Date:         Mon, 15 May 2000 12:58:21 EDT
Reply-To:     JordanVw@AOL.COM
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From:         JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject:      Re: Decisions, decisions...
Comments: To: john@dataknight.com
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In a message dated 5/15/00 11:56:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
john@DATAKNIGHT.COM writes:

<< My wife's '89 Plymouth Voyager (hey, it starts with "V" and is a similar
 shape<g>) has 104K miles on it. Recently, the in-dash oil pressure gage
 drops rapidly to zero when she stops in traffic. The garage put an oil
 pressure gage on it and it reads about 25-30 lbs at 2000+RPM, drops to
 5-7 lbs at idle (out of gear) and to about 2 lbs or less in gear. They
 are suggesting a new oil pump at minumum or a complete lower engine
 rebuild. It seems to me like the pump is working but that the bearings,
 etc. are worn so much that they can't hold the pressure -- but I'm not a
 mechanic. >>

that's a typical prob w/ those chrysler minivans..they start to burn oil,
valve guide seals go, etc.  is it a 4 or a 6? ..  sit behind one of the older
ones, you can usually see smoke pouring out of the exhaust.    Not worth
fixing, theyre a dime a dozen.  sell it and get a newer Japanese minivan.
chris