Suprised to hear of the injector screwups, as well as
the other posters experience with his 2.2.

I have the 2.4 and have very few issues at all
with the engine and have put close to 20K miles
on it.

Am in touch with the valve adj. screw fracturing
though.. A real pain in the rear.. I've gotten to where
I carry spares along with spare valve cover gaskets.
(replaced 3 of them to date)

Evidently its a common problem across rebuilders,
as one of the mechanics I use here in town (used
to work for the VW dealer, now on his own, Doug
of Doug's Bugs and Bunnies (in Mesa AZ)) said
he had see it before.. not much to do but just swap
out with another batch, frustrating.

Cant complain about the 2.4L lots of power, nice
torque.  Its still no SVX or Porsche or Maxima
engine, but its not bad at al.

I can also take my vehicle to any decent VW
mechanic and still get the thing serviced (a big
plus for me)

 -tim

90 syncro westy