My thought, too.  But it's AIRcooled!  Maybe someone did toss a Guiness in
the oil!

Ya know, I'm gettin' thirsty, too!

Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Miller" <mwm@LANSET.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 4:25 PM
Subject: Re: gas consumption and guiness in the oil

> That's the worst Guinness in the world.  Means you got big problems, as in
a
> busted engine.  That's water mixed in the oil and emulsified.  Bad ju ju.
>
> In order of price, blown head gasket, cracked head, cracked block.
>
> Sorry,
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jason Willenbrock <pooncerelli@HOTMAIL.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 2:58 PM
> Subject: gas consumption and guiness in the oil
>
>
> > hey all!
> > hope all is well.  now that spring is here in the east it is time to get
> > westy back on the roads. anywho, i notice that i am getting about
190-200
> > miles (13 mpg) on a tank of gas.  now, i have only owned her since feb.
> and
> > not sure if this was normal or not. well, i did some digging and found
> that
> > she should be getting roughly 18-20 mpg's.  this is an 82 aircooled with
a
> > rebuild of about 40k on her. also to note, the oxs light does not come
on
> in
> > the test mode or at all. i figured maybe a wiring glitch.  is it
possible
> > that the o2 sensor is bad and that is to blame for the poor mileage as
> well
> > as the light not coming on?  if so how do i check the sensor or is it
> cheap
> > enough that i should just replace it?  what else could be to blame for
the
> > poor mileage?  she seems to run great.
> >
> > secondly, yesterday i went to top off the oil b/c after about 2000 miles
> she
> > burns close to a quart.  when i took off the filler cap it was gooed up
> and
> > down with what appeared to be the foam of the great guiness.  it was
thick
> > and viscous and smelled like a weird oil.  after suddenly getting real
> > thirsty and scratching my head i wiped it off the inside of the cap and
> took
> > out the fill tube and cleaned it up. what is it?  burned oil? but why
> would
> > it collect at the top of the fill tube? from engine pressure? i have
never
> > seen anything like it. is this common with the aircools?
> > thanks for any inputs
> > sorry if i made anyone thirst for a malted beverage
> > jason
> > 82 westy
> > 90 gl
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