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• Re: air-cooled or water-cooled?

  80 Westy Pokey · Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:40:13 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...air-cooled or water-cooled? >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >how can i tell if my 83 van is a water-cooled or a...

• Re: Installing a 1982 Westy rear seat into 1987 water cooled Vanagon

  Paul Guzyk · Sun, 23 Jul 2006 07:40:32 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...the heater? > On a water cooled Westy, the rear heater is mounted the same way as a water cooled Vanagon...directly on the metal...

• Re: air-cooled or water-cooled?

  mike · Fri, 19 Apr 2002 15:31:19 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: air-cooled or water-cooled? > > how can i tell if my 83 van is a water-cooled or a...

• Water Cooled Vanagon Concerns

  mdstockr · Sat, 18 Jan 97 17:20:39 · Mailing-list archive

  ...I have the impression that there might be some concerns about the reliability of water cooled Vanagons. Specifically concerning the heads. Are there problems...

• Re: Fair prices?

  · Sun, 15 Oct 1995 16:55:15 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  In a message dated 95-10-13 20:06:13 EDT, A_OLIVARES@upr1.upr.clu.edu writes: >2.- 1987 Vanagon Synchro, good interiors...

• Air Cooled or Water Cooled?

  Thomas J. LaLanne · Mon, 22 Apr 2002 13:06:02 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  The easiest way to tell if your vanagon is air or water cooled is to look at the VIN. The fifth letter/number will...

• Re: water cooled alternators

  Danny C. · Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:38:52 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: water cooled alternators For number of years I was suggested by my german friends to think of replacing of...

• History of the westy?

  Alec Valos · Thu, 31 Jul 2003 08:59:05 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...Are any years less problematic? Benefits of water cooled? Difference between Westfallia and Vanagon and Winabago? Thanks, Alec _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam...

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• The water cooled Vanagon heater system

  VanAgain · May 14, 2026 UTC

Shared Vanagon Dictionary

• Water-cooled Vanagon

  A model of Vanagon with a water-cooled engine

• Water-cooled engine

  An engine that circulates liquid coolant through passages and a radiator to carry heat away. Gerry’s Vanagon spark-plug reference lists DH water-cooled engines with Digijet for 1983–1985 and MV engines with Digifant for 1986–1991. Verify engine code, market, and model year; this archived table is an identification aid, not a complete application chart.

• 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.

• Engine water pump

  The belt-driven pump that circulates engine coolant through the water-cooled Vanagon engine and cooling circuit. It is different from the small electric pump used to deliver water to a camper sink.

• Coolant expansion tank

  The pressurized tank in the water-cooled Vanagon cooling circuit that accommodates coolant expansion and provides a fill and bleed point. It is separate from the low-pressure coolant refill reservoir; the names are sometimes confused in parts listings.

• Coolant refill reservoir

  The accessible coolant container used to replenish the water-cooled Vanagon system as coolant moves between the pressurized expansion tank and the reservoir. It is not the pressurized expansion tank itself; verify the part by the vehicle's cooling-system layout.

• Wasserboxer

  The engine used in the water-cooled Vanagon. The term 'Wasser' is german for 'water'. 'boxer' refers to the flat opposing piston structure of the engine (i.e., the pistons are boxing with each other.)

• Heater heat exchanger

  A small radiator that transfers heat from engine coolant to air for the cabin heating system. Vanagons may have front and additional rear heat exchangers, depending on equipment and market.

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• Should I buy that Air cooled Vanagon Westy?

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

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• Vanagon T3 Water Pump Pipe Leak

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• 1982 Vanagon Westfalia 2.0L Air Cooled Engine

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• Vanagon window sills are like a cup, hold water forever

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• The OG Adventure Van, 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon GL Westfalia

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• 1984 VW Vanagon 1.9 L WaterBoxer

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• 1984 Volkswagen Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition - Walk-Around and Start Up

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