---Linda Bartnik <bartnik@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> wrote: > > t bill wrote: > > > > STOP DRIVING THIS VAN IMMEDIATELY! YOU'RE KILLING IT! > > The reason it is knocking is that it is overheating, not that the > > distributer is too advanced! > > > > Count yourself lucky if you don't need a rebuild after all it has been > > thru. > > > > The low compression in one cylender is not the problem either. > > > > OK then, any ideas on what the problem may be? > I can find no reason as to why it would be overheating. All engine tin > is in place. The engine compartment seal is in place. No crap in fan > or blocking the fan grille. Timing is set below stock spec. I'm not > driving it hard, brakes are in proper adjustment, etc etc. What's > making it overheat, if not the advance and/or low compression? > > > Sean Bartnik > Johnson City, Tennessee > '81 Vanagon L Westfalia > Sean, I think the timing is 5º ATDC. The valves aren't a part of this; however, I think you fried one from the heat of the engine. If you retime to this, check out how the engine runs. I would get new heads, though :( because T-4s love to suck valves. I would get you a beer if I could. Good luck, Sam == "Punk's not dead (it just sucks right now)" | "I'm not Punk, I'm New-Wave!" ...quit whining... http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Backstage/6507 _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com |
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