[Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine

[Chuck Carnohan]

Thanks to you all for input regarding the green-striped engine.  Yet,
the answer to my question is still not evident.  I sure didn't expect
some of the responses as I thought all of the older diesels were
originally green.  In anycase, I'll keep searching for the significance
of a green horizontal stripe running around the block with the remainder
of the block unpainted.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Cameron [mailto:scameron at compmore.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 8:50 PM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Green Striped Engine


At 08:08 PM 08/06/04 -0400, you wrote:
>I came across a solid green long block a few years back.
>
>Supposedly had 8000mi before throwing a rod bearing. Had a sticker that

>said it was a VW of Canada Rebuild.
>
>There was a significant amount of bandwidth committed to the infamous 
>Canadian Rebuild at that time.

I've got a VWofCanada reman A1, 1600TD in my 87 jetta (sawed off the
front
mount) that I've put 100,000 trouble free km  on, (ready for its next
T-belt) found it in a rusting 82 jetta in a ditch. Bought the car for
$250CDN (about $1:25US), parted it, gave the remains to the local FD to
play with. This thing runs beautifully, better than the original.

It's not green, just dirty.

Sandy

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