It is not all peaches and cream. I had an engine put in that developed a head leak at 3500 mi. Another list member ran into the same problem. Check the archives. There are a few stories about problems. I'll have a better idea of the company when I see how well they stand behind their warrenty. On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Bill wrote: > At 01:50 PM 3/12/99 -0800, you wrote: > >Any thing good or bad to say about AVP in Sacremento (engine rebuilds)? > > I put in my AVP rebuild 18 months ago. I have about 10,000 miles on it, > including a 5000 mile round trip to Key West. It has been perfect, and the > people at AVP were wonderful through the whole process. In addition to the > great engine, they found me a bunch of other parts I needed at really good > prices, arranged all the shipping, and gave me an incredible amount of tech > support as I did the exchange (my first on a VW) myself. > > Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You can't do everything, but you can do something. > You can't help everyone, but you can help someone. > Even one candle helps to push back the darkness. > |
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