Larry Stichweh wrote:
> 
> quoted to me at $315 to $488 each which included new valves.  I suspect if you do not
> do your own work you would be wise to put in the rebuilt heads, paying for the job only
> once.  That is what I plan to do in the next few weeks.
> 
> Larry

COME ON PEOPLE, there is years of good information regarding
the fixing of this common problem in the archives, in fact
Gerry has a really nice FAQ system going on the new WWW archive
sytem.  Go there make decisions, save money, JB weld em yourself
and save lots of money?  AVP probably wants less than $250 each
rebuilt FWIW call them (800)548-5766.  Geez O wheez though the
archives are there, use em for a change.  And harass VW, if under
100k or so you may be able to swing 50% for dealer repair, never
rule it out though it will be highly dealer dependent.  But at
$500 each you could get a rebuilt AVP longblock almost, save some
money, your Wasserboxer will thank you.

archives are at:
http://halfdan.med.umn.edu:8853/misc/archives/vanagon.html

John Anderson
vwbus@netbiz.net
'85 (2 new heads before I bought it)
and assorted other yard ornaments