

| Subject: | Trip Report/Questions |
| From: | victor cooke |
| Date: | Fri, 24 Aug 2001 19:03:11 -0700 |
About 3 weeks ago, I bought a 1980 westy vanagon with a rebuilt air cooled engine. I spent about $1600 getting it safty inspected and ready for a road trip. I took it first to Georgina Bay on Lake Heron and then to agonquin park. My wife and I had a great time. It was her first westy camping trip. The Van ran great, although I don't think it got great gas milage. I put over 700 miles on the trip and burned a quart of oil in the process. I checked the oil every day so I know the oil was burned on the last day of the trip. I ran it about 75 miles an hour on the trip home(Toronto) for about 225 Km's(about 3 hours). Is burning a quart of oil normal at that speed and that time? Seems to me that air cooled engines burn more oil than water cooled ones. The other proplem I had was with the fridge. I never could get it to work. The Pilot never would lite and I never could get it to work on Battery. The circut breaker is broken so I didn't try the external power source. Any suggestions? Thanks, Victor __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
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