Date:         Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:17:07 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: How fast should a 1.9L go??
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>Hi all,
>Does anyone know if there is a relationship between the usual highway speed
>a vanagon owner drives at and the length of time between head gasket
>failures or other major engine problems?  I've heard some list members
>mention that they have gotten 200,000+ miles out of a wasserboxer w/ no
>problems.  Are these the same drivers that refuse to push their vanagons
>over 4000 RPM?  Would some of the listmembers with impeccably good engine
>reliability please comment on their driving habits?
>
>Andrew
>86 GL

It's a corrosion problem, so it IS possible that if the engine runs hot at
higher speeds it will accelerate the process (many chemical reactions speed
up with heat added to the equation BUT I'm far from sure that this is the
case here...any chemisys on the list?).


Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)