There is a LOT to be said for taking care of a problem before it goes bad!

Rob
vwrobb@gmail.com

At  4/15/2015 06:11 PM, Loren Busch wrote:
>​RE: I'll get 100k trouble free miles
>Well, let me tell you about the engine coming out.  I've been driving it
>for 13 years now.  When I bought it it had 94k on it.  Receipts from the PO
>said heads had been done at 88k.  And it now has 188k on it just double
>what it had when I got it.  What has been done to that engine (original) in
>the 13 years?  Water pump and AFM and starter and alternator. AND a lot of
>TLC in oil changes (ran synthetic most of those miles) and kept in perfect
>tune by a top mechanic the last six years.  If you treat a stock WBX right
>and with respect (maybe Red Lined once by accident) they will give you the
>miles.  So, why not push for 200k miles?  Well, compression down to 70 on
>#1 and intermittent indications of low oil pressure.  I don't want to put a
>rod through the case in the middle of Wide Spot Nowhere.  So bite the
>bullet and new engine.  And get the whine in the differential taken care of
>at the same time.  I'm also going with a custom rebuilt 2.3L from a
>rebuilder (NW Connecting Rod) with a great reputation.
>And I damn well better get 100k out of it with only regular service!  If I
>even live to put a 100k on it :)