A6 4.2L - pros and cons?

Kunz, Bob bob.kunz at hp.com
Fri Jan 9 07:48:02 PST 2009


We're on to bad engines and the Vega in the thread....

My '73 Vega GT (bought used in '73 with 15K miles) stayed with me through '83 with 90K miles with the only engine issue being needing to use straight 40 weight oil to keep oil consumption under 1qt per 1500 miles. Lots of people were amazed that the engine still was "OK". But mine had a HD cooling option and I maintained it with 3K oil changes using early synthetic M1 from the lab at Mobil where my dad worked. Which is why I could get straight 40 weight M1.

The GT had the same block but with a different cam and two barrel staged carb. Other things went wrong like a rear axle oil seal let go and the oil pan hung below the front crossmember. I had to repair that after taking a launch of a bridge deck and landing too hard. Drop the pan, epoxy fix, new steel 1/4 inch skid plate installed to prevent future injury.

The body was used up though after 10 years in New England salt.

--bob
'86 5Ks Avant
'02 TTQR
'06 GTI
'07 Q7 4.2P

-----Original Message-----

Huw;

A friend of mine bought of those unsleeved Vegas as his first new car. When
he hit 100,000 miles on the original engine the GM dealership he bought it
from had him come in and threw a little party. The GM rep was there and told
him GM would buy the car back from him for its original purchase price. He
sold it back to them shortly thereafter. I guess he got the extreme tail on
the good side of the binomial distribution, and maybe they got to learn what
they did right with that one.

Fred

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