

| Subject: | Re: Was: Go Westie engine....Then !.8 turbo swap |
| From: | Allan Streib |
| Date: | Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:36:49 -0400 |
Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> writes: > I asked my junkyard guy, German Auto Salvage in Boring, Oregon (yes, that IS > the name of the town) if he had any 1.8 turbo motors last time I was there. > He said he had plenty..all blown up. No good ones. He was quite critical > of that motor..said he gets em in by the dozens..all with catastrophic > failure. I am not saying I know for sure that these are undependable > motors, but when someone is in the salvage business and he tells me to > 'forget it'...I'll listen. I wonder how many of them had a "chipped" ECU or other mods. Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL
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