-----Original Message----- From: Coby Smolens [mailto:cobys@well.com] Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 4:25 PM To: Karl F Bloss Subject: RE: rebuild or 5 cyl?
I like the pressure sender idea best. The waterboxer doesn't have valve stem seals for one thing, and a quart in 150 miles would be extreme if that WERE the case. Front and real main seals, oil pump - not good possibilities. I have seen bent pushrods wear holes in pushrod tubes more than once, but if your engine is otherwise running fine and nothing unusual has happened to it I don't give this a high mark on the probability scale either. There is only one sender on this engine (if it's the OE 1.9), up above the lower engine shroud on the drivers side. I am not sure about the 5 cyl thing but you might look at this, if you're hot to spend some serious money: http://www.vanagongti.com/ Otherwise, IMHO your engine is probably good for another 120K at least, given care and timely cylinder head reseals (you're due for one now, BTW) and faithful use of *OE COOLANT*. Coby Valley Wagonworks "Intimately acquainted with VW Vans since 1959" Volkswagen Bus, Vanagon, Westfalia and Eurovan Repair and Service Specialists 1535 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo, CA 94933 Voice:(415) 457-5628 Fax: (415) 457-0967 http://wagonworks.com mailto:contact@wagonworks.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Karl F Bloss > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 1999 3:42 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: rebuild or 5 cyl? > > > Also check the low pressure oil sender. When we bought our van, it was > spraying oil on the back window. The PO thought it was a crank pulley > seal and even gave me the seal with the van, but the local shop > correctly diagnosed it as the LP oil sender. Replaced it and no more > leak. > > -Karl > ----------------------- > Karl Bloss > temporary e-mail address while I'm a road warrior: blosskf@juno.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > |
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