I've seen this subject come up before and have never commented on it. Over the years I have had three Vanagons, and with one swap or another, perhaps a half-dozen engines. The only one that used oil to any noticeable extent had over 200,000 miles on it, and it still didn't use a quart every thousand. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Hurlbut" <timothy@VERIO.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 11:49 PM Subject: Oil Consumption
> Greetings listmembers, > > I purchased my 1987 new in Germany at one of the "drive around europe > and ship it home" purchase plans. While driving in Europe, I found > the van to use 1 quart of oil every 1000 miles. I asked a mechanic at a > VW > dealer in germany what was the problem and he told me that it is > acceptable for Vanagons to use as much as one liter every 1000 KM's. > I accepted his answer and the van ran fine, using a quart every 1000 > miles for 193,000 miles. > > I recently had a rebuilt engine installed and now the van uses a quart > of oil every 900 miles. > > Thoughts? Anyone else use a lot of oil in their wasserboxen. > > By the way, the oil seems to be blow-by ... the air intake near the > AFM is very oily. Blow-by could be rings that didn't seat properly. > > Tim Hurlbut > 87 Vanagon > 90 Vanagon GL > > PS. The 90 uses about 1 quart every 2 thousand miles. 145,000 miles > |
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