Date:         Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:34:20 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?
Comments: To: Vdub Guy <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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Hey, nice to see your comment. 
I put a pump on a Chevy V-8 diesel - sure was hard climbing up there and
almost down into the engine compartment to work on it.
The pump was 900 bucks rebuilt, and I think that included 300 for a core
charge as they said the old one wasn't rebuildable.  And that's not counting
labor or miscellaneous parts also needed. 
Wow  'TWO years' of fuel gone with that repair !  

-----Original Message-----
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Vdub Guy
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:31 PM
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Subject: Re: New VW Rotten Unvieled // TDI?

<Yes and when your injection pump needs rebuilding I will cost the
equivalent
of 250 gallons of fuel to get the whole job done, something a gasoline car
doesn't' even have at all.>


You got that right! I had a Chevy van with the 6.2 diesel. Got amazing
mileage for such a large vehicle (33 mpg). Then the injection pump failed-2
years of fuel savings burned up all at once.   Jeff