True.  They leave you stranded in the middle of nowhere when they drop a
valve seat and blow a hole in the top of your piston!

All engines have issues...

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Rodgers
Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 5:37 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: The TRUTH about Vanagons

Cesar,

Allow me to mention - Aircooled Vanagons do not leave you stranded in
the middle of nowhere because a hose ruptured and all the coolant ran
out!!!! If you have a good engine - you have a good van.

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com

On 5/21/2010 1:46 PM, cesar quiros wrote:
> Funny, I am new to the Vanagon community, Got me a 82 WESTY AC(for cheap,
complete ) will required a new engine. I have a 72 Bus, so I know the I will
get there when we get there, chill attitude that must come with these
vehicles. So anyways everyone I talk to (Mechanic wise ) tell me just get a
new one or a later one, not worth the money to throw in a new engine. And
then I see threads like this one makes me feel much better about my decision
to get her a new engine and up and running again. The reason I got it was
for the pop top and more secure than my 72 now that we have a lil one in the
family we will be needing the room on our trips :)
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>> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 12:58:54 -0500
>> From: msouth@GMAIL.COM
>> Subject: Re: The TRUTH about Vanagons
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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>> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Joe T.<vanagon85@gmail.com>  wrote:
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>>> Outstanding. I think this should be required reading for anybody
>>> considering Vanagon ownership.
>>> Selling a Vanagon is more like interviewing prospective adoptive
parents, as
>>> far as I'm concerned!
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>> Yes, I have to say that I really appreciated the fact that, when I
>> called a guy about a van (which I was going to use for parts), he
>> started off asking me if I knew what "wasserleaker" meant :). Full
>> disclosure (of the good and the bad) is just better.
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>> mike
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