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Maybe Russ can give us some tell tale signs that a case has never been apart... or that cylinders have never been off. KEith > I doubted it too. But the guy swears it's true and he is the second owner. > Says a cyl head was replaced by the original owner. Probly did a valve > job/top end OH at that point. I could see a VW bottom end lasting that > long, esp with fuel injection which would keep oil on the pistons/cyl and > not wash it away with wasted fuel. > > Thanks Keith, > > Jim S > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 7:40 AM > Subject: Re: [T3] Newbie with question on stock FI > > > > > Now, to my question. My 16 year old son has decided he wants a > > > Squareback. > > Thats always an excellent thing to see in a kid. > > > > We found one for sale in nice condition, except the motor has > > > 200,000 original miles on it. > > Oh no it doesnt. They dont last THAT long. While I cant say its > impossible > > Id bank on it being rebuilt at least once. > > > > > > It's running not well at all. The guy says > > > the fuel injection is not working properly and that it's the "brain". > > Brain is actually the Least likely problem... but its also the least > > understood so its the first to get blamed > > > > I > > > never worked on a VW EFI even once, and am wondering if these units can > be > > > rebuilt? > > No need... Brains are common and cheap but its probably not your problem > > anyway. > > > > I know the early type 3's had carbs, but can you still get them? > > > > Yep, but it wont run as nicely as with the FI, especially in colder > > climates. > > > > > > > My son is not interested in performance, he just wants a good running > car > > > and he likes the old look. I can rebuild the motor etc., no problem, > but > > > any advice about what to do about the EFI setup would be greatly > > > appreciated. > > > > Ill send you the FAQ seperately, > > > > Keith > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > Jim Showker > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >