Hey Volks,
I've got the diesel engine that came out of my vanagon, sitting in the garage under plastic.  Here's the deal.  When I pulled it, it ran good.  No smoke, no blow-bye (to speak of).  It has either a bad head gasket (probable) or a bad head (improbable) or a cracked block (very, very improbable.)   I was getting bubbles into the coolant, but no coolant in the oil.  I drove the van for some miles with this engine in it, and it never overheated, and seemed to run fine!  Actually I think it's one of those Canadian rebuild jobs with very few miles on it (that's what the girl told me who sold the van, and it has a sticker on the block.)
NO IT DOESN'T COME WITH THE VANAGON DIESEL OIL PAN!  
But it does have the injector pump, and a few other things.  I'll sell it for $100 bucks or whatever the highest offer is.  Come and get it.
Mark Thoma        

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