On Fri, 13 Jan 95 07:04:34 CST <ad793@freenet.carleton.ca> said: >This is for those of you who are "fortunate" enough to own a Vanagon with >an oil cooler. CHECK IT NOW ! Before it's too late ! ><horror story deleted> >cooler to find the BROKEN O-ring behind. Whether or not the -35 temp. had >anything to do with this is not sure. All I know is that the van got started >moral of this story is, check your oil cooler and change that O-ring if >it's suspect. Mine was cooked - hard - brittle - so the high oil pressure >at - 35 startup blew it, most probable scenario. I guess I was lucky that >the noise was just a collapsed lifter, it COULD have been worse ! it could have been a lot worse! someone who used to be on the list already lost their engine because of this!!! here's the tech info on it: Technical Information Group: 17 Number: 87-05
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