3. Oil pressure and temperature gauges. No point in having half the picture. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a Dnia Sep 5, 2014 o godz. 14:26 Ryan Perry <rjdperry@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > Thanks everybody for the help and input. Here are my next steps > > 1. Change Oil back to Castrol Synth 20/50 (is there anything else > recommended that would be better?) Might drop some SeaFoam and consider it > an engine cleaning rather than a wasted oil change. > 2. Switch out the BOSCH filter for a MANN, MAHLE or NAPA or > MOBILE1-M1-205 (my last one was a NAPA Gold, but want to try a MAN, MAHLE > this go around) > 3. Work on getting an Oil Gauge installed ( > 4. I do want to upgrade the engine, knowing its on the way out. Thinking > of putting in an order for a Vanistan.com engine over the winter or finding > a reputable mechanic for a rebuild (any Asheville, NC people have a source > please let me know) Sure would like a 2.1 though... > 5. Continue to enjoy my time with Artie McParty and his 192k engine. > Fall festival season is here and I got some trips to make up the mountain! > > I consider myself lucky on this van, I am the 3rd owner and the second > owner only had it for 6 months after buying it from an older gentleman (a > professor at ASU from what I was told) in AZ and driving it to NC. Its a > rust free, unmolested, clean with the original engine. With that many miles > I consider it a blessing to have had this much fun including an engagement > trip out west to NM, CO > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/101740169475139345962/albums/5795906082007912833?sort=1> > including numerous high passes. Made just over 4k miles in a month without > a hick-up (well one broken belt, no biggie) > > Anything else to drop in that list? > > > > Ryan Perry |
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