212.000 original km on 1982 2.0 LuftBoxer. Not overhauled yet......... Average 8km/l gasoline usage. 4 gear. Topspeed 135 km/hour. Cruising speed 110 km/h on highway. Goes good. -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Karl Ploessl [mailto:ploessl@SUNMAC.SPECT.UPENN.EDU] Sendt: 26. maj 2004 14:50 Til: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Emne: Re: 1980 Vanagon L
Dennis wrote: So how many on this list have Air Cooled Vanagons engines with over 200K on them? I have a number of customers who have done it with the WaterBoxer. The FUN BUS is now at 216K. I did have to replace the valve covers when they rusted through. It still can go on long trips such as New York to Florida and back last February. Dennis -------------------------- I just have 93520 (original) miles. Mechanical she is in great shape but rust is another topic... -- Karl '81 Westy "Jenny" Wilmington, DE |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.