Bad news, Scott.

Very possible that the dilution of the oil with gas was sufficient to
destroy the lubrication properties of the oil for the bearings, valves,
rings, etc. causing extreme wear on moving parts.

Since you have already changed the oil .... and the filters I hope ...
run a compression check. That will tell the tale.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

scott bumpus wrote:

> 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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