It does sound like GEX is cutting corners...but if my memory serves from my old
'72 westy isn't 60K about all you can expect from the aluminum aircooled motors
hauling around a big bus?  I'm not too up on the vanagon air-cooleds, were they
longer lived than the older bay windows?
mark

Ken Korn wrote:

> My 82 Westy had a 2.0 aircooled GEX rebuilt engine, installed about 60k miles
> earlier by a previous owner. I have all of the records from PO's on this
> vehicle going back to 1983. The engine still had the GEX paint and stickers
> on the crankcase.
>
> This engine was a piece of junk to put it mildly. If GEX still builds them
> this way, I'd recommend staying far away from GEX engines
>
> The Vanagon (and more so the Westy) puts a tremendous strain on the engine. A
> shortcut rebuilt engine just won't last. I guess GEX just wanted to put out a
> cheap product.
>
> Ken Korn
> 82 Westy
> Austin, TX