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Subject:Re: Need 1.6L diesel engine
From:David Marshall
Date:Sun, 2 Aug 1998 22:09:51 -0700

You may want to check out Eurospec in California.  They have NEW 1.9 TDs
ready for Vanagon installation.  I'm not sure on the price though.

At 21:37 8/2/98 -0600, Gary Shea wrote:
>On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, David Marshall wrote:
>> 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!
>
>I must admit I've have been seduced by the diesel, as icky
>as that sounds.  I hope to eventually upgrade to a 1.9l TD, but
>for now dropping another diesel in the diesel-shaped hole seems
>easiest.
>
>        Gary
>
>>
>> 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.
>
>

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