[Vwdiesel] My new 1986 Golf !

[Shawn Wright]

On 30 Oct 2004 at 21:11, Lee Hillsgrove <hillsgrove at adelphia.net> wrote:

> >
> > Thanks for the great info.  I can't see ANY dealer around here wanting to
> do
> > work on a 1986 VW.
> > They'd laugh me out of the building.
> >
> 
> 
> 
>   If it's a recall, they HAVE to do it, AFAIK. The recall was for a safety
> reason.

Yup, they do have to. And having driven 1.5 hours with a failed heater core back 
from a camping trip, I can attest to it being a definite safety issue, between burning 
the driver's feet, and fogging the windshield. Ironically, the core that failed was the 
one I had replaced under the recall just before it failed. The original had 250km and 
no problems - I should have left it. The 2nd time they replaced it under the recall, 
they were very careful to place tags all over the car to show the recall had been 
done.

So it's worth a shot...--
Shawn Wright
I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School