John
The main bearings are lose in the case
you need an engine would you like me to recomend a rebuilder

Bob Donalds
Boston Engine

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Runberg" <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: death of a 1.9 :(

> Well, my engine issues on the 1.9 went from annoying to critical. I was
> trying to work out a rough idle when cold, but that doens't matter
> anymore. Over the past couple weeks a flashing oil light (at idle) after
> running a long time has changed to a solid oil light when warm (again, at
> idle). I'm going to put a guage on it just to verify, but I think this
> engine's lived it's useful life -- and only 184k too :) The wiring checks
> out fine.
>
> If anyone has any ideas, I'm listening!
>
> john