My Syncro has a GEX engine with about 17,000 mile on it.
To date it has no real signs of any problems. A stripped
thread, a bad paint job. Morst of it's problems were created
by the installer, (german motor works) .

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, Urs Rothacher wrote:

> Hello again,
> Thanks for your quick responses on my questions yesterday, you guys are
> awesome...
>
> It turns out that the 81'Westie 3sp automatic gas (130000 miles) has a
> Gex engine in it with 50000 miles on it.
> Q: Is this a good or a bad thing?
> Q: Do I understand this right that Gex takes an old VW engine and
> rebuilds it with some own (Gex) parts or do they actually build whole
> (new) engines themselves?
>
> Thanks again
> Urs Rothacher, San Diego CA USA
> urs.rothacher@rss.rockwell.com
>