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Id simply resurface the cover, and put a new red crank seal in it. Valve job is also reccomended if you dont know how many miles are on the heads, they get hungry for exaust valves :) Keith > 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 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >