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Subject:Re: Should I rebuild the bottom end? Questions & photos.
From:David Beierl
Date:Mon, 6 Sep 2010 19:47:51 -0400
At 05:35 PM 9/6/2010  -0500, Tom Lambas wrote:
>My '86 Vanagon has 178k miles on the odometer.  The PO had headgaskets, oil

Someone who actually knows will no doubt speak up, but by my
understanding you're about 30,000 miles overdue to throw a rod, due
to fastener spec changing from 1.9l to 2.1l.  Reverting to the 1.9l
bolt spec cures the problem.

Yours,
David