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Subject:Re: Gas in Oil fill
From:Joe Romas
Date:Mon, 18 Feb 2002 08:36:03 -0500

Possibly it cleaned your lifters and maybe you should readjust them. And
while your doing it, run a compression test.

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "scott bumpus" <bumpii@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 8:23 AM
Subject: Gas in Oil fill

> I recently allowed someone to test drive my '90 gl.
> The guy took my van down to the gas station and
> decided to put in a couple bucks.  It only took a tiny
> bit and he couldn't figure it out so i pushed it out
> of the way.  Turns out he filled the oil fill with
> gas.
> i had it all drained out and the oil was changed a few
> times and i am not sure what else.  The van has much
> less power than it did before this.  I don't really
> use it now because of the lack of power but it is a
> great van that has always gone the distance.  Any
> ideas?
> Scott B.
> 91 Westy
> 90 Vanagon
> 62 Beetle
> 00 Passat
>
>
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