Neil,

I know you are looking for hope here, but there is none. The longer you keep driving, the more likely it is you won't have a core to rebuild. It's time to fix, replace, or convert this engine. It's past the time actually.  There are options ranging from cheap worn out engines sold by those doing conversions to a full rebuild like the Go Westy engines.  

I have a 1.9 I'll be selling soon for $500 with some life in it, but it's not worth shipping. 

Stuart

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Neil N
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2017 5:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 2.1 wbx Compression Test

On 5/4/17, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> As a last resort, I will check the head nuts to see if any are 
> obviously loose  ....

I should add that as per previous posts I've made about this engine, after driven a while, the engine will blow compression gases into the coolant. The main reason for taking a compression test is to establish a base line though even if some loose head nuts are loose, tightening them may not change the compression results. i.e. the cooling system gets over pressurized after I drive the van for quite a few miles.

Neil.

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