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On Sun, 2003-02-16 at 17:31, Thomas Ainlay wrote: > Damn, I'm still looking for those parts. On Friday I went to look at a 412 > with automatic trans that is listed on The Samba for $600. The car started > right up and we drove it around the parking lot (no registration) and then > backed it into the parking slot. I look at the engine and it its dirty with > some oil on the underside, not too much really. I asked about the > compression and was told that the engine had 150 on all four cylinders. I > mentioned the gas heater and asked if it ran but the shop guy had no clue > about it so I said lets hop in and see if it will fire up. We get in and > with the heat lever up, turn the switch and nothing:( So I'm thinking that > maybe it needs to be running and ask the guy to start the car again. As he > does this I am looking out the back and see a huge cloud of whitish smoke. > I check the oil and the level is almost a quart too high and smells heavily > of gas. I'm trying to decide on whether to make an offer for this beast and > wonder what the list consensus would be on the fuel in oil? Bad rings or > just gas flooding into the cylinders at shutdown and leaking into the oil? > If you are just buying it for the engine, I wouldnt worry about the gas in the oil. This could be caused by only being driven short trip, and never warmed up completly. $600 sounds like a fair price for one that runs and drives. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org