Date:         Wed, 5 Nov 2003 04:55:41 -0800
Reply-To:     Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Etka helped needed
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Condelli" <RAlanen@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: Etka helped needed


> In a message dated 11/5/2003 12:07:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
> Here's the story.  I have a 1985 Westfalia GL with the original 1.9l =
> engine.  I noticed the smell of burning oil, and it turns out that there =
> was a leak dripping onto the exhaust.  My mechanic gave me the part =
> number and an Etka printout, but I'm having trouble matching up these =
> numbers.  The first is 025 115 451.  Can someone confirm that this is an =
> oil breather assembly for a 1.9l motor?  The other is 391 117 090 2, =
> which I was hoping was for a hose that attaches to the oil breather =
> assembly.  The confusing part is, the Etka printout I have is =
> Illustration 10-00, Year 85, MG 1, SG 15, Update 565.  Two listees have =
> told me this Illustration is for a 2.0 aircooled motor, and that the =
> part number my mechanic gave me matches up with 2.0l parts.
>         I spent a great deal of time on this yesterday.  ETKA illustration
> 10-00 is certainly for the 2.0 litre air-cooled engine. Part No. 025 115
451 is
> certainly the oil breather assembly for the 1.9 engine. Part No. 391 117
090 2
> comes up as "Unknown Part".  BIG question here is why is the 2.0 litre
> air-cooled engine coming up in the 1985 Vanagon parts directory on ETKA ?
I thought
> 1983 was the last year for the 2.0 litre air-cooled motor.  Was it still
> offered as an option ?  Or, is ETKA screwed up ?

ETKA is screwed up.  The "year" information is pretty much complete
nonsense.  When looking at engine information concentrate on what motor ETKA
is specifying - "CV", "DH", etc. - and ignore the year info.

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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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