If every thing else is in good shape, you prol'ly got a deal even with
the engine going t*t's up. Sounds like you are ready for a rebuild. You
might just do a compression check, and have the coolant tank sniffed for
petro carbo stuff. Those checks  would give you pretty strong evidence
that the engine is gone or not.

Regards,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Jeggers wrote:

>I just got my hands on an 86 vanagon weekender....i had it for 2 days
>before the belt broke and it overheated
>
>now before that happened i noticed some smoke at startup and smoke while
>driving when i changed gears...
>
>now i have coolant leaking out of both heads(one more than the other), and
>oil in the exhaust...
>
>is it possible that the heads are shot (likely it seems, after reading the
>archives for 2 days)
>
>im all ready to do the heads, but does the oil in the exhaust point to
>more damage?
>
>btw, i got it for $750 knowing that it could have problems, i just had
>hopes of it lasting longer
>
>thanks folks
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