Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
VanagonEuroVan
Subject:Question about KOLBENSCHMIDT cylinder heads
From:harald_nancy
Date:Tue, 22 Jan 2002 21:07:36 -0800

Just saw this on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=600682228&
r=0&t=0

These sellers are auctioning a KOLBENSCHMIDT pair
of 2.1l wasserboxer cylinder heads.
Price is getting up there.
Comparing the cylinder head casting to a set of AMC and original
OEM German cylinder heads (spares that I have),
they sure look like the AMC heads sold by list vendors for less.
I suspect they are just AMC heads repackaged by KOLBENSCHMIDT
and sold at a higher price.
Also they don't show the valves on the pic, so you can't tell
if they have the oem sodium filled valves (with the little dimple in the
center)
or the less expensive solid steel AMC valves.
Does anyone know more about Kolbenschmidt wasserboxer cylinder heads
and if they are made in Germany or Spain?
Harald
'90 westy

Have something to add on this topic today? Revive this thread in the forum »