Date:         Tue, 10 Dec 2002 00:28:40 -0800
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
Comments: To: jeff@TSSGI.COM
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Jeffery..
You are blowing smoke.

I love my vanagons. I love driving them. But don't think I would use one as
a every day driver.
Too much much work, too much stupid design engineering that doesn't meet the
standards of the day.
My 92 Toyoa pickup( 22RE engine) has 151K on it. nothing, yes nothing, but
oil filters, and a new radiator (my fault for letting the coolant sit for 5
years) being replaced. The valves haven't been looked at since 3000 miles,
the last time it was in the shop.

Now I am pissed because it needs a clutch. After 151K hard miles, it needs a
dern clutch.

No sign of that engine needing anything. Spark plugs every 50K, oil change
every 3-4K.

Love your VW. But let's not compare it engineeering  wise with a Toyota. The
R and RE engines date back to the early 70's. When they had carbs on them,
they performed flawlessly. Now that they have FI on them, they are
bulletproof.

VW wishes they built something that ran that well.

300 K? Just broken in.

tim in san jose








>From: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@TSSGI.COM>
>Reply-To: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@TSSGI.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Wasserboxer Reputation  . long
>Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 23:16:02 -0800
>
>Do you actually believe that Japaneses engines last an "average" of 300k?
>
>-jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Beierl [mailto:dbeierl@attglobal.net]
>Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 11:11 PM
>To: Jeffrey Schwaia
>Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Wasserboxer Reputation . long
>
>
>At 11:52 PM 12/9/2002, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:
> >All I was trying to say, is that a "correctly" rebuilt and maintained WBX
> >motor will not experience any problems that couldn't be expected on other
> >water-cooled engines during the course of the engines lifetime.
>
>Sure -- it's just that the Japanese engines have lifetimes looking at 300k
>miles, with a lot less fussing around.
>
>david
>
>
>--
>David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
>'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
>'85 GL "Poor Relation"


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