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Coolant Hose Chart for 1.9l Vanagon with Metal Coolant pipes (83-85)
Coolant Hose Chart for 1.9l Waterboxer 83-85 with Metal Coolant Pipes Under Van (BetweenVIN 25-D-087511 and VIN 25-F-060000): <img alt="coolant hose chart vanagon" src="/a
How to Troubleshoot the oil light and buzzer on 86-92 Vanagons
A common problem with 86-91 2.1l Vanagons is the flashing oil light with buzzer sounding. This article only effects 86-91 2.1l waterboxer Vanagons. If you have an earlier Vanagon (80-85) please refer to my previous article about the oil
Coolant Hose Chart for Syncro Vanagon (86-91)
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1.9l Vanagon water pump replacement
1.9l Vanagon water pump replacement Here is a link to a nice video one of our customer’s made about how to replace a water pump in a 1.9l Vanagon. Let me know if you want to order the parts that he did. I will list them b
How to replace your rear brakes on a Vanagon
Getting ready to replace rear brake shoes: Use our instructions about inspecting Vanagon brakes to learn how to remove your drums. After you do that you should be looking at something like this: rearbrakes1 You can cl
Coolant Hose Chart for Eurovan 97-2000 with 2.8l Engine
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Front Brake Parts Breakdown for 80-85 Vanagon
Vanagon Front Disc Brake Parts Breakdown (80-85 with ATE Calipers) <img align="align center" src="/admin/public/ckfinder/userfiles/images/brake1.jpg" style="width: 57
Spark Plug Wire Order and Timing Order of 93 Eurovan
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Coolant Hose Chart for 1.9l Vanagon with Plastic Coolant pipes (85)
Coolant Hose Chart for 1.9l Waterboxer 85 with Plastic Coolant Pipes Under Van (VIN 25-F-060001 and Higher): <img src="/admin/public/ckfinder/userfiles/images/1.jpg" style
Coolant Hose Chart for 2.1l Vanagon (86-91 2wd)
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Vanagon 1.9l Turbo Diesel Conversion
UPDATE: Just spoke to my supplier and as of October 2015 this kit is discontinued. I have removed it from my store and I can no longer sell it. I will leave this information up in case anyone is attempting a similar conversion and
How to Drop and Reinstall a Gas Tank on a 2wd Vanagon (replacing lines and seals too!)
If you want to replace all the rubber fuel lines and seals on the tank we sell kits that will help you out. gastankkit1 for 84-92 Vanagon with plastic