Maybe, but to tell you the truth when I first opened the hatch the engine did not seem very hot at all. Plus it was a good 30-40 minutes before I got going again and the buzzer went off. OIl level was fine.

I have thought about all of the swaps and I still have the (irrational?) desire to put an I4 in. I had such good service from the one in my '82 westy that I lean that way. I do not care about more power, I just want reliability. I have all the mounting stuff from my '82 but that damn syncro gas tank stopped me from putting in the I4 I have in the workshop. I might ditch the diesel bellhousing and buy an adapter plate... but then I think if I do that why not do a subie 2.2?

subie 2.2/I4 2.0 - that is the question.

alistair
 

PS thew buzzer went off only after revving above 2k

On 2012-11-27, at 7:11 PM, neil n wrote:

> Any chance the engine over heated enough to thin the oil and cause the
> buzzer to go off?
> 
> (though that's the high pressure warning, so.....)
> 
> Maybe this is hopeful thinking on my part.
> 
> But the real question: which engine swap!     ;^)
> 
> Neil.
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> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> My '86 syncro still has the original engine in it. I admit to only doing the bare minimum of work on it mainly because I have been planning (read: procrastinating) on putting a different engine in it. Yesterday afternoon I had time to do a couple of things on it which needed doing. One was to replace the alt/waterpump belt and the powersteering belt. Both were old and were making noise. The other thing was to clean the temp II sender connection (it has a broken bit in the plastic and does not make the best of connections).
> 
> 
>> .... About 500 metres from bus stop I notice the coolant warning light is flashing AND the needle is still on cold.
> 
>> So what had happened was the 8 mm ID hose that runs from head just under PS bracket to the coolant "ring" that circles the engine had split. I think the flashing coolant light was due to the low coolant level, the engine was not, or did not seem to be, overheated. The temp gauge was not working because I had knocked off the sender wire when I was mucking with the temp II sender.
>> 
>> ..... The van started up fine after the repair and it seemed (yes, using  "seemed" again) that I did not loose very much coolant. But when I revved the engine the low oil pressure buzzer went off. Oh darn, I said.
>> 
>> What to do? Did I really toast the engine? To hell with it, I'll drive the 2 miles home. Buzzer was going as I drove, but halfway home the buzzer stopped sounding. At home a restart and revving did not cause buzzer to sound.
>> 
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