Hopefully Frank Condelli can chime in on this, as there were some fresh 2.1s brought into Canada from Germany somewhere around 2010-2011, and I think Frank led, or was part of, the group that brought them in. The VW of Canada 'factory rebuild' program was some years earlier, I understand. James Ottawa, ON > Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 08:54:17 -0600 > From: jim.felder@GMAIL.COM > Subject: Re: Guy's got a low-mileage 2.1 engine for sale > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Someone who actually knows what they are talking about may chime in here, > but if they are the engines I am thinking about, they were water boxer > engines contracted for rebuild by VW in Canada and, for all the effort put > into them, had a dependability rating about even with the guys at the > Firestone store down the street. > > Jim > > On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Rocket J Squirrel < > camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Not mine, he lives too far away for me to visit. > > > > <http://bend.craigslist.org/pts/4868614159.html> > > > > What's a "Canada `Gold star' sticker engine"? > > > > -- > > Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott > > 1984 Westfalia, auto trans, > > Bend, Ore. > > |
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