Re: [non] New Winter Car

["Marc Peterson" <mpeters6@rochester.rr.com>]

Ugh, head gaskets. :(
I'm daily driving my 'rocco and my Jetta is in my garage as we speak cause
of this.

Known issues with early to mid 90s VR6's:
Coilpacks - not an issue with your's, its probably got a dizzy.

Headgaskets - if your's wasn't replaced by now, get ready.  On the plus
side, replacing it with a MKIV VRG gasket raises compression significantly.

Suspension - generally way too soft for the weight of the engine and the
speeds you will want to drive it. :)

Camshaft Position Sensors - easy to replace, cheap

EGR valves - clog easily, hard to clean, expensive

Secondary Air Injection - pointless emissions system prone to breakage.
Leave it broken.

These cars are a blast to drive, and relatively trouble free.  Third gear is
especially strong.  Watch out for our friends with the red and blue lights.

Marc
95 Jetta GLX (busted)
81 'rocco S (rusty)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Harder" <vwtype53@yahoo.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:30 AM
Subject: [non] New Winter Car


> I am back to owning 3 cars...now the rocco's can rest
> comfortably this winter in the garage.  :)
>
>   Just this afternoon I drove home what will be my new winter
> car/daily driver... I found a good deal on a '93 Passat GLX.  So,
> now I own my first VR6!  The car is a Passat sedan w/ a 5-speed.
> The one big drawback is that the car has 180k miles!
> The good part about this is that I know the service manager
> at my local dealer, and he has been doing the maintenance on that
> Passat for the past 5+ years, so he told me *everything* about
> it and what's been done/not done to the car.  After hearing this
> car's life story, I was sold!  It has been well maintained...
> I am still a bit concerned about the clutch and I hear that head
> gaskets can be a problem on the VR's... so much to learn.
>   I'm going to change the tranny fluid to the Redline MT-90, and
> I am still debating about changing the engine oil to Mobile 1 syn.
> With all the miles on the engine it might be worth it...
> especially since the engine will be seeing higher rpm's than it's
> seen most of its life.  ;)
>
> If anyone has any suggestions or comments, please email me off-list.
> Thanks...
>
>
> =====
> Benjamin Harder
> 86 Scirocco 16v
> 80 Scirocco
> 93 Passat GLX
>
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