I know, I  wrote that because you wrote :

" I have seen a couple of the main bearings, and they look fine. Cam
bearings, however, were showing copper. It was copper uniformly, not the
way that you see the 1.6 diesel show copper part of the way around when
the bearings wear out, but solid copper."

Reading it quickly looks like you are referring to copper showing on
diesel cam bearings,
but you must be referring to copper showing on diesel rod bearings,
though that's not completely clear.

scott

Jim Felder wrote:
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>     There are no cam bearings in vw diesel engines, unless someone
>     retro-fitted a set to save a head.
>     The cam runs in the aluminum head  on VW diesel engines, with
>     aluminum cam bearing caps.
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> Right... this is a waterboxer.
>
> Jim
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