Air Cooled Engines Explained - Porsche 914 VW Type 4 Engine Teardown - What Did He Actually Buy?

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• HE

  @heyhayhay247 · 3 years ago

  Me: I&apos;ll watch the first bit to see what&apos;s up<br>Also me 27 minutes later: more 914 please

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• BJ

  @Bjohn99 · 3 years ago

  This is great. Been a water cooled guy forever. Now have a 78 bus and a 75 914. Time to be a type4 guy. Haven’t touched an aircooled motor in 30 years and that was just helping my dad. Good job guys.

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• HE

  @HERBYWALLACE3 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Love it, hopefully fcpeuro will start selling vw type 1 2 3 4 parts

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• BU

  @bunning63 · 2 years ago

  Most likely, those thins broke when someone pryed the head off.<br>Aircooled VWs do overheat, usually drivers dont notice, unfortunately.<br>Head temperature was an issue with VWs weird attempts at emissions reduction on some models, sodium filled valves were a bandaid.<br>Overall they were a very robust engine, look at those rods. Naturally being a VW flat four the crank is a high quality forging, lots of potential in these motors. Still have quite a following in Europe.

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• JO

  @JoeTierno · 2 years ago

  I learned a lot from this video which makes me love my 912E even more.

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• SP

  @spotontheroad1 · 1 month ago (edited)

  In 1983 I bought a 1973 VW 412LE as my first ever car. It had a 1.8l motor and was an impressive load carrier. Very reliable only let down by wishful thinking brakes and a lucky dip gearbox selector. But it was a lot of fun as a first car and I learned a whole lot that set me on a lifetime of being largely self sufficient as far as car maintenance and repair goes.

• KE

  @kenvanbuskirk7034 · 3 years ago

  Nice to see different content now and again . The oil cooler seal material has been used for years and is probably as old as the rest of the seals. In an air-cooled &nbsp; VW motor that does not have hydraulic lifters you are asking for trouble adjusting your valves every 30,000 miles as stated. They should be checked and adjusted with every tune-up and oil change. Checking and adjusting your valves at these times will prevent burnt valves,sucked valve seats and mushroomed valve stems to name a few of the things that end the life of air-cooled VW motors early.

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• RJ

  @rjs2005 · 3 years ago

  Fascinating. I&apos;ve never seen a VW engine apart, that&apos;s about as simple as it gets.

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• TH

  @TheNismo777 · 3 years ago (edited)

  Seen cooling fins breaking plenty of times, I started my car journey at 5 years old with getting familiar with beetles (neighbour rented our garage to work on his folkrace bugs. So far 28 years with beetles :)

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• BU

  @buddybeetle · 2 years ago

  Is there a follow up with the rebuilt engine running ?

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• JA

  @jamesk3565 · 3 years ago

  Hell yea, enjoyed this

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• DI

  @DirtBikeSessions · 3 years ago

  Very interesting...thanks for posting.

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