Wasserboxer

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Volkswagen wasserboxer
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Overview
Manufacturer Volkswagen Group
ProductionAugust 1982 – July 1992 [1]
Layout
Configuration flat-4 petrol engine
Displacement 1,914  cc (116.8  cu in),
2,109 cc (128.7 cu in)
Cylinder bore 94.0 mm (3.70 in) [1]
Piston stroke 69mm (1.9L) and 76mm (2.1L)
Block material Cast aluminium alloy
Head materialCast aluminium alloy
Valvetrain pushrod OHV
Combustion
Fuel system carburettor / Electronic Fuel Injection
Fuel type Petrol/gasoline
Oil system Wet sump
Cooling system Water-cooled
Chronology
Predecessor Volkswagen air-cooled engine

The Volkswagen wasserboxer is a four cylinder horizontally opposed pushrod overhead-valve (OHV) petrol engine developed by Volkswagen. The engine is water-cooled, and takes its name from the German : "wasserboxer" ("Water-boxer"); with "boxer" being another term for horizontally opposed engines. It was available in two displacements – either a 1.9-litre [1] or a 2.1-litre; [1] the 2.1-litre being a longer stroke version of the 1.9-litre, both variants sharing the same cylinder bore. [1] This engine was unique to the Volkswagen Type 2 (T3) (Transporter T3 / Caravelle / Vanagon / T25), having never been used in any other vehicle. [1] Volkswagen contracted Oettinger to develop a six-cylinder version of this engine. Volkswagen decided not to use it, but Oettinger sold a Volkswagen Type 2 (T3) equipped with this engine. [2]

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Design detail

The wasserboxer featured a cast aluminium alloy cylinder block, cylinder heads, and pistons; and a die-forged steel flat plane crankshaft with four main bearings. [1]

The wasserboxer, as with all Volkswagen boxer engines, directly drives the three-bearing camshaft via a small steel gear on the crankshaft, and a large aluminium one on the camshaft, so there is no timing belt or timing chain. The entire mechanism is internal to the engine, so there should be no concerns regarding wear or replacements, as long as the engine oil is changed regularly. The overhead poppet valves each feature two concentric valve springs, and are operated by pushrods, with adjustable rocker arms to facilitate valve clearance adjustment. [1]

It also featured a "Heron cylinder head", or "bowl-in-piston" type combustion chambers – where the combustion takes place within the piston area, and not in a recess machined in the cylinder head. [1]

The cylinder banks contain cast iron cylinder liners inserted into the crankcase surrounded by a water jacket, with a "rubber lip" style water jacket seal, which is a very different design as compared to most engines. The top of the cylinder liners is pressed into a recessed cut-out in the cylinder heads, that are sealed with compressible metal rings, to prevent leakage. [1]

Some wasserboxers were plagued by water jacket gasket failures (often erroneously referred to as head gaskets) due to several design issues. Engine failure was also a result of poorly placed sensors, corrosion in the cooling system, often caused by using phosphated coolant, and many areas were subjected to leaks.

The switch to water-cooling for the boxer engines was made mid-year in 1982, because Volkswagen could no longer make the air-cooled engines meet emissions standards. (The previous generation Volkswagen Type 2 (T2), produced in Brazil until 2013, was changed to water-cooled engines on 23 December 2005 in response to Brazil's emission laws; the power plant used in the previous-generation T2 was an Audi-sourced inline four.) Water-cooled T2 models can be distinguished by a second radiator grille.

Variants

All data from ETKA and Owner's Manuals. [1]

engine
ID code
compr.
ratio
DIN-rated max. motive power fuel systemyearsnotes
1.9-litre engines — 1,914  cc (116.8  cu in )
DF8.6:144  kW (60  PS ; 59  bhp )34 PICT-5 carburetor 08/82–07/92
DG8.6:157 kW (77 PS; 76 bhp)2E3 or 2E4 carburetor08/82–07/92
DH60 kW (82 PS; 80 bhp)Digijet (Digital-Jetronic) fuel injection, vane-type air flow meter 01/83–07/85
EY7.5:141 kW (56 PS; 55 bhp)34 PICT-5 carburetor
GW8.6:166 kW (90 PS; 89 bhp)Digijet (Digital-Jetronic) fuel injection, vane-type air flow meter08/83–07/85
SP54 kW (73 PS; 72 bhp)2E3 or 2E4 carburetor08/86–07/89Switzerland only
2.1-litre engines — 2,109  cc (128.7  cu in )
DJ10:182  kW (111  PS ; 110  bhp )Digijet (Digital-Jetronic) fuel injection, vane-type air flow meter 08/84–07/92sold in European countries not requiring catalytic converter
MV9:170 kW (95 PS; 94 bhp) Digifant fuel injection, vane-type air flow meter08/85–07/9290 bhp in USA and Canada; also used until the end of Vanagon importation into the USA and Canada in 1991
SR64 kW (87 PS; 86 bhp)Digifant fuel injection, vane-type air flow meter08/86–07/92Switzerland only
SS9:168 kW (92 PS; 91 bhp)Digifant fuel injection, vane-type air flow meter08/89–07/92

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