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RE: 1600 in a 73 - round 2
Historical mailing list
Wed, 3 Jan 1996 09:40:58 -0600
...The type 4 engine is a good engine. It has all the things done to it already that you should do to a type...
Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 14:04:58 -0700
...of engine (vanago air-cooled 1983) http://vwparts.aircooled.net/MELLING-30mm-Cast-Iron-Oil-Pump-Type-4-Engines-p/melling-type-4.htm...
Re: ever heard of a turbo aircooled type 4 engined vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Mon, 12 Nov 2001 05:12:15 EST
...andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ writes: << No, but turboed Type 4 engines aren't unknown. >> Yeah, I've seen them. But the Callaway...
Re: ever heard of a turbo aircooled type 4 engined vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 12 Nov 2001 22:54:31 +1200
No, but turboed Type 4 engines aren't unknown. >In case you didn't know, Callaway has since moved on to Corvettes >and racing...
Needed: 2.0L Type 4 Push Rods & Tubes
Historical mailing list - Jeremy Proffitt
Wed, 1 Oct 2003 19:58:03 -0400
...This is for a Type 4 2.0L engine in my 82 Vanagon. Thanks Jeremy
Re: Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
Historical mailing list
Tue, 20 Mar 2018 18:30:09 -0400
...of engine (vanago air-cooled 1983) http://vwparts.aircooled.net/MELLING-30mm-Cast-Iron-Oil-Pump-Type-4-Engines-p/melling-type-4.htm...
RE: 1600 in a 73 - round 2
Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
Tue, 2 Jan 96 18:22:45 EST
...to make new engine tin to fit a Type 1 engine lost in the cavern of a Type 4 engine compartment. Not hard. Pop...
Re: 1.6L engine in 73 camper
Historical mailing list
Thu, 9 Nov 95 12:24:49 +0100
Richard, I think your '73 US Bus was originally equipped with a Type 4 1.7 engine. There is a 17mm lenght-difference in...
Re: 1.6L engine in 73 camper
Historical mailing list - verbeek (brian verbeek)
Thu, 9 Nov 95 12:24:49 +0100
Richard, I think your '73 US Bus was originally equipped with a Type 4 1.7 engine. There is a 17mm lenght-difference in...
Re: leaky pushrod tubes and o2 type 4
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 18 Mar 2001 19:43:44 -0600
...Having said that, it's my personal opinion that the type 4 air cooled > engines are a nighmare in all respects. > > mark... If by...
Re: '79 westy For Sale/ vw 411-412
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Fri, 20 Nov 1998 20:19:48 -0500
...ducking flames now :-) Of course the Type 4's engine design lived long after the Type 4 was put to rest, not only in...
Re: TYP I&II ENG. different??
Historical mailing list - william killian
Wed, 21 Jun 1995 00:16:06 -0400 (EDT)
...At first the type 2 shared an engine with the type 1. Later (after '72 I believe) it shared an engine with the type...
type 4 mains
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:44:04 -0500
...the list The split mains type 4 bearings are too long and hold the cases open. On my engines I measure and align bore...
Re: porsche conversion
Historical mailing list
Mon, 20 Jan 1997 00:55:40
...Not that I dislike type 4 engines (in fact I like them alot!), but they have do their own weaknesss, just like the wasserboxer...
Re: Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:05:24 -0500
...of engine (vanago air-cooled 1983) http://vwparts.aircooled.net/MELLING-30mm-Cast-Iron-Oil-Pump-Type-4-Engines-p/melling-type-4.htm...
Re: Type 4 heavy duty oil pump advise for mounting the oil cooler in the front.
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 01:06:35 -0500
...of engine (vanago air-cooled 1983) http://vwparts.aircooled.net/MELLING-30mm-Cast-Iron-Oil-Pump-Type-4-Engines-p/melling-type-4.htm...
Part Needed - Pulley ZVW 234-217
Historical mailing list - Dead Flowers
Mon, 9 Oct 2000 00:37:18 +0800
...This is the one that you need when you add an air conditioner on a Type 4 engine. Could anybody help me with this...
Re: 1600 upright into aircooled vanagon? Wasserboxer case to aircooled?
Historical mailing list - H R
Fri, 20 Dec 2002 12:34:00 -0800
...The engine was mounted with a motor mount, which supported the engine under the rear. Oil cooler similar as type 4. The whole thing...
Re: finding a new engine?
Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 21:07:49 -0600
...tuned Type-4 was not to bring it to a full >2,9 / 200 hp, but instead show the possibiltys with this engine. A...
Re: Vngns ARE junk!
Historical mailing list - jbange
Thu, 10 Mar 2005 07:48:25 -0800
> >In fact the T3 engine IS a modified Type 1, adapted for watercooling; >NOt a Type 4. The crank is interchangable with a Type...
Re: How To Get Fatherland "Vanagon" Lists delivered here in Engli sh
Historical mailing list - Meier Michael
Wed, 16 Sep 1998 08:58:42 +0200
...The strange front-engined K70 is a Type 48, the mid-engined 914 VW/Porsche is a Type 47 with a type 4 engine...
Set of Heads for a VW Vanagon 2000cc Type 4 engine - heads.txt [1/1] (fwd)
Historical mailing list - Marcus Doherr
Fri, 12 May 1995 15:34:52 -0700 (PDT)
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Re: vw type I, type II, type III and type IV
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 14:08:30 -0500
...411 & 412 > > The 1.7, 1.8 & 2.0 aircooled engines used in Bay vans & early Vanagons were > Type 4 engines. Type 3s used...
Re: Corvair Vanagon conversion
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:23:36 -0800
...does NOT cater to Type 4 Vanagons Finally, the 2 liter Type 4 is not the best aircooled engine to use for a Westfalia...
leaky pushrod tubes and o2 type 4
Historical mailing list - radish150
Sun, 18 Mar 2001 17:20:29 -0800
...Having said that, it's my personal opinion that the type 4 air cooled engines are a nighmare in all respects. mark...
Re: Air cooled diesel Vanagons
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:51:55 +1300
>Are the diesel engines from the early '80s based > > on a Type 4 gas engine? No, they are Golf engines. VW never produced an...
Porch(e) engines
Historical mailing list - pensioner
Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:20:27 -0800
...Now if the critter in question has a 6cyl air cooled real _porsche_ engine... The type 4s were VW motors manufactured by VW. The...
Re: vw type I, type II, type III and type IV
Historical mailing list
Wed, 18 Jul 2001 19:29:18 EDT
...1-4 refer to the engine? > Is there a website that explains this? > thanks gary of belmont > > type 4's were 411's and...
Got some type 4 main bearings for sale in KS
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:14:21 -0500
...However getting your hands on a set of KS German made main bearings is getting pretty much impossible for the type 4 engine. If...
weights of engines
Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
Fri, 10 Feb 95 09:32:22 EST
...Maybe they weigh the heater boxes on the Type 4 but not on the 914? The numbers are attributed to Kennedy Engineered Products (no...
WBX Carb conversion? Hoax!
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:52:34 -0700
After this thread last week, I ordered one of these Weber K297 kits to use on an 84 1.9 WBX engine. It does...
Re: Carb conversion?
Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:27:13 -0700
...On watercooled engines, the manifold air box comes off the intake and is replaced with the supplied adapter plate. Then you bolt the carb...
Re: no VW sports cars?
Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
Fri, 28 May 2004 15:41:26 -0700
...If you take that same type 4 engine (I know, the heads are > slightly different) and put it in a Bay Window bus, the...
Type 4 pulley
Historical mailing list - Noel Sachkowsky
Fri, 7 Nov 2003 12:33:19 EST
Doe's anyone know of a supplier who stocks "degree ring pulleys" like those available for the type 1 engines? Noel 82 Westy
RE: What tools to own?
Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
Thu, 10 Nov 1994 15:55:59 EST
...I've used it for Type 4 engines and for Porsche sixes. The deck on top is big enough that if you are careful...
type 4 engine noise(long)
Historical mailing list - Paul Wies
Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:43:36 EDT
My 82 engine noise is starting to bother me more than normal. FWIW this is my 4th Bus with a type 4 engine in...
Re: type 4 mains
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:07:17 -0500
> > >rebuilding is all about the clearances > >Bob Donalds >Boston Engine >all rights reserved .......and that's why we have Bob do our overhauls..... DM...
Re: type 4 engine noise(long)
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:27:32 -0400
...type 4 engine noise(long) My 82 engine noise is starting to bother me more than normal. FWIW this is my 4th Bus with...
why does #3 pist/cyl always go bad first?
Historical mailing list
Mon, 24 Aug 1998 19:25:26 EDT
why does #3 piston and cylinder always go bad first on the aircooled type 4 engines? had the same prob on 2 engines...always...
RE: Dead 77 Bus
Historical mailing list
Sat, 23 Mar 1996 06:06:33 -0500
...is there a type 1 motor in this BUS? When a fan belt breaks on a type 4, your battery dies, not the engine...
Re: Frydae - For VW Oldtimers
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Sat, 1 Mar 2014 00:13:36 -0500
...the Type 4 Variant (a/k/a Volkswagen 412) came out a few years later and introduced the aptly-named Type 4 engine (which...
Re: Eurovans future (now-vw does not make sportscars)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 9 Sep 2002 20:30:31 +1200
>The 914 used the same "type 4" engine found in '72-up busses and aircooled >Vanagons, although with some upgrades compared to the VW...
Re: 1971 on Bring a Trailer for sale
Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge
Tue, 1 May 2018 18:16:12 -0700
...2 engines that came in the VW Van's from the factory, type 1 which is the upright Beetle engine and type 4 which...
Re: Cooling problems / engine swap
Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 14:37:07 -0700
...want to swap the engine and I don't >mind switching to the 2000cc Type 4 Air Cooled engine used from '78 - '83. >Could...
RE: Question re: engine removal
Historical mailing list
Fri, 14 Oct 94 08:53:16 -0500
William Kennedy writes: >My impression is that the Type 4 engines, including Peter Williams' 73, hold >up the transaxles, rather than vice versa. So...
Vanagon Engine Temps & Oil Levels / Drama or Contribution / Technical Comment
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:38:30 EST
...These were available for all the VW air-cooled engines including the Type 4 and were fitted on most wet sump Porsche engines. Oil...
RE: a boy and his bus. '82 Van w/411?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 14 Apr 1996 09:04:11 -0400
...The Porsche 914 and the VW 411 had type 4 motors, which would work in a Vanagon. If you get the engine #, a bentley...
pushrod tubes
Historical mailing list
Wed, 8 Nov 1995 13:05:12 -0600
The '72 type II has the type 4 "pancake" engine with the relatively easy pushrod/seal replacement. I've used 2 piece pushrod tubes...
Type 2 Question (not Vanagon)
Historical mailing list
Sat, 07 Dec 1996 20:40:33 EST
...What years did the 2liter type 4 engine come in the breadloafs? Thanks Justin
Wanted: Valve Cover Retaining Clip (Bail) for 2.0L engine
Historical mailing list - jeremyp
Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:22:40 -0500
I need the wire retaining clip that holds the valve cover on a 2.0 L Type 4 engine in my 82 Vanagon. I...
Re: [T2] Type 4 thermostat
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:56:16 -0400
> Anyone know where I can find a type 4 air-cooled thermostat? All of > the places I usually go to say it is NLA...
Re: Non water site needed
Historical mailing list - Thing Guy
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 19:46:47 EST
...Anyone offer help?>> The Type2 list is your best resource since you have the type 4 engine. I was on the air cooled list...
Re: Vngns ARE junk!-Engine base
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:18:54 -0500
...Vngns ARE junk! > > > >In fact the T3 engine IS a modified Type 1, adapted for watercooling; > >NOt a Type 4. The crank is interchangable...
Re: finding a new engine?
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:41:22 -0800
Joshua Van Tol wrote: > >I would go for a tuned type 4 engine. I read only today about a Beetle in > >a german mag...
Re: Fire Extinguishers
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:08:18 -0400
...1 engine crankcases were magnesium alloy, and would burn quite impressively. Could be that's an urban legend, though. The Type 4 crankcases are...
Newcomer has Questions
Historical mailing list - Jack Lockamy
Sat, 2 Jun 2001 16:15:22 -0700
...I plan to keep the stock 71mm crank and add 105mm JE forged p/c, 44x36 valves, for a Type 4 2459cc engine. Now...
Re: 1971 on Bring a Trailer for sale
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Tue, 1 May 2018 21:30:14 -0500
...There are 2 engines that came in the VW Van's from the factory, type 1 which is the upright Beetle engine and type...
Re: vw type I, type II, type III and type IV
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:37:32 +1200
>An earlier post in this thread said that the loafs had Type 4 engines. This >is correct starting in '72. Before that they had...
Re: vw type I, type II, type III and type IV
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:26:03 -0700
...411 & 412 > > > > The 1.7, 1.8 & 2.0 aircooled engines used in Bay vans & early Vanagons were > > Type 4 engines. Type 3s used...
experience using Mocal Thermostatic Sandwich Adapter (Oil Thermostat), Type 4 Engines (-8AN Tight Clearance Fittings), MOC-SP1TM18
Historical mailing list - Christophe Guilbert
Mon, 5 Jun 2017 23:09:59 -0700
...cooler and found the Mocal Thermostatic Sandwich Adapter (Oil Thermostat), Type 4 Engines (-8AN Tight Clearance Fittings), MOC-SP1TM18 (https://vwparts.aircooled.net/Mocal...