At 04:55 PM 6/7/00 -0400, you wrote: >on 6/7/2000 3:58 PM, Sean Garrett at seangar@HOTMAIL.COM wrote: > > > I have the oppurtunity to cut some of my cost in my restoration of my 1980 > > Westy. I might buy a Canadian rebuilt engine (new heads) with 9,000 > miles on > > it (no exhaust, FI, Tin, I have these components). I was told that it was > > rebuilt by VW of canada. Anyone out there who can give me some feedback > > would be appreciated. > > > > Cost is $600, 90 day warranty. The air cooled version is a pile of junk! Sloppy is the best word to describe it. I had one in TURD for 35K. Blown heads, bad bearings, misaligned case and poor quality fasteners seem to be the norm. Belive it or not the GEX is a better engine, and anyone who remembers my 2 blown engines from GEX in my thing can tell you that that is a heck of a statement about VW Canada. There is no such thing as a free lunch when it comes to vanagon motors. To push a 5200 pound GVW bus down the road only using a 2.0l engine requires the best built and the best maintained engine to last. Boston bob may seem expensive, but I have never heard of him selling a bad engine. Just my $0.02 Chris Smith '82 Westy '74 Thing some cars that even run |
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