At the very least, the head seals are done, so it'll be leaking coolant
pretty soon, if not right away.

As to the rebuildability, we can't tell from way over here.   :)

On 10/26/07, Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>
> Well without a picture or something , how is anyone to know ?
> I assume the case isn't melted with the crankshaft showing...
> Obviously your choices are :
> - fire it up and see what it does
> - pull it and toss it
> - pull it and disassemble and inspect.
>
> I seldom can find time to inspect, sell, and package and ship vanagon
> parts
> these days, but most likely I have any small or large part you could need
> for that repair.
> Scott
> www.turbovans.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> mat christensen
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 5:40 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: engine fire rebuild
>
> I'm planning on  a buying a 86 vanagon that had a engine fire (not too bad
> melted harness and lines).I plan on repacing all rubber and plastic bits
> in
> engine compartment,my question is will the fire have damaged the motor
> itself?thanks for any imput- matt
>
>
>
>
>
>
>   91 camper 2.5 baloo
>
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