Date:         Mon, 14 Sep 1998 16:58:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
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From:         Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Buying a 1986 Vanagon - My $0.02 Worth
Comments: To: Marty Wallace <martywallace@ROCKETMAIL.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 03:31 PM 9/14/98 -0700, Marty Wallace wrote:
>In 1986 VW came out with a completely
>re-designed engine (water-cooled design from start
This is not true. The 2.1 engine introduced in 1986 was not completely
redesigned and not a water-cooled design from the start. The 2.1 improved on
the 1.9 by adding more displacement, a different fuel injection system and
better routing of coolant hoses in the engine compartment.

MM

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