Date:         Thu, 27 Feb 1997 06:23:33 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Charles D Earl <cdearl@cats.ucsc.edu>
Subject:      Re: oil additive(s)

Whew!  I'll try to clean-up my act!

Actually, I change the oil every 3000 miles or sooner.  I should have 
realized that such an oversight might lead to the automatic assumption  
that I don't.  
Also, there are 151k on the original engine, unfortunetly, I don't know 
how diligent the PO was.
BTW, are "YOU PEOPLE" polar to "us people" or are there other dividing 
lines I'm not clear on?

Thanks for the Vanagon info.

Charles
'83.5 GL Westy

On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, ERIC ZENO wrote:

>       YOU PEOPLE ARE KILLING ME!
> 
> 
> On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, Charles D Earl wrote:
> 
> > Like many listees, I have occasional noise from a sticky lifter.  It used 
> > to only manifest itself occasionally when I started-up and always went 
> > away and stayed away by the time the engine warmed up fully.  I also used 
> > to only use the van for long freeway trips.  For the last year I have 
> 
> > been using it as a daily driver, only 4 miles to work, all uphill and the 
> > engine doesn't fully warm up on this short trip. 
> (snip)
> > slower city driving.  I wonder if simply more dirt has accumulated (if 
> > this is actually the problem!) and would some long freeway trips at least 
> > reduce the noise to the way it used to be.
>     Yes there is "MORE DIRT" becuase the motor doesn't get hot!
> 
>   I also wonder if it is time 
> > to replace the lifters.
>      Waste of money.  CHANGE THE OIL REGULARLY
> > Charles
> > '83.5 GL Westy
>       YOU say nothing about how often you change the oil. THIs is the
>       best thing you can do to fix and prevent this problem.
> 
>                 Change the motor OIL every 3,000 miles.
>                       
>       Last night I took a motor apart that had 4 oil changes in 80,000
>       miles. We were fixing a gasket problem. After seeing the
>       inside of the motor, we are now replacing the engine!
> 
>                 Change the motor OIl every 3,000 miles!!!!!
> 
> 
>             Eric Zeno