Date:         Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:15:33 +0000
Reply-To:     Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: On more trip.
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Don't be overly alarmed from the metals report in the oil analysis. This could just be from the engine being short cycled especially in cold weather and also indicates the filter is not doing that well job. Maybe you need more frequent oil or filter changes. The head gaskets should be addressed. I would suggest testing the oil pressure and determine if the case really needs to be split. If it really needs main bearings it most likely also needs to be align bored. Otherwise yo end up with a rebuilt engine that still has oil pressure woes. For rings careful, there is a lot of junk out there. 

Dennis
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Robert Clemmer
Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 8:47 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: On more trip.

The holidays are over and the grandchildren are back in school so it is time to flee the gray skies, gray roads, brown grass, and brown trees of cold damp

SE PA and head south to SW FL  This trip will be bitter sweet as it will be the last one for the engine in our 91 Tintop.  A couple of weeks after we are down there, I'm traveling back to my brother's house in NC to pull the engine to refresh with new bearings, rings, and heads.  I really don't want to mess with it because it just runs sooooo sweet and smooth, but it has
317,000 miles on it, the heads leak when it sits and the OAT is below 40, and lube oil analysis is indicating elevated metals.  So, before I have a boat anchor, out it comes.



Wish me luck!



BobC