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That would be great, be curious to know if one could really run that long. It would be even better if I could clean her up and keep it running with out splitting the cases or new pist/cyl. I thnk if I took it out and attempted to keep her running, I would at least put in a new oil pump. Jim S > 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~