My 1.9l lived on only 15 psi oil pressure at 60 mph for its last 3000 miles. I finally pulled the trigger and bought a Boston Bob engine. Best thing I ever did for this van. You are looking at about $3000 if you replace the clutch, hoses, water pump, thermostat, belts, etc., even if you install it yourself. I highly recommend an oil pressure gauge for any VW engine. The buzzer system you have is known to give false alarms. A good quality guage is money well spent. Jay
"A. Widoff" <rompu@mhcable.com> on 06/19/2002 03:06:18 PM To: Jay L Snyder/AE/DuPont@DuPont cc: Subject: Re: 87 Vanagon problem
On 6/19/02 12:30 PM, "Jay L Snyder" <Jay.L.Snyder@USA.DUPONT.COM> wrote: > I had a similar problem with my '85 before I put in my new engine. Low oil > pressure caused the lifters to collapse after driving 20 or 30 minutes at > highway speeds. It started when I added some CD-2 oil additve to help > alleviate the lifter noise I was getting from time to time. I didn't > figure it out right away, but after going through the usual checks of the > FI system, fuel system, ignition, a simple oil change eliminated the > problem. The noise you heard was your lifters giving out. I could just > barely get home. It would never stop running, but it had no power. The > catalytic converter was red hot. Sounded like hell. The next day, it > would run fine. As long as the lifters were happy, the engine was happy. > Your engine may be reaching the end of its life. Wow. Is this a foregone conclusion? Is there any way for me to find out? Should I suspend my plans to have the body worked on? If my engine does give out, would anyone care to give me a quick run down on my options (and expenses) from there? I love this thing. Thanks to Jay, John, Kim, and now a Dimwitted Moose and Flying Squirrel for the quick responses. I'm getting that oil changed as I type. Tony
> Change to 20-50 oil, a > good filter and install a pressure gauge. The 2.1s are more likely to > throw a rod than the 1.9s. A gauge will tell you how good the bottom end > of your engine is. > > Jay > |
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