Anything is possible. I can't imagine why you would want to swap motors...

For starters, if you want t water cooled one, they made thousands of
them...buy one of those. Keep in mind, there is a finite number of these
vehicles left on the planet. Any "Frankenstein" thing you make would be in
the crusher far sooner than a stock, whole, reliable Westfalia.

Secondly, the air-cooled power plant is a fantastic motor. In the 1982
model year, you are purchasing a motor that has been road-tested and
improved for 15 years in basically identical vehicles (since the 1968 bus).
If you change the oil, keep the cooling tin/fan/foam seal in good shape,
and perhaps add an oil cooler, this motor can run for 200+k.

Sure, you can swap them out, by why?

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Corporate Communications Counselors
www.bulley-hewlett.com
Cary, NC USA
888.468.4880 tollfree

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-----Original Message-----
From:   David Cooper [SMTP:Zcoop1@AOL.COM]
Sent:   Wednesday, December 01, 1999 9:00 PM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        Putting a water cooled engine in an 82

I just bought my first Westie!  It is an 82 in good mechanical shape.  I am
wondering if it is possible or for that matter even a good idea to try put
a
water-cooled engine in it?