Also, another thing that really gets rid of the carbon build up is the old school pouring tranny fluid into the carb.....It burns that carbon out of the chamber.............. Adam P 81 Westy "The Brick " 70 Single Cab "Whitey" 74 Beetle "Ol Yeller" 73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop) 1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg 75 Campmobile "for sale' Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled) ----- Original Message ----- From: "G. Matthew Bulley" <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 6:49 PM Subject: Re: Compression Question
> Good call Stan. I forget about how great that stuff (MMO) is at fixing > such. > I just pulled a 132,000 mile Type 4 apart today, and what a mess. I > think this guy never changed his oil, or only used the old formula > "Quaker State" (the Pennsylvania type that was heavy with natural > paraffin). > > I've never seen rings so caked in baked-on fudge, stalactites of black > goo on everything. The motor apparently died of dirt. Just a little MMO > now and then and this thing might still be kicking. It will be kicking > again soon, but after far more expense than $8. > > Developing business and guiding change since 1996, > > G. Matthew Bulley > Bulley-Hewlett > Marketing & Communications > Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com > AIM = IExplain4u > Phone: +1.919.658.1278 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf > Of Stan Wilder > Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 4:02 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Compression Question > > You have a lot of miles left in that engine if you don't demand perfect > performance. > Try running some marvel mystery oil (about a quart) mixed with your > regular oil in the crankcase for about 1000 miles. (don't overfill the > crank case) It will free up sticky rings, remove sludge from your > engine, > clean your lifters. Also run about 8 oz in every tank of gas for that > 1000 miles, it will de carbonize the heads, valves, stems, guides. > Then recheck your compression. > You should get more balanced readings unless you have a head gasket > leak. > This is a $8.00 fix so give it a try. > > Stan Wilder > 83 Air Cooled Westfalia > > On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 12:01:08 -0700 Larry Chase <lchase@ATTGLOBAL.NET> > writes: > > Folks, > > > > Not being a gear head ...... would I be safe in assuming that a 2.1 > > WBX > > Engine with the following compression readings is in need of a > > rebuild? > > > > 1=130, 2=125, 3=160 and 4=165 > > > > Larry Chase > > 85 Westy "RoadHaus" > > Mesa, AZ > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > |
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