Pull the engine so you can get at everything. You will actually save
time -- and money -- in the long run.

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Paul Archibald wrote:

>Hey! last week the van started sudde3nly having a hard time
>keeping above 60mph on a trip...on the way home it suddenly
>got better, so I didn't worry too much thinking burned
>through bad gas...
>Well now it's running like crap, I took out the plugs to do
>comp test as first step to find:
>#1  0 psi
>#2  110 psi
>#3 60 psi
>#4 115 psi!
>
>on talking to my friend who actually owns the van, he was
>suggesting to do a pressure test at tdc to see where the
>problem is. myself I figure it really doesn't matter,
>something is broken, so hte head MUST come off...and maybe
>the other to fix the low #3 pressure too...
>
>Oh! this hte '80 with the 2.0 air-head, not wbx
>
>so, it comes doen to the question.. do I remove the engine?
>or take the head off in situ? I had always removed the
>engine on older vw's for this, but understand most vanagon
>mechanics do not. suggestions?
>
>I'm assuming a burned valve or hole in piston to create
>zero psi...the plug is fouled and has mettalic deposits on
>it. other three are nice brown, even #3 with 60 psi....
>
>too bad I can't just install teh grat cond. wbx I just took
>out of the '84 vanagon that's getting the diesil engine....
>
>
>
>Paul
>
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