Was going to stay silent on this one but I can't.....For sure, some people do get remarkable dependability from their own WBX motors, but from everything I hear, read and see..that is the exception rather than rule...Spin it like a Politician , but there it is....they are known to be 'blower-uppers' to be 'leakers' and 'dogs' for power. Or so say most everyone with experience with those motors...I also see people frequently spending rather large sums to have major work done on them....and I wonder why they do, but that is personal choice. I had extensive flat four VW experience when I began looking for vans....after reading up carefully on the Vanagon and it's dependability I ruled-out the WBX Vangon as a vehicle because I didn't want another VW to work on all the time, a van that statistics were showing to be pretty sketchy, motor-wise...I looked extensively for one with a Subiemotor that I could afford....no dice, people thought these were worth more than I wanted to pay for a van...I ended up, almost sight unseen, with an inline VW van and it's been good to me so far.....just what I was looking for in a van...simple, economical, dependable and cheap....When my inline motor blows up I'll get another for a few hundred bucks at the junkyard...probably less than a set of headgaskets for a WBX motor...grin...Happy turkey day everyone. On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > to share experience.. when I got my Syncro tintop 5 years ago it has an > unknown age rebuilt engine... and I feel it's quite underpowered compared > to my Carat because the Syncro is heavier... > > so after 6 months of ownership I considered a new engine... I even ordered > one from Vanistan but then canceled the order.. the idea is just wait and > see... I learn to live with it and I add an external oil cooler.. a little > experiment of my own... wait till it dies and replace... > > it's still running... and I am still waiting.. off-road and long distance > travels and all... and it's still refuse to die... > > as a joke a friend asked "you want a new engine? take out the oil and drive > 3 times around the block and you will need new engine..." > > :-) > |
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