Engine came to a sudden stop. Now won't budge in either direction. John On Mar 18, 2016 18:28, "Stuart MacMillan" <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > Take the other rebuilt engine, this one is jinxed! Will it turn in either > direction? If you can turn it backwards, perhaps a valve broke off. If > it's impossible to turn either way, something broke inside the case, and > you won't want that case. > > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of John Rodgers > Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 4:02 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Carat > > Without bad luck, I would have no luck at all! > > Yesterday the engine back in my Carat. Today the engine was run and it > was beautiful. Sounded so good. While idling to allow to warm up and begin > the break-in, it stopped suddenly, never to start again. In fact, never > even to be turned by hand with a wrench - seized solid. The rebuilder is > flabbergasyed. I'm flabbergasted. He said in all his years on rebuilding VW > engines 'he never had a Vanagon engine do that. Two aircooled ones but > never a 2.1 L WBX. Anyhow, come Monday, out it comes for a tear down > again. I've a choice: take one of his other rebuilts, or wait for this > one. What would you do? There are six to chose from. Jim is an excellent > mechanic, and I think this is a fluke! > > And, anyone want to speculate on the cause of this one locking up? > > John > > |
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