The reason why I made my statement about VW rebuilds being Junk is because that in the last 6 months I have heard from over 10 Vanagon owners that have had VW rebuilds (from Canada) installed in thier vans. Within 40k miles from time of installation these engines suffered from: Broken Crankshafts Engine Lock-Up Head Degeneration (loosing compression because of defective head rebuild). VWs response in every case has either been "tough luck" if the warranty had expired, or a repeatedly failed attempt to repair the engine which must have something majorly wrong with it in the first place (like putting together mismatched case halves upon assembly, hence the crank breaking problem). I talk to alot of people that have engine problems because I sell parts and also offer the 5-cylinder kit. The reason why I think we are not hearing alot of agreement to my statement on the List is that for the most part folks who have spent the large amount of money to buy a VW rebuild (overpriced in my opinion) and have the van break down within 2 years afterward are just so discusted that they usually wind up selling thier van. In the same time span I have talked to: 1 person who had a head gasket problem with AVP (which they are attempting to resolve in a good way) 1 person who had a head problem with Boston Bob (which wasn't resolved for some reason). My 2 cents on this one. I would be much more confident with an AVP rebuild than VW of America (plus its about half the price!). Ken Wilford Van-Again John 3:16 |
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