[Vwdiesel] 2L 4 cyl gasser 2000 jetta

[Tad]

I assume it has the same crappy failure-prone door-lock microswitches as my
01 Golf...

I wonder what abuse the car suffered to kill the engine after only 200kkm?
 The 2.0s don't have the same timing-belt-failure engine-destruction issue
as TDIs, do they?

Is 7k a good price?  Seems high but I don't know the market.

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 7:50 PM, paul lew <biovolks at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi guys
>
> I'm wondering if there's a website like this you guys use/like,
> and/or can tell me about this car. You guys have always been so helpful.
>
> I'm in the process of buying a 2000 jetta 2.0 L gas standard 5 spd (Bora?)
> to replace my 1991 diesel. It has about 212,000 km on the car, but it had
> the engine replaced with a factory rebuilt engine (about 10,000 km ago) from
> a parts supply store here in Canada, I believe he said it cost around $2000,
> and I'm buying the car for $7000 canadian. He just found the reciept, I'll
> see it when I pick it up it was a condition I had for the sale. He had it
> replaced because of scoring in the cylinders on the old engine which was too
> expensive to fix, he's the second owner.
> The air conditioning seals were just replaced, along with the coolant in
> the a/c.
> Were there any issues and bulletins I should know about?
> Is it true the antifreeze never needs replacing? Sounds hard to believe.
> He's also been replacing the oil with the VW recommended type since the
> rebuilt engine was put in.
> There's no leaks anywhere, even on the shocks and struts, and everything
> sounds, looks, and feels good.
> I'm used to doing the work on my old one, as long as it didn't involve
> going inside the engine.
> No accidents.
> foot note: The engine that was replaced was just the engine with all the
> necessary sensors attached, and the belt, no alt, starter, or manifold.
>
>
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