Date:         Sat, 28 Mar 1998 23:42:09 -0700
Reply-To:     Bill <billv2@PRODIGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Bill <billv2@PRODIGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
Comments: To: Patrick Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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> Maybe someone could organize a list survey.  Use 100,000 miles as an
> acceptable engine lifespan.  Lets see how many wb's have made it past
100k
> w/o headgaskets.  The results would be interesting.  Personally, if I
could
> get 170k out of a rebuilt wb, I certainly wouldn't be screwing around
with
> engine swaps.

Made it to 137,000

--Bill
'85 GL

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