-----Original Message----- From: Marilyn Nelson-Ehret <ehretrm@seanet.com> To: Patrick Dooley <pdooley@GTE.NET> Cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 10:54 PM Subject: Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
>We have 126,000 on our 90 Syncro Westy on original engine and no leaks except >occasionally from hoses. Roger > >Patrick Dooley wrote: > >> >Hey guys, >> > >> >Thanks for telling me how bad the waterboxer engine in my 1986 GL is. I >> >guess that is why I had to replace my first engine at only 170,000 miles. >> > I once thought that was pretty good for a plain old VW. >> >> 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. > > > > Sorry to be so particular, but please be careful when snipping text. For example, I wrote the second paragraph above, not the first. Yes, that does mean I started the engine survey thing, sorry if it inconvenienced anyone. Anyway, I am doing an engine swap now partially based upon the survey results. I haven't put ANY miles on a WB motor as the first paragraph would indicate. My van was purchased dead. My point, while this snip was not damaging, others could be. Pardon my preaching. -PSD. |
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