I drive an 88 GL. I second Don Deitke's post all the way. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Thomas, Geoffrey wrote: >I dropped my '88 Westy in for some work today. >I had noticed a slight coolant loss and gulped when I added about 300 mls of >coolant to top up the tank. This in about >5000 miles. >I asked for an analysis of the coolant for combustion gases and I also asked >for a compression test. >Now this company has done work for me before and already had 2 other >Vanagons in the shop. >The service manager stated that there was no way that exhaust gases could >leak into the coolant "in this engine". OK, I thought, I do not think that >is true, so I asked him to locate the source of the leak. >He called back later and advised that the compression was around 85 per >cylinder. >This is an engine with 233,000 on it, with a good rebuild at 160,000. >Starts first time, runs cool and quiet and uses no oil at all. >I checked the archives and noted readings of 140+ as good. >He also advised that there was slight evidence of coolant residue around the >bottoms of the heads, but that a pressure test indicated no leaks. >I am wondering if (a) my mechanic is as good as he might be, and (b) the >compression readings he got were bogus? >Geoff Thomas > > > |
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