I was at a VW dealer near Hannover Germany in April of '99 and I asked the
mechanic about the head/corrosion problem.  It happens in Germany just like
in the US and Norway.  When the T3 first came out with the WBX, he saw the
problem a lot.  He did feel that the problem was more pervasive in the US
but he wasn't sure why.  He wrote it off saying that US mechanics don't know
what they are doing on German autos.  My German friend thought this was
hilarious!

Alan
Sherwood, OR

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Per Lindgren
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2000 9:31 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power... Ignorance

Robert Lilley wrote:

> (WHICH ARE UNIQUE TO AMERICA, The corrosion problem does
> not happen in GERMANY).

Well it happens in Norway, so it is naive to believe it doesn't happen in
Germany. I often see T3s for sale with new heads/gaskets, and the local
dealer
recognized the problem too. Same goes for the TDs, but those more often
crack
from stress rather than corrosion.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i