Date:         Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:53:50 -0400
Reply-To:     Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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From:         Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject:      Re: GoWesty Engine - Follow-up
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Tim

i find it amusing about the issue with the valve adjusting screws you
mentioned.  that cost several hours of billable time on the gowesty engine
given that it failed 50 miles from home.  gowesty told me that they had
never heard of such a problem and refused to compensate the customer from
what the customer told me.

everone makes mistakes and experiences part failures.  how they stand
behind their product is how i measure them.

jonathan

On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, honemastert wrote:

> Suprised to hear of the injector screwups, as well as
> the other posters experience with his 2.2.
>
> I have the 2.4 and have very few issues at all
> with the engine and have put close to 20K miles
> on it.
>
> Am in touch with the valve adj. screw fracturing
> though.. A real pain in the rear.. I've gotten to where
> I carry spares along with spare valve cover gaskets.
> (replaced 3 of them to date)
>
> Evidently its a common problem across rebuilders,
> as one of the mechanics I use here in town (used
> to work for the VW dealer, now on his own, Doug
> of Doug's Bugs and Bunnies (in Mesa AZ)) said
> he had see it before.. not much to do but just swap
> out with another batch, frustrating.
>
> Cant complain about the 2.4L lots of power, nice
> torque.  Its still no SVX or Porsche or Maxima
> engine, but its not bad at al.
>
> I can also take my vehicle to any decent VW
> mechanic and still get the thing serviced (a big
> plus for me)
>
> -tim
>
> 90 syncro westy
>
>
>