A & C Grobey wrote:

> 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.

I dont believe that US mechanics as a general are totally incompetent when
coming to German cars (although many are) but it could be that the water on the
North American continent have a quite different substance or character (I don't
know the specific term) that causes different or more violent corrosion on heads
and gaskets.

PerL
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