84 Jetta **2 Door** FS Cheap!!! Southern NY

[tberk@mindspring.com (T Berk)]

> "Leach, Michael" wrote:
> 
> What do you mean by 'froze'?
> 
> What do you mean by 'froze'?
>  as in zero degree weather without antifreeze and cracked block?
> 
> well.....it was really cold ......the car started and drove but I
> noticed quickly that the heat was not working....so I thought frozen
> thermostat ...after driving ~ 30 minutes the engine spit up about 1
> quart of oil into the intake tubing and out the air cleaner and
> died.....at that point it would not start ...but turns......and it
> does not sound right when it turns over...if that makes sense
> 
> I have never done any more investigation into it at that point
> 
>  or ran out of oil and seized?
> 
> could make a difference.
> 
> Larry
> (I had a baby chick, once, that froze and died...:(  )



It's a candidate for an 8v short block (drop a 1.8, like a JH, in
there and reset the air to fuel ratio). Bling, bling and back on the
road.

TBerk