VANAGON archives -- April 2000, week 2 (#159)

Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:41:32 EDT Reply-To: Sylvain B <sylvain1960@HOTMAIL.COM> Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Sylvain B <sylvain1960@HOTMAIL.COM> Subject: Diesel Question... Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed

Short question to a Diesel expert... :o))

I own a 1982 westy with a 1.6 TD conversion. There is no leaks and the compression is abour 450-475 for all cylinders. The oil consumtion is about 1 quart per 250 miles. I brought it to my mechanic and he told me that the thermostat was keeping the engine running too cold. Causing this high oil consumption. Probably a wrong thermostat. He ran it for about 150 miles (He's a friend of mine :o), changed the termostat to make it run hotter and made another 350 miles.After all that mileage (500 miles), it added about half a quart of oil... Does this too cold engine stuff makes sense?

Sylvain Bélanger Montréal, Quebec. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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