Ed;
You need to talk to Boston Bob at Boston Engine.
His work with the 2.1l is the best and also the most trouble free.
Hans

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf Of Ed
DeBolt
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 3:53 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: west coast 87 2.1 engine replacement questions

Hello

after 160K miles my beloved 87 weekender 2.1 is spewing oil smoke and one of
my cylinders has around 100 pounds of compression.

I was leaning toward going down to faster german auto and getting a rebuilt
one installed.

I was hoping to get some feedback on FGA rebuilds and experiences etc and
other options I might have on the west coast. I am ruling out a conversion
since I am trying to be somewhat budget minded.

any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

ed@vdynamic.com <mailto:ed@vdynamic.com>

or

eddebolt@netzero.com <mailto:eddebolt@netzero.com>

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