Thanks for that Dennis. I'm not overly familiar with 1.9 mechanicals (or
2.1) to know what may be the cause for oil contamination. She, owner, said
it was a manual transmission bus. I'd hoped it was an automatic. This is an
85 westy but im assuming she doesn't have a 2.1 with digijet and am
assuming the 1.9 cooking system isn't easily changed to accomodate an oil
cooler.

I suspect there have been times when she's overfilled the engine with too
much oil.

Neil

On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

It is unusual for the 1.9 to get oil in the coolant. On the 2.1L the oil to
> water heat exchanger is the usual source. If an automatic it could be ATF
> getting into the coolant in which case an engine replacement won’t help.
>
> Now coolant getting into the oil could be a broken head stud, cracked
> head, or somehow a head loose enough for coolant to get under the cylinders
> and into the crankcase.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: User Input: Oval's Motorsport Rebuilt Engines
>
> re: warranty work. Yes. That's a big consideration. Especially for us up
> in Canada.
> Dealing with the border is just one more hassle. I was asking about these
> Oval's engines on behalf of a fellow Vanagon owner dealing with a 1.9 oil
> in coolant issue.
> The engine still runs but there's crossover happening somewhere.
>
>
>
>
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