>I have an '84 Auto Trany Westy Vanagon. It gets about 20 mpg on a good >day. It has a range of about 250 miles on a full tank. I had the 1.9L >engine upgraded to a 2.1L and now it has adiquate power. '84 is the first >year that the Vanagon was made with water cooling. Watercooled Vanagons came out right from the start, 1980... the diesels. The wasserboxer I believe came out partway through 1983. >In about 86 or 87 they >switched to a 2.1L engine and modified the cooling system a little bit. >You will find that the water cooled vanagons have a lot of problems related >to the cooling system it they aren't maintained properly. Corroding and leaking headgaskets... expensive, and a major design flaw. 2.1s also seem to have a real habit of breaking conrods. >The auto trany >is defiantely nice for city driving but I would recommend a stick if you >live in the hills. All the extra power you can get climing is a plus. You could always consider an engine swap, say to Subaru power or other. There's another list just for Subaru vans... Subaruvanagon. Lots of happy Subaruvanagoneers! -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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