I rested from my waterpump-changing labors by reading the frightening tale of Cunegonde's receipts dating back to 1991 (she's an 83.5 1.9l WBX) She's had a lot of owners, and the receipts tell me why. Among other incidents, in 1998, with about 165k on the engine then in the van, a Seattle VW dealership installed a VW factory-rebuilt engine. Probably a 2.1, although she still has digijet EC as far as I can tell. Judging from the receipts, it ran poorly. By 2003, with less than 30k miles on that rebuilt engine, it had gone through *three* cylnder heads. That engine now has about 40k on it. 3 cylinder heads in 30k? Do I contact VW? That's outrageously bad quality, considering VW rebuilt it, and I have all the receipts for installation, maintainance, oil changes, and so on. What can I do to keep her going? An engine change, even if I do it myself, is not currently in my budget. Ugh, now on to figuring out why I have no reverse, 3rd, or 4th gear. -- Bretts 1983 1.9l WBX Ivory Westfalia "Cunegonde" |
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