On Fri, 13 Jan 95 07:04:34 CST <ad793@freenet.carleton.ca> said:
>This is for those of you who are "fortunate" enough to own a Vanagon with
>an oil cooler.  CHECK IT NOW !  Before it's too late  !
><horror story deleted>
>cooler to find the BROKEN O-ring behind.  Whether or not the -35 temp. had
>anything to do with this is not sure.  All I know is that the van got started
>moral of this story is, check your oil cooler and change that O-ring if
>it's suspect.  Mine was cooked - hard - brittle - so the high oil pressure
>at - 35 startup blew it, most probable scenario.  I guess I was lucky that
>the noise was just a collapsed lifter, it COULD have been worse !

it could have been a lot worse! someone who used to be on the list already
lost their engine because of this!!! here's the tech info on it:

Technical Information
Group:    17
Number:   87-05