Possibly it cleaned your lifters and maybe you should readjust them. And while your doing it, run a compression test. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "scott bumpus" <bumpii@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:23 AM Subject: Gas in Oil fill
> I recently allowed someone to test drive my '90 gl. > The guy took my van down to the gas station and > decided to put in a couple bucks. It only took a tiny > bit and he couldn't figure it out so i pushed it out > of the way. Turns out he filled the oil fill with > gas. > i had it all drained out and the oil was changed a few > times and i am not sure what else. The van has much > less power than it did before this. I don't really > use it now because of the lack of power but it is a > great van that has always gone the distance. Any > ideas? > Scott B. > 91 Westy > 90 Vanagon > 62 Beetle > 00 Passat > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > |
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