[Vwdiesel] Air cooled gas VW's versus Diesel VW's

[Harmon Seaver]

On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 02:01:15PM -0700, Nate Wall wrote:
> 
> Maintenance was more intense on the aircooleds. Axle
> beam Grease fittings, 3000 mile oil changes and filter
> screen washings, frequent valve adjustments (10,000
> miles?),

   2500 miles is recommended on valve adjustment, same as oil change. And I
ended up doing mine every 1000, along with ignition adjustment too. 

> heads needed valve work at about 75,000

   Bugs maybe, but not buses. Much more likely you'll need a total rebuild by
75,000. 

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