Date:         Thu, 19 Sep 2002 07:55:38 -0700
Reply-To:     Sam Scholten <undergroundboy01@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sam Scholten <undergroundboy01@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Seized Engine?  Is there something I can do? - '91 Vanagon GL
Comments: To: David Thoresen <mrepic@ATTBI.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <F791BFCD-CB8E-11D6-8180-00306567024E@attbi.com>
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Before you do anything, pull off your valve covers to
see if your rocker arms look broken or strange in some
other way.

Let me know what you find.

Sam

--- David Thoresen <mrepic@ATTBI.COM> wrote:
> Traveling down the freeway my oil light comes on...
> with that annoying
> buzzzzzzzzz... I pull over add 2 quarts... oil light
> still does not go
> away... I drive hoping it will get some oil in
> there.. well needless to
> say all of the sudden there is this aweful grinding
> noise... I pull over
> and the van dies!  ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Well I try to start it up again and the starter
> tries its best to turn
> the engine but thats all I get... the engine wont
> turn at all....
>
> I drained the oil.. (I found out I had quite a bit!)
>  It was much
> thicker than usual especially since I changed it
> less than 3000 miles
> ago.
>
> Soooooooo anyone have any suggestions on what I
> should try to get this
> engine going?  Or is a transplant in order?  (I dont
> know if this says
> anything but I checked the trans fluid and it was a
> bit darker than
> normal but not dark like engine oil)
>
> Thanks a bunch in advance!
>
> Ciao!
> David....
> '91 Vana-Goner *doing the unstuck* 207K miles


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