Re: HOLY CRAP! - far from crap

[Dan Brideau <dan@hobbyetc.com>]

John,

I have seen a lot of Scirocco's including Jan's, and never another even 
remotely close.  If he could replace it for twice, or even four times that, 
I would completely amazed.

Sciroccos lend themselves pretty easily to boy-racer modifications, and I 
think more get screwed up then "improved".  We should all applaud Jan for 
resisting the temptations of customization.  He has a little piece of 
history that will only become more valuable the longer he "leaves it 
alone".  It's not easy, or cheap.  I'm no saint, I have a two litter and 
some other junk on my VW.



Jan,

You have an incredible VW.  If it were me, I'd be sweeping up a spot in the 
garage and gathering up my tools...


Dan Brideau
http://www.hobbyetc.com/scirocco/






At 02:50 PM 2/9/00 -0500, John Worden wrote:
>At 01:11 PM 02/09/2000 -0500, Jan Folkson wrote:
> >Hi All,
> >
> >Just got back from the dealership where I had my new stock exhaust put on
> >(Thanks Potterman).  While I was there I asked them to check out a small oil
> >leak that I've been noticing for a while now.  Being that the car has sat
> >idle for most of the winter, they didn't have any trouble finding out where
> >it was coming from...EVERYWHERE!  I need to reseal the entire motor and
> >transmission.  This sucks!  I also figure that I may as well replace the
> >original clutch since I'm going to have the tranny apart, as well as all of
> >the belts including the timing belt.  So here's a list of all of the stuff
> >that I'm going to have done:
> >
> >Valve cover/cylinder gasket kit
> >All engine seals
> >O-ring
> >Timing belt
> >Tensioner
> >All V-belts
> >Crankshaft oil seal
> >Transmission seal kit
> >Clutch kit
> >Stretch bolts
> >12 month/12,000 mile warranty on parts and labor
> >
> >All for the remarkable price of $2,060 + tax. HOLY CRAP :€
> >
>This is a joke right?  I hope so.  That's an awful lot of money to do that;
>it's cheaper to buy another motor or better yet another Scirocco.  I would
>get a second opinion on this.  It's not common for a car to have ALL
>gaskets fail at the same time.  Mostly it's just a valve cover, possibly
>headgasket, sometimes crank seal and drive flange seals(but still not all
>at the same time).  And sitting for winter wouldn't do that-I've had car
>sitting for longer than a year that had NO problems whatsoever.  The best
>thing for you to do is clean the engine thoroughly and look at it yourself
>and/or get another vw mechanic(non dealer) to check it.  Good luck.
>
>
>John Worden
>Wayne, Maine
>ICQ 1527476
>'81 MkI w/2.0 16V (waiting for the spring)
>'86 MkII 8V  (also waiting for the spring)
>'98 Dodge Dakota 4x4
>
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