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• Re: re Fires
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:26:56 -0600
  ...Boat engine compartments are enclosed to the point where no outside light can get in them, a Vanagon/Type2 engine compartment ain't even...
• engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 10:07:36 -0800
  Hello Volks, I'm working on a fire alarm for my engine compartment. I figure that I will install a heat sensor/switch in...
• Re: re Fires
  Historical mailing list - Sam_Scholten
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 09:28:25 -0400
  The aircooled engine compartment is enclosed, so this system may be of some benefit to them. (I remember looking at my first Wasserboxer and...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - Dr. John H. Lauterbach
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 17:48:18 -0500
  ...engine compartment temp? >Hello Volks, >I'm working on a fire alarm for my engine compartment. >I figure that I will install a heat...
• WANTED: Pictures of Syncro engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:43:55 -0400
  ...If you have pics of a Syncro engine compartment, MV of DJ engine, could you email them to me? I'm trying to nail...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - kW
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:09:48 -0800
  ...I'm working on a fire alarm for my engine compartment. I figure that I will install a heat sensor/switch in the engine...
• What adhesive should I use for the Engine Compartment Lid Seal?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
  Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:30:36 -0500
  Hi all, I just purchased an Engine Compartment Lid Seal, that spongy thing that goes round the rim of the engine compartment. I now...
• Re: Engine compartment seal
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 3 Nov 2010 15:58:49 -0700
  ...http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/engine-compartment/seal-engine-compartment-251813226-a -- Jim Thompson 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" 84 Westfalia 2...
• Re: re Fires
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:48:12 -0600
  ...My previous statement would be much more accurate if it started with "My 89 Vanagon's engine compartment...." My apologies all around. MiKE H...
• Re: re Fires
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 20:48:04 -0400
  ...Boat engine compartments are enclosed to the point where > no outside light can get in them, a Vanagon/Type2 engine compartment ain't > even...
• Re: re Fires
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Mon, 28 Sep 1998 11:43:06 -0700
  At 06:26 PM 9/28/98 -0600, Michael Harrnacker wrote: >Ummm, the engine compartment of a Vanagon is not even close to "enclosed...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 13:28:34 EST
  ...I figure that I will install a heat sensor/switch in the engine compartment and wire it to a buzzer or siren. In order...
• Re: Proper adhesive for engine compartment seal
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:51:50 -0700
  ...Proper adhesive for engine compartment seal Finally scored a new seal for the engine compartment. One long piece of extruded rubber. I have to...
• Re: Electric vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:19:46 -0500
  I look at that engine compartment and think how poorly they made use of the space. They probably could have gotten about another dozen...
• Engine compartment max. temperature
  Historical mailing list - ARKADY MIRVIS
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:54:55 -0800
  ...temperature in engine compartment of watercooled Vanagon in a hot day after long drive, nobody responded. Any info will be appreciated. Ark.
• bleeder valve engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Hans Brouwer
  Tue, 11 Jul 2000 23:36:52 -0400
  Hi, Should there be coolant coming out of the bleeder valve in the engine compartment when bleeding the coolant system? Thank you ion advance...
• Engine compartment seal
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 12:39:54 -0700
  A lot of conflicting advice from the usual web sources about whether a '72 to '79 engine compartment seal (the one with open foam...
• Was the Counterweight crank and the HP coatings WORTH IT?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 19 Feb 1999 09:13:14 PST
  ...the engine compartment to check how hot it was and it was no radiant heat in the engine hatch cover nor the compartment. The...
• Re: What's a Barndoor?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 23 Jun 1995 16:39:31 -0400
  ...The spare tire was even stored in there (above the engine). Not only that, you had to open the engine compartment lid to put...
• Re: Westy OEM fire extinguisher
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Wed, 2 Jan 2008 15:27:25 -0800
  Mike, let me stretch the Halon thread and extend it to the Vanagon engine compartment. The worst case scenario in my mind has always...
• Re: Proper adhesive for engine compartment seal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:06:33 -0400
  ...wrote: >Engine Seal is a whole different ani-mule. Goes between the tin and >the body. Air-(cooled-)heads...can't spell compartment... ;-) Yrs...
• Re: What adhesive should I use for the Engine Compartment Lid Seal?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:33:53 -0700
  ...On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 11:30 AM Stephen Edwards <chibicyclist@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I just purchased an Engine Compartment Lid...
• Re: Proper adhesive for engine compartment seal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:09:33 -0700
  ...Proper adhesive for engine compartment seal Finally scored a new seal for the engine compartment. One long piece of extruded rubber. I have to...
• Rear engine compartment drain plugs
  Historical mailing list - s m
  Mon, 7 May 2001 13:07:03 -0700
  hello I just got done cleaning up and sealing the rear engine compartment seams with POR-15 and was wondering if it is a...
• Re: Westie luggage area
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Thu, 18 May 2000 10:51:41 -0700
  ...Yep, I have vblok wrapping the engine compartment under the rear seat and in all the doors. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Garrett [mailto:seangar...
• Re: WANTED: Pictures of Syncro engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:20:45 -0600
  ...84 > Westy. > > If you have pics of a Syncro engine compartment, MV of DJ engine, could you > email them to me? I'm trying...
• Re: 2 Deep cycle batterys & move starter to rear right engine compartment ??
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 09:39:50 -0700
  One of the reasons for not having the battery in the engine compartment was to get away from the heat. And you don't...
• Re: Radiator Installation in an Air Cooled Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sun, 30 May 1999 11:45:23 -0700
  ...Increasing the air flow through the engine compartment by modifying the engine compartment lid seems desireable. There is a good vacuum effect created behind...
• Re: Engine compartment lid
  Historical mailing list - paul gordon
  Wed, 14 Sep 2016 11:52:47 -0400
  Could anyone on the list recommend a replacement material for the sound/heat insulating material on the underside of the engine compartment lid. Or...
• Engine compartment temperature
  Historical mailing list - ARKADY MIRVIS
  Tue, 2 Mar 1999 21:29:52 -0800
  Did anybody measured the temperature in 2.1 LITER Vanagon engine compartment after long driving in a hot day (around 100 deg.F.)? Responce...
• Re: proper battery fit
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:51:01 -0600
  ...Don't forget that splitties and bay windows all had the battery in the engine compartment. It was cleaner--the upper half of the...
• Re: Max.vanagon engine compartment temperature
  Historical mailing list - ARKADY MIRVIS
  Wed, 3 Mar 1999 04:47:49 -0800
  > > Did anybody measured the temperature in 2.1 LITER Vanagon engine > compartment after long driving in a hot day (around 100 deg.F.)? > Responce...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Thomas
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 20:06:03 EST
  ...Seems to me that with all the dirt that gets blown up inside the engine compartment of my syncro, depending on the lens of...
• Proper adhesive for engine compartment seal
  Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
  Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:25:44 -0400
  Finally scored a new seal for the engine compartment. One long piece of extruded rubber. I have to assume that there's something that...
• Re: HELP! '81 cratered on the way to work this morning...
  Historical mailing list - ok artguy
  Wed, 19 Feb 2003 09:37:17 -0600
  Everything looked normal in the engine compartment... no funny smells etc... > >Have you looked in the engine compartment? Anything unusual? > >Bill _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 with...
• 80 Westfalia engine compartment , Bentley manuals, Weekend work
  Historical mailing list - David Rankin
  Mon, 4 Dec 95 12:16:13 -0500
  I read in either the Muir book or the Haynes manual that the engine compartment is a sealed system with the upper part of...
• Re: Oil cooler installation pictures...
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 6 Jun 2009 07:49:40 -0400
  David, Your air scoops pressurize the engine compartment. I assume my vents (just in front of the rear wheels http://neksiwel.20m.com/photo...
• 12 volts in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Philip and Buffy Simmons
  Sun, 3 Nov 2002 06:44:08 -0800
  Anyone know a good place to tap 12v from the engine compartment of an 84. I have a timing light that needs it, and...
• Re: Starter removal help needed
  Historical mailing list - John Hawk
  Mon, 31 Dec 2001 07:16:34 -0600
  On my 84, it is accessible from the engine compartment. On one of my buses I thought it had a allen head. John >>> Ed...
• Another Coolant Bleeding Question...bleeder valve in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:38:53 -0700
  The Coolant Bleeding Procedure talks about the Bleeder Valve in the engine compartment...do they mean the one on top of the thermostadt? Thanks...
• Engine Compartment Fires but Erovan This Time
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:15:38 -0800
  ...Fire started in the forward part of the engine compartment. The VW bus fire engine fire gremlin is now haunting the T4's as...
• Dirty vs. clean
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Mon, 27 Aug 2007 16:38:47 +0000
  ...Where do you fit on the continuum? I always try to keep my engine compartment clean, because I hate working on a car and...
• Heavy red wire in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 5 May 2001 12:52:57 -0700
  ...I didn't pull the engine, but I've almost got it back in. There are two heavy red wires in the engine compartment...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Replacing Engine
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 03:09:28 +0100
  ...Bloss" wrote: > Lauren, > > Is your ECU under the back seat or in the engine compartment? If it's under > the seat, you have a...
• Re: Another Coolant Bleeding Question...bleeder valve in engine compartment?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:18:13 -0700
  ...Another Coolant Bleeding Question...bleeder valve in engine compartment? > The Coolant Bleeding Procedure talks about the Bleeder > Valve in the engine compartment...do they...
• Re: engine quits, oil sprayed on engine/compartment...smoke...oh my
  Historical mailing list - Raceingcajun
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:59:56 -0500
  ...engine quits, oil sprayed on engine/compartment...smoke...oh my > how about a blown o ring on the oil cooler?
• Oil Splatters in Engine Compartment (Me too)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Aug 95 14:51:05 -0400
  ...so I opened the engine lid to find oil splattered all over the back (FIF) >part of the engine compartment! It was concentrated around...
• Re: Westy seat hinges (Available from Reimo)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Sat, 5 Dec 1998 02:14:29 EST
  ...These two fittings raise the seat face on engine compartment level (VW old) or engine compartment rope box level (to Bj. 7/90). for...
• Parts needed
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Fri, 4 May 2012 13:03:50 -0400
  ...wiring harness complete for the engine compartment. 2. two rear topside vent covers. 3. hoses and plastic for the engine compartment. 4. engine cover...
• Re: Coolant hoses?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 17:29:33 EST
  I was faced with replacing the coolant hoses in the engine compartment of an 84 Vanagon. Also, the unit containing the bleed valve had...
• Re: Air scoops
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:36:44 -0600
  > a vanagon engine compartment is wide open more or less....the engine is > liquid cooled ...plenty of engine compartment general venting. Hold on there...
• engine compartment temp.
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Thiessen
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 00:30:16 EST
  ...temperature in engine compartment of watercooled Vanagon in a hot day after long drive, nobody responded. Any info will be appreciated. Ark. Please don...
• Re: engine compartment temp?
  Historical mailing list - Eckie Prater
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:04:39 -0600
  ...Why not mount a couple of 5# CO2 extinguishers in the engine compartment and when it flames you pull cable activate the extinguishers. I...
• Re: Auxilliary batteries
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:42:40 -0700
  Yes, it is in the engine compartment but fairly far from the engine and low in the compartment with free air space on all...
• Re: Battery relocation to engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:52:12 -0500
  ...Battery relocation to engine compartment I was considering relocating the battery to the engine compartment for more space up front, and more traction in...
• Re: Engine reving?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 6 May 2001 21:30:38 -0500
  Check an see if you have a return spring on your throttle on the engine compartment. Also check for frayed accelerator cable comming through...
• Engine Compartment Door
  Historical mailing list - bus
  Wed, 24 May 1995 07:39:55 -0400
  Do you have to replace the hinges on the engine compartment door if the pins have broken or is there a way to punch...
• Re: Transmission work ?
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 20 Aug 1996 07:25:10 -0400 (EDT)
  On Mon, 19 Aug 1996, Don Geiger wrote: > Yesterday I was sitting in the empty engine compartment of my '80 Westy, > looking for trouble...
• Type 2s battery in engine compartment
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 8 Nov 2006 16:39:47 -0700
  > The original TYpe II's had the battery in this location-- > makes you wonder why they moved it out of the engine compartment > in...
• Re: Proper adhesive for engine compartment seal
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:22:54 -0400
  At 09:25 PM 6/23/2011, Cecil Eastman wrote: >Finally scored a new seal for the engine compartment. One long >piece of extruded...