t bill wrote:
>
> STOP DRIVING THIS VAN IMMEDIATELY!  YOU'RE KILLING IT!
> The reason it is knocking is that it is overheating, not that the
> distributer is too advanced!
>
> Count yourself lucky if you don't need a rebuild after all it has been
> thru.
>
> The low compression in one cylender is not the problem either.
>

OK then, any ideas on what the problem may be?
I can find no reason as to why it would be overheating.  All engine tin
is in place.  The engine compartment seal is in place.  No crap in fan
or blocking the fan grille.  Timing is set below stock spec.  I'm not
driving it hard, brakes are in proper adjustment, etc etc.  What's
making it overheat, if not the advance and/or low compression?

Sean Bartnik
Johnson City, Tennessee
'81 Vanagon L Westfalia