[Vwdiesel] Crankshaft Made Where?

[Gavrik Peterson]

Actually the rebuild shop reported that my crankshaft had very little
wear as did most of the engine.  Besides a slow leak in the head
gasket and leaky valve seals, the only thing wrong with the engine was
that there was a lot of ring wear.

I just checked the 83' diesel engine that sits in my mom's garage.
The crankshaft on this engine was also manufactured in Brazil.  This
is the original crankshaft, so it appears that it was common for VW to
make engines with cranks from Brazil.

So, it appears that I am being way to paranoid in thinking that the
rebuild shop has substituted some other crankshaft for mine.  It
appears that they have done substantially what I asked.

Gavrik Peterson

On Thu, 08 Apr 2004 16:42:13 -0400, you wrote:

>A diesel crank from Brazil? I wouldn't doubt it.
>
>Surprisingly, on this era of engines, there were many parts that were
>shared between diesel and (sic)gassers. If I'm not mistaken, it used to
>be the thing to use a 1.6 diesel crank in a 2.0 gasser racer... or
>something like that.
>
>There are many pieces that can be reused during a rebuild. The crank was
>probably wore beyond specs. The mechanic probably assumed that a
>"rebuilt" crank was equivalent to reusing you old one. It was probably
>simply exchanged for a crank that was on the shelf ready to go.
>
>-Gary 
>
>
>On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 09:08, Gavrik Peterson wrote:
>> Some time ago I had my engine rebuilt by an outfit here in Seattle.
>> Before the work was started I made it clear to the owner that I wanted
>> my parts to be reused.  I now know that for some parts this request
>> was not followed.  Last night I noticed that the crankshaft in the
>> rebuilt engine was made in Brazil.
>> 
>> Is it possible that a 1984 Rabbit diesel (JK engine) could have a
>> crankshaft that was made in Brazil?
>> 
>> While lots of stuff on this engine was made in the USA and Canada, I
>> don't remember any original parts that were made in Brazil.  Does
>> anyone know the answer to this somewhat obscure question.
>> 
>> 
>> Gavrik Peterson
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