Why not upgrade it to a gasoline 1.8L or 2.0L?  More of these engines
around that Diesels and you will get way more power too!

At 15:48 8/2/98 -0600, Gary Shea wrote:
>Hi folks --
>
>I need an engine to replace the one in my 'other' van, it seems
>to have compression problems and has 250K on it with no rebuilds.
>
>I don't have much of a feel for how expensive it is to rebuild
>one of these babies, but I rebuilt my '81 Westy's airboxer a few years
>ago and it cost me about $2K.  Since I paid $200 for the 'other' van,
>that seems a bit silly.   On the other hand maybe I don't have
>to replace the pistsons, send the cam and heads to california,
>replace the oil cooler, etc.  If it's just rings, cylinder rebore,
>and valves, that sounds like no big deal.  If I have to
>replace rod and crank bearings and resurface the crank journals,
>it's starting to approach painful.  I really don't want to spend
>more than $300 on rebuilding the motor.
>
>Anyone got a spare laying around, or some relevant experience?
>
>        Gary
>
>p.s. The vw diesel page is on vacation, so....
>
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>Gary Shea                                       shea@xmission.com
>Salt Lake City                      http://www.xmission.com/~shea
>
>

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