Ken Hunter wrote: > Thanks Dana, I read your response to Bryan concerning this subject and since > he is losing more sleep over this than I am I thought I would let him take > the lead. In 3 years of wondering about this, yours was the first post I've > seen with hard information .I'm still curious as to why the 1.9NA block has > the piston oil squirters The squirters are a precaution/preventive that VW decided was needed I guess. and why VW produced a Vanagon oil pan with a cast > boss for a turbo oil return ?
The "cast boss" pan was used for the Vanagons with the 1.6 t.d. that didn't make it this far. -Dana- > > Ken Hunter > 82 Westy 1.9D > 84 Jetta 1.5D > 89 Mitsubishi van 2.4gas |
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