Date:         Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:28:08 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat that?
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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Hi Dennis.

I assume this was in response to an earler post of mine. Thanks.

Another way to fill the crankcase with gas?

Install the distributor drive gear incorrectly!

I did that on my 58' Beetle when I was 14 or 15. I had just rebuilt
it. (first time working on a car) Of course it wouldn't start so I
kept turning the engine over and over and over.... imagine my
surprise. --- ;^)


Neil.

On 11/14/07, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I wouldn't write the engine off yet. Since you got it started, nothing
> major was bent or broken. Change the oil and filter one more time as there
> was probably still some fuel in there to dilute it. The oil gas mix is
> probably throughout the exhaust and the oil you added to the cylinders
> made things worse. It will need to run for a good long time to clear
> things out. After that, compression, leak down, and oil pressure tests
> will tell you whether or not the engine is still good.
>
> Failures of this type are common on many vehicles. It is not just a VW
> thing. Low batteries in winter alone cause engines to fill as drivers just
> keep turning that key hoping something will suddenly make it go. Same for
> extremely cold weather or any other cause of a no start.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> dylan friedman
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat that?
>
> my daily driver 86 GL has 368k, close but not higher.
> third wbx engine, original 4spd. trans.
>
> dylan
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: joel walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 10:09:26 PM
> Subject: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat that?
>
>
> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=514406
>
> sez it has 396,245 miles on the odometer.
> anybody got a higher mileage bus??
> :)
>
> unca joel
>


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