On 09/06/2014 12:31 PM, mark drillock wrote: "If you really want to keep a Vanagon engine alive longer spend your time and money on the much greater threat, the cooling system." Go on . . . I'm always looking for 1.9L advice in that area. Bend, Oregon, ain't the wet and luscious side of the west side of the Cascade mountains. Nope, gets mighty hot and dry over here on the east side. I've pulled 250 degree oil temps on hot climbs and do think about cooling parts failing. So if anyone has a page that says, "here's the best things you can do for your 1.9L cooling system, as written by a desert rat who knows from hot", I'd like to know about it. Thanks! -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, Bend, Ore. On 09/06/2014 12:31 PM, mark drillock wrote: > Those Vanagon engine failures are far more common from cooling system > failures than anything else. Spending money on oil gauges won't change > that. If you really want to keep a Vanagon engine alive longer spend > your time and money on the much greater threat, the cooling system. If > you just like more dials and lights, go for it. > > Mark > > > SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) wrote: >> Of course, the percentage of vanagons with their original engine ...with >> say 150K to 200+K miles on it is, rather low. >> >> Traditionally VW Vans have needed a rebuilt, or good used engine, about >> every 7 years, on average. >> And plenty of top end jobs also. >> >> |
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