Good call Stan. I forget about how great that stuff (MMO) is at fixing
such.
I just pulled a 132,000 mile Type 4 apart today, and what a mess. I
think this guy never changed his oil, or only used the old formula
"Quaker State" (the Pennsylvania type that was heavy with natural
paraffin).

I've never seen rings so caked in baked-on fudge, stalactites of black
goo on everything. The motor apparently died of dirt. Just a little MMO
now and then and this thing might still be kicking. It will be kicking
again soon, but after far more expense than $8.

Developing business and guiding change since 1996,

G. Matthew Bulley
Bulley-Hewlett
Marketing & Communications
Business: www.bulley-hewlett.com
AIM = IExplain4u
Phone: +1.919.658.1278

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Stan Wilder
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 4:02 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Compression Question

You have a lot of miles left in that engine if you don't demand perfect
performance.
Try running some marvel mystery oil (about a quart) mixed with your
regular oil in the crankcase for about 1000 miles. (don't overfill the
crank case) It will free up sticky rings, remove sludge from your
engine,
clean your lifters. Also run about 8 oz in every tank of gas for that
1000 miles, it will de carbonize the heads, valves, stems, guides.
Then recheck your compression.
You should get more balanced readings unless you have a head gasket
leak.
This is a $8.00 fix so give it a try.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Sat, 17 Aug 2002 12:01:08 -0700 Larry Chase <lchase@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
writes:
> Folks,
>
> Not being a gear head ...... would I be safe in assuming that a 2.1
> WBX
> Engine with the following compression readings is in need of a
> rebuild?
>
> 1=130, 2=125, 3=160 and 4=165
>
> Larry Chase
> 85 Westy "RoadHaus"
> Mesa,  AZ
>

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