The asymetrical load brought on by that low cylinder will eventually
result in stretching of rod end bolts allowing the rod to end to go
eggshaped and Wham!!! Rod throoough the crank.

Fix it. Valve Job plus new rings may give lots more miles to the engine,
then again maybe not. Youse makes your choices and youse takes youse
chances!!!

Good luck,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Johnny DeVilla wrote:

> Hi all, I just had my van tuned up at the local friendly VW mechanic.
> He checked my cylinders and came up with  130 140 75 140. I am
> wondering what is my best route from here; valve job on both sides, or
> look for a compete motor, rebuild my motor, ignore the problem until
> something really bad happens, or sell the van and buy a sensible car.
> I am driving it up to Ojia this weekend for camping, it runs fine now
> that its been tuned up and the points replaced (mechanic said points
> were shot -- maybe I should go solid state?)
> The other problem is this van is originally a AZ vehicle, I am in CA. I
> don't have the O2 sensor or the harness, can anyone tell me if this is
> something I can add, or does the brain need transplanting too? I was
> planning to go junkyard searching for that bit.
>
> TIA
>
> Johnny
> 81 Westy
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