"assuming the 1.9 cooking system isn't easily changed to accomodate an oil cooler." Now THERE'S a Vanagon Freudian slip. Jim On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 5:40 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for that Dennis. I'm not overly familiar with 1.9 mechanicals (or > 2.1) to know what may be the cause for oil contamination. She, owner, said > it was a manual transmission bus. I'd hoped it was an automatic. This is an > 85 westy but im assuming she doesn't have a 2.1 with digijet and am > assuming the 1.9 cooking system isn't easily changed to accomodate an oil > cooler. > > I suspect there have been times when she's overfilled the engine with too > much oil. > > Neil > > > On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > > It is unusual for the 1.9 to get oil in the coolant. On the 2.1L the oil to > > water heat exchanger is the usual source. If an automatic it could be ATF > > getting into the coolant in which case an engine replacement won’t help. > > > > Now coolant getting into the oil could be a broken head stud, cracked > > head, or somehow a head loose enough for coolant to get under the > cylinders > > and into the crankcase. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com > > <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Neil N > > Sent: Tuesday, May 3, 2016 2:38 PM > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <javascript:;> > > Subject: Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines > > > > re: warranty work. Yes. That's a big consideration. Especially for us up > > in Canada. > > Dealing with the border is just one more hassle. I was asking about these > > Oval's engines on behalf of a fellow Vanagon owner dealing with a 1.9 oil > > in coolant issue. > > The engine still runs but there's crossover happening somewhere. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Neil n > > > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical < > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> > > > > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> > > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> > > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> > |
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