Date:         Thu, 4 Apr 2002 00:35:43 -0800
Reply-To:     Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Jere Hawn <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Ok someone will have to explain to me...
Comments: To: Fryday <fryday@CALIFORNIA.COM>
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Hi Philippe,

Mile on the engine... I've been through three engine on my 90 GL... they
only last about 110,000 miles.

Gas gauge.. you may have a bad sending unit or bad gauge.  From experience
(last Friday) when the gauge reads empty its empty (first time; over 25
years of driving).  And they shouldn't move much, I can get mine to move
going around a big freeway cloverleaf (a good 10 seconds in a hard fast
turn)

Jere
90 GL
88 GL

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Fryday
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:34 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Ok someone will have to explain to me...


... why so many Vanagons have a rebuiklt engine.

Before my Vanagon, my car was an '87 Golf GTI 8v, and after 130K miles,
mostly city, and nasty canadian winters, it has yet
to require anything close to a rebuilt engine. In fact, I had never heard of
rebuilding an engine (I knew *about* it, that
it was possible, but I had not heard of it done to any car I looked at)
until now.

Or does it only start around 150K???

Oh, and here's another one: what is it with the Vanagon gas indicator? Why
does it move around so much and why does it
indicate empty when I still have 3 gallons?

Thanks,

Philippe