Date:         Thu, 6 Jun 2002 00:42:55 +0000
Reply-To:     Chris S <mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris S <mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Help! Head replacement cost.
Comments: To: acpolson@HOTMAIL.COM
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Tony sez:

>
>When, soon after I joined the list, I began to read about the prices you
>good people in the USA have to pay for engine work, I was stunned.  Here in
>the UK we can buy whole replacement exchange engines for what it costs for
>one major repair to an engine in the USA, or so it seems.  A 1.9 litre DG
>Vanagon engine (no ancillaries) seems to cost about $2000 from a VW dealer
>and a little less from an independent.

Tony, I did reply to the original post.  You can find rebuilt engines
stateside for about $2000.  Somehow people feel content dishing out $1800 to
repair just the heads.  I'm still scratching my head.



Chris S.
'85 Westy
"Look Mister, you bought a camel.
Don't expect it to prance like a stallion."


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