They will last for ever if your not in a hurry. If you drive fast forget it.
They are underpowered but last upwards to 500,000 miles in a car but the
vanagon are a different story. However on the other hand if/when it blows
you have the special parts needed to convert to a regular vw inline 4.

Joe

----- Original Message -----
From: "Julio T" <firstdefence@YAHOO.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 1:40 PM
Subject: Diesel Westfalia

> Hi Everyone, I am going to be going to look at a 1982
> diesel westfalia for sale, is their anything that I
> should look out for with a diesel.  Are they reliable,
> or should I stay away from that model.   opinions
> please.
>
> Julio
>
> P.S. the owner is asking $7500 cdn  does this sound right.
>
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