[Vwdiesel] 1985 1.6TD Jetta recently acquired

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/29/2006 11:07:15 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
val at mongobird.com writes:

> Should you end up pulling a head, then it's time to ask if you should 
> be doing the bottom end.  In all my life with VW diesels, I have only 
> _had_ to rering a couple of engines, and that was with over 300K and
> over 400K.  
> 

  Then there's my area.  Most of them with over 100K on them 
have bores that are out of spec.  My Audi and my sister's Volvo 
(both diesel of course) didn't have enough compression to start with 
>70K and 100K respectively!  My Audi was owned by someone that 
seemed to be meticulous with oil changes and propler oil too.  Only 
Dad's pu's original engine did I ever tear down and have next to no 
wear.  Only speculation we can come up with is the copious amounts 
of volcanic ash in the air through the early 80's from Mt. St. Helens.
     Loren