Hi again,

  I forgot to ask, who sells rebuilt engines? Are they good or bad?

Bob

> From williams@mtest.teradyne.com Mon Sep 22 22:39:29 1997
> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 22:54:41 -0700
> From: williams@mtest.teradyne.com (Robert Williams)
> To: VANAGON@GERRY.SDSC.EDU
> Subject: 85 westi engine questions
> Cc: williams@mtest.teradyne.com
>
> Hi all,
>
>   I find I need to ask for the list's wisdom again. I have an '85 Westy
> with about 116K miles on the engine. I have the infamous leaking head
> gaskets and my wife also noticed oil smoke in the exhaust. The smoke has
> left a light oil deposit on the back of the van.
>
>   My questions are:
>  Should I have the head gaskets replaced or put in a rebuilt engine?
>    (Could the oil burning be from the head gaskets or do I have 2
>    seperate problems?)
>  If I go the replacement engine route, how much trouble is it to switch
>   to the '86 2.1L engine?
>  (I believe this would require a switch from a digijet to a digifant.)
>  How much would this cost?
>  Has any list member done this switch?
>  In the recent postings I have seen mention of using a Subaru engine instead.
>    Is this tried and true, or experimental? What is the cost?
>
>  Since I am in California's San Francisco bay area, what impact does
> any of these options have on smog checks? Am I asking for a headache by
> even thinking of changing the engine?
>
>   Thanks in advance for any help or opionins.
>
> Bob Williams
> '85 Westy
> San Jose, CA
>