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Subject:Re: gutless AND unreliable...
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Fri, 28 Mar 2003 20:14:07 -0500

On February 23, the FUN BUS turned 200,000 miles traveling home to NY
from Florida with the original head gaskets. Uses ~1 quart of Mobil 1
15w-50 oil every 1200 miles.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of Jim
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 7:35 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: gutless AND unreliable...

Sean Garrett wrote:

>In defense of the WBXR I seem to remember a post a couple days ago from
>someone boasting +200,000 miles on their original engine with no bottom
end
>maintenance (rebuilds?).
>

That might be me.  230k miles on the original motor. Still uses *no* oil
between changes and even though it needs a reseal, it's stone reliable.
 I'll redo the heads in the next couple weeks and i have no doubt that
it'll be good for another 100k.

Jim