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Subject:Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
From:Austin
Date:Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:35:53 -0800

>Subject:      Re: "Extraordinarily bad engines"
>Comments: To: Frank LaHorgue <lahorgue@IX.NETCOM.COM>, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
>To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
>
>Maybe someone could organize a list survey.  Use 100,000 miles as an
>acceptable engine lifespan.  Lets see how many wb's have made it past 100k
>w/o headgaskets.  The results would be interesting.  Personally, if I could
>get 170k out of a rebuilt wb, I certainly wouldn't be screwing around with
>engine swaps.
>
101K with narry a drip, 165# in all 4, uses *no* oil...just broken in!!??

Austin