I attended a VW campout recently and was quite heartened to hear a
*very* nice sounding WBX 2.1 engine. Smooth and "right" sounding. No
idea how many miles on it etc. but the bus appeared to be quite well
maintained. However....

A bus can look nice but who knows what work has been done?

As a really rough estimate, anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 the stock (or
near to) engined buses I hear driving by at these campouts have lumpy
idles, and-or smell rich, etc. No judgements from me. Just a small
niche POV.

I've been meaning to check the valve adjustment on my 2.1  It idles
much better than it did when I got it but it's still not quite right
and can surge just off idle.

Neil.

On 2/2/15, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote:

> ..... Idle on all the
> WBXs I’ve seen has never been truly smooth.

-- 
Neil n

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