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On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 15:25, Fiesta Cranberry wrote: > Hi all, > Can anyone tell me at what milage a type 3 engine generally requires to > be rebuilt? I've been getting engine knocking at low rpm that goes away > when I accelerate (it knocks at idle up to 25 mph). My friend the VW > nut says it's time to rebuild the engine. He thinks the connecting rods > are going. The Baroness has 112,000 miles on her. What do you guys > think? I have always recommended doing a valve job at 60-80K miles, Depending on how the car is driven. As for the bottom end, Usually 120K miles. Again, depending on how the car is driven. Grandma is a lot easier on a car than say a 16 year old. Unless she is "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~