All this talk gives me hope of many years to come of happy motoring.
I have an '86 GL with 70k. She has new belts, plugs, wires, rotor, cap,
coolant, thermostat, Conti rubber, brake fluid flush, front pads/rotors
and all life blood recently changed.
I'm sure I've forgotten some things, but I'm on my fifth Labatt.
Next up fuel lines and all those sensors.

 Peace.............andrew
NW OH

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
Of Dennis Haynes
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:14 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: gutless AND unreliable...

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

>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