Date:         Tue, 02 May 1995 18:30:43 +0600
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From:         anon869@vt.edu (Christopher Bridge)
Subject:      Why there are so many cars with "rebuilt" engines for sale?

Someone noted that all (most) VW's which are for sale have recently rebuilt 
engines in them.  I have been pondering this over the last few weeks.
A few thoughts:
1. the most obvious: They aren't all rebuilt.
2. They may be rebuilt, but very few parts replaced.
3. maybe rebuilt means the engine has had a valve job recently.

Seriously, how would you tell if the engine had been rebuilt?  If it was 
very clean, I might believe them, but in the space of two days, I cleaned my 
engine till you could eat off it.  So who knows.  When I was shopping for my 
current bus, I found a bus with a "freshly rebuilt engine" in it, the owner 
told me that it had less than 10k on it. I told him that it was a bald-faced 
lie, and left.  That engine was absolutly filthy, and hardly looked or 
sounded rebuilt.
Food for thought.


  Chris Bridge
  
  ''71 Westy (Sportsmobile?)
  Favorite quotes:
  "Virginia Tech- yea, the best 5, or maybe even 6 years of your life."
  "They even throw in the stomach ulcers for free." 
  E-mail: cbridge@vt.edu