Date:         Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:34:56 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 1993 Eurovan w/ inline 5-cylinder--a good deal??
Comments: To: dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET
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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


Robert
1982 Westfalia 1987 Wolfsburg

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