>Hi, volks
>After browsing through several german pages,
>I got a notion that VW of SA were equipping
>the bus with a 3,2 litter 6-cylinder wasserboxer
>around 1990, which was later replaced by the
>Audi 5-cyls. Anybody heard of these engines
>before? Maybe they are the 6-cyl Oettinger
>engine that VW never put in the Vanagon/Caravelle?
>One person told earlier this week that he was
>going to SA later, and wondered if there were
>things worth checking out, well this is it.
>Some info on this would really be great
Hi PerL,
You're right, this is the Oettinger six banger WBX.
I don't know, if they stopped production, but
the engine itself is still available at Oettinger.

To find the engine table, PerL spoke about, go
http://www.koeln.netsurf.de/~Martin.Schulte/vw_bus/t3_tech/mot_f.htm
(German)

Helmut
'80 Vanagaudi