VANAGON archives -- February 2000, week 4 (#106)

Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 14:36:06 +1000 Reply-To: ron <crystal@QUICKNET.COM.AU> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: ron <crystal@QUICKNET.COM.AU> Subject: Re: Most miles on Vanagon Content-Type: multipart/alternative;

Greg, It is interesting to know what life you can expect from a particular unit. I have a 1982 Kombi/Transporter with 280,000 kilometres on the clock. The motor has only been out to put in a clutch plate. Some seals were re-done but that was with the motor insitu. I have always driven in a way which would tend to make everything last. Apart from regular servicing the only other thing I did was to put a can (1 litre) of "SLICK 50" in with the oil at the first change. This stuff was supposed to make the rubbing surfaces (cylinders & rings) smoother and make them last longer. Maybe it did.

Ron Olsen

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