

| Subject: | Re: Oil dipstick pushed out of the tube |
| From: | Allan Streib |
| Date: | Fri, 3 Oct 2008 22:36:17 -0400 |
I don't really know the mileage on the engine. The odometer, which works, shows 244K miles. But, when I bought the van the seller said the engine was not original. Allan Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> writes: > leak down test too, might be a little more useful than a compression test. > I don't regard 'compression' and 'oil control' to be 100 % related. > You can have pretty good compression in a compression sometimes, yet not > have great oil control, > 'specially on a many-miles engine. > How many miles on the pistons/barrels/rings, anyway, on this one ? -- 1991 Vanagon GL
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