Need quick help, please!

[amalventano at sc.rr.com (Allyn)]

yea, probably just stiff.
i'd spray some penetrating oil down the spark plug holes and give it a day,
then try to turn it over.
Al

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Toomasson" <jtoomasson@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 9:13 PM
Subject: Need quick help, please!


> Ok - I found this yesterday:
>
> http://www.craigslist.org/nby/car/13068909.html
>
> He says that it has 75k on it. So, I arrange for the guy to deliver it
> to my house for an extra $25 (160-mile round trip). With that in mind,
> it's definitely a sweet deal.
>
> I told him yesterday that I'd like to turn it over hand in person just
> to verify that it was in working order. He calls me up before he's
> about to leave saying he wanted to verify it would turn over for himself
> before he drove it all the way here (fair enough). But he couldn't get it
> to turn.  He tells me that considering it won't turn and that he just
> wants to get rid of it, he's willing to drop the price another $100! (and
he wasn't sneaky about it either...)
>
> Would it be normal for an engine to be stiff after sitting for 6 months
> with no oil (in a storage unit, plugs installed)?  I mean, the way I
> figure it, unless the damn block's got a hole in it, it's worth it
> regardless with the new price.
>
> BTW - the guy seems nice on the phone, relatively articulate and seems
> to know a decent amount about VWs...and HE'S ON HIS WAY OVER!  :)
>
> thanks in advance!  JT
>
>
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