Larry Stichweh wrote: > > quoted to me at $315 to $488 each which included new valves. I suspect if you do not > do your own work you would be wise to put in the rebuilt heads, paying for the job only > once. That is what I plan to do in the next few weeks. > > Larry COME ON PEOPLE, there is years of good information regarding the fixing of this common problem in the archives, in fact Gerry has a really nice FAQ system going on the new WWW archive sytem. Go there make decisions, save money, JB weld em yourself and save lots of money? AVP probably wants less than $250 each rebuilt FWIW call them (800)548-5766. Geez O wheez though the archives are there, use em for a change. And harass VW, if under 100k or so you may be able to swing 50% for dealer repair, never rule it out though it will be highly dealer dependent. But at $500 each you could get a rebuilt AVP longblock almost, save some money, your Wasserboxer will thank you. archives are at: http://halfdan.med.umn.edu:8853/misc/archives/vanagon.html John Anderson vwbus@netbiz.net '85 (2 new heads before I bought it) and assorted other yard ornaments
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