75000 miles on Eurospec conversion done 3 1/2 years ago. Daily driver.No
major problems, just exhaust needs welding every 20k miles.
Cheers,
Hermann de Boer
Kansas City,MO
87 Westy
89 Syncro

>From: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
>Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: Longevity of Conversion Engines
>Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 19:44:22 -0800
>
>Hi,
>
>'82 Westy that was diesel, converted to gas I4 way back in '94. At that
>time
>my van had around '95K miles on it. The transplant engine was from a '92
>Jetta, i.e. an 1800 8v, Digifant, with 20k miles on it.
>
>Now the van has around 195K miles, so the engine has pushed the brick for
>approx. 100K miles, no problems apart from maintenance items and a leaky
>camshaft seal.
>
>Alistair
>
>--
>'82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94
>albell@uvic.ca
>http://homepage.mac.com/alistairbell/home/
>
>
>
>
>
>on 21/03/2002 6:56 PM, Kim Howe at khowe@OMNINET.NET.AU wrote:
>
>
> >
> > To get to the point. The Type IV and Wasserboxer are heavy duty engines,
> > and barring overheating in the type IV and head gaskets in the WB seem
> > to last a long time pushing around a heavy van. In my experience with VW
> > inline fours (in Golfs and Passats) their engines lasted about as long
> > as a type 1 engine in a Beetle (or less), and they were pushing around a
> > light weight, aerodynamic body. This causes me to wonder what the life
> > expectancy is for an inline 4 in a Vanagon, or for a Subaru conversion,
> > for that matter, since it is also an engine designed for a much lighter
> > and more aerodynamic vehicle.
> >
> > Just because the engine is good in a smaller vehicle doesn't mean it's
> > going to push our heavy vans around reliably for a good amount of time.
> >
> > Any thoughts, comments or experiences?
> >
> > Kim Howe
> > khowe@omninet.net.au
> > 82 Air Cooled
> >

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