I asked several of these questions of the EV Update Eurovan list and I was told that the manual transmissions are pretty good. The automatic is another story- up to $6,000 to repair . Otherwise the Eurovan is a good vehicle . The 93's (there are no '94's) seem to be fire prone and the five cylinder engine is only 115 hp. VW upped the hp in '95 to 140 hp and in the late 90's to 201 hp. I met a couple who have a '99 camper and they get 23 mpg out of the Vr6. Amazing. Robert K 1982 Westfalia
Howdy folks- I am an 89 westy owner and have little experience with the engine-up-front Eurovan (other than to know that I have better ground clearance!). I've got some friends thinking of buying a 1993 Eurovan with the westy poptop (not a full camper) and told them I'd throw this to the list to seek some help for them. The van has the inline 5-cylinder, with the 5 speed and has 190k miles. Our friends had our local Euro specialty shop do a thurough pre-sale once-over on it and he found the first gear making some noise and thinks that the tranny could either be "good for another 80k or could bust next week." He claims the motor to be solid with no computer codes popping up, and at first, upon hearing the asking price of $4k, thought it was a steal. then he said, "Hey, I' don't think we've ever done a full tranny R&R on one of these--I wonder what a rebuild goes for." He is gonna let them know tomorrow AM what sort of $$ they might be up against if it all goes bad, but I thought I would throw this out to the list: How are the manual tranny's on the early Eurovans? What are 93s like? How is that inline 5 cyl?? Any hidden traps to check for? Overall, the van has a few cosmetic dings and ascraped bumper, but overall is a nice looker. Is $4k good?, fair?, or a roll of the dice given the prognosis on the tranny?
Thanks!!
Eric
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