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On 7 Aug 2006 at 13:34, mackenzie wrote:
> I'm a newbie T3 owner ('71 square) that I absolutely love, but am not
> yet at the stage of fixing my own car (with luck and a good basic
> class I'll be on my way later this year) but in the meantime I've been
> told by my mechanic that I need to look into rebuilding my engine
> (something about bolts that cant be tightened anymore, causing me to
> get horrible horrible gas mileage and less than stellar power in 1st &
> 2nd). This leads me to a couple of questions....
I think you need a couple of things. First, I would get a better
description from your mechanic as to what he thinks the problem
actually is. This info is really just too vague to work with, and it
is possible that he just sent you away with this because he doesn't
know what the problem really is and he doesn't want to deal with your
car anymore.
Second, you should post your location in the hope that someone on
this list who is local to you could contact you and maybe give you a
more informed opinion. At any rate, you need a good second opinion.
Just WHAT is your gas mileage? There are several simple causes for
bad gas mileage, so putting some numbers to this would help.
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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