Air-Cooled VW Vanagon, 1980-1983 (Haynes Repair Manual) by Haynes $24.95
This is the ultimate manual for 1980-1983 VW Vanagons. All 2.0 liter, air-cooled engines.
Vanagons have a reputation for needing careful maintenance or else you’ll run into expensive repairs.
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About the VW Vanagon
Introduced in 1980, the Volkswagen Vanagon was designed as a replacement for the Microbus, which was VW’s first van.
The rear-wheel-drive Vanagon is also known as the Type 2 T3, the T25 (in Great Britain), and the Transporter or Caravelle (in Europe). It seats seven to nine passengers.
1980-1983
The first generation Vanagon was equipped with a 67-horsepower, 2.0-liter, air-cooled four-cylinder engine with fuel injection.
1983-1985
In mid-1983, the engine was upgraded to a 1.9-liter, water-cooled four-cylinder engine that generated 83 horsepower, and a Digi-Jet fuel-injection system was added.
1986-1991
Another engine overhaul was introduced in 1986, when the Vanagon got a 95-horsepower, 2.1-liter water-cooled four-cylinder engine with an updated fuel-injection system called the Digifant. That would continue to be the Vanagon’s powerplant throughout its run, which ended in North American in 1991.
Over the 11 years it was in production, the Vanagon came in a number of different trim packages, including the standard Vanagon, the higher-end Vanagon GL, the Vanagon Camper, the GL Camper, the Vanagon Carat, and the limited-edition Wolfsburg Edition. Models with VW’s Synchro all-wheel-drive system were also available.
