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Subject:Re: How fast should a 1.9L go??
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:54:51 +1200

>At 10:55 PM 1/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>>I regularly go 70 with mine, 65 when I tow a trailer.  Did 80 all the
>>way out to the Cape and Back couple weeks ago.  It never missed a beat.
>>Did spew oil over the back of the bus.  170K on the ticker too.
>>--
>Yikes!
>Wheres the oil coming out of???
>
>Jason L.

Even a modest leak can oil the rear up...my 66 did it, leaks from pushrod
tubes etc.

Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
VW & mollusc nut
1984 VW Type 25 Caravelle (currently SVX engine; waiting for a Porsche trans)
1986 CE80 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel (extaxi)
1989 CE96 Toyota Corolla 1.8DX diesel wagon
1989 CT170 Toyota Corona Select 2.0 diesel (taxi)