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On Wed, 2005-09-07 at 23:12, Steven Ayres wrote: > RussW=> VW never shipped the dealers NEW engines, > => even for warranty replacement. > > VW did do factory rebuilds -- I've owned a brochure on it, for the > American market -- but maybe the program was discontinued at some point > or perhaps limited to certain markets or customer classes. I also was > under the impression that VW rebuilds were stamped with an X in the > engine number. > > Could it have been put in the pipe for knock-down production in a > foreign market? > > Sure is a cool thing. > I think you misunderstood what I said. I said that VW never shipped NEW engines. They shipped REBUILT engines to dealers, but were not allowed to use them for warranty purposes. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~