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Re: [T3] What did people do? (somewhat long)


On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 19:43, Keith Park wrote:

> 
> The aircooled VW will seize solid in 8-10Kmiles without an oil change,
> UNLESS it leaks like a seive.  Without adjustment they would have burned a
> valve by 50K and Swallowed one by 80K.  Russ... this sound about right?  Our
> local VW mechanic showed me his examples of these things years ago... not a
> pretty sight!
> 
> 
You could get by with about 5000 miles on an oil change, but not for
city driving. 12K for valve adjustments if they were set right the first
time. and burned or broken valves by 80K miles.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'64 T34 (not running)
'65 T1 (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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