On 4/28/15, Jack Botts <johnnyjewel43@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Could also be the dreaded crack in a head between an intake and exhaust
> valve.

Thanks. I'll search up on that possibility.

Shameful part is that it's running pretty good.

That river in Egypt (Denial) hopes it's just a leak due to a loose
coolant hose clamp but....

engine compression test done a while ago by a Vanagon shop showed:

130      120
140      140

I posted results here and was told they were below spec. But since the
vehicle had decent power and since, IMO, the tech may still have been
an apprentice, I assumed
the compression check may have been done incorrectly.

Neil.

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