New 1987 Scirocco 16v owner

[vw_85roccoZ400 at hotmail.com (Brian Spinney)]

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-Brian
85 Scirocco 8vT       01 Jetta 20vT       84 Rabbit GTI
86 Bronze Scirocco 8v
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daun Yeagley" <vwdaun@yahoo.com>
To: "Eric Singer" <myturbo6@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 1:18 PM
Subject: Re: New 1987 Scirocco 16v owner


>
> --- Eric Singer <myturbo6@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>   I've just purchased a stock 1987 Scirocco 16v about a
>> week ago.  The car runs pretty good and I'd like to keep
>> it that way.  I was not able to get a maintenance history
>> of the car, but looks well maintained and have found very
>> few issues with it.
>
> Congrats and welcome!  The car looks pretty sweet in the
> pics.
>
>>   I've read that 16v engines require periodic timing belt
>> changes, so without guessing about the age and mileage of
>> the timing belt, I'll go ahead and replace it.  Is there
>> a recommended brand of timing belt?
>
> Get in touch with these folks:  www.part4vws.com.  Order up
> a timing belt, and while you're at it, a passenger side
> motor mount.  (You'll have to have it pressed into the
> mount frame.)  Front & rear mounts are easy to change, that
> wouldn't be a bad idea either.
>
>>   Also, are there any other items I should go ahead and
>> service?
>
> Just general new-used car items.  Fluids change & flush
> etc.
>
> Oh and of course, mark your calendar for the first weekend
> of June, and roadtrip to the Cincinnati area for the annual
> Scirocco party.  :)
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
> '81 Scirocco S (Deiter)       '86 Scirocco 8v
> '88 Scirocco Slegato (Gino!)  '88 Scirocco 16v
> '96 Passat GLX Wagon          '56 Cessna 172
> The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts - 
> Ehrlich's Law.
>
>
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