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Date:         Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:08:21 -0800
Reply-To:     Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Nathaniel Poole <myth.wright@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bottom end, to rebuild? or do the top end only?
In-Reply-To:  <2dd286c40702221307n10464d8dxc5276c23494bb814@mail.gmail.com>
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> My local VW guru who has worked on these engines all of his career
> says that the bottom ends are very tough on these engines. Since I had
> mine motor out anyway I had him do mine for the hell of it, and at
> 130,000 miles, he figured the cam had about 60% of it's life left. For
> the low cost of turning the crank and cam and putting in new bearings,
> might as well do the whole thing and know the engine is something you
> can forget about for a very long time. I just dropped off the case and
> picked it up a week later, and the whole job was like $600.00 Ca -
> barely more than the cost of a single head.
>
> Nathaniel
>
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