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

[Erik Lane]

--- LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > It's not even remotely debatable -- aircooled
> engines of any brand or type
> > simply don't last at all compared to watercooled.
> 
>  You might want to rethink that.  : )  My
> brother-in-law used to work on 
> combines.  Deutz-Allis air cooled diesels.  If they
> break down and don't 
> last, farmers AIN'T gonna use em!  We have two air
> cooled diesel tractors. 
> One doesn't seem to be running quite right but it
> got a couple thousand 
> trouble free hours before anything but oil and
> filter changes.  The 
> Lamborghini is still going with a few thousand on it
> and AFIK the 
> engine is UNTOUCHED!  

deutz diesels are a very good engine, from all i've
heard. and they better be, cause parts can be pretty
pricey.

i don't know the real truth of this, cause it seems
like a lot to me, but my grandfather, who was a farmer
all his life, says that his tractors were just
starting to get broken in at 2000 hours. that that was
still a low number for them! (and they still run
amazingly well.) had to replace a rusted exhaust
system last year, but that was due to rain getting in
the muffler and down in the works.

erik

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