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Date:         Wed, 12 Oct 94 18:09:54 EDT
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From:         dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca (David Carment)
Subject:      Re: What would you do?

James Lu x3702 writes: > > > Howdy, > > If you were in this, what would you do? > > A '83 water-cooled with 113k miles starts showing signs of > bad headgaskets. It will cost $1,200 to replace the gaskets. > Besides either selling it or replacing the gaskets, what > other reasonable option does the owner have? > > VW claims that they will not be responsible for this problem > (even it is a well-known design flaw) for pre-1985 with 80k+ miles > Vanagons. Does the owner still have any recourse? > > Thanks for your comments. > > Regards, > James > Yes, I would have been extremly diligent, like Joel, and would have replaced the coolant from day one every year with the exact coolant specified by Volkswagen, I would also have had my head gaskets replaced at the 60,000 mile mark whether they needed it or not and i would have checked the radiator and coolant system for proper operation on a germanically and anally retentive basis of every month for the life of the van.

In short, bite the bullet, and pay out the 1200 and be lucky your heads are -- not cracked. You are among the fortunate few who have not experienced the worst case scenario.......DC

---------------------------------------------------------------------- David Carment School of International Affairs Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 voice - (613) 788-2600-6662 fax - (613) 788-2889 Email address: dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca ----------------------------------------------------------------------


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