Date:         Wed, 12 Jan 2005 10:14:09 -0600
Reply-To:     Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Al and Sue Brase <albeeee@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Re: subaru head leaks (SVC)
Comments: To: Daniel Stevens <dosteven@SYR.EDU>
In-Reply-To:  <s1e4f022.029@gwia201.syr.edu>
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Pretty revealing, aparently this mostly is the 2.5 engines?
One comment I liked: "This car counts as two- my first and my last!"
I wonder if KEP could make an adapter to put a Waterboxer into an Outback?
Al Brase

Daniel Stevens wrote:

>It seems that the subie 2.5s from 99-03 have a similar or worse life
>expectancy as the vanagon wasserboxer.
>
>but people still seem to like their cars, unlike some van newbies that
>buy a 15-20 year old camper and expect it to have no major mechanical
>issues..  which I agree.. the VW head corrosion is poor engineering,
>either in metalurgy or design and function..
>
>anyways heres a great listing of subie head problems, readers exerps
>and milage reports.
>http://mysite.verizon.net/vze730qe/guestlog.html
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>Dan in SYracuse
>(still prefers I4s, though it's a tad buzzzy)
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