# 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon - What else can I be doing?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-volkswagen-vanagon-what-else-can-i-be-doing/130405>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen\
**Created:** [December 7, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-volkswagen-vanagon-what-else-can-i-be-doing/130405 "2018-12-07T19:23:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Frank40](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@Frank40](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Frank40)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-volkswagen-vanagon-what-else-can-i-be-doing/130405/1 "2018-12-07T19:23:42Z")

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I have 200,000 miles on my '87 VW weekender pop-top. Other than oil changes and two sets of plugs and points, and Oxegen sensors, there has been no engine work needed or done. The compression is good, gas mileage 17-18 highway. Is tgere any ‘preventative’ engine work I should be doing?

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1987-volkswagen-vanagon-what-else-can-i-be-doing/130405/2 "2018-12-07T20:26:18Z")

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You got to 31 years and 200,000 miles. Keep doing whatever you’ve been doing, it must be correct!