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Date:         Thu, 11 Jul 1996 15:31:30 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Steve Tokar <Steve.Tokar@ucop.edu>
Subject:      fatal waterpumper flaw/Subaru?

Bob Hoover wrote:


>The water-cooled horizontally opposed four cylinder engine designed by
>Volkswagen has a fatal design flaw... The nature -- and cure -- for this
problem was defined and
>confirmed -- twice -- in the judgements passed down as a result of VW's
>lawsuits against Subaru, who corrected the flaw.  But rather than correct the
>flaw themselves -- and pay Subaru royalties, Volkswagen abandoned the design...


I'm unfamiliar with this legal contretemps, and as the driver of an '87
Subaru as well as a VW, am curious as to what exactly the flaw is, and how
Subaru got mixed up in being sued and correcting it.


Thanks for any clarification.


-steve tokar


p.s. just found out the subaru might have a ... blown head gasket. hmm.
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