Hi John,

A lot of things could have caused two engines to fail; particularly
the fuel system. A leaky injector could wash all the oil from the
cylinder walls and score them. Or a partially plugged injector could
cause a cylinder to run lean and burn the piston.  Or it could have
been a cracked gasket somewhere allowing the engine to suck in extra
air and run lean. Other list-members can chirp in with other
potential issues.

If the replacement engine was installed without correcting the
condition that caused the engine failure, a second failure is pretty
much guaranteed.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/77/79 Westfakia "Bob The Tomato
www.pottsfamily.ca
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 12-Aug-07, at 7:48 PM, John Rodgers wrote:

> Hmm.
>
> Brendan Slevin wrote:
>
>>> Oh yeah the other good news, in all my clean up of the enigne I
>>> found a
> sticker saying VW Canada remanufactured.  Hmm. . . <<
>
> I bought an 88 GL with about 86,000 miles  on it. At about
> 90-92,000 it burned a piston, scored the cylinder, damaged the
> head. Put metal all through the engine. Pulled the engine, and low
> and behold, there was a yellow tag on the engine case that said
> Remanufactured by VW Canada. That meant that some time between
> theoretical zero miles when new on the showroom floor, and the time
> the engine blew at 92,000 miles, the original engine had gone belly
> up, and the Canada engine had been installed. At the 92,000 mark
> the Canada engine went belly up. Thats two factory engines in
> 92,000 miles. There is no telling what the PO did to those engines,
> and it was a one owner vehicle until I bought it. But  it sure begs
> the question, can anyone be that rough on the engines as to destroy
> them in so short a time.?? And are the Canada remans any good? I'm
> a soft touch on my machinery, and get more use than most between
> maintenance stints, but I take good care of the old girl. I put in
> a locally built third engine and it now has 75,000 plus miles on it
> and going strong. It looks like it is going to outlast the other
> two combined.
> Needless to say, I am not particularly enthralled by the fact of
> the engine being remanned in Canada. Doesn't add a thing so far as
> I'm concerned.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
>
>
> Brendan Slevin wrote:
>> Ok, so I was assuming the stud snapped way into the block but upon
>> removing the head I can see now there is about half an inch to
>> grab or
>> weld a nut on.  BUT> In removing the head the the stud next to it
>> snapped
>> with barely any force. That's right, removing it! Go figure.
>> Well, at
>> least it broke at the very end so the piece to grab is very long.
>> I can
>> manage that.  But the stubby one is an real problem. I'm all hot
>> inside
>> trying to figure out what to do next.  Drop the engine?  It's
>> right there
>> ready to be free, but is it necessary?  Seems as though I'll need
>> to pull
>> the liner out which also mean I need to disassemble the engine,
>> right?
>> Please help me figure out this mess! Thanks!
>>
>> Oh yeah the other good news, in all my clean up of the enigne I
>> found a
>> sticker saying VW Canada remanufactured.  Hmm. . .
>>
>> Brendan.
>>
>>
>>