Hello all. Well we're still looking for an appropriate passenger vanagon in our area. My wife found one parked at a BP station, and it's been there a couple of weeks now. It is a very nice looking silver GL model with the big sunroof and a pull out stereo. It seems to have been pretty well maintained, but there are two things that bother me. First is what sounds like lifter noise. It's one lifter and I only heard it run for about three minutes at idle. The owner said the sound goes away after it warms up. He started to mention that his mechanic told him that a lot Vanagons do this but I'm skeptical. Any thoughts? Is there some miracle rhino-snot that I can dump in and flush the lifters with? Next is that the power steering pump is wheezing. It still works fine, but it's making a rather dry bearing sound and I'm picturing it needing replacment. Anybody know what a power steering pump costs? Any other wisdom from the net? The coolant is blue, it's not leaking that I can see, and there are no white deposits anywhere. There isn't a speck of rust anywhere. There is a little parking lot rash behind the slider door that doesn't really bother me. The tires are nearly new. A couple of trivial oil leaks. Total miles is 154,000. No smoking, no knocking, starts right up. The asking price is $3200 We're thinking about low balling him at $2500
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