Date:         Mon, 29 Jun 1998 08:13:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Dave Mancuso <Mancuso@MTWP.K12.PA.US>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mancuso <Mancuso@MTWP.K12.PA.US>
Subject:      4K miles on rebuilt AVP engine--Brief Report
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Hello All,

To make it brief, I now have 4,500 miles on my AVP rebuilt engine,
installed by Autohaus Lancaster in PA.

Nothing much to report. It runs great! I'm getting approx. 20 miles per
gallon, using 1/2 quart of oil every 2K miles or so (actually, the oil
level seems to go down to the lower dipstick line and stay there whenever
I top off the oil--same as my old engine. There's only 1/2 quart between
the lines on my dipstick).

This new engine seems to like 89 octane, so I'm feeding it that for the
time being. I put Mobil 1 in at 1500 miles, after verifying engine
break-in info with AVP. Runs smooth and quiet.

I would recommend an AVP engine to anyone--they were really helpful, and
the VW dealer commented on how nice the engine looked (I can verify how
well it works).

Y'know, the van is still for sale, but I somehow haven't put the for sale
signs in it for the last couple of months....      :-)

And most telling, my wife tells me we should keep the van--she doesn't
want to give it up!


--Dave

PS--Apologies to the person who wrote me asking for this info a couple of
weeks back--I lost your email and address in a nasty hard drive crash, so
I hope this public report reaches you.