Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 16:45:22 -0700
Reply-To: Ray Hunnam <hunnam@PNC.COM.AU>
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From: Ray Hunnam <hunnam@PNC.COM.AU>
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Subject: Re: Poor decisions (kinda long)
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Colin
Your sign off reads 200 000, sorry 202000. Thats not bad for a VW or any
other motor. Look at it this way, the motor needed doing and it was going
to happen sooner or later it just happened sooner.
Enough of cheering you up. Do you want to borrow my hari kari kit.
Ray.
P>S I can send you a copy of an old posting of mine when I had a nasty
rattle in my motor and kept driving. I also failed to take notice of the
warning. Fortunately for me my sound didn't turn out as bad, but I still
had to rebuild the bottom end.
Colin Moran wrote:
> Have any of you made a bad decision and suffered the results? It
> realy sucks. My van lost oil pressure momentarily on the onramp last
> night. I thought it was the 30 weight oil I was running for winter
> use. I tried 30 weight this year to see if it had any better results.
> i.e. milage. It did'nt, and it caused the oil light to come on
> occasionaly. I planned to change the oil this weekend to 20W-50, but
> last night changed that plan. I stopped to check the oil level just to
> be safe. It was low about a quart. I was just a couple of miles from a
> gas station, I reasoned that I could put in a quart till Satureday and
> all would be well. So I started the engine and check the oil pressure.
> It was low but the pressure light was off. I thought it would be OK to
> run up to the gas station at a reduced speed. I almost made it!!
>
> I was within a few hundered yards of the station when the oil light
> came on and stayed on. I waited for it to go off, it did'nt. I pushed
> the clutch in ready to shut the engine down, but the engine beat me to
> it. As the clutch disengaged the engine quite. I hoped an prayed that
> it was just the hot engine had caused it to stall. I coasted into the
> station and stopped. I added a quart of 20W-50 and tried to start the
> engine. It turned over real slow. Again I thought ok hot motor. I
> waited for it too cool. When I tried to start it again, it turned over
> faster but let out a horrable screech. Yup Spun bearing!!!
>
> The van now sets in the yard waiting for a new motor. I am going
> to pull all the post of engine swaps and rebuilds from the archieves. I
> would also like any thoughts or ass kickings, that the list has to
> offer.
> I am tired of kicking my self in the ass, I could have walked to the gas
> station!!! Although I'm still not sure what caused the oil pressure
> loss. It may be a pump failure or blockage. Who knows? I still feel
> responsable for hurting a dear friend.
>
> Thanks for all your help.
> --
> Colin Moran
> Beebe Ar.
> '86 Syncro GL
> "The Bronze Brick"
> 202,000 and ain't going no more
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