>Probably a bit of both. Of the twenty or so Westfalia's we
>"interviewed" for purchase in CA half were on their second or third
>engine. There are multiple reasons for this but the main one seems to
>be that FI/OXS system burns out the valves around 80,000 miles.

I have over 100K on my air cooled vanagon and the pressure in all cylinders
is right around 125 lbs..

Leo Mulvihill           Colmar, Pennsylvania
'82 Vanagon, '79 Beetle '73 412 Sedan '72 Squareback 1968 411 Sedan
Previously owned '62 '72 '76 '76 Beetles '70 '76 '78
Westphalia, '82 Rabbit '85 Jetta GLi '86 Golf