Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 10:33:24 -0400
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: "Frank E. Terhaar-Yonkers" <fty@vislab.epa.gov>
Subject: Re: new engine from VW
This sounds like a really good deal. I've been pricing the parts alone,
for what it would take to rebuild my `86 and came up with ~2500.
(This is replacing the pistons and sleeves as well as any other potentially
worn part). I'm going to followup locally to try & see exactly what "rebuilt
from the factory" entails. If it includes pistons/liners as well as lifters
push rods, all bearings, etc, then the $2500 would be well spent.
Maybe VWofA could quantify this for us? Or Joel, you seem to have a good
relationship with the local dealer. Do they know, or can they find out
exactly what parts are kept and what's replaced?
- Frank
>On Tue, 16 Aug 94 15:39:24 CDT Alan Laird said:
>>I was talking to the parts guy at the local dealership. He said that VW
>>has a deal to replace ANY vanagon engine for $2495 complete. Something to
>>do with recalls and stuff so they just made a blanket rule. He also
>>mentioned that most VW dealerships would try to steer you away from this
>>option to instead rebuilding your engine because the VW dealership makes
>>no money on the new engine under this plan due to the way the plan is set up.
>
>well, i just phoned in to the dealer in atlanta, and, yup. but it is NOT
>a 'new' engine.
>
>it's a factory rebuilt engine with new heads, and atlanta's price was $2380
>NOT including labor, which they figured at 10 hours @ 52.00/hour. so it looks
>like a vw dealer rebuilt could be had for right at $3000.
>
>oh, yeah. those are the water-cooled engines, by the way. BOTH of them, the
>1983-85 (DH) 1.9 liter and the 1986-91 (MV) 2.1 liter engines.
>
>joel
>
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