Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 22:01:26 -0400
Reply-To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: How much life in a Factory Rebuild
Bretts, go to a dealer, have them order a 750+$ rebuilt head, look at it!
It's a REBUILT head, no more, not new at all, some have poor repair/filling,
for way less, you can buy NEW AMC heads, for a bit more money, you buy them
from B.Bob or other that take care of the poor valves proplem on those heads
and you get VERY BRAND NEW semi Spanish/german head.
Now, here come my job, putting everything together! re-sealing heads/engine
the RIGHT way! checking every componants AROUND the engine, believe me, that
kind a job can be EASILY done poorly. An installer job is as important as an
engine rebuilder, even more crucial sometime. So like someone posted.
Cumming Canada was the one doing the job for VW for a long time. were they
good... i don't know!
Now, ask B.Bob or other if he is shaking (he he he) when he doesn't know who
will install is fully rebuilt engine!!! how will be the FI system shape, how
will be the coolant system!
I have already heard that story from some of my customers, 3 set of
heads/gasket in one year, who was the young guy at the VW dealer working on
those van/engine!
Now, sorry to say, you bought/have in your hand i high maintenance van!
And that cost MONEY and/or time!
Cheers, Ben
On Fri, 25 May 2007 12:16:54 -0700, C B <cunegonde.van.westfalia@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:
>I rested from my waterpump-changing labors by reading the frightening
>tale of Cunegonde's receipts dating back to 1991 (she's an 83.5 1.9l
>WBX)
>
>She's had a lot of owners, and the receipts tell me why.
>
>Among other incidents, in 1998, with about 165k on the engine then in
>the van, a Seattle VW dealership installed a VW factory-rebuilt
>engine. Probably a 2.1, although she still has digijet EC as far as I
>can tell. Judging from the receipts, it ran poorly. By 2003, with less
>than 30k miles on that rebuilt engine, it had gone through *three*
>cylnder heads. That engine now has about 40k on it.
>
>3 cylinder heads in 30k? Do I contact VW? That's outrageously bad
>quality, considering VW rebuilt it, and I have all the receipts for
>installation, maintainance, oil changes, and so on. What can I do to
>keep her going? An engine change, even if I do it myself, is not
>currently in my budget.
>
>Ugh, now on to figuring out why I have no reverse, 3rd, or 4th gear.
>
>--
>Bretts
>
>1983 1.9l WBX Ivory Westfalia "Cunegonde"
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