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Subject:WBX Nightmares
From:Mick Kalber
Date:Sun, 13 Aug 2000 01:29:23 -1000

You know, you guys (and gals) are starting to make me nervous.  I've had 3
WBX Vanagons and never had any serious problems with them.  To listen to you
all talk, I'm about ready to swap out my WBX for something else... possibly
anything else, if I keep listening to your horror stories.

Does anybody have anything nice to say about the WBX?

Mick Kalber
Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
62 Halaulani Place    Hilo, Hawaii  96720
ph. 808-935-5557    fax 808-935-0066
hotlava@interpac.net
www.volcanoscapes.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Andrew Grebneff
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 11:45 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 5 cyl. Audi in Vanagon - was Engine Conversions

>What is so wonderful about the 5 cylinder motors?

  The 2.1L 5
>cylinders don't have this problem, but then a 2.0L I4 will have more power
>and is easier to install.

I seem to remember reading in English magazines that the 2.1 five is an
avoid-at-all-costs engine...apparently it's really unreliable. Sort of the
Audi equivalent of the WBX.