Yes, they were all diesels. Starting in 1986 about 2 thirds were Turbo
Diesels. In 87 a special 1.7 diesel only used in Vanagons was added to
replace the very first 1.6 that was used in all the cars too. The old
1.6 which we also got here in 82/83 were pretty bad from a power and
longevity standpoint in Vanagons. Enough so that VW built a special
replacement, the 1.7 KY, used for the next 6 years, but only in T3 products.

Mark

Jake de Villiers wrote:
> We'll forgive you!  :-)
>
> Am I correct in assuming that those were all diesel motors?  I sure
> see a lot of diesel Vanagons/T3s on ebay.de <http://ebay.de>
>
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 9:49 AM, mdrillock <mdrillock@cox.net
> <mailto:mdrillock@cox.net>> wrote:
>
>     Oops, left out the entry for 1984 -  45,000
>     already in the total though
>
>     mdrillock wrote:
>
>         VW not only put inline 4 engines into Vanagons, they did so
>         years before
>         the waterboxer even came out.
>
>         1981  17,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1982  60,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1983  43,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1985  46,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1986  75,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1987  45,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1988  63,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1989  70,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1990  64,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1991  16,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         1992  11,000  inline 4  watercooled
>         -------------------------------------------------
>         yep  555,000  inline 4 engines used in German Vanagon or T3
>         production,
>         according to one source
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27