Greg: I installed a remanufactured engine in my '85 GL four years ago, and now, 70,000 miles later I can happily report that the investment was worth it. If your rebuild has been done carefully I'm sure you'll experience the same. Even now mine cruises happily at 70-75 mph, gets 19-21 mpg in warm weather (I've gotten as much as 280 out of a tank before i got nervous and refilled--but then I don't operate at the elevation you do). It uses about a 1/2 quart of synthetic in 2,500 miles and seems to be leaking no coolant aside from the where i installed that lousy Prestone flush valve in a heater hose (and then only in very cold weather). Congratulations! I love my van--I break out in hives when I think about buying something else.
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