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Date:         Fri, 16 Jun 1995 02:35:58 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         ryan75@PrimeNet.Com (Ryan Michael Stevens)
Subject:      Re: Diesel pans, Reimo catalogs, Sami's rear-axle noise

At 06:45 PM 6/15/95 CDT, William Abbott wrote: > Stuart H. > Shouldn't that 1.6 Diesel oil pan be same as a diesel Rabbit, >and available at the local pick-n-pull for about $10? Alternately, >have you considered having the right size Time-Cert installed after >having it overbored and threaded? Big bucks, but it'll never fail again... >

Having worked at a dealer some time ago, I can assure you that the oil pan on a diesel Vanagon is considerably different from the equivalent part on a Rabbit. It has to do with the angle at which the engine is mounted; nearly vertical in the Rabbit compared to a 45 degree (approx.) angle in the Vanagon. This seems to be a rare part (i.e. expensive), so overboring and threading seems to be the preferred way to go.

Ryan


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