Re: I'm Now owner of a MKII

["John C. Worden" <scirocco@midmaine.com>]

At 08:36 PM 9/12/98 +0000, Kris Rayner wrote:
>Well, I boughtt the MKII that I posted about earlier.  It's silver 
>with black leather interior, AC, just loaded.  The owner was driving 
>it and had the oil light come on.  He pulled over and oil was coming 
>out of the coolant overflow.  It was torn down, but no cracks were 
>found in the head, so they assumed it was the block.  Well, I've 
>never heard of the 1.8 blocks cracking, but I thought "things 
>happen".  Well, in talking with my dad, he said that the oil sandwich 
>adapters are known to crack, leaking oil into the cooling system.  
>Anybody else heard of this??????  Sounds believable enough.  I'm 
>towing it over this Sunday.  The body is perfectly straight with no 
>rust.  Best of all, I picked it up for only $300!!!  But back to the 
>question I asked, has anybody else had problems with those adapters 
>leaking??  
>-----------------------------------------------------
>                   Kris Rayner

I personally have never had problems with these things, but most magazines
and books say do fail frquently.  Definately worth checking.  If that is
it- Great, you got a good deal.


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