Amen, the Chrysler 2.2L is quite possibly the crappiest and overrated 4cyl
ever made.  The V6's in those early Chryslers were, however, Mitsubishi
produced, so arent bad.  In any case, an old beat up van has absolutely no
resale value and unless you have an emotional interest in it, it's very
likely not worth fixing.  Purely my opinion :)

And if you want to replace the van, I concur a good Japanese model would
do (not those yucky 80's ones, but a 95+) or one of the later V6-powered
Chryslers, which are great vehicles, just a tad on the boring side....

Why not replace that dull old van with a nice Passat or Volvo wagon?

-Michael

On Mon, 15 May 2000 JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

> In a message dated 5/15/00 11:56:07 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> john@DATAKNIGHT.COM writes:
>
> << My wife's '89 Plymouth Voyager (hey, it starts with "V" and is a similar
>  shape<g>) has 104K miles on it. Recently, the in-dash oil pressure gage
>  drops rapidly to zero when she stops in traffic. The garage put an oil
>  pressure gage on it and it reads about 25-30 lbs at 2000+RPM, drops to
>  5-7 lbs at idle (out of gear) and to about 2 lbs or less in gear. They
>  are suggesting a new oil pump at minumum or a complete lower engine
>  rebuild. It seems to me like the pump is working but that the bearings,
>  etc. are worn so much that they can't hold the pressure -- but I'm not a
>  mechanic. >>
>
> that's a typical prob w/ those chrysler minivans..they start to burn oil,
> valve guide seals go, etc.  is it a 4 or a 6? ..  sit behind one of the older
> ones, you can usually see smoke pouring out of the exhaust.    Not worth
> fixing, theyre a dime a dozen.  sell it and get a newer Japanese minivan.
> chris
>