VW cars: gasoline and diesel engines - repair manuals

How to Rebuild Your Volkswagen Air-Cooled Engine - All models from 1961 and up

Learn how to rebuild a Volkswagen air-cooled engine! This guide will teach the reader how to troubleshoot, remove, tear down, inspect, assemble, and install Bug, Bus, Karmann Ghia, Thing, Type-3, Type-4, and Porsche 914 engines. All models from 1961 and up are included.

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Author:	Tom Wilson
Details:	176 pages, 25.5 x 20 x 0.8 cm / 10 x 7.9 x 0.31 in, paperback
Illustrations:	numerous photos and drawings
Publisher:	HP Books (USA, 1987)
ISBN:	9780895862259

Guide to Automatic Transmission Repair - Import Cars and Light Trucks (1980-1984) | Chilton Repair Manual

This Chilton Repair & Maintenance Guide describes theory, trouble-shooting, specifications, repair and overhaul of automatic transmissions and transaxles of American import models (passenger cars and vans) from the period 1980-1984.

Types:
- Audi-VW 089 and 090 transaxles
- Borg Warner 66
- Honda 3- and 4-speed transaxle
- Jatco L3N71B, L4N71B, E4N71B, 4N71B, JM600, RNFO1A, RL3FO1A, F3A transaxles
- Mercedes-Benz W4A-040, W4A-020
- Mitsubishi KM171 and KM172 transaxles
- Renault MB1 and MJ transaxles
- Subaru 4WD transaxle
- Toyota A40, A43D, A43DL, A43DE, AW55, A14OE transaxles
- Volvo AW70, AW71 (Overdrive)
- ZF ZF-4HP22.

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Details:	672 pages, 27 x 20.5 x 3 cm / 10.6 x 8.1 x 1.18 in, paperback
Illustrations:	numerous photos and drawings
Publisher:	Chilton Automotive Books (USA, 2001)
Series:	Chilton Auto Repair Manual (7891)
ISBN:	9780801978913

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How to Rebuild VW Air-Cooled Engines (1961-2003)

S-A Workbench manual for the complete overhaul of air-cooled Volkswagen Typ 1, Typ 2 and Typ 3 boxer engines from the years 1961-2003.

• Step-by-step instructions and almost 600 colour photographs clearly describe the work on the VW Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 engines.
• Chapters on planning, disassembly and inspection, cleaning, choosing the right parts, machine work, assembling the engine, first start and running-in.
• The engine block, crankshaft and pistons, lubrication system, camshafts, cylinder heads, valve train, ignition, fuel system and carburetors are discussed.
• Complete with adjustment data, such as valve clearance and tightening torques.
• This book also contains useful advice for improving reliability and performance.

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Author:	Prescott Phillips
Details:	144 pages, 28 x 21.5 x 1.3 cm / 11 x 8.5 x 0.51 in, paperback
Illustrations:	584 colour photos
Publisher:	CarTech Inc (USA, 2019)
Series:	S-A Design Workbench (SA221)
ISBN:	9781613254332

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Water-cooled VW Performance Handbook (3rd edition)

Turn your VW into a high-performance machine. Chad Erickson explains everything from low-buck bolt-ons to CNC-machined mods. Learn how to choose, install, tune, and maintain performance equipment for Golfs, GTIs, Jettas, Passats, and more.

This book will help improve your VW's engine, transmission and clutch, ignition, carburetion/fuel injection, suspension and handling, brakes, body, and chassis. In its 3rd edition, Water-Cooled VW Performance Handbook is now updated to include new engines, body styles, and modifications for the 1986-2008 model years.

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Author:	Chad Erickson, Greg Raven
Details:	208 pages, 27 x 21 x 1.4 cm / 10.6 x 8.25 x 0.55 in, paperback
Illustrations:	30 b&w and 270 colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbooks International (USA, 2011)
ISBN:	9780760337660

Schrauberhandbuch VW-Boxer: Alle luftgekühlten Motoren - Käfer, Bulli & Co.

This do-it-yourself engine repair manual provides practical assistance in repairing and overhauling Type 1 engines.
Most of the work processes can also be transferred to the Type 4 engine of the 411 and 412 - which is installed in the Type 2 models with 1700 1800 and 2000 cc. The peculiarities of the other air-cooled boxers are also explained and illustrated.

Conclusion: a very clearly structured repair manual for beginners, advanced users and experts including an appendix with the technical data and technical terms as well as engine and chassis numbers.

Contents:
- Basics of workshop equipment
- Engine Type 1: How to keep the Beetle's heart healthy
- Remove the engine
- Remove the exhaust system and attachments on the Type 1 engine
- Disassemble the engine
- Check the engine components
- Pre-assemble the crankshaft ready for installation
- Overhaul the crankcase
- Remove the exhaust system and attachments on the Type 4 engines (1700 1800 2000 cc)
- Piston and cylinder assembly
- Overhaul and install cylinder heads
- Install attachments on the Type 1 engines
- Install attachments on the Type 4 engines (1700 1800 and 2000 cc).

German edition of the Crowood book "The VW Air-Cooled Engine - Repair and Maintenance".

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Author:	Ken Cservenka
Details:	144 pages, 27.5 x 21.5 cm / 10.8 x 8.5 in, hardback
Illustrations:	350 colour photos
Publisher:	Heel-Verlag GmbH (D, 2019)
ISBN:	9783958439009

High-tech Diesel von Volkswagen - Die Story von Wirbelkammer zur Pumpe-Düse

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Although diesel engines have lost popularity in recent years, they were long a key feature of German car manufacturing, especially at Volkswagen.
Over the decades, VW transformed the noisy and slow prechamber diesel into the advanced TDI, used across all vehicle classes and setting new industry standards. Diesel engines also achieved notable success in motorsport.

This illustrated book - the third volume in a well-regarded series on VW engine development - traces the evolution of Volkswagen's diesel technology.
Based on interviews and documents from engineers and developers, it provides detailed insights into how VW improved diesel engines in performance, efficiency, and refinement.

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Author:	Michael Willmann, Eberhard Kittler
Details:	256 pages, 28.5 x 21.5 x 2.1 cm / 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.83 in, hardback
Illustrations:	220 photos and drawings
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2025)
ISBN:	9783613046788

High-Tech Motoren von Volkswagen - G-Lader, Direkteinspritzer, VR- und W-Motoren

The change from air-cooled boxer engines to water-cooled four-cylinder in-line engines in the early 1970s marked the beginning of a technology offensive for VW.
Michael Willmann and Eberhard Kittler, together with numerous contemporary witnesses, meticulously devote themselves to the next chapter of Volkswagen's success story. They describe the most important developments from 30 years of high-tech petrol engines: G-chargers, direct injection, VR and W engines from the Golf 1 GTI RV6 to the Bugatti Chiron 8.0 W16.

This book impresses with sensational images and a wealth of details and facts as well as previously unpublished background knowledge from the technicians and engine developers responsible at the time.
Editor Michael Willmann was a senior engine developer and was responsible for the G-charger from 1987. Co-editor Eberhard Kittler was head of the Volkswagen AutoMuseum Foundation until 2020.

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Author:	Eberhard Kittler, Michael Willmann
Details:	240 pages, 28.5 x 21.5 x 2 cm / 11.2 x 8.5 x 0.79 in, hardback
Illustrations:	300 b&w and colour photos
Publisher:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2021)
ISBN:	9783613044289