At 00:04 3/26/98 EST, JordanVw wrote: >In a message dated 98-03-24 23:46:42 EST, vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG writes: > ><< So far I am happy with the Audi Fox / >> > >hmmmm.... how many Audi Foxes do you see on the road, everyday??? ( i >wonder if that attests to the car's reliability...) > >chris The Fox died of rust. The engine has 251605km on it (anyone want a Fox speedometer?) and the compression is 145lb on each cylinder and I drove it around the yard before dismateling it. The only thing I did to the enginewas replace the seals and gaskets before installing it in my Double Cab. I have had a Rabbit Pickup with over 500,000km on the engine. The PO changed the rings and crank/pison bearings but that was it. It ran great even at -35C! The inline four VW/Audi engine has been around since about 1973 (VW Polo and Dasher and Audi Polo and Fox) and it is still sold today. Reliable engine... I think so! The point that I was trying to make is not how many Audi Foxes (my count is two this week) but how many 4 cylinder VWs there is out there and how inexpensive those 4 cylinder engines are. I think there is just a *FEW* more 4 cylinder 1600 based VW engine out there than all the Vanagons and Subarus put together.
-- David Marshall Email: david@volkswagen.org -- -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KQ -- -- 85 VW Cabrio, 88 VW Syncro Double Cab Transporter -- -- Volkswagen Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org -- -- VW Caddy Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org/caddy -- -- USE DAVID@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG WHEN SENDIGN EMAIL -- |
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