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Date:         Sat, 30 Dec 2000 02:00:42 -0500
Reply-To:     Ron Mighton <rmighton@PASSPORT.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ron Mighton <rmighton@PASSPORT.CA>
Subject:      Engine replacement $4,000 CDN
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I was talking to Rolf the owner and mechanic at Lorne Park Car Centre (its in the west end of Toronto) yesterday and he is now offering a complete engine replacement for manual shift vanagons (diesel or gas) for $4,000 Canadian. He will for that price replace your 1.9 or 2.1 waterboxer with a rebuilt 1.8 litre golf engine. Its exactly the configuration he has installed in his own 85 Westfalia daily driver. He does (in my opinion) excellent work and is a german mechanic who has specialised in VW work for many years. The golf engine rebuild would be done by Rolf and he promises a one year 20,000 kilometer warranty. The replacement engine will (I am told) have about 100 Hp which is roughly the same as the 2.1 litre waterboxer (OK its a bit more but nothing exciting) . Rolf claims he gets about 10 litres per kilometer with easy driving and about 12 litres per kilometer with hard driving. Hard driving for Rolf is up to 150 kilometers per hour. Its something to think about. I encourage other Toronto members who have had work done by Rolf to comment on his capabilities. You should contact Rolf directly at 905-823-8787 to discuss any more details. The advantage of this engine switch Rolf claims is a more robust engine with a much simpler cooling system. I think Rolf has five of these replacements ahead of him right now most of them diesel replacements. I have NOT had this work performed on my own Westfalia and provide this information for your own consideration and decision. Only time will tell if this is a good or bad thing to do. I have not driven Rolfs Westfalia and if anyone in the Toronto area is considering replacement this I suggest you drive it and then report back to the list so that we have an independant second opinion.

Ron Mighton Toronto, Canada


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