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• if that Oil Press thing is about an air-cooled engine ..

  Scott Daniel - Turbovans · Tue, 15 May 2012 21:28:46 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...because with an air-cooled engine you wouldn't really have a way to know oil temp ... unless with a gauge .. or with an...

• Re: if that Oil Press thing is about an air-cooled engine ..

  Dennis Haynes · Wed, 16 May 2012 16:09:46 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  From experience the air cooled engines need head temperature monitoring more than oil temperature. Oil temperature rise from excessive load can be too far...

• Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled?

  Joseph Dor� · Sun, 6 Dec 2009 06:39:03 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  My wife and I own an '82 Air-Cooled Gasoline-powered Westfalia Vanagon. It currently has a rebuilt original engine which, I assume, might...

• Re: Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled?

  pdooley · Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:23:51 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Engine Transplant Possible in an Air-Cooled? My wife and I own an '82 Air-Cooled Gasoline-powered Westfalia Vanagon. It currently has a...

• Re: Engine tin for air cooled Vanagon...

  Bob Donalds · Tue, 13 May 2008 15:10:22 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  I have a large supply of air cooled tin for the vanagons and a complete engines worth For $200 Bob Donalds Boston Engine 508...

• Putting a water cooled engine in an 82?!?

  Aaron Waxman · Wed, 1 Dec 1999 22:12:33 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Maintenance of your air-cooled vehicle will also be much cheaper. Check out the following run down: Air-cooled Vs. Water-cooled - Engines cheaper...

• Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines

  Kim Howe · Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:54:51 +0800 · Mailing-list archive

  On Monday, March 25, 2002, at 10:43 PM, KENWILFY@aol.com wrote: > Comparing a 1600cc air cooled engine to a water cooled engine...

• Re: Air Cooled or Water Cooled

  Terry K. · Sat, 20 Apr 2002 20:37:08 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  Greg, The air cooled engine is easier to work on than the WBX?---- Yea, all except the suitcase 914 type engine -- I'd rather...

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Shared Vanagon Dictionary

• Air-cooled engine

  An engine that rejects heat directly to moving air rather than circulating liquid coolant. Gerry’s spark-plug reference separates bus applications by engine code and period: ED/GD/GE for 1975–1979 and CV for 1980–1983, including California models. A May 2002 Gerry discussion titled “83 Air Cooled - Production dates” concerns an owner’s September 1983 Westfalia and the difficulty of finding comparable 1983 examples; it is a period-specific production question, not a universal fitment chart.

• Doghouse

  A fan shroud introduced in 1971 for upright air-cooled engines.

• Oil cooler

  A heat exchanger that removes heat from engine oil. Air-cooled Type 2 engines use an oil cooler in the engine cooling assembly; design and mounting vary by engine. It is distinct from a Vanagon coolant radiator.

• Fan shroud

  The housing around the engine cooling fan that directs airflow across the cylinders and cylinder heads on an air-cooled VW engine. Type 2 shrouds differ by engine and model year; this term does not describe the liquid-coolant radiator used on water-cooled Vanagons.

• Radiator

  The front-mounted heat exchanger in a water-cooled Vanagon's engine-coolant circuit. It releases heat from circulating coolant to outside air. Air-cooled Type 2 buses do not use an engine-coolant radiator.

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• Air Cooled VW, Vanagon, Engine Compartment Fuel Injection Parts Identification.

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• VW Vanagon air-cooled 3.2-liter flat-six Porsche engine

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• Air Cooled VW Vanagon Engine Rebuild Options - Netcruzer CARS

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• Air Cooled Vanagon, How the engine cooling system works.

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• Episode 14 - 81 Vanagon Ignition Module Hall Sensor

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