i know of one of those engines on its way to 100k and my own is over
50k of mountain driving which would equate to a lot of flat land miles.
  the original engine went to 100k and one mountain to many in BC for
the previous owner.
jimt
On Thursday, Oct 17, 2002, at 17:10 America/Denver, David Brodbeck
wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Ward Smith wrote:
>
>> The engine I am rebuilding is a VW of Canada with
>> only 50K on it. Remind me to stay away from these.
>
> I don't know if it's 'fair' to blame VW of Canada for this.  I mean, a
> melted piston would indicate a timing or fuel injection problem, not an
> internal engine flaw.