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Subject:Re: Can you run without coolant...
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:42:23 -0800

Dennis Haynes on December 12th:

"The two are completely interchangeable on the outside. The 2.1 has a larger
throttle plate and does not have the fitting for the distributor vacuum
retard. The earlier 1.9 also has two separate switches for closed and full
throttle.

Dennis"

Jake

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:10 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>wrote:

> At 11:30 AM 12/15/2010, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
>> Not with the stupid rubber bands - they deteriorate from heat, right?
>> You'd be fine doing it with a regular engine but I wouldn't do it with a
>> WBX.
>>
>
> I've decided that since both aquariums are full and the system has at least
> fourteen of its eighteen quarts still in it that I will take the chance of
> driving it 100 feet.
>
> Thanks all for the responses, I appreciate them.
>
> Now if someone would just tell me the difference between 1.9l and 2.1l
> throttle bodies as I asked last week I'd be in hog heaven.
>
> Yours,
> David
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

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