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Date:         Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:31:34 +1000
Reply-To:     Ron Olsen <crystal@quicknet.com.au>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ron Olsen <crystal@quicknet.com.au>
Subject:      Re: Is she dead? again.
Comments: To: james peters <rickenhacker@hotmail.com>
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James, what do you mean "a deep knocking sound". When the motor is idling
the valve lifters
can make a knocking sound. Is yours hydraulic or not?
Regards Ron


----- Original Message -----
From: james peters <rickenhacker@hotmail.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 7:59 PM
Subject: Is she dead? again.




> Glad Gerry is back!
> My 1980 2.0 Vanagon is making a deep knocking sound. It just happened
today
> when I started it. I last used it on Friday, only sat two days.
> I recently (Nov 99) had the heads redone, and now I think its a rod knock.
> Is my engine toast?
> How can I really tell?
> Haven't done a compression test or anything yet, just hung my head and
> cried> :(
> Where to go from here?
>
> Thanks
> Rick
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