Re: exhaust replacement and 16v sighting (long, sorry)

[Jean-Claude Desinor <desinor@sympatico.ca>]

  I don't know about the other repairs, but I would just replace what is
needed in the exhaust. Start with the muffler. No need to go with a
performance muffler if the engine cannot deliver.

	Jean-Claude
	84 8v (stock, enough to get in trouble with the law :-)

CHRISTOPHER FRYER a écrit :
> 
> alright, i finally got a rocco! (for $700 oh yeah!) its an 85 wolfsburg
> edition stock 8v as far as i know. but it needs shocks and a muffler and a few
> other little things. now i have never replaced a muffler on an a1 car, ive
> done the exhaust on my 87 vanagon though. so since its 16 years old, should i
> just replace the whole exhaust? or should i just do the muffler and check the
> other pipes while im down there. if i go the whole exhaust route should i go
> for performance? how much is that gonna run me? and do they sell stock specs
> parts? sorry about all these questions but i just need to get this done so i
> can find out what else to replace (too loud to hear anything else if there is
> anything else) its got around 110,000 miles on it (though odometer is broke,
> anyone on the list fix these?) so this is the prev owners guess + 10,000 just
> to make sure. so what should i look to replace on my mk2. i dont need it as a
> daily driver untill late august, should i replace the head gasket? valves?
> anyway, onto the sighting, black 16v mk2 and the drivers side front tire was
> flat, saw it in clifton park ny (20 miles north of albany), i drove by late so
> i couldnt see more
> thanks so much
> chris fryer
> 
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