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On 7 Aug 2006 at 15:43, mackenzie wrote: > I have thought about the possibility of rebuilding myself, but as this > is my daily driving car I dont think that I would be able to do so in > any sort of a timely fashion without buying another car. I'm not > positive that I will need to rebuild, but I would love to get a second > opinion from another mechanic. I do believe that Steven is right when > he said it was my head studs coming out. My mechanic said that I could > drive on this engine as is for years, but that I would never get the > power and fuel economy that I'm looking for without re- building. I'm > going through 2 or 3 tanks of gas a week as is, and hate the thought > that this is my fate. I dont think that my mechanic did a compression > or torque test, just tried to tighten, and knew that if he went > further they would break and I would for sure need a new engine. Find out what it is that just can't be tightened any more. This just isn't sounding like a realistic explanation. 2 or 3 tanks of gas a week would be fine if you put in a lot of miles, anything above 20 mi/gal would be "normal" so do some figuring. Does your odometer work? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~