Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 00:01:23 -0500
Reply-To: Fredrich Hesterberg <FredsVW@WEBTV.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Fredrich Hesterberg <FredsVW@WEBTV.NET>
Subject: Re: WBX bashing
In-Reply-To: Jfp w/2 wbxs <jfp7@HOTMAIL.COM>'s message of Wed, 31 Jul 2002
04:38:50 +0000
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Mr. John,
One problem.
Mr. Stan has a air cooled Van.
No WBX.
He is not close to wrong on work per mile required by the underpowered,
over stressed, bad design by nature, water cooled Vans.
Not sure why you were here with this bad report.
Sorry for your not to right idea.
Good evening,
My 49 Chevy truck has 325,000 miles on it and I only have done to the
valves, and fuel pump, and starter.
I do not think the Van would do this to easy.
Fred.
E-mail message
Hi Stan,
thanx for your opinion but like others before you, your position is ripe
with lots of technical ignorance. The 2.1L WBX has enjoyed as much as
much as 1 million kilometers of VW testing and with required proper
maintenance has proven it's unique design.
Presently Vanagon list members deal with WBXs that are clearly at the
end of their "Service life". Usually that means >10 years & 100K miles.
Additionally these WBXs often have had "questionable" maintenance,
especially regarding the all important coolant changes.
In spite of admirable performance, the WBX at some point >100K mileage
point, the engine will need some sort of major repair. This is where a
jackass like you buy a Vanagon at bargain prices and then encounter the
so-called well-known WBX "head gasket problem". Following this, the new
WBX expert then pontificates on the lousy reliability of the WBX.
The list tends to be a constant soap box for WBX technical experts like
Stan who thinks that >100K miles wear-and-tear failures are simply
unacceptable when compared to bloated cast-iron American V-8s.
Stan is an excellent example of the guy who buys Vanagon at bargain
prices, has a poor quality (cheap)head gasket repair performed and when
the coolant leak reoccurs, the "expert" dictates that the WBX design is
clearly the fault. The fact that our expert bought a light alloy motor
at the end of it's service life at bargain prices seems to vanish.
Stan, My unfortunate fleet sits side-by-side without leakage or
problems. They start with a turn of the key because I have restored my
WBXs to their originally designed functional level. In other words, I've
restored the "service life" of the WBX.
I'm really disappointed that you missed the intended, romantic beauty of
my splitty message and concentrated on the perceived shortcomings of my
WBX "fleet".
Regards, John
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