It is not all peaches and cream.  I had an engine put in that developed a
head leak at 3500 mi.  Another list member ran into the same problem.
Check the archives.  There are a few stories about problems.  I'll have a
better idea of the company when I see how well they stand behind their
warrenty.

On Sat, 13 Mar 1999, Bill wrote:

> At 01:50 PM 3/12/99 -0800, you wrote:
> >Any thing good or bad to say about AVP in Sacremento (engine rebuilds)?
>
> I put in my AVP rebuild 18 months ago.  I have about 10,000 miles on it,
> including a 5000 mile round trip to Key West.  It has been perfect, and the
> people at AVP were wonderful through the whole process.  In addition to the
> great engine, they found me a bunch of other parts I needed at really good
> prices, arranged all the shipping, and gave me an incredible amount of tech
> support as I did the exchange (my first on a VW) myself.
>
> Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
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