Date:         Sun, 21 Apr 2002 23:04:26 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: 87 Vanagon -w/VW rebuilt engine
Comments: To: CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET
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Before storing a vehicle or engine: It has always been my policy to rev
the engine up to about 3000 Rpms and squirt enough marvel mystery oil
into the intake to kill the engine.
This has always worked well on engines or cars I intend to let sit or
store for extended time periods.
If this hasn't been done either with standard engine oil or MMO you need
to pour oil or MMO in each cylinder and crank it several times without
the ignition disabled so the oil gets distributed throughout your ring,
cylinder wall contact areas.
It really doesn't hurt to let it sit overnight before you try starting it
if you suspect any rust from condensation.
Restart the engine only after you've put new oil in the crankcase and
replaced the oil filter.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 22:50:11 -0500 "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
writes:
> It sat for how long?---
>
> And you never cranked it up, while it was sitting--right?
>
> Get in it--and run the hell out of it--you just have a collapsed
> lifter
> from sitting--it'll pump back up, and everything will be OK---
>
> Just to be safe, throw a pint of Marvel Mytstery Oil in the
> crankcase
> ---it'll break lose any stucklfter that you might have--
>
> If you had bee running MMO in the oil when you parked it--ths
> wouldn't
> have happened--
>
> Of course you fogged the engine, prior to parking it---right?
>
>
> Ok let's hear the con's, on this verdict--
>
>
> Later,
>
> Terry
>
>
> E-mail message
>
>
> <<The Van was parked for most of the winter after driving a few
> times
> this spring and is making the same noise>>
>

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