At 06:45 PM 6/15/95 CDT, William Abbott wrote:
>	Stuart H.
>	Shouldn't that 1.6 Diesel oil pan be same as a diesel Rabbit,
>and available at the local pick-n-pull for about $10? Alternately,
>have you considered having the right size Time-Cert installed after
>having it overbored and threaded? Big bucks, but it'll never fail again...
>

Having worked at a dealer some time ago, I can assure you that the oil pan
on a diesel Vanagon is considerably different from the equivalent part on a
Rabbit.  It has to do with the angle at which the engine is mounted; nearly
vertical in the Rabbit compared to a 45 degree (approx.) angle in the
Vanagon.  This seems to be a rare part (i.e. expensive), so overboring and
threading seems to be the preferred way to go.

Ryan