Of course, the percentage of vanagons with their original engine ...with
say 150K to 200+K miles on it is, rather low.

Traditionally VW Vans have needed a rebuilt, or good used engine, about
every 7 years, on average.
And plenty of top end jobs also.

oil temp ..not hard for it to get up over 250F on long hot hills
...kinda scary.
Even VW offered an oil temp gauge on some Rabbits and Golfs, calibrated
in C degrees, like on a consul. .  With a red band marked on the gauge I
think. Owners manual says to ease off or take a break it oil temp gets
too high I think I saw once.

On 9/6/2014 6:03 AM, mark drillock wrote:
> Wow, I guess it must be some sort of miracle that any of our vans lasted
> 23-34 years without these vital components.
>
> Mark
>
> Chris S. wrote:
>> ... I can't stress enough that it's important to have both temp and
>> pressure gauges to monitor engine health and stress:
>>
>>
>