Re: Anyone know why a Passat oil pan gasket would cost $75?

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

Scirocco gasket is made out of fiber and the Passat one is made out of metal 
with rubber coating.

>
>While checking out why the MkI wasn't pumping oil I found the helical cut
>gear that slides onto the splines of oil pump was missing(WTF?) so I
>thought it may have fallen into the oil pan during motor assembly and
>dropped the pan.  No gear(but I've got one now).  So I go to NAPA to get a
>gasket to put the pan back on and say I need one for a '90 Passat and he
>says they have one at the wharehouse and it's $75.09.   I was shocked,
>needless to say and had him look up a Scirocco 16V and took one of those at
>$11.  I saw the computer screen, he had the right thing; but does anyone
>have nay idea why a 2.0 16V Passat oil pan gasket would cost THAT much?
>This is just a question out of curiousity.
>
>Thanks,
>
>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
>Later this year:
>'75 wife and her
>'98 Neon R/T
>'87 Cherokee
>
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Chris DeLong
ICQ#45030867
Seattle, WA USA
'80 16V Rag
'80 Rocco (For Sale)
'78 Scirocco
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
'65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin' W/toaster oven)
'61 17 Window


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