In a message dated 8/29/00 12:57:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM writes:

<< What are you considering as a failure? My buddy has two 1.9's they both
blew
 heads last week. Both had over 180K when he got them. Both purported to never
 had the engine out.
  >>

i wasnt considering head problems as "failure".  i meant internal probs,
throw rod, dead cyl, bottom end probs..   heads are "routine maintenance"
parts on a vanagon LOL ;<)
chris