[Landseer]

Good points Danglerb.

My 85 van winkler found dead with 70,000 miles has 95,500 as of tonight.

Its an all weather, long distance DD for me. This year three round trips between Indiana and Virginia at 1600 miles a pop, plus two round trips to toronto, another 800 mi per, plus a lot of 20 mile commutes. To Saginaw and back two weeks ago, another 6 hours of driving.

When I brought it back to life the coolant system was full of oily stuff, maybe oil, maybe hose decay, not sure. I pressed it back into service anyway. Seems all that junk cleared-up after flushing, running some soap thru, new hoses, etc.

TB light keeps coming on under heavy accel when engine isn't fully warmed. Time to replace, its been tensioned 4 times now (conti). It uses a little bit of coolant, not sure where, might leak into combustion, but I don't care if it does. But I'm curious.

5 other ones I have are also used, or have been used, extensively since resurection. Most sat for several years prior to me owning them.

Not sure where the head corrosion cautions are coming from. I do remember the Greg son car thread, looking for 84 heads / engine and going thru many.

I've got a spare 32V engine that runs well. Not sure how to store it. Maybe I should pull the heads, refurb, and store dry with a fresh head gasket?

Or better, stick it into the van winkler, then disassmble the van winkler engine for review!

I also wonder how my surburban head/block interface looks, similar situation, Al on Al.