john:

i wouldn't conclude anything until i had the results from a pressure
gauge. and there is no way to make recommendations without conclusions. in
other words, it may be premature thinking about a rebuild.

dan

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 23:48:13 -0400, John Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM> wrote:

>I appreciate the thoughts.
>
>The van currently had 20w50 Mobile 1 synthetic in it with the correct
filter. Because of a sticking lifter I tried the MMO routine, however this
only made the oil preassure issue worse (duh). I'm going to try 20w50 dino
just to see if I can get a little more out of the engine, but as Bob says -
  this one's toast.
>
>The interesting thing, however, is that the van runs very well (after the
cold idle problem goes away) and has plenty of power. Oh, well.
>
>john