
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 09:56:57 -0700
  ...The water cooled engine isn't a completely different animal. It is basically an air cooled engine retrofitted with the water jacket for cooling...
• EGR-air cooled_reduce engine temp?
  Historical mailing list - Glen Moon
  Tue, 22 Apr 2014 10:08:01 -0400
  Have air cooled 1981 Camper and it over heated and destroyed engine, Suspect, was s bad thermostat. Rebuilt now, No thermostat, internal baffels in...
• Re: 81 air cooled heat exchangers and engine tin
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:27:16 -0400
  ...81 air cooled heat exchangers and engine tin > Does anyone know where I can find non California heat > exchangers and engine tin for a...
• air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Clay Moore
  Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:07:34 -0700
  ...I assumed they must have had some kind of engine other than the air cooled version of that era. Since there are inline engine...
• air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list - Alan Yamada
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 11:49:48 -0700
  ...the only car manufacture to make air cooled autos...i said that porsche also made air cooled engines but could not think of any...
• Re: air cooled 2.0 1981 Cylinder head temp?
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Thu, 6 Feb 2014 22:11:40 -0800
  ...figured it was just 'the usual' VW air-cooled engine weakness. We live in different worlds. I have dealt with VW air-cooled engines...
• Air-cooled Vanagon history
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 13:04:23 -0500
  ...Air cooled engines are cheap, easy to work on, and have relativly good power (with some mods.) So why did they go to the...
• Re: To rebuild or not to Rebuild-
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brenner
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 11:31:17 -0800
  ...I have rebuilt "normal" VW air-cooled engines myself, and would be doing the assembly myself, and this engine sort of reminds me of...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon history
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Mon, 8 Jan 2001 22:59:06 +1000
  Porsche was not the last air-cooled car manufacturer. Tatra continued making its big T700 air-cooled V8 rear-engined sedans right up until...
• Re: Head Gasket sealant sorry 1 more time
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:18:45 -0800
  >but the basic idea dates directly from the first air cooled vw >engines in the late 40's even. > One guy told me how...
• Re: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 11:23:54 -0900
  ...the only car manufacture to >make air cooled autos...i said that porsche also made air cooled >engines but could not think of any...
• Calif air cooled engine picture needed
  Historical mailing list - thomas LaPointe
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:38:36 -0500
  as with a previous poster, I am looking for a few pictures of an air Calif air cooled engine compartment to use for reassembling...
• Re: 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Hartmut Filc
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:24:52 -0500
  I replaced lately the engine of my 80 Vanagon because luck of compression. My oil leak came from the oil cooler and it was...
• Re: Air-cooled Vanagon history
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 6 Jan 2001 19:31:40 EST
  ...High-lift ratio rockers and lowering the cylinder compression are a few of the solutions for the air-cooled engine. Water-cooled engines run...
• 81 Air cooled, famous for leaking oil where?
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:52:30 -0800
  I'm helping a friend fix up an 81 air cooled Westy. The air cooled motor was running but leaking oil big-time near...
• 2.0 Litre air cooled engine For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wilson
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 21:49:59 -0400
  I have a 2.0 L air cooled type II CV engine for sale. Valves redone, miles on the engine 44k. I live in...
• Re: OHC heads on VW luftboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:09:04 -0700
  ...Right now I can't even think of any "OHC air cooled car engines" other than an NSU rear engine, OHC air cooled inline...
• Re: Water vs. Air
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:40:00 -0700
  You probably mean "post '86," as that is when the 2.1L water cooled engine made it's debut. I own both an air...
• Re: Air Cooled Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 20:08:13 -0700
  ...Regarding bigger, unless you refer to boring and stroking your current engine, there is no larger air cooled engine except for the six cylinder...
• Re: Going air cooled on my water cooled?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:56:13 -0800
  > I use exclusively air cooled engines for the sole purpose of having minimum > maintenance and maximum reliability. > You can not leave town with a...
• Re: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list - William Alan Killian
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 15:40:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...the only car manufacture to > make air cooled autos...i said that porsche also made air cooled > engines but could not think of any...
• What's the scoop on early vanagons? (Circa 1981)
  Historical mailing list - Les Shiaman
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 23:03:09 -0700
  ...as do the later models, isn't it strange that an air cooled engine could push that around? Thanks for educating me on this...
• Re: Japanese style vans! for info
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:10:40 -0600
  ...When stationed in japan years ago I owned one of the air cooled rear engine versions with a 550cc air cooled engine in the...
• Re: just how COLD is IT??? was Re: New to Me vehicles
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 23 Jan 2003 17:36:23 -0600
  The engine numbers on VW engines have two letter prefix. The CV is exclusively used on 80-83 Air Cooled Vanagon Engines. Other Type...
• Re: Corvair and Porsche 914 Engines (Was: Towing!!!)
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Wed, 16 May 2001 14:30:10 -0600
  ...Type IV) engine. They go up to 2.5 > liters. Air cooled? I haven't thiought about those. They are big $$$$ engines tho, aren...
• AC in Air-Cld vs Water-Cld, Opinions Please!
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 06:37:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...But, I'm leary of selling him a vehicle that may not meet his needs (asumming AC on an air-cooled engine in the...
• Re: Need Reassurance on 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Thu, 13 May 2010 17:22:08 -0600
  ...I think an air-cooled Vanagon Westy would be great. Just remember that the air-cooled engine doesn't like to be lugged--keep...