Three blocks must only take one minute. This is hardly enough time for it to overheat which is the result of friction . Oil reduces friction,also cools the engine, and watercooling helps. If you weren't driving hard I'd say you are fine. I drove a VW about 20 blocks without gear oil in the trans but and it worked fine after i filled it . If I had gone on the freeway it would have been another story.

Robert
1982 Westfalia

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Von: Harmon Seaver
Gesendet: Friday, August 09, 2002 9:36 PM
An: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Betreff: Re: 3 blocks w. no oil in the van

   I guess I'd change the oil and filter once just to be sure, and really take a
very close look at the drain oil. Maybe even send it out for analysis.

On Fri, Aug 09, 2002 at 09:22:39PM -0700, Paul Gilland wrote:
> The oil drain plug fell out of my car, and the end
> result is that I drove 3 blocks with no oil in the engine.
>
> It never seized; I was able to walk back 3 blocks and see where my
> oil lay on the earth.  After 5 minutes of idling with new oil (and
> drain plug) in the engine, the oil pump primed and the oil light
> finally turned off, and all has been well since that time with the
> engine in regards to performance and oil consumption.
>
> My question is:  Do you think I seriously shortend the life of this
> 1.9l waterboxer?  ...I was using Castrol Syntec synethetic oil, and if
> you recall, the original Syntec TV adds show an engine running a full
> hour without any oil, damage-free...
>
> I was hopeing to drive the westie down to Mexico from Seattle this
> coming winter, and I wonder if the van will make the rerturn voyage.
> What do you think, am I lucky or screwed?
>
> regards,
> Paul
>
>
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