That looks like mine but 60K less miles and no scratch on the cladding from
a bad park job(my fault, I admit).  How much?
Michael in San Antonio
91GL Weekender AT 2.1L 'Gringo'
73 Beetle

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:49 PM, VW Doka <vw.doka@gmail.com> wrote:

> I finally got around to checking out my latest purchase... a 1990
> Vanagon GL with 121k original miles.  Here's a pic:
>
>
> http://s1000.photobucket.com/albums/af130/schwaia/?action=view&current=dpo.jpg
>
>
> Seller listed it as needing head gaskets.  He based this diagnoses on
> the fact it ran on 3 cylinders, smoked and overheated.
>
>
> Poor running... plug wire for #2 cylinder was bad.  Replaced the wire
> with a good used one and she purred like a kitten.
>
> Smoking... went away after about 20 minutes of running.  Lots of
> unburned fuel in the exhaust from the bad plug wire.  Probably needs a
> new cat now.
>
> Overheating... expansion tank cap was shot.  Put a good used cap on
> and she runs nice and cool now.
>
>
> I've put about 150 miles on her since I've sorted it out.  Runs great,
> lots of power, doesn't use any water and runs cool, even on a 90
> degree day.
>
>
> What can I say, sometimes a DPO is a good thing!
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jeff
>