I hope one of them wasn't one of these:
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110628/carnews/110629870

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Jeff
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 2:33 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Noisy Valve lifters

Only 5?  BenT used to go through that many in a month...

Wish I could remember how many of these suckers have gone through my hands.
Should've kept a log book.

Cheers,

Jeff

On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Well, I've never had a foaming or oil pressure issue in five VW vans and
eight engines filling to the mark.  Probably 300,000 miles. If your oil is
seriously foamed, the pump will likely lose prime, your pressure will drop
to zero, and your engine is toast.
>