I have heard before that when a good rebuilder does an engine he puts an
asterisk (looks like a star) on the engine case after the engine code.  Well
I have two vans here right now.  One is a Canadian rebuild I know that for
sure and it has an asterisk after the engine code.  The other van is a '85
and only has 90k miles on the clock.  Yet this engine has an asterisk too.
So what is the verdict, does an asterisk mean a VW rebuilt engine.  Is there
a plaque on the canadian rebuilt engines somewhere?  (I haven't looked that
close at the latest engine but the '85 engine I have been all over cleaning
it and didn't find anything).
Thanks for any help you can give.
Ken Wilford
Van-Again
John 3:16